British Guns Sink German Submarines at Dover
Dover observers report British forces repelled German submarines attacking the channel port. News follows the sinking of the Bulwark and the Nürnberg victory, boosting British morale as news details fleet actions and shifting fronts across Belgium, Poland, and the Russian frontier with multiple ships and units engaged.
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North Sea
Nurnburg
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Park Theatre denied Sunday concert license by Mayor Curley
Mayor Curley refused a license for Sunday evening concerts at the Park Theatre last night. He states no license will be granted until required legal alterations are completed or a court orders issuance.
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Park Theatre
Curley
Currey
Balkan Union Not Feasible Says Milukoff
Berlin dispatch reports Professor Paul Milukoff of the Russian constitutional Democrats writes in the Red that negotiations with Balkan states disappointed Russia and that a Balkan union is not feasible. A Swiss Council memorandum complains of British seizures of Swiss destined coin via Rotterdam. French authorities seize the Italian steamer Lampa to Villafranca. British forces in Cairo order Germans and Austrians, even the sick, to leave. Roumanian cabinet again nails neutrality.
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Cairo
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Aviators Drop 16 Bombs on Freiburg Station
Paris reports official communiques stating that French aviators dropped 16 bombs on Freiburg in Breisgau station and hangars, returned without accident, while Belgium and northern France saw quiet days. French gains in Le Quesnoy Andechy region ranged 200 to 600 yards with continued progress in Argonne.
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Meuse Heights Gunfire Maintains Allied Advantage
Military dispatch reports continued artillery duels on the Meuse with the Allies holding a distinct edge. It notes the capture of new trenches in the Le Pietra forest and says no other front activity near the Swiss border.
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le Pietra
Russians 10,000 Captured in West Galicia Front Report
Vienna dispatch reports quiet on the Poland front with night Russian attacks repulsed southwest of Nova Radomsk. In West Galicia strong fighting continues and 10 000 Russians have been captured. Carpathian operations reclaim territory and Serb front near Milanovatz reports heavy resistance with retrograde maneuvers.
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London
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Russian Front Conflicts Report From General Headquarters
A night release from Petrograd via London notes no major changes. Isolated enemy attacks yielded engagements in Ciechanow Przasmysz Piotrkow and other districts with unfavorable German results. In the Carpathians passes Wyszkow and Beskid on December 8 the Austrians were attacked and four guns over 300 prisoners and many wagons were captured.
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Beskid
Carpathians
Austrians Press Western Galicia. Piotrkow Attacks Fail
An official Vienna statement reports ongoing Austrian offensives in Western Galicia with renewed assaults on Piotrkow in Poland repelled due to obstinate Austro German forces. The southern battle front in Poland remains quiet as of the forecast.
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Piotrkow
Poland
Berlin
London
Army Headquarters
Vienna
Turkey Will Protect All U S Missionaries
The Turkish government has assured U S Ambassador Morgenthau that American missionaries in Syria will be protected and their work safeguarded. The pledge was reported to Washington and forwarded to the Presbyterian Church board of foreign missions.
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United States
Morgenthau
Constantinople
Syria
State Department
Washington
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Presbyterian Church In the
Body of General Beyers Found After River Escape
The body of General Christian Beyers, rebel leader, was found at Viiege Kraal near the Vaal River after an attempted escape from government troops. Official identification is reported as certain.
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Pretoria
London
Christian Beyers
Vaal
Viiege Kraal
Beyers
Red Cross Stamps Barred on Face of Foreign Mail
Postal authorities in Washington announced that decorative Red Cross stamps must be placed on the back of foreign mails and letters. For domestic mail the stamps may appear on either side without violating rules. The face of foreign mail must show only the address and government postage.
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Red Cross
Washington
United States
Fifty-One Candidates Fail to File Election Returns
Fifty one candidates at the late State election have failed to file their returns as required by law. The attorney general's office will be asked to act on the cases of all candidates who have failed to file their expenses prior to jail.
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Attorney-General’s
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