Germans Launch Fierce Offensive at Ypres
Paris reports German reinforcements have renewed attacks near Ypres with several assaults yesterday. One trench was captured while other efforts were repulsed. French gains advance in Arras region and Juvincourt. Argonne trenches pushed, two German assaults repelled, Meuse heights steady, La Prete forest advance maintained, and Avin captured station at Aspach near Thann amid ongoing Vosges artillery duels.
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Paris
Ypres
Arras
Juvincourt
Argonne
Varennes
Meuse
la Prete
German Officers In Command Of Austrian Armies
Petrograd dispatch reports German officers have assumed full control of Austrian and German forces south of Cracow as Russian and Austrian positions clash along the 300 mile front. Massive artillery massed from the Vosges to the North Sea. resources diverted from warships, French and British troops reinforce front lines. Reports note heavy fighting along the Aisne and Meuse, with strategic implications for Silesia, Hungary, and Vienna, while Turkish endurance in Trans-Caucasia gains attention.
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Vosges
North Sea
France
Paris
British Isles
Earl Kitchener
West Flanders
Toulon
Germany
Karger
Aras
Oise
Aisne
Rheims
Meuse
Furnes
Roulers
Belgium
von Hindenburg
Carpathians
Hungary
Carpathian
Warsaw
Lososina
Cracow
Czestochowa
Silesia
Poland
Petrokow
Moscow
Kvangorod
Tiflis
Trans-Caucasia
British Capture Staden Reported Near Ypres
British troops reportedly captured the town of Staden, fourteen miles north of Ypres, on the railroad linking Ypres and Sluis, according to a dispatch from Sluis dated December 11.
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Staden
Bernard Betancourt
Rotterdam
Ypres
Yhorout
Sluis
American war contracts for the Allies report
Berlin papers discuss U S arms and ammunition sales to England and France. Deutsche Tagezeitung notes such contracts provide military and economic backing for Germany's enemies, aiding England and France while only prolonging the war.
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Deutsche Tagezeitung
England
France
Germany
Roumania’s bankers seek peace with Germany and England
A Roumanian delegation of bankers who arrived in London last week has formed a group to explore peace with Germany and England. They plan to go to New York for talks with American financiers, then return to Bucharest to report to the king.
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London
Europe
Germany
England
New York
Bucharest
Hartford Corporation Actions Reported in December
Hartford notices list multiple corporate filings and changes. DeLoss company of Bridgeport forms with 251 shares at par 100. officers President-treasurer Harry H. Deloss and Secretary Louis B. Powe, with Edith P. Deloss as director. New Haven and Ansonia Express dissolved. Charles B. Schoenmehl company of Waterbury incorporated for real estate with 3,000 shares of common stock, par 100, $100,000 authorized to start. incorporators Charles B. Schoenmehl, Cora L. S. Ross and Martin L. Martus, all of Waterbury. United Illuminating of New Haven increases capital stock from 2.5 to 3 million with proportional share rise. Waterbury Castings creates new class of 125,000 preferred shares, par 100, 259 shares. American Laundry, incorporated of New Haven, organized with officers President-treasurer Frederick W. Gray, Secretary Jessie Gray, and directors including N. August Olson. capital stock authorized 5,000 in 50 shares, par not stated. paid-in cash zero, property valued at 5,000.
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Hartford
DeLoss Company
Bridgeport
Harry H. Deloss
Louis B. Powe
Edith P. DeLoss
New Haven and Ansonia Express Company, Incorporated
Frederick W. Gray
Jessie Gray
N. August Olson
Bullets Barely Miss Gen Bliss at Naco Border
Brig. Gen. Bliss arrived to command American troops guarding the border at Naco Arizona. Two bullets from across the line passed near him and his staff as he inspected a bomb proof near the immigration station. American guards shielded by bomb proofs and coal cars faced cross border fire from Gen Hill’s forces in Sonora.
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Naco
Ariz
Bliss
Buss
Hill
Sonora
Gov. Maytorena
Stock Exchange Quiet Start With Firm Tones
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange opened quiet in first half hour with little change from yesterday. Rock Island Group drew attention as S prices rose to 59 1 4 and 4s up 1 4. Southern Pacific convertibles gained 1 8 to 95 51 4 and New York Railway 5s rose 1 4 to 50 8 4. Other bonds were unchanged.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
New York Railway
Ban Johnson Faces Succession Over Yankees Sale
New York December report says Ban Johnson seeks to push through the Jacob Ruppert Jr. deal to buy the New York Yankees led by Frank Farrell and Big Bill Devery. Failure to reform the Farrell Devery regime could end Johnson’s tenure as American League president, with a possible replacement and continued salary under a buyout.
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New York Yankees
Jacob Ruppert, Jr
Johnson
Frank Farrell
Bill” Devery
Farrell-Devery
Devery- Farrel
Ban Johnson
Crown Prince Frederick William Recalled to Berlin
Paris dispatches report Crown Prince Frederick William was urgently recalled to Berlin from Stenay on Tuesday night while a Paris source claimed he had taken command of German troops on the Yser river.
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Paris
Echo de Paris
Frederick William
Germany
Berlin
Stenay
Robbed of $19 000 worth of jewels in Irwin Pa
Diamond merchant S E B Bramer of Pittsburgh was attacked by two men near the Frick residence and robbed of a case containing jewels valued at 19000. One assailant held Bramer, another tied a handkerchief over his eyes during the robbery.
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Irwin
S. EB. Bramer
Pittsburgh
A. C. Frick
Frick
Bramer
Ritchie Denies Retirement Plans For Freddie Welsh Fight
Willis Ritchie issued a statement from San Francisco stating he has not retired and his sole aim is to meet Freddie Welsh in a 20 round bout to win back the lightweight world title.
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San Francisco
Willis Ritchie
Freddie Welsh
Dover sub attack repelled as flotilla pursued
Dover reports from Jordon say German submarines attacked the harbor. at least one sub sunk and several others damaged. British destroyers pursue the flotilla while land batteries fire from the eastern pier and harbor lights aid gunners during the foggy dawn.
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Jondon
Dover
Star
New Revelations In Miss Sullivan's Death Case
Kate Michaud testified in Houston Me to new details in Mildred Sullivan death linking Dr Lionel Dudley and Alice Pelletier. She alleged planned murder by drowning drugged girl, repeated morphine injections, chloroform applications, and a fateful woodland grave. Pelletier allegedly hid poison in her gown seam. Michaud planned to leave for Wallagrass to start anew.
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Houston
Mildred Sullivan
Lionel E. Dudley
Alice Pelletier
Thomaston
Kate Michaud
Miss Michaud
Miss Pelletier
Wallagrass
Hand to Hand Fighting in Lowicz Streets
Frederick Werner from Berlin reports 14 hours of hand to hand combat in Lowicz Holland with German forces in control of the outskirts of the rail hub. A Breslau dispatch notes Warsaw’s fall would open Novo Georgievsk to German capture, dominating western Poland and blocking Russian moves on Thorn. The Mazurians show a lull as Russians redeploy to Western Poland.
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Frederick Werner
Berlin
Amsterdam
Liv Wierce
Lowicz
Holland
Breslau
Warsaw
Novo Georgievsk
Poland
Thorn
Mazuriaa Lakes
Final Battle Over Extradition of Harry Thaw
Washington faces a final showdown at the Supreme Court as New York argues for Thaw extradition from New Hampshire for conspiracy in his escape from Matteawan. Attorneys contend the extradition papers show a fugitive from custodial power, not a crime, while Thaw supporters challenge the process as improper and unconstitutional.
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Stanford White
New Flampshire
New York
Matteawan Asylum
Thaw
Philander C. Know
United States
William A. Stone
Pennsylvania
George F. Morris
Merrill Shurtleff
New Hampshire
William Travers Jerome
Supreme Court
Aldrich
Jerome
State of
Tie
Knox
Stone
Kaiser Condition Greatly Improved Report from Amsterdam
London dispatch says Emperor William’s condition is greatly improved and he was allowed to confer with the imperial chancellor last night. Fever has disappeared and bronchial catarrh no longer causes him much discomfort. Reports of pneumonia are untrue according to official Berlin sources.
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London
Mperor
William
Amsterdam
Berlin
Cotton Market Opens Higher on English Strength
The Cotton Market in New York reports that quotations from Liverpool suggested a rise of about points this morning, but opening prices were 1 point down to 2 up. Trading was quiet until a surge of investment demand appeared, making near-months actively bid on the scale down with 7.7 freely offered for October.
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New York
Liverpool
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