No Decision Reached as Paris Reports Open Front
Paris observers say the western front is at a high point with fighting fierce near Lille and Nieuport while German and Allied offensives press along France Belgium. Berlin reports heavy losses as East Front actions continue with Przemysl and Vistula campaigns ongoing.
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London
England
Paris
Berlin
France
Belgium
Baltic
Rugenisland
Prussah
Stock- Helm
Copenhagen
Germs
Washington, D.C
Ostend
Nieuport
Yaer
Lille
Russia
Antwerp
Dixmonde
Basseé
Bordeaux
the Star
la Bassee
Copentingen
Denmark
Berlinery Tageblatt
Gérmany
East Front
Bethmann-Hollweg
Tageblatt
Romé
Italy
Cattaro
Dalmatia
Emden
Cochin
British India
LaBassee
St. Michel
Germany
Aisne
Asault
Poland
Galicia
Przemysl
Vistula
San
Dneister
Warsaw
Sarajevo
Nish
Francis Ferdinand
South Africa
Maritz
Rotterdam
Brussels
American relief official urges rapid Belgian food shipments
A Brussels cable from American minister Whitlock to the state department dated yesterday urges expediting food for Belgians. Germany has reportedly consented to food shipments from England to civilians. Fifteen hundred tons, bought in London by the American relief committee, are ready for shipment as Ambassador Page coordinates details.
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Washington, D
Brand. Whitlock
Acgtum
State Department
Brussels
Germany
England
London
American Relief Committee
Ambassador Page
Russian order to abandon Warsaw prompts refuge move
A Russian dispatch states Berlin reports the Russian government instructed Warsaw civilian authorities to abandon the city and seek refuge elsewhere. The message notes military tensions and broader wartime displacement risks.
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Warsaw
Berlin
Germany
World War Developments and Local Damsite News
Reports from Petrograd discuss German advances nearing 30 miles from the city as civil authorities evacuate for a prolonged siege. In Berlin, the Reichstag measures a $375 million loan to cover wartime deficits and aid East Prussia, with credits planned for potato drying and motor plows. In Austria Hungary, Count Berchtold announced battles east of Chyrow and Przemysl yielded major gains, with gains near Mizynicz and Przmysl and continued fighting around Stry and Sambor as air and river operations continued. A separate civil engineering update notes a major canal slide near the Goldhill area, with Goethals predicting canal reopening within a week and officials stating the subsidence will finish mobile material in the cut.
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Petrograd
Warsaw
East Prussia
Diet
Manchester
Mass
Konstan‘tine “Dumba
Abassador
Leopold von Berchtold
Chyrow
Przemys
Mizynicz
Magiera
Mizyniez
Przmysl
Medylsa
Stry
Sambor
Stry Ani
Snistica
Lander
San
Boland
Wyraaw
Goldhill
Goethals
Commission
Panama Canal Reopens After Landslide Blockade
Washington reports traffic through the Panama Canal resumed after a week long landslide in Culebra Cut. Colonel Goethals informs the canal commission that channel work is complete and ships are passing. Nearly a dozen merchantmen waited at each end for clearance.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Culebra
Goethals
Tathmian- Canal Commission
Vesels
U S Protest Over British Seizure of Tankers
The United States protested British warship seizures of American tank steamers John D Rockefeller and Platuria off Scotland. Platuria, flag bearing, was taken to Stornoway Lewis Islands. Lans ing announced the protest from the State Department.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Great Britain
John D. Rockefeller
Lansing
State Department
Wasi
Oil Company
Platuria
Scotland
Stornoway
Lewis Islands
American Department
Brindilla
Local Weddings Highlight Kimball Area Nuptials
Miss Adaline Lunn and Emel Swanson wed in a farm ceremony on Cleveland Township. Wm Ebert and Alberta Balster planned to settle on a Plummer Township farm. Fred Rouinge and Anna Subt married at the Catholic church near Vega, with future residence noted in the Vega and Buffalo County area.
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Kimball
Adaline Lunn
Emel Swanson
Misa Lunn
Benj Gunn
Julius Swanson
West Pointy Township
Cleveland Township
Wm Ebert
Alberta Balster
Alberta Balster. Mr. Ebert Is the Son of Wm. Ebert
Plummer Township
Miss Balster
August Balster
Vega
Fred’ Rounge
Jof
Buffalo ‘County
Rouinge
Louisa Rouge
Vaga
England to defer gold payment to U S in exchange talks
Sir George Paish predicts the United States will not need to ship about 200 million dollars in gold to England. He advises the Federal Reserve Board and Treasury to find workable arrangements to meet trade balance, with England likely to buy American wheat and cotton next month. Paish expects London and New York stock exchanges to reopen soon.
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Washington, D. C
England
George Paish
Washington
Board
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Federal Reserve Board
Herney
Sir George
London Stock Exchange
New York Exchange
Priest Kills Station Agent After Saloon Fight
In Chicago Father J. J. Mullion, rector of Holy Rosary, stabbed and killed Thomas W. Patterson, Hillside station agent, after a saloon brawl from which Patterson was not involved. Mullion, enraged by a blow, forced into the Hillside station, stabbed Patterson, then boarded a tram, threatening passengers until subdued by the train crew.
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Chicago
Ill
J. J. Mullion
Holy Rosary Church
Thomas W. Patterson
Patterson
Tilinow
Negao maid testifies Carman shot Mrs Bailey in trial
Celia Coleman, a Negro maid in the Carman household, testified that Mrs Florence Conklin Carman, after the shooting of Mrs Louise Bailey, showed a revolver and said I shot him. The district attorney framed motive around jealousy as the trial in Mineola proceeds with witnesses and autopsy findings.
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Elizabeth
Mrs. Carman
Celia
Smith
Portuguese Rebellion Quell Report From Lisbon Provinces
A revolutionary outbreak is reported in the cities of Bragante and Mafra as crews and ships linked to Adriana Boca are mentioned. The report notes a crackdown and growing unrest with contested allegiance to the rebellion.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Bragante
Mafra
Adriana Boca
Boca
German Abuse Allegations In War Time Theatro
Fragmentary report claims German forces mutilated men in Berlin and accuse allied troops of firing on ambulances and Red Cross workers. It alleges hospital staff were robbed and clergy were treated as criminals amid occupation tensions.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Red Cross
Washington cotton bill gains relief funding debate
A fragmentary report shows discussion in Congress on a relief and consideration package tied to a cotton states bill. The plan centers on securing government funds via Panama Canal bonds or Treasury notes totaling about 250 million dollars. The measure aims to deposit funds with the Federal Reserve and move quickly through the House, though wording remains uncertain and debate continues.
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Washington, D. C
Fe Joint’ Committee
Holt
Bast House
Menti
Glas
Serrebrary
Tee A Ms Co
Twosner
London Standard reports Hagenbeck contract for export of exotic animals
A London Standard dispatch claims Hagenbeck has not secured a contract to export wild beasts to America and other destinations. The report mentions promises of animals including horses and camels and notes the practice of transporting such beasts to distant homes amid unsettled conditions.
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London
England
London Standard
Hageb
Hagebeck
América
Hagenweck
India
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Eestimates
Kreutz Zeitung
Veen
Allaiss
Germ
Thourout
Roulers
Metz
Dunkirk
Ypres
Fleurbaix
Illie
U.S
U. S
Priestkills
NEGAO
Red’ Cross
ePalee
Hagenbeck
Booth
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