Germany commits to continued war against Bolsheviks
Reports from London and Amsterdam indicate Germany will persist in military actions against Northern Russia and support Ukraine against Bolshevik forces until Petrograd is occupied. Leaders at the Imperial HQ, including Emperor William and von Hindenburg, reportedly approved the plan amid prize exchange over the armistice expiry.
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London
Germany
Russia
Holland
Petrograd
Gera
William
von Hertling
von Hindenpure
von Ludendorff
von Keuhlmann
Leon Trotzky
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Trotzky
Great Russia
Adda
Daily News
Rotterdam
Ukraine
Rada
Berlin
Spettische Volks ‘Zeitung
Brenee
Democrats Lose In Election Fight In New York
Albany February 15 The special Congressional elections in Great New York on March 5 must be held in the districts defined by the 1917 apportionment Republicans are favored in one or two districts Democrats challenge Attorney General Lewis ruling that elections should be held in the new districts The appellate division sustains the Lewis decision Court of Appeals today Democrats threaten to take the case to the United States Supreme Court in case of an adverse ruling
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Albany
Navy
Great New York
Lewis
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Strikers at Staten Island Target Draft Board Action
February reports say a strike began as carpenters on Staten Island were notified to appear for physicals or exemptions. The walkout may spread to nearby areas as workers press for higher wages from 34.89 to 96.60 a day, with government intervention looming.
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Staten Ists
Futa
Ark
Staten Island
Pacific Coast
Two Airplanes Sink a German Submarine
Paris reports two French hydro aeroplanes attacked a German submarine in the English Channel. The craft surfaced and dove repeatedly before finally sinking with its periscope no longer visible after bombs were dropped and the vessel listed to port.
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Paris
English Channel
Admiralty
Channel
Training School for Army Chaplains Established at Fortress Monroe
Secretary Baker signed an order to establish a training school at Fortress Monroe Virginia. It will teach military law international law military science and hygiene to chaplains preparing them to serve as both soldiers and clergy. Chaplains will be selected by the general committee on army and navy chaplains and the Roman Catholic Chaplaincy Bureau.
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Washington
Baker
Fortress Monroe
Army
General Committee On
Army and Navy
Alfred A.pruden
Half of shipyard workers secured in drive
Washington reports that more than half the needed shipyard workers for the merchant marine program have been enrolled in the first half of the nationwide drive by the United States public service reserve. The campaign continues a week more and stresses quality over speed as men are not to quit current jobs until called by the Labor Department for shipbuilding service.
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Washington
United States Public Service Reserve
William E. Hall
Reserve
Labor Department
Germany Seeks Peace Talks With Rumania
Amsterdam reports Berlin papers say peace negotiations with Rumania are imminent. Rumanians to discuss prolongation of armistice have reportedly arrived at the agreed location, though no official announcement has been made.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Clerks at Seaboard Air Line Seek Higher Pay
Representatives of Seaboard Air Line clerks and management met at the Department of Labor to discuss wage increases and better working conditions. The talks are expected to continue for several days.
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A. L
Washington
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Department of Labor
Fifty-Two Die As Fire Rips Grey Nuns Hospital Wing
In Montreal the death toll from the Grey Ninery fire reaches fifty two after the recovery of fourteen more child victims this forenoon. Sisters nursing wounded soldiers from overseas aided by urgent hospital staff prevented greater casualties. The fire s cause is unknown with early reports blaming wiring while a nun hints a spark from an X ray machine used in the military nunnery hospital may be involved.
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Montreal
Grey Ninery
French Troops Break German Lines on Aisne Front
Paris reports French forces penetrated German lines northeast of Courcy on the Aisne front and returned with prisoners. The War Office notes lively artillery duels in Champagne and Battelu l, with bombardments along the Meuse and in the Woerre region. In Upper Alsace French troops repulsed a German raid south of Seppois.
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Paris
Courcy
Aisne
French War Office
Champagne
Battelu l
Meuse
Woevre
Upper
Alsace
Seppois
No loan contemplated in US Mexico talks
Washington reports that the United States proposes allowing enough gold to be exported to Mexico to meet President Carranza's immediate needs under the current commercial negotiations. Mexico already holds gold in American banks. No loan of any kind by the United States is contemplated.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Carrante
Lieutenant Bagley to Wed Miss Harrington
New York February 15 A license to marry was issued today to Lieutenant Commander David Worth Bagley of Washington brother in law of Secretary Daniels and Miss Marie Louise Harrington of Colusa California. Bagley commanded the destroyer Jacob Jones sunk by a submarine December 6 1917 with a loss of 64 men.
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New York
David Worth Bagley
Washington
Daniels
Marie Louise Harrington
Colusa
California
Bagley
Jacob Jones
Ambassador Page Honored by University Ceremony
In Sheffield on February 15 the University of Sheffield awarded honorary doctor of law degrees to Walter Hines Page ambassador of the United States Paul Cambon ambassador of France and Marquis Guglielmo Imperiali ambassador of Italy to Great Britain in a formal ceremony.
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Ambassador Page
Sheffield
Eng
University of Sheffield
Walter Hines Page
Paul Cambon
Marquis Guglielmo Imperiali
United States
France
Italy
Great Britain
Dealer Pays Excess Sugar Charges to Red Cross
A South Carolina wholesale dealer in Columbia sent the Red Cross Society a $450 check as proceeds from excess sugar charges. The Food Administration agreed not to revoke the dealer’s license if he made the payment, though the dealer’s name was not released.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Red Cross Society
Food Administration
Eight British craft sunk in Dover straits raid
London report: eight British fishing and drifter vessels sunk by a raiding flotilla of enemy destroyers in the straits of Dover. After sinking seven drifters and one trawler, the destroyers withdrew northward before engagement could occur.
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London
Flo
Straits of Dover
Brest-Litovsk Peace Ties Ukraine to Eastern Front
Amsterdam dispatch cites Vienna sources saying Central Powers aimed to breach the Eastern front by making peace with Ukraine to resolve the Russian Romanian questions. The plan calls for Ukrainian grain exports, technical and military aid, and a railway protection alliance rather than a formal treaty with Russia.
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Amsterdam
Ukraine
Vienna
Brest-Litovsk
Trotzky
Europe
Poland
International
Russia
Germany
Weeks Defends War Cabinet Plan and Warns of Centralization Need
Senator Weeks condemned partisan attacks on Secretary Baker and pressed for a war cabinet and central war administration. He praised some generals, criticized reliance on France for ordnance, noted production limits, and urged faster, unified military mobilization to energize national effort. He described Baker as pacifist by nature and warned the current scattered system risks delays.
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Washington
Wilson
Senator Weeks
Military Committee
War Department
War Cabinet
America
Weeks
Chamberlain
Oregon
Committee
White House
Senate
Baker
Sharpe
General Crozier
Congress
Crozier
France
Vernon Castle Dies In Aircraft Accident Near Fort Worth
Captain Vernon Castle of the British Royal Flying Corps was killed when his plane swerved to avoid a cadet and crashed 15 miles west of Fort Worth. The incident near Benbrook Field also injured no one else. Castle, famed dancer Irene Castle’s husband, had a long war record and had recently been in training in Texas.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Vernon Castle
Royal Flying Corps
Castle
Benbrook “Field
Flanders
Lord Wellesley
Vernon Blythe
New York
England
British
France
Irene Castle
Ting
Two Castle
Canada
Camp Mohaw
Castile
Flying Corps
Aero Club of America
Newport News
Norwich
Insured Soldiers Reach 93 Percent in Army Camps
Washington reports 93 percent of personnel in 17 large army camps are insured under the war risk plan. Over a million applications and about eight and a half billion dollars in coverage are on file, with thousands more pending. Camp Dodge leads in percentage at 99.92, Camp Zachary Taylor at 99.316, while Camp Logan tops total insurance written at 316,000,500 dollars, followed by Camp Greene with 313,176,200.
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Washington
McAdoo
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Camp Dodge
Iowa
United States
Camp Zachary Taylor
Kentucky
Camp Logan
Texas
Camp Greene
North Carolina
Bolshevik envoy to calm Russian soldiers in Aland
At the Swedish government request M. Borovsky Odovsky, the Bolshevik representative in Stockholm, will depart today for the Aland Islands aboard a warship to persuade Russian troops to cease violence. He will seek their withdrawal from the islands on Swedish vessels.
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Stockholm
M. Borovsky-Odovsky
Aland ‘Islands
Senator Weeks Cites Edward Stttinius as Civilian Surveyor
Fragment reads that Senator Weeks named Edward Stttinius as civilian surveyor of public works. The context suggests a formal appointment or designation within a government project.
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Weeks
Edward RK. Stttinius
Pur
Proclamation Extends License Controls on All U S Trade
Washington February 15 President Wilson issues proclamations taking effect tomorrow that place all U S exports and imports under wartime license control. The War Trade Board and Treasury will issue licenses for goods ships bunkers and related items to curb non essentials and support military needs in World War I.
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Washington
War Trade Board
War Board
Uni
France
South Ank
Germany
Palies
Casury Department
Ury Department
Taylor launches at Mare Island Navy Yard
Washington Feb 15 Daniels announced a telegram from the Mare Island Navy Yard: the destroyer Taylor was launched there five months after keel laying and is 66 percent complete. The quick construction set a yard record for speed to launch.
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Washington
Daniels
Mare
Navy Yard
Spe
British Advance Two Miles Northeast of Jerusalem
The War Office announces British forces advanced two miles northeast of Jerusalem on February 15 as part of ongoing operations in the area.
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London
Jerusalem
War Office
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