Germany to Trim the Balkans and Italy Believed Offensive
Amsterdam dispatch notes Turkish foreign minister Halif Bey vows no separate peace. London reports Admiral Jellico warns Britain faces months of submarine warfare with a target to kill off U boats by August. Glasgow survivor recounts sighting the submarine after the Tuscania sinking. Washington notes ongoing War Department effort to finalize Tuscania missing lists. Reports say Germany plans a major offensive against the Balkans and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Amsterdam
Halif Bey
Constantinople
Hull
Eng
Jellico
Glasgow
War Department
Washington
Tuscania
London
Germany
Balkans
Italy
German Armies Threaten Victory and Paris Front Claims
A wartime dispatch details Emperor William's pledge of German victory before peace, American troops on the Champagne front, and heavy American casualties. It notes German divisions in the western front, Fatente activity in Lorraine, and mutual prisoner exchanges as various nations seek to adjust borders and manpower amid ongoing fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insterdam
Hindenberg
William
Hamburg
Berlin
Fatente
Vendun
Mozelle
Lorraine
Nancy
French Front Reports German Raids and Allied Responses
French wires describe German raiders on the Aisne, Argonne, and Nosges fronts driven off by French fire after trench raids in Champagne. Paris reports American batteries joined in the artillery bombardment during a major French raid in Champagne with effective U S support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Aisne
Argonne
Nosges
Champagne
Ameri
Bolshevik charge on German wartime meddling claims
Bolsheviki government accuses Germany of secretly fomenting wars via Roumanians Ukrainians and Finnish revolutionists to spread Russia. Berlin and Vienna reportedly sign a peace pact with the Ukrainian republic. A Berlin Vienna conference allegedly pledged renewed war against northern Russia toward Petrograd. Amsterdam notes peace terms discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian
Petrograd
Germany
Russia
London
Austria
Wireless Today
Berlin
Vienna
Kaiser
von Hertling
von Hindenberg
Holland
Italian Front Updates From Rome War Office
Italian and Allied airmen claim 56 enemy planes downed between January 26 and now per General Diaz. Italian forces repelled an enemy assault aided by heavy fire this morning, with infantry thrusts in the Frenzela valley. Austrian attacks west of the Brenta river were checked. Germany reports Austrians took prisoners south of Sasso Rosso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Diaz
War Office
Frenzela
Brenta River
Berlin
Possible separate peace on front looms in Europe
A London Daily Mail lobby dispatch says Austria Hungary may seek a separate peace with the Entente as reluctance grows to fight Britain and the United States on the western front. Paris reports disdain for the Ukrainian German peace treaty while Berlin notes imminent talks with Romania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Daily Mail
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Paris
Berlin
Roumania
Lieutenant charged with embezzling 7000 from mess funds
San Francisco reports Lieut Robert Hall of the Forty eighth Infantry arrested for embezzling seven thousand dollars from his comrades mess funds. His seven month bride turned over her wedding ring claiming it may have funded the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Robert Hall
Forty-eighth Infantry
War spending bill seeks over 81 billion with ship production funds
Washington report to the house by the appropriations committee outlines a bill carrying 81,107,220,082 dollars. Of this sum 585,054,388 is for the War department urgent deficiency fund and 100,000,000 is requested for ship production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
House
Committee On Appropriations
Seattle Lawyer Crotty Dies of Pneumonia
Seattle attorney James L. Crotty, a well known figure in the legal community, dies of pneumonia at age unknown. The death occurred in Seattle on February 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
James L. Crotty
Outside Mail Brings Lincoln Birthday Joy to City
The first batch of outside mail since January 13 reached the city shortly after 8 pm last Tuesday the 12th aiding Lincoln's birthday celebration. Pilot Owen Gray delivered the mail. Joe Lewis of Ophir Creek in the Kuskokwim arrived yesterday morning. Deputy U S Marshal Geraghty and Eddie Golden returned from Ruby last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward Trail
Lincoln
Owen Gray
Joe Lewis
Ophir Creek
Kuskokwim
U. S
Geraghty
Eddie Golden
Ruby
Big shipment of phonographic records seized at New York dock
Eight motor trucks loaded with phonographic records were seized by government officials at the New York dock awaiting shipment on the steamer Nieuw Amsterdam. The seized cargo is believed to contain information of value to the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nieuw Amsterdam
Nenana Igloo No 15 opens with strong 209-member roster
Nenana News reports Nenana Igloo No 15 Pioneers of Alaska closes its charter list at 209 names, with solid treasury funds and plans to join Interior’s active groups. Secretary Kenyon seeks a charter and lodge books in Fairbanks. Also notes Coast Guard enlistment of Thomas Jefferson Robertson and a letter from Toby Perry traveling through Chicago to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nenana News
Nenana Igloo No. 15
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana
Thomas Jefferson Robertson
Coast Guard
Alaska
Nome
Hospital Patients Mrs Haggith and Miss Isaacson Return Home
Mrs Haggith and Miss Isaacson have sufficiently recovered to leave the hospital. Their discharge marks a successful recovery from recent illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Haggith
Miss Isaacson
Iowa Politician Withdraws After Pro German Charges
James Taylor Adams of Dubuque Iowa withdrew from the race for the Republican national committee chairmanship after disloyalty accusations. W H Hays of Indiana was elected by acclamation. Adams had written a Berlin letter showing strong pro German sentiment at the war outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
James Taylor Adams
Dubuque
Iowa
Republican National Committee
William B. Willcox
W. H. Hays
Indiana
Adams
Berlin
Post Office bids seek five airplanes for Alaska air mail
Washington reports the Post Office department called for bids on five airplanes to establish air mail service to Alaska with routes including Philadelphia Washington and New York likely to follow. The National Democratic committee endorsed the federal constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. Congress and officials anticipate Austria Hungary elimination aided by the President's recent speech. Secretary of War Baker provided the senate military committee with first hand information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alaska
Post Office Department
Philadelphia
New York
The
National Democratic Committee
Austria
Congress
Austro-Hungary
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Tariff Board Nominee Thompson W Page Named
Thomas W Page of Virginia, a noted writer on economic questions, has been nominated by the President as a member of the tariff board. The note hints at secret U S troop transport plans to France this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Thos. Page
Thomas W. Page
Virginia
Tariff Board
Pioneers to Stage February 22 Dance and Supper
The Pioneers of Alaska announce a February 22 event of progressive whist dancing and a sumptuous ball supper on Washington's Birthday. Top talent will perform as guests join a roarin good time and the group aims to uphold its lively reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Washington
Ophir Alaska Couple Wed In Frigid Ceremony
In Ophir on February 5 Commissioner J C Moody joined John McDougall Draney and Miss Lillian Rose Jones in marriage. Draney is a dentist in Ophir and Tolstoi, the bride has held clerical work locally, and they plan to reside in Hoquiam Washington. They were supported by Mr Paulson Pearl Jones and Thomas Price. The bride wore a becoming dress and the groom, excited, left the office for the hotel without his fur cap as the thermometer read 40 below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ophir
Alaska
J. C. Moody
John McDougall Draney
Lillian Rose Jones
Mrs Fred Smith of Discovery Improves Steadily
Mrs Fred Smith of Discovery is steadily improving, with health updates suggesting continued recovery and hopeful outlook for the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Smith
Discovery
Noted Diplomat Dead in Ottawa
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice former British ambassador to the United States died suddenly in bed in Ottawa on February 14. Born in London in 1859 he held many senior roles in the British foreign service worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Can
Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice
United States
London
Aviators Die in Practice Collision
Memphis Tennessee February 13 Three American aviators killed during practice flight in midair collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Officials say local neglect not official issue in town
Last Saturday three officials arrived Hjalmar Nordale game warden C C Townsend fur inspector and N O Brigham timber inspector. On Monday E Coke Hill assistant district attorney returned from Ophir camp. Pete Monier Tolstoi mining arrived from Fairbanks and plans to return early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hjalmar Nordale
C. C. Townsend
N. O. Brigham
E. Coke Hill
Ophir Camp
Pete Monier
Tolstoi
Fairbanks
Keller party to work on Moore creek quartz ledge
Jack Keller with Greg Stewart and his son prepare to haul powder and supplies for the quartz ledge on Moore creek. They express enthusiasm as early indications look very encouraging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Keller
Greg Stewart
Moore Creek
Louis Matson Confined to Reed Hospital
Louis Matson remains confined at Reed Hospital according to the latest update. Medically monitored, his condition and expected stay are not detailed in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Matson
Reed Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Ireland
North
Ireland
Ust
Western
Eastern
No Man’s Land
British
Flanders
Houtholst Woods
Ukranian
Leon Trotzky
Switzerland
Berne
Warsaw
Netherlands
Nenana Igloo
Grant Murdock
Tobias Perry
Toby
Chicago
Boston
Pioneers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!