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  • World War. Wilson (personal). 1919-11-21
  • Northwest history; World War 1; President Woodrow Wilson; United States; Colonel Elmer Lindsley; Governor's Island, New York; war crimes; war criminals; presidential pardons ;
  • In disapproving today the sentence of dismissal from the service imposed by military courtmartial upon Colonel Elmer Lindsley, President Wilson announced that his action was based on the officer's long record and faithful service and has been taken...
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  • World War. Visitors. 1918-03-13
  • Northwest history; World War 1; visitors; Secretary of War Newton D. Baker; President Woodrow Wilson; General John J. Pershing; Paris, France; London, England, Great Britain ;
  • Secretary Baker's letter to President Wilson asking for permission to absent himself from his office long enough to make an inspection trip of the American expeditionary forces in France and a visit to London and Paris was made public here today,...
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  • World War. Treaty of Versailles. 1920-07-26
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Treaty of Versailles 1919; peace treaty; treaties; peace negotiations; post-war; Treaty of Sevres 1920; signing; ratification; Turkey; Turkish delegation ;
  • Sevres, four miles northeast of Versailles, was chosen for the signing of the Turkish peace treaty after a long search for a place which would give the treaty a sufficiently dignified and historical name, there already being treaties named...
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  • World War. Treaty of Versailles. 1919-08-02
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Treaty of Versailles 1919; peace treaty; treaties; peace negotiations; post-war; league of nations ;
  • The peace conference commission on a society of nations expects to finish its work at the session to begin at 10:30 a. m. today. At a long session last night the committee completed two-thirds of the draft of the project.
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  • World War. Treaty of Versailles. 1919-05-29
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Treaty of Versailles 1919; peace treaty; treaties; peace negotiations; post-war; Prime Minister Ignace Jan Paderewski of Poland; Polish delegation; Polish government; Colonel E. M. House; United States; American...
  • Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish premier, had a long conference with Colonel E. M. House of the American delegation today and probably will appear before the council of four tomorrow. M. Paderewski told the correspondent he was much gratified with the...
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  • World War. Supreme council. 1919-08-15
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Supreme Council of Peace; peace negotiations; post-war; Frank L. Polk of United States; American delegation; Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos of Greece; Thracians; Bulgaria; Bulgarian government; railroads;...
  • Frank L. Polk, head of the American peace delegation, had a long conference today with President Venizelos on the Thracian question. They discussed various plans to adjust the situation by the conference and ended with the question apparently no...
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  • World War. Shipyards building & launching. 1917-01-25
  • Northwest history; World War 1; shipyards; ship building; ship launching; dreadnought; ceremonies; USS Mississippi; Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels; United States navy ;
  • The 32,000-ton dreadnought Mississippi will be launched here tomorrow with ceremonies in which Secretary Daniels and ranking naval officials will take part. The big fighting craft is 624 feet long, and will carry a main battery of thirty-four guns....
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  • World War. Revolutions. Russia. 1918-01-20
  • Northwest history; World War 1; revolutions; Russia; Russian revolution; Bolsheviks; Bolshevik army; Russian government; peace negotiations; conferences; treaties; Brest-Litovsk, Belarus; Leon Trotzky of Russia ;
  • The long awaited convening of the constituent assembly has apparently precipitated a fresh crisis in Russian affairs, with renewed disorders as the consequence of a struggle for control in the capital indicated as a possibility.
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  • World War. Revolutions. Far East. 1920-05-28
  • Northwest history; World War 1; revolutions; Far East; Asia; Asian nations; Bolsheviks; Bolshevik army; China; Chinese government; Governor Ch'en Chung-Ming of Fukien, China; propaganda; post-war ;
  • Bolshevik propaganda in being carried on in southern Fukien under the direction of Governor Ch'en Chung-Ming, whose advanced socialistic learnings have long been recognized. A society has been formed with headquarters at Chang Chow and quantities...
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  • World War. Revolutions. Far East. 1918-02-26
  • Northwest history; World War 1; revolutions; Far East; Asia; Asian nations; Japan; Siberia; Germany; German army; Irkutsk, Russia; Japanese army ;
  • The Japanese, according to reliable authority, intend to take action in Siberia at an early date, and there are evidences that they have been long preparing to carry out this move.
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  • World War. Religion. 1917-11-27
  • Northwest history; World War 1; religion; religious beliefs; President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot of Harvard university; National Federation of Religious Liberals; United States army; politics; league of nations ;
  • The United States will have to make the maintenance of a large army after the war a national problem, as Switzerland has, so long as the nation is to be a member of a league to enforce peace, President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot of Harvard...
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  • World War. Prisoners. 1919-09-01
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Prisoners; King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy; amnesty; pardons; Italian soldiers; war crimes ;
  • Forty thousand Italian soldiers sentenced to long periods of imprisonment during the war were granted amnesty today by King Victor Emmanuel.
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  • World War. Prisoners. 1918-06-17
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Prisoners; POWs; Prisoners of war; United States army; American soldiers; German army; German soldiers ;
  • The Germans captured an American soldier in their attack on Xivray today, but he did not remain a prisoner long.
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1920-07-12
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States; General John J. Pershing; awards; honors; Ambassador Sir Auckland Geddes of Great Britain; British-American relations; London, England, Great Britain; photographs; portraits ;
  • The British ambassador to the United States, Sir Auckland Geddes, recently presented to Gen. Pershing a magnificent sword, jeweled, chased, and engraved in commemoration of the splendid services rendered during the war by General Pershing and the...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1920-05-20
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States; railroads; railways; food; surpluses; pacific coast; western states ;
  • In an effort to move eastward vast supplies of food and fuel held in the west because of lack of railroad equipment, the Pennsylvania railroad today began to speed westward long trains of empty box and gondola cars. All outgoing freight has been...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1919-09-13
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States army; General John J. Pershing; honors; reorganization ;
  • General Pershing will remain senior general in the United States armies during his life, Chief of Staff March told the house military committee today, explaining that the war department reorganization plan only gave the rank of general to the chief...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1919-07-25
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States; President Woodrow Wilson; Siberia; railways; Siberian railroad; Russia; foreign aid; Russian-American relations; food shortages; United States army; American soldiers ;
  • President Wilson today advised the senate that the American military expedition in Siberia was here primarily to protect and maintain operation of the Siberian railroad and indicated that the expedition would remain as long as such protection was...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1919-03-01
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States; Portland, Oregon; milk; dairy market ;
  • Portland's long threatened milk war between producers and distributors has been settled by arbitration and the public is the gainer by a reduction in the price of milk, effective Saturday, according to a joint announcement issued today by officers...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1919-01-25
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States army; Reverend David W. Ferry; chaplains; Germany; letters ;
  • In a letter to a friend, the Rev. David W. Ferry, first lieutenant, chaplain, 158th U. S. infantry, American expeditionary forces, says: "We are all happy at the outcome and in anticipation of a speedy return home. We are quite willing, however, to...
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  • World War. Post war miscellaneous. 1919-10-24
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; Swiss-Russian relations; Switzerland; Russia; blockade; neutral nations; Soviet union ;
  • The Swiss government decided today not to join the collective reply of other neutral states regarding the invitation of the allies to participate in the blockade of soviet Russia. It is pointed out that Switzerland long ago had broken off relations...
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