Allies Closing In On Greece Ultimatum Reported
A note to Greece from France and Great Britain is said to demand passports within 48 hours or face Entente measures. Reports from Sofia and Amsterdam say Allied troops landed at Phaleron and Corinth and may push toward Athens. King Constantine's influence over officers and neutrality plans are debated by Sofia, with anti royalist demonstrations anticipated.
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Berlin
Sayville
France
Great Britain
Sofia
Greece
Cologne Gazette
Phaleron
Athens
Constantinople
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Corinth
Consantine
Venizelos
Legations
Constantine
German War Report Details Shelling at Lens and Air Victories
Berlin reports intensified artillery along the Lens front with Lens shelled again. Aerial battles occurred near Passchendaele and Dadizeele. three of four occupants were killed in one machine. A French plane was shot down near Moyenovia. pilot and observer captured. In the Riga region Russians surprised and destroyed small German posts near Duen kof and Vidsy under night snow. Balkan theater shows no new developments.
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Berlin
London
Passchendaele
Dadizeele
Flanders
Moyenovia
Duenkof
Riga
Vidsy
Balkan
Paschendaele
Denikof
War in Brief Across Fronts From Galicia to Flanders
Austria claims complete victory over Russia in East Galicia and on the Bessarabian frontier after 17 days of fighting with 7000 killed or wounded and 6000 prisoners. An Austrian air raid set Ancona’s rail station and works ablaze. Lutsk in Volhynia is being evacuated by Germany. British mines near Fricourt shattered German trenches. Italians recaptured trenches northwest of Gorizia despite Austrian resistance. Austrian efforts to hinder Italian reinforcements were countered by Italian artillery. Italians expelled Austrian airmen from the Isonzo valley. In Vosges a German battery was damaged by French fire. French batteries broke German trenches near Moulin-sous-Toutvent. Russians captured 24 Turkish officers and 200 men in the Caucasus. Bulgarians slain in an air raid on Petritsi near Salonika. Lens near the front line shelled. Allied aircraft battles over Paschendaele and Dazele resulted in casualties. Germans surprised and destroyed by Russians near Denikof.
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Galicia
Bessarabian
Vienna
Ancona
Lutsk
Volhynia
Russia
Kiev
Fricourt
France
London
Gorizia
Rome
Stelvio
Artilleey
Isonzo
Volano
Lagarina
Vosges
Metzeral
Paris
Moulin-sous- Toutvent
Oise
Aisne
Caucasus
Petrograd
Petritsi
Saloniki
Athens
Lens
Berlin
Italian Front Recaptures Trench Lines Northwest of Gorizia
Italian war office reports successful counter offensive on the Stelvio to sea front. Troops recaptured all trenches abandoned on heights northwest of Gorizia and restored the original line despite fierce enemy artillery fire. Allied air defense claimed enemy aircraft over the Isonzo were forced to retreat. An Italian aviator bombarded Volano in the Lagarina valley.
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London
War Office
Stelvio
Gorizia
Isonzo
Volano
Lagarina
Austrian airmen kill one in Ancona
Four Austrian aeroplanes dropped bombs yesterday on the city of Ancona. One person was killed. The material damage was unimportant.
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Ancona
Rome
Russians Take Kashan Mentioned In War Theatre
London january 10. The brief despatch reports Russians have taken Kashan in Persia adding a romantic historic name to the theater of war. Kashan is linked in legend to the Wise Men’s pilgrimage to Bethlehem.
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London
Kashan
Persia
Bethlehem
Montenegrin Army Capitulation Talks Began
Berlin reports via wireless from Sayville New York that Austro Hungarian HQ says negotiations on Montenegrin army capitulation details began yesterday afternoon. Austro Hungarian troops, after occupying Vir bazar and Rieka, ceased hostilities.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Virbazar
Rieka
Kashan Iran Once Flourished Rich in History and Legends
The article recalls Kashan’s ancient prominence after Haroun al Rashid’s era, its 6500 houses and 40 mosques, famed silk weavers and brass workers, a leaning minaret once an oriental divorce court, and Shah Abbas era palaces with a 1863 tragedy. It notes ruins near the oasis, courtyards, and gardens with blue tile channels. It also mentions dangerous scorpions associated with the region.
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Bagdad
Kashan
Hamadan
Ecbatana
Esther
Mordecai
Zobeideh
Haroun-el-Rashid
Shah Abbas
Mirza Khan
Near East
Liebknecht Strips From Socialist Party Names
Dr Karl Liebknecht, stripped of privileges in the Socialist party parliamentary committee, has asked Reichstag officials to remove his name from the party list and place him on the list of members with no party, Berlin dispatch reports via Amsterdam.
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London
Karl Liebknecht
Socialist Party
Reichstag
Berlin
Reuter
Amsterdam
German Prisoners Escape in Canada
Twelve German prisoners of war escaped from the Amherst detention camp in Moncton New Brunswick during the night. No trace of any of them had been found by the afternoon.
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Moncton
N. B
Amherst
Austro-Hungarian Victories End New Year Battle Front
On the 130 kilometre front in East Galicia and the Bessarabian border area, Austro-Hungarian forces claim complete victory after a prolonged New Year battle begun December 2 and ending January 15. Russian attacks failed with heavy losses and thousands captured. Austro-Hungarian units held positions despite superior enemy numbers. The Italian front remained quiet with isolated artillery duels at Tolmino and Monte San Michele. an Austro-Hungarian air raid occurred on January 17.
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Galicia
St. Petersburg
Dolomites
Tolimo
Gorizia
Tolmino
Monte San Michele
Germans Evacuate Fortress of Lutsk in Volhynia
Kiev dispatch reports Lutsk fortress in Volhynia being evacuated by German forces. Prisoners arriving here from the southwestern front number about four thousand, signaling a strategic withdrawal during the push.
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Kiev
Russia
Petrograd
London
Lutsk
Volhynia
Bombs Hit Ancona Targeting Station and Barracks
Heavy bombs struck Ancona hitting the railroad station electric works and barracks. A violent fire from four Italian defensive cannons caused no damage while all aircraft returned undamaged.
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Ancona
Journalists Seek Landing Rights for Ford Peace Ship
Three reporters aboard the Ford peace party steamer Rotterdam asked the American embassy in London for permission to land at Falmouth. The embassy said direct requests must go to the U S State Department in Washington.
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London
Ford Peace Party
Falmouth
Rotterdam
State Department
Washington
German Patrol Ship Wrecked in Baltic Storm
A Copenhagen dispatch reports a German patrol ship stranded off Kongshoe, Aeroe Island in the Baltic and now a complete wreck. No bodies have washed ashore. it is believed the ship, part of a torpedo division south of Langeland, was being towed by a battleship when it broke loose in the storm.
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London
Copenhagen
Reuter’s
Kongshoei
Aeroe
Baltic
Langeland
Redmond Denies Resignation From Irish Leadership
London report claims John Redmond asked colleagues to accept his resignation as leader of the Irish Nationalists. He denounces the tale as rubbish and states there is not a word of truth in it from beginning to end.
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London
John Redmond
Redmond
Germany denies sinking of Persia liner
Secretary Lansing announced Berlin informed Ambassador Gerard that all German submarines in the Mediterranean reported none were involved in the destruction of the British liner Persia.
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Washington
Lansing
Berlin
Gerard
Mediterranean
Persia
Political dictator hits trail in Trenton rally
Quar termaster General C Edward Murray long a dominant political force in Trenton and his plants joined 590 employees to hear Billy Sunday appeal to penitents. Murray was the first to walk up the sawdust road as the service ended, sending an electric reaction through the crowd.
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Trenton
N. J
C. Edward Murray
Billy Sunday
Murray
Billy Sunday campaign gathers 300 converts in Syracuse
General Murray arrives as Billy Sunday urges workers from Empire Rubber and Crescent Belting to follow their leader. Sunday announces plans for a New York campaign and asks business leaders to mobilize, praising the energy of the audience while reporting 300 converts in the service.
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Billy
Empire Rubber Company
Crescent Belting Company
Mr. Murray
Golden Lanes
New York
Sunday
Syracuse
Trenton
Billy Sunday Business Men's Club
Murray
Artillery Fire Damages German Positions in Champagne and Woevre
Paris reports that French batteries shattered German trenches between the Oise and Aisne near Moulin-sous-Toutvent and were active along the front in Champagne and the Woevre. An enemy battery near Metzeral was badly damaged. No other major changes reported.
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Woevre
Oise
Paris
London
War Office
Aisne
Moulin-sous-Toutvent
Vosges
Metzeral
Turkish War Report Telegraphed From Constantinople
Official dispatch from Constantinople reports no major changes on most fronts. It notes an enemy monitor destroyed near Sheik Sand and describes heroic resistance on the Caucasus front between the Arasa and Arasid amid heavy snow. No changes elsewhere.
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Constantinople
London
Irak Front
Sheik Sand
Caucasus Front
Arasa
Arasid
British report on Fricourt mine blast and artillery action
London officials say a mine blew part of the enemy's parapets near Fricourt yesterday afternoon, causing heavy damage and casualties with follow up artillery fire. The day ends with only intermittent artillery activity and general quiet.
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London
Fricourt
Western and Caucasus fronts report unchanged and captures
The official communication says the Western front situation is unchanged. In the Caucasus fighting on the 16th Turkish officers and over 200 men were taken prisoner along with a gun and quantities of rifles, tents, provisions and materials.
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Petrograd
London
Caucasus
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