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  • World War. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; Joseph F. Ruhlman of Kansas City, Kansas; Captain C. W. Robinson; fraud; conspiracies; war taxes; military supplies; shoes; uniforms; United States army ;
  • The case of Joseph F. Ruhlman, indicted in the Kansas City, Kan., federal court here today in connection with an alleged swindle in the purchase of army supplies at Camp Funston, Kan., late today was continued to the April term of court in Topeka.
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  • World War. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; Bolsheviks; Bolshevik army; Russia; Russian revolution; Ukraine; Ukrainian army; Ukrainian-Russian relations ;
  • Fighting between the Bolsheviki and the counter revolutionary forces continues at various points in Russia proper and Siberia. Hostilities between the Ukrainians and Bolshevik forces at Odessa again have broken out.
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  • World War. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; President Theodore Roosevelt; news items; editorials; social conditions; United States army; American people; American public; economy; economic issues ;
  • We have been at war nearly one year. We have failed to do any damage to Germany, but we have done a great deal of damage to ourselves. Recently the president's secretary of war announced that the war was 3000 miles away and so he had not prepared...
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  • World War. Relief. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; war relief; humanitarian relief; American committee for the French wounded; German army; Germany; France; French people; villages; photographs ;
  • Through the work of the American committee for the French wounded, many homes and farms in northern France formerly under German control, are being rehabilitated. In the above picture from the French official committee on public information, is...
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  • Northwest History. Federal Affairs. Legislators. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; politics; government; federal legislation; United States Congress; legislators; Representative Jeanette Rankin of Montana; first woman in congress; congresswomen; feminism; war; Ireland; Sinn Fein
  • Jeanette Rankin, representative at large of Montana, continues to illustrate the majestic powers and potentialities of women in political life. The large vision and patriotism of her who loved her country, but couldn't vote for war, were manifested...
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  • State history. World War. Army. Draft evaders. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; United States army; American soldiers; military draft; draft evaders; draft dodgers; classifications; slackers; Spokane, Washington state ;
  • Nearly 400 men of draft age registered in the local exemption division 2, the district in which most of the foreigners and transients registered, have drifted away and left no addresses. Postal authorities have returned the questionnaires mailed to...
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  • State history. World War. Army. Draft evaders. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; United States army; American soldiers; military draft; draft evaders; draft dodgers; J. H. Stern of Spokane, Washington state; fraud; investigations; arrests; British army; Great Britain; impersonation ;
  • "Major" J. H. Stern, who claims to have seen service in the medical section of the English army on the western front, will be arraigned before the United States commissioner this morning on the charge of failing to register for the draft. A warrant...
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  • World War. Submarine warfare. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; submarine warfare; naval warfare; German u-boats; submarine ships; submarines; Germany; Kiel, Germany; mutinies; German sailors ;
  • For the second time within the last few months, crews of German submarines at Kiel have mutinied. The outbreak shows there is dissatisfaction among the crews; their morale is weakening. The fact that a large percentage of the subs fails to return...
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  • World War. Submarine warfare. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; submarine warfare; naval warfare; German u-boats; submarine ships; submarines; Germany; France; French ships; merchant ships; attacks; sunk; sinkings ;
  • Five French merchantmen of more than 1600 tons and one under that tonnage were sunk by submarines or mines, during the week ending January 12. Ships entering French ports during the week ending January 12 numbered 793, while those clearing were...
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  • World War 1. Awards & honors. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; casualties; casualty list; United States General John Pershing; Private Norman H. Hawkinson; Private Ernest Paeschke, Junction City, Oregon; Private Norman H. Hawkinson, Weis, Idaho; Private Robert O. Borgert, Brady...
  • The army casualty list today contains 193 names. The list includes Private Ernest Paeschke, Junction City, Ore., died from wounds; Private Norman H. Hawkinson, Weiser, Idaho, died of disease; Private Robert O. Borgert, Brady, Mont., wounded...
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  • World War. Miscellaneous. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; American soldiers; United States army; German attacks; naval warfare; English channel; air raids; submarines; German u-boats ;
  • A party of American army officers who recently traveled from France to London told the embassy officials that the Germans pursued them from the beginning to the end of their trip. They were shelled on the morning of their departure from the front,...
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  • World War. Miscellaneous. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; President Woodrow Wilson; Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain; Chancellor Georg Friedrich Graf von Hertling of Germany; diplomacy; Germany; Great Britain; United States ;
  • According to a telegram received in London, German Chancellor Count Von Hertling has again postponed the speech which he was to have made today in reply to the definition of war aims by President Wilson and Premier Lloyd George.
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  • World War. Taxes. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; taxes; income taxes; tax returns; Commissioner Daniel C. Roper; Internal Revenue Services ;
  • Extension of time for filing income tax returns after March 1 will be granted by Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper in any case where it is demonstrated that accounting difficulties of a business prevents completion before that time. This rule was...
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  • World War. Shipyards building & launching. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; shipyards; ship building; ship launching; ocean liners; USS Texan; damages ;
  • The Hawaiian-American line steamship Texan, which was in a collision at sea last Monday, arrived safely today under her own steam. It became known that she was rammed by a convoying warship which punched a large hole in her port side.
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  • World War. Shipyards building & launching. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; shipyards; ship building; ship launching; United States. Congress; legislation; budgets; workers; housing ;
  • The administration bill authorizing the expenditure of $50,000,000 from the funds of the shipping board for government purchase of lands near shipyards upon which to erect houses for the use of shipyard employes was passed today by the senate after...
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  • World War. Smuggling. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; smuggling; Holland; The Netherlands; Germany; German smugglers; clothing; cotton market ;
  • Endless are the tricks of the smuggler. Germans had been discovered crossing the frontier into Holland wearing no underclothing, and women wearing only a mantle. They were on their way to supplement this rather scanty raiment at some Netherlands...
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  • World War 1. Awards & honors. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; casualties; pneumonia; Corporal George G. Watts of Corvallis, Oregon; Private Claude D. Perrin of Monroe Oregon ;
  • General Pershing today reported the following deaths from pneumonia in the overseas forces: Corporal George G. Watts, R. F. D. No. 3, Corvallis, Ore. Private Claude D. Perrin, R. F. D. No. 1, Monroe, Ore.
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  • State history. World War. Army. Draft (Selective Service). Registration. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; United States army; American soldiers; military draft; registration; shipbuilding; emergency fleet corporation; United States navy; exemptions; classifications ;
  • Men employed in building Uncle Sam's emergency fleet will not be drafted into the national army, according to the rules of the selective service. They will be placed in class 1A, but marked with an "E. F." (emergency fleet in red ink).
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  • State history. World War. Army. Draft (Selective Service). Registration. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; United States army; American soldiers; military draft; registration; Russell Elmer Anderson of Dishman, Washington state; exemptions; emergency fleet corporation; United States navy; shipbuilding; classifications ;
  • While the Spokane county board of exemption had classified its 1A men with the expectation that they would be given guns to use on the Germans instead of "hammers" they were informed yesterday that the emergency fleet corporation has taken Russell...
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  • State history. World War. Army. Draft (Selective Service). Registration. 1918-01-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; United States army; American soldiers; military draft; registration; exemption boards; exemptions; questionnaires; firefighters; enemy aliens ;
  • Exemption boards are beginning to see the end of the rush incident to the handling of the questionnaires of registered men. Exemption board No. 1 reported yesterday that it had $5 to 90 per cent of its men classified. Board No. 4 reported that 1200...
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