Bloody for, Germans on Kaiser birthday clash in France and Russia
Paris reports a German assault on January 27 28 failing to break French lines as Allied forces claim higher German losses across the front. Russian and Turkish actions in East Prussia Galicia and the Caucasus show renewed offensives and counterattacks amid war chatter and troop movements.
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Paris
War Office
Zonnebeke
Aisne
Argonne
Alsace
Ammerzweiller
Wilam
Craonns
Phareth
William
Germany
Belgium
Lrs
Victory Claimed for the Germans on Western Front
Berlin reports victory for German troops in two western front engagements. In Craonne a trench section was captured and French attacks repulsed with heavy French losses. In Upper Alsace French assaults were repulsed with substantial enemy casualties and prisoners taken. Eastern theater notes minor Russian defeats and repulsed attempts near Gumbinnen.
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Arras
Albert
Roye
Noyon
Soissons
Craonne
Rheims
Argonne
Jus
Cer~nay
Ypres
la Baasee
Caronne
Woevre
Vosges
Berlin
War Office
Flanders
Senonges
Ban de Sapt
Jorgey
Upper Alsace
Lower Aspach Heidweiler
Wurzbacher Forest
Aspach Heidweiler
Ammerzweiller
Heildweiler
Gumbinnen
Biezum
Sirpee
Prussian
Poland
Calm persists on Serbian front amid minor skirmishes
A Nish dispatch notes a generally calm Serbian front with sporadic artillery near the iron gates of Marchoyva. An aerial bomb near Belgrade's war ministry failed to explode, and handbills urging population to engage in fighting have been circulated in the city.
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Yaris
Havas
Nish
Serbia
Ministry of War
Belgrade
Iron Gates
Marchoyva
Antiwar Riots Erupt Across Austria Hungary
Reports from Geneva and Austrian sources describe widespread unrest as mobilization orders provoke protests by southern Slavs. Clergy led demonstrations shouting antiwar and anti German slogans, with clashes at Trieste labs and burning of a prefect’s palace. Rioting spread to Agram and Karlstadt, casualties reported including a Hungarian official, a student, and a child. Armory plunder at Susak near Fiume and destruction of mobilization boards accompany the turmoil while calls to submit to decrees face harsh penalties.
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Parig.j
Labach
Trieste
Agram
Croatia
Slavonia
Karlstadt
Susak
Fiume
Land
Transylvania
Count Bethlen
Vienina
Venice
Glondon
Mabie
France Raises War Bond Limit Amid Expanding Expenditures
Paris January 28 The chamber of deputies approved an increase of 200 million dollars to treasury bond issues raising the limit from 3600 million to 3800 million and ordered short term bonds. Finance minister Rilew said after six months of war France has spent 780 million dollars of the original appropriation and affirmed faith in the country's unlimited resources to continue the struggle.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Treasury
Finance
M. Rilew
France
Wwe
MAKE YOUR GIRLS PROUD KAISER URGES SOLDIERS
Emperor William urged the Rhineland regiment to march with heads high so their girls would be proud. He praised Cologne soldiers for enduring months of artillery and restoring the Rhine’s famed military reputation.
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Kaiser
London
Copenhagen
Star
William
Rhineland
Cologne
Old City
Kaiser compliments war correspondents at field HQ
Berlin January 28 Emperor William praised war correspondents at the general headquarters in the field. He thanked them for well written reports that boost morale for troops in the trenches. He cited John Knox saying one man with God is in the majority. The emperor's birthday observance followed with a simple field service. Attending auditors included princes Oscar Friedrich Leopold Waldemar Falkenhayn Goethmann-Hollner Tirpitz and other officers.
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Berlin
London
William
John Knox
Scotland
Prince Oscar
Friedrich Leopold
Prussia
Waldemar
Prince Henry
Falkenhayn
von Goethmann
Blaming the Farmers For Wheat Prices
A New York World piece argues farmers are scapegoated for rising wheat prices. It notes farmers did not start the war nor cause the European crop to shrink by 350 million bushels, and that most farmers have already sold their wheat yet remain blamed.
Germans cry Hoch as Bluecher sinks in North Sea fight
London dispatch reports the German armored cruiser Bluecher sank after two Arethusa torpedoes struck amidships. German sailors sang Hoch as the ship went down while British crews rescued wounded and were given gifts. Aurora and Kolberg engaged in action. Kolberg later sank.
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London
Daily Telegraph Today
Arethusa
Aurora
Going West Origin of Soldier Slang Debated
London correspondence reports a modern origin for the phrase going west used to mean death. An Aldershot anecdote describes a monocled staff officer shouting going wes, which soldiers picked up as slang for passing away. The term gained prominence with wartime fatalities.
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London
Associated Press
Aldershot
King Albert Upholds Cardinal Mercier
The Belgian legation released King Albert's telegram to Pope Benedict praising Cardinal Mercier. The message laments the arrest of a high church dignitary, commends Mercier for opposing persecution, and expresses admiration for his defense of justice and religious liberty.
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King Albert
Cardinal Mercier
Washington
Albert
Benedict
Sacred College
Escaped Convict Suspected in Canton County Case
Police believe Ollie Giffin alias Ernest Johnson, an escaped convict from a county camp near Canton, Georgia, is at large. Captured by farmer E. Foster after presenting at homes asking for clothes, armed pursuers were seen. Night Chief EL Jett confirms the suspect in a brown trustee suit.
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Ollie Giffin
Ernest Johnson
Canton
Atlanta
E. Foster
Ollie
Foster
EL Jett
Bank in Birmingham Closes Its Doors
Directors of the Jefferson County Savings Bank announce suspension and place affairs in the state banking department. Bank capital is 500000 dollars with 250000 dollars surplus. The 25 story office building, half rented since wartime, is blamed for the trouble though assets reportedly protect depositors. December 1 deposits listed at 1241599.93.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Savings Bank
Atlre
Banka Alexa
Walker
Jefferson County
Girl Tells Officers She Is Tired Of Life
Miss Ollie Watkins age 17 refused arrest at her cousin's home 710 Ashby Street West End. Police carried her to a patrol wagon she claimed she swallowed poison but hospital found no poison. She refused to walk at the barracks and was taken to Matron Mary Sohnefield's ward to spend the night. She had run away from another cousin's home.
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Milam and
Evans
Ollie Watkins
B. &. Townley
Ashby Street
West End
Grady Hospital
Mary Sohnefield
Russ Machine Guns Moved the Germans at Socha czew
Petrograd January 28 German breakthrough into Russian trenches near Socha czew on the Bzura river was checked after bayonet clashes. At Atlanka north of Socha eczew, 500 Germans were killed in a 30 minute fight. A Russian artillery officer described the action including masking a position, cavalry detachment exposure, and the German left flank being swept by three volleys. German guns covering the movement were silenced by Russian guns.
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East Prussia
Malwischken
Lasdehnen
Lower
Vistula
Skempe
Bolimow
Rabskebudy
Kamion
Allence
Atlanka
Sochaczew
Galicia
Mount Dukla
Mount Wyszkow
Bukowina
Waleputia
Kimpolung
London
Bzura
Sochaeczew
Guna
Ethel V Hoynton Lost Off Cuba With All Crew Saved
A letter from Santiago Cuba reports the American barkentine Ethel V Hoynton sank off Cuba at 29 45 N 74 26 W after boarding water and heavy seas January 12. Captain Gustav Waldemas his wife and 12 crew escaped to the deckhouse and were rescued January 13 by the Manzanillo and landed at Santiago. Food was scarce as the ship broke up and the crew rationed to feed the captain's wife and daughter. The piece ends noting rising U S instrument output despite fewer factories.
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New Orleans
Ethel V. Hoynton
Cuba
Santiago
Fishermen Rescued From Niagara Ice Floe By Fire Tugs
Three hundred fishermen faced grave danger on an ice floe off Lake Erie when a section broke away at the Niagara River head. Fire tugs dispatched, all men were rescued by midnight with reports of a few missing who likely headed to the lake’s south shore.
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Buffalo N.Y
Niagara River
Lake Erie
Albert Butler Dies at Private Hospital
Albert L. Butler Jr., 25, popular assistant circulation manager of The Conventation, died Thursday afternoon at a private hospital after a two week illness. He lived with J W Powers at 387 Spring Street since coming to Atlanta four years ago and had many friends in the city. Funeral plans will be completed upon arrival of his father, Albert L. Butler, from Tennessee. He is survived by a brother in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Albert L. Butler, Jr
Concevtation
Union
Constitution
Butler
J. W. Powers
Springstreet
Atlanta
Albert L. Butler
Tennnessee
Little Roy
Ark
Grave’s Masteless Chill Tonic Promotes Health
An old advertisement praises Grave’s Masteless Chill Tonic for its quinine content and tonic properties. It claims to drive out malaria, enrich the blood, and build up the whole system, comparing it to 9 General Tonic and highlighting standard medicinal benefits. It presents a generic health claim typical of period medical notices.
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Grave
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