Foch predicts Allied resilience against German assault
Chicago dispatch reports General Foch in Paris declares Germans cannot break through at Verdun and earlier battles. He cites stronger Allied organization, more reserves, guns, ammunition, and airpower, while noting German forces have deteriorated since 1914. He says tanks will appear but not overwhelm.
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Chicago Herald
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Lassigny
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Yser
Ypres
Verdun
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YankeeRaids and Artillery Mount on West Front
American and French forces report intensified trench raids and heavy artillery across the front in France. Detailed Franco American action near Chemin des Dames involved a 26 man American raid, with captures and fighting behind a rolling barrage. French reports note raids increasing in intensity with thousands of shells and variable objectives along exposed lines.
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France
Tow
Chemin Des Dames
No Man’s Land
Reds Advance as Petrograd Falls Claim Looms
Washington reports German forces near Petrograd with Ambassador Francis leaving the city as White Russian forces retreat. Petrograd dispatch notes fighting around Pskov with Germans reinforcing and Bolshevik troops resisting. lines shift as Berlin and Berlin reports capture of Pskov and Kolenkowitz.
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Petrograd
State Department
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Rus
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Armbesx Seder
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China
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Pskov
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von Linsingen
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Kolenkowitz
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Kiev
Reds
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Linsingen
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War Office
Prize Ship Igor Mendi Grounds Near Skaw
The Spanish steamer Igor Mendi with a German prize crew is ashore near the Skaw at the northern tip of Jutland. Two American prisoners are aboard. The Skaw guards the entrance to the Kattegat. The Patz Menai had prisoners taken from six sunken ships, with some aboard the Yryeesel for eight months during Pacific cruising.
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London
Igory Mendl
Copenhidsgen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Wolf
Gulf of India
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Pacific
Indian Oceans
Copenhagen
Igor Mendi
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Skawighthouse
Juthind
Dennuimark
Pacific Ocean
Lost U boat chaser aboard French crew sails to safety
The 110 foot submarine chaser, missing since January 15 after a gale separated it from its escort, has safely reached a European port. With engines disabled by the storm the crew improvised sails from bed covers and continued their voyage for several days.
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Washington
Del
Navy Department
Europe
FoE of U S Wounds Three in Union Clash
In San Francisco on February 27 a former union member expelled for not standing during The Star Spangled Banner fired six shots into a crowd of musicians' union members at the Clinic Auditorium. Three men were wounded A. F. Leas F Schiler and Herbert Schultz. The assailant Guido Tuzi was arrested.
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San Francisco
Musicians’ Union
Clinc
A. F. Leas
Arme
F. Schiler
Herbert Schultz
Guido Tuzi
Tuzi
Clerk Vanishes After $86000 Robbery at Pittsburgh Office
Special agents of the Adams Express Company hunted across Pennsylvania West Virginia and eastern Ohio for a Pittsburgh office clerk who disappeared after the office reportedly lost 86000 in currency in a Saturday robbery.
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Pittsburgh
Adame Express Company
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Hoover Denies Heney Charges On Food Admin Officials
Washington reports Food Administrator Hoover rejects Fravers J Heney claims that officials connected to meat packers influenced policy. Hoover says the ten men mentioned, once temporary workers, serve the government but have no role in regulating the packing trade and remain loyal to public interests.
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Washington
Trawver
Fravers J. Heney
Tor Fowl Administration
Hloover
Chicago
Senate approves 850 million for shipyard housing facilities
Washington Peb 27 final action was taken on the bill authorizing expenditure of 850 million by the shipping board for housing facilities at shipbuilding yards. The measure passed the Senate after conference report approval by the House and now goes to President Wilson.
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Senate
House
Washington
Shipping Board
Packers Accused of Conspiracy and Food Aids Tied to Swift
Chicago reports reveal new disclosures before the federal trade commission accusing Swift & Co. and other packers of stifling competition. Witnesses describe firms pressuring small dealers and using patriotic federal aides to mask salaries from the food administration.
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Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Swift & Co
Prancis J. Heney
Food Administration
H. &. Collins
Heney
Collins
German Engineer Arrested in Sugar Plot Espionage Case
Julius Messer, a German mining engineer from Santiago de Cuba, arrested by federal officers and confined at La Cabana fortress in Havana. Charged with espionage and propaganda aimed at workers to disrupt the sugar crop handling.
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Julius Messer
Santiago de Cuba
Cabanas
Chancellor 15 Tool of Nasser Chancellor 15 Tool of Nasser
German Chancellor von Hertling’s Reichstag speech on war aims is seen by U.S. officials as designed to sway the German public and hinder peace efforts. Officials note his vague peace terms and references to Ireland, India, and Egypt to sow discord among allies. The United States expects no immediate formal response to the speech.
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Washington
von Hertling
Relchstag
Wilson
Congress
Count von Hertling
Hertling
Ireland
India
Egypt
Hun Forages Ninety Miles From Russian Lines
German forces push toward the Russian frontier covering about ninety miles from the front with rapid advances breaching defensive positions. Allied observers monitor the developing gap as air and ground actions continue along the eastern front.
Naval Tug Founders 20 Members of Crew Reported Missing
Special to The Evening Journal reports a naval tug foundered off Delaware with twenty crew members missing. The incident occurred as forces moved toward Petrograd with rapid advances and weak Russian resistance noted. Teutons reportedly press forward, Russian troops struggle to counter and prepare a stand to halt the advance.
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The
Evening Journal
London
Petrograd
Teutons
Cherokee Tug Founds Coast of Delaware Crew 30 Safe
Special to The Evening Journal reports naval tug Cherokee located off Delaware coast. Thirty bets of the crew are reported safe.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Cherokee
Delaware
Hertling speech hints at peace terms limits
Fragmented notes describe Hertling and officials rebutting a round table peace in France and doubt central powers will accept Entente terms. Wilson influence and lack of official support are noted with phrases about delay and possible further remarks.
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Hertling
Pri
Wilson
Taft picked as public representative for wartime labor talks
Washington reports former president Taft chosen by capital leaders as their representative for the public in the joint conference between employers and workers to establish a basis of reference for wartime labor policy. Taft has wired acceptance and is expected today. Conference will review proposed terms to be included in a wartime labor agreement to be sent to the secretary of labor for approval.
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Washington
Dent Taft
Tives of
Capital
Tives
Taft
Secretary of Labor
Hasta National Labor Pelley
Representa
Plez
Xeney Fleet Corporation
Brotherhood of Penters
No German Peace Reply Reported by London
An official wireless sign statement said Germany had not replied to a message accepting the peace terms. The note, signed by Premier Trotsky and Foreign Minister, asked when a reply would be received and whether hostilities would cease.
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London
Germany
Trotsky
Liberty Loan Interest Mentioned By Rep Meeker
Washington February 27 Rep Meeker of Missouri announced on the house floor that the next Liberty loan will bear interest at four and forty four percent, stating he has corroborating information.
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Liberty Loan
Washington
Repr Meeker
Missouri
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