Striking Carpenters Defy US Shipyard Orders
In a continuing pay dispute the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners chief William L Hutcheson says he cannot order strikers back to work. Hurley of the shipping board pressed for immediate return, while President Wilson watches the labor crisis with no firm action reported.
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New York
William L. Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Washington
W. L. Hutcheson
Eastern
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Hutcheson
Nurley
Meyer Hroomfield
Wilson
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Cientificos Center of Revolt Hatching Among Mexicans
An American arriving from Mexico City reports a movement to overthrow President Carranza is under way in Cientifocos. Offers have been made to General Obregon and Felipe Angeles to lead armies against Carranza, with Angeles currently in New York City.
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Cientifocos
Mexico City
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Felipe Angeles
Angeles
New York City
Romania Opens Peace Negotiations Likely Under Armistice Talks
Amsterdam reports quoted by the Associated Press say Romanian negotiators may have arrived at a prearranged site to discuss extending the armistice. No official communication has been issued despite the intimations from Thursday evening papers.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Derlin
Rumania
British convoy craft sunk by Dover Straits raid
Official report says a railroad flotilla of enemy destroyers sunk eight British anti submarine craft in the Straits of Dover. Seven of the sunk vessels were drifters and one was a trawler. The enemy destroyers then withdrew rapidly northward to avoid engagement.
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London
Straits of Dover
Clam Agents Denounced For War Insurance Tactics
Secretary McAdoo denounces attorneys and claim agents who target dependents of fallen service members to collect government insurance on commission. He says hiring agents for such collections is unnecessary and inappropriate.
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Washington
McAdoo
Cavalry or Medical Men to Be Put in Fort Russell
Mayor E W Stone questions wartime moves to Fort Russell in telegrams to Wyoming senators. Officials cite equipment shortages and need to concentrate three regiments for proper drill. Chiefs of staff say troops must be moved and Fort Russell may be used for sanitary purposes.
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FT. Russell
Jack A. Bristol
BE. W. Stone
Fort Russell
Tise
War Department
Stone
Wyoming
John W. Kendrick
B. G. Warren
E. W. Stone
Kendrick
Russell
John B&b. Kendrick
Warren
Port Russell
Texas May Be Dry State by New Bill
Texas moves toward prohibition as a bill bans intoxicating liquors within ten miles of Army posts and makes violations a felony. The measure, submitted during a special session to start Feb. 26 by Governor Nobby, would effectively create a dry state.
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Texas
Asociated Press
Ustin
Tex
Nobby
Count Involves Morgan Tries to Pledge Spain to War
Federal court in New York revealed three indictments against Edmund Rousselot for posing as a Spanish confidential representative and negotiating with J P Morgan & Co for a 850 million loan while promising Spain would join the Entente in the war. The woman operator claimed royal backing and involved the State Department in the espionage case.
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New York
Esmund Konsselot di
Edmund Rousselot
Victory Pie Regulations Reach Public Eateries
Washington reports an order requiring all public eating places to sell only Victory pies and related bakery items. Establishments using three barrels of flour monthly must include one third wheat substitutes in all pies and pastries, while batter cakes and wafles must contain three quarters substitutes. The food administration says the rules protect wheat saving and counter unfair competition.
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Washington
Food Administration
Schwarz Case Unveils Political Plot in Wyoming
In September 1917 A G Schwarz, county clerk of Platte County Wyoming, was appointed to the Platte County local board but soon removed from membership. The article frames the Schwarz case as a tested truth against propaganda, arguing the case exposes a vivid political plot and promises truth will prevail.
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Olien
Wyoming
Belwars
AG. Belwarz
Platte County
Wyownie
A.G. Schwarz
A. G. Bohware
Gas Attack Foiled by Sam mies in France
German gas shell bombardment failed to break American lines in France on February 15 as U S. forces repelled aerial and ground assaults. American anti gas training limited gas exposure to three hours while a two hour shelling left traces of fumes. Both sides pressed artillery and air activity as American gunners achieved higher efficiency pushing German planes back.
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Hy Associated Press
France
Arbitator Visits Chicago Stockyards in Wage Dispute
Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler accompanied by representatives and attorneys conducted an on site inspection at the Chicago stockyards to observe working conditions in the ongoing packers wage dispute.
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Chicago
Samuel Alschuler
Vernon Castle Killed in Texas Air Collision
Capt Vernon Castle former dancer and Royal Flying Corps officer died after a collision near Fort Worth Texas. He tried an airmanship maneuver after spotting a cadet aircraft and crashed while the instructor rode in front. The cadet escaped with a black eye. Castle died minutes later at the hospital.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Vernon Castle
Royal Fying Corps
Castle
Castles
Castie
Air Dome
Bentrou
van Kt. Peters
Cantlo
Collman
Rome
Holland to face famine as crops exhaust by May
Ban Francisco February 15 Stock of food in Holland will be exhausted by May and the country will then face four famines, said Liew J. Vian Sebreven of the royal Dutch navy, now a guest at a local hotel. He claimed the corn and grain supply is practically pun.
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Ban Francisco
Discontent in Dual Monarchy Alarms Berlin
London dispatches report alarm in Austria Hungary causing fear in Berlin. Kaiser Wilhelm II sends emissaries to Vienna to press for quelling rebellion. Analysts foresee pressure possibly forcing a separate peace as unrest grows in the empire and war aims falter.
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London
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Imperial
Vienna
Carl
Yankees Bomb Germany with Revolt Pleas
American planes are firing on German junkers with appeals for democracy. William Churchill testifies that flights penetrate 300 miles into Germany dropping messages urging the people to overthrow imperial rule. He reports cooperation from Swiss Germans aiding a republic movement and a recent broadcast appeal spreading in Germany.
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Washington
Gereman Junkers
Hombe
William Churchill
Committee On Public Information
House Post Office Expenditures Committee
Germany
Churchill
Switzerland
Bolo Pasta Appeals Death Verdict in Cassation
Paris, February 15. Bolo Pasta, convicted by a military tribunal of treason aiding, seeks to overturn the death sentence by appealing to the Court of Cassation.
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Bolo
Paris
Bolo Pasta
Verlier
Court of Cassation
Weeks accuses Wilson of injecting politics into war effort
Senator Weeks charges President Wilson with political interference in war planning. He criticizes delays and lack of central coordination in military preparations, naming the War Department and officials while defending the cabinet and munitions efforts. He argues for a centralized body to direct war plans and unity.
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Wilton
Weeks
War Department
Lee
Billko
America
Dies
Atabel
Witton
Bet Aice Chawherlain
Oregam
Deniorath
Iself
Alva Welitie
Senate
Wilson
Landon Reports Withdrawal From War Affects Allies
A dubious dispatch notes Pivinata’s withdrawal as real, with discarded wartime ties to former allies. It cites minister Troike Holeher and reports to the All Euen workmee's soldiers council after Litovel conferences. Trotzky policy faces dispute in Hasaan wireless transmission.
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Pivinata
Troike
All Euen
Soldiers Council
Trotzky
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