French Regain Verdun Front Holdings and Atrocities Reported
French troops retook the Chambrettes farm northeast of Verdun after a German counterattack. French gains include over 11 000 prisoners and 115 cannons and 107 machine guns captured or destroyed. Other fronts saw mixed actions as Petrograd claimed stalled attacks and Germans advanced in Dobrudja near Ilbraila and Galatz. A French battleship Patrie class was torpedoed in the Mediterranean with a transport carrying 1000 soldiers sunk nearby yesterday.
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Chambrettes
Verdun
Paris
Buzeu
Periin
von Mackensen
Petrograd
Filipechti
Babadagh-Pecineaga
Tchernavoda- Constanza
Dobrudja
Ilbraila
Galatz
Moldavian
Uzul
Glashutte
Lutsk
Volhynia
Zboroff
Galicia
Perlin
Mediterranean Sea
Sicily
War News in Brief From Fronts Across Europe
Central powers peace note handed to Britain by American ambassador Walter H Page. French war office reports 11387 German prisoners captured on Verdun front since Dec 15. Russians attack Volhynia near Lutsk, fail to retake positions. British raids in Haznatar district Struma front and Brest Doiran. Teutonic advance in northern Dobrudja crosses line Babadagh Pecineage. German offensive in Romania halted by Russian fire.
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Walter H. Page
London
Verdun Front
War Office
Paris
Volhynia
Lutsk
Berlin
Haznatar
Struma Front
Brest
Lake Doiran
Dobrudja
Babadagh
Pecineage
Romania
Petrograd
Loss of a Patrie Class French Warship
A Patrie class French warship was lost in a maritime incident. Details remain sparse but authorities confirm the vessel was sunk or wrecked with personnel losses. Rescue efforts and investigations are underway to determine cause and scope.
French Deny Warship Torpedo Claims From War News
Berlin reports a German submarine damaged a Patrie class French warship near Malta and torpedoed the Maghelan troop transport near Pantelleria. Paris denounces the claim as false and says Maghelan loss has already been reported.
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Berlin
Sayville
Malta
Pantelleria
Maghelan
London
Warrant Issued for Arrest of Venizelos in Athens
A warrant has been issued in Athens for former prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos on charges of high treason and libel against the Greek general staff in articles published months ago, according to a Reuters despatch from Athens.
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London
Athens
Eliphtherios Venizelos
Reuter
Canada begins tearing up 1000 miles of railway
Ottawa reports Canada has started tearing up about 1000 miles of railway to supply the war effort in France and Belgium. The rails will be shipped to France to be relaid and used to move troops guns ammunition and supplies from ports to the front.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
France
Belgium
Rail salvage plan tears up Canadian rail lines for war needs
Laborers tear up 300 miles of government sidings and 220 miles of rails from Edmont on to the Pacific coast. Rails from Transcontinental and Hudson Bay lines may be sent to France. A 300 man workforce starts work while soldiers may take over if needed.
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Edmonton
Pacific Coast
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Pacific
France
Transcontinental Railway
Hudson Bay Railway
Seaboard
Canada
New York
Frank Cochrane
IF. P. Gutelius
Gutelius
J. Chamberlain
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Washington
A. H. Smith
New York Central Railroad
Board of
Canadian Railways
Dock Hand Killed at East Boston Warehouse Fall
George Anderson aged 60 of 172 Sumner Street East Boston was killed yesterday after a 40 foot fall while lowering a bale of cotton from the third floor of a National docks warehouse in East Boston.
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National Docks
Boston
George Anderson
Sumner Street
East
Dolber Elected Waltham Auditor in City Contest
Raymond S. Dolber assistant city clerk of Waltham was elected auditor by the 1916 Board of Aldermen to succeed Robert P. Rutter. Three candidates competed with 10 ballots cast before Dolber won ten votes to Curran ten and Mansfield one.
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Raymond S. Dolber
Waltham
City of
Robert P. Rutter
Board of Aldermen
Dolber
Roland F. Curran
Harry Mansfield
His Heart's Desire Welcomed at Boston Opera House
Fiske O'Hara opens a two week run of His Heart's Desire a three act romantic comedy set in 18th century Ireland at the Boston Opera House. Patricia Clary stars as Mollie McGarry with lively support from William T. Sheehan as Jonas Slatts in a tale of two intertwined romances amid polished staging.
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Fiske O'Hara
Boston Opera House
Fiske O’hara
Anna Nichols
Adelaide Matthews
O’hara
Ireland
Tiske O’hara
Mollie Mine
Larry O’neil
Molly McGarry
Mollie
Larry
Alice O’neil
Norah
Lord Beresford
Patricia Clary
Mollie McGarry
William T. Sheehan
Jonas Slatts
Knights of Columbus Building Fund Devotion Planned
The report notes a devotion will be devoted to the Knights of Columbus building fund, outlining a scheduled observance by the organization to support capital needs.
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Knights of Columbus Building Fund
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