French and German clashes near Mesnil wood and Tahure
The French war office said German forces gained a foothold southwest of Mesnil wood after a sharp fight and heavy bombardment but were driven back with several prisoners. Yankee gunners aided the French near Tahure as Italian troops harass the enemy along the Posina Astico front and patrols report activity across the Piave and Laght sectors.
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Paris
Mesnil Wood
French War Office
Mortier Wood
Vauxhaillon Salient
Neuse
Poilus
Umesnil Wood
Tahure
Rejuvenation Classes Open for Office Workers in Washington
Washington hosts a nine session vocational class titled Rejuvenation aimed at office staff. The Woman's Cooperative Council operates the program to refresh skills for former clerical workers. Mrs Henry T Rainey wife of Congressman Rainey of Hingis assists in vocational guidance efforts.
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Washington
Woman's Co-operative Council
Henry T. Rainey
Congressman Rainey
Hingis
Ice Gorge Threatens Town in Allegheny River Flooding
Warren Pa February 18 Core y don a small town above here is threatened with destruction as an ice gorge in the Alleghany river backs up water four feet deep in many houses. Several buildings have been carried away and others moved from foundations.
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Warren
Coreydon
War Measure Passed by House in Urgent Deficiency Bill
The House passed a billion dollar urgent deficiency appropriation bill today without a record vote. It provides about half a billion for the military establishment and substantial sums for the navy and other government needs. The measure now goes to the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Huns Launch Third Air Raid on London
London faced a third hostile air raid in as many nights with no damage or casualties reported. Official statements say four planes attacked Saturday and Sunday nights, six planes raided Saturday with one bomb falling in the southwestern district.
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Associated Press
London
Rail Heads Concede Need of Higher Wages for Men
Washington February 18 The rail wage committee heard representatives from major railroads admit the necessity of higher wages for employees as cost of living rises They argued not to oppose requests but to aid the commission Officials said many workers are underpaid and should receive boosts with thresholds discussed up to 2000 a year The testimony stressed the urgency of wage increases for laborers trainmen clerks mechanics and engineers and noted wage gains could affect the war effort and labor relations.
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Washington
United States
J. W. Higgins
Chicago
Western Association of Railways
J H W. Walker
New York
Bureau of Intiprdation
Eastern Railways
Lane
Higging
British Casualties Rise in Week Report
London reports casualties among British ranks for the week ending today at 1.10 percent. Killed or died of wounds total 98, wounded 1,005, with 115 officers among the wounded.
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Associated Press
London
Andollo
Tomy Wiontha
Wheatless Weeks May Be Next Farmers Feeding Grain to Hogs
Hyde accused food administration of misjudgment and profit for middlemen. He cited Oklahoma wheat moved via Galveston and Kansas to export points, arguing fixed prices make wheat the cheapest cattle feed in Oklahoma and that meatless days reduced production. He warned farmers fear demand drop and lessen output.
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Hyde
Food Administration
Oklahoma
Galveston
Kansas
Bride and Groom Plead Guilty to Manslaughter
Charles and Katherine Harrison pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Fort Worth Texas on February 18 and received a three year suspended sentence. The killing occurred two years earlier when the bride claimed she fired the shot that killed Warren while Harrison drove to a secluded spot. The couple cited unwritten law as their defense. Harrison is nephew of Senator Culbertson. their parents are Fort Worth bankers and capitalists.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Charles
Katherine Harrison
WS. Warren
Warren
Harrison
Culbertson
Fort Fort Worth
General Sibley dies at Camp Grant after long cavalry career
Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Sibley aged 60, famed cavalry officer in Indian campaigns with General Crook and in the SpanishAmerican War, died at Camp Grant base hospital. He was breveted for gallantry at Little Bighorn in 1876 and again for action against a Sioux camp on Powder River, Montana.
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Rockford
Frederick W. Sibley
Crook
Camp Grant
Sibley
Little Big Horn
Powder River
Montana
More Sanatoriums for Soldiers to Be Built
Washington Feb 18. Sanatoriums for tuberculosis patients among soldiers will be established at New Haven Connecticut and Prescott Arizona in addition to Asheville North Carolina and Denver Colorado. The project is expected to cost about 500000 dollars though the start date was not specified by the medical department.
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Washington
New Haven
Conn
Prescott
Aniv
Walt
Asheville
Soc
Denver
Frisco Woman Arriving in U S Reports Bread Plentiful
Mrs. Clara Steinberg of San Francisco who arrived on the Hbergensfjord says bread is plentiful in the United States while noting dire food conditions in Berlin. She described high prices for butter and a Christmas dinner cost and recalled her son Raoul, 9, as having last had a square meal.
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New York
Berlin
Clara Steinberg
San Francisco
Hbergensfjord
Herlin
Raoul
Pole Force Defeated in Minsk Fight
A Minsk dispatch reports February 4 fighting between workmen soldiers and counter revolutionary Polish legions. The Polish detachment of about 600 men was annihilated, two guns dismounted, and the troops retreated in disorder amid warm local hospitality to the victors.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Minsk
Finnish Miner Dies After Drunken Fight in Wyoming
John Hill aged 50 a Finnish coal miner died twelve hours after a drunken brawl at Glonen oil house near Kemmerer Wyoming The fight was with Mariano Covello an Italian who is jailed in Kemmerer charged with murder Covello allegedly kicked Hill causing internal injuries that proved fatal
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Mariano Covello
Glonene
John Hill
Hill
Navy Ensign Albert Sturtevant Killed in Action
Washington February 18 Ensign Albert D Sturtevant a Navy aviator was shot down in European waters and his body remains unrecovered. The Navy Department was advised of the loss.
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Washington
Albert D. Sturtevant
Navy
Rancher charged with 21 year old murder of his daughter
MISSOULA Mont Feb 18 Arthur Soule a Sanders county rancher awaiting trial for the murder of his neighbor and nephew Ben Soule was charged with the murder of his own baby daughter 21 years ago in an information filed by the county attorney PETROGRAD Web de layed According to current report General Kaledines head man of the Don Cossacks has committed death by own action
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Pavetteville
Bud’ Cosby
Barney McElnaney
Aberdeen
Missoula
Mont
Arthur Soule
Sanders County
Thompson Falls
Ben Soule
Atttorney
Petrograd
Kaledines
Don Cossacks
Three Draft Evaders Escape Willcox Capture
Tom Powers Tom Sissons and John Powers escape a posse of 1 000 deputies and Apache Scouts fleeing Graham County Arizona after being charged with murder. They are reported to be within fifteen miles of the river bend they aim for after three days on the run.
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Willcox
Ariz
Tom and
John Powers
Tom Sissons
McBride
Graham County
Ari
Heroic France story by America’s fore west reporter
The piece titled Heroic France of Georne Randolph details Lienebie France in a dramatic tale promoted as the most interesting hint yet told of the land of dian of Arc. It appears on page 6 of today’s State Leader with more than twenty chapters published.
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Georne Randolph Wonderful
Lienebie
France
America
Forewest
Houx's Courageous Move Over Schwarz Charges
Governor Houx faces a political disruption as aide Fred Wood Poiter urges removal of Platte county local board member A G Behwarg while Phifer and Drury’s web of influence ties hospital, newspaper, and board members. Continued on page five.
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Fred Wood Poiter
Houx
Selective Services Department
A. G. Behwarg
Platte County
Kaiser’s Troops Advance on Dvinsk in World War II
Berlin reports resumed operations on the Ruston front with German troops crossing the fivina and entering Pyinsk. General headquarters says Dwing crossed without fighting as German forces advance from Kovel to aid Ukraine in the great Russian front.
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Berlin
Ruston
Fivina
Hostilitie
Enrance
Pyinsk
Ukraine
Great Russia
Kovel
Tahore
Champagne
Kiev falls as Bolsheviks regain control amid chaos
Telegrams from Petrograd report Kiev captured by Muravieff forces after Kerensky’s defeat. Bolshevik authorities released. Ukrainian detachments regrouped, while German and Austrian troops are described as confined to frontier zones. Descriptions recount devastating street fighting and ethnic violence in Kiev.
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Kiev
Minsk
Petrograd
Savier
Uader
Muravieff
Kerenshky
Ukraine
Duinn
Aleachetf
Muratiieff
Kharkov
Alexiert
Alexieffs
Voronech
Sammies Drive Off Hun Flyers Near American Field Hospital
In France on February 18 American anti aircraft and artillery units repelled several enemy air attacks. A German plane was driven down by an American aviator, while others were chased away or shot down as American patrols engaged near American positions and a field hospital area. Casualties included six wounded and three trench men.
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France
Anticnivcratt
Casuchintele
Navy Work Funding Sought by Daniels with Huge Sum
The secretary announced a navy construction plan seeking 230 077 152 dollars for expanded facilities. The request covers additional construction and equipment, including doubling capacity at Melville Bay training station to 6 000 men and related expenses. The proposal anticipates broad wartime needs and includes line items for ongoing projects.
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Daniels
NAVY
Washington
Dave
Pears Naval
Poyers
Ulucuil
Mare Lalani Nares Ward
Ile Etroyes
Monte
Bolt
Slemry Ford
Holt Gale
Ian Bet
Challoyere
Wade
Melhau Bay
New York
Naval Training Station
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Tolmim
Felik
Ted
Jimmy Itty
Sega
Hans
Strike Ended by Wilson's Action
Reports indicate President Wilson's intervention ended the eastern shipyards strike. Union leaders say carpenters will return to work tomorrow as negotiations progress. William L. Morrison, head of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, was due in Washington and was to receive updates on the settlement.
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Associated Pies
Washington
Feb
Wilson
William L. Muteheson
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Gonera
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