Lloyd George Assails Central Powers on Peace Terms
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that German and Austro-Hungarian leaders offered no proof of willingness to secure just peace. He asserted Germany violated pledges, shifted troops westward, and warned Britain to prepare a united Allied defense against a looming German blow.
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London
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Wilson
Count von Hertling
Count Czernin
Count Cxernin
Count von Henning
Germany
Russia
Belgium
Poland
France
Byeco
Lloyd-George
Great Britain
America
Italy
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Haig
Robertson
War Council
Roweene
Informatinn
Squith
Unclear Peace Lines Dividing World View
A fragment notes that lines in principle would imply no relation to peace while the rest of the world shows readiness to accept a stance, signaling global agreement versus dissent.
Three Hundred Still Are To Be Accounted For
Washington reports 40 names removed from the Tuscania unreported list today, leaving 300 still unaccounted. Armed forces say only 113 soldiers were lost, with 187 likely safe. Some names were deciphered or removed as survivors were shifted to hospitals in Halifax or Ireland.
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Washington
Tuscania
War Department
Halifax
Ireland
Bristol Man Killed in France Frontline Action
Bristol, Tenn. Feb 12 Edward Grant of Bristol reported slain in action with Canadians on the French front He was twenty eight years old native of California He enlisted in Canada two years ago He married a Bristol girl who is now in Oklahoma.
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Bristol
Prance
Tenn
Edward Grant
California
Canada
Oklahoma
Menace to Life in Present Rail Conditions Highlighted
Washington reports by Timothy Shea of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Enginemen and Hostlers claim sixteen hour law violations rise after government operation. He cites 123 violations in Jan and 4 to 7 million ton miles per pay rise since 1890, arguing wages and hours threaten safety and force men to seek other work.
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Washington
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Railroad Wage Commission
United States
Senator Lane
Mr. Shea
McChord
Interstate Commerce Commmission
Shea
Controversy Over War Reorganization Nearing Action in Congress
Washington report notes Senate Military Committee inquiry ends with Baker revealing confidential shipping data. President Wilson, opposed to a war cabinet and munitions director, plans White House talks with Congress to push reorganization. Debate resumes next week as Weeks and James prepare remarks on national defense.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Wilson
War Council
Econgress
Republicana
Democrats
White House
Senator Overman
Nelson
Judiciary Committee
Senate
James
Kentucky
America
Weeks
Massachusetts
Chamberlain
Military
Chamerlain
Europe
Hitchcock
Baldwin defends Hog Island costs before senate panel
George J. Baldwin tells the senate investigating committee that high government spending on Hog Island shipyard construction in Philadelphia was necessary to avoid delays and keep 120 ships contracted for. He says 52 ships will be produced this year and all 120 launched on time barring transport or other obstacles. a 3.3 percent profit was settled after initial 6 percent was rejected. The contract also allows the government to buy the Hog Island land after the war or pay six percent rent on 1,708 dollars.
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Washington
Hog Island
Philadelphia
Senate
George J. Baldwin
American International Ship Building Corporation
Baldwin
Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Army to spend on new construction projects across the nation
The War Department disclosed to the Senate Military Committee plans for many new Army construction projects totaling 268.65 million dollars. Invested sites include gas works at Edgewood New Jersey interior storage depots and aviation facilities with a new cantonment. Hospitals for tuberculosis care will be built in Denver and Asheville, and others at thirty two training camps. An eight million dollar division cantonment is planned with undetermined location possibly replacing the Charlotte training camp abandoned for ground instability.
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Washington
Army
Senate
Miitary Committee
War Department
Edgewood
N. J
Suile
Denver
Colo
Asheville
Xni
Lhirty-two
Charlotte
N.C
Republicans Postpone Selection of Chairman Stir
St. Louis Feb 92 The Republican national committee postponed until tomorrow the chairman selection and adopted a resolution endorsing Republican congressmen for the Susan B Anthony suffrage amendment. Tonight factions claimed victory for John T Adams of Iowa and Will Hays. Twenty three pledged to Adams and twenty three to Hays with five noncommittal figures.
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St. Louis
Republican National Committee
Susan B. Anthony
John T. Adams
Iowa
Will H. Hays
Indiana
Adams
Hays
Kaiser to Transfer Headquarters to Spa
Reports from Amsterdam via Exchange Telegraph say Emperor William will move his personal headquarters to Spa Belgium near the German frontier for a short stay to take the cure.
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Kaiser
Vransfer
London
Emperor William
Spa
Exchange Telegraph
Amsterdam
Conspired to Obstruct Selective Draft Law in West Virginia
In Parkersburg on February 12, Floyd Tucker Teter Abman J. Stalmaker and editor Fred Thompson pleaded guilty to a four count conspiracy to obstruct the recruiting service and the selective draft act. Judge Woods fined each $10,000 plus costs for conspiring with Thompson’s newspaper to publish a seditious article and distribute it after postal barring.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Barbour County
Fred FE. Thompson
Bellington Progressive
Thompson
Negro Lynching At Stake In Tennessee After Confession
Stilwell Springs Tennessee February 12 Jim Melnherron a Black man who killed two white men Friday was burned at the stake tonight after a torture induced confession. A mob of about sixteen hundred met the train and forced the confession before torching him at a tree.
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Stil Springs
Tenn
Jim Melherron
McMinville
Melnherron
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast
Fair and slightly colder conditions expected in West Virginia and Virginia on Wednesday and Thursday. Daytime temperatures will be mild with cooler nights.
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West Virginia
Western Front Narrowed as Ukraine Armistice Questions German Push
Washington reports that peace with the Ukraine republic and Bolshevik Russia may free German forces and boost food supplies, but most Russian POWs are unsuitable for Western front combat. Rail and transport failures limit food aid, while Austro German forces remain near the frontiers for potential renewed actions. Military leaders see the war narrowing to the western front despite uncertainties.
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Washington
Ukraine
Russia
Germany
Teutons
Postponed suspension of heatless Monday order
Washington reports postpone the heatless Monday order decision until tomorrow after state fuel administrators and regional railroad officials submit final reports on coal and transportation. New England faces sharp shortages, with potential continued closures if J J Storrow recommends it. The preferential coal distribution list remains in effect to help resolve the crisis.
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Washington
Garfield
McAdoo
New England
J. J. Storrow
Fuel Administration
Coal Supplies Cut Off Hits Some Industries
The cut reduces coal supplies for several less essential industries, though officials say there is enough coal overall to go around and maintain basic needs.
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Der
Trial of Helo Pasha Anticipates Prosecutor’s Death Demand
Paris reports all evidence and witness testimony in the treason case against Helo Pasha have ended with prosecutors set to present arguments. M Doyen defended himself against Monsignor Bolo’s charges of falsifying his report on Bolo’s actions. The priest protested demanding production of telegrams rather than state department documents and cried out that the American government has no right to shoot his innocent brother.
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Paris
Helo Pasha
M. Doyen
Bolo Wrother
Doyen
Bolo
Monsignor
von Hernstorff
State Department
Jean
Five Men to Report to Camp Meade Saturday Week
The Bluefield draft calls five men from a group of ten to report at 1 p.m. on Saturday February 23 for Camp Meade Maryland. They are part of the district’s fourth increment to the national army, with potential credits debated by the exemptions board.
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Bluefield
National Army
Norfolk
Camp Meade
Local Exemptions Board
Appeals Board
West Virginia
Lody
George Scordas
Kk. O. Bennett
Paul Maxwell
William Douglas Pedigo
John A. Hoyd
Giles A.whitlow
Estil Evans Neal
William, Loomis
Hurst
Charles Marshall
Aviation
Signal Corps
Washington
National Guard
Camp Lee
General Pershing
France
Meade
War Front Outlook and Allied Declarations Across Europe
Large troop concentrations and intensified patrols mark Western Front activity with British incursions near Epehy La Bassee and French success north of the Allette river yielding prisoners. German offensives loom while air reconnaissance grows and Entente aerial raids surge in January. King George Lloyd George and Wilson align on a peace basis as Europe braces for March offensives and continued war mobilization.
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Western Front
Epehy
la Bassee
Allette
Verdun
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Chairman Shipbuilding Corporation Board
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