Russians Drive Germans Back Near Warsaw Along Bzura
Petrograd dispatch reports Russian forces pushing west of Warsaw, forcing German troops back over the Bzura river. Fighting rages along the Bzura and its tributaries for three weeks as Russians straighten their line, counter German attacks, and threaten Warsaw from positions near Kamion and Wasmion. The 72 hour battle at Teresin ends with German withdrawal as civilians flee and nearby towns suffer bombardment. Russians extend a broad southern arc from Opoczno toward Czestochowa, threatening Lodz and Tyangorod while guarding gaps in their lines.
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Petrograd
Russia
Warsaw
Bzura River
Bzura
Kamion
Vistula
Lowicz
Rawka
Pisia
Skierniewka
Mion
Kazunpolski
Teresin
Utrata
Sziemowano
Opoczno
Czestochowa
Lodz
Tyangorod
Scarborough Mayor Replies to Churchill
London, Dec. 22. The Scarborough mayor replies to Winston Churchill’s message with sympathy for losses from the German bombardment. He says the enemy feared facing the fleet and attacked an undefended town. He affirms resolve to wage the war to a successful finish and critiques German sailors’ adherence to true sea traditions.
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London
Scarborough
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Emden
Express agent Woodcock held for embezzlement
Manchester December 22 H B Woodcock local agent for the Adams Express Company was arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement about 440 short in accounts. Investigators link him to a prior daylight robbery at the company safe and a three month probe. Woodcock came from Providence about a year ago to Manchester.
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Manchester
Woodcock
Adams Ixpress. Company
Gordon
Adams [Express Company
Providence
R. 1
Paris Premier vows total war until absolute victory
Paris December 23 Premier Vivian stated to the special session of the French parliament that the government will prosecute the war against Germany until an absolute victory is won and peace is guaranteed. The declaration sets a singular policy for the war effort as France continues to mobilize for decisive action.
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Paris
Germany
Vivian
Russian Forces Fall Back to Opoczno from Piotrokow
Berlin dispatch reports Russian withdrawal from positions before Piotrokow to Opoczno, a 24 mile retreat. Analysts foresee a likely counter behind the Pilica river and a major battle near Opoczno, amid broader western front discussions and news of Emperor William on the western front. The notice mentions French trench claims, German cautious tactics, and a surge in prisoners prompting new camps at Chemnitz and Ebersdorf with 4,000 prisoners arriving Saturday.
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Frederick Werner
Berlin
Amsterdam
Piotrokow
Opoczno
Pilica
Bzura
Ivangorod
Poland
Cracow
Upper
Vistula
Czestochowa
William
France
Flanders
Maj. Mohrat
Chemnitz
Saxony
Ebersdorf
Silesia
Ex Senator West Dead in Georgia
Valdosta Georgia December 22 United States Senator West died suddenly this morning from heart failure. West had been appointed by the governor to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator A O Bacon who died last year. His own term expired November 3 and he was succeeded by Thomas W Hardwick.
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West
Valdosta
United States
Fulure
State
A. O. Bacon
Thomas W. Hardwick
Controversy Over Girls Selling Papers in London
A bitter dispute emerges over girls sent to sell newspapers and flags for war relief funds. The Daily Express claims the practice could become a national scandal and launches a crusade to bar girls from such work.
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London
The
Daily Express
British push into Turkey through Persian Gulf route
Dispatches from Basra report a British force advancing through the Tigris valley toward Baghdad to join Russians near Lake Van. Forces include 117th Maharattas, 20th Infantry, 3rd Sooners and Miners, 104th Rifles, Peshwar Mountain battery, 105th Maharattas, Royal Engineers, 118th Pioneers, and Indian medical detachment.
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Tigris
Basra
Bagdad
Lake van
Sumike
Gayara
Mosul
Turkey
Twentieth Infantry
Sooners
One Hundred and Fourth Rifles
Peshwar Mountain Battery of Artillery
One Hundred and Fifth Mahrattas
Royal Engineers
Onty-Eighth Pioneers
Indian Medical Service
Bulgaria Will Maintain Hands Off Policy In War Crisis
London dispatch reports Bulgaria will keep a hands off stance if Balkan neighbors attack Turkey. Paris Petrograd and London official notices confirm, with Athens and Bucharest signaling forthcoming entry to the war on the Allied side. Noel Buxton praised for diplomacy, noting Greek and Roumanian mobilizations could add about 420,000 troops to the Allied effort.
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London
Bulgaria
Balkan
Turkey
Paris
Petrograd
Noel Buxton
Balkan Committee
Balkans
Buxton
Roumania
Carlo
Greece
Buxtons
Bucharest
Constantinople
Meeting of French Parliament in Extraordinary Session
Paris reports an extraordinary French parliament session to adopt war measures and set future finances as German forces press in the northeast. Betson, British units reinforce lines near Albert and Oise. French and British aviators bombed targets in Brussels. casualties reported from Dunkirk and Calais dispatches.
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Sion
Paris
Albert
Oise
Peronne
Nesle
Aisne
Champagne
Argonne Forest
Meuse
Alsace
Dunkirk
Calais
Brussels
Geppelin
Special guards watching Thaw in New Hampshire
Concord December 22 special guards were assigned to watch Harry K Thaw to prevent another escape while awaiting proceedings Jerome believes Thaw will be returned to Mateawan prison He now has constant surveillance and any attempt to leave Manchester will be deterred Thaw remains under the 30 days nominal liberty under New Hampshire jurisdiction and his fate may extend amid a U S Supreme Court decision noted by Thaw supporters and Jerome Thaws case has sharpened the prosecutors resolve
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Jerome
Stanford White
Mateawan
Manchester
New Hampshire
Thaw
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Jerome Thaw
Big Fight Over Prohibition In Congress
Washington, Dec. 22. The House opened a major showdown over a proposed constitutional amendment banning the manufacture export and importation for sale of intoxicating liquors. Hobson led the anti wets in debate while Underwood Mann Dupree Henry and other leaders set the pace for the pro prohibition side. Supporters urged a two thirds vote. opponents argued states rights and police powers. The gallery was crowded as ministers and Women’s Christian Temperance Union workers pressed members to back the reform. Petitions poured in from across the country as lobbying intensified.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Underwood
Mienority
Mann
Dupree
Judiciary Committee
Henry
Hobson
Iam
House
Sherley
Kentucky
Fitzgerald
New York
Bartholdt
Misouri
Heflin
Alabama
Statsford
Wisconsin
Abergcromhbie
Powers and Barketey
Farr
Pennsylvania
Mandell
Wyoming
Lind«quist
Michigan
Stephens and Quinn
Mississippi
Decker
Missouri
Wingo
Arkansas
Keating
Seldomridge
Colorado
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Immigration bill faces defeat after literacy test clash
Washington December 22 postponement of action on the immigration bill in the senate appears certain after Senator James Hamilton Lewis said he would offer an amendment to strike the literacy test for aliens. Democratic senators warned the bill’s fate rests on Wilson’s opposition to the literacy test and a substitute method of restriction has not been agreed upon.
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Washington
Senate
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Wilson
Lewis
Smith
South Carolina
Japanese cruiser Idzumo sails toward Peru after Dresden
Lima Peru Dec 22 Japanese cruiser Idzumo departed Callao shortly after midnight heading south along the coast. It is believed the commander plans to intercept the German cruiser Dresden which, latest reports say, was not sunk by the British Bristol but escaped to join the transport Prinz Joachim Friedrich west of Chile.
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Dresden
Lima
Peru
Idzumo
Callao
Peruvian
Bristol
Prinz Jitel Friedrich
Chile
Hatpin Stabbing Report At Brooklyn Movie Theater
In Brooklyn at Miller and Sutter avenues last night a man stabbed Samuel Schulman aged 19 in the breast with a hatpin during a quarrel in a moving picture theater. Schulman was treated by Dr. Sage and sent home. Miss Yetta Dolgott aided the injured youth.
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New York
Moving Picture Theater
Miller and Sutter Avenues
Brooklyn
Samuel Schulman
Cook Street
Sage
Bushwick Hospital
Schulman
Yetta Dolgott
Miller Avenue
Another Steamer Struck Mine
The Norwegian steamer Boston struck a mine off Scarborough today and was beached. Eight of her crew were landed.
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Selig
Eng
Boston
Scarborough
Train freight cuts on Shore Line route astonish merchants
Hartford December 22. Merchants and shippers on the Shore Line division of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad between New Haven and New London report a retrenchment move. A way freight will run from New Haven to New London one day and from New London to New Haven the next. Patrons receive service akin to smaller southern lines, though officials say the service remains adequate to current demand.
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Hartford
Shore Line
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New Haven
New London
New Flaven
Wild Bill Donovan May Become Yankees Manager
Chicago Dec. 22 The final sale details of the New York Yankees will be arranged this afternoon A baseball man close to the situation says Wild Bill Donovan former Detroit pitcher who led the Providence Grays to the 1914 International League title will be the next Yankees manager
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Chicago
New York Yankees
Wild Bill’ Donovan
Detroit
Providence Grays
Yankees
Thaw's Counsel Discouraged By Supreme Court Decision
Ex Gov William A Stone Thaws lead counsel says the Supreme Court ruling discourages hopes for a different outcome. He notes Thaw appeared sane when seen a month ago and questions the need to try him in New York on the conspiracy charge. Stone cites the case's unusual prosecutorial approach and unpredictable future actions.
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Thaw
Supreme Court of the United States
William A. Stone
Bays
Mateawan
Supreme Court
New York
Mr. Stone
New York State
Giovanni Fa Sano Files Bankruptcy in New Haven
Giovanni FaSano, a jeweler in New Haven, filed a bankruptcy petition in U S court. Liabilities total 9596 dollars 65 cents with 4442 dollars 65 cents unsecured. Assets include real estate 4500 dollars stock in trade 200 store fixtures 1090 and open accounts receivable 4403438.
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New Haven
Hartford
Giovanni Fasano
United States
Millionaire Attorney Killed by Burglar
W Me Alexander a wealthy retired lawyer of Los Angeles was shot to death by a burglar at his Wilshire Place home. His son W M Alexander Jr was wounded twice while defending him Penelope the youngest daughter aided her brother as the intruder fled leaving a blood trail. Police mobilized all available officers to the area.
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Los Angeles
Cal
W. Me Alexander
Alexander
Washesington
D. C
Sebastian
British Bombard German Coast and Zeppelin Sheds
British warships bombarded German positions along the Belgian coast for 36 hours as German batteries first replied then slackened. Allied aviators resumed activity and reportedly bombed and burned Zeppelin sheds at Itserbeke, a Brussels suburb.
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Roterdam
Belgian
Sluis
Itsterbeke
Brussels
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