Germans Accept New Armistice Renewal At Treves
Dispatches report Treves conference marking a renewed armistice with Germany. Foch announced Berlin accepted terms of renewal after dim negotiations. The accord prolongs truces, allows three days’ notice to end, and limits German offensives while demanding evacuation of Polish-claimed areas.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Supreme War Council
Germany
Foch
Treves
Mathias Erzberger
Hindenburg
Count von Breckdorff-Ramtzau
Weimar
Herr Eraberger
Foeh Atten
Birnbaum
Bentschen
Posen
Wilson
Berlin
Mrs A F Musgrave Wed to Allied Officer in Washington
Mrs A F Musgrave wife of the British embassy secretary in Washington is a bride of only a few weeks. She was Miss Helen Greene of Kentucky a prominent and beautiful American woman who has married allied officers and diplomats sent to the United States.
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A. F. Musgrave
Washington
Helen Greene
Kentucky
United States
Proposed world league seen to favor five nations
Zeitung am Mittag reports from Paris outline a proposed constitution for a new world society. It describes a league as a compact of five great nations with power to admit or exclude others. The disarmament clause favors geographical considerations, implying France may be exempt.
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Zeitung Am Mittag
Paris
New World Society
France
Germany to Limit Army to 25,000 Under New Armistice
Paris reports the armistice commission has formed terms to restrict Germany to an army of 25,000 men and to limit operations against Poland within fixed lines, reducing the risk of a military clash.
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Germany
Terrorists to be Deported Under Immigration Act
Secretary of Labor Wilson says aliens advocating destruction or overthrow of the government by force will be deported under the 1917 act. He rebukes Brooklyn union officials over protests against deportations of 58 alien radicals and notes fair trials and access to counsel. He stresses peaceable change through constitutional processes.
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Washington
Wilson
International Association of Machinists
Brooklyn
Mr. Wilson
Industrial Workers of the World
Labor
Ulon
American Federation of Labor
More Men To Russia Plan To Withdraw Allied Troops This Spring
Washington reports steps to strengthen allied forces in northern Russia as a prelude to withdrawal this spring. Great Britain will send 2400 troops and the US about 500 railroad engineers to maintain sea communications. Secretary Baker says President Wilson informed him and assures no danger to American soldiers as they depart. At Archangel anarchists intensify propaganda aimed at morale of US British and Russian conscripts and urge troops to press officers for home return since the Germany war is over.
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Russia
Supreme War Council
Great Britain
United States
Baker
House Military Committee
Wilson
Archangel
Omega Front
Germany
American Troops to Enter Berlin to Guard Food Supply
Basle Switzerland Feb 18 report says American troops will be sent into Berlin to guard food shipments from the United States the move aimed at protecting civilian rations during the wartime period.
Praises Miners Work in War Effort Across Nation
Washington reports the 1918 casualty list from the American coal mining arm y includes 2,575 men killed. Secretary Lane praises miners for their wartime sacrifice while noting record output of 985,300,000 tons and 84 million extra tons mined in 1918, with safety improvements reducing deaths from gas and explosions.
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Washington
Lane
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines
Convax
General Deikens Army Reaches Caspian Sea After Long Advance
Odessa, Ukraine Feb 18 The anti Bolsheviki army under Gen Deikens has advanced 230 miles to the Caspian Sea. The force has captured 31 000 prisoners and seized 100 guns plus armored trains.
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Caspian Sea
Odessa
Uakrain
Denikens
Caspian
Weimar Finance Minister Seeks Massive War Debt Credit
German Finance Minister Doctor Schiffer told the national assembly that total wartime outlays reached 161 billion marks and urged approval of a 25.8 billion mark loan the largest in German history. He cited past improvised funding and wasteful wartime measures as causes of financial strain and warned of exhaustion in October.
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Weimar
Doctor Schiffer
Essembly
McAns
Yadiy
Von
Uanjusti
Government approves 750 million for railroad operation
Washington reports the house appropriations committee approved a 750 million dollar appropriation for railroad operation under government control. The house interstate commerce committee abandoned plans for railroad legislation this session, including extending government control for five years.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House Interstate Commerce Committee
U. S. Owner to Get Profits from German Factories
Berlin reports American owners of wartime converted gun and ammunition plants in Germany will be able to draw profits from weapons used against American and allied troops. Privy Councillor Hermann Eiders notes American factories remain intact and ready to resume work after peace. Books kept. surplus profits after 1 percent bookkeeping and war tax deduction.
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Berlin
Germany
Hermann Eiders
Montego Bay Council pushes Jamaica confederation with Canada
London Feb 18 The Montego Bay Jamaica city council, second town of the islands, has unanimously resolved to ask the government to pursue confederation of Jamaica with Canada, per a Kingson dispatch to the Morning Post.
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Montego Bay
Jamaica
London
Islands
Canada
Morning Post
Kingson
Polish Army to Occupy Withdrawn Lithuanian Territory
Berne reports that Lithuania and Poland have an agreement for the Tenth German army to withdraw from Lithuania, allowing Polish forces to occupy the evacuated area. Polish troops have reportedly entered Volkovish near Grodno.
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Berne
Lithuania
Poland
Volkovish
Grodno
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Stricken at Ottawa
Sir Wilfrid Laurier former premier of Canada was stricken with paralysis in Ottawa and his condition is reported critical.
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Wilfrid Laurier
Ottawa
Whitrid Laurier
Canada
Indiana Grand Jury Sets Record with 320 Indictments
Indianapolis federal grand jury reported a new state and possible national record by returning 320 indictments involving 513 persons. The panel sat thirteen and one half days with most charges for liquor law violations.
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Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Black Devils Reach Chicago Homecoming Parade Draws Record Crowds
Chicago celebrates the return of the Eighth Infantry known as the Black Devils. An immense crowd estimated between 300000 and 400000 filled La Salle Street and Wabash Avenue, with 22000 inside the Coliseum as police struggled to maintain passage for the veterans through a festive yet chaotic scene. The welcome included a famed parade and a mass enthusiasm along Michigan Avenue, marking a historic homecoming.
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Eighth I. N. G
Michigan Avenue
Grand Central Station
Camp Grant
Eighth
Three Hundred
la Salle Street
Thomas A. Roberts
Coliseum
France
Wabash Avenue
Wigash Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Navy denies loan for seaplane transatlantic attempt
Secretary Daniels announced the Navy Department will not consider loaning Capt. B. B. Lipsner the HC-1 or any seaplane for a transatlantic flight. He said plans for a Navy aviator transatlantic flight are already under way and progressing satisfactorily.
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Washington
Navy Department
B. B. Lipsner
Daniels
Navy
Chicago Begins Work on 6 Million Union Station
Chicago workers start foundation on the $6,000,000 Union Station project. One hundred laborers begin the base as the ambitious structure aims to transform the city’s transport hub over several years.
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Union Station
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Amaia
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Union Station Company
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