Allies contest Ukraine peace treaty amid Western Front fighting
London reports Britain refuses to recognize the Ukraine Germany peace. Washington cites Vopicka in Jassy confirming separate peace talks with the central powers. Western front activity rises with French gains and German reconnaissance as Allied air assaults and anti aircraft fire intensify.
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London
Associated Press
Ukraine
Washington
United States
Vopieka
Jassy
Great Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Wilson
Lloyd George Urges Britain to Press On for Victory
Prime Minister Lloyd George told the House of Commons the tone of German and Austrian declarations differs from substance and urged action to uphold allied aims. He said no peace terms justify consuming nations, cited unanswered Polish Belgian and French claims, and noted changes in the war council and Russian exit as factors strengthening resolve.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Wilson
Count Hertling
Count Czernin
Supreme War Council
Count von Hertling
Trades Union
Germany
Belgium
Poland
France
Youke
Russia
U S To Buy Pinto Bean Crop of 1917
The federal fuel administration will purchase 1917 pinto bean crop at 8 cents a pound. J B Lamson of the food administration says Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Kansas and Nebraska bean regions are affected. Local dealers estimate about 60 percent of the crop, or 100 million pounds, are in growers hands.
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Associated Press
Denver
Federal Fuel Administration
J. B. Lamson
The
Food Administration
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Slayer Trio in Arizona Manhunt With 250 Pursuers
In Phoenicia Arizona on February 12 a posse of 250 cowboys, rangers, and federal officers pursued Thomas, John Powers, and Thoms Sisson accused of murder of the sheriff and two deputies. The trio, believed to have slipped into an access route from the mountains, is racing toward the Mexican border as border patrols bolster the line.
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Phoenia
Ariz
Thomas
John Powers
Thoms Sisson
Haywood Freed on $15,000 Bail
CHICAGO February 12 William Dringwood international secretary and treasurer of the I W W with 165 members of the group was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy and sedition. He was released on bond of 15000 today Judge Landin reduced the bail from 25000 despite protests by District Attorney Clyne and M K N denied assistant United States attorney.
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Chicago
William Dr. Dingwood
Landin
Clyne
United States
Danish Riot Leaders Arrested After Treasury Storm Attempt
Copenhagen police arrested leaders of the syndicalists who escaped yesterday as 60 000 to 80 000 rioters tried to storm the treasury plunder shops and enter the royal palace. Christian Christensen editor of Solidarity was among those seized.
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Copenhagen
Christian Christensen
Solidarity
Cheyenne Honors Lincoln in Patriotic Lincoln Day Meeting
About 1000 attendees packed the Cheyenne high school gym for a tribute to Abraham Lincoln. Ridgely praised Lincoln as a symbol of American ideals and urged unity to support the republic against oppression. Bishop Patrick A. McGovern gave the principal address outlining the war’s causes and Lincoln’s role in emancipation.
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James A. Levine
Hilliard
Ridgley
Abraham Lincoln
Cheyenne
Ridgely
Patrick A. McGovern
Republican National Committee Meeting Faces Chairman Pick
In St Louis on February 12 the Republican National Committee delayed selecting a chairman until the next day. Iowa’s John T. Adams and Indiana’s Will Hays led the pledged votes while Fred Stanley faded. Thompson for Adams defended him as a good American. Abbie Scott Baker spoke for the Susan B Anthony amendment, countered by anti suffrage women who protested actions already taken by the committee.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Republican National Committee
John T. Adams
Iowa
Will H. Hays
Indiana State Central Committee
Fred Stanley
Kansas
Adams
Thompson
Resolutions Committee
United States
Abbie Scott Baker
Woman's Party
White House
Susan McAnthony
Minnie Bronson
Lucy Price
Baker
Ranch Hand Kills Son of Wealthy Employer
In Douglas Wryo Feb 12 Edward Henry son of Mike Henry manager of the Eighty Eight ranch was shot and killed by a ranch hand at Brown Springs forty miles northeast. Sheriff Messenger forms a posse to pursue the killer. Details and motive remain unknown as news reaches Douglas. Mike Henry is described as immensely wealthy with broad ranch interests.
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Associated Press
Estill Springs Tenn
Jim Herron
Mominville
Douglas
Edward Henry
Mike Henry
Brown Springs
Here
Messenger
Denver Will Have U. S. Hospital for Invalid Soldiers
A War Department statement to the Senate Military Committee outlines major Army construction projects totaling 268 million dollars. It includes a 560 thousand dollar hospital for invalid soldiers at Denver and another at Asheville North Carolina, plus 800 thousand for hospitals in army cantonments.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Edgewood
N. J
Asheville
300 Sammies on Tuscania Still Unaccounted for
Fortythree names removed from the Tuscania list leaving 300 Americans still unreported after the torpedoing. War department reports only 113 soldiers lost, suggesting 187 unreported may be saved while 15 percent of American dead are buried along the Scotch coast.
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Tuscania
Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Ireland
Virginia Legislature Honors Lincoln at Camp Lee
Petersburg Virginia February 12 a southern legislature observed Lincoln’s birthday with members of the Virginia General Assembly attending. The observance was conducted at Camp Lee by the Three Hundred and Nineteenth Brigade composed exclusively of Virginians.
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Petersburg
Iincoln
Camp Lee
Three Hundred and Nineteenth
New universal military training bill introduced in Senate
Senator New of Indiana proposes universal military training for men aged 19 to 21 with registration now and training before full draft eligibility at 21. The amendment to the draft act tests public sentiment on future army policy alongside Senator Chamberlain’s parallel plan.
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Washington
New
Indiana
Hill
Congress
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Chamberlain
Military Affairs Committee
Savage Arrest in Denver Over Cheyenne Check
John A Bay of the Savage Electrical Company and his wife Mrs Alfred Raves Savage were jailed in Denver on a bad check charge. The $27 check drawn two months prior to a Cheyenne hotel was not honored. friends planned to post the amount to secure his release.
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Denver
John A. Bayage
Savage Eleetrical Company
Alfred Raves Savage
Denver City
Cheyenne
Wyo
Savage
Packers Vault Immune From U S Till March First
Chicago February 12 Attorneys for Henry Veeder general counsel for Swift and Co filed a writ of error and appeal and secured a supersedeas delaying further search of the packers’ lawyer vault for evidence in the federal trades commission probe until after March 1. The three judges of the United States court of appeals will rule on the government’s writ later.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Henry Veeder
Swift & Co
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sewrel
Evience
Federal Trades Commission
United States Cooudt Court of Appeals
Russia Ends Peace Talks as Army Quits War
London reports a Russian withdrawal from the war with Germany Austria Hungary Turkey and Bulgaria with demobilization on all fronts. Some younger detachments will remain for frontier defense. The Russian delegation rejects full annexations but the overall military impact is limited while the political and economic significance is noted.
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London
Nusela
Risehan
Eaye Ruena
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Risshin Teoupeshiva
Wilson Plans White House Talks on War Powers Conflict
Washington February 12 The Senate military committee nears action as Secretary Baker provides confidential data on shipping and tonnage while President Wilson plans talks with Republicans and Democrats to push for a war council and munitions director. Jurisdiction and support question if Baker’s figures justify sending 1.5 million troops to Europe this year.
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Assocated
Washington
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Wilson
War Council
White House
Germans Freed by Russia Not to Hurt Allies
Washington reports an open Western Front campaign as the peace pact with Ukraine is announced and the Bolshevik demobilization is noted. Analysts say 1,000,000 German prisoners may return home, but few will be quickly reorganized into an army. Germany may prefer to keep prisoners abroad rather than spread propaganda.
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Russia
Drest-Litowsk
Dolehowski
Washington
Slelet
Ukraine
Malshevik
Germany
Kapaa
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