Kaiser Wilhelm Returns to the Front in World War I
World War I dispatches report Kaiser Wilhelm has returned to the front with the war ministry. It remains unclear whether he travels to the western or eastern front. Collected reports note large Russian and Allied movements, including a million-man Russian line from the Vistula to the Pilica and ongoing Franco-Belgian advances with gains near La Bassée and Ypres.
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London
Kaiser Wilhelm
Berlin
Amsterdam
Germans Evacuate Dixa wade and Warsaw battle intensifies
Amsterdam dispatch says Germans evacuated Dixa wade while claiming no fall of Middlekerke. In Poland, von Hindenburg’s forces push toward Warsaw along the Vistula and Pripycs front, Russians retreating across the Byura as German detachments suffer heavy losses. East Prussia actions continue, Austrian sortie from Preemys fails with prisoners and guns seized. Rome reports Warsaw bombarded by Zeppelin. two houses destroyed and several killed, with more damage from a later air strike.
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Byura
Warsaw
von Hindenburg
Stern
Tannenberg
East Prussia
Lowicz Taken by Germans After Big Battle Report
Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s army captured Lowicz in Russian Poland after days of heavy fighting. The Russian lines retreated about 34 kilometers, leaving Warsaw about 40 kilometers away as German pursuit advances. Hindenburg notes enormous Russian losses with 100,000 taken prisoners since November 13, calling Tannenberg casualties far smaller by comparison.
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Lowicz
Posen
Berlin
London
von Hindenburg
Poland
Lodz
Warsaw
British Report Enemies In Far Greater Forge
London reports describe great difficulties in military operations in France and Belgium as of December 17. An official observer at British headquarters notes the opposition resembles early October but with the enemy now in far greater force and better organized positions.
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London
France
Belgium
Official Information Bureau
Bethlehem Steel to Build New Projectile Plant in Newcastle
Bethlehem Steel Company closed arrangements for a new projectile plant at Newcastle Delaware. The expansion follows renewed ammunition orders after president Shegles M. Schwab’s recent European trip.
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem Steel Company
Newcastle
Del
Shegles M. Schwab
Young Educator Josiah Gain Fatally Burned
Dr. Josiah Wesley Gain, 36, assistant professor of mathematics at Washington and Jefferson College, was fatally burned when his bathrobe caught fire from an open grate in his room. He taught briefly, studied at Chicago, earned a PhD at Johns Hopkins, and is survived by his mother, brother Robert C. Gain, and sister Mrs Chrisman of Martinsburg.
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Josiah Wesley Gain
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington
Martinsburg
Gain
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W. Va
University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins University
Ile
Robert C. Gain
Chrisman
Woman appointed probate judge in Missouri
In Jefferson City Missouri Governor Elliott W Major appointed Frances Hopking as probate judge for Clay county succeeding her father Judge Lewis G Hopkins who died last Friday The appointment is historic and Hopking is expected to serve only until a special election to complete the late judge’s term.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Elliott W. Major
Frances Hopking
Clay County
Lewis G. Hopkins
Hopkins
Solid Train of Turkeys Heads to Pittsburg
A solid special train of eighteen cars loaded with turkeys from Roane and Jackson counties West Virginia was shipped over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Pittsburg.
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Roane
Jackson Counties
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pittsburg
Cincinnati Financier Eugene Zimmerman Dies at Club
Eugene Zimmerman former president of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad and financier died suddenly at a club from lung hemorrhage. He was father of the Duchess of Manchester and helped unite the railroad lines and aided the Pere Marquette sale to J P Morgan and Co. He was a Civil War veteran and a 33rd degree Mason.
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Cincinnati
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Zimmerman
Manchester
Hall
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. P. Morgan & Co
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Loyal Legion
Woman barricades home and shoots two officers in Wilkins township
Mary Rodgers barricaded herself in her Wilkins township home and fired on Constable D. Walker and Township Policeman Henry F. Adams when they attempted to serve an arson warrant. Both officers were gravely injured. Rodgers was arrested as county detectives pursued her. The Skelton home at 124 Roosmore Street burned earlier, with a $4,000 loss.
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Pittsburg
Justice of the Peace
William Skelton
Wilkins Township
Mary Rogers
D. Walker
Henry F. Adams
Skelton
Roosmore Street
Adams
Rodgers
Christmas photo display by electric light hours
Evening photos captured under electric illumination offer a window into festive scenes. Open Sundays at 65 percent capacity, located at Centre de16-4t, inviting visitors to a seasonal showcase.
Store Open Tonight With Xmas Offers at Union Street
Advertisement notes Edison Electric Company store opens tonight at 14 Union Street featuring Christmas season offers and shopping incentives for customers.
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Union St. Edison Electric
Judge rebukes jury over Freer of man who killed son in law
In Poughkeepsie New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Morsch says the Saturday acquittal of William V Cleary did not match his views. He notes murder is murder and doubts the degree of crime and warns jurors against sympathy influencing verdicts. Cleary was said to be saved by testimony from his daughter in law.
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Supreme Court
Joseph Morschauser
William V. Cleary
New City
N. Y
Bis
Cleary
Wholesale Executions Reported Across Northern Mexico
Reports from El Paso say hundreds of political offenders have been killed by conventionalist officials in northern Mexico. Authorities claim 140 killed in Chihuahua City over two weeks and nearly 100 in Juarez amid street fighting. Consul Agent Carothers says Governor Mayortena plans to withdraw troops from the border to avoid further cross border fire. Also noted is the death of H. Co. Spangler of Lutz Spangler Lumber, with funeral in Brookville.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Mexico City
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Washington
Consuler
Carothers
State Department
May Ortena
Vina
Iikins
W. Va
Dee
H. Co. Spangler
Lutz & Spangler
Elkwater
Brookville
West Virginia
Kittie McAnineh
Sunday School Room Dedicated in Elkins West Virginia
The Methodist Episcopal Church in Elkins West Virginia yesterday dedicated its new Sunday school room. The church network reports an enrollment of over 600 students and the classes now have separate rooms for instruction.
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Elkins
W. Va
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
George J. Dreyer’s Funeral Tomorrow
The funeral for 71 year old George John Dreyer will be at Trinity German Lutheran Church at 10 o clock Tuesday morning. Pallbearers are his nephews Carl and Raymond Zimmerly Henry Mulford Frank Dreyer. Survivors include wife Elizabeth Keyser and ten children with seven grandchildren. Dreyer, a boat builder and former Cumberland police officer, helped honorably in Knobley Conclave, Improved Order of Heptasophs.
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George John Dreyer
Wine Street
Trinity German Lutheran Church
Carl
Raymond Zimmerly
Henry, Mulford
Frank Dreyer
Dreyer
Mt. Savage
Cumberland
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Cumberland Police
Hebb and Shuck
Eliabeth Keyser
T. B. WaHey
Charles Crapper
Margaret Illobrock
Ambrose Murphy
Lucy
Nellie Dreyer
Frederick C. Dreyer
Clara
George
Clarence Dreyer
Knobley
Thaw Must Return to New York State for Conspiracy Charge
The U S Supreme Court rules Harry K Thaw must return to New York to face trial on a conspiracy charge after overturning a lower court. The decision reverses a habeas corpus grant by the U S Court.
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Thaw
N. Y
Washington
Harry K. Thaw
New York State
Supreme Court
United States Court
Italian Riots Quelled by Police and Soldiers in Rome
In Rome and across Italy police and troops restrained riotous demonstrations during anniversary celebrations of Oberdank's death. Crowds distributed posters and leaflets praising the revolutionary figure while Cola Anni addressed supporters. Ricciotti Garibaldi spoke amid cheers as crowds attempted to march on central areas. A Republican procession later unveiled a tablet in Oberdank’s honor.
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Rome
Italy
Overdank
Francis Joseph
Cola Anni
Riccelotti Garibaldi
Garibaldi
Carrera Island
Garbaldi
Trent
Tyleste
Republican Club
Oberdank
Kaiser Seeks Defense Line Against Gzar General Says
A Russian general staff officer returning from the front reviews the war outlook in optimistic terms. He notes the front has shifted eastward, German efforts focused from Pos en to Kalisz, with Meckensen and Francois at Lodz to Piotrkow and forts along the lines. Austro German forces push toward Cracow, Galicia, and Western Poland as rail lines enable maneuvering across the front.
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Kaiser
GZAR
Posen
Kalisz
Meckensen
Francois
Brura
Plock
Domitz
Lodz
Piotrkow
Clechanow
Makow
Silesia
Olkusa
Wolbrom
Novo Radomsk
Dunajec
Cracow
Przemysl
Carpathians
Galicia
Russia
Hotel Manis Found Murdered in Cleveland
Cleveland, Dec. 21. William Troy, proprietor of Hotel Manis, was found dead in his hotel this morning with wounds above the heart. Police investigation centers on a theory involving suspected foul play and possible motives linked to the hotel’s operations.
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Cleveland
William Troy
Withbie Soelry
Io Miseigg
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