Spirited Battle Lost by English Forces in Belgium and France
Paris reports a heavy fighting day with English and Indian contingents suffering prisoners and losses around St Hubert. French and German offensives show fog and counterattacks across Flanders Oise Lys regions, with multiple engagements near Noulette Lipon Chivy and Perthes.
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Berlin
London
Nieuport
Tos
St. Hubert
Lihons
Amiens
Tracy-le-Val
Vosges
Diedelhauser
Upper
Alsace
Sennheim
Altkirch
Freiburg
Nancy
Paris
French War Office
Flanders
Perthes
Lys
Oise
Noulettes
Lens
Boisselte
Albert
Lipons
Chauines
Aisne
Chivy
Serapir
Argonne
Meuse
Moselles
Cernay
Aspach
Hagenbecks killed in fighting report
A Associated Press report from St Louis dated December 26 states Lorenz and Henry Hagenbeck, famed Germany animal menagerie owners, have been killed in battle. George Dieckman, president of the St Louis Zoological Society, received the news via a letter from a Hollander friend in Germany, with no reply from Lorenz Hagenbach for a month.
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Associated -Press
St. Louis
Lorenz
Henry Hagenbeck
Germany
George Dieckman
Dieckman
Lorens Hagenbach
War News Roundup From Spheres of Conflict
Turkish Tripoli cruiser threat after attack on American ship. Tennessee near Tripoli amid tensions. Avlona port occupation risks Albanian crisis. Romania neutrality in doubt amid Entente concerns. Germany pacific squadron fights to escape fate. French say German onslaughts and Alsace progress. Russians gain in region of Cracow and near Warsaw. German attacks at Niéu Port repulsed. Sakhalin split ceded to Japan. southern half retained from Russo-Japanese War.
No Action by U S Upon Belgian Tax War Measure
Associated Press leaped wire from Paris reports German statements announcing a 500 million franc indemnity tax on Brussels were pasted but later withdrawn after representations by William J Bryan through Brand Whitlock citing Hague convention violations. It also notes a 25 franc tax on all unmarried Brusseleirs over 27. Secretary Bryan says Whitlock acted personally if at all and without U S instructions.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ger-man
Brussels
Journal
Wiliam J. Bryan
Brand Whitlock
Washington, D. C
Bryan
Belgium
Whitlock
Oakville Residence Destroyed by Fire
Oakville Ia Dec 26 The home of Frank Swailes was destroyed by flames at 9 30 last night from a defective flue There was no insurance on the house with a loss estimated at 1500 Mr and Mrs Swailes were alone in the house at the time of the fire.
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Oakville
Frank Swailes
Swailes
Russians Hold Warsaw Front as Germans Lose Crack Troops
Petrograd reports Russian attacks near Warsaw and Cracow but no overall shift in the front. German divisions, including Wurtemberg battalions, are said to have been annihilated by Siberian forces after days of heavy fighting along the Pilica and Nida river lines, with intense bayonet clashes and stubborn defense by Russian troops.
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Bznra
Pilicia
Berlin
Niéuport
Vosges
Upper Alsace
France
Paris
Russia
Bzura
Sochaczew
Bolimow
Inow- Jadz
Pilica
Nida
Vistula
London
Europe
Thames
Petrograd
Poland
Garno
von Hindenberg
Warsaw
Thorn
West Prussia
Cracow
Poljmow
Ano- Volonz
Pilica River
No New Sea Fight Off Chile Coast Report
No new sea fight has occurred off the Chilean coast as of today Valparaiso Chile December 26. Cannonading last night 15 miles off Valparaiso was believed to be Newcastle saluting Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee rather than an engagement with Dresden or Prinz Eitel Friedrich. The Australian battle cruiser Australia anchored in the bay and Vice Admiral Sir George Patey visited Chilean authorities.
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Associated. Press
Valparaiso
Chile
Tome
Newcastle
Dresden
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Frederick Sturdee
Falkland Islands
Australia
George Patey
Pacific
South America
Callao
Peru
Romania Ready to Join Entente Amid War Turmoil
Paris reports Romania prepared to join the Triple Entente pending Bulgarian guarantees on neutrality. In Albania, Italian sailors occupy Aviona to restore order as Essad Pasha’s regime collapses amid revolts. Italian action risks entangling Rome with Turkey, with Albanian rebels poised near Tirana and Durazzo. Essad Pasha marches on Dibra as Albanian troops gather near Kroja.
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Paris
Rumania
Tigaro
Bulgaria
The
Figaro
Sofia
Rome
Aviona
Albania
Adriatic Sea
Essad’ Pasha
Turkey
Essad
Pasha
Tirana
Misurata
Durazzo
Essad Pasha
Cavala
Italy
Tribuna
Kemal Bey
Avtona
Kroja
Dibra
Lorimer Gallagher Plan Aimed at Rehabilitating Firm
Danville December 26 Associated Press tense wire reports the bankrupt Lorimer Gallagher Construction Co plan to rehabilitate the business. Principal owners former Senator Lorimer and Mr Gallagher proposed a creditors plan for revival seeking to place the company on its feet again.
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Associated Press
Danville
Lorimer
Gallagher
Terre Haute Officials Arrested in Vote Fraud Scandal
Indicted leaders and local officials in Terre Haute including Mayor Donn M. Roberts and Judge Erich Redman surrendered to U S Marshals amid a federal probe into November 3 election fraud. Sheriff Dennis Shea and others were among 65 arrested as deputy marshals pressed the case.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Terre Haute
Donn M. Roberts
United States
Mark Storen
Eri Ih Redman
Vigo
Shea
Yolanaly
U.S
Dennis Shea
Thomas Smith
John
Massélink
Maurice Walah
Masselink
Ffteen
William Doyle
Sylvester Doyle
Dan Albin
Nick Burson
Charles’ Miller
Eric Harris
Earl Harkness
Joseph Kelley
George Woodall
John E. Green
Green
Harrs
Frank C. Dailey
US Vessel Near Attack on Turks News Flash
Associated Press report notes threats of violence by Turks at Tripoli against American troops. The North Carolina and Tennessee cruisers were at Beirut about 40 miles from Tripoli amid disorder. Athens dispatches mention Turkish authorities denying departure of British and French consuls and citizens from Tripoli aboard an American merchant ship under American cruiser guard. An attack by a Turkish crowd occurred as sailors boarded, halted when a bombardment threat was issued. the cruiser then escorted the vessel north of the Dardanelles.
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Tripoli
Syria
Athens
Tennessee
Mediterranean
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Daniels
Oman
North Carolina
Beirut
Tripati
London
Dedengatch
Dardanelles
Turkey
Traction Firm Debts and Bridge Franchise Implications
The Southern Illinois Traction System is a creditor to a company for up to one million dollars via three year notes. With completion of the approach to the St. Louis bridge and a fourteen block loop in St. Louis, the company expects to be able to meet its construction obligations.
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Ors
Ilinois Traction
St. Louis
City of
St.Louis
Traction Company
Russia Cedes Half Island to Japan in Treaty
Telegrams from Tokyo report Russia cedes the southern half of Sakhalin Island to Japan under terms of the Portsmouth Treaty. The island had been Russian since 1875 and the transfer follows negotiations asserting Japan gains control of the half suitable for heavy weapon placements.
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Russia
Washington
Tokio
Japan
Sak
Halin
Filipinos Arrested on Sedition Charges in Manila Uprising
Reports from Manila say several Filipinos have been arrested on sedition charges after a failed attempt to rise up Thursday night in Manila and nearby areas. Army sources warned officers of 10,000 Filipinos ready to attack key posts, while constabulary agents exposed plans via secret societies.
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Manila
Dee
Cuartel Espana
Fort’ Santiago
Cuartel Infanteria
Artemio Dicarte
Hong Kong
Ricarte
Francis T. Denison
Warrison
Foreign Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Garrison
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Insular Bureau
The
War Department
Harrison
Frank MelIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Philippines
Arrison
U S Consul Accused of Bribe Amid Mexican Tensions
US Consul Silliman in Mexico City is accused by General Palafox of taking a 500000 peso bribe to release former Governor Iturbide, who is en route to the United States while Gutierrez and Villa disputes flare. Carranza officials report talks with Alvarez and Gutierrez to rejoin the first chief.
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Associated Preas
Washington, D. C
Silliman
Mexico City
Paleafox
Gutierrez
Leon Canova
Iturbide
Palafox
Zapata
Federal District
Carbajal
Carranza
Bryan
Liurebide
Villa
United States
el Paso
Vera “Cruz
Villareal
Monterey
Saltillo
Alvarez
Son Luis Potosi
Eulalio Gutierrez
Guadalupe
State Department
Hagle Pass
Piedras Negras
Ensenada
California
Mexico
Naco
Ariz
Maytorena
Sonora
Tasker H. Bliss
May- Lorena
Lorena
Hugh L. Scott
Canova
Tex
Leon Coneva
Unsettled Iowa Weather Ahead With Snow Likely
Weather note from Muscatine reports unsettled conditions tonight and Sunday with snow possible. Temperature at 7 am listed as 18 degrees below zero and river stage at 6 feet 1 inch. Local eastern portion expected warmer tonight and Sunday.
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Iowa
Muscatine
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