Ardent Carpenters Return to Work After Brotherhood Appeal
New York February 18. The carpenters strike along Atlantic shipyards over government contracts ends as John Rice says several thousand begin returning to work tomorrow. About 6 000 quit this morning due to lack of word from William Hutcheson that President Wilson asked wage talks be resumed. A Brooklyn mass meeting will direct the rest to resume work.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
John Rice
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Mr. Rice
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Jersey City
Elizabethport
Newark
William L. H. Hutcheon
Brotherhood
Wilson
Wage Adjustment Board
Rice
Brooklyn
Two Air Attacks On London Kill 27. Casualties Listed
London reports two air raids over the city killing 11 on Saturday and 16 on Sunday with 41 injured. Officials say six or seven enemy planes were involved, with only one penetrating London, bombs dropped between 10 40 and 10 55 p m as raiders approached from the northeast.
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Ise
Thanet
Thames
Essex
Russia
Germany
Ukraine
Kiev
Ukrainian Republic
Tria
Odessa
Black Sea
Bobrinsk
Moscow
Insurgent Bill Grants President Broad War Power
Washington reports the administration seeks blanket authority for President Wilson to organize executive branches. The Senate Overman committee began consideration with expected amendments from opposition. Supporters expect main features to pass while debates on a war cabinet and munitions directorate continue among Senators McKellar Shields.
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Washington
Wilson
Overman
Senate
McKellar
Shields
Tennessee
Ainst
Senate Military Committee
Uiliary Committee
Poland’s Proclamation Sparks Berlin Critique of War Claims
London reports Berlin denounces a Polish government proclamation as a declaration of war on Germany and Austria. The note accuses the Brest-Litovsk talks, loss of Polish independence, and calls for unity while Poland’s council and ministry reportedly resign.
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Geray
Austria
Poland
Berlin
Tubeless
Brest-Litovsk
Tomar’ OY
Telemae
Anzeiger
Goethals Completes Reorganization of Quartermaster Dept
Washington reports the reorganization of the quartermaster general's department, following Major General Goethals's plan. Brigadier General Chauncey D. Baker leads embarkation, with Joseph E. Lilly overseeing shipping matters. Baker to head a new section supervising army motor vehicle manufacturing.
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Washington
Quartermaster General
Goethals
Chauncey D. Baker
Army Embarkation
Joseph E. Lilly
New York
Baker
Trotzky Withdraws Reed’s Appointment as Russian Consul General
Washington reports that Foreign Minister Trotzky has withdrawn the appointment of John Reed as Russian consul general in New York. Reed, under indictment in the United States for violating espionage laws, is en route to the U.S. via Stockholm. No official U.S.-Bolshevik clash over arrest, though threats reportedly target Ambassador Francis.
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Washington
Trotzky
Russia
John Reed
New York
Francis
Petrograd
State Department
Reed
Stockholm
United States
Railroad Employes Present Side in Wage Talks
Washington February 18. Railroad executives presented their positions to the wage commission addressing the broad demands of all employee classes. John G. Walker spoke for eastern roads J W Higgins for western roads and F W Brown for the southern district outlining the roads case.
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Washington
Railroad Wage Commission
John G. Walker
J. W. Higgins
F. W. ‘Brown
Overman bill denounced by Senator Watson in rail bill clash
In Washington on February 18 Senator Watson called the Overman bill unconstitutional and autocratic while backing the Senate draft of the Railroad Bill. He opposed perpetual war powers after peace and supported limited government control of railroads to 18 months postwar with generous compensation for roads.
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Washington
Wilson
Watson
Senate
Senator Watson
Indiana
Senate Finance Committee Amends War Finance Bill
Washington Feb 18 The Senate Finance Committee unanimously decided to amend the war finance corporation bill to grant the president the power to appoint the directors of the corporation instead of the secretary of the treasury.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Wilson
McAdoo
Senate Finance Committee
General Judson Returns to Atlantic Port
General William V. Judson formerly head of the American Military Mission to Russia and recently recalled by Washington arrived at the Atlantic port today aboard a Norwegian steamship.
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Haagson
Atlantic
William V
Judson
Russia
Washington
Dismissal Row Over Robertson Roils Britain
Britain faces political crisis as General Robertson contests government’s interpretation of his resignation while Lloyd George fights to keep the war effort united. Newspapers debate cause and consequences with Haig and Foch stance shaping policy. Continued discussion warned in next page.
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Robertson
Supreme War Council
Lloyd-George
War Cabinet
Chronicle
The
Great Britain
the Chronicle
England
France
Italy
Wilson
Foch
Bliss
Haig
Cronicle
Times
House of Commons
Sanrighen
Pershing Tours American Sector In Mud and Cold
General Pershing completed a two day inspection of the American sector northwest of Toul in a tin hat with a gas mask. He walked the first line trenches, visited dugouts and batteries, and asked soldiers about meals. He noted one cook lacking variety but approved overall rations as sufficient.
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Pershing
Toul
No Developments In Hergenrother Case Continues Page Ten
Special to The Dispatch reports Washington, February 18 with no new developments in the case of E. Hergenrother, Wilmington postal clerk. B B Webb states the investigation on alleged disloyalty is filed with the Post Office Department. Findings are not expected for three days as officials keep details private until thoroughly reviewed.
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Washington, D. C
Wilmington
Navy supplemental estimates seek 230 million for ships and arms
The Navy Department submitted to the House supplemental estimates totaling 230,077,152 for ammunition reserve supplies pay and other needs for the next fiscal year. A new 100 million naval emergency fund aims to speed ship construction destroyers submarines and small craft. The package also funds dry docks at Norfolk and Charleston and expands Marine Corps strength to 50,000 with adjusted pay.
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Washington
Navy
House
Naval Proving Ground
Indian Head
Norfolk Navy Yard
Charleston, S.C. Navy Yard
Daniels
Marine Corps
Wheatless weeks may soon come
Washington reports the Senate Agriculture committee heard C. H. Hyde of the Oklahoma State Council of Defense argue for extending price fixing to wheat substitutes. He urged increasing Food Administration authority to set prices or narrowing its scope to wheat and other foods, amid calls to curb wheat production.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
C. H. Hyde
Oklahoma State Council of Defense
Food Administration
Hyde
Germans Attack Champagne Front in Spirited Engagement
Paris reports German forces struck the Champagne front last night gaining a footing before being driven out after a fierce encounter. In Mobile Alabama Harold J Mc Dermott of Birmingham resigns as secretary of the Southern Association with a successor unnamed.
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Paris
Champagne
Mobile
Ala
Harold J. McDermott
Birmingham
Southern Association
R. H. Baugh
Germans Resume War on Russia Social Democrats Declare New Drive
Stockholm reports the Social Democrats announce a renewed German campaign against Russia with aims to seize Estonia and Livonia as the first objective. The statement signals a broad expansion of hostilities in the region amid ongoing war.
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Russia
Stockholm
Social Demokra
Esthenia
Livonia
Bolshevik Forces Clash Near Kharkov Amid Petrogad Telegraph Restored
Petrograd reports a battle began yesterday between Bolsheviki and a wing of General Alexieff's sack army near Kharkov, with Boris Savinkoff joining Kerensky loyalists. Odessan dispatches note arrests of Romanian officers and a planned 100000 Bolshevik force under Ensign Krylenko to storm against Alexieff. Telegraph lines to Petrograd had been disrupted by Finland, now resumed with delayed dispatches.
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Alexieff
Kharkey
Imcine
Boris Savinkoff
Kerensky Line
Don
Minsk
Odessa
al Odessa
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Teo
Rumani
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Krylenko
Frograd
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