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  • World War. Treaty of Versailles. 1919-11-20
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Treaty of Versailles 1919; peace treaty; treaties; peace negotiations; post-war; President Woodrow Wilson; United States. Congress. Senate; American delegation; ratification; Germany; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of...
  • The fate of the treaty of peace with Germany and the league of nations, so far as the United State is concerned, today again is in the hands of President Wilson.
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  • World War. Treaty of Versailles. 1919-11-13
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Treaty of Versailles 1919; peace treaty; treaties; peace negotiations; post-war; United States; American delegation; Russia; Russia-American relations; Latvia; Estonia; Lithuania ;
  • "Hands off Russia," is clearly the policy of the American delegation at the peace conference.
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  • World War. Treaty of Versailles. 1919-01-22
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Treaty of Versailles 1919; peace treaty; treaties; peace negotiations; post-war; France; French people; French public; women; girls; children; Germany; German brutality; reparations ;
  • French women have addressed a petition to the members of the peace conference, asking justice in the name of thousands of women, young girls and children, who, it is set forth, were systematically torn from their families and subjected to various...
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  • World War. Revolutions. Russia. 1920-11-12
  • Northwest history; World War 1; revolutions; Russia; Russian revolution; Bolsheviks; Bolshevik army; post-war; soviet union; Armenia; Turkey; Armenian genocide; Armenian-Russian relations ;
  • The representatives of the Russian soviet government here asserts that the Russian government will keep its hands off the Armenian-Turkish conflict but will offer mediation.
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  • World War. Revolutions. Russia. 1920-01-28
  • Northwest history; World War 1; revolutions; Russia; Russian revolution; Bolsheviks; Bolshevik army; post-war; Russian people; Russian public; United States army; American soldiers; Russian-American relations; spies; espionage; executions ;
  • "Drunk with the desire to destroy, the Bolshevik army of Russia is engaged in a mad rampage of destruction and unorganized warfare.
    Terrorized by the reds and the certainty of an unstable government at their hands, the civilian population of...
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  • World War. Revolutions. Russia. 1919-01-16
  • Northwest history; World War 1; revolutions; Russia; Russian revolution; Bolsheviks; Bolshevik army; post-war; Riga, Latvia; Dvinsk, Latvia; Daugavpils, Latvia; Mitau, Latvia; Jelgava, Latvia; Germany; German soldiers; refugees ;
  • Riga is now completely in the hands of the Russian red army, according to a Mitau dispatch to the Vossische Zeitung. Bolshevik forces have advanced from Dvinsk and occupied the station at Xeugut, 31 miles from Mitau.
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  • World War. Revolutions. Poland. 1919-01-16
  • Northwest history; World War 1; revolutions; Poland; Polish revolution; Bolsheviks; Bolshevik army; post-war; Riga, Latvia; Mitau, Latvia; Jelgava, Latvia; German army; Germany; Russian army; Russia; refugees; riots; violence ;
  • Riga is now completely in the hands of the Russian red army, according to a Mitau dispatch to the Vossische Zeitung. Bolshevik forces have advanced from Dvinsk and occupied the station at Neugut, 31 miles from Mitau.
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  • World War. Revolutions. Miscellaneous countries. 1920-06-10
  • Northwest history; World War 1; revolutions; miscellaneous countries; Bolsheviks; Bolshevik army; Persia; Persian government; Teheran, Persia; soviet union ;
  • The Bolsheviki are rapidly extending their operations in Persia, according to advices received by the French foreign office today. Teheran, the capital is in danger of falling within the hands of the Bolsheviki in two or three days, it is declared....
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  • World War. Red Cross. 1918-06-15
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Red Cross; war relief; wounded; humanitarian relief; American Red Cross; domestic support; United States army; American soldiers; front lines; photographs ;
  • With a whoop and hurrah, the soldiers greet each shipment of Red Cross comforts. Here are a group of Uncle Sam's fighting men fitting themselves to sweaters, knitted by loving hands at home. The photograph is provided by the committee on public...
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  • World War. Red Cross. 1917-12-28
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Red Cross; war relief; wounded; humanitarian relief; American Red Cross; POWs; Prisoners of war; Berne, Switzerland; United States army; American soldiers; Germany; German prison camps ;
  • The American Red Cross was designated in army orders today as the distributing agency of quartermasters' supplies sent "to American soldiers and others who may be prisoners in the hands of any power with which the United States may be at war."
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  • World War. Railroads. 1918-06-02
  • Northwest history; World War 1; railroads; railways; transportation; United States. Congress. House. Interstate commerce committee; legislation; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration; President Woodrow Wilson;...
  • The house interstate commerce committee voted today to place the final authority in fixing railroad rates during the period of government control in the hands of the president.
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  • World War. Prisoners. 1918-06-15
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Prisoners; POWs; Prisoners of war; United States army; German soldiers ;
  • During the fighting recently, an American gunnery sergeant captured three Boches and started back with them. Twelve others threw up their hands and surrendered voluntarily. All joined the procession. The Americans howled with delight as they saw...
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  • World War. Prisoners. 1918-01-24
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Prisoners; POWs; Prisoners of war; German prison camps; German brutality; Germany; American soldiers; United States army; British soldiers; American Red Cross; Major Grayson P. Murphy; General John J. Pershing ;
  • Warning of the atrocities, "horrible, brutal, beastly and consistently official" that American soldiers soon will be suffering at the hands of the Germans' inhuman army was voiced in an address here tonight by Major Grayson P. Murphy, formerly in...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1919-01-24
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States; Kansas City, Kansas; Kansas City, Missouri; Judge John C. Pollock of Kansas; labor unions; strikes; arrests; Frank O'Shea of Buffalo, New York; E. F. Michael of Kansas City,...
  • Twenty labor union officials and striking streetcar men were arrested and arraigned before United States commissioners here and in Kansas City, Kan., today on a federal complaint charging conspiracy to hinder operation of streetcars to interstate...
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  • World War. Post war miscellaneous. 1920-04-24
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; Amoy, China; Xiamen, China; Anhai, China; Chinese districts; Chinese soldiers; fighting; violence; refugees ;
  • There has been fierce fighting between factions of the southern troops in the Anhai district and that city has changed hands three times in the last week. The soldiers are looting the country. It is reported that more than a thousand persons have...
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  • World War. Post war miscellaneous. 1920-04-07
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; Mountjoy Prison; Dublin, Ireland; Sinn Fein party; Irish political parties; political disputes; prisons; prisoners; imprisonment; hunger strikes ;
  • There have been riots in Mount Joy prison, where nearly 100 Sinn Fein prisoners are on a hunger strike. They demanded better treatment and, receiving an unsatisfactory answer, smashed the furniture in the cells and broke down a wall between cells....
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  • World War. Post war miscellaneous. 1919-11-29
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; Australia; Australia government; United States; American government; Australian-American relations; Sir Joseph Cook of Australia; alliances ;
  • "I want to see America joining hands with all the rest of the English-speaking nations," said Sir Joseph Cook, minister for the navy, at a luncheon given in his honor here. "We must cultivate the very best possible relations with America. The one...
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  • World War. Post war miscellaneous. 1919-01-27
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; British army; Vincenza, Italy; Austria; foreign aid; British-Austrian relations; food shortages ;
  • A second trainload of foodstuffs from the British army in Italy left Vincenza today and is expected here Wednesday. The distribution of the first trainload has already begun. As food stuffs are still commanding fabulous prices in Vienna special...
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  • World War. Post war Germany. 1920-08-13
  • Northwest history; World War 1; politics; Germany; post-war Germany; United States Military academy; West Point, New York; fires; firefighting; firefighters; Koblenz, Germany ;
  • Two hundred officers who recently graduated form West Point Military academy joined hands early today with hundreds of American doughboys and civilians in fighting a fire which threatened to destroy Moravian colony, Ancient Order of Religious...
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  • World War. Post war Germany. 1920-02-10
  • Northwest history; World War 1; politics; Germany; post-war Germany; Crown Prince Frederick William Victor Augustus Ernest of Germany; war crimes; war criminals; trials; Kaiser of Germany; German Emperor Wilhelm II; sons; children ;
  • The former German crown prince has cabled President Wilson offering to surrender himself for trial if the allied governments insist. The message was in President Wilson's hands today.
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