Russians Claim Major Push in East Prussia War
Petrograd reports that Russian forces invaded East Prussia from the east and south, driving Germans back across the Bzura and repulsing attempts from Lodz toward Warsaw. War Minister Soukhomlinoff says Warsaw is safe, Galicia and southern Poland held, and German gains are costly losses. He argues Russian advances are permanent and that German claims of victory are propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lavelle Murray
Petrograd
East Prussia
Bzura
Ion
Pilca
Lodz
Warsaw
Astern
Galicia
Poland
Vistula
Warthe
Mlawa
Praemyst
Germany
Coasting Accident Injures Two Girls on Scott Street
Two 18 year old girls Marie Casey and Catherine St John were hurt in a coasting accident at Cherry and Scott streets about 5 30 PM. They collided with a horse driven by Patrick Keating and were thrown from a sled. St John sustained facial bruises while Casey injured her knee and left forearm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry and
Scott Streets
Marie Casey
Catherine St. John
Scott Street
Patrick Keating
St. John
Casey
Woman Suffrage Resolution Delayed Until January
Chairman Henry of the house rules committee announced that the Mondell woman suffrage resolution would not be voted on before mid January. He said the earliest possible vote would be January 10. Opponents argue suffrage and prohibition should be left to the states, not the federal government, and adoption would require a two thirds vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry
House Rules Committee
Allies Maintain Their Offensive In Franco Belgian Fronts
Paris dispatch reports continued Allied offensive success in Belgium and France. French progress along the coast from Nieuwport to Westende, and the seizure of Givenchy-les-La Bassee with Anglo French forces near Bethune, amid foggy conditions around Arras. Eastern theater notes include Russian resistance near Nordenburg and Soldau, German footholds in Poland, and Austro German advances toward Pietrokow and the Dunajec.
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Belgium
France
Bourcouilles
Meuse
Alsace
Russia
Prussia
Nordenburg-Soldau-Lautemberg
Poland
Beura
Sochaczew
Rawka
Bolimowo
Skierniewice
Pietrokow
Nida
Galicia
Dunajec
Grybow-Smigrad-Sanck
Przemys I
Prohibition Leaders Say They Gain Ground After House Vote
Prohibitionist leaders in Washington say they are not discouraged by the Hobson resolution defeat. They point to a majority vote for the measure but note 21 votes short of a house-wide majority. They plan a new campaign and expect the nationwide issue to be raised again at the next congress.
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Washington
House
Hobson
Hey
Senate
Congress
NEW GERMAN GUNS
Bernard Betancourt reports from Rotterdam that Krupp has produced fresh German guns and troops rush into Belgium. Seventeen thousand soldiers reach Fleyst near the Dutch frontier, many aged 17 to 18, with some guns mounted there others sent to the Flanders front. No civilians may enter or leave Heyst under death penalty.
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Bernard Betancourt
Rotterdam
Krupp
Belgium
Germany
Fleyst
Landers
Flanders Front
Heyst
Died at age 117 in New York nursing home
Mrs Hanna Kosokoss died at 117 at the Hanlem home of the Daughters of Israel in New York. A Kiev native, she lived there for three and a half years and left 70 grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren after outliving all her children.
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New York
Hanna Kosokoss
Hanlem
Daughters of Israel
Kiev
Russia
Germans launch renewed offensive in western theater
Merlin December 23 reports say Allied offensive since December 14 was checked by strong German counterattacks. The Germans have resumed their push with renewed vigor. Official statements also note repulsed French and British attacks in the west while eastern theater actions around Baum and Ranoke rivers continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin
Wesrn
Baum
Ranoke
Sthl
Settlement of the Naco Problem Foreseen at Conference
Washington reports a likely settlement of the Naco Arizona issue at today’s conference between General Scott and General Hill. Maytorena also seeks talks, while private dispatches claim Zapata forces attempted to kill Carranza en route to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Carranza was unharmed and later left for Córdoba.
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Carranza
Zapata
Tehuantepec
Ten Million Donated to General Education Board Across U.S.
A Rockefeller General Education Board report shows 10,582,491 dollars donated to 1038 universities and colleges in 38 states. Regional allocations include the South, West, and East, with state gifts ranging from Maryland to California and New York totaling millions to institutions such as Harvard, Amherst, Yale, Brown, and the University of Vermont. The full detailed report will be issued January first.
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New York
John. BD. Rockefeller General Education Board
Middle States
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
South Dakota
Washington
California
Maine
Bowdoin College
Vermont
University of Vermont
Middlebury College
Massachusetts
Amherst
Wellesley
Williams, Smith and Mount Holyoke
Harvard University
Connecticut
Yale
Wesleyan
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Brown University
Women’s College
Auto Plunges Over Embankment In Jamaica Killing Two
New York, Dec. 23. One man was instantly killed and another seriously burned when their automobile plunged over a 380 foot embankment on Union Turnpike in Jamaica early today. William Johns of Jamaica died in the fire. Hamilton B. Pearsall, car owner, escaped but is reported in a dying condition.
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New York
Union Turnpike
Jamaica
William Johns
Hamilton B. Pearsall
Jewelry thief arrested in New York buckle
New York December 28 Charles Eldridge is arrested on a charge of bringing stolen jewelry into the state. Police say he was attempting to dispose of Boston theft jewelry. Authorities note the prisoner has a police record in Boston Newark and Philadelphia.
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New York
Charles Eldridge
Boston
Eldridge
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
Germans Bombarded Without Notice
Washington reports a British embassy statement condemning the German navy for attacking Scarborough and Whitby with no notice. The military attache argues the action violated the Plague convention and notes that Scarborough and Whitby were undefended seaside towns and fishing village, with churches reportedly targeted.
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Washington
Scarborough
Whitby
Opposed to Woman Suffrage Debate in Hartford
A clipped editorial argues against women's suffrage by citing Montana and California examples. It notes Montana W C T U members feared parade inclusion and recalls a California defeat where prohibition was delayed for eight years, asserting facts speak louder than words.
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Hartford
Montana
Woman's Voice
W. Cc
T. A
Prohibition
California
Investigate Plans to Destroy Foreign Ships
New Orleans police seek New York detectives to trace a conspiracy revealed by Hans Halle to plant bombs on French and British liners bound for Europe. A complete bomb was intended to be shipped to New York for placement on the Chicago, with timing set for a voyage at sea. Police seek names of New York agents, addressees, and the operatives responsible for loading the devices.
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New Orleans
New York
Hans Halle
Europe
Halle
Chicago
New York Detective Bureau
Allied gains on offensive in France and beyond
Paris dispatch cites Allied advances after commencing a broad offensive across France Belgium and Alsace Lorraine with gains of four miles near Lombartzyce two to three miles near Ypres five miles on the Arras La Basse line about three and a half miles in the Argonne and Meuse area and roughly ten miles west of Mulhouse German front strength cited as intact though minor territorial losses and substantial trench lines report. Additional notes include Turkish attacks in the Caucasus Russian pushback at Vlagus wiral and a counterclaim of German reinforcement around West Transeburg with alleged civilian casualties near Ypres and arrests tied to arms shipments linked to German operatives.
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Nieuport-St. Georges-Dixmude
Lombartzyce
Ypres
Bixschoote-Passchendaele-Gheluvelt-Holebelke
Arras-La Basse
Argonne
Meuse
Muelhausen
Alsace
Ghi
War Office
Caucasus
Vlagus Wiral
Koprikoi
Rheims
Nesle
Aisne
Bethensville
Suippes
French War Office
Factory Takes Fire in Tenement District blaze at 109 South First
More than 100 families fled into the cold as a waste factory burned in Williamsburgh New York. Police and firemen herded residents into an ice house furnace room to prevent freezing. The loss was $25,000.
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New York
South First Street
Williamsbureg
Kept Marriage Secret
Franklin Mott Jones a Yale graduate married Miss Margaret Walls in New York on November 25. They kept the news from family until yesterday. Jones is from Noroton Conn and nephew to Mrs Edward C Hoyt wife of the Leather Company president. They reside in Worcester Mass where Mr. Jones works as a mechanical engineer. Mrs Walls has contributed to current literature.
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Stamford
Franklin Mott Jones
Margaret Walls
Portland
Ore
New York City
Youngest New Jersey death row convict executed in Lyons Station killing
In Trenton last night Stephana Ruggigini, 17, was electrocuted for the May Lyons Station murder of Pasquale Faigarano. The crucifix and last rites were given by Rev Edward Criffin. Executioner Edward Curry led the process as a photograph was sent to the prisoner’s father and five other death-row inmates sang hymns during the death march. Ruggigini said he acted for an uncle seeking vengeance.
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Trenton
N. J
Dee
Stephana, Ruggigini
New Jersey
Pasquale Faigarano
Lyons Station
Edward A. Criffin
St. Joachim’s Catholic Church
Edward A. Curry
Charlestown
Mass
Ruggigiri
Fulgarano
Burglar Chased Through Manchester by Woman and Neighbor
In Manchester a burglar chase lasted about a half hour after midnight. Mrs. Mercer Todd on Newman street heard a noise and found the thief on a veranda roof. Thomas Smith fired a shotgun to try and stop the intruder as he fled toward a nearby woods. the burglar escaped.
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Manchester
Newman Street
Mercer Todd
Thomas Smith
Smith
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