Liner Lost After Cape Rae Wreck Off Newfoundland
Five men clung to rigging signaling for help as the Red Cross liner Florivzet with 140 aboard, including 70 passengers, was driven onto rocks near Cape Rae. Naval gunners fired a line across the bow but no boat could be sent while surf raged. Rescue steamers waited as conditions eased. Among the passengers were 12 women and four children. John Shannon Munn and Betty Munn were aboard en route to New York to meet family.
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Crack Red Cross
Hiner Florivzet
New York
Halifax
Cape Rave
Andy Ones Visille
Witite Trad Strom
Pertuc
Bowring Brothers, Ltd
Betty
Capital and Labor Seek Understanding in War Time Talks
Washington reports cooperation talks during the war between capital and labor representatives. The discussions aim to lay the groundwork for a national labor policy, with officials stressing maintenance of existing worker standards. Capital seeks wage and hours controls tied to cost of living, while labor pushes for stable piece rate protections and fair board representation.
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Washington
National Industrish Conference Board
Employers
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Dubor
Halvorast
Ged Justment Boards
Dee
Tes
Capital
Amd Diabor Labor Us
Price of New Wheat Increases Set at 2.28 per Bushel
President Wilson raises the guaranteed price for the 1919 wheat crop to 2.28 a bushel in primary markets from Chicago to San Francisco and places a June 1 sale deadline. The move aims to stimulate production, assure farmers a fair profit, and prevent withholding while war conditions persist.
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Med
Wilson
Tao
Chicago
Congress
de Cored
Nansas City
St. Louis
Mindenpoolis
Duluth
New York
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Newport News
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S.or
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Ore
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San Francisco
New Orleans
Salt Lake City
Great Falls
Mont
Spokane
Wash
Pocatello
Idaho
Fort Worth
Texas
Oklahoma City
Wichita, Kin
United States
Sad
Food Central
TSS
Bom
Interios
Allien
Aus
Wheat Purchases and Export Control Discussed
A discussion notes the large volume of wheat bought abroad for foreign use, surpassing domestic supply and disturbing prices. It states government intervention to curb speculation and supervise purchases and exports, amounting to price fixing for fairness to producers and consumers.
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United States
Railroaders May Face Reclassification Debate
Deferred draft classification for railroad employees is under review as the war department objects to treating railroad workers as a class. Each man’s case should be considered individually, say officials.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
War Department
Government to draft soldiers for beet fields in Colorado
Sterling Colorado February 28 Inde John Belt chairman of the federal food administration commission said after a hearing that if other measures fail the government will be asked to provide enlisted men to work in beet fields due to labor shortages in northern Colorado beet producing areas.
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Sterling
Colo
Inde
John (. Belt
Federal Food Administration
Colorado
American Flier Killed in Aerial Combat
Edward J. Loughran, of New York, serving with a French squadron on the Paris front, flew across German lines in an engagement with four enemy planes. He returned to French soil and died. he was buried near Chalons.
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Noa Larne Duryea
New York
Shad
Aie Buryea
Paris
Peh
Edward J. Loughran
Loughran
Chalons
May Draft Schedule Hints Second Call in April
Washington reports war department officials expect the second National Guard draft to occur in April or May. Officials cite preparations for equipping and housing units as the factor delaying the first increment. Additional convoys and arrangements are being planned to support the call.
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Washington
War Department
Jesse Auat
Allied airmen bomb Austrian town in Alps raid
Allied aviators scouting Tonsbruck in the Tyrol found Alpen defenses weak and within 300 yards bombed the railroad station barracks and munitions factories. Soldiers and civilians were surprised as gunfire and chaos followed the attack. The German consulate was struck and trains carrying troops to the Trentino front came under machine gun fire.
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Shuehs
Bive Troehls
Jaden Alps
Tonsbruck
Captain Gets 25 Years for Attempt to Resign
Captain Henkes of the 16th Infantry U S Army has been sentenced by a general court martial to dismissal and confinement at hard labor for 25 years. Stationed at San Antonio Texas he urged resignation arguing he could not fight relatives and friends, and wrote to the secretary of war to accept his already submitted resignation.
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New York
Onevid A Henkes
16Th Infantry
U.S. A
Ishind Henkes
Henkes
San Antonio
Texas
War Will Last Three Years Says Governor Brough
Governor Charles H. Brough of Arkansas told Chicago that Washington predicts three more years of war. He spoke at the congress of national service of the National Security League and urged a conservation and educational program to win the war.
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Chicago
Charles H. Brough
Arkansas
Washington
National Capital
Brough
Congress of National Service
National Security League
Road Matters Discussed At Cascade Teton Luncheon
A noon luncheon and informal conference of Cascade and Teton county good roads leaders promoted by Louis Newman of Great Falls focused on the Glacier Yellowstone park to park road and attracting tourist traffic. Attendees included numerous local and regional figures from Glacier Park Browning Chateau J T Lindle W D Jones and more.
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Cascade
Teton Counties
Park Halel
Teton County
Louis Newman
Cascade County Good Roads Association
Glacier-Yellowstone Park
Park Road
B. C. Merrit
J. H. Barnett
E. J. Hirshberg
W. E. Logan
Phil I Cole
Frank A. Oulton
J. C. Morgan
Chateau
J. F. Lindle
Glacier Park
W. D. Jones
Bynum
F. C. Campbell
J. L. Sherburne
Browning
Shirley SS. Ford
Roy McKnight
W. H. George
J. H. Reid
R. K. West
A. J. Breitenstein
Walter S. Clark
C. B. Roberts
Great Falls
s.Tribune
Davis of Teton County Attacks Press Over Pompadour
Extracts from the Helena Independent show Representative Clarence C. Davis of Teton County criticizing a sports editor over a description of his pompadour and delaying legislative work by proposing a resolution to curb daily newspaper coverage. The episode underscores controversy surrounding his 1916 election to the legislative assembly.
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Teton
Clarence C. Davis
Legislative Assembly
Teton County
Helena
The
Independent
la Follette
Pompadour
Davis
For Sale in Hobson Addition Cho teau
For sale. My new home in the Hobson addition to Choteau. Thoroughly modern and in a desirable neighborhood. C. R. Ellis, Choteau.
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Hobson Addition
Choteau
C. R. Ellis
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Silver Bow
United States District Attorney
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Conrad
Maxine Elliott
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