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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1918
Page
4
Berlin dispatch reports President Wilson warned through neutrals that without internal order Germany risks immediate hostilities resuming. In Washington officials deny any threat, noting the note offered food if order is restored. Stockholm records a garbled transmission claiming such a warning.
Copenhagen dispatch reports Poles control Posen and most of the province. In Berlin thousands of soldiers celebrated the revolution Sunday, marching through the streets singing the Marseillaise.
Lieut. Guy C. Farrell a 42 year old Detroit operator for United Press died in France from pneumonia. Farrell enlisted about 18 months ago after working for United Press in Kalamazoo. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War.
Chicago officials report passport applications to Europe have more than doubled since the armistice was signed. The Chicago passport bureau says requests are discouraged and current regulations will stay in place until peace is declared.
From Athens on November 19 reports circulated that Bulgaria may have proclaimed a republic. The unofficial claim is viewed as a move to avoid responsibilities tied to the approaching events and regional developments.
The article discusses President Wilson possibly attending the peace conference in France. It notes potential delegates from the Republican side, references Taft and Hughes, and mentions Sen. Torah as a possible pick. It outlines goals like forming a league of nations with an international court and legislature, and the idea that Wilson may become the league's first president.
President Wilson will propose a program to employ millions returning from war. The plan includes unifying railroads and canals, government control of telegraphs and telephones, subsidy or ownership of merchant marine, vocational education, expanded road building, land reclamation, water power and mineral development, port and harbor improvements, better housing, a new child labor law, and support for an eight hour workday with stable living costs.
November 1 1918 Camp Lewis Tacoma will discharge all volunteers after permanent organization. Depot brigade training battalions reduce from twelve to four. Two to three thousand men expected discharged in two weeks. A San Francisco police sergeant notes deer prefer blackberry pie.
The Pacific coast is exempt from the new pork minimum as a special case due to freight and feed cost differentials. Portland hog markets flood with hogs and packers voice distress over the regional exception.
The German government accepts a plebiscite in Schleswig Holstein to decide if its people want allegiance to Denmark. Foreign Minister Solf notified such acceptance to a meeting at Apenrad North Schleswig.
New York City mayor Hylan bans the display of red flags on streets as a symbol of anarchy and potential disturbances and instructs Police Commissioner Enright to enforce the order. Police are also directed to disperse unauthorized gatherings.
Pink or blue Wee Blanket Robes with pocket and cord trimming for children aged 2 to 6 years priced at 1.50.
Louis Minotto was sentenced to ten months in the county stockade by Superior Judge A. W. later Monday for manslaughter in the shooting of Cartolomeo Lasalandro at White Center during a domestic quarrel.
Swiss advices state Admiral Von Tirpitz is in Switzerland after leaving Germany before the revolution began. The message notes his departure occurred prior to upheaval and cites the cable as the source.
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