Preparations for Western Front Offensive Reported
Secretary Baker's weekly war review states both German and Allied forces are ready for a long anticipated offensive in the West. The German high command trains shock battalions while redeploying veterans. French and American units carry out coordinated operations with raids, artillery, raids, and air activity amid wet and then clear weather.
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Serreur
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Italy
Lorraine
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Champagne
Asa
Butte du Tarde
Baren
Bach Ys
Bezonvaux
Alon
German Forces Advance Near Dvinsk On Russian Front
Berlin reports German troops pushed northeast and east of Dvinsk on the Russian front as of yesterday advancing positions, according to the German war office.
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London
Dvinsk
German War Office
Allied Shipping Has Passed Lowest Point, Officials Say
Washington reports the low point of available Allied shipping has passed two to three weeks earlier than expected. Gains attributed to submarine offensive success, deliveries from American shipyards, neutral shipping transfers, improved harbor defenses in France, and potential uninterrupted labor production. Officials expect steady year long increases in tonnage if anti submarine efforts continue and labor remains steady.
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Washington
France
Baseball catcher killed by mate in Memphis
Edward L. Hurlburt former catcher for Southern Baseball Association teams was shot and killed in his Memphis clothes cleaning shop by Charles Shields a former battery mate Shields says the shooting was accidental Hurlburt was proprietor and Shields a deputy sheriff at the time of the incident
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Twenty Years for Evading Draft at Camp Funston
George Yeager of Troy Kansas was convicted by a court martial for evading the draft. He was sentenced today to 20 years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. Yeager, 23, refused to serve, denounced the government, and claimed membership in the I W W.
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Montana Legislature Ratifies Prohibition Amendment
Helena Montana February 20 The Montana Legislature yesterday ratified the federal prohibition amendment.
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Helena
Mont
Armies Move As Turks, Arabs Advance In Middle East
The report notes a German cavalry concentration near Ikga with a possible push on Petrograd. In Southwestern Russia Russian forces retreat from Armenian areas, Trebizond may fall to Turks, and Arabs join Sheikh of Mecca with British support, defeating Turks and moving toward Maan along the Hedjaz railway.
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Lloyd George Surpasses Crisis In Versailles Council Explaination
Premier Lloyd George defended the Versailles council reorganization in Parliament after a week of turmoil sparked by General Robertson's retirement. Asquith warned of press hostility and questioned naval and military firings, while noting American influence on postwar plans and stressing no confidence vote occurred.
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London
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Robertson
Imperial Staff
House of Commons
Versailles Council
H. H. Asquith
Versailles
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Jellico
Asquith
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Derby
War Ministry
Viscount Northcliffe
American plane lost claim of enemy fire in flames
Vice Admiral Simms advised the Navy Department the American seaplane carrying Ensign Albert Dalton Sturtevant was shot down in flames. Ensign Sturtevant was the second pilot. The dispatch says the machine was attacked by ten enemy planes.
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Washington
Simms
Navy Department
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Sturtevant
Date for second draft for army not determined
Secretary Baker said no start date for the second draft has been set and estimates ranged from March 1 to June 1. Plans contemplate 100000 annual monthly increments to avoid confusion, with first contingents filling vacancies in National Guard divisions and other units as the first draft winds down.
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Baker
Congress
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National Army
Hoover Calls Ship Workers to Join Public Service Reserve
Food Administrator Hoover urged ship workers to enroll in a voluntary public service reserve to provide manpower for Atlantic shipping. He warned that shipping shortages rivaled food concerns and stressed a patriotic duty to sustain the fighting effort.
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Washington
Hoover
Public Service Reserve
Atlantic
Movement of Last Quota for Mississippi Draft
Jackson Mississippi February 20 movement of Mississippi's final selective draft quota began today for Camp Pike. The last quota totals 6000 white men and 3689 negroes and will be completed before week’s end.
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Mississippi
Camp Pike
Government 10 Build Railroad to Fort Caswell
Wilmington business leaders press government to extend the Wilmington Brunswick and Southport line to Fort Caswell for a large army cantonment and port of embarkation. General Littell approves planning a 15 mile rail link and a shipyard could follow if skilled labor can be secured in Wilmington.
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Southport
France
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Chinese Earthquakes Cause Heavy Damage and Loss
Reports from districts battered by last Wednesday quakes describe fatalities and widespread destruction. Swatow, Chingau, and Delta towns face heavy damage with many injured and missing details about the totals.
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Mexico Bids for South American Wheat to Support War Effort
El Paso reports 36 000 to 40 000 tons of wheat and flour bought in Chile and Argentina for Mexico. The shipments, loaded at South American ports, aim to reach Mexico by mid March to late May. Washington notes possible US opposition if Argentina sells wheat outside allied nations and cites existing contracts with France and Britain.
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Western Front News Trails War Dispatches Across Europe
Reported peace efforts by the Bolsheviks are overshadowed by ongoing battles on the Eastern front. German forces push near Dvina and Dvinsk as Berlin considers terms amid Allied offensives. Soviet and Austro Hungarian actions stir liberal opposition while air and artillery warfare intensifies across Verdun, Arras, and Lorraine.
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England
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Supreme Council
German envoy seeks authentication of Brest peace message
General Hoffman, German representative at Brest Litovsk talks, telegraphs the Bolsheviki to authenticate yesterday’s wireless peace message to Derling. He要求 that authentication be sent to German command at Dvinsk. A Petrograd statement says a message from Dvinsk today will relay the original peace message signed by Lenine and Trotzky.
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Trotzky
Self Styled Marquis Pleads Not Guilty
Edmond Rousselor known as Marquis Di Castillo pleads not guilty to three indictments in federal court. He posed as a French diplomat and king’s confidant, was remanded to the Tombs in default of bail, and faces charges including obtaining money under false pretenses and violations of the espionage act.
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New York
Edmond Rousselor
Marquis di Castillo
Alfonso
Spain
Banks to Report Alien Property
Washington February 20. A Mitchell Palmer alien property custodian urges banks trust companies surrogates US attorneys and internal revenue collectors to report enemy owned property at once. Palmer says many persons including banks have failed to report enemy property and he has ordered an investigation.
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Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
United States
Internal Revenue
Farm Land Banks Loaned 11.8 Million in January
Washington reports January farm land bank lending of 11.787 million dollars. Major disbursements include Columbia South Carolina 298 thousand, New Orleans 778 thousand, and Houston 1.006 million dollars.
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Columbia
S. C
New Orleans
Houston
Daily War Cost: 6,384,000 Pounds in Four Weeks
London report states in the House of Commons that the average daily expenditure for the four weeks ending February 16 was 6,384,000 pounds sterling. Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, delivered the figure.
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