Germans Move To End Armistice With Russia
Berlin reports armistice with Russia to expire at noon and Germany to resume hostilities after seven days. Berlin notes Russian denouncement and talks in Petrograd halted by Lenine and Trotzky busy with urgent matters. Warsaw sees a general strike with Polish cities Cracow Lemberg signaling rising tensions.
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Lenine
Trotzky
Kaiser
Warsaw
Berlin
Petrograd
Frankfurther Zeitung
Russia
Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Lokal Anzeiger
Cracoww
Lemberg
Ukraine
Pers
Count Rostroorovski
Cracow
Results of Shutdown Revealed in War Supply Shipment Halt
Fuel Administrator Garfield outlined how a five day heatless shutdown freed 480 ships carrying over 2,000,000 tons of food fuel and munitions. He noted railways cleared for steel shipments and railcar shortages worsened by heavy winter and overproduction.
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New York
Garfield
Williams College
United States
Atlantic
France
Russia
Bolsheviki Take Kyiv After Sanguinary Battle
Petrograd dispatch reports the Bolsheviki capture the Ukrainian city of Kiev after a fierce battle. Four thousand killed and seven thousand wounded among the fighting forces, and streets filled with dead and injured.
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Petrograd
Kiev
Massacre Report Sparks Merciless War News From Petrograd
Kiev dispatch says White guards massacred almost 1,500 workmen in the Petchersk arsenal and shot revolutionary leaders. Reports describe indiscriminate shooting across Petrograd, pillaging, and clashes as Red guards resist. Stockholm refugees recount Red guard atrocities in southern Finland with killings and mutilations.
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Petrograd
Kiev
Petchersk
Revolutionary Military Committee
Council of Soldiers
Kebinbinsky
Stockholm
Red Guard
Finland
Bjoerneborg
Kotka
Helsingfors
Russia vows war as Brest Litovsk fallout readied
Leon Trotzky reports to Soviet councils that Russia’s withdrawal was genuine and abandoned all agreements with former allies. Central powers vow to renew military activity against northern Russia. Trotsky’s no war no peace stance favored by councils. Ukraine troop movements noted. Berlin says war with Russia exists after armistice ends. Emperor Charles orders army actions as Russia declares termination.
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London
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Brest-Litovsk
M.ky
Germany
Frolland
Trotzky
Protzkzy
Great Russia
Petrograd
Ukraine
Berlin
Koelnische Volkszeitung
Amsterdam
Charles
Crippled freight cars block rail yards in east
Thousands of damaged freight cars litter eastern rail centers as winter neglect by railroads delays repairs. Reports to Director General McAdoo by Interstate Commerce Commission official McChord highlight missed prep for repair tracks and ongoing car shortages and congestion.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce
McChord
McAdoo
Railroad Administration
Train Fire Tragedy Kills Dozens in Galicia
A crowded Stanislau to Limburg passenger train caught fire at midnight on a bridge over the Dniester between Jezupol and Wodnik. Panicked passengers leaped into the river and many drowned. others burned or were immured.
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Zurich
Stanislau
Lemberg
Galicia
Jezupol
Wodnik
Dniester
German plant seized during wartime by U S authorities
Adalbert Fisher, president of the Schutte Koertling company, had his plant seized by A Mitchell Palmer. The $2,000,000 facility, aiding ships production, was removed from Fort Dupont after justice agents raided Fisher’s home. The firm, tied to Kaiser relatives, operated since the war entered.
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Philadelphia
Adalbert Fisher
Schutte Koertling Company
A. Mitchell Palmer
Alew
Fort Dupont
Fort Oglethorpe
Department of Justice
Fischer
Kaiser
United States
Labor War Policy Commission Named by Secretary Wilson
Washington February 18 Secretary of Labor Wilson appoints a 12 member labor war policy commission. Equal labor and employer representation with five chosen by each side and one public figure added. Groups include Loyall A Osborne Charles F Brooker W H Vandervoort L F Loree Edwin Michael Frank W Fiages W L Hutcheson J A Franklin Victor Olander T A Hickert. Meetings to start February 25 to study every phase and aim to eliminate strikes.
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Washington
Wilson
National Industrial Conference Board
American Federation of Labor
Loyall A. Osborne
New York
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Charles F. Brooker
Ansonia
Frank W. Fiages
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
William L. Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
J. A. Franklin
Kansas City
Kan
Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders of America
Victor Olander
Chicago
National Seamen's Association of America
T. A. Hickert
United Garment Workers of America
Secretary of Labor
Wilson declares ship strikers are aiding war effort
President Wilson telegraphed William L. Hutcheson, general president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, that he sees no gain in a personal meeting while the labor dispute continues. He urged adherence to a nationwide no-strike principle until all adjustment avenues are exhausted, warning that striking harms national war effort.
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Washington
Wilson
William L. Hutcheson
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jespeers
Hutcheson
Shipping Board
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
New York
America
Woodrow Wilson
Troop Movement Begins to Camp Greenleaf
Provost Marshal General Crowder announces March 4 as the start date for moving 741 white troops to Camp Greenleaf at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. States contributing include Delaware New Jersey Michigan Ohio West Virginia with quotas ranging from 261 to 1 520 white soldiers to Greenleaf rather than Camp Meade.
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General Crowder
Fort Oglethorpe
Washington
Crowder
Camp Greenleaf
Delaware
New Jersey
Michigan
Ohio
West Virginia
Greenleaf
Camp Meade
Jury Acquits Hennig in Treason Trial
Paul C. Hennig was acquitted by a jury in United States Judge Chatfield's court on a treason charge in New York. The verdict ends a high profile trial that drew attention to national security issues in February.
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Hennig
New York
Paul C. H. Henniég
United States
Chatfield
Blast on U S Battleship Utah Kills Officer and Wounds Sailors
An explosion on the battleship Utah at an Atlantic port on February 16 killed an unnamed officer and seriously injured several sailors. Lieutenant Commander Robert O. Baush died later at Norfolk naval hospital from a skull fracture. No details of the fatality were released.
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Atlantic
Utah
Solace
Washington
Robert O. Baush
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Navy Department
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Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Councils
Commerce
Interned
Orono
J. C. Marchant
Baptist Church
West Haven
Conn
Labor Policy Board
Labor
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U. S
R. C. Baush
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