Russians Rout Turks After Two Fights in War News
Russian forces claim two victories in the Caucasus and Persia. They report crushing a Turkish column near Mélazghert, taking officers and men as prisoners and seizing arms and ammunition. Advancing troops reach Khynysakala and press the pursuit toward Mush. in Persia they say large Turkish forces were defeated near Lake Urmia with prisoners taken.
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Riga
Bukowina
Petrograd
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Galicia
Boyan
Caucasus
Erverum
Mush
Khynysakala
Lake Urumiah
Persia
Lazghert
Khynyasskala
Erserum
Italians Prepare to Defend Valona Amid Balkan Push
Rome reports Albania except Valona port and hinterland is evacuated by Allies while Italian forces hold fortified Valona. Austro Italian Bulgarian detachments close in from north and east. an attack may begin within a fortnight. Naval clash at Valona possible if Austrian fleet shells the port. Allies aim to retain Valona and Saloniki as key bases at all costs.
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Rome
Albania
Valona
Adriatic
Balkan
Saloniki
What’s Going On Today in Cumberland Amusements
The Maryland Theater features Percival Knight and New York Company in Nobody Home. Grande Theatre shows pictures. Liberty Theatre screens Boy Love Redeemed by Vitagraph. Victoria Theatre screens pictures. Belvedere Theatre presents pictures. Central Y M C A hosts basketball Shenandoah Military Academy vs Tk.50a. Queen City Skating Rink features Prof. Aton and his trained dogs.
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Percival Knight
New York
Grande Theatre—Pictures
Liberty Theatre
Vitagraph
Victoria Theatre—Pictures
Belvedere Theatre—Pictures
Central Y. M. C. A
Shenandoah Military Academy
Queen City Skating Rink
Prof
Aton
Persia Case Still Unsolved Says U S Inquiry
The United States has asked Austria for a definite statement on whether any Austrian submarine commander knows of the sinking of the British liner Persia with two American deaths. Germany denies any submarine involvement and survivors’ claims remain unproved. State Department aims to close the case with a Vienna denial after fresh reports from Austrian submarine officers in the Mediterranean.
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Washington
United States
Austria
Penfield
State Department
Germany
Vienna
Seven Men Burned at Du Pont Plant in Delaware
Seven workmen were burned at the Du Pont Powder Company plant in Carneys Point New Jersey near Wilmington Delaware. Three were seriously injured and one lightly burned. The fires destroyed multiple buildings and lighted skies for miles. Victims include Fred Fitz Lawrence Holt William Wallace Harry Miller J E Williams and David Ball.
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David Ball
Dickinson Street
Philadelphia
Fred Starling
Fitz
Holt
Wallace
Starling
White House Couple Reaches Pittsburgh
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson arrived in Pittsburgh and were escorted by a chamber of commerce committee to the Schenly Hotel. The president prepared his speech amid curious crowds lining the corridors hoping to greet the First Couple.
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Schenley Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Wilson
Teutonic aeroplane attacks ocean liner Carlo
Hull reports a German aviator zigzagged over the North Sea and dropped six bombs at the Wilson liner Carlo. The craft pursued the ship for several hours but all bombs fell wide of the mark. no injuries or damage were reported.
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Hull
England
North Sea
Carlo
Allied Marines Take Greek Fort
Allied marines from French British Russian and Italian warships occupied the Greek fort of Karabar at daybreak Friday amid Greek protest. This marked the first joint land action by all the allies and caused widespread excitement among observers in Saloniki.
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Athens
Karabar
Saloniki
War costs and thrift urged by UK officials in lecture
London on January 29 Sir Herbert Samuel and Prof Herbert Foxwell debated wartime finance. Samuel said national income is about 2.4 billion pounds yearly with the war consuming roughly 1.8 billion, leaving 600 million for other needs and implying future generations will bear the cost. He called for national thrift and limiting luxuries to fund the war via income, fearing only higher taxes and stricter curbs will achieve the goal.
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London
Herbert 8
Foxwell
St. John’s College Cambridge
Herbert JL. Samuel
Home Affairs
Herbert
Serbia’s Adriatic Ambition Ends with Albania Evacuation
Serbia’s century old aim to be a sea power with Adriatic access is likely crushed after the Serbia Italy accord to evacuate Albania. Serbians in Bari blame military errors of the Allies for the setback and the lost hopes. A separate item reports Charles Douglas, an escaped condemned killer, recaptured near Irwin by local police at the Monongahela Reading Company plant.
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Serbia
Adriatic
Albania
Bari
Italy
Irwin
Charles Douglas
Greensburg County
Hohntown
Monongahelia
Army defense plan calls for 1 025 000 men to guard coast
Washington January 29 Lieut Col W G Haan told the Senate Military Committee that a defense board estimated a necessary force of about 1 025 000 men to protect vital U S areas from Portland to Norfolk. The plan outlines divisions of 29 000 men and a six division reserve to cover coast regions and metropolitan districts with mobile troops plus coast artillery.
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Washington
B Cc
United States
Senate Military Committee
W. G. Haan
War Department
Col. Haan
Hitchcock
Portland
Norfolk
Haan
Boston
Narrangansett
New London
New York
Delaware
Baltimore
Hoston
Coast Artillery
Brandeis Confirmed Amid Bitter Senate Clash
Washington reports the historic near unanimous vote set to confirm Louis D. Brandeis as Supreme Court justice, succeeding Lamar. The nomination sparked sweeping opposition, with Democrats especially fierce, hearings likely to begin Monday, and a Judiciary Committee split over his fitness.
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Senate
Washington
Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandeis
Lamar
Uustdle
Senate Judiciary Committee
Weeks
Brandeis
Potomac
Nomi
Dam Break Threatens San Diego Water Supply
Rescuers race to Otay valley where the city’s water dam broke sending a 30 foot wall of water toward ranches. Dozens reported dead or missing and families and livestock feared drowned amid rising flood danger.
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San Diego
Otay Valley
Wilson Urges National Defense Speech in Pittsburgh
President Wilson warned Americans to prepare for national defense not war or aggression urging focus on national welfare. He cautioned about global friction as commerce depends on warring nations and pressed avoiding personal ambition for the country. About six thousand listened as Burke introduced him at Memorial Hall.
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Pittsburgh
Wilson
Memorial Hall
James F. Burke
Bank Run Sparks Panic At Local Savings Bank
Pittsburgh residents rushed Farmers Deposit and Savings Bank at noon convinced of danger after a malicious rumor. The bank was believed solvent, but the threat triggered a sudden crowd and security measures as officials sought to reassure customers.
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Pittsburgh
Farmers Deposit and Savings Bank
United States proposes declaration on submarine warfare rules
The United States seeks belligerents to sign a principles declaration governing attacks on merchant ships. It urges warning before attacks, humane treatment of noncombatants, and limits on arming merchant vessels. Italy and others are pressured to affirm, with the US warning it may enforce the policy at American ports. Frostburg readies for Blue Ridge League membership with funding and park upgrades.
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Germany
Austria
New York
Great Britain
American
Frostburg
Gladstone
Charles W. Boyer
Blue Ridge League
Hagerstown
Boyer
League
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J. Glen Beall
E. J
Prichard
Cincinnati
Louden
Chambersburg Baseball Club
Blue Ridge
Chambersburg
Cumberland and
Marconi criticizes Allied view of Italy’s WWI efforts
In Rome Guglielmo Marconi, now an Italian senator and wireless pioneer, says England underappreciates Italy. He notes public opinion blames Italy for not intervening at the Dardanelles and Salonika and not aiding Montenegro, urging clearer English understanding and signaling accord within the quadruple entente.
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Italy
Guglielmo Marconi
London
Dardaneles
Saloniki
Montenegro
France
England
Swiss crowds renew attacks on Germans
Paris reports fresh anti German demonstrations in Lausanne Switzerland as crowds rove the streets at night and at the railway station attack German flags with canes stones and fists police restore order with swords. Earlier the German consul flag was torn down and at the German consulate area crowds hiss hoot and sing the Marseillaise.
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Paris
Laussanne
Switzerland
William
Great Britain Mines Baltic Entrance Blocking Passage
Washington reports Great Britain is sowing mines at the Baltic entrance so thickly that the area is almost impassable without official pilots. Consul Skinner in London says a new mine field near the sound southwest of Drogden Light Vessel blocks Danish and German waters, with navigation warnings extending to the Kiel region.
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Great Britain
Baltic Sea
Skinner
London
Admiralty
Baltic
Drogden
Dan‘eh
Kixhoft
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