Russian representatives snub invitation to peace conference talks
French foreign minister Stephen Pichon said only one Russian delegate, a Crimean, would attend Princes' Island talks and would come alone. Sazonoff Buhrkme tieff, allied with the Kerensky regime in Paris, refused to join any conference that includes the Bolsheviks.
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Princes’ Island
Stephen Pichon
Crimea
M. Sazonoff
M. Buahkmetieff
Paris
Kerensky
Peace conference faces high pressure week as labor unrest worries
At the Paris Peace Conference, a high pressure week looms with talks on Greek claims to Constantinople and Italian claims in the Adriatic. Reports on war responsibility and reparation are due, while public opinion presses for quick peace. President Wilson spent Sunday at the Murat mansion focusing on tasks and health remains strong.
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Europe
Wilson
Murat Mansion
Paris
League of Nations
Ireland
Scotland
Belfast
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Constantinople
Adriatic
Commission
United States
Germany
Murat
No Use for War Trophies Sparks Postal Outcry
London February 3. Barry district council chair B. Griffiths rejected a proposal to donate war trophies saying all trophies should be dumped into a deep Bristol Channel hole to spare British mothers and families reminders of losses.
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London
Bristol Channel
B. Griffiths
Barry
South Wales
No Reply From Bolsheviks Shocks Paris Report
Paris dispatch reports no satisfactory reply from Bolsheviks amid ongoing discussions. The terse note indicates continued deadlock as diplomats seek terms and ceasefire assurances.
SUFS PLAN DEMONSTRATION AT WILSON RETURN
Suffragists plan a large protest in New York as President Wilson’s ship docks after Europe. Miss Alice Paul, chair of the National Woman's party, will travel to meet suffragist leaders to arrange the demonstration as part of a nationwide effort to push the suffrage amendment through the Senate.
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Washington
New York
Wilson
Europe
Alice Paul
National Woman's Party
Senate
Congress
Nationwide job program planned to aid discharged soldiers
Washington officials draft a construction plan totaling up to 3.006 billion dollars to fund road waterway railroad and building work. The aim is to provide buffer employment for discharged soldiers sailors and war workers during periods of industrial unrest.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Americans Arrive in Berlin to Study German Politics
Twenty one American officers have reached Berlin from Cologne to study the political situation in Germany, per a news agency dispatch from Amsterdam.
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London
Berlin
Cologne
Germany
Amsterdam
Yankee Girl Police Patrolling London
Yankee girl police officers patrol London in the early hours, aiding American doughboys and allied staff. The five members listed include Miss R. MacGregor, Miss Kate Falkner, Miss Elizabeth Bain, Miss Madge Hoff, and Miss Lucy Porter. In one week they fielded 664 inquiries, guided 901 men to lodgings, and directed 1,288 others to lodging. They work with a British patrol of 18 girls under Mrs l. McHugh of Auckland, New Zealand.
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R. MacGregor
Duluth
Minn
Kate Falkner
Chicago
Elizabeth Bain
Portland
Ore
Madge Hoff
Minneapolis
Lucy Porter
Philadelphia
Yank
Body identified of Tampa woman found in Palisades crevice
The body of a young woman found a week ago on the Palisades edge near Englewood New Jersey was positively identified as Azvale Packwood of Tampa Florida. Identification was made by her brother George Packwood of St Louis and sister Lahvesta Udale of Buffalo New York.
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N. J
Palisades
Azevle Packwood
Tampa
Fla
George Packwood
St. Louis
Lahvesta Udale
Buffalo
N. Y
War Tax Bill Near Final Action in Congress
Conferees report substantial tax cuts in the war revenue bill aiming for 6 billion dollars in the current and next fiscal year. Luxury taxes may be wiped out. a campaign fund provision is dropped. Senate opposition seen as light, with action possible by Saturday or early next week.
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Washington
Senate
House
Kitchin
Simmons
Treasury Department
Law bill to tax war profits before Wilson returns
Senate notes that after passage the bill will not go to President Wilson for approval, as he is expected back by February 22, and outlines that gross levy war excess profits and income taxes will bear the heaviest burdens.
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House
Ture
Wilson
Simmons
France
Four Minute Men Honored in Springfield War Work
Springfield war work bureau reported contributions to Red Cross and war organizations reaching half a million dollars and 12 million dollars invested in Liberty loan bonds. J F MacPherson summarized the bureau's financial work. Service certificates were loaned to men who served as four minute men.
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Springfield
Ill
Springfield War Work Bureau
Red Cross
J. F. MacPherson
Vienna Rioters Beaten Back as Unrest Grows
Paris reports a mass unemployed gathering in Vienna on Friday led to a riot at the parliament building where troops and police drove back the crowd. Berlin says 250000 jobless, with daily increases and strikes crippling industries.
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Paris
Vienna
Austrian National Assembly
Hague
Berlin
Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
Wilhelmshaven
Major American casualties total in World War I released
War Department release shows 56 502 major casualties across all divisions with 27 762 killed in action 11 396 died of wounds 14 649 missing in action and 2 785 prisoners. Detailed division tallies list Missouri Kansas National Guard 1 723 and others including First through Thirty-sixth divisions plus National Guard units.
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Peno
War Department
Thirty-fifth
Missouri and
Kansas National Guard
Merch
Penarth
New England National Guard
New York National Guard
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
New York
Army divisions listed with casualty figures from France
General March reported heavy losses among divisions including the 70th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, and 93rd in France. He noted 15 divisions with greater losses than the Thirty-fifth, with the 28th and 25th divisions among the most severely affected.
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New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
National Army
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Texas
Arizona
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Oklahoma
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
March
France
Bassett to Lead Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Washington reports Capt. Fred erick B. Bassett Jr. will replace Rear Admiral Archibald Scales as commandant of the Great Lakes training station. Scales becomes Naval Academy superintendent at Annapolis, as Admiral Eberle retires to command the Fifth Atlantic fleet division.
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Washington
Frederick B. Bassett, Jr
Utah
Archibald Scales
Great Lakes
Navy Department
Admiral Scales
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Admiral Eberle
French Pilots Take Command on the Rhine Again
Paris reports that French pilots will, for the first time in 48 years, guide French and German vessels on the Rhine. They will command steamers and barges carrying food to occupying armies and lead light gunboat squadrons patrolling the river.
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Rhine
Paris
Strikes Spread Across Britain Prompt Military Standby
London reports nationwide labor action as Glasgow sees 10 000 troops restoring order amid looting. Strikers threaten armed resistance, Belfast erupts in turmoil with control contested. Dublin fears wider involvement as London engineers threaten a four hour week and railway clerks show signs of striking.
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Britain
United Kingdom
England
Glasgow
Snelling
Belfast
Dublin Voice
Ireland
Cluneumetal
Ukrainians Prepare to Attack Romania Threat Sparks Mobilization
Reports from Kiev indicate Ukrainian forces may strike Romania as tension rises. Romanian authorities mobilize to defend borders amid regional military posturing and warnings of potential invasion.
Bolshevik Take City as Kiev Falls to Reds
Special dispatches report Kiev captured by Bolshevik forces. Petlura's troops desert to the enemy, leaving the loyal remnant in danger. Ukrainian army prepares to attack Romania as Romania mobilizes in response to the threatened frontier. London and Warsaw bureaus provide the latest developments on the shifting front and wartime alignments.
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Warsaw
Kiev
Pet
Lura
Tragic Train Wreck Kills Eight New York Soldiers in Troyes
Special to Evening Journal reports eight soldiers were killed and thirty injured when a troop train derailed at the station in Troyes France. The men had served in Europe and were returning home, honored for their wartime service as they headed toward home.
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Evening Journal
Troyes
France
Ward
Europe
Government supervision urged for big railways
Hines told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee he opposed government ownership but favored organizing a few large railway companies under government supervision. In Chicago, Judge Landis refused to overturn the verdict against Victor Berger and four socialist defendants convicted under the espionage act.
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Evening Journal
Washington, RD. C
Hines
Senate Inter-State Commerce Committee
Chicago
Landis
Victor Berger
War headlines sweep Germany as government nears decisive actions
Berlin reports show rival papers framing the conflict as civil war with calls for end to terrorism. Government aims to disarm and crush Reds across Bremen Dusseldorf Esteen and other cities while Spartacides plan to assault the national assembly in Weimar as Berlin faces coal shortages.
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Hans
Bremen
Ebert
Dusseldorf
Esteen
Spartacides
Gotha
Tageblatt
National Assembly
Weimar
Asquith Champions League of Nations Plan in London
Former Prime Minister Asquith urged international control of munitions and transport in a Queen's Hall speech supporting the League of Nations. A humorous note mentions a Wisconsin undertaker crossing the state line with a hearse reportedly carrying whisky during a funeral procession.
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Peb. S
Queen's Hall
League of Nations
Marinette
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Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
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