U S Protests and Seattle Cleanups Stir Public Action
Wartime dispatches report U S officials warning Russia over treaty violations while Seattle sheriffs push a broad cleanup of the city. Mayor Gill faces impeachment protests as 14 civic groups plan a mass meeting to demand accountability amid rising unrest and military policing concerns.
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Stringer
Greene
Civic
Hippodrome
Gill. . Thoroly
Seattle
James A. Irons
Camp Lewis
Secret arrest halted Puget Sound plot by anarchists
U S authorities say Charles Greenlough age 40 was seized at the Stevens hotel Seattle under cover of a moulder role. He is linked with Home Colony anarchists near Puget Sound and carried clippings on dynamite and Louise Olivereau. He is detained as investigators question possible entry to the navy yard.
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Navy
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Charles Greenlough
Stevens Hotel
Seattle
Mise Louise Olivereau
University District
Louise Olivereau
Haremerton
Greenlough
U. S. Immigration Detention Station
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Rendesvous
All States In France Welcome by J W Pegler
American National Guard units from every state arrive in France and receive warm welcomes. The Rainbow division, with units from 33 states, increases representation to 14 states. Officials and locals greet the troops with bands garlands and flags as they are quartered in towns once seen only in combat.
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J. W. Pegler
United Press
France
American National Guard
Union
Rainbow
War posture urged as Congress returns in 1917
The author urges the United States to declare a full war stance, demanding a clear policy toward Russia Bulgaria Turkey and Austria. It argues that funding enemies and delaying decision risks further Allied and American casualties and calls for decisive action against Bolshevik treachery and Kaiser forces. Congress meets Monday to set the administration’s exact position.
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United States
Russia
Wilson
United
America
Bulgaria
Turkey
Austria
Washington
Lenine-Trotsky
Germany
Italy
Romania
Congress
Petrograd
Coalition government formed in Petrograd under soviet system
In Petrograd a coalition government is forming with Bolsheviks, Maximalists, internationalists, left parties and social revolutionaries. The ministry will reflect all factions and report to a parliament of 108 workers and soldiers soviet members, 108 peasants congress delegates, 100 army delegates, and 60 from trade unions.
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Petrograd
Left
Soldiers’ Soviet
Peasants’ Congress
Peace by Christmas Hopes Rise in Germany After Von Hertling Speech
Berlin reports that Chancellor von Hertling signaled Germany could negotiate peace with Russia once forces reach Berlin and a government envoy is empowered to act. Trotsky-Lenin principles were cited as the basis for possible discussions, drawing broad applause with only fringe opposition.
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Germany
Berlin
London
Ncellor von Hertling
Reichstag
Russia
Ris
False Panels Hide Treasure in Draft Propaganda Case
In federal court Louise Olivereau faces espionage charges for writing and distributing anti draft propaganda. Evidence shows secret panels at 4404 Second Ave NE concealed large stacks of mimeographed circulars. Howard Wright testified about the hidden panels and confiscated materials as the government’s case proceeds.
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Second Ave. N. E
Louise Olivereau
Miss Olivereau
Howard Wright
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Misa Olivereau
Port Election Here Saturday in Seattle Schools and Port
Seattle voters go to the polls on Saturday from 1 p m to 6 p m to choose eight school board candidates Dr C E B Guthrie B E Short R Winsor August Toelman Minnie K E Parka F J Cassidy C W Doyle Louisa Lepper and three port commissioner hopefuls T S Lippy FE M Farmer and Frank W Cotterill They will also decide if the port should operate free ferries on Lake Washington and Elliott Bay.
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Seattle
Dr. C. EB. Guthrie
BE. Short
R. Winsor
August Toelman
Minnie KE. Parka
F. J. Cassidy
C. W. Doyle
Louisa Lepper
Port Commission
T.S. Lippy
FE. M. Farmer
Frank W. Cotterill
Commission
Lake Washington
Elliott Bay
Hoover's son undergoes appendicitis surgery
Allan Hoover nine year old son of the federal food administrator was operated on for appendicitis at the Union Protestant Infirmary today. The surgeon reports the condition as excellent after the operation.
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United Press
Baltimore
Allan Hoover
Union Protestant Infirmary
Huns Repeat Cruel Tactics Among Italians
Official Rome cables report Austro German forces inflict new terror in Italy. Germans place women and children in front line trenches near Venson as shields, loot movable property, and impose war taxes akin to Northern France and Belgium. Italian fronts along Piave fear nightly abuse by Austro German captives.
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United Press
Washington
Belgium
Italy
Rome
Venson
Frieuli
France
Teuton
Piave River
Seattle Fire Prevents Repetition At Cedar Chest Loss
History failed to repeat Friday morning when a glue pot overturned at 1210 Howell Street igniting cedar chests. C A Cook operated at that address. fire confined by Seattle fire department to a $75 loss, echoing the 1889 big Seattle fire but with minimal damage.
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Howellst
Seattle
Cannons Roar on Fronts in Italy
Intense artillery raged along the Italian front with a British monitor in action near the lower Piave scoring direct hits on an enemy bridge and boats near Passarella as the front saw widespread bombardment.
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Italy
United Preas
Rome
Lower
Piave
Boata
Pasarella
HUNS SEEK PEACE WITH SLAVS OVER MINES IN URAL
In San Francisco on November 30, M. T. Truschkoff, envoy of the Kerensky government, said Germany aims at the copper mines of the Urals but will not secure them. In Amsterdam, Count Czernin, Austrian Hungarian foreign minister, sent a wireless to Petrograd offering immediate armistice talks for general peace.
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San Francisco
Ural Mountains
M. T. Truschkoff
Kerensky
Sia United Press
Amsterdam
Count Czernin
Austria- Hungary
Petrograd
Austria
Inter Allied Conference Calls Russian Situation Satisfying
Echo de Paris reports the inter allied conference described the meeting as most satisfactory with a complete accord on the first question arising from the Russian situation yesterday.
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Paris
Echo de Paris
General Irons Delays Reply to Sheriff
Brig. Gen. Irons delayed replying to Sheriff Stringer who pledged a Seattle vice cleanup and asked for military aid. Irons stated he must have time to consider the offer and would not say at this time whether he would consent.
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Gen. Irons
Seattle
Stringer
Irons
Camp Lewis
Sherff Stringer
Trons
Rainbow Division Remains Depart for France Amid Cheers
At Camp Mills on Long Island the Rainbow Division engineers led the exodus of 27,000 men marching at dawn toward trains en route to France. Townspeople crowded doors in Hempstead and Mineola to bid farewell as farewell balls and dinners concluded, while crowds shouted Old 69th and sent gifts with the departing troops.
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Long Island
Camp Milla
France
Hempstead
Mineola
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