Russia Proclaims Peace and Demobilizes Armies
Brest Litovsk dispatches indicate Russia ends state of war with central powers and orders full demobilization on all fronts. Reports suggest German Austrian Turkish and Bulgarian allies seek separate peace with Bolshevik government and force Romanian surrender. The Ukrainian republic allegedly furthers peace talks, while Petrograd’s authority remains a focus as Russia exits the war.
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Amsterdam
Russia
Brest Litovsk
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Belgium
France
Italy
Ukrainian People's Republic
Petrograd
Roumania
von Mackensen
Ukraine
East Prussia
Paris
Hindenburg
Tannenberg
Galicia
Carpathians
Hungary
Daylight Saving Bill Approved by House Committee
The daylight saving bill, already passed by the senate, is favorably reported to the house by the Interstate Commerce Committee. It would apply from the first Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October with clocks advanced one hour. the senate had set April to September.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Army uniform sold to spy links four in Iowa and Texas
Cliford Brown of Walker Iowa is jailed in Waterloo charged with selling his army uniform and identity to Lawrence LaBeers who is held in El Paso Texas as a German spy. Browns wife Ethel and her mother face bonds for aiding the transfer and evading custody as Secret Service agent George Soter led the arrest. LaBeers allegedly impersonated Brown to reach the southern camp while Brown was en route to Independence to see his ailing wife.
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Cliford Brown
Walker
Waterloo
Lawrence LaBeers
LaBeers
Ei Paso
Tex
Ethel Brown
Clifford
George Bettel
Independence
Brown
George Soter
Secret Service
Omaha
Neb
Soter
Adoo appoints car service board and traffic committee
Washington February announcement from McAdoo appointing a car service section within the railroad administration and naming W. C. Kendall as manager. An inter-regional traffic committee is formed to study diverting traffic from congested gateways to open ports.
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Washington, D. C
Lim P
McAdoo
Commission On Car Service
American Railway Association
The
Railroad Administration
Division of Transportation
W. C. Kendall
B. F. Winchell
Union Pacific
Death claims John Sullivan's animal companions in Abington
Abington Mass Feb 11 Death fell hard on John Sullivan champion fighter as his farm animals died in sequence after his burial. Colonel Corn his favorite horse collapsed then a bulldog from Syracuse died followed by Sullivan's prized cow and two collie dogs dying last night.
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Abington
Mass
John
Sullivan
Colonel Corn
Yank" Sullivan
Syracuse
Germany Rules Peace Only After Victory Is Recognized
Amsterdam reports Emperor William stating that Germany seeks peace but insists that victory be recognized by enemies. In a Berlin dispatch the emperor says Germany will press on under Hindenburg, noting hard times and sacrifices while urging right and morality and stating peace will come when victory is acknowledged.
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Amsterdam
Germany
William
Hamburg
Ukraine
Berlin
Hindenburg
Col Roosevelt’s Condition Unchanged in Hospital Bulletin
New York, Feb 11 Doctors said Col Theodore Roosevelt had a restless night but his condition remained practically the same as yesterday. Temperature and pulse were normal. He had undergone two operations at Roosevelt hospital last week and officials had expected a complete recovery despite possible acute discomfort for several days.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hospital
Althode
British Losses in Past Week 7077 Men
British casualties for the past week total 7,077 with 1,360 officers killed or died of wounds and 155 officers wounded or missing. Men total 5,489. The weekly figure edges past week's 6,354 and marks a low point in months. The city engineer's department plans a river gauge on the east bridge abutment to display Cedar River rise or fall with daily readings by the engineering office.
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London
Engineering
Yankees Surrendered In Devastating German Raid
Five Americans killed, four missing, one wounded after a German ambush in no mans land. A small force of 14 Americans fought fiercely, switching to grenades and automatics as the Germans closed in. A survivor crawled back wounded. artillery then barraged the German positions, with more casualties likely on both sides.
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St. Mihiel
No Man's Land
Associated Press
France
No Man’s Land
Wilsons Address War Aims Sparks Allied Reactions in Europe
President Wilson spoke to Congress outlining aims of the war and urged world unity. Count Czernin signaled friendly tone while Hertling offered vague generalities, resisting concrete settlements and stressing national sovereignty and specific territorial talks.
President's Basis for Enduring Peace
The President denounces German chancellor proposals as Vienna style and argues for a just, universal peace. He asserts self determination, no conquerors, and a league of nations to keep future balance, warning against peacemaking by force and asserting America will fight for enduring peace.
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Russia
Baltic
France
Austria
Poland
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
League of Nations
Chancheleama
Count von Hartlingoes
Pesca
Alute
Congress
America
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
War talk by Dr Wilbur urges food saving to win 1918
Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur of Stanford warned that victory hinges on food conservation. He spoke at two mass meetings in Waterloo urging Americans to feed the Allies and noting the western front counts while the rest of the war drags on. Everett Colby shared grim scenes of Verdun and war's toll, urging civilians to endure shortages for victory.
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Uation
Western Front
America
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
Waterloo
Grace M. 1
Church
Chereh
Wilbur
West Fron
Gowar
Altho
Everett Colby
Dr. Wilbur
London
Colby
Isabel Garghill Beecher
Food Administration
G. W. Wantley
Grave Church
J. Frank Moore
Charles van Vleck
Frank W. Court
Wilson Defends Peace Plan and War Aim to Congress
President Wilson told a joint session that the United States seeks no special territorial gains and will continue the war for emancipation. He outlined four principles for a just peace, faulting German leadership and warning of no pause in mobilization as talks proceed. The address contrasts Czernin and Hertling tones and stresses permanence, justice, and national aspirations.
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Washington, D. C
Bob
Nedeke
America
Justian
Wilson
Congress
von Tertling
Count Czersnin
von Hertling
Count Czernin
Hertli
Czernin
Hertling
Austria
Germany
United States
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