French Making Gains A Long Line Of Battle
Pittsburgh reports two prominent residents died by their own actions. Dr Harry M King was found dying in his Marine Bank building room with carbolic acid nearby and died despite aid from Dr Milton King and others. Victor Mayer a former bank figure shot himself in his Sixth Avenue home, causing instant death.
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Pittsburgh
Harry M. King
Marine Bank
Milton King
Victor Mayer
Sixth Avenue
Terre Haute Officials Indicted in 1915 Fraud Probe
Terre Haute Indiana January 4 indictments have been returned against over a hundred city officials and associates linked to a grand jury probe of November elections. Mayor Donn M Roberts, once in line for governor now faces arraignment around January 15. Robers rose from city engineer to mayor amid violent election days and police crackdowns.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Donn M. Roberts
Marion County
Indianapolis
Mikesell
Roberts
United States
Frank C. Dailey
Daniel Fasig
Indiana
Terre
London Stock Exchange Reopens After Five Month War Closure
London opens as war closure ends. large crowd gathers at the front desk to cheer and sing the national anthem before the formal reopening. The restart marks a major return to regular market activity after wartime halt.
French Gain in Alsace Yet Russian Hold Balks At Warsa w
Paris reports slow French gains along the Upper Alsace front from Cerney to east of Steinau with repulsed German counterattack near Cerney amid extreme cold and heavy rains affecting fighting. Russians hold key advantage at Warsaw while battling Turks and Austrians with renewed activity in the Carpathians and Balkans.
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Warsaw
Paris
Alsace
Cerney
Muelhausen
Steina
Oise
Aisne
Champagne
le Charlet
Bethel
Pretre
First Annual Cumberland Chamber Banquet Set Tonight
Cumberland prepares for the first annual Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Windsor Hotel dining room. President Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway will speak on Possible Prosperity and How We Can Get It, with other speakers including Thomas Footer and William J. H. Boeteker. Judge Robert R. Henderson to act as toastmaster. a large attendance is anticipated with special music by Daisy's Orchestra and a festive luncheon menu planned.
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C. of C
Windsor Hotel
Daniel Willard
Laitimore and Ohio Railroad
Thomas Footer
Chamber of Commerce
Cumberland
William J. H. Boeteker
Toledo
Thomas G. Pownall
Edwin L. Quarles
Baltimore
Robert R. Henderson
Willard
Maryland
Daisy
Baltimore & Ohio
Germans Expect Long War Says English Observer
A British official at the front in a December despatch says German prisoners appear gloomy but this does not reflect troops' sentiments. He notes Germans feel no real pinch of want or materiel, believe Russia defeated, England decadent, and France exhausted, yet fear a longer war than expected.
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London
Russia
England
France
Germans Concede War Deadlock in New Bankers’ Letter
London reports that a Danish banker cites a Berlin financier admitting German leaders now accept the impossibility of winning the war. A neutral official corroborates that Germany expects a military stalemate with Warsaw unreachable and Allied offensives likely ineffective.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Berlinois de la Finance
France
Warsaw
Suffragists Press Obama Wilson for Federal Woman Suffrage
A delegation of Democratic women plans to ask President Wilson to support a federal constitutional amendment granting woman suffrage. The effort targets the House vote set for January 12, with Mrs. George A. Armes leading the DC Wilson and Marshall League delegation. An automobile parade will precede the White House call.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
House
George A. Armes
District of Columbia
Wilson and Marshall League
Congress
New York
Tennessee
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Coaster Catastrophe Hospitalizes Injury on Meyerdale Sled
Joseph Weakland sustained a badly broken leg and crushed knee cap after being hurled into a culvert when a sled turned on Meyers avenue at Meyerdale. Five others on the ride escaped with minor bruises. Weakland was taken to Mercy hospital in Pittsburg for treatment.
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Joseph Weakland
Meyerdale
Meyers Avenue
Weakland
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburg
Robbers Take 36 Pairs Of Shoes From Piedmont Store
The Eagle Clothing shop in Piedmont West Virginia owned by A Abramson was robbed in the early hours. A chisel bearing WV Central railway imprint forced the rear door and the find was made at 6 pm yesterday. Robbers took 36 pairs of Douglas shoes valued between 3.50 and 5 dollars, one suitcase and one shirt. no suspects identified.
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Eagle Clothing
Piedmont
W. Va
A. Abramson
West Virginia Central Railway
Abramson
Russia Not Yet Ready for Peace
Rome reports the Russian ambassador to Italy M. Kroupenski denying any plan to seek peace. He states Russia will not discuss peace until enemies accept terms allies deem the only guarantee of lasting peace.
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Rome
Italy
M. Kroupenski
Petrograd
Russia
Eastern victims show improvement after Baltimore turnpike crash
H Earl Walker badly injured in the coasting accident had his leg amputated but is now improving at Western Maryland Hospital. Other injured include Mrs. Thomas Young with a broken nose Miss Gildie Barnes with a bruised side who fainted and was momentarily believed dead Miss Emma Sturtz of Baltimore Avenue with a head bruise. Seven people rode on the eastern vehicle.
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H. Earl Walker
Baltimore
Western Maryland Hospital
Thomas Young
Gildie Barnes
Emma Sturtz
Baltimore Avenue
Court action seeks to compel liquor shipments reception
Thomas H. Burke, a wholesale liquor dealer, seeks a mandamus in federal court to force Wells Fargo Express and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to receive liquor shipments for personal use. The case tests whether interstate commerce federal authority or West Virginia state regulation governs personal use liquor shipments. Evidence served on Baltimore and Ohio officials and Wells Fargo officials marks the proceedings.
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Maxwel
Clarksburg
W. Va
Wells Fargo Express Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Thomas H. Burke
United States District Court
Walter C. Capper
Fred
West Virginia
Harrison, Preston and
Taylor
Baltimor
Ohio
Lindsay
Well Fargo Express
Baltimore
Burke
Rose
Westginia
Well
Harrison County
Bluefering
S&s
German Chancellor Bets on Victory Amid War Strain
Imperial chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg told an Associated Press interviewer he is confident Germany will win the war. He spoke of favorable eastern front developments and said Germans do not cherish hate though his son is reported wounded and captured in Poland. He praised English policy but warned that a longer war is likely, and noted strong war loan support.
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Shangeior
East Front
Richmond Capitalists Plan Shrapnel Plant For War Order
Richmond capitalists including Fritz Sitterding form a company to build a shrapnel shell plant. An expected foreign order worth 17 million dollars could cover 750000 shells in twelve months at about 50 dollars each. The venture aims to employ many workers as part of a larger 39 million dollar war effort.
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Richmond
Fritz Sitterding
French Aviators Destroy German Dirigible Shed
Rotterdam dispatch reports French aviators bombarded Etterbeck near Brussels and destroyed a German dirigible shed under construction, killing several German soldiers in the raid.
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Rotterdam
Etterbeck
Gereman Aviation
Brussels
Prize for Triplets Promoted in Texas Visit Plan
Austin Jan 4 1916 press release announces a new prize for families with multiples. James H K Ferguson states the aim to visit Texas homes to boost interest and reward the first twins and the first triplets with cash prizes.
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Austin
Tex
James HK. Fergusen
Texas
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Jaffa
Carpathians
Gortice
Cumberland Dairy
Queen City Depot
Boeteker
Allegany County High School
Cumberland Civic Club
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Boetcker
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