Frightful Losses in Contest for Trenches
Paris December 12 German counter attacks surge in West Flanders to halt British and French advances from Ypres. Fierce hand to hand fighting involves Grenadier Guards and Coldstream Guards amid trench battles east of Ypres with heavy losses. Artillery barrage around Armentieres Arras. towns deserted. Siege like center. dugouts under fire as guns seek mastery. French say German shells lose terror. big shells likened to a sauce pan. Northwest Verduh fighting across the Aire river resembles Yser. German gunners highly accurate, seizing groups of soldiers at mile distances and bombarding every building in range. Paris reports possible allied occupation of La Bassee but no confirmation.
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Paris
West Flanders
Ypres
Grenadier Guards
Cold Stream Guards
Armentierres
Arras
Aisne
Verduh
Aire
Yser
Belgium
la Bassee
Poincare
Army
Ruppert Eyes Federal League Expansion in New York
Chicago reports Col. Jacob Ruppert Jr a New York financier linked to a possible purchase of the New York American League club is considering backing a Federal league club in New York. A telegram to the outlaw league’s president Gilmore says Ruppert may be reachable at French Lick Springs. Ruppert reportedly owns property at 145th Street and Lenox Avenue ready to be converted into a ball park.
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Chicago
Jacob Ruppert, Jr
New York
American League Baseball Club
Federal League
Outlaw League
Gotham
Gilmore
Col. Ruppert
French Lick Springs
Lenox Avenue
Torrington Thomaston trolley line sought by petition
Hosea Mann George B Goodwin of Torrington and Howard M Guernsey of Thomaston sign a petition urging the legislature to grant a charter for the Torrington Traction Company. The plan seeks authority to form a corporation to construct maintain and operate an electric or other non steam railroad between Torrington and Thomaston. The project has long been desired with prior efforts by the Torrington Business Men's Association to secure New Haven Railroad involvement.
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Torrington
Hosea Mann
George B. Goodwin
Howard M. Guernsey
Thomaston
Torrington Business Men's Association
New Haven Railroad
German mines location feared by British defense plan
London dispatch reports three submarine attempts to enter British ports within a month fuel suspicions that a spy network has leaked mine locations and naval secrets. The Firth of Forth was attacked, two subs sunk per Edinburgh but not officially confirmed. Lord Kitchener and Winston Churchill intensified coastal defenses and redeployed troops, rail lines, and heavy guns to deter any German landings East Coast.
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Germany
Firth of Forth
Edinburgh
Admiralty
Naval Headquarters
Dover
Yarmouth
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Winston Churchill
Woolwich
Scotland
Britain
Italy Demands Explanation Over Hodeida Consulate Incident
Rome reports Italy demands explanation from Turkey after Ottoman officials entered the British consul at Hodeida while the consul sought refuge in the Italian consulate. Turkish forceful entry violated Italian neutrality as the British official was taken away.
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Brixton D. Aallaire
Rome
Italy
Turkey
Hodeida
Villa commander regrets U.S. casualties at Naco
General Jose Maytorena, commander of Villaista forces besieging Naco Sono ra, said Americans were wounded by bullets fired on Mexican soil. He added the assault on Carrancista forces under General Figueroa defending Naco would continue until orders arrive from Provisional President Gutierrez to halt.
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Icans
Carrancista
General Fill
Naco
Gutierrez
Pope’s Truce Plan Fails in European War
Fame December 12 report says Pope Benedict’s efforts to obtain a truce in the European war during the holidays have failed according to an official announcement.
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Pope Benedict
Germans Evacuate Trenches on Yser Canal Front
Paris report says German troops in West Flanders evacuated the west bank of the Yser canal and allied forces now hold positions abandoned by the enemy. French artillery continue to show superiority according to the official war office announcement issued this afternoon.
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Paris
West Flanders
Yser Canal
War Office
New York Stock Exchange Reopens After 111 Days
In New York on December 12 the New York Stock Exchange reopened after 111 business days closed due to the war. Big early gains featured American Can American Beet Sugar Lehigh Valley Reading and Amalgamated Copper with brisk demand for restricted trading stocks. Trading started with a strong tone as investors showed confidence and several issues rose, while United States Steel was not allowed to trade.
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Financial
Pittsburg
American Can
Lehigh Valley
Reading
Stock Exchange
Amalgamated Copper
Utah Copper
Texas Company
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Copper
California Petroleum
Rock Island
Westinghouse
Ray Consolidated Copper
Northern Pacific
Board of Governors
Five Battles Raging in Poland and Galicia
Five battles unfold across Poland and Galicia as Von Hindenburg commands German and Austrian forces against Russian counter-attacks. The front trenches face heavy mud and rail corridors determine movement while night fighting and entrenched assaults mark a costly struggle for Warsaw and Cracow. Pneumonia outbreaks add to harsh conditions among troops.
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Petrograd
Poland
Galicia
von Hindenburg
Miana
Vistula
Lowicz
Bsura
Piotrokow
Cracow
East Prussia
Warsaw
Locies
Lodz
Pitrokow
Biura
Huerta Denies Report On Mexican Power Struggle
In Barcelonía on December 12, former Mexican dictator Victoriano Huerta rejected United States reports that he offered aid to General Villa or interfered in Mexico. He called the reporter a liar and said he lives in Europe away from Mexican politics, condemning the claims as absurd and villainous.
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Barcelonia
Spain
Victoriano Flverta
Mexico
United States
General Villa
Huerta
Carranza
Zapata
Villa
Skin Sacrifice Saves Girl With Harry Dressler
New York December 12 Harry Dressler of the Bronx was sentenced to two months in the penitentiary by County Judge Gibbs after a Bronx dance hall fight last August. He had helped save a severely burned girl by donating skin, and his act influenced the lighter sentence despite threats to testify against him.
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New York
Harry Dressler
Tinton Avenue
The
Bronx
Gibbs
Dressler
Elmira Reformatory
Noar
Fordham Hospital
Near
Dressier
Autoists Seek For 1915 Numbers Hartford
Hartford Dec 12 Owners of motor vehicles are sending in to the automobile department for 1915 markets. About 300 to 400 applications have been received. Many ask for the same or low numbers and are sending in early to secure them. New markers appear January 1 and will be distributed in time for use on the day fixed by law. Registry clerks anticipate a busy season.
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Hartford
Automobile Department
Secretary of State
Dean Academy Under Quarantine in Massachusetts
Dean Academy in Frankland Massachusetts is under quarantine after a smallpox case among students. Classes continued on campus with all pupils confined to the grounds. Authorities say there is no epidemic danger. The school has 225 students.
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Dean Academy
Frankland
Mass
Transporting Jap guns to reinforce Russian fronts
Copenhagen reports that monster siege guns used by Japan to breach Tsing-Tao forts are being moved along the trans-Siberian Railway to bolster Russian lines and target German fortresses in East Prussia. Some cannons rival Germany's 42 centimeter siege guns, with expert Japanese gunners aboard to operate them when deployed.
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Copenhagen
Tsing-Tao
East Prussia
Grief Over German Admiral Amid Falkland Losses
Nationwide mourning follows the sinking of Rear Admiral Graf Von Spee’s ships off the Falklands. The North German Gazette reports a tribute to fallen sailors and notes the admiral’s grief shared as his two sons were aboard the Scharnhorst, with no survivors confirmed.
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Frederick Werner
Berlin
Amsterdam
Graf von Spee
Falkland Islands
Admiralty
London
Scharnhorst
Burglars Loot Four Haddam Area Railroad Stations
Burglars last night entered the Haddam Hadlyme Deep River and Bessex stations on the New Haven road and stole money from ticket offices and telephone booths. No injuries reported and investigation underway.
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Connecticut River
Saybrook
Haddam
Hadlyme
Deep River
Bessex
New Haven Road
Wanted for Seymour Murder Arrest in Denver
Seymour, Dec. 12. Authorities report the arrest in Denver of Sam Annosovitch wanted for the murder of Anton Dladyko, who was found dead outside a saloon here on November 21.
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Seymour
Denver
Sam Annosovitch
Anton Dladyko
Wheat Rules Higher on Weather Reports
In Chicago on December 12 price movements showed wheat rising on worries about cold weather in the winter crop belt and thin field protection. Early buying occurred in response to extreme lows in the west and southwest, especially Kansas, with selling later easing prices. Corn and oats moved little, while provisions edged higher. Unspecified overseas demand and light northwest receipts supported the wheat rally.
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Chicago
Kansas
Greece
Italy
Sweden
Fire Rages Through Birmingham Stores Destroying Several Businesses
A blaze in Birmingham on December 12 engulfed the Steel-Smith department store Alca zar theater Hann Shoe company Piezits department store Sacks Dry Goods and the telephone building among others. The estimated loss stands at 400000 dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Steel-Smith Department
Alcazar Theater
Hann Shoe Company
Piezits
Karlsruhe and Glasgow clash off Brazil in duel
London dispatch reports German cruiser Karlsruhe fought British warship Glasgow off the Brazilian coast. Karlsruhe reportedly escaped after part of its stern was shot away. Admiralty officials expect Karlsruhe Prinz Wittel Friedrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm to be dealt with, coal supplies likely cut off by Falklands fleet captures.
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Karlsruhe
Glasgow
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Admiralty
Juenos Ayres
Karlsruhoe
Prinz Witel Friedrich
Prinz Wilhelm
Bristol Petition Urges Ballot Vote To End Voting Machines
In Bristol on December 12, residents circulated a petition asking the city council to call a special meeting for a ballot vote to abolish and discontinue the use of voting machines. The measure would annul previous machine votes and take effect on adoption, with organizers seeking 10 percent of registered voters to sign.
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Bristol
City of
Auction buys Red Cross cigar from Kaiser gift
London buyer, a local firm of butchers, paid 72.50 at auction for a Kaiser presented cigar to aid the Red Cross hospital. In North Bergen a placard declares a firm stance against marrying under liquor influence after 2 am. New York reports Rosa Rubin obtaining a divorce after revealing her plumber husband was a pickpocket. Hingo Monahan of 609 was fined 50 for kissing Florence Gilleland, 11, without permission. Atlantic City Judge Martin Keefer advised a friend to quit morphine. if he quit smoking for a year, Hutton would quit drugs.
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London
Lord Lonsdale
Red Cross
North Bergen
N. J
Medina
New York
Rosa Rubin
Hingo Monahan
Florence Gilleland
Atlantic City
Martin Keefer
George Hutton
Hutton
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Ruppert
Ing Naval Secrets
Herbert Temple
S. S. Maskinonge
Pierre Ali
American Commission
American Commission For Relief
Rotterdam
Lewis T. Matson
Fez Paso, Tex
Pope
West Bank of the
Kaiser
NEW York Stock Exchange
Charles W. Storm
Francis Lavelle Murray
Enor
Mlawa
Mlawa- Nowy-Dwor
John C. Foster
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