Intense Frontline War Report Sees Gas Attacks and UK Losses
The report details German gas shells on American troops, aerial battles with 18 British ships sunk in a week, and American court reviews of sentry deaths. It notes German air activity, French and British air victories, and Italian patrol clashes from Adige to Venice, with raids and artillery exchanges across the Western Front.
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Washington, D. C
Genershing
Altho
War Department
France
Gen. Pershing
Washington
Wilson
Lincoln
Ber-lin
Sarmero
London
Greenland Hill
Scarpe River
War Office
Houtholst Forest
Havrincourt
Wond
Ypres
Italy
Rome
Italian War Office
Adige
Brenta
Val Frentela
Cismon
Treviso
Venice
Kaiser Denounced in Pamphlet Circulated in Germany
LondonFeb 11 The pam phlet smuggled from Berlin attacks Emperor William I and militarism, urging Germans to reject him. It declares peace will come when Germans no longer heed the makers of war and laments hunger cold and ruin caused by the regime. It ends by denouncing the emperor's ambition vanity and cowardice.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Liverpool Daily Post
Europe
Mountry
Kaiser
Napoleon
Cain
William
Iowa Lumbermen Meet Opens in Waterlog
The Central Iowa Retail Lumbermen's association opens its twenty third annual meet at Hotel Russell Lamson with 200 delegates present. O T Barry reads the treasurer's report. Adolph Pfund and Douglas Matloch speak on optimism and poetry in business. George A Jewett closes the morning session urging better lumber merchandising and workforce confidence.
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Tweird
Central
Iowa
Adolph Pfund
Northwestern Lumbermen’s Association
American Lumberman
Chicago
Mr. Malloch
Mr. Malioch
Mr. Matloch
George A. Jew
Ett
Des Moines
Pioneer
Middlewest
Mississippi River
Taxes demanded on homes wiped out by harbor fire
Halifax readers must pay taxes on properties destroyed by a large harbor fire caused by a ammunition ship explosion on December 6. The Court of Tax Appeals dismissed petitions for relief, saying assessments were levied before the blaze and owners cannot be relieved of liability.
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Halifax
N. S
Court of Tax Appeals
Young Wilson G Ready to Take Hi Changes in Draft
Independence Iowa February latest draft case sparks indignation meeting as local registrant Hugh Elder Wilson seeks to reopen his deferred farmer classification. He owns a 225 acre farm. if denied he may enlist or volunteer when disposes of property. Local business leaders protest the action and telegrams from Camp Codr volunteers criticize supporters.
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Young Wilson
Independence
Hugh Elder Wilson
Wilson
Exemption Board
Camp Codr
Willson
Delivery mishap notice for late newspaper service
If the paper is not delivered to your home by 6 o'clock due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Japan Moves Toward Sibera Action Amid War Talks
London dispatches report Viscount Morono argues Japan may join a joint Allied Siberia force to guard Vladivostok and the Trans Siberian line. Washington diplomats note talks on internationalizing the move while fearing loss of Allied stores and fears of German advance.
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London
Viscount Mateno
Paris
Japan
Siberian
Siberia
Germany
Washington, D. C
Alliea
Vladivostok
Russia
Count Motono
Army Aviator Dies in Plane Crash Near Gerstner Field
Teut William L. Magill of Jersey City an army aviation corps member died of injuries after an airplane fell 250 feet during target practice about 14 miles from Gerstner field in Lake Charles Louisiana Lieut Til land L Colman of the marine corps was slightly hurt Colman escaped with a few bruises Magill died shortly after at Seld hospital The cause of the crash was not announced
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Lake Charles
William L. Magill
Jersey City
Army Aviation Corps
Tilland L. Colman
Marine Corps
Gerstner Field
Magill
Seld Hospital
Colman
38 Saved From Hospital Ship 7 Nurses Lost
London reports the British hospital ship Glenart Castle with about 152 aboard went down in the Bristol Channel on Tuesday. Three groups totaling 38 were sent to Swansea Milford and Pembroke. No other survivors heard. Seven nurses are among the missing. survivors say the ship was torpedoed by a submarine.
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London
Glenart Castle
Bristol Channel
Swansea
Milford
Pembroke
Packer Probe Highlights Cheek Meat Rolls Into Army Contracts
Washington February 18 federal trade commission asks Congress for rapid legislation to expose packers files and reveal attempts to gain control of the meat industry. Francis J Heney cited a conspiracy by Veeder and the big five packers Swift Armour Morris Wilson and Cudahy to fix prices and dominate the trade.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Francis J. Heney
Commission
Henry Veeder
Bull
Heney
Packirs
Landis
Chicago
Veeder
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Appellate Court
Federal District Court
Swift & Co
Senate
Marshall
Bis
Thr. Veeder
Beef Trust
Swift
Armour, Morris, Wilson and Cudahy
ARMY
Francis J. Keney
Cudahy & Co
Food Administration
Incluiia
W. R. Murphy
Omaha
Russell Brings Flaming Gospel To Iowa People
Russell tours Iowa delivering a hard hitting anti war talk from Russia travels and Western Front observations. He urges Americans to act now to win a long war, calling for decisive action and unity and describing peace as a product of strength and grit.
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Russell
Iowa
Russia
Western Front
America
Struggla
Waterloo
Charles Edward Tuussell
Tussinae
Europe
Altke
Will
SPS
Prussian Monument to be Removed in Davenport
Davenport Iowa February 28 officers of the Deutscher Kampfgenossen Verein announce the Prussian monument commemorating victories of 1870 7 will be removed from Washington square and cut into cemetery adornments. The monument erected in 1907 by the Kampfgenossen Verein had Kaiser Wilhelm’s commendation letter read at unveiling. Night attacks by patriotic groups damaged the Prussian eagle atop the stone. The society states removal aims to create greater unity among Davenport residents.
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Davenport
Deutscher Kampfgenoissen Verein
Washington Square
Kampfgenossen Vorein
Townley and Gilbert Arrested Over Draft Conspiracy
In St Paul Minnesota President Townley of the National Nonpartisan League and Secretary Joseph Gilbert were arrested on warrants charging conspiracy to discourage enlistment and obstruct the draft. The charges cited a pamphlet last June aligning war aims with domestic policies. Townley denied wrongdoing, claiming the arrest aims to discredit the league.
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St. Paul,Minn
Townley
National Nonpartisan League
Carver
Martin County
Joseph Gilbert
League
Lne
Wilson
Post Office Department
German Push In Russia And New Armies Called
German forces push into Russia amid reports of heavy weapon captures at Minsk while Petrograd resists. Berlin claims progress south in Ukraine and Vitebsk clashed with Russian defense. A new call to arms from Petrograd promises continued resistance as Cossack regiments move toward Pskov and sailors arrive from Finland.
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London
Russia
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Hoffman
Brest Litovsk
Pskov
Teuton
Berlin
Ukraine
Vitebsk
Council of People's Commissaries
Reuter
Finland
House Amends Rate Clause of Rail Bill
Washington D C Feb 28 The house amended the railway control bill to place rate making power in the interstate commerce commission The vote was 164 to 157 The bill as reported by the interstate commerce committee reposed that power in the president The senate made a similar amendment The house bill now conforms with the senate on compensation and rate making but differs on government control tenure after the war The senate limits tenure to 18 months while the house proposal contends two years
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Washington, D. C
House
Interstate Commerce
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Cost of Living Up 25 Per Cent in Past Year
Washington D C Feb 23 An other 2 per cent added to prices of food from Dec 15 1917 to Jan 15 1918 making a total of 34 per cent advance in the year ending on the latter date The bureau of labor statistics announced that 11 of 15 standard articles increased from December to January with the greatest gains in various items Potatoes declined 16 per cent in the 12 months to January 1918 while corn meal rose 77 per cent bacon 64 lard 33 milk 35 hens 29 butter 25 sugar 18 and flour 17 per cent. Broadieat Havana Se Cigar advertisement
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Washington
D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics Today
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Britain
Douglas Malloch
G. A. Jewett
Sage
Advice
Farmer-Slacker Petitions Board
Henry Aakoald OF
Congreso
Packer
Swift Fapers
Army Revealed
Commercial Club
First Methodist Church
Grace Methodist Church
England
W. J. Harding
Charles Edward Russell
M. I. Rechurch
United States
Towa
Austria
Advange
Pet
Rograd
The
Wireless
Minsk
Francis
Lanising
Tovar
Havana
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