No Peace in Hertling Speech Warns of Disloyal Views
Washington officials say both Count von Hertling and Count Czernin failed to offer a direct peace path and show no new attitude toward a settlement. They suspect German pan Gern ambitions and deem Hertling’s address amateurish, offering no decisive terms to end the war.
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Czernin
Washington
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
Count Czernin
Reichsrath
Austro-Hungary
Count von Alertling
Lloyd George
Wilson
Hertling
Bethmann Hollweg
Court von Hertling
Ice Sinks River Boats in Ohio Flood at Paducah
More than a dozen steamers and many smaller craft plus at least two dry docks were torn from moorings by ice gorges on the lower Ohio and Tennessee rivers. Vessels including the Spread Eagle and Grey Eagle worth 100000 each were sunk near metropolitan areas fifteen miles from their starting points amid raging floodwaters.
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Ohio River
Paducah
Ohio
Tennessee River
Mississippi
Spread Eagle
Grey Eagle
Metropolis
Senate committee approves rail control sunset proposal
In Washington the Interstate Commerce Committee backed a one year postwar sunset for government control of railroads by a 7 to 6 vote. The measure heads to joint conference with the railroad bill amid wartime urgency. The report notes broader transport strain contributing to a meat shortage. Villa followers killed over 110 near Santa Rosalia as a work train was attacked near Bellano. The Goeben, renamed Sultan Yavuz Selim, was refloated and entered the Dardanelles. Bonar Law denied U S representations on Ireland in London.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Juarez
Mexico
Villa
Santa Rosalia
Bellano
Berlin
Sultan Yavuz Selim
Goeben
Dardanelles
East
The
Food Administration
London
House of Commons
Bonar Law
United States
Rail Congestion Persists as Diverted Freight Planned
Eastern rail congestion likely to linger until mid to late March officials said after a severe blizzard. A conference involving the Shipping Board army and navy departments and the Council of National Defense plans diverting traffic to southern ports to relieve New York. Priority will favor fuel food and war material while general freight waits.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
New York
Shipping Board
Army and Navy Departments
Shipping Committee
The
Council of National Defense
East
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
McAdoo
War
Navy Department
Cotton Mills Burned at Elliott City
A mysterious fire destroyed the Cella cotton duck mills at Elliott City wrecking factory output for government use. Damages are estimated at $500,000.
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Baltimore
Cella
Elliott City
Bolsheviks Battle Ukrainians as Austrians Refuse Aid
Heavy fighting has continued between Ukrainian and Bolshevik troops. Ukrainian forces attacked to seize Lutsk in Volhynia while the Bolshevik commander appealed for help from the Austro Hungarian commander, who declined aid.
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Amsterdam
Lutsk
Volhynia
Northcliffe Peril Warned as Spectator Fears Premier Bid
The London Spectator devotes pages to Lord Northcliffe and his ambitions. It condemns his activities and warns against a Northcliffe administration, doubting Lloyd George’s sympathy with his attack on military leaders and suggesting a bid to become premier.
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London Spectator
London
Spectator
Lord Northcliffe
Loyd George
Northcliffe
War Finance Corporation bill proposed by McAdoo
Washington Secretary McAdoo announced a bill to form a War Finance Corporation with 500 million dollars in stock, owned by the United States. It would license securities issues over 100 thousand dollars, make advances to banks and war-related firms, issue up to 4 billion in notes, and operate for ten years with government supervision and a six month wind-down.
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Washington
McAdoo
War Finance Corporation
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
Congress
The
Finance Corporation
Germany
Treasury
Railroad Administration
War News Summary Reflects Year of U-Boat Losses and Front Advances
A year of unrestricted warfare has sunk 171,061 gross tons of American and allied shipping by submarines mines and raiders. Italian forces on the Asiago heights report several breaches and more than 1,500 prisoners captured after renewed attacks. Secretary of War Newton Baker defends the military against charges of weakness as revolt grows in Austria-Hungary and Germany amid economic hardship.
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Germany
Teuton
Asiago
War Office
Senate
Newton D. Baker
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Austria-Hungary
Austrian Strike Deepens Amid Czech Push for Self Rule
Dispatches from Vienna report a continuing Austrian strike with 200,000 workers idle in part of the capital and Budapest. The Prague demand for self determination dominates the Vienna parliament, while Premier von Seydlers’ position grows fragile amid Czech protests and Socialist calls for a democratic federal state of nationalities.
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London
Austria
Empire
Vienna
Copenhagen
Exchange
Budapest
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
von Seydler
Prague
von Seydier
Hoffman
Brest-Litovsk
Victor Adler
Czernin
Bolshevists Enforce State Monopoly on Russian Gold
Petrograd reports the People's Commissaries decree a state monopoly on gold. Private holders must surrender gold articles over sixteen zolotnik ninety six to the state at fixed prices within a month or face confiscation. Informers gain one third of the value.
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Bolshevist
Petrograd
Butchers Storm Smithfield Market Over Scotch Mutton
London retailers furious at meat shortage storm Smithfield market to seize large consignments of Scotch mutton. They crowded the unloading area and demanded immediate supplies, halting unloading.
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London
Smithfield Market
Publicity Chief Named for Third Liberty Loan Drive
Frank R. Wilson, assisted secretary of the Federal Farm Loan Board, is named publicity director for the third Liberty loan campaign. He succeeds Oscar A. Price, private secretary to Secretary McAdoo, as director general of railroads. Wilson formerly edited and owned the Sioux City News and has ties to the Farm Loan Board.
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F. R. Wilson
Washington
Frank R. Wilson
Federal Farm Loan Board
Oscar A Price
McAdoo
Oneral
Mr. Wilson
Sioux City
New Jersey Moves to Take Salt Water Catch for State Retail
Governor Edge leads a conference with the High Cost of Living Commission and fishermen to push a substitute bill allowing New Jersey to take all or part of salt water catches and pay fishers the ruling market price. The plan aims to remove middlemen, store fish, and sell to retailers at cost plus handling, lowering prices for consumers. A second Asbury Park meeting will discuss final details. The Agricultural Week section notes farm groups back federal war efforts and calls for rabbit and starling crop protection.
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Trenton
Edge
High Cost of Living Commission
New Jersey
Stryker
Asbury Park
Senator Ackerson
Assemblyman
Lewis
Monmouth
W. J. Couse
Governor Starts Slacker Hunt
Governor Edge via Adjutant General Gilkyson asks New Jersey mayors to cooperate in rounding up men who have not complied with the conscription law. The aim targets elites near munition plants, with a focus on those who avoided military service while others volunteered.
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Slacker Hunt
Edge
Gilkyson
New Jersey
New Jersey State Briefs Highlight War Efforts and Local News
Woodbury Girls Minstrel concerts aid Red Cross. Rahway coal shortage worries officials. Vineland Knights of Columbus raise 216.27. weekly drive totals 1600. Bordentown man killed by train. Foxes shot near Newfield. Purcell to tour NJ for prohibition support. Troop 2 Pompton Lakes advances a four month contest for points. Lakewood Hotel being converted to US Army hospital. Water mains frozen near Pleasantville High. Gloucester YMC A dinner Feb 14. Almonesson girls host magic lantern for Red Cross. South Jersey farmers sell dressed fowl. New stores reopen in Almonesson. West Vineland Garden Club marks 51st anniversary. Egg Harbor City Postmaster reappointed. Flemington High plans Lost a Chaplain Feb 7. Haddonfield rummage sale funds wool fund. Atlantic City excursion trains rumors denied. Quail coveys cared for near Franklinville. Paterson mills agree to cut power by half. Red Bank bottling works fire causes $10,000 loss. Hightstown factories idle, workers in woods. Princeton War Savings drive kicks off at Alexander Hall. Rahway River pollution case urged by State Health Board. Governor Edge seeks Camp McClellan inquiry. Some farmers near Richwood get eight 50 cents per barrel for sweet potatoes.
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Woodbury Girls’ Minstrel Omb
Red Cross
South Jersey
Vineland Knights of Columbus
John Valentine
Bordentown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newfield
Howard ‘Smith
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
John Delty
Atlantic City
Esther Elfreth
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
A. B. Purcell
Big Lakewood Hotel
Nathan Straus
New York
United States Army Hospital
Pleasantville High School
Board of Education
Franklinville Red Cross
Baptistown
Gloucester County Y. M. C. A
Woodbury
Almonesson
Charles Elwell
Jersey
Almonessen
West Vineland Farm and Garden_Club
A. P. Arnold
Henry Otto
Egg Harbor City
Flemington High School
Haddonfield
Bacharach
McAdoo
George S. McCarty
Franklinville
Paterson
Public Service Electric Company of
New Jersey
Santangelo & Mazroca
Red Bank
Joseph W. Childs Company
Hightstown
Princeton
Alexander Hall
John Grier Hibben
Pringaton University
Chemical Company of America
Rahway River
State Board of Health
Attorney General’s Office
Edge
Baker
National Guard
Hichwood
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Navy
Christian J. Peoples
McGowan
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Mule
Marie Spiridonova
Peasants' Representative Congress
Siberia
General Lugenovsky
Tambov
Peope
Russia
Butchers Storm Market
State Board of Agriculture
Farmers of
New Jersey State
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