Germans Halt German Advance West of Warsaw
Dispatches from Petrograd describe fighting west of Warsaw where Russians repelled a German river crossing on the Bzura. An entire German regiment reportedly perished and many more were wounded or drowned. Russian mines caused heavy German losses as the Germans withdrew to cover.
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London
Petrograd
Warsaw
Bzura
Khopaob
Batum
Van
von Hindenburg
Baura
Aggressive Allied Campaign Presses Germans From France Belgium
Allied forces including French British and Belgian armies push into northern France and the Somme region driving Germans from key positions. Rail repairs north of Rheims Verdun threaten German ability to shift forces as British fleet bombards Zeebrugge and fortifications near Heyst. Russian maneuvers deny German defeats and threaten central fronts while Austro German efforts in Galicia and Poland stall near Przemysl and Warsaw.
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London
Champagne
Argonne
St. Mihiel
Rheims
Verdun
Thaw Mother Vows to Continue Fight After Court Ruling
Mrs Mary Copley Thaw, mother of Harry K Thaw, says the ruling forcing Thaw back to face trial for conspiring to escape Matteawan does not end the struggle The State plans to bring Thaw to New York City within about thirty days and has ordered extra guards to prevent another escape while Thaw and his counsel decide the next steps
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New York
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry Kk. Thaw
Thaw
United States Court
Matteawan Hospiital
Mr. Jerome
New York State
Jerome
Pittsburgh
United States Steel Holds Wages Steady for Now
United States Steel will not institute a general wage cut at present, per Judge Vibert J. Gary chairman after a finance committee meeting. Some readjustments in skilled labor pay may occur on a lower basis, with no overall wage reduction.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Vibert J. Gary
Gary
Slain Man's Wife and Brother Held in West Virginia
In Preston County West Virginia on December 23 Alonzo Piles died from bullet wounds. His wife and brother J W Piles were arrested and held in Kingwood awaiting a preliminary murder hearing. Authorities dispute the claim of self defense citing powder burns as evidence.
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Grafton
W. Va
Alonzo Pilés
Howeeville
Preston County
J. W. Piles
Kingwood
Piles
British Reinforcements Reported On Continental Front
New York dispatch cites a British expansion of forces in France and Belgium. An American businessman says 250000 men would be moved to a line northwest of Paris by December 20, with a major Allied spring offensive expected and German forces pressured on multiple fronts.
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Sels
Great Britain
Havre
Paris
Belgium
France
Frankivy Y
Three Corners Pistol Fight Wounds Ossining Policeman
In Tarrytown New York on December 23 a pistol battle involving three men near Main Street caused panic among commuters. Policeman Frank Minnerly of Ossining was seriously wounded with a collapsed lung and a broken wrist while his partner James Irving escaped unharmed. the third man James Brown also fled. Authorities warned surrounding towns as they sought Brown, wanted for assaults in Ossining. Minnerly, 41, has served over fourteen years on the Ossining force.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
New York
New York Central Station
Frank Minnerly
Ossining
Tarrytown Hospital
James Irving
James Brown
Brown
Main Street
White Street
France Describes War Aims and World Salvation
Paris reports Premier Vivian speaking to the chamber of deputies. He outlines France and allies pursuing vengeance for outraged rights and restoring Belgium, crushing Prussian forces, and rebuilding a just Europe. He frames the war as a struggle for world fate, not territory or gain.
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Paris
France
Coour
Belgium
Europe
Pretier Vivian
Chamber of Deputies
Sergeant Feeds Unemployed Men After A Night In Courtroom
Pittabure December 23. Time seven thirty P M at the Penn avenue police station Sergeant Patrick Fitz gerald supervises 154 tired men who ask to stay overnight. He challenges them to work, then has them clean a courtroom. Four hours later the room is spotless and the sergeant rewards the men with beef stew soup potatoes bread and coffee. The speaker commends the sergeant with three cheers.
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Pittabure
Penn Avenue
Patrick Fitzgerald
Slayer Cleary Reflects On Daughter's Testimony In Murder Trial
New York December 23 William V Cleary town clerk of Hav ers tarow freed last Saturday on charges of murdering his son in law Eugene M Newman he credited his daughter Annie Cleary Newman with taking the stand and swearing away her honor for him He said he believed he would be acquitted the second day in jail and that his daughter was not forced to testify The widow Annie Cleary Newman told reporters she was to blame for the tragedy and spoke from her hospital bedside in New City
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William V. Cleary
Haverstraw
Eugene M. Newman
Cleary
West 1 Street
Annie Cleary Newman
New City
Store Open Tonight on Union Street Ad Offerings
Announcement for a local store opening on Union Street Edison Elec advertisement listing offerings. Includes Pied Sebadex and related products.
Sturgiss Enjoins Liquor Shipments to West Virginia
Judge George C. Sturgiss in Morgantown issued injunctions restraining the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Wells Fargo Express from delivering intoxicating liquor into West Virginia shipments originating outside the state. The ruling cites the Webb Kenyon Federal act and the Yost State-Wide Prohibition law. Case to be carried to the Supreme Court.
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George C. Sturgiss
Morgantown
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wells-Fargo Express Company
West Virginia
Webb. Kenyon
Yost
Supreme Court
Woman fights for divorce after tintype scare
Mrs Sophia Forrester, a Manhattan music teacher, seeks to reopen a divorce decree against Otto Foerester claiming he forced her to leave, damaged by his accusations of desertion. She recounts a tintype letter with a bullet hole and a troubled marriage from 1907. Vice Chancellor Griffin took the case under advisement.
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Sophia Forrester
East Ninety-fourth Street
Manhattan
Griffin
Chancery Chambers
Jersey City
Otto Foerester
Foerester
Russians threat German flank but suffer heavy losses
London dispatch reports Vienna stating renewed Russian attacks in the Carpathians and along the Latoroza and Haggaz rivers with limited success. Russians push along the Vistula threatening the German flank while suffering heavy losses on the lower Donajec. German forces retreat to protect Prussian railroads as Russians swing southward toward Warsaw.
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Carpathians
Latoroza
Haggaz
Vistula
Donajec
Neidenburg
Borg
Pilica
Warsaw
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