Battle Reports From Belgium and France Amid St Hubert Action
Allied and German dispatches describe sharp fighting near St Hubert with German claims of 19 officers and 818 men captured and many guns seized, while British losses exceed 200 dead and an Allied request for a burial ceasefire is granted. Zeppelin bombing raids hit Nancy and Freiburg as nearby battles unfold along the Vistula and Pilica corridors with heavy engagements and prisoner releases reported.
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Prats
Belgium
France
St. Hubert
Grante
Germany
Hes
Freiburg
Nancy
Paris
Th Pot
Appreciable Progress on Both Sides in War Fronts
London dispatch reports no decisive gains for Austro German offensives against Russians or the improvised attack on the German line in the west. Fighting continues along most fronts with both sides meeting strong, seemingly impenetrable positions. German official notes stop attacks on the Bzura river and indicate a shift to finding a path toward Warsaw.
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Iovia
Vintisla
Ils
Warsaw
Pilla
Petrograd
Vistula
Pilica
Pillca
Aviona
Albania
Rome
London
Bzura
Polsh Cap'tal
Butte Hopes and War News From The Zone
A compact summary notes British moves toward the German consular situation, Gutierrex orders executions halted, American officers threaten firings, armistice questions, and lifted logs from Naco. Includes 2 sports items, automobile issues, war dispatches, local notices, and yearend society features from Butte.
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Gutierrex
Naco
la Anaconda
Ton. J. Maloney
Butte
Sons of St. George
Washington
Goldbers
Cartoon
North Carolina Threatens Bombard Tripoli Amid Turmoil
London dispatch says the US cruiser North Carolina, escorting the Virginia, warned Tripoli authorities after mobs attacked French residents. Secretary Daniels asked for confirmation of threats as North Carolina and Tennessee rest at Beirut, with reports of guards and daring consular evacuations.
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London
Athens
United States
North Carolina
Tripoli
Syria
Virginia
Dedeagateh
Smyrna
Pterus
Washington
Daniels
Oman
Tennessee
Beirut
Jaffa
Berat
Twenty One Battleships Parade Through Canal
Washington reports twenty one modern battleships will pass through the Panama Canal following the Oregon to participate in the Panama Pacific exposition ceremonies. Rear Admiral Pletcher conferred with Secretary Daniels on the trip and related plans. A flotilla of destroyers remains undecided.
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Washington
Oregon
Panama Canal
Atlante
Pletcher
Daniels
New York
Guantanamo
Cuba
Pacific
Hampton Roads
Taxicab Drops In Front Of Train In Brooklyn Tragedy
Three men were in a taxicab that plunged through a fence separating Atlantic avenue from the Long Island railroad in Brooklyn and fell three feet onto a passenger train track. The car was struck by the train and one man died. The other two occupants were seriously injured.
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New York
Long Island
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Executions Ordered Stopped by Gutierrez
Provisional President Gutierrez issued a circular to generals of the revolution ordering a halt to mass executions for any offense. The note cited concerns over legality, pledged guarantees to all inhabitants, and warned against unlawful acts while noting tensions among Villa Zapata and Gutierrez as rival factions argued over the fate of many former federal officers.
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Mexico City
Guterrez
Armen
Dicalar
Fense
Ranaldo Iturbide
Iturbide
Leon Canova
Mexico
FI Paso
Aldorado Tturhide
Federale
Washington
Ana “Zapata
Leon’ Canova
American State Department
Turbide
Canova
South
Villa
Zapita
General Angeles
Paso
Texas
Gutierrez
National Capitol
Zapata
Reach
Guterren
Siege of Naco Lifted by Governor Maytorena
Naco Sonora December 28 Governor Jono Maytorena lifted the siege of Naco and withdrew to the southwest with troops after destroying works burning camps and removing guns. Maytorena rear attacked by Hill forces, casualties reported, with several killed and wounded, and Mexican ammunition caches found along the lines.
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Naco
Aria
Jono Maytorena
Naso
Huard
Maytorena
Ing
Hail
Mtaytorena
Carranza
Hiltontent Maytorens
Yana
Envoy for Carranza Heads to Washington and London
Yaichiro Fabela, Carranza's foreign minister, left New Orleans tonight for Washington en route to London on an impulsive mission. He arrived yesterday from Havana and is understood to have an engagement Monday with Secretary Bryan in Washington.
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New Orleans
Yaichiro Fabela
Carranza
Washington
London
Fabela
Havana
Bryan
English Ships Dash at German Coast in Naval Clash
Berlin reports British ships mounted a dash into a German bay with hydroplane escorts. They bombed the mouth of German rivers and dropped a bomb near Cuxhaven without damage. German forces repelled the attack, with airships and planes hitting two Allied destroyers and another convoy vessel.
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Tombe Om
Shige
Cuxhaven
Hellink
Consular Situation Needs Explanation
Washington notes no German notification on new exequaturas for American consuls in Belgium. Officials weigh occupation definitions from The Hague 1898 and consider civil versus military control, potential annexation issues, and the risk of political recognition debates. London reports Germany's plan to stop recognizing exequatures for Belgian‑based consuls, prompting curiosity over Brand Whitlock and other envoys.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Belgium
Wilson
Whitlock
Brussels
Uthorities
Havre
France
Tn Grawn
Mexico
Madero
London
England
Brand Whitlock
Marquis of ‘Vittalobar
War Dispatches From Vienna Moscow and Berlin
Official tidings from army headquarters report a mixed set of front updates across Galicia and the Donajec and Nida valleys with Russian gains around Krosno and Jaslo while south of Tomaszow progress is claimed. Balkan quiet persists. Vistula area sees no major change and Pilica border fighting continues. Austrian lines in Servia show weather-driven retreat after a victory advance with heavy losses exaggerated. Carpathian attacks inch forward as Russians possibly gain ground. Paris notes no notable front developments tonight.
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Vienna
London
War Department
Ustok
Galicia
Krosno
Jaslo
Donajec
Nida Ri
Tomaszow
Balkans
Save
Drina
Berlin
Servia
Carpathians
Dead Cobbler Found With Wife's Urn At Bench
In San Francisco a Mt. Diablo basement shop owner Bernard Gold, a cobbler, was found dead by his gas stove with an urn containing his wife Sarah's ashes on a bench beside him. For five years he kept the urn and decorated it at Christmas with a wreath. A friend delivered Christmas greetings earlier that day.
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San Francisco
Bernard Gold
Sarah
Wen
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