Red Cross Steamer Florizal Wrecked in Blizzard Horror
New York reports say rescue ships arrived as hope rises for survivors aboard the stranded Red Cross steamer Florizal with 77 passengers and 698 crew. Six bodies washed ashore including Purser Snow and Joseph Kean. The vessel struck Broadcove near Cape Race during a blizzard. many passengers were on board including notable figures and Newfoundland regiment cadets.
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New York
Red Cross
Florizal
Snow
Long
Froude
Lagona
Seal
St. Johns
N. F
Red Cross Line
Halifax
Broadcove
Cape Race
Joseph Kean
Robert Snow
James Long
Newfoundland
Toronto
Royal Flying Corps
Florizas
John Shannon Munn
Bowring Brothers’ Company, Limited
Liverpool
Maj
Michael Sullivan
Newfoundland Forestry Battalion
Thomas McNeil
McMurdo Drug Company
Fred Smythe
Newfoundland Woolen Rolls
William Butler
Florida
William Earle
Canada
Edward Berteau
Norman Sellars
John Parsons
Ralph Burnham
Alex Ledingham
Newfoundland Regiment
New Chairman Chosen for Republican Party
Will H. Hays named chairman of the Republican National Committee after a rapid rise from precinct to state chairmanship. A lawyer with a large practice, he credited with converting Indiana Republican losses into a decisive victory in the last general election.
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Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Indiana
Wilson Extends $2 Wheat Price For 1918
President Wilson issued a proclamation guaranteeing farmers a minimum of $2 per bushel for 1918 wheat and indicated farmers may be exempted from the draft. The plan sets No. 1 Northern Spring basis with regional price levels at major markets such as Chicago 2.20, New York 2.22, Seattle 2.90, and others. The president praised farmer patriotism and warned higher prices would disrupt wartime production and wage levels.
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Washington
Wilson
Chicago
Seattle
Omaha
Francisco
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louise Eco
Galveston
Minneapolis
New
Charleston
Okla
City
Bavannah
Wichita
Kan
Vortland
Ore
Ex-Czarina Again To Rule In Russia
London reports a Morning Post telegram from Petrograd saying Germany plans to restore the Russian monarchy with Alexandra as guardian to the tsarevich, the favored German candidate for the throne. The former emperor would not accept the throne from German hands. Wheat and sugar shortages require government intervention to fix prices and regulate exports. Farmers are central to war service as shortages prompt new draft rules to ease labor drains, with new classifications and local exemptions. Federal railways coordinate with the food administration to move crops, boost marketing, and ensure fair prices for wheat among cereals.
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London
Germany
Russia
Im Petrograd
Morning Post
Alexandra
Tsarevitch
United States
Federal Railway Administration
Food Administration
American Patrol Captures Officers and Guns on Chemin des Dames
Paris February 25 The American patrol distinguished itself on the Chemin des Dames sector by penetrating the German lines and capturing two officers 20 men and a machine gun in the raid.
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HMS
Paris
Chemin Des Dames
Yale Gridder Horace Higginbotham Dies In Plane Fall Near Fort Worth
Horace Higginbotham former Yale football star and a cadet aviator at Hicks field near Fort Worth died when his airplane plunged ten thousand feet. The crash occurred during training. other earlier fatalities reported include civilian instructor Guy H. Reagle of Chicago and cadet James H. Webb of Rome Georgia after a midair collision near York field Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States Aviation Training School
York Field
Here
Guy H. Reagle
Chicago
James H. Webb
Rome Ga
Revert Gray
Long Island
N. Y
Reagle
Webb
Gray
Leutenant
Parkfield
Stantonl
Belleville
I. Fort Worth
Tex
Horace Higginbotham
Yale
Hicksfield
Kaiser's Peace Terms From Berlin Suggest Broad Redrawing
A Russian wireless government statement from London outlines German plans to renew peace talks on sweeping conditions. It calls for end of war, territorial realignments west of Brest-Litovsk, evacuation zones, and political reorganizations in Livonia and Estonia. It demands demobilization, naval disarmament, and a revived Russo-German commerce pact with tariff-free ore exports, all to be settled within weeks.
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London
Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Dvinsk
Courland
Livonia
Esthonia
Ukrainian People’s Republic
Ukraine
Finland
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
Arctic Ocean
Berlin
von Kuehlmann
Tdeut. Gen
RUSSIAN LEADERS ACCEPT KAISER PEACE TERMS
Petrograd declares martial law as six leading papers suppressed while Lenine and Trotzky sign peace terms with the central powers. Berlin reports Russian resistance in places near Reval and continued German advances with casualties and prisoner captures. Trotsky predicts a finish fight if peace fails and Romanian land shifts unfold amid Castle Butt tea talks.
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Petrograd
London
Germany
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Lenine
Anid
Exchange Telegraph Company
Roumania
Castle Butt Tea
Bucharest
Adsvices
Hague
Bulgaria
Austria
Averesco
Ltoumania
Ferdinand
Jassy
James W. Gerard Improves After Thursday Operation
New York reports James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany shows improved condition following an operation conducted on Thursday.
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New York
James W. Gerard
Italy Prepares New Offensive Amid Alpine Front Movements
Official Rome dispatches interpret the recent Swiss frontier closure by Austria as signaling troop shifts toward the Italian frontier for a renewed offensive. Reports claim fresh enemy units arrive from the Russo-Rumanian front, indicating a broad mobilization.
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Austria
Washington
Rome
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Reval
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Trotzky
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