German Led Push Aimed at Petrograd to Resume Northern Russia War
Imperial headquarters endorses renewed operations against northern Russia with Petrograd as the objective while Germany lends aid to Ukraine against Bolsheviks to safeguard food supplies. French success, Italian front activity, and a traitor’s execution in France accompany the broad military and political moves.
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Russia
HUN
Germany
William
Petrograd
Vienna
Trotzky
Lens
Champaigne
Bute du Mesnil
la Dormoise
Lake Garda
Piave
House of Commons
Llloyd-George
House
Guy D. Grimes Appointed Local Postoffice Clerk
An announcement from the postoffice department in Washington states Guy D. Grimes has been appointed a clerk in the local postoffice to fill a vacancy created when another employee advanced to assistant postmaster.
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Guy D. Grimes
Postoffice
Washington
Desertion Charge Against Camp Sevier Troop
Wagoner Floyd Long of Company A 105th Military Police at Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina has been turned over to military authorities charged with desertion. He had been absent three weeks when captured near his home in Andrews South Carolina.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
8. C
Wagoner Floyd Long
105Th Military Police
Andrews
Ten Die As British Ship Miguel de Larrinaga Sinks
Ten officers and crew members perish when the British steam ship Miguel de Larrinaga sinks in mid ocean on February 6. A cargo of grain bound for France is lost. A British warship rescues 27 men who fled in small boats. survivors arrive by rail from a Newfoundland port.
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New York
Miguel de Larrinaga
France
New Foundland
Chaplains School Approved by Baker for Fortress Monroe
Secretary Baker approved establishing a training school at Fortress Monroe Virginia to train army chaplains in military law international law military science tactics hygiene and related fields. Candidates will be selected by the army general committee on chaplains and the Roman Catholic chaplaincy bureau and undergo a month's training after passing physicals. Graduates will be rated as line officers in the reserve officers' training camp system.
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Washington
Baker
Fortress Monroe
Army
Army General Committee On Chaplains
Roman Catholic Chaplaincy Bureau
Good Roads Improve Camp Access for Soldiers’ Relatives
Relatives and friends of soldiers will visit the camp more as the concrete highway near the camp is completed. Only about half a mile of concrete remains plus a detoured longer route, blocked by harsh weather until this week, with completion hoped in three weeks if cement remains available. Greenville county authorities plan to extend the road through the camp for two more miles.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
8. C
Greenville County
Population of Hot Springs Grows Steadily
Gloucester Massachusetts February 15. One hundred sixty enemy aliens who have been interned here since the United States entered the war left for the internment camp at Hot Springs North Carolina today in charge of federal officials. They comprise largely officers and men who formerly manned German vessels seized at Philadelphia Norfolk and the Virgin Islands.
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Glouchester
Mass
United States
Hot Springs
N. C
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Virgin Islands
President Places All Exports Under License
President Wilson issued a proclamation placing all exports to all countries under license by the war trade board after tomorrow. The license system also applies to imports to free ships for troop and war material transport as part of reducing non essential ocean carriage.
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Washington
Wilson
War Trade Board
Great Insurance Record by 117th Infantry at Camp Sevier
The 117th infantry formerly the Third Tennessee claims a remarkable insurance rate at Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina February 15. Every man except one has taken out insurance. the regiment is 90.98 percent insured and should reach perfection when the remaining man returns from illness.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
117Th Infantry
Third Tennessee Infantry
Hom
117Th
German Sausage.Message Helps Allies Win War
Washington reports a propaganda effort where a French password is carried into Germany via sausage meat and small oiled paper messages. Relatives hope for peace and spared lives. many troops surrender while few spies are found among those contacted.
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France
Kamerad Republique
Germany
House Committee On Postal Expenditures
Committee On Public Information
Fire toll at Grey Nunnery rises to twelve
From Montreal comes word that the fire swept west wing of the Grey Nunnery. The death toll climbs to twelve with 14 more children recovered this fore noon, bringing total fatalities to 52. Sisters nursing soldiers aided escapes, while the origin of the blaze remains undetermined. A nun suggests a spark from an X ray machine used in the military hospital section.
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Montreal
Peace talks to open between Germany and Rumania
Amsterdam reports Berlin newspapers indicate peace negotiations with Romania are about to begin. No official statement has been issued but Romanian negotiators have arrived at a prearranged location to discuss extending the armistice.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
United States Plans to Export Gold to Mexico
Washington reports the United States proposes allowing gold exports to Mexico to meet President Carranza’s immediate needs under a pending commercial agreement. Mexico currently holds gold credits in American banks. No US loan is contemplated.
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United States
Mexico
Washington
Carranza
Y building at Camp Sevier to reopen soon
The Y building of the 450th brigade at Camp Sevier Greenville S C closed by order of the division surgeon after B G Davis educational director developed meningitis Friday. Other secretaries kept in confinement were released after tests showed they were not carriers. Davis steadily recovering and out of danger.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
S.C
B. G. Davis
Davin
One Death at Sevier Camp Sevier Greenville D C
Private Raleigh T. West of the 119th Infantry died yesterday morning in the base hospital of pneumonia. His father J C West resides near Fayetteville Tennessee.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
D. C
Raleigh T. West
119Th Infantry
J. C. West
Fayetteville
Tenn
British Troops Advance Near Jerusalem React to Palestinian Rout
London reports on February 15 5 British troops advancing two miles northeast of Jerusalem amid a rout spanning six miles, as stated by the war office.
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London
Palestine
Jerusalem
War Office
Guarantors Urged to Attend High Point Chautauqua Meeting
All guarantors of the LOIS High Point chautauqua are urged to attend a 7:30 p.m. Saturday gathering at the Commercial club assembly room. Mrs. Gregory, former superintendent and company representative, will present plans for the coming season and each guarantor is personally liable for his share. Fred N. Tate, chairman, issued the call. wives are encouraged to accompany their husbands.
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Point Chautauqua
Commercial Club
Satur
Tion
Gregory
High Point Chautauqua
High Point Organization
Chautauqua
Fred N. Tate
High Point Chautauqua Committee
Stockmen May Have To Quit Business
Washinoton February 15 Stock raisers say wartime meat production promises yield only losses as government protection is lacking at a trade commission hearing American National Livestock Association secretary W S Tominson of Denver warns 25 percent of stock feeders may go out of business unless relief is provided and a meat shortage is not a myth.
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Washinon
W. S.tominson
Denver
American National Livestock Association
Trade Commission
Tomlimson
Germans Reserve New Gas for Americans, Reports Say
Amsterdam dispatch reports German newspapers claim Hindenburg plans a major west front offensive and have developed a new poison gas described as highly effective. The gas is said to be reserved as a surprise for American forces.
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Amsterdam
Hindenburg
Egyptian crops show strong gains in crop estimates
Egyptian crop estimates from Cairo on February 15 indicate high yields with rice 20 percent above normal and wheat and barley well above average. Area under cultivation is larger than ever before throughout the country.
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Cairo
All Peoples Must Bow to President's Terms
Madrid dispatch notes Claro Universal commentary on President Wilson's address. The paper calls the speech a faithful expression of humanity's opinion and the only possible peace. It warns war will continue if Central Powers reject Wilson's ideas.
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Madrid
Spain
Wilson
the Claro Universal
Earl of Halsbury Youthful Despite Age in Lords
London reports in the Daily Graphic that the Earl of Halsbury maintains youthful vigor in the House of Lords despite being in his fourties, while Lord Petre is described as the realm’s youngest peer at under four years, unable to sit in Parliament for years to come.
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London
The
Daily Graphic
Far
Hasbury
House of Lords
Lord Petre
House of
Huge shell explodes at home injuring three children
A long dead howitzer shell kept on Sergeant Daniel Morgan's hearth in Tweedmouth exploded, nearly demolishing the house and injuring his three children. Brought from South Africa as a souvenir, it was thought the charge had been withdrawn and a spark may have ignited the fuse.
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London
Daniel Morgan
Tweedmouth
South Africa
Sugar profit donation to Red Cross by South Carolina dealer
A Columbia wholesale dealer donated 450 dollars to the Red Cross from excess sugar charges. The Food Administration chose not to revoke the dealer’s license in exchange for the contribution, though the dealer’s name was not disclosed.
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Red Cross
D. C
Columbia, S. C
South Carolina
Red Cross Society
The
Food Administration
Senator Weeks Attacks War Department in War Policy Debate
In a speech today Senator Weeks criticizes the war department and government branches for delays in military preparations. He supports the military committee’s war cabinet and munitions director bills as non partisan fixes to unify the war effort and reduce political embarrassment to President Wilson.
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Keb. M.o
Wil
Ckeek
Weeks
Military Committee
War Department
Wilson
Commander Bagley Gets License to Wed
New York date line reports Lieutenant Commander David Worth Bagley of Washington, formerly of Raleigh, brother-in-law of Secretary Daniels, wed to Miss Marie Louise Harrington of Collierville Tennessee. Bagley commanded the torpedo boat destroyer Jack Jones when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on December 6, 1917, with 600 men lost.
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New York
David Worth Bagley
Washington
Raleigh
Daniels
Marie Louise Harrington
Collus
Tenn
Bagley
Jack Jones
Scarlet fever cases reported at Camp Sevier
Camp Sevier in Greenville South Carolina reports a few scarlet fever cases among aviation mobilization depot personnel from Kelly Field Texas. The camp is under double quarantine with precautions to prevent spread. It is too early to say the disease is under complete control.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
8. C
Aviation Mobilization Depot
Kelly Field
Texas
Field Artillery Shows Strong Insurance Record in Camp Sevier
At Camp Sevier Greenville S C February the 13th Field Artillery formerly the First North Carolina field artillery boasts a perfect insurance record with likely under eight men uninsured. The 51th infantry formerly the Third Tennessee from eastern Tennessee is one man short of perfection with 117 units all insured.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
T13th Field Artillery
First
North Carolina Field Artillery
Livth Infantry
Third Tennessee Infantry
Tennessee
Reverend Hackett Commissioned Chaplain for 103rd Sanitary Train
At Camp Sevier Greenville on February 15 The Rev James H Hackett was commissioned a chaplain with the rank of first lieutenant and assigned to the 103rd Sanitary Train an organization drawn from three states.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
James H. Hackett
103Rd Sanitary Train
Fall From Sky Kills Vernon Castle Dancer
Captain Vernon Castle of the English Flying corps was killed when his airplane crashed 15 miles west of Fort Worth Texas. He had flown over 150 missions including many over German lines and was famed as a dancer prior to the war. The accident near Denbrook field involved a cadet who was injured while Castle attempted to avoid the cadet.
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Forth Worth
Tex
Vernon Castle
English Flying Corps
Fort Worth
Castle
Flanders
Lord Wellesley
Denbrook Field
Vernon Castle Dancer Known Across Nation
New York report states Vernon Castle, famed dancer with his wife, held a national reputation and residence in the city. The Castles' wartime service included aviation work. Vernon earned an Aero Club of America pilot’s license in February 1916 after test flights at Newport News. He was born in Norwich, England, on May 2, 1887.
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New York
Vernon Castle
Castles
Castle
Aero Club of America
Newport News
Norwich
England
Cotton market steadiness lifts futures on light volume
The New York cotton market opened steady with small trading volume. March futures dipped slightly but earlier gains lifted May July and other months, with May at 29.47, July 29.06 and nearby notes showing slight improvements from last night’s close.
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New York
Ealy
Seling
Tenement Collapse Kills Woman and Child in Louisville
A high wind toppled two old tenement buildings on Third Street near the Ohio River front. A woman and a child died, and seven others were injured in the collapse early today.
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Louisville, Iy
Third Street
Ohio River
Submarine Sunk After Airplane Attack In English Channel
Paris reports a German U boat was sunk after an encounter with two French hydro-airplanes in the English Channel. Bombed by the planes, the submarine’s fate is described as probably sealed by the aerial attack in an official French statement.
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Paris
English Channel
Passenger Steamship Collision Reported Near Atlantic Port
An American passenger steamship returning to port after departing yesterday sustained damage above its starboard waterline amidships following a collision just after midnight with an unsaced vessel. The fate of the other ship was not known.
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Atlantic
Col Sterns Appointed Virginia Public Service Reserve Director
Cob J. le Stern of Richmond Virginia is named state director for Virginia of the United States Public Service Reserve. He succeeds James B. Doughtery who seeks the federal post of director of employment for Virginia.
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Washington
J. le Stern
Richmond
Virginia
United States Public Service Reserve
James B. Doughtery
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