Ludendorff's Plot to Fire London and Paris and Peace Efforts
In late 1918 German leaders debated incendiary bombings on Paris and London to push peace talks. The plan was rejected as unnecessary and impractical, while efforts shifted to diplomacy led by von Hintze and Burian talks.
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Paris
London
Ludendorff
von Haeften
Max
Baden
Italy
Macedonia
Count Limburg-Stirum
Siegfried Line
Count Limburg- Stirum
von Hintze
Vienna
Count Burian
See
Spa
Holland
Burian
Hague
Charles
General von Cramon
Arma
von Cramon
County trims high salary budget for current year
County officials and commissioners met Friday to set salary caps. No appointive official will exceed 3600 dollars annually, though some had requested up to 6000. Hospital superintendent Dr J Tate Mason had estimates reduced. Board and bed allowances will not receive the same ratio increases as salaries.
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Commisassionere
J. Tate Mason
First Riddle Recorded by Samu in Judges
A fragment notes the first riddle ever recorded posed by Samu in the Book of Judges chapter 14 with verse reference 14.1. The text appears as a historical biblical curiosity within a religious compilation.
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Samu#on
Four Changes in Pact Fail in Senate Votes
United States supporters of the peace treaty faced setbacks as four Fall amendments to remove American representatives from commissions were rejected. Initial votes stood 30 to 68 and 31 to 56 in favor of continuing debate. The defeated amendments would have cut US from the Belgian boundary commission Luxemburg arrangements and Saar basin commission. The Senate, by unanimous agreement, lumped 24 Fall amendments and rejected them without a roll call. Several amendments remain to be voted on.
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Washington
Senate
Saar Basin
United States
French Deputies Ratify Treaty in Paris Vote
Paris reports the French chamber of deputies approved the peace treaty with Germany by 72 to 52 with 60 not voting. In Seattle, Clarence Bybert of Tono earns the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in the Meuse Argonne offensive. His citation notes he performed his duties efficiently while severely wounded.
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Paris
United Press
French Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Clarence Sybert
Tono
Seattle
Bybert
Salvation Army Drive Sets Seattle Goal at 250000
The Salvation Army announces a Seattle fundraising drive to begin Monday to raise 250000 for home service. Half the amount comes from Seattle business men via a flying squadron and the other half from an industrial division targeting hotels restaurants and the public. Elke division leads with W H Klepper A Eh Mefkeen Chester Roberta and Nathan Eckstein coordinating the effort with volunteers ready to go over the top.
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Salvation Army
Seattle
France
Belgium
Elke
Elke’ Division
W. H H. Klepper
A. Eh. Mefkeen
Chester Roberta
Nathan Eckstein
Flying Squadron
Hunter Arrested for Hunting Without License
Game warden A J Beach files first season charge against S E Dahlquist for hunting without a license. Dahlquist had one pheasant when arrested.
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Dahlquist
A. J Beach
Beach
Sys Dahlquist
Realty broker W. H. McNutt found murdered near Spokane
The body of W. H. McNutt a Spokane realty man missing since July 23 was discovered on his ranch. He was bound gagged and buried. Mrs Fay McDonald Wilkinson and sister Marie Jewel McDonald are under arrest in Los Angeles for murder. Ted and Will McDonald are also charged and sought by police. Robbery is believed motive. McNutt carried over $1000 when disappeared.
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Spokane
W. H. McNutt
Here
McNutt
Fay McDonald Wilkinson
Marie Jewel McDonald
Los Angeles
Ted
Will McDonald
Aho
California
McDonalds
Judge McDonald
Whitman County
Gasoline Steamer Northland Fire During Strikebreaker Transfer
In San Francisco on October 3 a gasoline steamer named Northland caught fire while strikebreakers loaded cargo. Firefighters aboard the fireboat fought the blaze, preventing spread to gasoline tanks. Suspected cause was a dropped box of chemicals. The vessel, owned by the Albers company, was alongside the Albers warehouse.
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San Francisco
Northland
Albers
Albers Company
War Vets Urge Probe of Japanese Aggression Northwest
The American Legion Fimer J. Noble Post No 1 calls for a complete U.S. government investigation into Japanese aggression and settlement in the Pacific Northwest. The report, signed by Swale Gill Crosson and Hegg, urges examination of treaty compliance and safeguards for American interests, noting congressional authorization for such inquiry.
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Northwest
American Legion
Fimer J. Noble
Thomas N. Swale
U.S. Intelligence Service
Gill
KK. Crosson
Elmer KE. Heg
Pacific Northwest
United States
National Executive Committee of the American Legion
Congress
Amereican Legion
Elmer J. Noble Post No. 1
Post
Thos. N. Swale
Gill “. BE. Crosson
Elmer E. Hegg
Meat Packers in Big Combine Warned by Attorney General
Attorney General Palmer has written former Governor Stubbs that the five big meat packers form a combination to restrain trade. If allowed to continue, the pact would control production and distribution, causing losses and hardship for the people.
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Ney
Palmer
Stubbs
Kansas
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