German Great Tank and Gas Drive Nearing Western Front
British forces in France report a planned German offensive spanning Arras to St Quentin. Tanks and a mysterious gas are to be used to breaching Allied lines, with renewed emphasis on surprise attacks and rapid infantry follow through. Many German troops doubt victory, while Allied morale remains high as war gears up for what could be the most brutal battles yet.
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France
Western Front
Arras
St. Quentin
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
Laon
Bop
von Hitler
Riga
Rcame
Judge Payne Leads Railway Board Aid in War Effort
General Counsel for Railway Administration Judge John Barton Payne, based in Washington, has moved his family there while assisting federal war work. Their Chicago garden plants are transplanted to the capital. The report notes German pressure on allied lines and the high stakes for Prussian militarism, with allied numeric superiority cited.
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John Barton Payne
Chicago
Railroad Administration
Washington
Railroad Board
Capital
Payne
Lloyd George Details Versailles War Council Plan
London report on Lloyd George address in the House of Commons outlining allied aims at Versailles. He defended keeping Gen Robertson as chief of staff if compatible with allied policy and described American pressure for a central interallied authority with executive powers.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
William Robertson
Great Britain
Versailles War Council
Supreme Council
Lloyd-George
Versailles
Robertson
Takig
Henry Seymour Rawlinson
Supreme War Council
Council of Chiefs of Staff
Marshal Flaiy
Lloyd. George
War Cabinet
Army Council
Imperial Staff
Hugh S. Johnson Named Deputy Provost Marshal General
President Wilson designated Hugh S. Johnson as deputy provost marshal general. He will oversee draft law operations while General Crowder regains time for duties as judge advocate general and War Council member. Johnson has served as executive officer in Crowder’s office.
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Hugh
Johnson
Wilson
General Crowder
War Department
War Council
Russian demobilization halted as Germany threat grows
Telegrams report the Russian government reversed demobilization for army and navy and ordered troops to resist German advances. Troops may destroy property to delay enemy moves, with defense of Petrograd prioritized at all costs. London dispatch confirms Petrograd will hold the capital.
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Russia
Petrograd
Germany
British raid yields prisoners across three fronts
The War Office says British troops conducted three successful raids on the Flanders front near Houtholst wood, south of Lens, and the Arras front near Boehy. Prisoners were taken in all raids, with heavy German casualties in the Flanders action and five prisoners captured by Canadians near Lens. Lancashire border and Yorkshire units also raided in Houtholist forest, taking prisoners and a machine gun, with light British losses.
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London
Flanders Front
Houtholst Wood
War Office
Lens
Arras
Boehy
Flanders
Epehy
Te Ennemy
Gillemont Farm
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Houtholist Forest
Paris
Communt
German City Bombed as Air Force Downed Ten Foes
London reports say ten German planes were shot down and six more disabled by British airmen on Sunday. Hundreds of bombs were dropped on various targets as Treves and Thionville were raided Monday. London defense says guns engaged the raiders for forty minutes, ending with their withdrawal toward the east coast.
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London
Treves
Thionville
Hatchet Massacre Ends In Family Tragedy In Columbus
Forest Bigelow, 42, an insurance agent, killed his wife Rena 34 and daughter Annabelle 7 in bed with a hatchet. He then killed his sister-in-law Hazel Steele 30 at her home and seriously wounded Mrs Sally Cruit before shooting himself, dying across the bodies of his wife and child.
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Columbus
Forest Bigelow
Rena Bigelow
Annabelle
Sally Cruit
Hazel Steele
Mra. Cruit
Bigelow
ASK MORE PAY FOR RAIL MEN
Railroad representatives before the federal railroad Wage commission conceded underpayment of employees in all divisions of transportation work. Secretary of the Interior Line was assured by witnesses that no attempt will be made to oppose labor claims that living expenses of workers are far in excess of wages. Approximately $250,000,000 was estimated as the total for proposed increases of railroad wages in the United States during the present year.
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Washington
Federal
Secretary of the Interior Line
United States
Paris Hotel Fire Wipes Block. Loss Figures Grow
Fire swept an entire block in Paris Illinois damaging multiple businesses. Early reports cite a blaze in a local hotel causing extensive property loss and emergency crews battling the flames throughout the block. Further details remain unclear as investigators assess the scene.
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Paris
Ill
Pire
Fietriet
BOVIS
Russia Forced to Sign Peace Under German Demands
London Feb 20 Russia is said to have yielded to German terms and agreed to sign peace as dictated by the quadruple alliance at Brest-Litovsk. Premier Lenine and Leon Trotzky signed the protest against German actions while Germany occupied Dvinsk and Lutsk. Indemnity of 4 billion dollars was reportedly demanded with retention of Poland Lithuania Riga and Moon Island.
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Russia
Germany
Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Councils of Peoples’ Commissioners
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
Council of People's Commissaries
Dvinsk
Lutsk
Bolt-Sheviks
Times
Petrograd
Poland
Lithuania
Riga
Moon Island
German War Office
Dvina River
Vienna
Alexander von Linsingen
Austrian War Office
Archbishop Hails American Troops En Route to France
Rev Clarendon L Worrell archbishop of Halifax praises American troops seen passing through Canada on their way to France in New York. He calls them splendid fellows and commends their discipline and spirit witnessed during the journey.
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New York
Clarendon L. Worre
Halifax
N. Y
Canada
France
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