Landsturm Drafts Expanded in 1869 1872 Calls
German authorities announce Landsturm conscription for men born 1869 to 1872, with penalties for noncompliance. Berlin reports western theater reinforcement plans as Russian defeats in Poland prompt a new German offensive mindset. Russian lines around Warsaw hold after German assaults. heavy losses cited. Emperor Nicholas praises Caucasus troops and operations against the Turks, amid censors lifting some reports.
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Amsterdam
Poland
Belgium
Lodz
Nicholas
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King George Narrowly Escaped Disaster at Sea
London reports that King George narrowly escaped a German torpedo while crossing the English Channel to the front. The king’s party traveled at night with a convoy, zigzag course, and continual evasive maneuvers as torpedoes from a suspected U-boat fired two torpedoes but failed to hit amid heavy seas and convoy escorts.
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Herbert Temple
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New York
George
English Channel
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Aboukir
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Hogue
Soldiers Struck Deaf in Trenches Amid War Descriptions
London dispatch reports rising battle deaths and 549 wounded as soldiers endure freezing weather and deafening shelling near West Flanders. Private Cy ril White describes shells, screams, and the grim routine behind British lines at Ypres. The Y M C A plans shelters for winter morale with support from Dowager Queen Alexandria.
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Cyril White
London Rifle Brigade
West Flanders
London
London Scottish
Ypres
Alexandria
Special Greek Cabinet to Act on Naval Officer Arrest
Athens reports the premier convened a special cabinet session to address the arrest of a Greek naval officer by Turkish authorities in Constantinople. A Rome dispatch claimed Greece would declare war on Turkey within 24 hours.
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Unpleasant Christmas Letters at Chicago Post Office
Five veteran Chicago post office employees were discharged today for old age and infirmity. The youngest, Charles Siegel, aged 61, passed out and was rushed to a hospital. Siegel, a Spanish American War veteran, bears a silver plate from a wartime head injury.
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Campbell
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Steamers Collide off Goodwin Sands Near Ramsgate
A steamer was sunk in a collision with another vessel off Goodwin's Sands near Ramsgate early today, according to a Dover dispatch.
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Goodwin's Sands
Rams Bate
Dover
Dutch Monitor Captures German Steamer Near Antwerp
Amsterdam reports a Dutch monitor last night captured a four to six thousand ton German steamer attempting to violate Holland neutrality by sailing from Antwerp. The ship, with all lights out, was halted by shots across its bow and brought back into Dutch waters.
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Holland
Antwerp
Death List Reaches 100 In Dardanelles Sinking
Athens dec 19 reports a semi official source says one hundred men died when the Turkish battleship Messadieh was torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine in the Dardanelles last Sunday among the dead are some German officers, the loss attributed to the action of the British sub.
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Athens
Dardanelles
German Schools Enlist Boys in Military Training
Berlin reports all boys in German schools are under military instruction. The move signals the government expects a long war. About 12,000 Berlin pupils are receiving lessons from officers not eligible for frontline duty.
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Germany
Berlin
British Warships Bombard Middlekerke and Their Positions
Paris reports a French advance south of Ypres with operations over swampy ground hindering movements. South of La Bassée French troops have advanced over half a mile while other points show progress amid stiff German resistance.
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Franklin P. Merrick
Paris
Ypres
LaBassee
Troop trains roll into Naco to reinforce border defenses
Naco Arizona December 19 troops trains bringing United States cavalry to reinforce border forces began arriving at dawn. Gen Hugh Scott arrives to ready operations as Carranza forces dig trenches near the border. British warships bombarded Middlekerke and Ostend as German positions strengthen along the Belgian coast amid heavy Allied bombardment near Ypres Menin.
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Bliss
Guterres
George Carothers
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Verdun
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la Basse
Canal de Douai
A. St. Omer
Ypres
Cleary Raved All Last Night In His Cell
William V. Cleary, on trial for murdering Eugene Newman, was treated with drugs overnight and led into court in a near collapse. Dr M J Sullivan gave opiates to calm him, while Newman’s widow Anna Cleary Newman testified. bets favored acquittal as defence counsel argued Cleary was irresponsible when he shot his son in law.
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N. Y
William V. Cleary
Eugene Newman
Cleary
War between White House and Senate over federal appointments
Washington reports a growing war between the White House and the Senate as President Wilson pushes for federal appointments. An unfavorable report is drafted on Judge Ewing C. Bland for U S marshal in Missouri, and the rejection of W N Collins as Kansas City postmaster is swift. Senators insist the selection of postmasters for residents remains their privilege and vow to resist any change.
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White House
Senate
Wilson
Ewing C. Bland
United States
Missouri
Bland
W. N. Collins
Kansas City
Three Features Of Rockefeller Education Board
New York, Dec. 19. The John D Rockefeller general education board outlined its gift policy in three features: preference for wealth and population centers, systematic cooperation with religious denominations, and endowment-focused gifts. The report emphasizes selecting adaptable institutions, maintaining ties with religious bodies, and concentrating resources like a business entity.
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John, Rockefeller General Education Board
General Education Board
Hartford Hearing Considers Who Pays Work Injury
Compensation Commissioner George J. Chandler heard a case over fault for injuries to John I. Fahey from lifting a plank at the Y M C A building work. Fahey’s employer was sub contractor John Steron. insurers Globe Indemnity and Aetna Life appear. Chandler will rule December 30 on who is respondent first.
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George 3. Chandler
John I F. Fahey
Main Street
H. B. Hibbard
Fahey
John Steron
New York
Hibbard Company
Steron
Globe Indemnity Company
Hibbard
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Chandler
J. Collins
Aetna
Globe Company
Two Cohen Brothers Indicted in Baff Murder Case
New York police reveal two brothers Joseph and Jacob Cohen poultrymen were indicted for assault in the first degree in the Barnet Baff murder. Bail set at 25000 each, with the suspects held at the Tombs pending further arrests of the actual killers and supposed organizers.
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Joseph
Jacob Cohen
Barnet Baff
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Philadelphia
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Malone
Court of General Sessions
Baff
Betting Allowed at Palm Garden Races Meet
New Orleans December 19 Announcement by the Business Men's Racing association says individuals may bet in a palm garden area separate from the grandstand and field during the meet starting January 1.
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New Orleans
Business Men’s Racing Association
Palm Garden
Fate of Boxing in Illinois Hinges on Jan 4 Meeting
Chicago lawmakers and citizens plan a January 4 delegation to Gov Dunne in Springfield to seek the governor s position on a bill legalizing sparring matches as Illinois heads toward the new legislative session.
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West Side
Dunne
Springfield
Fire destroys top floor of M Sonnemberg Piano Co building
Fire this forenoon gutted the top story of the M Sonnemberg Piano Company building on Chapel street in New Haven damaging stock and fixtures and injuring neighboring stores. Loss will reach many thousands as scores of pianos and costly instruments were stored there.
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New Haven
M. Sonnenberg Piano Company
Chapel Street
British commander asks to grow royal flying corps
London December 19 Field Marshal Sir John French head of British forces in France and Belgium urges Secretary of War Kitchener to expand the royal flying corps. He praises aviators in nearly every dispatch and stresses the importance of their duties.
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Sir John French
France
Belgium
Tar Kitchener
Royal Flying Corps
John
Sister Seeks to Complete Brother's Wisconsin Term
Madison report states Miss Louise Kester of Chicago asks Gov. Governo rcGovern to allow her to serve out the five years remaining of her brother M R Kester's term in the Wisconsin prison at Waupun. She argues her brother is innocent of the murder charged and notes she is 50, a Christian and a college graduate with dependents.
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GovernorcGovern
Louise Kester
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Waupun
M. R
Seemin
Isthmian freighter passes heavy swells heading north
Advices from the vessels conveying the Isthmian, the damaged freighter of the Hawaiian American line, report she has passed the heavy swells she encountered last night and is steaming northward at seven and a half knots. The cruiser West Virginia, destroyer Perry, and the naval tug Troquoia are accompanying the giant steamer.
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