Bolsheviks Trotsky and Lenin Allegedly Flee to Riga
Rumors reach Vasa that Petrograd government has fallen to the Social Revolutionists led by M. Tchernoff. Lenin and Trotsky reportedly escaped to Riga while Finland’s Vasa Nikolaistadt sits on the rail line between Petrograd and Tornea. The official Russian statement counters this, saying a peace dictated by Germany is being signed and promises a detailed reply later.
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London
Vasa
Petrograd
M. Tchernoff
Politiken
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Nikolai Lenin
Leon Trotzky
Riga
Nikolaistadt
Finland
Tornea
M. Tehernoff
Social Revolutionists
Constituent Assembly
Russia
Germany
Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Council of People’s Commissioners
Brest-Litovsk
Mondell Clause Stricken From Indian Irrigation Bill
The Indian bill reported by the senate committee reduces appropriations for irrigation projects in Montana and elsewhere and eliminates the $100,000 directive body funding from Wind River red lands. Mondell of Wyoming sponsored the measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
Indian Committee
Montana
Red Lands
Wind River Reservation
Mondell
Wyoming
Eight Hurt in Montana Target Practice Accident
Eight sailors were injured when a cartridge case exploded during target practice aboard the cruiser Montana. The navy report gave no details or names of the injured.
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Washington
Montana
Navy Department
German patrol ambush repelled near American trenches in France
reports from the American front in France describe a German patrol attempting an ambush on American troops. The sentry fired a warning shot and the Americans responded with machine guns, driving the Germans away with casualties noted. No American casualties occurred.
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France
Huns Start Big Drive on Russia
German war department reports from Riga to Lutsk indicate eastern advance toward Russia as forces cross the Dvina near Dvinsk and move from Kovel and Volhynia to aid Ukranians and safeguard food supplies. In Washington, officials see chances of Bolshevik power challenged by a possible fusion government backed by Entente and the United States.
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Associated Press
Berlin
War Department
Riga
Lutsk
Russia
Germany
Dvina
Dvinsk
Kovel
Volhsynia
Washington
United States
Amalgamated Society Rejects Man Power Plan
The Amalgamated Society of Engineers rejects the government man power proposal by a vote margin of 93 347 to 0. The statement was issued today by the society's secretary from London.
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London
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Validity of Compensation Law Attacked in Court
The Wyoming Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of the 1914 workmen should be compensated act. The case stems from M Zancanelli, a coal miner injured at Central Coal and Coke in Rock Springs on Sept 5 1917. The trial court awarded 400 dollars. the coal company challenges the act’s legality citing republican form of government and private property concerns.
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James A. Levine
Wyoming
Supreme Court
M. Zancanelli
Central Coal & Coke Company
Rock Springs
Zancanelli
Cen
Tral Coal & Coke Company
Fred Johnson
John Arnold
Third Judicial District
T. 8
Taliaferro, Jr
State Supreme Court
J. W. Lacey
Thomas P Fahey
Cheyenne
Friends of the Court
Washington
Choir Boy to Die as Slayer
Paul Chapman, a former choir boy, was sentenced to death today in Sing Sing for first degree murder committed during a robbery. The Supreme Court Justice Kaplan presided and set the week of April 1 for execution. He showed stoical indifference throughout the proceedings.
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New York
Paul Chapman
Sing Sing
Sentenos
Supreme Court
Kaplanee Bpankyo
Itar
Senate panel backs higher 1918 wheat price bill
Washington Feb 19 A favorable report on the Gore bill to raise the minimum price of the 1918 wheat crop from 2 to 2.50 a bushel was issued by the Senate agriculture committee.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
K. DP. MeKellar
Tennessee
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Two Yankee Youths Down German Flyer in Aerial Battle
TAMBRIDGE Mass Feb 19 Two American youths William A Wellman 21 and Corporal Thomas Hitchcock 17 of Long Island N Y members of the Lafayette escadrille brought down a German aviator who had previously downed a French airman in France They have been decorated for bringing down three German machines in six weeks and the story came in a letter to Wellmans parents Mr and Mrs A G Wellman of this city
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Associated Press
Tambridge
Mass
William A. Wellman
Thomas Hitchcock
Long Island
N. Y
Lafayette Escadrille
France
Wellman
A. G. Wellman
Cdbty
Hitchcock
Urges Fixing of Rents and War Prices
Frank Morrison secretary of the American Federation of Labor urged nationwide rent fixing with modest increases over prewar levels before the House building and grounds committee. He said rent profiteering in congested centers prevails to an unbelievable extent and fuels worker unrest.
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Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
House Building and Grounds Committee
Morrison
America
Romania Seeks Teutonic Peace Talks
Count Czernin, Austro Hungarian foreign minister, will go to Romania soon per a Vienna dispatch, in response to Romania's wish to begin preliminary talks with the central powers on a possible peace settlement.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Count Czernin
Rumania
Vienna
Bomb Explodes at Passaic County Court House
A bomb exploded on the first floor of the Passaic county court house in Paterson, destroying the rotunda and injuring the building. Police and officials investigate the blast as authorities assess damage and motive.
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Court House
Paterson
Passaic County Court House
Wilson Sees Need for Central War Board in Allied Effort
Washington dispatch reports Premier Lloyd George admitting a unified war effort is essential to sustain the Allied cause. President Wilson aims to unite forces under a single strategic plan, preventing wasteful minor offensives and bolstering a grand campaign against Germany.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lloyd George
Wyoming
United States
EK. M. House
Huerope
Wilson
Germany
Cadoria
Paris
Versailles
Great Britain
Versailles Council
Man Causes Fatal Harm Then Slays Self in Triple Tragedy
In Columbus Ohio four persons are dead and one may die from a triple murder and suicide. Insurance agent Forest Bigelow harmed his wife Mena and sister-in-law Annabelle before killing himself. In Eveleth Minnesota Nelund, a 40 year old man, struck and killed his wife and four children then killed himself.
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Columbus
Ohio
Forest Bigelow
Mena
Shy
Annabelle
McOlherilin
Suboldey
Five Protest Signers Stir Schwarz Reinstatement Debate
The text details Schwarz’s reinstatement to the Platte county local board on December 15, drawing mixed reactions in Wheatland. Support comes from eighty prominent residents and Home Defense league resolutions, while five residents filed signed statements questioning loyalty, causing a polarized public response.
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A. G. Schwarz
Platte County
Wheatland
Schwars
Schwarz
Wheatland Home Defense League
Wheathind
Supreme Council 10 Powers Grow for Coming Drive
London February 1 The American representatives at Versailles argued for an expanded supreme war council to coordinate Allied strategy. Lloyd George said the central authority must be interallied and executive, with debates over its exact composition and method of implementation.
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Supreme Council 10
London
Way Council
Versailles
Supreme War Council
Premien Playa George
Commons
Eoet
Lloyd George
Origen
Howe
Tuscania Death List Grows to 74 Survivors and Missing
The War Department released forty four more American soldiers from the torpedoed Tuscania after reconciling AP wires with official records. Eight previously reported survivors are confirmed, including Homer Pullin of French Camp Mississippi. One listed missing man was not aboard the ship. New casualty details show five names of those lost and thirty seven more survivors identified, leaving seventy four accounted for with three unidentified bodies later buried in a sea cemetery.
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Washington
Geo
War Department
Associated Press
Wspatches
Homer Pullin
French Camp
Miss
Aar
Severe train crash disrupts Nebraska rails near Lincoln
Reported in Lincoln on February 1 a serious passenger train collision disrupted service between Sterling and Tholdyege. Authorities describe injuries and ongoing investigation into the crash involving multiple crew and passengers.
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Lincoln
Soh
Gee
Daven
Wy Leen
Tholdyege Guild Sterling
Kaiser Thinks Only 30 000 U S Troops In France
A wartime dispatch reports Kaiser comment claiming about 30 000 American troops are in France and cites German sources questioning the extent of U S forces. The piece notes German authorities reassess troop counts and ships moving U S forces, with claims on transports and supply lines.
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Kaiser
U.S
France
Favor Sullivan for Governorship
Unclear OCR excerpt endorses Sullivan for Wyoming governor with Patrick Ballican named as Republican nominee. Text suggests bipartisan hope for Sullivan’s endorsement across the state, while Sullivan reportedly declines to run but friends keep the option open.
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Patrick Ballican
Cueper
Webb
Cherbie
Sullivan
Interadio
Wyamlog
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Tonch
Alee
Pade
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