Western Front and Mediterranean Front Updated War Report
A London Budapest dispatch summarizes ongoing heavy fighting on multiple fronts. German forces gain ground near Arras and in the Argonne, repelling French attacks. Italian theater reports artillery actions near Tolmin and Borgo with allied aviators bombing Italian stores. Montenegrin resistance and renewed mountain battles are noted.
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Dubno
Tolming
Carnian Ridge
Flitach
Rombon
Borgo
Turreted warfare and Turkish retreat across fronts
Large WWI dispatches note Russian forces driving Turkish troops in Caucasus and Mesopotamia battles near Kut el Amara. Reports claim Turkish setbacks and German troop movements toward Constantinople while Italian and German actions across the Alps and Gallipoli are described with heavy fighting, weather and bombardments influencing operations.
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Hendon
Atatemen
Marcourt
Hulluch
Givenchy
Monchy
Frelinghien
Petrograd
Lonnon
Riga
Mitau Road
Pulkara
Bansk
Caucasue
Erzerum
Askaris
Askaeria
Charianson
Melazghert
Persia
Hamadan
Sultanabad
Mesopotamia
London
Kut-el- Amara
Fagin
Kut-el-Amara
Aylmer
Name of Gen Fitton Among British Dead
London January 24 Brigadier General Hugh Gregory Fitton aid de camp to the king is listed among British casualties in a frontier France casualty list published today. Born November 34 1863 he served in the Soudan and Boer campaigns and earned the Distinguished Service Order for Dongolan expeditionary force service in 1896. He married a daughter of the late Sir Alfred Hickman.
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London
Hugh Gregory Fitton
France
General Fitton
Sir Alfred Hickman
Fake fighting in Montenegro and the Adriatic crisis
Rome reports from January 23 that Bakeman Strong and Lorillard question the scale of Montenegrin battles, claim Austro‑Serbian truces and exodus plans, describe dire Serb army conditions, food shortages, and Austro‑Italian aid limits while Montenegro weighs surrender or retreat.
President's Secretary Recalls Gift from Mrs Springer
Mrs. Springer of 96 Whitehall street, a noted charity worker, received a gratitude letter from Joseph Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, for a walking stick given at the president’s wedding. The horn carved stick features a mother of pearl handle and the initials W W engraved. It was made by Convict Zidt in a federal prison and presented a year ago.
Britain to Reduce Imports of Paper
Walter Runci man, president of the board of trade, will meet leading British newspaper owners in London for a conference on cutting paper and wood pulp imports by 40 percent to free ships for other trade. The plan would require smaller newspaper sizes, a move welcomed by most owners seeking economy.
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London
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Eet
Aerial Coast Patrols Backed by Aero Club
New York January 24 Rear Admiral Robert F Peary outlines a plan to form aerial coast patrols on the Atlantic Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes as a peace time adjunct to the coast guard and life saving service In war the system would aid defense The Aero Club of America authorizes creation of a committee with army navy and state militia authorities to push the project Portland Maine reports a fund of 10000 raised to establish a patrol unit Other coast cities are said to be organizing campaigns The club offers to add 19 percent to any sums raised before February 1 The plan divides the coast into 100 mile sections each with a hangar and repair station and at least one seaplane Seaplanes will carry light wireless apparatus and patrol offshore ships continuously with initial costs funded by local citizens Maintenance would be paid by naval militia until federal take over.
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New York
Robert F. Peary
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Aero Club of America
Army
Navy
United States Cosat and Geodetic Survey
Washington
Portland
Maine
Aero Club
Peary
United States
Amnay
Opposition Vanishes to Compulsion Measure
London reports that the final stages of the military conscription bill seem set to pass without trouble. Labor leaders’ doubts faded after Asquith's assurances and swift Commons passage. Bristol conference, starting next week with 600 delegates, could reveal splits between trade union and socialist factions.
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London
Inber
Bristol
Thin Wesk
Asquith
the Times
Austria confiscates Serbian property in Berlin drive
Berlin January 25. The Tages Zeitung Budapest correspondent says confiscation has been ordered of property valued at 53 600 000 crowns owned by Serbians living in Berlin who are naturalized Hungarians. Most affected are merchants who fled the city leaving behind Hungarian and Austrian realtors. The Hungarian government will sell part of the property at auction to satisfy the claims.
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Berlin
London
Tages Zeitung
Budapest
Serlin
Erealtor
Zovernment
New Shop For Southern To Handle Steel Cars
Knoxville Tennessee January 21 rapid rise in use of steel cars on the Southern railway prompts a new repair shop at the Coster shop near Knoxville. The facility includes a 73 by 430 foot steel main shed with three tracks and a 51 by 100 foot workshop with cranes. Construction by Virginia Bridge and Iron Co begins before April 1 and should finish within six weeks. A scrap dock reclaiming shop and new wash locker room will be added. Track revisions at the yard north end are planned.
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Tenn
Uae
Southern Railway
Coster
Knox- I Vane
Southstern Railway
Virginia Bridge and Iron Company
Memphis
Retreat of the Turks Quickly Became Root Retreat
Petrograd reports that the defeat of the third Turkish army in the Caucasus compelled a retreat toward Erzerum. The Eleventh Turkish corps and parts of the Ninth and Tenth were forced back as Russian forces struck the center. The retreat devolved into a rout, with Turkish losses heavy and Erzerum fortress left to Russian possession after fierce fighting along Lake Tourtum and the lower Stripa.
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Vic London
Caucasus
Erzerum
Sari Kamysa
Lake Tourtum
Oltt
Lake van
Halil Bey
Urumiah
Bulons
Ergecom
Hassioos
Ker
Koprukeli
Sari Kamyzh
Czernowits
Stripa
Lemiester
Buczaca
Dabrova
Gov Harris Invited to Meet Movie Star Miss Marguerite Courtot
Mutual Film manager Charles E. Kessnick forwards an invitation to Georgia Governor Nat Harris to meet screen star Miss Marguerite Courtot, star of The Ventures of Marguerite, during her Atlanta visit for Lyric Theatre opening night. Courtot aims to add Harris to her autograph collection. Fire damages Tremont Theater in Boston. loss estimated at 375,000, ruled from crossed electric wires. theater dates to 1885, oldest in city.
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Nat Harris
Marguerite Courtot
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Harrig
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Harris
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Big Manter Pictures
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