Czar Ends Tour in the Caucasus Returns to Suzerainty
Emperor Nicholas concluded his inspection tour of Russian army fronts in the Caucasus and departed December 15 after reviewing front-line positions at Kars and Saraknamyche. Reports say fighting along the Lewies front and south of Cracow was largely insignificant with Russian troops repulsing German attacks and sustaining few losses. An ex-minister cited Russia’s shift to protect forces over holding distant towns, aiming to preserve strength amid Austro German pressure and rail-tied deployments.
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Petrograd
Cracow
Dukin
Carpathians
Lodz
Vistula River
Low
Kars
Nicholas
Saraknamyche
Caucasus
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Cracow Population Flees As Austrian Fortress Falls
Report from Cracow says elvil authorities leave for Vienna. middle class seeks Hungary. Workmen and soldiers prepare trenches and barricades. Art treasures moved, museums and schools turned into hospitals. Cracow newspapers suspend, news absence heightens alarm.
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Cracow
Warsaw
Russia
Poland
Vienna
Hungary
Warships shell British ports as German raid strikes coast
Hartlepool suffered destruction and gas works damage amid reports of fatalities. Two German cruisers reportedly sunk. British flotilla damaged as London trembles with news. Whitby and Hartlepool targeted. Hartlepool streets cratered. Whitby bombarded with injuries and property damage.
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North Sea
Yorkshire Evening News
London
Admiralty
Scarborough
York
Hartlepool
Aitout
Star
France Opens Cotton Market Amid War Demands
France assures the state department it will not interfere with cotton shipments to belligerent or neutral nations. Britain and Germany move toward similar attitudes. Ambassador Gerard reports unlimited German demand up to two million bales in 1915, with Austria-Hungary and Italy also exploring markets. Cotton prices range 13 to 18 cents per pound, factoring insurance and freight. St Matthias Industrial plans a Thursday sale of fancy articles at Home Tea Com Ady.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
State Department
Jusserand
France
Great Britain
Bryan
Holland American Line
Rotterdam
Germany
Gerard
Berlin
Empire
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Page
Rome
Italy
St. Matthias
Cattle Shipments Remain Halted by Quarantine
Local stockmen report no interstate cattle shipments from Muscatine county under the latest quarantine modification. Agents note no cars moved to outside markets, with only limited intra state shipments to Davenport and Cedar Rapids. Shippers oppose moving cattle or hogs while stock remains in quarantined areas.
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Muscatine
Nicholson
John FP. Squires Company
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Mascatine County
Lintz Arrested in Raid on Front Street Boarding House
Albert Lintz was arrested last night in a raid on a boarding house at Front Street and Towa Avenue. He faces a preliminary hearing tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock before Judge Rowan on a bootlegging charge. Police recovered several pints of whiskey and a gallon jug, with Lintz suspected as a dispen ser of illicit drinks.
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Albert Lintz
Front Street
Towa Avenue
Rowan
Lintz
Senate ratifies sea safety pact amid amendments
Washington December 16 the London safety at sea convention was ratified by the senate with amendments allowing the United States to abrogate related treaties and impose higher safety and health standards for vessels in U S waters. The action clears the way for the pending seamen’s bill. The foreign relations committee also ordered the Nicaraguan treaty reported for ratification with U S to pay 3 million dollars for a canal route and naval bases on the Bay of Fonseca. A ship purchase bill favored by President Wilson was reported to the senate after amendments were defeated.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Bay of Fonseca
Wilson
Scarborough Bombarded by German Cruisers
Scarborough suffered heavy shelling by four German cruisers with fires and destruction reported across the town. A woman was killed in a shop and several buildings damaged while crowds fled to trains toward Hull. Reports describe three cruisers looming from fog and bombardment near Hartlepool and Redcar, with official British notices confirming naval engagements in the North Sea.
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Whitby
York
England
London
North
Riding of
Yorkshire
Scarborough
Hartlepool
Hull
Castle Cillf
St. Martin's Church
Twree
Reflcar
Reflear
Redcar
Tees Bay
North Riding of
North Sea
Wilhelmahafen
Elbe
Germany
Fire at Althaus residence extinguished before truck arrival
Adam Althaus family at 807 Weat Fourth Street detected a burning odor and smoke in an upstairs room near a register. Water poured into the source halted flames between walls before the fire truck arrived. no damage reported.
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Adam Althaus
Weat Fourth Street
Althaus
Sunday School to Present a Cantata at United Brethren
The Sunday school of the United Brethren church will present a cantata as the main Christmas entertainment on Friday night next week. Children have their parts and rehearsals are ongoing. The event will take place in the church building.
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The
United Brethren Church
Dresden pursued by two warships
British warships pursue the German cruiser Dresden after it left Punta Arenas on Sunday. An official telegram from the American embassy in Santiago, Chile, reported the chase.
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Washington, D. C
Dresden
Punta Arenas
Santiago
Chile
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Mediterranean
South Atlantic
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