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  • World War. Treaty of Versailles. 1918-12-19
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Treaty of Versailles 1919; peace treaty; treaties; peace negotiations; post-war; United States; American delegation; German ships; Sir Eric Geddes of Great Britain; British delegation ;
  • The American delegates to the peace congress have resolved to advocate the sinking of the surrendered enemy warships and resist any proposition to distribute them on the basis of naval losses. This announcement is made by those in close touch with...
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  • World War. Taxes. 1919-02-28
  • Northwest history; World War 1; taxes; apples; Chelan county, Washington State; Okanogan county, Washington State; fruit markets; shipping ;
  • Tomorrow all apples held in the state of Washington will be subject to assessment as personal property, and during the last few days an unusual movement of fruit eastward has been going on to avoid this tax. However, the owners will probably have...
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  • World War. Statistics. 1919-11-30
  • Northwest history; World War 1; statistics; cost of war; expenditures; financial issues; Professor Ernest L. Bogert; casualties; wounded; deaths; death rates; Russia; Germany; France; Great Britain; Austria; Hungary; Italy; Serbia; Turkey; Belgium;...
  • The cost of the great world war, direct and indirect, is placed at $337,946,179,657 by Professor Ernest L. Bogert in a volume compiled for the Carnegie endowment for internal peace. From material, the loss of life, destruction of property and war...
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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. Reparations. 1918-03-09
  • Northwest history; World War 1; war reparations; peace terms; peace negotiations; treaties; Germany; Holland; The Netherlands; Belgium; war debts; ships ;
  • The Dutch foreign office announced that it has received compensation from Germany for damage to the property of the Belgian relief commission resulting from a submarine attack on the Dutch steamer Rijindijk on April 7, 1916.
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1920-01-12
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States; Young Men's Christian Association; YMCA; Young Women's Christian Association; YWCA; Boys and Girls Club; Passaic, New Jersey; Bolsheviks; Bolshevik party; immigration; immigrants;...
  • Smash the red flag; bar the nations's gates to undesirable immigrants and Americanize the desirable ones; teach Americanism in our schools and see that the teachers are property paid and cared for; tolerate but one flag and one language -- these...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1919-06-17
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States army; American soldiers; Pancho Villa expedition; Francisco Villa; Juarez, Mexico; Casas Grandes, Mexico; Mexican revolution; Mexican-American relations ;
  • Three men from the Villa junta here were sent south from the border last night with letters from prominent Mexican politicians here urging him to make no campaign of reprisal against American property and lives in Mexico, it was announced at the...
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  • World War. Post war miscellaneous. 1922-05-03
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; French government; Russian government; peace negotiations; restoration; Russia; France; French-Russian relations; treaties; tariffs; international trade; Genoa, Italy; conferences ;
  • The draft of the allied proposals to Russia for the reconstruction of that country was sent to the Russian delegation tonight, with an amendment offered by the French to the clause relating to restitution of, or compensation for, private property...
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  • World War. Photographs. 1919-04-30
  • Northwest history; World War 1; photographs; portraits; Private George F. Kent; United States army; American soldiers; souvenirs; German army; returned; returning; post-war ;
  • When Private George F. Kent of the old 69th regiment returned recently from overseas he brought with him everything in the line of souvenirs but the kaiser himself. A varied collection of German iron crosses were "presented" to him by some rather...
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  • World War. Photographs. 1919-04-16
  • Northwest history; World War 1; photographs; portraits; Morris Hillquit of New York; Socialist party of America ;
  • Announcement has been made by Santeri Nuorteva, secretary to the soviet mission established in this country by L. A. Martens, that legal steps would be taken at once to obtain approximately $150,000,000 in money and property now held here under the...
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  • World War. Miscellaneous. 1920-04-03
  • Northwest history; World War 1; United States. Congress. House. interstate commerce committee; marriage; immigrants; immigration; American people; American public; post-war ;
  • Before turning back German property seized in this country congress should consider the claims American citizens have filed against Germany, Alien Property Custodian Garvan declared today before the house interstate commerce committee.
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  • World War. Miscellaneous. 1918-02-04
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Emperor Nicholas Romanoff of Russia; law suits; Marine Transportation Service; war supplies ;
  • Property in a Brooklyn warehouse, said to belong to Nicholas Romanoff, former emperor of Russia, was seized today by deputy sheriff's under a writ of attachment issued by the supreme court of Brooklyn. The court decided last Friday that as long as...
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  • World War. Miscellaneous. 1914-11-08
  • Northwest history; World War 1; German people; German public; Upper classes; possessions; Princess Lichnowsky of German; art; culture; artwork ;
  • Probably one of the most remarkable incidents of the war is the fact that a considerable number of wealthy Germans have sent their private property for safe keeping to England. They felt that is would be safer there than in Germany, for at home it...
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  • World War. Liberty loans. 3rd liberty loan. 1918-05-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; liberty loans; liberty bonds; savings bonds; President Woodrow Wilson; American patriotism; rural communities ;
  • Linn F. Hanson, a young Nebraska farmer who decided his country needed him and therefore sold his property, bought Liberty bonds, gave to the Red Cross and joined the army, has received a commendatory letter from President Wilson.
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  • World War. Food & fuel administration. 1917-12-31
  • Northwest history; World War 1; food; fuel; food economy ;
  • Food economy has been extended to the stage. Property bread is now used in food scenes and the comedians are extravagant with soup that is really colored water. In one banquet scene the stage people sit down to a meal consisting of canvas bread,...
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  • World War. Financial affairs. 1920-02-16
  • Northwest history; World War 1; financial affairs; war damage; bombs; long range guns; Rue Tolbiac, France ;
  • Forty million francs have been advanced as pay for damages done in Paris by bombs and shells from the enemy's long range guns. Injury the property as a result of the explosions of munitions plants at Rue Tolbiac and Corneuve also was figured in...
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  • World War. Financial affairs. 1919-01-01
  • Northwest history; World War 1; financial affairs; Cologne Reinsurance company; manager and liquidator of enemy insurance D. D. Thomas ;
  • The largest seizure of enemy-owned insurance stock to date was made today when the enemy alien property custodian took possession of approximately $800,000 of the resources of the Cologne Reinsurance company, a German-owned concern, with offices...
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  • World War. Financial affairs. 1918-03-13
  • Northwest history; World War 1; financial affairs ;
  • With its legislative riders authorizing sale of all enemy property in the United States and purchase by the government of the German-owned wharves at Hoboken, N. J., the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, carrying $1,800,000,000, was passed late...
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  • World War. 1936-09-30
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; United States. Department of the treasury; crime rates; criminals; arrests; domestic issues; post war; Harold N. Graves; temperance; prohibition; alcohol ;
  • Treasury agents, participating in a nation-wide drive on crime, today counted more than 1000 arrests and property seizures running to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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  • World War. 1920-05-20
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; President William Howard Taft; American patriotism; United States ;
  • "Americanism is the prompting by the traditions and history of our country expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the constitution of the United States of the spirit of individual liberty which includes the right of free contract of...
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