Russia Accepts German Peace Terms After Brest Litovsk
London reports Russia signs peace under dictation from the quadruple alliance after German occupation of Dvyinsk and Lutsk. Lenine and Trotsky authorize the surrender terms including a $4,000,000,000 indemnity and retention of Poland Lithuania Riga and Moon Island. Trotsky claimed terms at Brest Litovsk and a Petrograd overthrow rumors. Lenine and Trotsky allegedly fled to Riga.
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London
Russia
Germany
Lenine
Leon Trotsky
Councils of Peoples’ Commissioners
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
Council of People's Commissaries
Dvyinsk
Lutsk
The
Times
Petrograd
Dute
Poland
Lithuania
Riga
Moon Island
Council of People’s Commissaries
Wrylenko
Vasa
M. Tchernoff
Politiken
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Nikolai Lenine
Lloyd George demands confidence vote over war policy
London reports Premier Lloyd George calls for an immediate vote on support for current war policy or he will resign. He accuses American delegates at Versailles of steering centralization of allied strategy and announces General Rawlinson as British rep to the supreme war council. He cites an American document as compelling a revision of allied plans.
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London
Lloyd- George
Versailles
Versailles War Council
Senate Committee Backs Higher Wheat Price for 1918 Crop
Washington Feb 21 The senate agriculture committee issued a favorable report on the Gore bill to raise the minimum wheat price from 2 to 2.50 per bushel for the 1918 crop. Lincoln Feb 21 A Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train derailed along an embankment killing two and injuring twenty others.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Three Men Shot in J W W Raid at Hillsboro
Seaton Emercy city marshal was wounded and two other men were shot and dangerously wounded during a raid by royalists who tried to enter the home of miner Clifford Donaldson in Hillsboro NL on February 20.
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Hillsboro
Seaton Emercy
Clifford Donaldson
German Food Regulations Prosecutions Hit 1817 Totals
In Prussia about 400000 prosecutions for infringing food regulations were conducted in 1817. Police fined 151421 persons varying amounts and 1781 individuals were sentenced to prison.
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Amsterdam
Prussia
PLEDGES ITS LOYALTY Executive Council Rallies Masses for Victory
Washington February 18 The executive council of the American Federation of Labor pledges labor loyalty to the United States and indorses President Wilson's war aims. The council says peace talks show their futility until German militarists cannot impose will.
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Washington
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
United States
Wilson
Congress
Russia
Germany
LABOR POLICY BOARD NAMED FOR NATIONAL WAR POLICY
Secretary of Labor Wilson named a 12 member commission to craft a national labor war policy for all industries. The panel splits five employers and five labor representatives, each group to add one public figure. Conferences start February 25 to address every aspect aiming to eliminate strikes.
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Washington
Wilson
Iimployers
Osborne
New York
Charles I. Brooker
Ansonia
Conn
W. H. Vandervoort
East Moline
I. F. Loree
C. Edwin Michael
Roanoke
Frank W. Hayes
Indianapolis
William L. Hutcheson
J. A. Franklin
House O. KS Supply Bill Passes Without Record Vote
Washington Feb 20 The billion dollar urgent deficiency appropriation bill passed the house without a record vote. It provides 500 million for the military establishment and large sums for the navy and other branches. The navy department placed contracts for several destroyers beyond this year’s building program. Secretary Daniels credited shipyard speed for enabling additional destroyers on their stocks.
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Washington
Navy
House
Navy Department
Daniels
American Soldier Loses Eye in War Prisoner Letter
Private Hoyt Decker of Vincennes Indiana reports in his first letter from captivity that his left eye was shot out after being captured by German forces in a trench raid last November He had been in a hospital since his capture.
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Vincennes
Ind
Hoyt Decker
German Strike Leader Horn Sentenced to Fifteen Years
Amsterdam reports that Horn a prominent German socialist has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for taking part in the recent German strike according to dispatches from Berlin.
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Amsterdam
Horn
Berlin
Arsenal Commandant Burr Relieved to Washington
Rock Island New Jersey Feb 18 Colonel Burr commandant at the Rock Island arsenal has been relieved and transferred to the office of the chief of ordnance in Washington where he will be given larger responsibilities.
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Rock Island
Burr
Rock Island Arsenal
Washington
Ban on Grain for Malting Issued by Food Administration
Washington February 18 The food administration forbids the purchase of barley or other grains for malting pending forthcoming regulations to govern purchase and holding of grain by maltsters.
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Washington
Food Administration
Pershing Tours Front as U S Troops Tighten Line
General Pershing completed a two day inspection of the American sector northwest of Toul. He toured trenches dugouts and batteries in heavy mud asking soldiers about food morale and conditions. Six Yankees were wounded by a shell at a cook tent as German activity increased and one enemy aircraft was shot down.
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France
Pershing
Toul
St. Mihiel
Champagne
Captain Vernon Castle Killed in Fort Worth Plane Crash
Fort Worth, Feb 18 Captain Vernon Castle of the British Royal Flying Corps was killed Friday 15 miles west of Fort Worth. He had flown over 150 missions and aided the Wanders front during nine months. Castle swerved to avoid a cadet and his plane fell beyond his control near Benbrook field. The American cadet was unharmed. His wife in New York learned of the death and Castle’s body was sent home under military escort.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Vernon Castle
British
Royal Flying Corps
Castle
Lord Wellesley
Benbrook Field
New York
Castles
Mrs. Castle
British raid on Flanders front yields heavy German casualties
London reports a major raid by British troops Monday night in the southern section of Woutholst wood on the Flanders front. Two additional raids occurred south of Lens and near Epehy on the Arras front. Prisoners were taken in all raids, with the Flanders operation described as especially damaging to the German forces.
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London
Flanders Front
Woutholst Wood
War Office
Lens
Arras
Epehy
Flanders
Rockefeller coal at Pocantico hills aid
About a hundred families near the Pocantico hills estate of John D. Rockefeller received a plentiful coal allotment during the recent cold spell in Tarrytown New York on February 21.
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John D
Tarrytown
N. Y
Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller
U. S. Aviator Killed in France Air Crash
Cadet Charles E. K. Jones of Pittsfield Massachusetts attached to the aviation section of the signal corps was killed in an airplane accident in France, the war department said.
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U. S
Washington
Charles EK. Jones
Pittsfield
Mass
Signal Corps
France
War Department
Daniels Jr. Promoted to Second Lieutenant in Marine Reserves
Philadelphia on February 20 reports the promotion of Josephus Daniels Jr. son of the Secretary of the Navy, to a second lieutenancy in the United States Marine Corps reserves, quartermaster's department.
Death of Robert B. Van Courtlandt Found at Guard Hill Farm
Robert B. Van Courtlandt, a member of a prominent New York family, was found dead in the bathroom of his Guard Hill Farm home near Mount Kisco, N Y. The body showed a cut throat, apparent self inflicted.
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van Courtlandt
Mount Kisco
N. Y
Robert B. van Courtlandt
New York
Guard Hill Farm
Here
Seven million to contribute to the cost of war
The article outlines the 1917 wartime income tax, detailing who must file by March 1 1918, exempt amounts for married and single filers, and rates. It explains deductions for farmers merchants physicians and others, and notes the combined tax with 1916 provisions. It emphasizes liberty tax funds support for the war effort.
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Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Germany
First jail wedding in Springfield county marries Rostella and Bailey
Springfield, Yll1-Sangamon county records its first jail marriage. Dan Rostella weds Julia Bailey after the wife was held by federal authorities as a witness in Rostellas Mann White Slave Act case related to transporting the girl here.
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Springfield
Sangamon County
Dan Rostella
Julia Bailey
Rostella
Franklin Couple Freed After Waived Prosecution
In Franklin Kansas prosecutors waived the case after the wedding, and the couple were released with their liberty restored.
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Franklin
Kan
Oklahoma Indian Rockefeller Surrenders Car After Two Months
Henryetta Oklahoma Jackson Barnett known as the Oklahoma Indian Rockefeller has given up his automobile ownership after two months as a car owner. The move follows reports of Barnett’s withdrawal from vehicle ownership amid ongoing publicity and interest in his wealth and status.
Income Tax Guidance and Enforcement Warned by Officials
Government collectors visit every county to aid taxpayers in filing income tax returns. Extensions up to thirty days available on request before March 1 with proper reasons. Appoint an agent if ill or away. agent must affidavit knowledge and accept penalties for errors. Don’t delay. payments support the war effort and liberty taxes are a civic duty.
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Internal Revenue
Bureau of Internal Revenue
United States
Collector of Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Derby Veteran Bank Clerk Celebrates 64 Years of Service
William 8 Browne of Derby Connecticut aged eighty is still working at Manufacturers bank. He just marked his sixty fourth anniversary with the institution having joined while in high school. He has served under four cashiers two presidents and numerous directors.
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Derby
Conn
William 8. Browne
Manufacturers’ Bank
Portable Homes for Army in France Built in U S
Hundreds of portable houses for American troops in France are under construction in the United States. The prefabricated units are built on panels and shipped overseas to be bolted together upon arrival in Europe.
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Army
New York
France
Europe
Man trades car for ponies after dangerous automobile
A man recalls trading his new five thousand dollar car for two ponies. He explains the automobile was no good and dangerous, and the ponies were safer though they could kick. He said he stayed out of the way to avoid harm.
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Barnett
Prize Egg Auction To Aid Red Cross War Fund
Bloomington Tl residents hear of a large eight and a half inch by six and a half inch hen egg brought by farmer Peter Stuckey. The egg will be auctioned in town to benefit the local Red Cross war fund.
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Bloomington
Peter Stuckey
Red Cross War Fund
Iowa Banks See Biggest Resource Rise in Nation
Iowa led the country in increased resources per the Comptroller of the Currency report, totaling 6.367 million dollars. The item also notes military police at Camp Dodge handling few drunkenness cases, a new Nevada cheese factory, and other state updates from Des Moines to Sioux City.
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Iowa
Camp Dodge
Nevada
Des Moines
Jess Fegley
Interstate Farmers’ and Breeders’ Association
Sioux City
Jennie Wieland
Storm Lake
Robert R. Swartz
Sac City
Swartz
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Drake University
Geo. McKernan
Velie
Uncle Sam
McKernan
Camp Dodge Base
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
United States
Harrison County
George Coe
Woodbine
Charles Webster
Webster
National Army
Ralph B. Parrott
State Board of Control
James F. Deems
Burlington
F. S. Treat
Deems
Washington
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