German Version Says England Too Lost Ship
Berlin reports that German armored cruisers Seydlitz Deeflinger Moltke and Bluecher plus torpedo boat flotillas engaged five British battle cruisers not seriously damaged. One British cruiser and Bluecher were sunk. rest returned to port. London notes a new Galicia front attack by Austrian German forces.
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Associated Press
Berlin
North Sea
Admiral von Behncke
Seydlitz
Deeflinger
Moltke
Bluecher
Heligoland
French Take German Trench Near Berryaubac
Paris dispatch reports France captured a German trench near Berryaubac. All French assaults in Alsace were repulsed with heavy losses. Four hundred French soldiers were found dead after one Alsace attack.
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Associated Press
Berlin
France
Berryaubac
Alsace
Germany protests over American hydroplane shipments
Washington reports Germany protests shipping of American hydroplanes to allies describing them as vessels of war. Amsterdam dispatches say Russian assaults on Przemys have ceased with about 5 000 Russian prisoners in the fortress.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Amsterdam
Vienna
Przemys
German sixteen-inch naval gun announced with twenty five mile range
A German military newspaper reports the creation of a new naval gun of sixteen inches in caliber capable of twenty five miles range. An Associated Press dispatch from London notes a British air raid on Essen last week damaged four hundred military automobiles in a repair shop.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Essen
St. Omer
France
Germans Use Steel Shields in Trench Digging Near Warsaw
Petrograd reports German forces employ steel shields to trench dig during advances northwest of Warsaw amid World War I hostilities.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Warsaw
Civic League Park Work Begun in Bryan
A city committee with Engineer Adams surveyed the Civic League park plot east of the Houston and Texas Central station. The project aims to beautify Bryan with a sizable park, curb and gutter bids to be opened tomorrow, and community support urged for the effort.
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Adams
Civic League
Houston & Texas Central
The
Eagle
Bryan
City Beautiful
League
Washington's Birthday Celebration Excursions From Laredo
I. and G. N. Popular low rate excursions announced for February 20 21 22 with return by February 25. Tickets on sale February 20 21 and 22 from Laredo. for fares and schedules see ticket agent of the I. and G. N. Ry.
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Washington
Laredo
Bell talks across continent by telephone first in history
New York January 26 Alexander Graham Bell spoke from the office of AT&T president Theodore N. Vail and talked across the continent to San Francisco the first time a human voice carried ocean to ocean by wire. At San Francisco Thomas A Watson heard the reply echo from Boston.
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Alexander Graham Bell
New York
Thomas A. Watson
San Francisco
Ham Bell
Theodore N. Vail
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Conti
Ocean
Thomas .A. Watson
Boston
Mr. Bell
Anarchy Reigns in Mexico City Reports Say
Washington dispatches report that anarchy panic and disorder reign in Mexico City. It is alleged many women are near death from treatment by Villa troops as Carranza dispatches relay the situation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carranza Dispatches
Mexico City
Villa
Colquitt Announces 1916 Senate Candidacy
Former Governor O B Colquitt declares his bid for the United States Senate in 1916. The statement came from Dallas Texas on June 26 as he seeks the seat in the next election.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
O. B. Colquitt
United States Senate
New German Attack and World War Fronts Report
London reports Russia pouring reinforcements in Bokowina aiming for a Hungary invasion. Vienna doubts Transylvania invasion risk as Roumania may stay out. Poland sees heavy fighting with German gains. Kielce captured as a Russian base. British push toward Belgrade and Mesopotamia with artillery successes.
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Poland
Kielce
Belgrade
Mesopotamia
Sinking of British Battle Cruiser Reported Near Germany
Berlin reports new details of a Sunday battle in which a British battle cruiser was heavily damaged by German cannon fire and sunk by a torpedo boat. An airship followed the action and observed two English torpedo boats sunk and damage to other ships.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Allied successes in Belgium and Western Front updates
Paris dispatch reports Allied gains in Belgium with French forces repelling a near Ypres attack and inflicting 300 German deaths. French artillery prevented German reinforcements from leaving trenches. British forces near La Basse captured sixty Germans after repelling an attack. Germans seized a French trench at Craonne amid heavy artillery actions in Alsace.
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Associated Press
Paris
Belgium
Ypres
la Basse
Craonne
Alsace
Vague Street Scene Quips Note Public Behavior
A line notes that the average woman dismounts a trolley car and a joke in the same manner, suggesting a humorous or observational take on social conduct.
Duke Dr. Lorge Killed in Battle as War Report
Paris reports Duke Dr. Lorge, an artillery officer, killed in action. Berlin announces new food regulations seizing all corn wheat and flour by February 1, banning business in these commodities after today. Government moves dent the economy.
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Associated Press
Paris
Dr. Lorge
Germany
Berlin
German armored cruiser and torpedo boats lay mines near Aland
London reports a German armored cruiser with many torpedo boats sighted off the Aland Islands near the Finland coast today, laying mines.
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Associated Press
London
Aland Islands
Finland
Submarine Torpedo Hits Gazelle But Cruiser Reaches Port
Report from Malome Sweden indicates a submarine torpedoed the German cruiser Gazelle. however Gazelle returned to port without sinking, preserving the vessel and crew.
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Associated Press
Malome
Sweden
Gazelle
Fifty survivors land in Edinburgh from German cruiser Bluecher
From Edinburgh a brief AP dispatch reports that fifty survivors of the German cruiser Blücher landed there on an early January day, details of their condition not provided.
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Bluecher Land
Rv Associated Press
Edinburgh
Scotland
Mutiny quelled after 7 officers executed
Paris dispatches report a Turkish Army mutiny crushed after seventeen Turkish officers were executed. Russian sources say Russians retreat in the Caucasus while momentum shifts toward East Prussia. Bombing and combat reports flow from Dunkirk Bruges Ghent and East Prussia with Allied air activity over Belgium.
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Associated Press
London
Turkey
Caucasus
East Prussia
Thaw Returns to Tombs After Boston Transfer
Harry K Thaw arrives at the Tombs in New York after a ride from Boston, headed from New Hampshire, to face an indictment charging conspiracy tied to his Matteawan escape. Sheriff Hornbeck and two detectives accompany him as reporters surround the platform.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Boston
New Hampshire
State Asylum
Matteawan
Stanford White
Frederick Hornbeck
Duchess County
William Travers Jerome
German Supply Ship Sunk by Australian Cruiser
An Australian cruiser sunk a German supply ship serving as an auxiliary to German cruisers. The action occurred as part of ongoing naval operations near London on January 23.
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Associated Press
London
Allies Occupy Labasse Near Lille Reported
Paris reports that the allies occupied Labasse near Lille. A Zeppelin seen over Ostend is reported. Roumania is purchasing war munitions in the United States amid war news from London.
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Labasse
Associated Press
Paris
Lille
Roumania Purchasing
United States
London
Roumania
America
Dutch fishermen report Zep pelin founder near Leyden coast
Dutch fishermen at Leyden sighted a Zeppelin founder in the North Sea on Friday night but could not render aid. The disaster occurred only a few miles off the Dutch coast.
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Associated Press
London
Leyden
North Sea
Austrian Premier Count Stuergkh Reported Resigned
Rome reports on January 23 that Austrian Premier Count Stuergkh has resigned from office.
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Associated Press
Rome
Count Stuergkh
Thaw Remains in Tombs as legal maneuvering continues
Counsel for the State and Thaw traveled on the same train. Thaw and his guard breakfasted at a hotel before the prisoner was moved to the Tombs. He attended Protestant chapel services while Sunday visits were denied without a Supreme Court order. Attorneys cautioned they may not seek bail even if set, pending further steps.
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Thaw
Supreme Court
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