Rescue Vessels Reach Scene of Stranded Red Cross Steamer Viovigal
Reports from New York say rescue ships have arrived to aid passengers aboard the Viovigal after it ran aground in a blizzard. Six bodies washed ashore, including Purser Snow, with several names identified among crew and passengers. The Florizal wreck near Cape Race left many feared dead, as rescuers faced heavy seas and long odds reaching the shore.
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Red Cross
Viovigal
Snow
Long
Froude
Lagona
Florizal
St. Johns
N, FL
Red Cross Line
Halifax
Bromdence
Cape Race
Thea
Joseph Nean
Snd
Robert Snow
Owl Raises Lang
Show
Newfoundland
Toronto
Royal Flying Corps
Florizas
Cape Reee
John Shannon Munn
Bowring Brothers’ Cmopany, Limited
Liverpool
Maj
Michael Sullivan
Newfoundland Forestry Battalion
Thomas McNeil
McMurdo Drug Company
Fred Smythe
Newfoundland Woolen Mills
WH Ham Butler
Florida
William Earle
Canada
Edward Vertenu
Norman Sellars
John Parsons
Ralph Burnham
Alex Ledingham
Wamed
Newfoundland Regiment
Sam
Yankee Soldiers Silence Teutons In French Front Fight
In France the Americans repelled German artillery and pursued a light counterfire. A German patrol slipped into American trenches but was repelled by machine gun and rifle fire. German shelling focused on towns behind the lines while raiding attempts near Broodseinde and Morchouses were driven off. The Paris and London dispatches detail raids in Vauxaillon Chavignon and Aspach and a captured German balloon.
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Loul
Berlin
War Office
Paris
Vauxaillon
Chavignon
Butte du Mesnill
Meuse
Corbeny
Upper Alsace
Aspach
Assaeh le Bas
Gierman
London
Broedseinde
Passchendaele
Tanal
Morohous
Farmers Praised as Essential to War Effort by Wilson
President Wilson lauds farmers as vital to national security equal to soldiers. Proclaims a wheat price policy to stabilize markets, with broad exemptions and government supervision to prevent shortages and ensure fair distribution amid wartime demands.
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Wilson
United States
Omee Liberal and
Equitfille
Italians Halted East of Brenta Front Report
Official Italian front report states Italian forces attacked Col Caprile but were repulsed by heavy fire. Subsequent Rome release notes concentrated artillery fire east of the Brenta with increased deressing firing in Giudicurie and the Asinge plateau area. A patrol at Cape Sile captured a few prisoners.
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Bertin
Brenta
Col Caprile
Rome
Giudicurie
Asinge
Montell
Cape Sile
Russians Fight On as Berlin Says Germans Advance Near Reval
Petrograd imposes martial law after suppression of six major papers. Lenine and Trotzky claim demoralized Russian army refuses to fight. German forces press forward from Minsk toward Kiev, capturing towns and taking prisoners as Iskorost and Reval are noted. Roumania Opened Peace Talks. Spanish ships delayed in American ports.
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London
Germany
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Lenine
Berlin
War Office
Gulf of Finland
Nathonia
Reval
von Linsingen
Ukrainia
Iskorost
Rovno
Kiev
Shepetovka
Exchange Telegraph Company
U S flyer dies in France in aerial combat
Edward J. Loughren of New York died on the French front after entering German airspace and being attacked by four enemy planes. He returned to allied lines and crashed near Chatons where he was found dead. He was buried near Chatons in the Lafayette squadron’s presence.
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Paris
Edward J. Loughren
New York
Loughran
Tle
Sear Chatons
Gerard in Improved Condition After Thursday Operation
New York reports former ambassador James W. Gerard is in improved condition after an operation on Thursday. Hospital officials said the condition showed progress and no complications were noted.
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New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
Russian Peace Terms Reported From Berlin Armistice Notes
A Russian wireless government statement from London outlines proposed German Russian peace terms. It calls for both sides to declare war ended, redraw lines west of Brest-Litovsk, and set Russian obligations to new regional authorities while Russia renounces internal intervention. It also covers troop withdrawals, release of political prisoners, and demobilization of the Russian army.
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Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Dvinsk
Courlane
Austria-Hungary
Livonia
Esthonia
Ukrainian People's Republic
Ukraine
Finland
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
Arctic Ocean
Balile Sea
Americans Halt Brush With Enemy in German Front
American forces repel a German assault and advance, taking prisoners and guns as they press the front in Europe. The action yields a tactical halt and maintains Allied momentum despite heavy fighting.
Russia to Fight On New Commander Orders Soldiers to End
Paris dispatch describes an American patrol in the Chemin des Dames sector penetrating German lines. Two German officers and twenty men were captured along with several machine guns. The engagement marks the first sizeable brush for the Americans, boosting morale across Allied forces.
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Spurnal
Evening Journal
Paris
Chemin Des Dames
Bolshevik General Proclaims Dictatorship in Russia
London reports General Brajewich has succeeded Krymenko as commander in chief. The new Russian general proclaims a dictatorship and orders troops to fight to the end against the German invasion.
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Evening Journal
London
Brajewich
Krymenko
Peace terms and reparations outline by Russia and Germany
A Russian official statement dated Berlin February 21 outlines demand for enforcement of the 1914 Russo German treaty, most favored nation tariff free exports, indemnities for civil damages, and war prisoner expenses. It calls for 48 hour acceptance and immediate signing at Brestdichevsk, with ratification within two weeks. The note also mentions Russian support for German commissions for prisoners and refugees and condemns propaganda against the quadruple alliance. In a separate note, Kilauea Volcano lava at Hawaii receded after rising toward the ridge, signaling potential relief from danger.
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Russia
Brestdichevsk
Berlin
von Kueichmann
Princess Pat Becomes Honorary Colonel In Chief
Ottawa reports Princess Patricia has been appointed honorary colonel in chief of the Princess Pats Canadian regiment per a London telegraph service. The article notes the royal appointment and the unit designation.
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Pat
Ottawa
Princess Patrician
Princess Pats
London
Rtewh
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