Siberian Army Breaks Through Near Perm in War Report
The eleventh bolsheviks battlefront across Siberia advances toward Perm as Denikin’s forces push from Wiglyar to Bryansk. In Ukraine, Bolsheviks seize Mikhaïlovka and Pologne while Donets detachments drive Bolshevists back near Manuilovka. Estonian fronts endure two days of massive artillery and infantry assaults to defend Petrograd, with Tallinn’s forces stretched and munitions tight.
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British miners get offer from Lloyd George at conference
Premier Lloyd George presented new proposals to the miners federation to avert a strike that could tie up rail and transport workers. Miner leader Robert Smillie said the executive would review the offer, possibly delaying the March 15 strike, as ballots favored by a large majority. A royal commission on hours and wages was proposed with federation nominees invited. The vice president warned that they cannot live on hopes.
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Lloyd Genrge
Miners’ Federation
Robert Smillie
Boy Soldier Wins Cross for Heroism in France
Eugene F Saunders of 31 East Street Northeast was named the youngest recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross by the War Department. A 17 year old who enlisted at 16, Saunders earned the award for extraordinary heroism in action on the battlefields of France. He is the youngest of four Saunders sons serving in the military.
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Frang
Saunders
War Department
James I. Saunders
Anxiety for Premier Continues From First Tage
The article describes anxiety over Premier Tage amid attempted assassination rumors involving Cottin. Police raids target anarchist groups at 63 Boulevard Belleville and 67 Boulevard Belleville, seizing literature and documents. Cottin, under heart and larynx treatment, faces questioning after a night at police HQ.
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Paris Police Warned of Premier Clemenceau Plot
The Mafin recalls a Geneva report that bolsheviki in Lausanne planned to kill M. Clemenceau. Paris police were warned earlier of a brewing plot. A consular service wife overheard a Russian library discussion hinting at an attack and alerted her husband, who notified authorities.
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Lausanne
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Paris
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Gobelins
Near East Relief Drives Toward Washington Quota
The committee leading the drive for 150000 dollars for the American committee for relief in the Near East in Washington reports strong encouragement from speakers. The drive aims to fund relief efforts and aid for victims in the region.
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Theaters Raise 925 In Contributions For City Fund
Theaters collected 925 dollars Wednesday night for the city fund and nearly the same amount was gathered last night. Chairman W. Gwynn Gardiner of the executive committee said Washington now understands the need and there should be no difficulty in raising the city's quota. Pledge cards distributed in public schools last Wednesday are arriving to Eugene E. Thompson, treasurer of the fund.
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Washington
Eugene E.thompson
George Washington University Midwinter Commencement
Members from the February and June graduating classes will appear in cap and gown at midwinter exercises tomorrow morning at 8 30 in the auditorium of the new Masonic Temple on Thirteenth Street and New York Avenues Northwest. Bishop John W. Hamilton will give the invocation and benediction. Senator James W. Wadsworth Jr. will deliver the principal address.
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Woman at Weimar Attacks Junkers in Parliament
Weimar February 26. Frau Juchacz a Berlin socialist member spoke with deliberate tone as she attacked Count Posadowsky and the Junkers question prompting applause from some and quiet from others. She urged Germany to win world sympathy and to secure new domestic support.
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Washington Post
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Public Ledger Co
Weimar
National Assembly
Frau Juchacz
Berlin
Conant Pisabowsky
Junkers
Count Posadowsky
Germany
Fehrenbach
Flu Epidemic Worsens in England in 1918
London officials report the influenza wave doubling deaths in a week with 451 dead in London and 148 in Liverpool. Pneumonia rises as whisky shortages and cold, blocked transport worsen the outbreak, according to physicians cited by papers.
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Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
Liverpool
Woman Held on Bad Checks in Baltimore Case
A Baltimore woman, Eva Sophie Hermeson of 14 South Bend Street, arrested on charges of making false pretenses. She allegedly passed fifteen bank checks totaling 206 to local merchants in three weeks, never honored by banks. Police say she claimed Salvation Army employment and showed a letter from a high official. Detectives say she is wanted on similar charges in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Boy of 14 Held as Slayer in District Murder
Charles A. Colbert, colored, aged 14, was ordered held for the grand jury after a coroner's inquest viewed the body of Norman Queen, 14, at the District morgue. Colbert faces murder charges from a police precinct, alleged to have shot Queen through the heart outside St. Cyprian's Hall at Thirteenth and C streets southeast early yesterday morning.
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$5,000 Offered for Mrs Dudley in Norfolk Trust
W L Johnson of Norfolk Virginia states he holds $5,000 in trust from the will of the late J L Wilkinson for Mrs Amy M Braddock Dudley formerly Miss Amy M Braddock wife of William B Dudley. He offers a $25 reward for information on her whereabouts and notes last known in the city at her marriage October 19 1918.
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Amy M. Braddock
W. L. Johnson
Norfolk
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Washington Police
J. L. Wilkinson
Dudley
General Traub recounts Vosges battle logistics and heroism
General Traub described removing blanketless soldiers from the front, coordinating rushed wounded evacuation at dusk, and praising YMCA workers including Mr. Allen. He noted scarce horses, improved hill capture in Argonne, and limited rations while troops pressed forward amid fierce German defenses.
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Armistice Signaled Division Forming New Allied Army
General Traub stated his division and other units with French troops are being organized into a new army. He said they were poised to strike at Beech, where a strike would have devastated the enemy army.
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General Martin cites perceived injustices to officers in Argonne
Brigadier General Charles I. Martin, adju tant general of Kansas and a Thirty fifth Division veteran, testified before the Senate military committee. He argued for preserving the national guard in the army bill and described officers and a brigade commander as unjustly treated during the Argonne offensive, noting reports and calls for accountability and notching differences between verbal statements and official reports.
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