Armistice Renewal Report Roils Germany and Paris
Dispatches from Paris and Germany detail renewed German acceptance of the armistice terms after Treves talks. The agreement extends the truce while allowing Allied revocation on short notice if Germany fails to meet obligations. Reports note revived Prussian swagger, cabinet tensions, and Hindenburg constrained by the accord.
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Germany
Treves
Paris
Marshal Foch
Supreme War Council
Foch
Ger- Int
Mathise Kraberger
Armistice Commission Cuts German Army to Twenty Five Thousand
Paris dispatch reports the armistice commission ruling to restrict Germany's forces to 25 000 men and set fixed lines for operations against Poland. American troops will guard food supplies routed from the United States to Berlin.
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Synedal
Paris
Armistice Commission
Germany
Poland
So Called League of Nations described as Big Five compact
Berlin reports that the proposed world league is a compact among five great powers with rights to admit or exclude others. The Zeitung am Mittag notes objections to a three day notice for denunciation and argues disarmament exemptions based on geographic position, suggesting France would be exempt.
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Wilson
Supreme Command
Berlin
League of Nations
Zeitung Am Mittag
Paris
New World Society
Labor leaders urged to back European boycott
The AFL building trades executive council cabled Samuel Gompers in France asking him to urge European labor leaders to oppose French and Belgian contracts pursued by the Building Trades Employers Association. The move follows a general strike of basic building trades workers in several cities affecting about 100,000 men.
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New York
Executive Council
The
Building Trade Department
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
France
Belgium
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Builders’ Association
Polish Army to Occupy Lithurtinia as German Withdraw
Berne reports that Lithuania and Poland reached an agreement for the Tenth German army to withdraw from Lithurtinia. Polish forces have already entered Volkovish near Grodne, occupying the territory evacuated by Germany.
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Berne
Lithuania
Poland
Lithurtinia
Volkovish
Grodne
Miners Earn High Praise for Wartime Work
Washington reports 2,574 coal miners were killed in 1918 as Secretary Lane lauds the industry. He notes a production rise to 685,300,000 tons and an output gain of 34,000,000 tons from 1917, with 256,000 tons per fatality and a drop of 233 gas and dust explosions.
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Washington
American Coal Mining Army
Lane
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines
Chicago Welcomes Black Devils Regiment Home From France
Chicago’s Eighth Infantry Regiment known as the Black Devils returned to a massive greeting. Up to 400,000 people packed downtown as crowds surged along Wabash and at the Coliseum, with police pressed to keep a path open for the parade and train arrival.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Grand Central Station
Camp Grant
Inside the Coliseum as 22,000 fans crowd in
Report describes a massive entrance at the Coliseum where 22,000 Usen s and others packed the building. Doors opened to a jammed interior with relatives unable to locate soldiers amid blocked streets and crowded balconies and girders. Traffic halted on Wabash avenue as the enthusiastic crowd surged two blocks in all directions.
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Wabash Avenue
Fifteenth Street
War transport deal sets cost for troop ships to France
The United States and Britain agree on payment for moving American troops to France during the war. The ships used will be paid on the transportation cost with a margin for profit.
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U. S
Washington, Pero
United States
France
Union Station work starts on $6 million project
Actual construction begins at Chicago’s Union Station with 100 workmen laying the foundation. The project, valued at $6,090,000, is expected to take two years to complete, according to H. A. Hammond, chief engineer of the Union Station company.
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Union
Chicago
Union Station
H. A. Hammond
Union Station Company
Record Grand Jury Indicts 513 in Indiana
The federal grand jury in Indianapolis returns 320 indictments involving 513 persons in thirteen and a half days. Most charges relate to Hauer law violations. Also, Sir Mark Sykes of the British peace delegation dies in Paris from influenza.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Federal Grand Jury
Paris
Lient
Cal
Mark Sykes
Deportation Policy Clarified by Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Labor Wilson announces that aliens advocating destruction or overthrow by force will be deported under the February 5 1917 immigration act. He rebukes Brooklyn Machinists union for opposing deportation of 58 alien agitators and notes ongoing policy against arrest for mere union membership.
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Washington
Wilson
International Association of Machinists
Brooklyn
Immigration Agency Defends Treatment of Radicals in Deportation
The department states radicals are being deported for overthrowing the government by force. It notes every defendant had opportunity to defend charges under immigration law, with counsel either chosen or declined, and that the department acted only to ascertain truth, not as prosecutor. The right to court access was offered, with some aliens choosing to use it.
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Department
Washington
U. S. Owner to Get Profits From German Factories
Berlin reports American owners of German wartime factories converted to gun and ammunition plants will receive profits from death dealing weapons used against Allied troops. Privy Councillor Hermann Hitlers says all American works in Germany are shut but ready to resume after peace. Books kept and surplus profits differ by a one percent bookkeeping and war tax levy.
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Weimar
Herr Eraberger
Doling
Marshal Yoch
Birnbaum
Bentschen
Posen
Berlin
Germany
Hermann Hitlers
Navy Aborts Seaplane Loan for Transatlantic Flight
Washington reports the Navy Department will not loan Capt. B. B. Lipsner the HC-1 or any seaplane for a transatlantic attempt. Secretary Daniels said the decision follows underway Navy plans for a transatlantic flight by Navy aviators proceeding satisfactorily.
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Washington
Navy Department
B. B. Lipsner
Daniels
US to Withdraw Troops From Russia in Spring Plan
The supreme war council directs steps to strengthen Allied positions in northern Russia ahead of withdrawal. Britain will send 2,400 troops and US railroad engineer units about 800 to maintain sea lines. Secretary Baker relayed President Wilson's assurance that American forces will be out of Russia this spring. Anarchist propaganda in English seeks to undermine morale among Allied troops near Archangel and Omega front.
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Washington
Russia
Supreme War Council
Great Britain
United States
Baker
Hause
Wilson
House Military Committee
Archangel
Omega Front
Germa
American Troops to Berlin Guard Food Supplies
Basle Switzerland February 18 American troops will be sent into to guard food supplies sent to the United States according to a dispatch received today from Cebu.
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U.S
Berlin
Basle
Switzerland
O Guard
Oo Cebu
Ace of Aces welcomed in Columbus after Washington visit
Capt Ed ward V Rickenbacker American ace arrives in Columbus from Washington greeted by a parade with about fifty organizations, a half holiday declared by the mayor and a banquet in his honor. More than fifty aviators expected to attend as he recalls service under General Pershing and his record of 26 confirmed enemy aircraft downed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Washington
Rickenbacker
France
Wershing
Air Service
Jamaica considers confederation with Canada says dispatch
The Montego Tay city council in Jamaica has resolved to approach the government with a request that Jamaica confederate with Canada. The move is reported by a dispatch from London dated 18.
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City Council
Montego Bay
Jamaica
London
Montego Tay
Islands
Mnant
Canada
Suffrage Bill Reintroduced in Senate by Senator Jones
Washington February 18 The federal Woman suffrage amendment was introduced in the Senate on Monday by Senator Jones of Washington. He is the ranking Republican member of the committee on woman suffrage after Senator Jones of New Mexico declined to reintroduce the resolution.
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Senator Jones
Washington
Senate
Jones
Committee On
Wemap
Eutrage
New Mexico
Dutch ships bring U. S. men to Dutch ports
Negotiations completed to have Holland American ships bring American troops from France on westward voyages between the United States and Dutch ports. Vienna reports Sunday election in German Austria shows close adherence to law and order with socialists appearing to win decisively.
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Washington
War Department
Holland Anerlegn Mners
France
United States
Vienna
Austria
Sociists
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