French Advance At Four Points In Belgium And Alsace
Paris reports a day of back and forth along the western front with French gains at several points and German counterattacks. In Argonne the Allies claim a 300 yard advance and a mine blasted German trenches. Italian Garibaldi officers cited. Berlin counters with German trench gains near Sennheim and Alsace setbacks for the French.
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Ee Sea
Alsace
War Department
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le Pretre
Steinbach
Garibaldi
Constantine Garibaldi
Poppine Garibaldi
Bruno Garibaldi
V Volunters
Argonne
St. Georges
Lys
Oise
Aisne
Rheims
la Grurle
Bagatelle
Fontaine Madame
Vosges
Pont-a- Mousson
Thann
Upper Alsace
Bayonet success for Russians reported in Poland drive
Petrograd dispatch states on January 6 that Russian forces struck Rozrowa west of Prausnysk Miawa region and nearly bayoneted the garrison with some prisoners taken. Left bank of the Vistula sees continued cannonading and rifle fire while minor actions unfold near Borjilmow Moghely. In Galicia the offensive advances in Buloaina with Sypot Kameral Bouksehola Giura Humori and Bouksehola on routes toward Transylvania via Bukowina.
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London
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Gaelicia
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Sypot
Kameral
Seletin
Ilischestis
Gura Tumora
Pileskatchik
Giura Humori
Bouksehola
Transylvania
Bukowina
Heavy trade balance in favor of America
Washington reports a December trade balance of 110 million dollars in a preliminary Commerce Department estimate. Exports for the week ending January 2 totaled 40.85 million, up about 2.09 million from the prior week but down roughly 9 million from the week ending December 19 and about 5 million from the week of December 12.
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America
Washington
Department of Commerce
Dr Thomas Lawrence Dies at 82 in Asheville
Dr Thomas Lawrence aged 82 died in Asheville on January 6 from heart failure. For twenty years he led the Normal and Collegiate Institute and served as president of the Presbyterian missionary scholars for the southern Appalachian region, long active in efforts to eradicate illiteracy.
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Thomas Lawrence
Asheville
Normal and Collegiate Institute
Schovars
Presbyterian Church
Apalachian
Lawrence
Victory for the Allies predicted by Kitchener
Lord Kitchener reported December military progress and Allied strength growth amid harsh winter. He cited Serbian victories, Russian Caucasus gains, and Turkish setbacks while noting German reserves and rising recruiting. Canadian forces and new units strengthened, with relief systems reducing trench strain as Mesopotamian and Egyptian fronts saw continued action.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Hherms
Alsace
Poland
Russia
Caucasus
Egypt
Haa
Germany
Sir John French
War Office
Mesopotamia
Suez Canal
Lord Curzon
Foreign Service
Home Defense
Nomination of Bland Rejected by Senate
Washington January 6 The nomination of Ewing C. Bland to be United States marshal for the western district of Missouri was rejected by the Senate by unanimous vote. Bland’s nomination follows four rejections in recent weeks amid a dispute over recess appointments and judicial committee inquiries into presidential authority to fill vacancies created during a session. The Senate debated the issue over more than an hour with Senators Reed Stone Williams and Thomas urging harmony while OGorman and Reed pressed senatorial rights.
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Washington
Ewing C. Bland
Kansas City
United States
Missouri
Senate
Bland
Judiciary Committee
Reed
Stone
Williams
Thomas
O'Gorman
Dean's Kidney Pills Offer Health Warning Appeal
A self help promotional note warns readers that backache headache dizziness and disordered urination signal kidney trouble and possible Bright's disease. It urges careful living and toning kidneys with Dean's Kidney Pills to stop pain and avert future danger.
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Bright
Dean
Mrs Julius Newman Endorses Deans Kidney Pills in Atlanta
Mrs Julius Newman of 41 Gas Kill Street Atlanta testifies that swelling limbs and blotched face troubled her mornings. She says a deep seated lip pain shifted to her back and prevented bending, and claims Deans Kidney Pills never fail to drive away these ailments.
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Julius Newman
Gaskill St
Atlanta
Dean
Arrest of Cardinal Mercier Sparks Catholic Alarm
Amsterdam and London cables report Cardinal Mercier was arrested by German authorities for advising Belgians to remain loyal to civil authorities. Catholic leaders call the move a blunder, Vatican and Rome express indignation, and readers fear widespread arrests as the decree banning the pastoral letter triggers patrols around Malines and Antwerp.
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Holland
Berlin
Tijd
Mercier
London
Cardinal Mercier
Reichsteg
Herlin
Rome
Vatican
Pope Benedict
Reuter
Belgium
Malines
Sevial Pridsats
Antwerp
Danish steamer saves crew of French ship Amedes
The Danish steamship Michael Ontohenkoff sailing from New Orleans to Aalborg passed Kinsale on the Irish coast and signalled she had the crew of the French ship Amedes on board. No details were given but it is believed Amedee went down. The British steamer Cheyenne reported Welbeck Trail’s serious accident 800 miles off Fastnet. no French ship Amedee is listed in marine registers.
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London
Michael Ontohenkoff
New Orleans
Aalborg
Denmark
Kinsale
Irish
Amedes
Amedee
Cheyenne
Norfolk
Barrow
England
Baltimore
Fastnet
Caldwell to Return to Yankees Next Season
Ray Caldwell, former New York American pitcher who left last August, will rejoin the Yankees in the coming spring. President Ban Johnson announced the move and Captain T S Huston, a new owner, confirmed. Reported contract pays $7,000 yearly and Buffalo Federals will repay Caldwell $6,000 already drawn.
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New York
Ray Caldwell
New York American
Buffalo Club
Yankees
Ban Johnson
T. &. Huston
Buffalo Federals
Realty Conveyances Must Bear Stamps
Washington January 6 regulations to govern stamping of real property conveyances were issued by Commissioner Osborne. The tax ranges from 40 cents on deeds over $100 up to $600 plus 50 cents for each 500 over 500, computed on actual property value if consideration is nominal. Quit claim deeds, gil leases, and mining leases conveying no title are exempt. Gifts to family or municipalities are not taxable. The bureau also outlined tax payment on bills of lading, noting shippers pay but carriers may also pay and are jointly liable if unstamped. Street railways are taxed when accepting goods for transportation as part of business.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Osborne
Internal Revenue Bureau
Coal Case Is Closed Against The Southern Railway
Washington reports counsel for Dulaney of Bristol Virginia concluded their case before the Senate naval subcommittee on coal rate discrimination. They argued Southern Railway charged unduly high rates to South Atlantic ports harming Southwest Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky operators while northern rails access southern markets. Douglas said evidence shows the road lacks power to set sea board rates without Norfolk and Western and Pennsylvania approval. He alleged agreements among lines to restrain competition in violation of antitrust laws. Southern officials will reply before decision.
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I Dulaney
Bristol
Southern Railway
Senate Naval Subcommittee
Do. A. Douglas
Dulaney
South Atlantic
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Great Southern
Western
Baltimore
Seaboard
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Jie
Southern
Bristow Named To Kansas Public Utilities Post
Governor-elect Arthur Capper announced that Bristow will join the Kansas Public Utilities Commission when his Senate term ends March 4. The position carries a $4,000 annual salary in Topeka.
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Topeka
Nun
Bristow
United States
Kansas Public Utilities Commission
Senate
Arthur Capper
Garibaldi family mourns as crowds chant across Rome
In Rome a funeral procession for Bruno Garibaldi drew about three hundred thousand mourners behind the notable grandson of the Italian hero. The crowd cheered Garibaldi and Belgium while shouting Down with Germany and Austria amid a tense police clash. Two brothers already dead in France, and more casualties expected, were noted by Ricci Garibaldi as he spoke of future losses.
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Rome
Bruno Garibaldi
Aarganne
Constantino Garibaldi
Bruno
Garibaldi
Mac
Riccelotti
France
Zeppelins Headed for the English Coast
A Daily Mail correspondent reports a Zeppelin skirted the French coast near Gravelines before turning toward England. Rumors state two others preceded it as Dunkirk endured air raids with town guns firing vigilantly. few bombs landed.
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London
Daily Mail
France
Gravelines
Dunkirk
England
Pyramid Pile Remedy Promises Quick Rectal Relief
An ad touts Pyramid Pile Remedy for quick relief of itching bleeding and protruding piles and all rectal troubles. It claims home use privacy and 50 cents per box with free sample and booklet mailed in plain wrapper from Pyramid Free Co Marshall Michigan.
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Pyramid Free Co
Pyramid
Marshall, Mich
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