General Strike In Seattle Sees Troops Quarters Amid Citywide Walkout
Seattle faced a general strike with 45 000 workers walking out in solidarity with 25 000 shipyard employees. Eight hundred troops from Camp Lewis were deployed to Seattle for emergency readiness as utilities and services grapple with the stoppage. Governor Lister pledged prompt protection of life and property if needed.
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Wash
Ibarns
United States
Camp Lewis
Ole O. Hanson
Central Labor Council
Superintendent of
Seattle Central Labor Council
Olympia
Tacoma
Ernest Lister
Job for Every Soldier Speech Urges War Time Jobs
Secretary Baker told the fourteenth annual rivers and harbors congress that every soldier who wore the US uniform will find a job if he wants one. He urged business leaders to cooperate and for chambers of commerce to participate in the effort. Jacob Morrison of the American Federation of Labor called for a four year immigration ban as he noted 500000 jobless men in the country.
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Washington
United States
National ‘Rivers and Harbors Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
House Rules Committee
Jank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Jefferson
France
Rhine
Germany
Ebert
Posen
More Than 370000 Court Martial Trials In War
Secretary Baker disclosed in a letter to the senate that American soldiers faced over 370000 court martial trials during the war. About 22000 went to general courts martial while roughly 350000 were tried by social or summary courts for mainly minor offenses. The figures answered Senator Borah's resolution.
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Washington
War Baker
Senate
Baker
Borah
War Department
Alsace Property Exempt From Probate Demands
Washington February 10 reports on property belonging to residents of Alsace and Lorraine will no longer be required Alien Property Custodian Palmer announced. Demands for such property will be withdrawn.
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Alsace
Washington
Alsace and
Lorraine
Palmer
Copper Companies Reduce Wages in Arizona Copper Action
Copper firms in Arizona cut wages triggering worker protests and discussions on job cost cuts. Company spokesmen cite market pressures while unions demand restored pay and fair labor terms amid February industry slowdown.
Swift testifies in packers investigation before Congress
Louis F. Swift, president of Swift and Company, testified before congressional committees as part of the packers investigation.
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Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
Packers
Army at Peak on Armistice Day 1918
On November 11 1918 the US Army total strength reached 3 703273 officers and men including the marine corps in Europe according to a War Department table. The Allies rifle strength on July 1 stood at 1 556 000 vs 1 412 000 Germans with Allies leading by July 1. By November 1 enemy reserves were exhausted and front line strength cut about half leaving Allies with rifle strength of 1 485 060, about two to one advantage.
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Washington
United States Army
Marine Corps
Europe
War Department
Wilson presses three year naval build up
President Wilson urged continuation of naval expansion as the House naval committee unanimously approved a three year construction plan. The $750 million annual appropriation bill was under consideration when Chairman Padgett disclosed a cable from Paris indicating no change to the president’s recommendations. Daniels presented the message and noted the president’s insistence on the program.
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Washington
Wilson
House Naval Committee
Padgett
House
Paris
Daniels
Congress
U.S. Casualties in Archangel Russia Reported
Cable from Archangel dated February 4 shows 180 total American casualties through January 31 in Archangel Russia. Of 4925 forces, 58 killed in action, 64 died of wounds, 12 accidentally killed, 3 drowned, 34 missing. 198 wounded in action, 25 accidentally wounded, 6 wounded by other causes.
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Washington
Archangel
Russia
Ford Ordered to Pay 19 Million Dividends
Detroit, Mich Feb 10 Henry Ford was ordered by the state supreme court to pay 19 275 385 in dividends diverted from Ford Motor Company expansion to his stockholders.
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Ford
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
State Supreme Court
Ford Motor Company
Two Killed in Wreck In Minnesota Train Collision
Wabasha Minnesota February 10 Mail Clerk Frank Stutzel of Wabasha and Engineer John Heintz of Austin were killed when a Wabasha passenger train crashed head on into a Minneapolis bound freight train.
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Wabasha, Minn
Frank Stutzel
Wabasha
John Heintz
Austin
Minneapolis
War Revenue Bill Promises $6 Billion Tax Year 1919
The conferees' agreement on the long delayed war revenue bill sets the 1919 federal tax yield at about $6 billion with another $4 billion the following year. The plan includes a $60 veteran bonus and new taxes on beverages tobacco and related products, plus rates for income over $3,000. Provisions raise liquor taxes, cigars and cigarettes, and apply new excises to soft drinks and ice cream.
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Washington
Congress
House
Kitchin
Henry D Lindsley War Hero and Treasury Official
Henry D Lindsley built a substantial Texas fortune before fifty then retired. He joined training camps after the war began and rose to colonel. He now leads the Treasury War Risk Bureau, an insurance man with a proven ability to run large ventures.
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Henry D. Lindsley
Texas
United States
Sugar Board Moves to New Manhattan Office
The sugar equalization board of the food administration announced its office relocation from Washington to 111 Wall Street in New York City.
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Sugar Board
Washington
Sugar Equalization Board of the Food Administration
Wall Street
New York City
Lansing Says U S Hails Serbian Croatian Union
Paris Feb 10 Secretary of State Lansing states the United States welcomes the union of the Serbian Croatian and Slavonian peoples in a diplomatic statement issued here.
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Lansing
U.S
Union
Paris
United States
Yanks Rout Reds at Vistavka and Kungur Battles Reported
Archangel reports American forces inflict heavy losses on Bolsheviks near Vistavka on the Vaga with five American dead and several wounded while taking many prisoners. Siberian troops under General Gaida reportedly annihilate Bolshevists at Kungur near Perm. Paris interview quotes Clemenceau praising American aid and questioning postwar German threat. France fears a German revival as Weimar discussions continue.
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Vistavka
Vaga
Shenkursk
Omsk
Gaida
Kungur
Perm
Ekaterinburg
Germany sought war in 1914 says Bavarian premier
Bavarian premier Kurt Eisner states a vast amount of German archives remain unexamined but secret Munich diplomatic papers already show Germany’s guilt. He cites a August 1914 conversation between King Ludwig of Bavaria and Count von Schoen indicating the war’s desired outcome and Belgian annexation.
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Kurt Eisner
Herr Hisner
Munich
Germany
Ludwig of
Bavaria
Count von Schoen
Paris
Count von Hertling
Belgium
Strike in England Ends with Railway Resumption
London reports the threatened labor trouble nearly settled as railway workers agree to resume immediately. Expectation that other Britain labor disputes will be settled soon. Amsterdam reports a provisional Bremen government formed by five socialist majority members replacing the people's mandatories.
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London
England
Great Britain
Bremen
Amsterdam
Vilna Cleared of Reds After Lithuanian Esthonian Victory
Advices from Kovno say Lithuanian and Esthonian troops forced the archists to withdraw from Vilna, ending their occupation after a successful campaign. The report notes the clearance as a strategic win for the Allied forces in the Baltic region.
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Kovno
Vilna
Twelve Army Stowaways Sent Back to France
Newport News Virginia February 8 Twelve enlisted men who arrived as stowaways on transports and were held as prisoners were shipped back to France on the steamer Aeolus.
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Newport News
France
Stearmer Aeolus
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