Crisis in War to Come Warned by Senator
Senator Robinson warned of a six month supreme crisis facing civilization and urged speeding debate on the administration railroad bill to unify control of railways and mobilize resources for France. Senator Cummins opposed the compensation standard while Senator Smith pressed for a final vote next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Administration
Smith
Cummins
Robinson
France
Reward Offered in Rock Springs Lynching Case
Acting Governor Frank J L Houx has been asked by Sweetwater County prosecutors to proclaim a $500 reward for the rest and conviction of each person involved in the lynching of Wade Hamilton a Black man in Rock Springs on December 11 1917. Officials believe only three persons were connected with the crime.
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Frank Jl.houx
Fred W. Jophnson
Sweetwater County
Wade Hamilton
Rock Springs
Deportation of Belgians Continues in Revolting Manner
An official cable to the Belgian legation reports Germans have carried away 2700 Belgian men of all ranks from Lokeren to perform military work on the west front. Many wives were seized by German soldiers during the period cited, despite promises from Berlin and the pope.
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Washington
Berlin
Havee
Lokeren
East Flanders
West Front
Official Accused of Fighting Draft in Weld County
Hierman E. Meyers deputy county clerk of Weld County was arrested weeks ago on charges of attempting to persuade Albert Beek Jr. to evade the selective service draft. Federal officials took him into custody on a presidential warrant designating him as a German alien.
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Greeley
Colo
Hierman EF. Meyers
Weld County
Albert Beek Jr
Big Naval Battle Believed Fought
A Stockholm to Gothenburg dispatch via Morning Post correspondent reports many German sailors' bodies recovered, suggesting a large naval engagement may have occurred. source notes the find but gives no vessel details.
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Associated Press
London
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Morning Post
Housing shipbuilders bill approved in joint conference
Washington February 16 the bill providing 50 million dollars for housing shipbuilders was approved in joint conference between the house and senate substantially as it passed the house with both chambers endorsing the effort to aid workers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Shipyard wage board approves settlement ending near strike
The Slipping board's wage adjustment today agreed on higher wages and working conditions for about 60 percent of Atlantic shipyard workers in the Delaware region. 6,000 to 7,000 carpenters joined the strike, some unwilling to settle, while government officials hope the new scale will guide settlements on the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts as President Wilson considers intervention.
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Washington
Sig
New York
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Hurley
William JL. Nutcheson
Carpenters’ Brotherhood
Shipbuilding Wage Adjustment Board
Pier
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Everit Macy
Wage Adjustment Board
Roosevelt
Navy
Packers Asked to Take Stand by Associated Press
Chicago February 16. J Ogden Arrow president of Armour and Co plus Nelson Morris chairman of the board Morris and Co were asked by attorneys for blockyards employees to appear as witnesses in the wage dispute heard by Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler. Judge Alschuler overruled Packers objections and ordered their appearance.
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Associated Press
Chicago
J. Ogden Arrow
Armour & Co
Nelson Morris
Card of Directors
Morris & Co
Tderal
Samuel Alschuler
Tidge Alschuler
Draft Amendment Exempts Aliens from Military Draft
Washington Feb 16 A War Department draft law amendment approved by the State Department and introduced by Rep Dent would exempt neutral country citizens who seek U.S. citizenship. If adopted, not more than 200000 men would be affected, about half of whom are Mexican and 40 percent Scandinavian subjects.
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Washington
War Department
State Department
Dent
House Military Committee
Officers Nabbed In Murder Conspiracy Plot in Texas
Theodore Conbest sheriff and John Martin county attorney of Cottle County Texas were arrested on a Texas & Pacific passenger train at Bis Springs accused of conspiring to murder Clark at Ysieta twelve miles east of Here. The plot involved taking Clark to Paducah Texas to face a murder charge tied to Gus Spilker’s killing.
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Associated Preps
Paso
Tex
Theodore Conbest
John Martin
Cottle County
Texas
Texas & Pacific
Bis Springs
Clark
Ysieta
Here
Paducah
Gus Spilker
Old
Bolsheviks threaten as Germans held hostage escalate tensions
A Riga dispatch via Berlin reports Bolsheviks arrest Germans in Russia and custody hostages in Dorpat and Kronstadt. It warns of wholesale butchery and German hostages' lives in danger while Berlin fears retaliation if prisoners are harmed.
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Amsterdam
Ukraine
Berlin
Russia
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Austria
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Count Zernin
Neola
Riga
Dorpat
Kronstadt
English Chief of Staff Quits Over War Body
London reports Gen Sir William Robertson resigns as chief of staff over his view that the supreme war council at Versailles holds real directing power. Rumors say Maj Gen Sir Henry Hughes Wilson may replace him as military head on the council.
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London
William Robertson
Supreme War Council
Versailles
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Robertson
Maj
Cien
Henry Hughes Wilson
Rawlins Man Arrested After Union Station Firearm Claim
In Rawlins Wyoming on February 16 a railroad fireman named Hall from Rawlins is arrested amid reports of a trunk containing more than $500 worth of liquor. Police say Hall was transporting liquor for a wider liquor business. A St Patrick's Day party motive is suggested but details are unclear.
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Peteats Es Klein and Schuehrer
Tle Haath
Capitol
Dagen Hall
Krawlins
Union Station
Lqnver
Partisan Editors in Schwarz Case Fuel Selfish Ends
The Wheatland affair involves figures led by E. S. Deary and A. G. Selware with ties to local boards and the Wyoming governor’s circle. Allegations claim editors and politicians distorted facts to serve partisan aims, with names including Dr. Fred Wool Whifer Roach Corbridge Haus Bennett and Deming cited as key players.
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Wheatland Times
Encampment
Wyoming
Wheatland Pon
A. G. Selware
A.G. Selware
Platte County
Boak Band
Fred Wool Whifer
Phifer Heux Schwarz
Corbridge
Roach
Pewl
Imarethiatho I
Heunern
Imanaterte Sa Far
Reu
Calum Ton
Germany Prepares Renew War Upon Russ and Austria Balks
Across the eastern front Germany readies renewed operations against Russia while Austria Hungary resists. Poland stands firm against concessions, with Polish forces mutinous and streets patrolled in Warsaw. Vienna signals Austria may let Germany bear the fight in the north as Bulgaria resumes diplomacy with Russia.
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Austria
Mussia
von Mimtiong
Petrograd
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Russia
Austeria
Sofia
Bulgaria
Russa
Teuton Aeroplanes Bombard London
A wartime report states German aircraft bombarded the Kent coast near the Thames estuary with multiple bombs. One bomb reportedly landed near a town causing casualties including a child, while details remain scarce and official confirmation is limited.
Bernstorff Spy Code Figures in Hindu Plot Trial
In San Francisco on February 15 United States Attorney Preston said deciphered messages from Count von Bernstorff to the German foreign office will be admitted as evidence in next weeks Hindu plot trials. Also named are Count von Luxburg and Dr. Zioonertan as German dignitaries connected to the alleged conspiracy and communications reviewed by the state department in Washington.
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San Francisco
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Preston
Count von Luxburg
Sparlos Versenkt
Zioonertan
Navtie
Luxburk
Messiges
Berlin
State Department
Waelmelen
Berli
Wolf van Fpel
New York
Germany
German Forces See Major Action in France Front
Fragmentary wires report strong German activity in France with British forces engaging near the Seaborne line. A high command note mentions pivotal moves and expected shifts as Allied and German positions clash across the region.
Chemist Held in Alien Plot
A chemist linked to an alleged alien plot was detained by U S authorities amid evidence of plans to disrupt a government cable station. Investigators said traces tied to Hawetiao, Hawetiao Islandre, and other locations were found as arrests followed an earlier explosion damaging the cable site.
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Hart Heebner
United States
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Hawetiao Group
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