Dardanelles To Be Bombarded By Allied Fleets
Reports from Sofia, Bucharest, Constantinople and Petrograd say Britain France and Russia push Turkey toward war over Black Sea incidents. Turkish silence, German influence, and rapidly mounting hostilities signal an imminent assault on the Dardanelles. Russia demands disarmament of German officers and ships, with passports and ambassadorships withdrawn.
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Bucharest
Stantinople
Petrograd
Berlin
Porte
Pet
Germany
Black Sea
Great Britain
Suez Canal
Egypt
Dardanelles
London
Central News
Russia
Turkey
Goeben
Breslau
France
Constantinople
Oxylar
Salonica
Greece
Messagero
Bulgaria
Odessa
Italy
England
Bordeaux
Brandenburg
M. DeGiers
Constantinoe
Novorossisk
Paris
Rheumatism Sufferer Relieved by Varnesis Cure
Andrew Nelson of South Portland Maine reports thirteen years of severe sciatic rheumatism ended after taking Varnesis. He credits relief, regained activity, and a recommendation to friends. The ad promotes W A Varney of Lynn Massachusetts and a free consultation at 140 Boylston Street Boston, with distribution at Riker Jaynes and other druggists.
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Portland
F. D. No
W. A. Varney
Lynn
Mass
Boston
Boylston St
Get Warnes
Riker-Jaynes
Fierce Battle at Tsingtau Reported in Kiaochau
Official dispatches from Tokio describe a heavy battle at Tsingtau with German defenses arrayed at 30 fortified positions and 100 guns. Allied land and sea bombardments torch shipyards gas reservoirs and nearby areas as infantry assaults continue amid daily casualties since Oct 28. The German fortresses return fire while no surrender demand has been issued for Meyer Waldeck’s Kiaochau defenses.
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Tokio
Tsingtau
Kaiser
Meyer Waldeck
Kiaochau
British Rule Seizes Reservists on Neutral Vessels
The British information bureau reports that in response to German actions in Belgium and France, His Majesty's government will imprison all enemy reservists aboard neutral ships as prisoners of war.
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London
British Official Information Bureau
Belgium
France
His
Forgotten trench memories in The Messages verse excerpt
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson recalls war memories in a fragment from The Messages. The lines describe shelling, a bet on Hull United versus Halifax, a fullback change, and five soldiers who fell in the trenches. The speaker and the dying whisper their messages to the survivor.
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Hull United
Halifax
Jimmy Stainthorpe
Billy Bradford
Ginger
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
London Nation
Germans Appeal to Pope Over Rheims Signalling Claim
Dr. von Muehlberg the Prussian minister to the Holy See delivered a written protest to Cardinal Gasparri alleging the Rheims cathedral is used for signalling by the French commander. Gasparri said destruction of the cathedral is unjustified and the Holy See cannot verify the protest. The Pope reportedly telegraphed Rheims' archbishop urging the cathedral not be used for signalling.
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von Muehlberg
Holy See
Cardinal Gasparri
Rheims
Germany
Gasparri
France
Campaign for Higher British Pensions by G N Barnes MP
A British campaign led by G N Barnes MP seeks minimum weekly pensions for widows dependent mothers wives and permanently maimed soldiers and sailors. Proposals include a pound a week for widows and mothers and a raise for dependent children while highlighting the current low rates for wives and disabled veterans.
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G. N. Barnes
M. P
Barnes
Police Women Guard Camps As War Measures
The National Union of Women Workers patrols camp outskirts to curb discipline breaches by women camp followers. Army officials cite risk to recruits from female presence while efforts expand camp amusements. London’s first policewoman began duty at the Old Bailey to protect women and children, trained by Nina Boyle of the Women's Freedom League which offered patrols for streets and parks, though not yet accepted.
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Lord Kitchener
National Union of Women Workers
Wom
London
Old Bailey
Nina Boyle
Women’s Freedom League
Police Department
Germans Honor Hero Henry Binder Describes Fort Taken
Henry Binder, correspondent of the Serliner Tageblatt, is praised for his vivid account of the capture of the French fort at Lee Ayvelles. The report highlights Binder’s eyewitness details and the courage shown by Allied troops in the operation.
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Henry Binder
Serliner Tageblatt
Lee Ayvelles
Concert on the firing line by Bandmaster Becker in France
Bandmaster Adolf Becker describes a night march into camp near G- during a clash with French forces. After a sudden wake up the German outposts engaged in rapid fighting as artillery and infantry responded.
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Adolf Becker
France
von R
Brieux's Letter to the Soldier Without Letters
The noted French dramatist Brieux offers a wartime letter to the fighter who never receives mail. He urges the man to fight for the future, for French children, and to persevere with courage. Brieux notes no home or ancestors yet promises personal pride and a hopeful reunion.
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Brieux
French Academy
United States
London Observer
M. Brieux
Submarine Caught in Net by Dutch Trawler
A Dutch steam trawler in the North Sea felt dragged by an unseen force and nearly capsized. A submarine surfaced entangled in the net, the captain hailed it in English with no response, a rocket was sent up, the lines were cut, and the submarine vanished.
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James Dunn
London Daily Mail
Boston Post
Rotterdam
Yumiden Orts
North Sea
Battery Band Concert Amid Battlefield Laughter
The march past includes songs like I Feel so Fine in the Evening and Good Moon You Move So Quietly while shells burst and troops cheer. A French advance is met with Dolly You are the Light of my Eyes as German and American soldiers share music. Becker receives the Iron Cross for bravery.
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Second Landwehr- Pioneer Company
Becker
Peerless Introduces Light Car Matching 48-Six Quality
Peerless offers a lighter simpler all purpose car priced at five thousand dollars. The Peerless company, after twelve years of building premier American autos, positions this high quality light car as a logical successor to the 48-Six.
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Peerless
America
Peerless Company
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