Turbulent Eastern Front Predicted as War Rages
London reports make clear that neither side can claim a decisive advantage in the east amid heavy snow and harsh terrain. Turmoil in the Caucasus grows with Turkish advances near Sari Kamysh and cap tures of Russian troops. German and French statements diverge on frontier gains in Poland and Alsace as fighting continues along major rivers and across the Carpathians.
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London
Caucasus
Petrograd
Sari Kamish
Rusela
Poland
Borsimow
Bolimow
Lowicz
Warsaw
Lay
Belgium
France
Carpathians
Hungary
Albania
Avlona
Constantinople
Reuters
Sari Kamysh
Kars
Tousch Kerch
Steinbach
Berlin
Thann
Sennheim
Alsace
Paris
Meuse
Oise
Noulettes
Aisne
Champagne
Perthes
Meents-Les- Hurlue
BECRUITING IN THE SMALL TOWNS FOR THIRD MOUN
Recruiting for the Third Mounted Rifles wraps up in the city with plans to recruit 50 in Taber and 30 each in Bow Island Brooks Bassano and Youngstown. Taber’s band will arrive tomorrow to join BY Squadron. Barracks will be built at the fairgrounds under M Fulton while others drill at the ball park. Horses for 250 riders to be purchased next week. machine gun section fills with veterans only.
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Third Mounted Rifles
Oakes
Dr. H. Orr
Taber
Bow Island
Brooks
Bassano
Youngstown
Fair Grounds
M. Fulton
Fair Ground
Ball Park
Burglaries Hit Two City Stores At Night
Two burglaries occurred in the city during the night at the Scott Fruit Company and Beaver Lumber Company offices. Tills rifled and cash taken, with the Scott Fruit safe likely unlocked. In total over $10 in cash and several cheques, about $1,100, were left scattered. 45 cents missing from Beaver’s till. Detectives question a lad found with gloves tied to the crimes. he was lectured and released as owners are sought.
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Scott Fruit Company
Beaver Lumber Company
Sharpe
May Wheat Prices Jump On Cash Shipments
Chicago reports show May wheat, the chief speculative option, selling for as high as 1.34 dollars a bushel in the last hour, up 34 cents since Saturday night. The session closed strong as ocean shipment cash sales lifted prices before stopping.
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Chicago
First Meeting of New School Board Tonight
The new school board will hold its first meeting this evening. They will elect a chairman as the opening item and decide on the musical supervisor left by the old board. New board members are Dr. Smyth Hector Lang B F Louch R C Black and Dr. Gershaw.
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NEW School Board
Smyth
Hector Lang
B. F. Louch
R. C. Black
Gershaw
Austria compels last reserves to provide their kit
Berne January 4 In calling Austria s last reserves medical exams are lax and many declared fit despite heart or kidney disease or weak lungs The army orders require joiners to bring a bowl eating utensils a sturdy boot winter clothing and a possible blanket indicating the war office cannot fully equip soldiers and shifts the burden to them
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Berne
Austria
Austrian War Office
Curling draw for the bonspeil winner decided tonight
The von speil bonspeil draws are set to finish soon with afternoon games preferred. Tonight features Laidlaw versus Huckvale, Shoebotham versus Boyd, Bray versus Thompson, Singular versus Baker, McCarter versus Terrill, Brown versus Kealy. Tuesday evening matchups include Benson against Hunt, Lang against D H Allen, Stalker versus Day, Hargrave versus Collier.
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Laidlaw
Huckvale
Shoebotham
Boyd
Bray
Thompson
Singular
Baker
McCarter
Terrill Brown
Kealy
Benson
Hunt
Lang
D. H. Allen
Stalker
Day
Hargrave
Collier
SUGGESTS A MONOPOLY OF AMERICAN COPPER
Arthur Kitson proposes Britain contract to take America's copper and cotton for one or two years to end the war sooner. He argues such a monopoly would deprive Germany of key commodities and allow England to supply neutral markets while shortening hostilities.
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London
Arthur Kitson
Morning Post
Great Britain
United States
Kitson
Germany
England
Many Applicants for Board of Trade Secretary
Friday evening the Board of Trade will hold its annual meeting in City Hall. The secretary role, a $200 monthly position, draws eight potential candidates including incumbent W. L. Willcox, C. F. Jamieson, M. A. Brown, C. S. Smith, Ino Inwood, Mr. White, Major Gillespie, and T. F. Dawson. Some deny interest, but friends push others.
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Board of Trade
Ival
Willcox
W. LE. Willcox
C. F. Jamieson
the Times
M. A Brown
C. 5. Smith
Ratepayers’ Association
Ino. Inwood
Wilson Should Send Battleship With Commerce
Amsterdam reports two European editorials debating U.S. response to Britain’s sea searches. Frankfurter Zeitung warns England’s sea militarism endangers neutrals and urges neutral unity, while Cologne Gazette questions U.S. neutrality and contemplates American involvement to enforce contraband rules.
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Amsterdam
London
Jan. J
Britain
Frankfurter Zeitung
England
Wilson
Tiple Entente
Cologne Gazette
America
Germany
Austria
Paris Banks Waive Moratorium On Checks
Paris banks decide to waive the moratorium for accounts subject to check starting January 1. Depositors may withdraw more, draw balances in full. There was no police court session this morning.
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Paris
Portuguese bomb maker killed in Lisbon blast
A Lisbon despatch reports two men preparing bombs in a shed in the Estrella quarter. An explosion killed one man and wounded the other. Police found several bombs at the scene.
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Paris
Havas
Lisbom
Estrella
Women complain of Patriotic Fund management in city
Mrs Lamb of Second Street told News reporters that promised aid for wives of enlisted men through the Patriotic fund has not been delivered. She says she has begged officials, faced shuttling between offices, and still lacks support for her six children. She secured a $20 loan from the relief committee and hopes her husband can be sent back from the Calgary camp.
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Patriotic Fund
Lamb
Second St
Calgary
Borden
Tott
City relief meeting erupts with foreign demands
The Patriotic relief committee stormed the council chamber this morning as about 100 foreigners gathered outside and inside seeking aid. After consulting Mayor Hawthorne the group agreed to present a relief request to the council while direct help was offered only to distressed families with immediate needs.
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Patriotic Relief Committee
Hawthorne
Karl Goldmark Dies Composer Born 1832
London reports the death of Karl Goldmark the composer today by Vienna dispatch. He was born in Keszthely am Plattense Hungary in 1832.
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Karl Goldmark
London
Vienna
Reuters Co
Keszthely-am- Plattense
Hungary
The News Tomorrow Watch for I and Read It
Brief fragment hints at upcoming publication with emphasis on anticipation. No concrete names, dates, or events readable in the text.
Russians capture a German army without firing a shot
An official Petrograd report details a night engagement on the Baura river where German forces crossed unmolested then were bayoneted and forced to surrender. The dispatch cites a broader Polish Galicia front with 2,000 prisoners taken, Austrians surrendering in a mass, and renewed German pressure near Bolimow and Rawa.
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Bolimow
Warsaw
Baura
Petrograd
Poland
Galicia
Vistula
Pura
Koloff
Hiskoupi
Borjimo
Edmonton conference pushes Alberta rural development plan
A major Edmonton gathering of the Industrial and Publicity Association of Alberta urged rapid rural expansion. J S Dennis of Calgary highlighted settling farmers on vacant lands near cities to balance population, with a plan to push the government to foster immigration, marketing, and farm credit. A February Calgary meeting was endorsed to formalize action across Dominion and provincial levels.
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Edmonton
W. B. Willcox
Board of Trade
Medicine Hat
Industrial and Publicity Association of Alberta
Willcox
J. S. Dennis
Calgary
The
P.R
Dennis
Canada
Tid
Manitoba
Orto
Saskatchewan
Duu
Alberta
Western Canada
Sifton
Arthur L. Sifton
S. H. Smith
Edmonton Board of Trade
G. R. Marnoch
Lethbridge Board of Trade
W. H. Berkinshaw
Calgary Board of Trade
Medicine Hat Board of Trade
J. Dennis
C. P. R. Department of Natural Resources
Andrew Miller
Industrial and Publicity Association of
Boards of Trade
Farmers’ Organizations
Dominion
Boards of Trade In
Industrial Commissioners
A. Miller
Gov
Bulyea
Industrial and Publicity Association
Henry
Geo. M. Hall
Fisher
R. J. Hutchings
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A. O. Critchley
J. A. Critchley
Q. A. Critchley
Strathcona
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Patriotic Fond
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