Russia Signs Brest-Litovsk Peace With Germany
London report says Bolshevik delegates signed the peace treaty at Brest-Litovsk after delays. Turkey gains Batoum Kars and Karaband. German Austrian rivals clash over spoils. Petrograd fears German advance, civil action and evacuation while French front actions continue.
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Russia
Brest- Litovsk
Berlin
Lenine
Trotzky
Turkey
Batoum
Kars
Karaband
trans-Caucasia
German Socialista
Germany
Austria
Thither
Ukraine
Gerinda
Petrograd
Narva
Bolsheviki Council
Red Guard
Paris
Rheims
Sinking U Boats Reported by British Admiral
London March 6 Sir Eric Geddes first lord of the British admiralty told the House of Commons entente warships were destroying under water boats in increasing numbers, signaling optimistic progress in anti submarine efforts.
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London
Sir Eric Geddes
British Admiralty
House of Commons
Ole Hanson Elected Seattle Mayor
Ole Hanson former Washington state legislator was chosen mayor of Seattle with a majority of more than 3500 votes over former corporation counsel James E. Bradford. Hanson led early and widened the margin as returns progressed. Bradford’s campaign manager conceded before the count finished. Mayor H C Gill was eliminated in the primaries.
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Seattle
Ole Hanson
Washington
James E. Bradford
Hanson
Bradford
H.C. Gill
Army sergeant gets 30 years for utterances
William Nimke of Torrington Conn a sergeant at Camp Devens was sentenced to 30 years for unpatriotic utterances. He faced three counts with two convictions including remarks about surrender to Germany and acting independently if sent to Europe, drawing wide attention.
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Ayer
Mass
William Nimke
Torrington
Conn
Camp Devens
United States
Atlantic
Europe
Exact Date of Next Draft Announced Soon
Washington reports the provost marshal general’s office prepared an important announcement on the timing and method of the second draft levy. The first group is expected to move to camp in April, with publication delayed pending congressional action on selective service amendments.
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Washington
Sto Camp
Congress
Crowder
Enemy Alien Property Being Sold by Palmer
New York March 6 enemy property in business concerns partly owned by German residents tied to millions in value will be sold privately. Properties include Countess Szechenyi’s holdings of 9 million, Countess Bernstorff’s investments 900 thousand, and larger assets such as the Hamburg America Line. Joseph A. Bower says private sales set prices equal to actual value.
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New York
General Business Department
Countess Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Countess Bernstorff
Jeanne Luckemeyer
Joseph A. Bower
President to seize German owned piers in Hoboken
The Senate appropriations committee postponed action on Wilson’s request for authority to obtain full legal title to German owned piers of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg American lines at Hoboken New Jersey pending explanation.
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Washington
Wilson
Lloyd and
Hamburg-American Steamship Lines
Hoboken
N. J
Senate Appropriations Committee
Americans Repulse Fierce Hun Attack Near Toul
American troops beat back a strong German assault in a Toul salient. A West Point captain from the class of 1917 was killed leading a raid into No Man's Land. German casualties were heavy, with two officers captured or wounded and many enemy dead in snowbound trenches.
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France
Toul
West Point
Salient
No Man's Land
Kyles
Man's’Land
78Th
Hanover
Wireless plant seized from Pfund setup in Sayville era
Federal officers seized a powerful wireless apparatus once owned by Richard Pfund, former manager of German Telefunken plants, found in a room in a tower at 111 Broadway New York. Experts say it could have been assembled in about thirty minutes.
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Germany
Richard Pfund
Telefunken
Sayville
N. Y
Tuckerton
N. J
Broadway
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