Roumania Mobilizing as Italy Presses Albania Crisis
The article notes Italy ready for war with Austria over Albania after Italian forces seized Aviona and raised the flag. It reports Romania mobilizing about 750000 men, partly to deter Russian advances toward Transylvania, and mentions Greek naval moves and Allied actions near Soissons amid ongoing fighting in Poland and the western front.
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Pope Neutral on Cardinal Mercier Arrest Rumors
In Rome and London reports note Pope Benedict seeks unbiased reports before judgment on Cardinal Mercier, archbishop of Malines, amid German occupation. Berlin claims no arrest occurred and urges Mercier to refrain from actions that could incite violence, while other dispatches describe continued detentions and fines tied to his pastoral letter.
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England Sets Rubber Export Rules for U S Firms
The British embassy announced new conditions for American manufacturers and dealers to import rubber from England and colonies. Guarantees and bonds will be required to prevent re export to European countries except through the United Kingdom.
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Turks Scared Ready to Flee
Despatches from Constantinople report growing alarm in the Turkish capital with archives packed for removal and the treasury prepared for transfer. Locomotives stay under steam in Stamboul yards to move officials quickly if needed. Adriapnople prepares for quartering state officials should the Porte abandon the capital.
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German War Report Details Stalled Allied Attacks and Prisoner Captures
Berlin says floods in Flanders hinder operations while French attempts near Rheims are repulsed. In the Argonne and Vosges, German forces report gains and repelled counterattacks. Prisoners include 1600 Russians captured in Poland and multiple officers. Only artillery battles noted near Pilica.
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Austrian Statement on War Progress in Carpathians and Bukowina
Vienna reports that Austrian forces fell back to main passes due to a numerically superior enemy in the Carpathian forests and Bukowina. Front quiet on Hungarian Galician line. frost and snow in higher districts. light artillery exchanges along the Dunajec and Russian Poland. A separate dispatch says Russian forces were repulsed east of Czeremcha, 400 prisoners and three machine guns captured. Servian night attack near Avtovac failed.
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French Army Reports Gains At Soissons And Argonne
Paris reports a German redoubt north of Soissons was captured with two trench lines taken and the third reached. Three German counterattacks failed. In the Argonne the Germans drove the summit of Chevauchee but French counterattacks regained positions after an initial retreat of about a kilometer.
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Russian Army Claims Decisive Victory at Ardahan
An official Russian army communique from Caucasus headquarters reports destruction of the Ninth Ottoman Army Corps at Sari Kamysh and heavy captures including artillery, officers, and thousands of troops. It notes a large pile of captured booty and ongoing pursuit of remaining Ottoman forces.
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Fall kills carpenter Edwin Beard at Winchester address
Edwin B. Beard aged 41 of Woburn was instantly killed yesterday in Winchester when a house staging at 650 Washington Street gave way. Beard fell about 20 feet striking his head. fellow worker Peter Biederbeck narrowly escaped injury as the bracket failed and the platform collapsed.
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War Department denies Krag rifles sale to Europe
Washington on January 8 Secretary Garrison formally denied rumors that the War Department was selling its discarded Krag-Jorgenson army rifles to European belligerents.
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