Artillery Duel Rages Across Flanders Front
Paris dispatch reports a week of the fiercest artillery duel in West Flanders from the North Sea to Armentieres. German, British and Belgian guns pound ground near Ypres and Poperinghe. trenches, hamlets and roads are torn apart as air scouts track enemy batteries and reinforcements push forward amid massive shelling.
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North Sea
Armentieres
Teutons Rocks
Ypres
Charles FP. Bertelli
Paris
West Flanders
Poperingne
Yser River
Yser Canal
Bellum
War Office
Eugene Sandow Shot as Spy in London Tower
In Los Angeles on December 28, Mrs. M. A. Harper of the Harper Institute in London asserts that Eugene Sandow, famed strong man, was executed in London last June after a military court found him guilty of spying for Germany. Harper says leading physical culturists in London confirm the execution despite authorities’ denial. Sandow, once a prominent fitness promoter, vanished amid rumors of German sympathy.
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Eugene Sandow
London Tower
Los Angeles
Cal
Huene Sandow
London
M. A. Harper
Harper Institute of London
Sam
Stabbed and robbed in North Grosvernordal rooms
Local man Ibrahim says two men, names given as Camil Sherif Queenel Doielam, stabbed him in the back and robbed him of a belt containing 411 dollars while he bent over his stove yesterday morning. He believed the assailants were friends who then fled.
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North
Grosvernordal
Osoof Ibrihim
Yunds
Camil Sherif Queenel Doielam
Germany Moves to Raise Taxes Across States
Berlin reports that Baden has passed a bill lifting income tax 20 percent on earnings over 2490 marks. Prussia and Saxony plan similar increases. Dispatches note Berlin seeks peace talks and denies aims of territorial conquest while other nations threaten annihilation. Grain exports to Roumania and German war loan payments progress, with 75 percent of the third loan due.
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Berlin
Baden
Reichstag
Prussia
Saxony
German Trades Unions Today
Germany
Bucharest
Riots in Berlin Reach Formidable Proportions
London dispatch reports peace and food riots expanding in Berlin with guards at the Imperial Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg residence to deter women demonstrators. Entry to Wilhelmstrasse offices is barred without business evidence as women demand work bread peace and sons’ return.
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London
Berlin
Amsterdam
Central
Hoe
von Bethmann Hollweg
Wilhelmstrasse
Rev Henry I Warren Dies in New Boston Mass Pastor
Rev Henry I Warren pastor of the Congregational church in New Boston dies after nine days illness from pleural pneumonia. Survived by his wife. Body to be taken to Framingham for burial, birth place. Previously he preached at Shawmut Congregational Boston and before ministry worked in mercantile business.
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BH. E. Warren
New Boston
Mass
Henry I. Warren
Congregational Church
Framingham
Warren
Shawmut
Boston
Extra Trains Kievry Mail in England for Christmas Mails
Six special trains are used daily to transport Christmas mails to the British army in France. The mails cross the channel on four steamers dedicated to this service.
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London
England
France
Channel
Turco-German Drive Tightens Censorship
London reports indicate a Turco-German campaign in Egypt with Cairo and Alexandria cables censored, while Constantinople and Berlin stay silent. Unofficial sources describe opening attacks on the Sinai as fighting nears, with Balkans tensions rising as Bulgarians and Austro-Hungarians move toward Albania and Italy.
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London
Egypt
Cairo
Alexandria
Constantinople
Berlin
Root declines presidential bid in party letter
Minneapolis December 23 Elihu Root says he is not a candidate for the presidency. In a letter to the Republican State Central Committee he states if his name appears on the ballot it must be withdrawn. It is likely Theodore Roosevelt will not be on the ballot.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Elihu Root
Republiccan State Central Committee
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Eleven Men Adrift at Sea Near Tampa in Gulf Storm
Eleven sailors are adrift on two barges after they broke loose from a tug headed from New Orleans. A gale last Monday tossed them into the Gulf of Mexico and the wind may push the craft toward ships operating between Havana and the United States.
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Tampa
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Havana
United States
Arab Ships Sunk Off Yemen by Allied Warships
A convoy of Arab troop ships was sunk in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, Arabia, by allied warships according to a despatch to the Alessaggero.
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Rome
Red Sea
Yemen
Arabia
Emperor William's Trip Postponed by Illness
Berlin reports Emperor William has postponed plans to visit the western front due to a slight indisposition described as a sight inflammation of the cellular system. The Over Seas News Agency says he will remain indoors for a few days.
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Berlin
Sayville
L. I
William
Western Front
Foxy Grandpa Douglas Dies at 80 in California
Los Angeles mourns as Venice suspends all business for the first funeral through the beach streets. Alexander Douglas known as Foxy Grandpa dies of senility at 80, foster father to many beach children, who attended annual birthday parties at the Auditorium. He was a former minstrel with Christy, Carncross, Dixey, Heeley and Haverly. He leaves a widow and daughter in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Venice
Alexander Douglas
Ele
Douglas
Christy
Carncross
Dixey
Heeley
Haverly
Grand Rapids
Mich
Russians Advance on Teheran Through Persia
Russian forces push toward Teheran from Hamadan with Kurdish, Turkish and Persian gendarmerie opposition. Novoran and Kum between Hamadan and Teheran captured, placing the Russian army about 30 miles from the Persian capital.
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Petrograd
Teheran
Persia
Novoran
Kum
Hamadan
Ford III Galls In Physician On Ship
Christiania December 23 Henry Ford, aboard the peace ship Oscar II., called a physician for influenza and possible pneumonia. It was his first time needing a doctor. The doctor advised him not to travel to Stockholm before Christmas and to rest. Memorial services for Lloyd Bingham, who died of pneumonia, were held on the Oscar II. American delegates attended a socialist reception with brief speeches, some leaving before the talk ended.
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Oscar II
Christiania
Henry Ford
Pelled
Ford
Million Dollar Milk Aid For German Babies
Germany. New York, Dec. 23. At a Citizens' Committee for Food Shipments meeting at 675 Fifth Avenue it was decided to launch a national appeal for one million dollars to aid babies in Germany and Austria Hungary. The plan calls for chartering a government supervised steamer with 120000 cases of condensed milk and about six million one pound cans, sent to Hamburg and Bremen, with the National Red Cross aiding distribution.
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New York
Citizens’ Committee
Samuel Untermyer
Fifth Avenue
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Austria- Hungary
Hamburg
Bremen
National Red Cross
Fifty two words bind five nations in pact
London datelined report describes the Declaration of London binding Wegland France Russia Japan and Italy into a quintuple alliance. The pact forbids any separate peace and requires mutual agreement from all five powers before terms of peace are discussed. Signatories include Grey Cambon Imperiali Inouye and Benckendorff.
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London
France
Russia
Japan
Italy
England
Sir Edward Grey
Paul Cambon
Marquis
Imperiali
Inouye
Comte Benckendorff
Urge Prison Sentence for Lax Bankers Urge Prison Sentence for Lax Bankers
Washington reports John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, will include strong recommendations in the annual congress report for criminal prosecution of national bank officers and directors whose negligence harms stockholders and depositors. Proposals cover lending limits, fines, possible prison terms, director attendance, removal power, and note signature engraving to curb inside banking weaknesses.
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Congress
John Skelton Williams
Williams
Comptroller
Coast Survey Needs Men for Better Pacific Crews
Washington reports the coast and geodetic surveys face handicaps as government incentives to seamen lag behind the lumber, canning and fishing sectors. The survey seeks additional appropriations to hire stronger crews and acquire new vessels, especially for the Pacific coast, plus funding for Dutch Harbor as a government supply base. In the past year the survey charted 3,404 shoals ledges and rocks.
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Washington
Pacific
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Briand backs plan to guard French interests abroad
Paris on December 23 Premier Briand assured Jean Bernard secretary of the Society for Protection of French Interests in Neutral States that France will aid the project. Bernard announced a Copenhagen branch is active with others planned in Zurich Lisbon Bucharest Lima Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro and San Francisco.
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Paris
Jean Bernard
Society For Protection
Briand
M. Bernard
Copenhagen
Zurich
Lisbon
Bucharest
Lima
Peru
Buenos Ayres
Rio de Janeiro
San Francisco
Woman Dies in Fire in Arlington Neighborhood
Arlington New Jersey December 28 Mrs Mary Callen eighty died in a morning fire that consumed her son John L Callens residence. Her body was found outside her bedroom door as she attempted to flee while Callen saved his wife and three sons but was forced back by flames when he tried to reach his mother.
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N. J
Mary Callen
Lfe
John L. Callen
Callen
Ocean Steamers Schedule From New York Dec 23
Ocean Steamers New York December 23 lists sailing today Cratic bound for Liverpool. Due to arrive today are ships from various ports including Rotterdam Falmouth Havre Emdyk Taormina Gibraltar Naples and Bordeaux with arrivals and departures noted for the day.
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Ocean Steamers
New York
Cratic
Liverpool
Rotterdam
Falmouth
Hatrovia
Havre
Emdyk
Taormina
Gibraltar
Maroni
Bordeaux
Trevarrack
Naples
Couch Case to Jury in Hartford Manslaughter Trial
Testimony in the Dr Arthur R Couch manslaughter case in Hartford was completed in the superior criminal court and the jury was given the case yesterday afternoon. Couch was driving on Asylum street last October when his car struck 8 year old John Halsey Buck Jr who had just left a trolley car and died a few hours later from injuries.
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Couch
Hartford
Arthur R. Couch
Superior Criminal Court
Battle on foreign policy split prompts inquiry
Washington observers report a split in factions over U S foreign policy as calls for a full inquiry rise. Col J M House travels to Europe as unofficial ambassador sparking demands to probe State Department secrecy and alleged interference with neutral trade. Senator Smith and Senator Lodge seek votes on inquiries into policy and Teutonic submarine activity.
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Callies
Col. J. M. House
Europe
America
Neke Smith
Georgia
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Supposed Murillo Seized From Prisoner in France
Paris reports Adolphe Cramer arrested for bond theft while boarding for America. In his baggage a painting thought to be a Murillo shows the Virgin Mary with child, dated 1632. The unsigned canvas was insured for 15000, allegedly acquired from an Italian monk claiming monastery theft.
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Paris
America
Adolphe Cramer
Cramer
Jesus
Russians in Bulgaria Varna raid denied by Petrograd report
London reports of a Varna bombardment by Russian troops are contradicted by a Petrograd telegram stating two small torpedo boats chased a Bulgarian destroyer into Varna harbor, coast batteries fired, ships escaped undamaged, then Russian vessels sank nearby Turkish sailing ships.
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London
Bulgaria
Varna
Petrograd
Kaiser Sends Condolence to Widow of Liege Conqueror
Emperor William sent a wireless condolence to the widow of General von Emmich who died yesterday. He praised the officer as a paragon of fidelity and devotion, noting his role in Liege St. Quentin Galicia and Poland as among the war's glorious achievements.
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Berlin
William
von Emmich
Liege
St. Quentin
Galicia
Poland
British exports blamed for government criticism
London December 23. Critics argue the British government curbs neutral shipments while allowing its own shippers to boost exports of tobacco resin and petroleum, intensifying scrutiny of trade policy.
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London
England
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