Alleged Discrimination Claims in Camp Site Battles
Congressman H L Godwin charges possible bias in choosing army camp sites and government work favoring Virginia and South Carolina over North Carolina. He seeks official War Department answers, vows to uncover facts, and notes Camp Greene in Charlotte will not be abandoned while Fayetteville loses hope for a camp.
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Geo. H. Manning
Ishington
D. C
North Carolina
Virginia
Belor
H. L. Godwin
Secretary of War Bakery
Godwin
Carolina
Conen
Jia
South Carolina
War and Departments
North Carp
Fayetteville
Paim
Charlotte
Ich
Fayle
Campe
Baker
W Ren
Officer Convicted of Accepting a Bribe
Fra Ga February 16 Captain Ed Bullis of Glenn Falls New York convicted in Federal Court of accepting a bribe to influence discharge from the army. Sentenced to one year and one day in Atlanta Federal Prison plus a $1,000 fine. He departed after sentencing saying nothing beyond acknowledging his age and condition. A separate note mentions Roy E ts nominated by the President as postmaster at Spring.
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Fra
Bullis
Glenn Falls
N. Y
Moitanies
W. J. G. Burgan
Hancock
Stight Bullis
Emory Speer
Atlanta
Labor unrest strains Eastern shipyards and wage reform
Washington reports labor and government efforts to end the Eastern shipyard strike led by carpenters with 1600 workers out. A new Delaware River and Baltimore district wage scale offers eight hours and time and a half, while open shop disputes linger and Hutchenson faces mounting pressure.
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Washington
America
William Hutchenson
Carpenters and Joiners
Baltimore
New York
Wage Adjustment Commission
Delaware River
Wage Commission
Hutchenson
W. E. Macey
Congress
Wilson
Eastern War Theatre Dispatches Show Mixed Rumors
United Press reports from Copenhagen Amsterdam and Rome indicate wartime moves. Romania may fight if able while Russia avoids combat if possible. Diplomatic talks and troop movements in Brest Litovsk aftermath Polish demonstrations in Warsaw claim gains for Ukraine. Russia reportedly demobilizing in Caucasus Armenia per Vossische Zeitung.
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Romania
Russia
United Press
Copenhagen
Rumania
Berlin
Kuehlman
Bucharest
Amsterdam
Sofia
Rome
Brest- Litovsk
Germany
Warsaw
Ukraine
Poland
Wéser Zeitung
Vossische Zeitung
Caucasus
Armenia
North Carolina Receives New Army Hospital Network
The Army Medical Corps announces four tuberculosis hospitals and reconstruction camps to be set up at once in Denver Asheville Whipple Barrack and New Haven. Recovered soldiers with incipient or evident lung disease will be sent there for recuperation and eventual duty.
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Washington
Army
Army Medical Corps
Denver
Colo
Asheville
N. C
Whipple Barrack
Ariz
New Haven
Conn
Gorgas
Forbis
America
Teutons Maintain Armies in Italy Front
Rome dispatches report Central Powers hold full strength on the Italian front ready to strike along the Western front from the North Sea to the Adriatic. Austrian soldiers born in 1900 are on the line. Austrian papers note tuberculosis spreading in Vienna among the troops.
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Washington
North Sea
Adriatic
Rome
Vienna
Naval Activity in British Channel
London reports unusual naval activity in the English Channel over recent weeks. A German destroyer raid sunk a British trawler and seven drifters early Friday morning, followed by a submarine bombardment of Dover with one dead and six hurt. The Mail says four enemy U boats have been destroyed in these waters recently.
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London
English Channel
Dover
Mail
Sharp fighting reported by Haig in Lavacquerie Cherisy raids
London February 16 Haig reported sharp fighting in enemy raids on British positions near Lavacquerie and Cherisy. The war office said British forces bombed men in railway stations sidings aerodromes and billets. One hostile airplane landed inside our lines and its occupants were taken prisoner.
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London
Lavacquerie
Cherisy
Haig
War Office
German War Resumes After Armistice End
The German mission has left Petrograd and reports from the Frankfurt am Zeitung say Germany will resume hostilities with Russia on Monday as the armistice ends. The German government reportedly regards the armistice as concluded and a state of war to follow immediately.
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Amsterdam
Petrograd
Frankfurt Am Zeitung
Berlin
Zeitung
Russia
Germany
Congress to Act on War Measures Next Week
Washington February 16 Congress moves to act on war measures next week under pressure from war leaders. The Senate will press the railroad control bill while the House also schedules early consideration. McAdoo cites urgency as hindering progress. The finance committee will tackle the 500000 finance corporation bill aimed at swift passage. Subcommittee work on the engowering bill continues with a late week report anticipated. House and Senate also review the diplomatic and urgent deficiency measures.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
McAdoo
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Corporation
Overman
Senate Appropriations Committee
FLEEING DRAFT EVADERS MURDERERS NEAR MEXICO BORDER
John Powers Tom Powers and Tom Sissons, sought for the murder of three officers, flee Apache toward the Mexican border as cavalry and a deputy posse close in. The armed trio slipped away at night despite a surrounding cordon and a battle is anticipated.
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Apache, Ariz
John
Tom Powers
Tom Sissons
United States Cavalry
Leaven of Revolution Growing in Occupied Belgium
Washington reports the leaven of revolution at work in Belgium as mobs riot in Antwerp Brussels and Marines. Activists backed by treachery spark unrest while German schemes to subdivide Belgium threaten the nation. Belgian justices deported and Parliament protests to the German chancellor amid widespread anger.
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Washington
Belgium
Legations
Legation
Flanders
Antwerp
Brussels
Germany
General Wilson Named Chief of British Staff
London February 16 Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wilson became chief of staff of the British armies succeeding General Sir William Robertson whose resignation followed the Versailles conference changes. Robertson declined to serve under new terms or on the War Council and offered to act as military representative, a post he refused. Wilson, born February 18 1859, previously represented Britain at Versailles.
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London
Henry Wilson
William Robertson
M Robertson
Versailles
Robertson
Inter-Allied Council
War Council
General Murray
Wilson
India
Afghanistan
South Africa
Germany Faces Clothing Shortage Threatening War
With the French Armies, Feb 1. Material for army clothing and equipment in Germany has been exhausted to the point that the supreme military command risks an inability to continue the war. The shortage stems from import-dependence and depleted prewar stocks, revealed in a recent order from Grand Quartermaster General Ludendorff.
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Germany
Ludendorf
Norfolk City Remains Lightless Amid War Time Curbs
Portsmouth February 16 Norfolk is described as a real lightless city as Local Fuel AdministratorBel lamy House orders no lighting in downtowns after other Southern cities restored bulbs. Marines sailors aviators hospital staff and visitors walk business districts by glow from jewelry store windows only.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk
Bellamy House
Blood transfusions aid dying soldier at Camp McClellan
Ernest Janelli, a surgeon's assistant at Camp McClellan base hospital in Anniston Alabama, gave blood to Private Charles H. Smith of Company H 114th Infantry in a dire time of need. Smith underwent three operations within ten days with a pint of blood each time transferred from Janelli to the emaciated Jersey soldier.
London Raid Report Expands To City After Nightfall
London suffered an air raid with hostile planes crossing the Kent coast and dropping at least one bomb after 10 o clock tonight.
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London
Kent
Teutons Expected to Make Further Peace Moves
Washington is abuzz as Teuton diplomacy eyes a new push toward peace talks. Count Czernin may advance rapprochement with Wilson while Hertling resists, and analysts weigh whether Austria can split from Germany. The battle is fought over morale, not just troops, with Wilson pressing a political line toward a potential peace table.
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Washington
Teuton
Czernin
Wilson
von Hertling
Junkers
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
West Front
Hertling
Austria
Germany
Morales
Lloyd George Wins Control of Army Policy in Britain
Premier Lloyd George has won civilian control over the British army, aligning military direction with the Versailles inter allied conference role and signaling Sir Henry Wilson as key adviser. General Robertson resigns in protest. the move shifts balance toward civilian leadership and away from Versailles influence. Germany’s position weakens as Russia ends Brest-Litovsk talks, complicating the Central Powers’ war strategy.
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New York
Lloyd+ George
United States
William Robertson
Henry Wilson
Lloyd-George
Robertson
Versailles
Wilson
Cloest
Brest- Litovsk
Germany
East Front
Banking Interests Pushing Higher Bond Rate Sparks Liberty Decline
Treasury officials reported that attempts by large banking interests to force a 4 12 percent interest rate on the upcoming third Liberty bond contributed to a sudden drop in Liberty bonds on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Washington
Liberty
Treasury
New York Stock Exchange
Jobbers to Lose Coal Commissions Under New Plan
Washington reports the Fuel Administration will abolish jobbers commissions on coal from 15 to 30 cents per ton starting April 1. Retail prices are expected to fall as operators shift costs to mine prices and reduce fake commissions. The change aims to protect consumers while ensuring jobbers receive fair pay for legitimate services.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Garfield
Ees
Lieutenant Bagley Married Saturday
New York report says Lieutenant Commander David Worth Bagley U S N and Miss Marie Louise Harrington were married in the Belmont hotel with a small ceremony. The couple plans a brief South honeymoon before settling in Philadelphia with Mrs Bagley continuing family ties to Secretary Daniels.
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New York
David Worth Bagley
Marie Louise Harrington
Colusa
Cal
Washington, D. C
Belmont Hotel
Herbert Shipman
A of the Heavenly Rest
Oreate
Bagley
Jacob Jones
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Brsef
South
Philadelphia
Mystery surrounds Estill Springs crime
A mob burned Jim McIlherron, a young Black man, at the stake in Estill Springs after he killed Jesse Tigert and Pierce Rogers and seriously wounded Frank Tigert. He offered no motive and refused to name any instigator before he died.
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Nashville
Tenn
Estill Springs
Jim McKlherron
Jesse Tigert
Pierce Rogers
Frank Tigert
McIlherron
McIilherron
Brutal Murder Revealed in Detroit House Discovery
A brutal murder case shocks Detroit as police uncover the body of a young woman aged about 27 in a house. Authorities believe she was strangled by a man who accompanied her to the room earlier that evening.
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Detroit
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