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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1918
Page
13
The Agricultural Committee adopts a report authorizing presidential power to regulate food production and distribution. It states conservation depends on voluntary public cooperation and does not directly affect households.
Special to The Times reports that 6,000 Indians are enlisted in the U S Army with more than ninety million dollars donated to Liberty Bonds and generous Red Cross support. Patriotic appeals spurred large increases in meat and grain production on Indian reservations as many attendees shift from hunting to farming.
New York reports the Presbyterian board of foreign missions learning that two million people near starvation span Turkey Armenia Persia and Syria. Jerusalem's capture by British forces let the American relief committee feed 54000 refugees there while allied advances eased conditions in southern Palestine. The American minister in Teheran said hundreds of desperate beggars throng the streets begging bread.
General elections in Madrid Feb 28 close with last appeals through newspapers and a flood of leaflets. voter interest appears unmatched in modern Spain. Government faces criticism over foreign policy and wartime conduct as German submarine sinkings fuel protests.
New Orleans fans expect a well attended Monday night heavyweight bout between Fred Fulton and Moran. The fight carries high stakes as the loser faces elimination while the winner moves closer to a possible title meeting with Jess Willard. Both fighters have trained hard and appear ready for the ring.
German forces advance in Russia as Austrian and Ukrainian troops near Kiev and Polish legionaries aid in Minak occupation. Berlin reports reach Walk in Livonia and Dubno in Volhynia as German proclamation urges Russians to stay calm while intervention aims to quell unrest and deliver food. Ambassador Francis notes Petrograd diplomatic corps planning to leave if Germans threaten the city.
London reports Turks in the Caucasus have begun their offensive prior to armistice expiry. The Turks seized Platana and disrupted evacuation of Caucasians massing along the coast. Spanish steamer sink noted. Madrid writes of February 23.
Petrograd February 28 Eneiga Kry lenko, the Bolsheviki commander in chief, tells the troops that if Germany refuses peace a struggle to death or victory is inevitable and the people's heroism must oppose the advancing enemy.
Special to The Timee reports the government quartermaster department in Chicago coordinates a daily million-dollar flow of Supplies. Most funds support American troops in U S camps and in France, a sharp rise from prewar annual totals of about one million dollars.
Special to The Times Boise Idaho February 238 The local Chinese colony has opened the sacred temple to the Red Cross and is helping the war effort. Chinese women knit and prepare surgical dressings for soldiers. The widow of Calepple and women display the Red Cross. One Chinese woman here boasts a service flag as her brother enlisted in the United States Army.
The 23rd Regiment Armory hosts the Brooklyn Motor Vehicle Dealers Association event marking the seventh annual show. A two week run begins tonight with a second week focused on motor trucks, the region's only exposition featuring trucks separately.
The steamer Mar Caspio carrying cork to New York was sunk by a submarine. The crew were rescued by a Spanish vessel that was halted but later released after delays. The submarine commander aimed to sink the other ship due to cars for an American railway partly owned by French citizens aboard.
In France, American artillery shells reply three to one as bombardment continues on the sector northwest of Toul. An enemy raid was repulsed this morning. Three Americans killed and four wounded by a trench mortar in the trenches. Paris reports that French attacked north of Ailette in Champagne, taking prisoners and war material.
London reports nine German airplanes accounted for by British airmen in operations on the western front Thursday during ongoing air combat.
A British raid near Monchy le-Preux last night succeeded with prisoners captured. Artillery fire remained active in several sectors, signaling ongoing combat conditions.
London Feb 28 the inter allied labor conference today agreed to support the British war aims program.
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