Saxons Start a Revolution in Germany
Revolt spreads as Spartacans and radical socialists challenge Weimar rule in Saxony. General strike, railway and power outages disrupt Coblenz to Halle while Plauen and other industrial centers fall under radical control. Sailors seize Mannheim post office and telegraph, bars, and city facilities amid ongoing unrest.
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Saxony
Halle
Plauen
Leipzig
Weimar
Pirna
Munich
Dresden
Mannheim
Baden
Gotha
National Assembly
Copenhagen
Bolshevik Prisoner Exchange Proposals Reported
Stockholm reports American Minister Morris told by the Danish Red Cross that Kolomatianno, an American condemned by Bolsheviks, is held in the Kremlin with death sentence commuted. Bolsheviks propose a prisoner exchange involving other Americans held in Vladivostok. Libau and Windau ports in Courland recaptured. In Siberia near Blagoveshchensk, Japanese force losses total 20 killed or wounded. Bolshevik force around 8,000.
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Morris
Danish
Red Cross
Kolomatianno
Kremlin
Moscow
Kolomatiano
Vladivostok
Libau
Windau
Courland
Baltic Sea
Siberia
Blagovieshtchansk
Amur
Palmer Office Probe Demanded by Senate Panel
A Senate resolution introduced by Senator Frelinghuysen calls for a full investigation into A Mitchell Palmer's alien property custodian office. The probe would require a detailed accounting of property taken, its disposition and proceeds, plus a payroll tally of employees and salaries.
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Washington
Congress
A. Mitchell Palmer
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Palmer
Refugees Return as War Front Shifts in Russia
Warsaw reports a rush of Russian refugees and Austro German prisoners heading north after Bolsheviks open the Moscow route. E A Frick of Geneva notes thousands of Austrians and Germans in Siberia and central Russia seek to go home. Transportation in central Russia is in poor condition.
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Warsaw
Turkestan
Moscow
E. A. Frick
Geneva
International Red Cross
Russia
Siberia
Clemenceau Leaves Home Amid Crowd After Shooting
Paris February 27 Premier Clemenceau went out for a ride for the first time since his shooting last Wednesday. A large crowd gathered around the residence hoping to see him as he stepped from the house and into an automobile with Doctor Laubry amid cheers of Viva Clemenceau.
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Viva Clemenceau
Paris
Cleau
Laubry
Clemenceau
Armistice Plans Not Suspended as Army Bill Wins Support
Weimar and Berlin dispatches report the Weimar assembly passing a second reading of a bill for a national army of defense despite socialist opposition. War Minister Noske defends the measure, saying the army is to defend frontiers and deter Bolshevik threats. critics warn it revives militarism. President Ebert forms a presidential cabinet and assigns Von Holtzendorff to a post.
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Weimar
Gustave Noske
People’s Party
Berlin
Ebert
von Holtzendorff
Armistice talks collapse as German coup plot looms
Geneva reports Berlin dispatches say German armistice negotiations ended in Spa with no reason given. The anarchists plan a coup d etat to overthrow the Ebert government and restore Kaiser Wilhelm, with many army officers implicated.
Hostage Held for Debs Negotiations With Bolsheviks
Washington reports from official sources that Bolsheviks demand the exchange of American Kolomatiano for Debs or Mooney, and offer to release American Consul Townsend if either Debs or Mooney is pardoned. The state department continues pursuit of release without capitulation.
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Washington
State Department
Kolomatiano
Eugene V. Debs
Thomas J. Mooney
Townsend
Debs
Mooney
Rivers and harbors bill passes in Senate
Washington February 27 The $32 million rivers and harbors appropriation bill authorizing 75 new projects is enacted via the conference report in the Senate without a record vote. The measure now proceeds to the president for approval.
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Senate
Washington
Failure to decide hog price policy postpones action
Washington reports the food administration did not decide on continuing its minimum hog-price policy after midnight Friday. Talks were held with the war trade board and later with President Wilson and his cabinet, delaying a formal decision.
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Washington
Food Administration
War-Trade Board
Wilson
Germans Are Sent to Paris Delegates Named from Denmark
Washington dispatches report four German subjects appointed as delegates from Denmark to the Paris peace conference. Named are C. P. Hanssen deputy from Noerrenmoelle to the Reichstag Nisnissen and Kloppenberg Skrumsager both deputies in the Prussian landtag and Andreas Grau an editor.
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Washington
Denmark
State Department
C. P. Hanssen
Noerrenmoelle
Reichstag
Nisnissen
Kloppenberg-Skrumsager
Landtag
Andreas Grau
Berlin armistice talks misreported says State Department
Officials in Washington say Berlin dispatches published in Switzerland about suspending armistice negotiations were based on misinformation. State Department officials stated the reports were inaccurate.
Farrand Named Red Cross Head To Lead War Council Transition
Dr. Livingston Farrand former University of Colorado president is chosen as chairman and executive head of the American Red Cross. He will oversee the organization when the war council retires on March 1. Farrand, a psychology and anthropology specialist, previously served in France fighting tuberculosis.
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Livingston Farrand
University of Coloado
Central Committee
American Red Cross
War Council
Doctor Farrand
France
Belgian Inquiry and Paris Pact Debates Mark Peace Talks
The Belgian commission opened its first meeting electing Capt. Tardieu as president and outlining its work. meanwhile the great powers continued Poland and Morocco discussions, with Marshal Foch asked to relay inquiries from Warsaw, and open trade principles debated by White and Balfour. In Washington, President Wilson spoke to Congress on the league plan at a White House dinner, Borah and Fall declining to attend.
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Stedman
North Carolina
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Charles B. Smith
New York
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Titnois
Ragsdale
South Carolina
Huddleston
Alabama
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Texas
Thomas F. Smith
Cooper
Wisconsin
Porter
Rogers
Masachusetts
Temple
Foss
Tinois
Miller
Minnesota
Mott
Kennedy
Rhode Island
Palmer Named Attorney General Nominee
President Wilson nominates Mitchell Palmer to succeed Attorney General Gregory. Palmer, as Alien Property Custodian, will take office on March 4 and assume the duties of the nation’s top legal officer.
Allies Gain on Murman Coast In Soviet War Move
Allied forces advanced twenty six miles Sunday on the Murman coast inflicting heavy losses on Bolsheviks and capturing many prisoners, according to Archangel dispatches.
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London
Murman
Bishop Hayes Is Promoted to New York Archbishop
New York on February 27 reports the appointment of Bishop Patrick J Hayes as archbishop of New York succeeding the late John M Farley. The announcement came from the archepiscopal residence of Mgr Dunn chancellor of the diocese.
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New York Province
John M. Farley
New York
Patrick J. Hayes
Mgr. Dunn
Slacker Repatriation Fears After Draft Evaders
Washington reports thousands of American citizens who fled to dodge the draft seek to return home. They face prosecution and potential one year jail terms. Government agents capture stragglers daily at the Mexican border, while most evaders remain in Mexico and Latin America, with many in Cuba and South American nations.
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Washington
Mexico
Cuba
Clemenceau Leaves Hospital for Short Outing
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau has improved enough for doctors to permit a brief outdoor excursion after a period of illness.
Victory Liberty Loan Bill Passes House in Bipartisan Vote
The Victory Liberty loan bill cleared the house with three votes against it after a Republican bid to strike down a provision allowing the war finance corporation to continue financing port trade loans failed.
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Washington
House
War Finance Corporation
Five hundred thousand dollars planned for Great Lakes base
Washington announces the first $200,000 of a $1.5 million appropriation for the Great Lakes naval training station north of Chicago. The plan calls for $200,000 yearly until completion, aiming to make it the world’s greatest naval training base, surpassing Annapolis and Quantico.
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Great Lakes
Chicago
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Navy Department
Annapolis
Quantico
Navy School
Lake Michigan
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