German East Africa raids and Steinbach fall in Alsace
British warships shell German positions as Emden exits the Indian Ocean. French forces seize Steinbach in Upper Alsace after days of house to house fighting. church capture proves pivotal. In Galicia and Carpathians Russians report prisoner gains and Austrian defeats as fronts shift and Cracow looms.
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German East Africa
Trench
Alsace
Indian Ocean
Emden
Cocos Islands
Night ferry beams over the Mersey to Liverpool
Poetic scene describes silver light across the Mersey as ghost ships pass, moonlit caravans and ships laden with ancient memories glide through the night toward Liverpool. The imagery frames ships bearing the earths treasures under the ebon waterway glow.
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Liverpool
Germans Admit Steinbach Captured Near Thann Alsace
Berlin reports western front quiet except for Thann activity with German trenches near Sennheim and the village of Steinbach. The note says Steinbach was captured then retaken by night bayonet attack and fighting there continues. Eastern Poland actions east of the Rawka River persist with German attacks.
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Berlin
London
Thann
Alsace
Sennheim
Steinbach
Poland
Rawka
French Statement Describes Steinbach Recapture After Tug-of-War
Paris reports from January 4 state that in Upper Alsace French forces recaptured the Steinbach church area after losing it briefly, and held the western German works near Cernay. Additional Allied artillery advances and counterattacks are outlined with multiple fronts described as violent but largely under control.
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Steinbach
Cernay
Paris
War Office
Upper
Alsace
Sennheim
French War Office
Oise
Noulettes
Aisne
Champagne
Perthes
Mesnil-les-Hurlus
Argonne
Meuse
Boureuilles
le Pretre
Pont-a-Mousson
Cenay
Churen
Russian Official Reports Intense Fighting Near Bolimow and Galicia
Official dispatches from Petrograd detail desperate night fighting near Bolimow with German trench gains reversed, and large captures in West Galicia including over a thousand Austrian prisoners and several guns. Reports also cite Austro Hungarian battalion surrender at Uzsok Pass and continued Bukowina offensives.
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Cracow
Petrograd
Galicia
Carpathian Mountains
Uzzok Pass
Uzsok
Servia
Vistula
Bolimow
Uzsok Pass
Bukowina
Suczawa
Contributions to Polish Relief Fund Reach New Total
The committee reports additional contributions to the Polish Relief Fund totaling 10111.16 from numerous donors including Mrs. M. P. White Miss Florence V Paull Mr and Mrs Rothwell and J G Talcott. Checks may be sent to W P Blake treasurer 27 Kilby street Boston.
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Fund For the Relief
Poland
A. B. Spa
Florence V. Paull
Mary W. Calkins
Edward Smulskiee
A. G. Balch
J. Romaszkiewicz
Bernard J. Rothwell
M. Abby
Richard York
Globe, Arit
Mary &. Goodrich
A. A. Smith
Allan Foster
Francis 8. Parker
John G. Talcott
Talcottville
Conn
Leslie W. Hopkinson
A. Lane
Pittsfield
N. N
Otha Renee Asses
Iimenes
John W. Eliot
E. D. Brandagee
S. Andrzejewski
Ieese
William BE. Walter
M. A. Goodell
Leverett
Tuckerman
Eloise i
Derby Poss Siakes
L. G. Miller
W. P. Blake
Kilby Street
Boston
Mine sinks steamer with crew of 20 men
London reports from Stockholm that the Swedish steamer Carm and her 20 crew members were lost in the North Sea. It is believed the Carm struck a mine.
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London
Stockholm
North Sea
British reply to American contraband note expected soon
London reports the British government plans to send its reply to the American contraband note before week’s end. An outline has been sent to France, which is keen due to French ships probing Mediterranean cargoes.
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Paris
United States
Great Britain
Maurice Ajam
Mercantile Marine
la France
Europe
London
France
Allies Reach Understanding on Contraband Still Expected
A statement foresees an accord among Italy England and other allies on contraband rules. Since Nov 15 only five cargoes bound for Italy were stopped at Gibraltar with two released within three days. Since Dec 4 no Italy bound cargoes were intercepted. Rubber shipments in English ports may be released or bought by Britain. Negotiations seek tighter export controls via neutral European states to curb weapons shipments to Germany Austria and Turkey through routes other than Italy.
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Italy
England
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Turkey
British Ambassador Talks With State Department On American Note
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice met with Robert Lansing as the United States prepares a measured reply to the protest over shipping. Officials say London views the note as moderate and seeks to ease the maritime dispute. The Treasury plans a circular urging full manifests and affidavits to clarify cargo contents.
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Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
State Department
Great Britain
Robert Lansing
Cecil
Sir Edward Grey
Ambassador Page
England
United States
Washington Administration
Bryan
Redfield
Peters
Treasury Department
Treasury
Department of State
Savannah
Austrian Statement on Gorlice Battle and Carpathians
Vienna reports a formal dispatch noting troops gained a strategic line of hills south of Gorlice for future operations. It states no change in the Carpathians and small engagements in the Ung valley, with eight officers and 12,698 men captured during battles in the northern theatre at Christmas.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
London
Gorlice
Carpathians
Ung
Formidable Sunk by German Submarine Off Plymouth
Berlin reports by wireless that a German submarine torpedoed and sank the British battleship Formidable in the English Channel off Plymouth. The submarine was pursued by British destroyers but escaped undamaged.
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Formidable
Berlin
Sayville
Admiralty
English Channel
Plymouth
Hans Decorated with Legion of Honor in Paris
Paris reports the Alsatian caricaturist known as Hansi has received the Legion of Honor. He escaped a Leipzig sentence for anti German cartoons and later served as a French army interpreter, earning mentions for courage and leadership. A duel between Paul and Guy de Cassagnac and Herr Fuchs is noted as a possible aftermath.
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Paris
M. Waitz
Harvard Exchange Man to View Ruins
Privy Councillor Clemen of Bonn University, former Harvard exchange professor and art expert, is named official inspector of artistic monuments in German occupied French departments. The Temps questions whether the move aims to complete destruction of these works of art.
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Paris
Berlin
Clemen
Bonn University
Harvard
France
Temps
Duels Declined After German-Pressed Attacks
Correspondents Carl Lahm of Leipzig Tageblatt and two Germans clashed over defending Hanst against press attacks. The seconds at the duels deemed no adequate reason existed for a fight, and the arrangements fell through.
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Carl Lahm
Leipzig Tageblatt
de Cassagnacs
Lonsdale’s Life Saved Reveals Soldier’s Fate
The Morning Post reports Private William Lonsdale, an English soldier tried at a German court martial for attacking a guardsman at Doeberitz camp, will not be executed. He was sentenced to 10 years then condemned to death on review. The Leeds mayor appealed to Henry Van Dyke, asking aid from the American minister.
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London
Morning Post
Berne
Switzerland
William Lonsdale
Germany
Doeberitz
Lonsdale
Leeds
England
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
van Dyke
Berlin
State Police to Fight Firebugs with Expanded Force
Chief J. F. Whitney proposes five more fire inspectors and five building inspectors plus a $3000 appropriation for experts to enforce laws on explosives and flammable fluids. The plan aims to curb fires across the state through bolstered policing and safety oversight.
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J. F. Whitney
Whitney
Filene’s Dickie Suits for Kids on Fourth Floor
Filene’s third floor mail orders offer 2 to 6 year olds Dickie trousers and Copperfield Middy and Fauntleroy suits in linens poplins and chambrays. Prices range from 1.25 to 3.95 with hand embroidered linen options and rubbable fabrics.
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Copperfield
Poplin Copperfield
Fauntleroy
Dickie
Norfolk sweaters for children fill Knit-Shop third floor
The Knit-Shop on the third floor showcases all wool Norfolk sweaters for children aged 1 to 3 years. The display includes mittens loggins boot ees capes shawls sacques and carriage robes at affordable prices.
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Filene’s
Velvet and wool children’s clothing price notes
Prices listed for velvet and cor duroy pants leggings at 3.50 and 1.50 to 2 for wool, with 1 for cotton. Children’s Arctics priced from 2 to 2.25. The shopping list emphasizes budget fabrics and kids footwear.
Baby Caps and Scarfs Offer From Filene’s Mail Orders
Small lot of baby caps and scarfs in white blue rose and brown brushed wool with pom pom hats and fringed scarves priced at 50c each 1.50 for silk or cashmere caps listed as 1.95. Hand embroidered French or Dutch caps available in 12 13 and 14 inch sizes. Filene’s Mail Orders Filled.
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Filene’s
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