Germans Ignore Russ Peace Plea and Take 2500 Prisoners
German troops push into Russia as they cross the Riga Petrograd line advancing beyond Dvinsk and Lutsk. 2,500 prisoners, hundreds of guns, and large rolling stock captured amid feeble Bolshevik resistance near Inzeen. Berlin seeks order, while Paris and London react to Bolshevik capitulation and rising revolutionary activity across Russia and Finland.
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Berlin
Russia
Ithonia
Werder
Riga-Petrograd
Inzeen
Dvinsk
Lutsk
Rovno
Germany
Petrograd
Tsarskoe- Selo
Prince Leopold
Europe
Hoffmann
Jrest- Litovsk
Levine
Trotzky
Hertling
London
Leon Trotzky
Count von Hertling
Amsterdam
von Hertling
Paris
M. St. Brice
Roumania
May Be the Medium of Peace Negotiations
Forces dispatched to Astrakhan have been completely victorious over the Cossacks and all authority there has passed into the hands of the workers and soldiers group. Excess Profits Tax blanks received. Washington February 21 Corporation excess profits return blanks were received at the treasury from the public printer and distribution to revenue collectors was begun.
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Astrakhan
Washington
Corporation
The
Treasury
Confession Clears 1915 Murder of Rev Kayser Near Gary
Michael Schramm confessed to the 1915 Tolleston murder of Rev A I Kayser near Gary, Ind. Police say motive was robbery. Schramm allegedly confessed to other Chicago area crimes and the killing of a Chicago area police chief. Forbis says the arrest followed admissions at a Bridgeport Christmas Eve gathering.
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Chicago
A. I. Kayser
Tolleston
Gary
Ind
Michael Schramm
Bridgeport
Forbis
Schramm
Mr. Kayser
Mace
Kayser
German Troops Capture Rovno and Seize Supplies
Berlin reports a successful advance with Rovno captured. Ten thousand prisoners taken along with 1353 cannon, large amounts of food and motor cars seized.
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Berlin
Rovno
Otto Eidlitz Named Director of Housing
Otto Eidlitz, New York architect and builder, named director of housing by the department of labor. He will oversee government efforts to provide living facilities for industrial workers outside shipyard employment. Eidlitz previously led the Mason Builders' association and organized the Building Trade Employers' association.
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Otto Eidlitz
New York
Department of Labor
Eidlitz
Ile
Mason Builders’ Association
Building Trade Employers’ Association
Baker Says Bib Drive and War Update
Secretary of War Baker reviews the week ending February 16 noting both sides are ready for a long western offensive. He cites German preparations in mobile warfare, planned shock battalions, and a western front focus with Irish weather delays and mixed frontline activity amid American patrols and artillery actions in Champagne and Lorraine. References to Petrograd and Armenian centers appear.
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Washington
Baker
Russia
Italy
Huring
Lorraine
Champagne
Petrograd
Riga
America’s First Battle Planes Headed to France Early
Secretary Baker announced the first American built battle planes are en route to France nearly five months ahead of schedule. He cited progress in Liberty motor production and noted the need for thousands of skilled ground workers to support the air offensive and training program.
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Washington
France
Baker
Western Front
Dne
Germans Take Russian Towns and Advance on Front
London reports German forces occupy the Russian cities of Hansas and Melodechno and push toward Mohilev the former Russian general headquarters. Melodechno is described as a key railway junction northwest of Minsk. Pravda states Austrians have begun an advance on the Ukrainian front.
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London
Hansas
Melodechno
Mohilev
Novaia Viedomsty
Minsk
Pravda
Austrian Socialists Urge Meeting on Wilson Peace Plan
The Austrian Socialist party asks Premier von Seydler to accept Wilson's peace principle and to start immediate negotiations between Austria Hungary and the United States. The interpellation calls for government action to engage with Washington.
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Amsterdam
Austrian Socialist Party
von Seydler
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
Lieutenant Commander DuttonDies in Colorado Springs
Lieutenant Commander Robert M Dutton retired United States Navy died in Colorado Springs from tuberculosis contracted in Belgium while assisting Herbert Hoover with the Belgian relief commission. His home was San Francisco.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Robert M Dutton
United States Navy
Belgium
Herbert
Hoover
Belgian Relief Commission
San Francisco
Second Draft Call Awaiting Baker Signature May 1
Secretary Baker has not signed a date for the second draft which may begin as early as March to June. The plan envisions 500000 men called to colors with about 10000 weekly to training camps and others to be sent to France for schooling. Britain’s inclusion of its subjects is noted as the mobilization proceeds toward 3.9 million total under class 1.
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Washington
Baker
France
Crowder
Four U S Soldiers Wounded In Action
Washington reports four American soldiers were slightly wounded in action on February 12. The injured are Privates Frank M. O’Brien Hamilton Montana Frank Siminski Carrollton Michigan Cook Henry Dion Bowton Massachusetts and Engineer Charles A. Clokus McAdoo Pennsylvania.
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Washington
General Pershing
War Department
Frank M. O’brien
Hamilton, Mont
Frank Siminski
Carrelton
Mich
Cook Henry Dion
Bowton
Mass
Charles A. Clokus
McAdoo
Hays to See Party Leaders Dinner in New York
Indianapolis February 20 Chairman Will H. Hays of the Republican national committee issued invitations to former national chairmen for a dinner at the Union League club in New York Monday evening. He added that the next day he expected to see former President Charles K. Hughes and possibly Colonel Roosevelt.
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Indianapolis
Peb
Will HL. Hays
Republican National Committee
Union League Club
New York
Hays
Pate Charles K. Hughes
Roosevelt
British Down Four Flyers in Belgium Naval Action
Lindon Feb. 21 naval airmen continued bombardment of docks airdromes and other targets in Belgium and have accounted for four German airplanes the admiralty announced in a statement.
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Belgium
Admiralty
Lindon
Former Governor Injured in Texas Auto Crash
Wichita Kansas February 21 W R Stubbs former governor of Kangan was injured but not seriously in an automobile accident near Hereforda Texas according to word received here.
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Wichita
Kan
W. R. Stubbs
Kangan
Hereforda
Tex
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Pleasant A. Stovall
United States
Berne
Switzerland
Austria
Rev
Conn
Teutons
U.S
Liberty Machines
Neary
America
Ianien
Governent
R. M. Dutton
U. S
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