Revolutionary mobilization ordered for German front
The Bolshevik commander Ensign Krylenko declares real mobilization as detachment units from 10 percent to 1500 strong will entrench and attack. All able bodied men must fortify routes while bourgeois resistors face compulsory labor. arms to be delivered locally. tribunals to enforce discipline. General digging of trenches ordered under council command with commissaries in charge.
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Ensign Krylenko
Revolutionary Army
Red Army
Baltic Front Turmoil and Allied Advances Reported
Berlin dispatches say the First Esthenian Regiment deserted to the German commander in the Baltic north, while the Russian navy is disorganized and only submarines are seaworthy. German forces push east. Hapsal and Rieshitsa are reported captured, with Austrians aiding Ukraine near Dubno. In the Middle East, Jericho falls to British forces, Allenby gains roads to Damascus Mecca, and Turkish supplies may be threatened. In Boston, stores stay open late and coal distribution changes affect Jamaica Plain and the Forest Hill area as service cuts aim to save coal amid winter storms.
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Berlin
Baltic
Reval
Helsingfors
Kronstadt
Lenine-Trotzky
Trotzky
Hapsal
Gulf of Finland
Rieshitsa
Riga
Teutons
Leupzin
Minsk
Trutsk
von Linsingen
Ukraine
Dubno
Aisne
Hampagne
Alsace
Palestine
Jericho
Allenby
Damascus
Mecca
Boston
Boston Fuel Committee
Jamaica Plain
Department B
Forest Hill
Spring Park Avenue
Glendale Terrace
Germania Street
Old Curtis Hall
Russian Peace Envoys Arrested by Germans
An official statement from Petrograd reports that Russian parliamentary messengers traveling to Dvinsk in a motor car were halted near Antonopol by a German armed car. The parliamentary representative and the fifth army commissioner were detained and brought back to Rieshitsa. It is believed they carried a written acceptance of German peace terms for General Moffman.
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Petrograd
Russia
Ensign Krylenko
Rieshitsa
Dvinsk
Antonopol
Fifth Army
Riga
Moffman
Block Island Sound Frozen Over Again
Tug captain reports Block Island Sound frozen as far as New London Rhode Island February 22 with heavy ice seen in path from Providence to Block Island. He noted little ice a day earlier on the same waters.
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Block Island Sound
Newport
R. I
Providence
New London
Boston Considers Reimposing Coal Delivery Ban
Boston plans to reinstate a coal delivery ban on office buildings stores and factories after a recent lift. A storm disrupted shipments to New England reducing the city’s coal reserves and challenging the priority delivery system run by Chairman David A. Ellis of the Boston fuel committee.
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Boston
David A. Ellis
Boston Fuel Committee
McAdoo Plays Down Food Shortage Fears
Railroad officials and McAdoo defend national food supply prospects as grain moves to Western primary markets surge. Hoover’s view questioned by McAdoo staff while railroads report record weekly grain receipts and 6 million bushels daily loadings despite severe winter weather.
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Food Administration
Mr. Hoover
Mr. McAdoo
Hoover
McAdoo
United States
Grain movement and food trains move to aid Allies
Reports from the railroad administration show nine days of grain receipts totaling 17 361 000 bushels of corn 9 329 000 of oats and 2 446 000 of wheat at western centers. Over eight days 8 198 750 cars were loaded with 26 549 west of the Mississippi 9 319 eastern and 2 882 southern. Forty two food trains with 1 868 cars went to New York Philadelphia and Boston for transshipment.
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Railroad Administration
Edward Chambers
The
Food Administration
Mississippi
Chicago
East St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Mr. Hoover
Hoover Says More Wheat Must Be Had for War Use
Hoover urges Americans to largely refrain from eating wheat flour for 60 days to aid allied war needs. Howard Heinz in Philadelphia reads Hoover’s telegram appealing for full public support, noting shipping limits and tight supplies require shared sacrifice and decisive action now.
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Philadelphia
Herbert C. Hoover
Howard Heinz
Pennsylvania
Mr. Hoover
America
Food Administration
Wounded Man Sought After Italian Restaurant Fracas
Worcester February report says Michael Feranda, 30, missing with a bullet near the heart after a pie dispute at 170 Shrewsbury Street restaurant. His brother Peter, 24, and Luigi Giordana, 28, held on disturbing the peace as police investigate the melee and the accidental shooting during a coin game over pie size.
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Worcester
Michael Feranda
Plum Street
City Hospital
Shrewsbury Street
Peter Feranda
Luigi Giordana
Feranda
Shoes shortage prompts extra boot allocations for troops
Washington reports the War Department has 15,437,000 pairs on hand or contracted but plans to secure over 1,000,000 additional pairs this year. General Pershing seeks 18,590 pairs per 25,000 men monthly, about nine pairs per man annually, to build reserves in France and the U.S. with future per man needs expected to drop as stocks grow.
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Washington
War Department
Baker
France
Pershing
American I W W Men jailed in England
In London on February 22 Clarente Edward Boyington and Paul A Manning, American representatives of the Industrial Workers of the World in England, were sentenced to six months imprisonment at Bow Street Police Court. They were also recommended for deportation for spreading pacifist propaganda intended to disaffect workers in Singapore.
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England
London
Clarente Edward Boyington
Paul A. Manning
Industrial Workers of the World
Bow Street
Singland
Elevated wage dispute and looming strike concerns in Boston
The fight between Elevated officials and the Carmen's Union over wage and hour demands intensifies with a threatened walkout set for Monday midnight. Mayor Peters seeks talks to avert disruption as union leaders release a public reply alleging company officials sparked wage talks while citing wartime pressures.
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Peters
Review roundup of new books on democracy faith and science
A critical survey of recent works ranging from Ralph Adams Cram’s Nemesis of Mediocrity to Sir William G Barrett and Frank Rosewater. The piece discusses views on democracy spiritualism and education, plus profiles of authors Oppenheim Burroughs and Alexander, with notes on their works and living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutton
William F. Barrett
Royal College of Science
Ireland
Carmen Make Reply to Brush Elevate on Wage Increase
The Boston Carmen's Union replies to Boston Elevated Railway President Matthew Brush stating they have lived up to the agreement and oppose a strike except as a last resort. They emphasize continuity of service, careful consideration of the letter, and long effort to reach the current agreement. The letter notes officers began negotiations on October 4 of the previous year.
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Boston Carmen's Union
Matthew Brush
Boston Elevated Railway Company
The
Elevated
Matthew C. Brush
Milk Street
Boston
Mass
Ching
Wage Question Open Brush Tells Union Ready to Discuss
President Brush of the Boston Elevated Railway replied to the union letter stating the wage question remains open and officials are ready to confer at once, despite the agreement not expiring until May 1919. He notes no information on employees' strike intention has been received and cites press reports of a union vote.
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Brush
Carmen’s
Elevated
Massachusetts
Matthew J. Higgins
William J. Timmins
Watertown Arsenal
Liberty Shipbuilding
Charlestown Navy Yard
Commonwealth Pier
Pubiic
Greater Boston
M. C. Brush
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston Carmen's Union
Union
Amalgamated Association
Boston
Mass
The Hammers In The Palace Of The Last Blackbird
Poem excerpt by Ralph Hodgson depicts constant hammering shaping a palace then silent decay. The narrator hears busy hammers day and night turning dust and clay into construction while hushed hammers symbolize decline and ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hodgson
Boston Woman Sued for Divorce in Conn. Case
William H. Havens of Old Saybrook files for divorce from Sarah K. Havens of Boston alleging desertion on December 23, 1914. They wed May 24, 1884 in Haddam, Conn. her maiden name was Sarah Ki Whitehead. Deputy Sheriff Pattison served papers. case set for April term of Superior Court.
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Middletown
Conn
William HT. Havens
Old Saybrook
Sarah KE. Havens
Claremont Park
Boston
Hast Haddam
Sarah Ki. Whitehead
Robert T. Pattison
Havens
Superior Court
Strangers Knife Attack Family in Hyde Park Home
Police seek a clue to a man who entered 536 Hyde Park Avenue at 5 50 last night and attacked Angelo DeBenaditi his wife Juna and son Carmine with a knife. The family says the assailant was a stranger and gave no motive.
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West Roxbury
Angelo DeBenaditi
Hyde Park Avenue
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Cram
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Mr. Wade
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