Russian Front Advances and Pskov Recaptured
Large portions of Volhynia and Ukraine fell as German forces pressed southward. Pskov, 175 miles southwest of Petrograd, was recaptured by Bolsheviks amid street fighting. Red Guards resisted German advances across the front as Russia neared a Brest Litovsk negotiation update. The Moscow relocation of Americans and broader peace terms dominated dispatches.
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Russia
Reval
Finland
Pskov
Petrograd
Volhynia
Ukraine
Red Guards
Eays
Stoerie
Japan
London
Germany
Lenine
Trotzky
Reichstag
von Hertling
Brest Litovsk
Pskocy
Berin
Workman's and Soldiers’ Committee For Revolutionary Defense
Reuter
Daily News
M. Kameneff
Paris
Bolsheviki
France
Kameneff
Enemy Blow Will Find Allies Ready on Every Inch of Line
Ottawa dispatch from French headquarters dated Feb 25 says the French army is ready in every sector on a long line to meet any German blow. Trenches, roads, and barbed wire have been expanded while artillery and munitions are ample. The dispatch notes the unconquerable spirit of the French army and improved defensive preparations behind the front.
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Ottawa
France
Chemin-des-Damies
Relef
No Man’s Land
Towl
Letters Reveal Packers Hand in Legislation
The dispatch reports two topics: a Franco American raid in France where 26 U.S. soldiers participated and advanced beyond objectives, and a Chicago packing inquiry where Francis J. Heney introduces letters opposing legislation in various states. The letters urge labor actions, oppose eight hour laws, and discuss strategies to influence Swift & Co. Denver and other plants, including threats to close plants and to hinder union activity.
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Chicago
Francis J. Heney
Federal Trades Commission
Denver
Ilinois
Kansas
Swift & Co
Louis F. Swift
Wilson & So
E. Hammilll
Giant Freighter Sunk by a U Boat
New York Feb 26 The British freight steamship Philadelphian of 5120 gross tons owned by the Leyland line has been sunk by a submarine. It left New York Feb 11 for British ports and was torpedoed about Feb 21. Loss confirmed by Leyland offices though no details are available. Built in 1891.
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New York
Leyland Line
German Raider Wolf Returns After 15 Months At War
Berlin reports the Wolf cruiser completed a 15 month patrol across the Atlantic Indian and Pacific oceans. It says 400 crewmen and cargo were brought home, including rubber copper and cocoa, with medals awarded to officers and crew. The Turritella was converted into a second raider and sunk by its own crew.
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Copenhagen
Igotz Mendi
Pacific Ocean
Shaw Lighthouse
Skan
Igotz Mendl
Wolf London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Wolf
Gulf of India
Ralwer Wolf
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
North Sea
Welf
Pola
Adriatic
Berlin
London
Nerger
Turritella
Iltis
Gulf of Aden
Brandis
Paper Delivery Notice by Phone Request
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o clock due to carrier error or other cause, readers should call 3330 and a copy will be mailed. Call must reach the office before 6 30 p m to ensure delivery of a replacement copy.
Thrilling tale of battle with angry sea survivors recount wreck
Survivors of the lost liner Florizedel tell of rescue after the ship struck rocks north of Cape Race. Many passengers died in minutes as seas swept decks and the wireless house saved scores by gathering in the humming room. Maj. Michael Sullivan and Ralph Burnham survived 26 hours sheltering in a bunker while fighting frost and loss.
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St. Doums
Miorizel
Cat. Martin
Florizel
Uhe
Fiorizel
Cape Race
North Atlantic
Rertius
Wireless House
Bart Rending
Etsy Munn
John S. Munn
Munn
Fred Butler
Florida
Comber
Michael Sullivan
Newfoundland Forestry Battalion
Ralph Burnham
Royal Flying Corps
Sullivan
Major
Burnham
Maj. Sullivan
John Rirley
Moving Picture
Prohibition Federation Forms at National Meeting
New York February 28 William Jennings Bryan and other leaders formed a federation of prohibition advocates uniting under a national loan plan to support countrywide enforcement. Delegates represented about 26 million people while anti saloon league and the WCTU opposed joining to avoid identity loss. Cooperation among diverse groups followed.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
Aften
Femperdnes
Apenelos
National Lry Rederad Loan
Les Charles Seuntom
Wittshirgh
Iowa Youth Identified as Chicago Slayer
Chicago, Feb 26. E B Porter of Mount Pleasant Iowa named the killer of Evanston detective sergeant James Shan as his son, 23 year old Vanl Acuity Porter. The suspect, wounded, is in serious condition after a confrontation in a Mayareton store where he attempted to flee with a $75 check and a $22.50 trench coat purchase. Porter claimed university fraternity ties but failed to answer basic questions, drew a pistol and died from chest wounds after Johnson shot him several times. The elder Porter described a troubled past including hazing, service in the national army, desertion, and time in Canada and Winnipeg.
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Chicago
E. B. Porter
Mount Pleasant
James Shan
Evanston
Vanl
Porter
Shea
Twighlant Park
Foster
Camp Grant
National Army
Texas
Canada
Winnipeg
Simer
Mayareton
Lene Tevel
Northwestern University
Arthur Johmson
S'Ortar
Browning Gun Turned Out Fast, Baker Asserts
Washington February 26 Secretary Baker announced that the Browning machine rifle, adopted for the American army in France, is being produced in three factories. Officials call it the greatest weapon of its kind yet developed and more than 100 units have been delivered. An exhibition demonstration is planned on a range tomorrow with production rising toward several thousand per week by June.
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Washington
France
Baker
Department
French raids on front intensify as prisoners rise
Paris dispatch notes raids across the French front have increased in scope over the past month. In Alsace at Aspach German fortifications were bombarded and partially destroyed, with some prisoners taken and key troop dispositions learned. Lorraine yielded over 460 prisoners, while raids in the Argonne and near Reims showed German lines held lightly and deep in retreat. French commanders praise raid tactics for maintaining offensive spirit and unsettling German defenses.
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Grau
Alsach
Anita
Politta
Aspach
Alsace
Wiey Haut
Front
Lorraine
Argonne
Reims
Nalding
Imust
Warlike Peace Remarks From Von Hertling
Chancellor Hertling outlines potential peace based on Wilson principles but cautions they must be accepted by all states and peoples. He defends German aims as defense while denying a front change and hints at separate talks with Belgium. He promises self government for Courland and Lithuania and says Poland will be independent, with eastward operations aimed at securing peace with Ukraine.
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Germany
Gount von Hertling
Wison
von Hartling
Wilson
Russia
Alsace- Lorraine
Amsterdam
Courland
Lithuania
Chancelier Hertling
Reichstag
Poland
Ukraine
Esthonia
Livonia
East
Plan Conference on Ship Labor Quarrel
Washington February 26 a conference of government officials and all shipyard unions was called by General Manager Piez of the Emergency Fleet Corporation to discuss amending the shipbuilding labor agreement to satisfy the Brotherhood of Carpenters. Carpentry leader Hutcheson opposed the pact pending greater representation on the labor adjustment board.
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Washington, D. C
Piez
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Brotherhood of Carpenters
William L. Hutcheson
Carpenter's Organization
Hutcheson
Carpenters
Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board
12000 New Army Recruits Reported Mobilized
Camp Hodge Iowa Feb 26 The expected arrival today of 4500 additional recruits from Minnesota and Iowa brings total mobilized recruits since the first draft began last Saturday to about 12000. Preliminary training work has started and, weather permitting, the new arrivals will soon begin routine Army training under the slogan Drink Back First for Thirst.
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Camp Hodge
Minnesota
Iowa
National Army
Chinese Premier Appointed as Acting Leader in Peking
In Peking on February 26, Chin nun Hsun, minister of the interior, was named acting premier replacing Wang Chin Chen who takes a leave of absence. Wang reportedly favors a cautious stance toward southern factions and opposes the president's declared military policy against rebels.
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Peking
Chin Nun Hsun
Interior
Wang Chin Chen
Wang
New Yorkers Blown Off Feet by Gale
New York experiences an 80 mile gale pushing people off their feet and ripping roofs, billboards, chimneys, and trees from structures. In the canyons of the skyscraper district gusts whip through streets, lifting hats skyward as two girls near the Woolworth Building are severely injured and hospital treatment is required.
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New York
Woolworth
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Medill McCormick
Hammill
Edgar ‘Fr. Swift
Sioux City
Wilson & Co
Kansas City
W. R. Brown
Neture
Gov. Capper
O. S. Bowman
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Asylum
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