Austria Admits Reverses at Hands of Czar’s Armies
A Vienna statement confirms Austrian retreat along the eastern front as Servian forces push into Austrian territory. Montenegrin attacks on Austrian soil are repulsed, while Russia disputes Turkish gains in the Caucausus and German offensives on the eastern front press on. United States shipping notes and Allied efforts in the west show slowing gains amid renewed diplomacy. Paris reports slight gains near Nieuport with continued fighting along the Meuse and Aisne fronts.
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Galicia
Vienna
Poland
Petrograd
Austria
Servia
Montenegro
Herzegovina
Nod
Vienna War Office
Russia
Caucausus
Berlin
Constantinople
Arabia
London
England
Nicholas
Spain
Carpathian Mountains
Joffre
Bzura
Warsaw
Yser
Belgium
U. S
Edward Grey
United States
Paris
France
Nieuport
War Department
St. Georges
Aisne
Meuse
Federal Trade Commission To Supervise Big Business
Washington reports that the federal trade commission will soon begin supervising both big and small businesses. It will require corporations to file annual or special reports and answer questions about organization and relations to others. The commission can investigate alleged anti trust violations and may serve as master in chancery to guide decrees in government suits.
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Washington, D.C
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
House of Congress
Commissi
United States
Cour
Unusual detail from frontline trench capture in Paris diary
Paris dispatch describes a north front trench breakthrough with a noncommissioned officer writing home about an unusual incident. The report emphasizes the unusual nature of the event and the personal perspective from the officer.
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Paris
France
Associated Press
Red Cross Christmas seals exceed 300000 in state sales
Armour South Dakota reports over 300 900 Red Cross Christmas seals sold in the state with at least ten counties meeting the ten thousand goal and earning a visiting nurse for one month. Seals will continue to be used on cards letters and packages through January 1.
U S replies to dum dum bullet charge may refute claim
The state department plans a formal reply to Count Von Bernstorff over dum dum bullets alleged to be from the United States. Investigators found the samples do not fit the rifles used by Allied forces. An American diplomat reports no grounds for Belgian mutilation accusations.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Department
Europea
Geman
New Tariff Bill Opens Campaign for 1916 Nomination
Washington Republicans launch the 1916 presidential campaign with Representative Mann of Chicago introducing a tariff bill in the house. The plan creates a five member tariff board to study revenue laws and report to Congress, a principle endorsed by Republicans and Progressives but opposed by Democrats who fear legislative power could be ceded. Mann aims to push the bill despite Democratic control.
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Washington, D. C
Representative Mann
Chicago
Mann
Congress
Democratic Party
House
Will Hurr y Bill to Make Filipinos More Free
Senate Philippine Islands committee aims to hasten action on the Jones bill to extend self government for Filipinos and move toward independence. Disturbances in the islands will be reviewed as reports permit but are not seen as blocking the proposed expansion of self government. Senator Hitchcock leads the committee as hearings resume and information is organized.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On the
Philippine Islands
Senate
Hitchcock
Philippine Committee
House Discusses Philippine Outbreaks on Floor
The War Department report on recent outbreaks is debated in the House. Manuel Quezon, Philippine resident commissioner, says disturbances are unimportant and there is no revolution.
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War Department
Manuel Quezedon
Need of Ships for Big Crop
Senator Fletcher urged passage of the administration ship purchase bill and released Secretary Redfield’s letter noting a bountiful American crop and high European demand. Redfield said the nation is “helpless” before the largest opportunity ever known.
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Washington, D. C
Fletcher
Redfield
Suffrage Vote Planned on January 12 in Congress
Speaker Clark announced the House rules committee would bring in a special rule to consider the proposed constitutional amendment for woman suffrage on January 12 and a vote was expected the same day. He told the president the administration program should finish without an extra session of Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Clark
House Rules Committee
Ee Clark
Wilson
Congress
Weather Forecast South Dakota Warmth Returns Soon
The forecast calls for milder temperatures tonight and Thursday across South Dakota with a warming trend continuing into the late week.
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South Dakota
Pioneer Killed by Fall Into Hole
Dr Henry Von Brahms longtime county physician dies after plunging 12 feet into a prospect hole near the infirmary where he resided. While tending to his work, the accident occurred just outside his dwelling in the county area. He was widely known in local medical circles and the community mourns the sudden loss.
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Henry von Brahms
Death of 7% Year-Old Von Brahms in Prospect Hole
An elderly man named Von Brahms who came to the Hills in 1877 and once worked with Homestake hospital staff died of exposure after apparently straying near Lead. A searching party found his body the following day. He leaves a sister in Santa Ana, California, and a brother in Grand Island, Nebraska.
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von Brahms
Homestake Hospital
Santa Ana
Calif
Grand Island
Nebr
Coroners' juries aid unemployed men in crisis
Coroner Pete M Hoffman praises a program placing unemployed men on Coroners' juries saying it saved at least twenty lives. He notes distress is financial and emotional as men see bodies and relatives grieving, while the paid fees help a new start. In three months seven thousand three hundred twenty unemployed men collected seven thousand three hundred twenty dollars in fees.
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Chicago
Pete M. Hoffman
Coming Events in Mitchell South Dakota 1915
Lists scheduled meetings and fairs across South Dakota in 1915. Heitlers Association February 16 17. Livestock and Poultry Breeders January 25 26 27 28 1915. Poultry Association January 25 26 27 28 29 30 1915. Corn and Grain Growers January 26 27 28 29 1915. Hardware Association March 2 3 4 5 1915. Laundrymen Association March 8 9 1915. Trap pro case association June 2 3 4 1915. Swine Breeders June 3 4 1915. Corn Palace September 27 to October 2 1915. May Festival of Music last week in May 1915. I O O F grand encampment May 17 18 19 20 1915.
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South Dakota Heitlers Association
South Dakota
South Dakota State Poultry Association
South Dakota Corn and Grain Growers Association
South Dakota Retail Hardware Association
South Dakota Laundrymen’s Association
South Dakota Swine Breeder's Association
South Dakota I
United States Protest Dominates Cabinet Session
London dispatch reports Foreign Secretary Grey returning from the United States as British ministers discuss Washington’s note on wartime restrictions on American commerce. Walter H. Page may be summoned to London to discuss the issue while press comment urges the U.S. to seek an end to the war to lessen neutral losses.
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London
England
Grey
United States
Walter H. Page
Washington
U. S
Westminister Gazette
United Sates
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
France
Wieland
Meat Worth 35 Million Seized by England
Twelve Norwegian and Danish ships carrying Chicago stock yards meat valued at 5, .5 million were seized and sent to English ports in six weeks. Losses include canned meats lard and compounds. Protests filed at the state department and claims entered in English prize courts, no hearing date set yet.
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England
Chicago
State Department
Wilson Advises Against Mixing of Cargoes
President Wilson urged American shippers of non contraband goods such as cotton not to mix their cargoes with contraband. He said the United States could address British detentions and interference with trade only with honest manifests. The note to Great Britain and cabinet discussions highlighted a firm stance on neutral commerce and rights.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
United States
Great Britain
White House
State Department
Congress
Washington
England
Robbery on Sunset Express Near Cline Texas
Two masked men boarded the Sunset Express west of Cline Texas and robed all passengers in the rear sleeper with revolvers. Near Spofford the train stopped on signal and the robbers fled after looting cash jewelry and negotiable papers. A posse pursued but rough country may hinder capture.
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San Antonio
Texas
Galveston, Harrisburg &San Antonio
Cline
Spofford
London papers weigh US note on Britain war trade policy
London daily papers discuss the American protest over British naval actions affecting neutral commerce. They expect to read the full note, note potential neutral trade disruptions, and caution that responsibility for wartime trade woes is shared. The Times suggests the note may appear peremptory but doubts the necessity of every action against neutrals.
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London
England
Great Britain
the Times
Wilson
Amateur Champion Platt Adams Accused of Prize Money
New York City reports affidavits charging that Platt Adams, famed amateur and wall round jumper, was pledged or paid money for prizes won at amateur meets. If true, the case would strip him of amateur status under governing rules.
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New York City
New York Evening Mail
Platt Adams
Amateur Athletic
Cguwat
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