Labor Men Oppose Parts of Sedition Law
Helena February 16 Special Staff Correspondence reports that measures move swiftly through the legislature with little opposition. A bill amending the sedition law to punish seditious utterances progresses, while other measures including seed loans for farmers and wage appropriations advance, with committees handling referrals and potential votes next week.
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Solons
O'Connor
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AtWicher
Atrocities by Red Guard Reported in Southern Finland
Stockholm reports 6410 refugees describe executions and massacres by Red Guard forces in Southern Finland. Victims include civilians at estates and cities like Helsingfors and Lovisa, with rebels declaring a terror rule and arming limited defenses. Petrograd appeal noted.
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Stockholm
Red Guard
Finland
Bhjoernebors
Red
Iives
Kotha
Helsingfors
Lovisa
Vasa
Petrograd
Rumania Vows to Fight On Against Bolsheviks and Allies
Dr. C. Angelescu, head of the Romanian mission in Chicago, declares Rumania will continue the fight to the end. He says the Bolsheviks have declared war and left Romania cut off from friendly nations, facing enemies on all sides, but remains determined to be free.
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Chicago
Rumania
C. Angelescu
Gersaid
Angelescu
Aeerpeenenri
Amsterdam
Berlin
Germany
Government fixes hog prices at Chicago market
Government announces fixed hog price of 1550 dollars per hundredweight at Chicago. The measure, set by administration officials, will continue to be enforced following referendum returns from major hog producers editors and livestock exchange presidents in key hog producing states.
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Senate
Holt
Congress
Chicago
Raid On London In Progress Drops First Bomb
Report from London at midnight states hostile aircraft crossed the Kent coast and moved toward the capital. The raid continues with one bomb confirmed as dropped on London so far.
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London
Kent
Thames Estuary
Geologist Carl Elsch Arrested as Enemy Revealed Plot
San Francisco February 16 Carl Elsch a chemist and member of the United States Geological Survey was seized by federal marshals as a dangerous enemy alien. Officials charged him with involvement in an alleged plot to blow up a British government station on an island in the Ha Salian group.
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San Francisco
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States’ Geological Survey
Unitedes
No More Blue Sundays In Victoria
Victoria British Columbia February 18 police announce Lord's day closing act will be enforced no longer due to differences between police commissioners and the attorney general. Garages cigar stores and other shops closed for two Sundays will reopen tomorrow two Sundays.
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Senate
Victoria
British Columbia
Attorne
Naval Thrusts Around Dover Stir Tense Straits
Dover reports say German destroyers attacked British patrols in the straits near Dover. A trawler and small craft were sunk as bombardment continued for several minutes, with shore batteries replying. Casualties include one killed and three injured, plus multiple civilian deaths and injuries in nearby homes. General Pershing announced several deaths from natural causes across multiple states including pneumonia and bronchitis. Raymond Boyer of the signal corps, listed as a death from scarlet fever, was noted as well.
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Pershing
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Hingham
Mass
Joseph J. McGorrick
New York City
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Piney Point
Randolph 1A Pearson
Essex
Conn
Toma Repede
Newark
Ohio
Harm Hurdling
Nelson A. Masnard
Northfield
Raymond
Boyer Signal Corps
West Reading
Loyd George
Cermane
Shtuntay
Paterna
Substitution of Inferior Steel Tied to Metal Tests
San Francisco February 16 Alleged substitution of inferior metal in critical steel products led to the arrest of Prosper J Forrest general manager of Edwin J Forrest Co He is held on 20000 bond as federal officials say samples showed the metal failed testing and could endanger ship fittings and thousands of workers involved in the industry also noted a related diplomatic telegram from Sofia about Bulgaria Russia relations.
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San Francisco
Prosper J. Forrest
Edwin J. Forrest
Francis Ki
Forrest
Polant
Ual
Iarma
Germany
Tessin
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Corman
Russia
Austria
Rusesia
London
Henry “Highes Wilson
Civic Council
Versailles
Robertson
Gage
Wilson
Teuton Prisoners and Hostage Leashes Stir British War News
London reports via Reuter's Amsterdam and Berlin dispatches that German papers publish weak dispatches about the war, while German authorities threaten Bolsheviks and confiscate food in Dorpat, with arrests and transfers to Kronstadt. Disruptions loom in Poland and the Baltic as strikes and martial actions rise. Dover raid by Germans continues to provoke British security measures.
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London
Stethe
Warsaw
Reuter
Amsterdam
Husia
Niga
Berlin
Esthoni
Polish Military Units An Important Factor
Amsterdam and veh 16 report on the Polish cabinet resignation and unrest over the peace terms with Ukraine and the central powers. German press critics urge caution as Cologne Gazette says Poles cannot tear apart the eastern net built for central powers' advantage.
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Germany
Ukraine
Poland
Lemay
Amsterdam
Veh
Cologne
Eleven More Tuscania Survivors Reported by War Department
Washington reports eleven survivors of the torpedoed Tuscania and a new name H. Obaird of Wagoner Oklahoma who was not on the original list. The list includes Private Hugh Alexander Cumland Gap Tenn Private David Neros Brownsville Texas and others with several Texans named. The war department also adds seven additional names of soldiers who died aboard Tuscania, noting ten were previously identified and 82 names received by cable last night.
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War Department
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Wagoner
Okla
Hugh Alexander
Cumland Gap
Tenn
David Neros
Brownsville
Texas
Connor A. Collins
Battle Creek
Mich
Joe Curland
Evansville
Ind
Robert E. Lee Hickey
Denton
Marion F. Lambert
Rotan
Miguel Martines
San Diego
Bureley G. Nall
Garlington
Reuben Peterson Marinette
Wiss
Irene Smith
Spokane
Wash
Jess D. Smith
Coleman
Tuscania
London
Associated Press
James A. Schleiss
Rico Lake
Cable
Scotland
Montana Weather: Snow and Warmer Sunday Then Colder West
Washington forecast notes Montana will see snow and warmer conditions on Sunday followed by a likely cold snap. Snow remains in the west portion with the rest of the state experiencing a mix of sun and clouds.
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Montana
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