French Capture Trenches In Daring Night Raids
Department of Pas de Calais reports night trench raids by French forces. Soldiers crawl through shadows to reconnoiter and seize German positions, prisoners guarded, trenches strengthened, and a patchwork of advances achieved under heavy rifle and machine gun fire. Night assaults, not daytime attacks, drive the underground war as troops relieve, consolidate, and continue toward enemy trenches.
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Department of
Pas de Calais
France
Das Tall
Mont St Eloi
Walton county farmer kills wife then dies at scene
In Pensacola Florida late yesterday Qualls a Walton county farmer shot his wife to death with a double barreled shotgun then killed himself after threatening his daughter She fled the house and neighbors found the bodies on the front porch with no stated motive from the daughter who reported the event.
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Pensacola
Fla
Qualls
Walton County
France and Russia for Jap troops in Europe
Tokyo reports denial of Japanese troop landings en route to Europe while confirming no formal appeal from Britain or others. Despite official denial Japan’s possible dispatch is debated with France and probably Russia favoring the idea, England hesitant. Meetings in Tokyo push public support amid partisan discussion and newspaper backing.
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Tokio
Vladivostok
Europe
Foreign Office
Japan
Great Britain
France
Aoie
England
Polish capital evacutation eyed by military expert
Berlin dispatch notes military expert Moraht speaking in The Tageblatt on the possibility of Warsaw evacuation as eastern front shifts unfold. He cites fortress strength, need for strong forces to defend, and suggests Russians may keep forces near the Vistula while political prestige drives actions in Galicia.
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Berlin
Hague
London
Istula
Vistula
Art
Galicia
No Peace Till World Is Political Unit
Hamilton Holt, editor and peace advocate, spoke at a dinner of the Interdegiate Socialist Society. He urged an immediate world organization led by the United States and Great Britain to form a League of Peace with disarmament and universal rules. He warned war’s cost could reach tens of millions of men and massive economic and racial moral impacts.
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Kew
Universal Peace
Hamilton Holt
Interdegiate Socialist Society
World 18 Politica
Holt
United States
Englands
Two white men arrested after race clash in Fullay
Walhalla South Carolina December 31 two white men were arrested today and warrants issued for five others in connection with the recent race clash at Fullay in which four persons were killed. Crilhon day William McClure, the men arrested have been placed in jail here, charged with murder. McClure is a magistrate.
Walfish Bay Reoccupied by British Force
A Reuters dispatch from Cape Town states Walfish Bay in southwest Africa was reoccupied without opposition by a strong British force after the enemy retook the area. The report, dated December 31, notes the seizure occurred earlier in the day with no resistance observed.
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London
Reuters
Cape Town
Walfish Bay
Africa
Servian Crown Prince Praises His Soldiers
Crown Prince Alexander of Servia, commander-in-chief, salutes his troops in a Nish dispatch. He recalls two wars, notes victory at Tser and Jadar, and says thousands of prisoners, cannon, and booty attest to defeat of the enemy. He pledges a future peace crowned with victory and gratitude from Servia.
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Paria
Alexander of
Servia
Nish
Tser
Jadar
Servian
Belgrade
German Worker Liebknecht Opposes War Message
London December 31 Carl Liebknecht socialist Reichstag member who voted against a war credit issues a New Year message to British socialists urging workers worldwide to unite against war. He says masses oppose the war and German workers show greater resentment than is believed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Carl Laebknecht
Reichstag
Liebknecht
Self Sacrifice of 6 Frenchmen Made Towns Capture Possible
Paris reports how six French blue jackets sacrificed themselves to enable the capture of St Georges near Nieuwport. The six men hore a punt with an 8 inch gun, manned under heavy fire, landing the gun behind the village to breach German positions. The French force then pressed the advance while Belgians rout the Germans, allowing the Allies to hold the ruins and establish a brigade head for artillery on the Yser.
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Paris
St Georges
Nieuport
Matin
Flanders
Ramschappelle
Blue Jackets
St Geores
Yser
Servians Will Not March On Sarayevo
Paris December 31 Servian minister to France Dr M R Vesnitch said Servians will not march on Sarayevo Instead they will penetrate toward Syimua in Slavonia or Banat and Par a Sava via Sevilin Hungarian regions Invasion of Bosnia and Hercegovina would not worry Hungarians An invasion into Hungary north of the Danube would heighten anxiety Vesnitch said Servian troops are well supplied with ammunition and provisions.
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Paris
Sarayevo
M R Vesnitch
France
Syimua
Slavonia
Hungary
Sevilin
Banat
Para- Sava
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Danube
Russians Fight Turks in Caucasus Front
Petrograd reports the Caucasus army general staff statement on the Sarikemysh battle near Trans Caucasia, 36 miles southwest of Kars, where Turkish forces were dispersed after heavy losses and a portion moved toward Ardahan via the Yalintz-Chame Pass.
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Farmer
Russia
Cartal
Muse
Atso
Sel Lim
Oto Women’s Shoe Department
Geo. Muse Clo‘ng Co
Caucasus
Atlanta
New York
Parks-Chambers-Hardwick Co
Norfolk
D. B
Madras
Oxford
Big Sacrifice
Rec Parks-Chambers-Hardwick
Atlanta, Ga
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