German Triumph in East. Absence of Details Upsets Berlin
London reports coordination of east and west offensives as Allies press in northern France and Flanders, slowing German reinforcements. Berlin’s jubilation over a supposed Polish victory fades amid vague official bulletins, while Petrograd offers no confirmation of major reverses. Prisoner rumors circulate as German officials express wartime resolve.
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Associated Press
London
France
Flanders
Poland
la Bassee
Berlin
Vorwarts
Nicholas
Sowiez- Jiow
Warsaw
Petrograd
Vistula
Lodz
Mlawa
Hague
Rudolph von Valentini
William
Valentini
West Ende
War News Epitomized Reports Allied Push West
German war office claims a series of hostile attacks repulsed while French reports say allies gained ground north of Paris and near Albert. Volatile dispatches note Russian and Austrian operations, with uncertainty in the east. Athens reports British submarine sinking the Turkish battleship Messudieh, with German officers among the dead. England to send Christmas gratitude message to the United States.
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German War Office
Berlin
Paris
Albert
French War Office
Petrograd
Carpathian Mountains
Galicia
Russia
Silesian
Cracow
Poland
Germany
Kepe
Athens
Messudieh
Constantinople
German Aeroplane Strands in Denmark Arrests Reported
A German airplane reportedly stranded on the Danish island of Fanø off the Jutland coast, with an officer and a soldier arrested and to be interned in Denmark. The Copenhagen dispatch notes the incident as reported to the Exchange Telegraph.
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Denmark
Associated Press
London
Copenhagen
Exchange
Telegraph
Fano
North
Jutland
Julia Flake Is Sentenced To Five Years At Geneva
Julia Flake, 16, convicted of plotting with stepfather Robert Higgins to kill her mother in North Henderson last January, is ordered to serve five years in the state industrial home for girls at Geneva. Higgins received a life term for murder. Letters suggesting Mrs Higgins be killed were written by the girl while in school.
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Associated Press
Galesburg
Ill
Julia Flake
Robert Higgins
North Henderson
Aledo
State Industrial
Geneva
Higgins
Egypt's New Sultan Is Welcomed by King George
London December 19 The Associated Press reports King George sent a message to Hussein Kemal announcing his appointment as sultan of Egypt. The king conveyed sincere friendship and unfailing support to safeguard Egypt's integrity in the new role.
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Associated Press
London
King George
Hussei Kemal
Egypt
Gains Claimed In Frances Report On Front Progress
Paris dispatch reports the French war office claiming gains on December 15 to 18 across Belgium from Dixmude to Korteker and south of Ypres, with advances along the Lys to the Oise and in the Aisne sector, despite counterattacks. Berlin cites repulsed western attacks and Russian pursuit, while a Budapest note claims a Russian ammunition train blown up near Lemburg, signaling possible disruption of supplies to the Carpathians.
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Associated Press
Paris
French War Office
Belgium
Dixmude
Korteker
Ypres
Lys
Oise
Notre Dame
de Consolation
la Basse
Carency
St. Laurent
Blangy
Albert
Maricourt
Mametz
Lyhons
Meuse
Vosges
Berlin
London
Nieuport
Bixschoote
la Bassee
Lens
Noyon
Piltkallen
Poland
Amsterdam
Budapest
Pesti-Napto
Lemberg
Carpathians
Frank Case Habeas Corpus Denied in Georgia
The federal judge in Atlanta refused a writ of habeas corpus for Leo M. Frank, who awaits the death penalty for the Mary Phagan murder. The court allowed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that filing to hear Frank in court when verdict was returned was a discretionary issue.
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Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Wec
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
W. T. Newman
Newman
Frank
U. S. Supreme Court
Dorsey
Rockefeller Seeks Injunction Over Ohio Taxes
John D Rockefeller, filing in U S district court from Cleveland, asks an injunction to stop County Treasurer O'Brien from collecting taxes on holdings valued at 211 040 577. He claims residency in New York since 1885, though maintains a summer home at Forest Hill Cleveland and visited there. tax due of 29 64 was refused. He owes no Ohio tax on his personal holdings, with taxes on Standard Oil and other interests assessed in Ohio.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Jonn. D. Rockefeller
U. S
O’brien
Rockefeller
Cuyjahoga County
New York State
Ohio
Cleveland
New York
Cleveland Forest -Hill
Forest Hill
Lucy
Spellman
Cuyahoga County
Standard Oil
Morgans Buy Erie Rail IPO Mentioned In Legal Testimony
Frederick W. Stevens testifies for J. P. Morgan and company that the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad carried 24.7 million dollars in obligations, sending it into receivership before Morgan’s purchase. Morgan then took stock back, reorganized, and control moved to Baltimore and Ohio with court approval.
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Frederick W. Stevens
J. P. Morgan and Company
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Morgan House
J. P. Morgan
Erie
Hamilton and Dayton
Baltimore and Ohio
Stevens
Pere Marquette
Morgan’s
Eagene Zimmerman
J. M. Morgan ‘and. Company
Zimmerman
Big Fire Destroys Most Of Ladora Business District
A severe blaze in Ladora Ia last night destroyed the entire north side of Main street except the bank and drug store. It wiped out stores, coal bins, an elevator, and the hotel barber shop. Damage is estimated at 35 000 to 40 000 dollars. The fire started in a hotel and barber shop.
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Associated Press
Dora
Main Street
Mind Fears From War Terrors Strain Soldiers at Home
Reports from Netley and southern England describe rising insanity and nervous collapse among Allied troops after weeks in trenches near Ypres. Wards overflow, many invalided soldiers seek quieter surroundings, while some attempt self harm to escape service.
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Southampton
Associated Press
Ypres
Netley
Eingland
England
Belgium
Manchester
Snow Guards Swiss Borders Demobilize Frontier Troops
Winter snows seal Switzerland's frontiers as three frontier guard divisions begin demobilization. More divisions will return home before year’s end, leaving a small picket on boundary lines. Alpine passes become impassable after heavy snowfall, securing borders until spring.
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Geneva
Switzerland
London
Associated Press
Frontier Guard
Oly
German Casualty Lists Report 22,001 Lost or Wounded
German casualty lists issued from Berlin through Associated Press show total 22,001 dead wounded and missing across lists 96 to 99. Wuerttemberg Regiment No. 247 lost 1,600. No. 240 lost 1,500. a Saxon regiment near Becejlaere suffered 2,000. Including these, total German losses along the Yser reach 30,000.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Wuertemburg
Becelaere
Yser
Revolt of Villa Troops Surrenders San Luis Potosi
A dispatch from San Antonio reports Villa garrison at San Luis Potosi revolted and surrendered to General Samuel De Los Santos, loyal to Carranza. Several thousand soldiers left Villa, seeking enrollment under General Santos, strengthening loyalist forces without battle. Carranza loyalists also gained defections from Tamaulipas troops under Carrera Tort.
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San Antonio
Texas
Villa
San Luis Potosi
Samuel de Los Sartos
Carranza
General Santos
Carrera Torreg
Tamaulipas
Congressional Hearings and Bills Across Sides of Capitol
In Congress hearings continued on the Philippine independence bill and on exports of war munitions to Europe. Senate debates stalled immigration and land power routes while Redfield reported on wartime exports. House refined Army and postal measures as rural credit, river and harbor reforms, and Alaska fisheries enforcement faced broader action.
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Senate
Secretary of the Interior
O’gorman
The
Philippine Islands
Hitchcock
Red Neld
Europe
House
Bulkeley
Congress
Alaska
Ways and Means
Managers Act in Bad Faith Charge in Wage ARbitration
Chicago December 19 Associated Press Wm S Carter president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers accuses the general managers committee of bad faith in wage talks. He cites an anonymous letter suggesting investigators will call witnesses. Warren S Stone defends rights to challenge railroad claims while managers say they seek to learn witnesses. Arbitration board chair Jeter Pritchard notes bridges can be crossed later. Witnesses include George Cry He of Salida Colorado and O F Modenbach of Bl Reno Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Chicago, Ill
Western Railroad
Wm. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
General Managers’ Committee
MiPonted
Duds
G Jeter Ci Pritchard
Arbitration Board
Carter
Warren S. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
A. W. Trenholm
Tiwag
George Cry He
Salida
Colo
Denver
Rio Grand
Marshall Pass
O. F. Modenbach
Reno
Okla
Rock Island
Southern Solons Near Fistic Clash on House Floor
Washington December 19. Chairman Moon and Representative Heflin clashed on the house floor after Heflin denounced Moon’s claim that railroad influence defeated a postal reform rule. Democrats who voted against it were said to have betrayed the democratic arbitration. The confrontation escalated with threats but others intervened and hostilities ceased.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Moon
Post Office Committee
Heflin
Alabama
House
Rea Sees Broad Policy From Rate Decision
President Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania Railroad says ICC rate ruling marks the start of a broad constructive policy in railroad regulation. He notes the decision permits only about half of the freight business to increase rates and believes more is needed. Philadelphia dispatch.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mathewson Concern Grows Over Mexican Engineer’s Fate
Relatives fear for Isaac Matthewson a former Muscatine engineer in Mexico who has not replied to his wife for six weeks. Local Masons plan to seek help from the state department to locate him, noting his past imprisonment and possible danger after leaving Mexico City. He is a 32nd degree Mason and has long worked in railroad construction and development projects in Mexico.
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Muscatine
Tiocal “Masons
State Department
Isaac Matthewson
Mexico
Matthewson
North Mulberry Avenue
State’ Department
Lund
Republic
Mexico City
Myr
Masonics
Electric cars collide in Kansas City area crash
A street car carrying shoppers from the Country Club district struck an interurban on the Strang line in Kansas City Missouri. Thirty people were injured, many seriously, when a split switch caused the head-on collision. The interurban train pushed the street car far before stopping. dozens escaped by jumping. Motorman C B Williams survived with no injuries.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Country Club
Strang
Olathe
Kansas
C. B. Williams
Fresh Eggs From Storage Endure Shortage, Expert Says
Dr. Mary E. Pennington of the Bureau of Chemistry testified at a congressional hearing on cold storage that properly handled poultry and eggs can be kept long enough to ease supply shortages without affecting food value. She compared fresh poultry with frozen products after forty one weeks, concluding both retain food value with proper handling.
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Bureau of Chemistry
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mary E. Pennington
Weather note for Muscatine area tonight and Sunday
The forecast calls for a colder east portion tonight with increasing cloudiness by night. At 7 am Muscatine measured 1.2 degrees and the river stage stood at 2 feet 7 inches.
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Towa
Muscatine
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Lemburg
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Fistic
Rea
Mathewson
Hart
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