Kaisers Send Reinforcements Reach Belgian Front
London dispatch reports fresh German forces arriving in Belgium to counter Allied gains around St. George's, Roulers, and Ypres. German high command cites French massing in the Vosges and asserts a shift to defensive harassment along the line as Allied pressure continues.
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London
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Roulers
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Yser
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Westende
Nieuport
Ypres
Russians Forced Back in Carpathian Passes. Vienna Reports
Vienna reports the War Office Review says Russian forces failed to seize Carpathian passes as strong Austrian powers control inner passes. A Russian attack at Uzsok pass failed with heavy losses, prompting fears of renewed drive toward Cracow. Prince Frederick promoted in Berlin. Britain prepares full reply to Wilson. Allied and Russian actions extend across fronts with French progress and German resistance in Alsace and Champagne.
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War Office
Carpathinn
Innet
Hungary
Uzsok Pass
Cracow
Relative of Baltimore Man Describes Mines in France Front
Jules Cugnin, a Baltimore area native living in New York, writes of a two week stint as a mine setter with France's Division of Miners and Sappers. He and 17 others worked nightly for 15 days under German lines, placing charges and wires near enemy positions, then triggering them from French lines, amid heavy shelling.
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Baltimore
France
Jules Cugnin
Eugene T. Trinite
Barclay Street
Cugnin
America
New York
Progressive party leaders press for Bull Mooser to lead Trade Commission
Washington reports Progressive members of Congress urged President Wilson to name a Progressive as one of the five Trade Commission members. The delegation led by Rep Chandler of New York included Senators Poindexter and Clapp and several representatives. A New York lawyer who ran on the Progressive ticket was proposed, with requests for a mix of Republican and Democratic appointees. The White House said no selections were made and nominations would wait until after New Year.
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New Trade Commission
New York
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Poindexter
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Fleoner
Rupley and Kelly
Pennsylvania
Clapp
Minnesota
White House
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Senate
Fiske Files Bankruptcy Amid Shuttered Play
Harrison Grey Fiske, theatrical producer, filed a bankruptcy petition in U S District Court. Liabilities total 94 198 and assets 78 794. The move follows the sudden closing of the Fiske production Just Herself last night.
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New York
Harrison Grey Fiske
United States District Court
Fiske
Cumberland Brick Company to Erect Plant for Paving Blocks
The Cumberland Brick Company, owned by Ormee Wayor Watfren and C White, near Market on the Western Maryland Railway, has contracted machinery for a paving blocks and face brick plant costing about 70000 dollars. Delivery is due in four weeks and the plant is expected to start by April 1, employing about thirty men.
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Cuamben and Brick Company
Ormee
Wayor Watfren
C. White
Western Maryland Railway
Markeet
Poppy-cock Says Clark Not Candidate for President
Washington reports Speaker Champ Clark dismissed claims of pursuing the 1916 Democratic nomination. He called the rumor pure buncombe and said his stance remains unchanged. He would support President Wilson if his record merits it, otherwise the nomination would be unattractive.
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Wilson
Manly resolve from court as charming prisoner vows change
In New York a transgender prisoner, alias May Miller, 28, wearing feminine attire, pleads for leniency after resentencing for drug possession. The judge urges her to try to be a man once released, while the courtroom gasps at the striking appearance and demeanor. Miller vows to reform during a three month workhouse term.
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New York
Charles Miller
Aliag May Miller
East 10Th Street
Miller
Prisoner to face six alleged wives if identified
New York police expect to confront Leon ard Hornbach in custody with possibly six women claiming to be his wives once extradition from St Louis is arranged. Authorities compare a photograph with the suspect, believing him to be Carl Von Wagner, in a case tied to Moboken killings. Detectives will travel to St Louis with extradition papers.
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New York
Leonard Hornbach
St. Louis
Carl von Wagner
von Wagner
St. Louis Bay
Austria Reluctantly Withdraws From Przemyśl Front
Vienna reports the War Office stating Austrian forces in southern Galicia retreated to fix the battle line rather than a general retreat. Losses are heavy but not disproportionate to forces engaged, with northern lines intact and artillery and transport being drawn back.
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Galicia
Coma
Carpathians
Iac Ac
War Office
Japanese Troops Said To Aid Allies Via Vladivostok Route
A London dispatch reported by the Evening Journal states Japanese troops have been transported by sea to Vladivostok and are moving toward Europe via the Trans Siberian Railroad. Thirty steamers are claimed to have carried soldiers from Japan, with Mikado troops en route.
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the Evening Journal
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Vladivostok
Europe
Japan
Atlantic City Woman Confesses Poisoning Husband for Insurance
Nettie Salines, 32, in custody, admits she poisoned her husband Alexander Salines to collect a $1,000 life policy he newly took out. She is held without bail pending grand jury action. Coroner probes the death of her former husband from about two years earlier.
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Atlantic City
Nettie Salines
Alexander Salines
Atlantic County
Bryan Ready to Inform Germany on Bullets Probe
Secretary of State Bryan will go to Berlin within days to present the U S reply to Germany’s protest that dum-dum bullets are made in the United States for British forces. State Department officials say bullets shown do not fit any military rifle and the note stresses no favoritism in the war. The German submission, filed by Count von Bernstorff, includes sample bullets stamped by Union Lead Cartridge Company and telegrams showing wounded Germans.
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Berlin
United States
Kaiser
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Belgium
Union Let
Roark
Edison power deal seals ten year B and O contract
The Edison Electric and H luminatine Company secured a ten year contract to supply all electric light and power for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad works. The move follows prior tests in 1911 and signals extensive planned improvements and future electrification of steam operated sections. Milner Roberts, manager, signed the agreement, seen as a step toward lower costs and improved service for the railroad. A night service will operate at Cehire shed with Joseph Daween en delivering the address.
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Edison Electric and Hluminatine Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
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Molison Company
Milner Roberts
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