Armistice Talks Probed Amid Petrograd Evacuation Debate
Petrograd dispatches report disputes within the Council of Workmen and Soldiers delegates over evacuation plans. Germany appears set to advance as resistance grows, with reports of German detachments lingering around Pskov and ongoing combat near Novgorod and Narva.
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London
UK Exchange ‘Telegraph
Petrograd
Council of Workmen's and
Leon Freteky
Balstevik
Germany
Jussia
Petroprad
Nother City
Wondon
Pekox
Nordwest
Mermaid
Hay
Exchange
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Pskov
Gest
Singer
Narva
Jarrivan
Reval
Holsheyisk
Petrogeid
Bolshevik
Hetrograd
New Parley Planned as Martial Law Hits Slav Capital
A Petrograd dispatch reports martial law in the capital with a death penalty for pillaging. The Soviet government announces standstill terms and talks of a defensive volunteer army, while Western diplomats contemplate peace moves and German led negotiations at Breslovsk and Berlin.
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Potougtid
Prochunsyan
Ly Hegen ‘Il
Council of Soliiers
Petrograd
Central Empire
Bulgaria
Germany
Austria
Averasco
Romania
Ferdinand
Jaasy
van Kuellmann
Caernin
Hungaria
Radoslavolt
Florizel wreck near Cape Race leaves ninety one dead
News from St Johns reports the Red Cross liner Florizel with 140 aboard including 78 passengers struck near Cape Race amid heavy seas. Forty four survivors were rescued by Newfoundland crews, while ninety one are feared dead. Swedish forces reportedly seized Aland islands in a separate note of conflict.
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St. Johns
Florizel
Ndp
Feb
Proepero
Red Cross
Cape Race
Fulton Knocks Out Moran In Third Round Fight
Fred Fulton knocks out Frank Moran in the third round of a twenty round bout at the Louisiana Auditorium open air arena in New Orleans. German forces reach Walk in Livonia during invasion of Russian territory as marching troops approach Dubno in Volhynia. Government commandeers six hundred thousand bushels of wheat from Colorado.
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Fred Fulton
Fred Paren
New Orleans
Frank Moran
Louisiana Auditorium
Berlin
Walk
Livonia
Riga
Volhynia
Lutsk
Dubno
Denver
Colorado
Turks Begin Offensive In Palestine and Russia Fronts
War updates report British forces seizing Jericho in Palestine and Australian troops consolidating positions east of the Jordan. In Europe, German advances around Petrograd and Riga, Russian civil and military turmoil, and Allied efforts to hold lines across France. Aerial fights, prisoner captures, and battles along the Ailette and Champagne fronts are noted, with broader war news from Helsinki to Washington.
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Eters Newapagie Ubi
London
Jericho
Palestine
War Office
Jordan
Wadi Auja
Nikolai Lenine
Krylenko
Volshavik
Leon Trotzky
Gulf of Finland
Germany
Petrograd
Russia
Riga
Brest-Litovsko Mohitev
Vitebsk
Vasa
Vibors
Finland
Lenine
Field Marshal
Haig
France
Hill
Toss
Poelcapelle
The
Trent
Monchy- Le-Preux
Toul
Ailette
Champagne
Jerichos
Washington
Secrutary
Raker
Peace terms call for 250000 shipyard helpers
Western Newspaper London reports a Soviet German controlled peace plan with terms to end the war including recognition of specific regional borders and demobilization. It notes Germany readiness to evacuate eastern territories after Russian demobilization and outlines conditions for Livonia Esthonia Ukraine and Turkey, plus naval demobilization and renewed Black and Baltic Sea shipping. It also describes a US drive to enroll 250000 shipyard volunteers with housing and pay, to accelerate wartime shipbuilding.
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London
Tess
Bi ‘Litovsk
Russia
Dvinsk
Courland
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Livonia
Esthonia
Black Sea
Battle Sea
Arctic Ocean
Baltic Sea
Nnion
Ukraine
Kaiser
America
Monarchist dreams and peace talks Roiling Europe
Western Newspaper Union reports Count von Hertling endorsing four principles for mutual peace talks with the United States and Wilson. Berlin notes Russia could restore the monarchy. Petrograd dispatch claims Grand Duke of Hesse named commander in Riga. Brukevitch named dictator in Russia as Bolsheviks court a German-backed throne. In Washington, a Tampico boat attack leaves one dead and three wounded. columbia train wreck in South Carolina tallies fifteen dead, twenty five injured.
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Union News Service
Amsterdam
Reichstag
Count von Hertling
Mule
Wilson
United States
Justie
England
Havre
Telohstag
London
Germany
Russia
Petrograd
Grand Duke of Hesse
Riga
Alexandria
Czareviteh
Brukevitch
Ensign Krylenko
Berlin
Tampico
Washington
Wilson Proclaims wheat price support amid farmer agitation
President Wilson acts to curb farmer pressure by setting a government guaranteed price for 1918 wheat in principal markets, maintaining the 1917 level of 2.20 a bushel at Chicago. The proclamation lists varying prices from 2.00 at Spokane to 2.28 at New York as the new framework. Silver exports to East surge in 1917 with China taking 12.1 million, Hong Kong 8.6 million, British India 24.9 million, while Japan and Spain exceed 100 million in gold shipments.
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Wilson
Chicago
Spokane
Wash
New York
East Heavy
Far East
China
Hong Kong
British India
Japan
Spain
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Fort Douglas
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E. E. Violette
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Mexico
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von Kuehlmann
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