Germans Forced Back Thirty Three Miles in Poland
Russian forces press the offensive in northern Poland as German troops retreat thirty three miles after heavy fighting. Kielce is recaptured by General Ruzski’s armies, while two Russian columns push north of Kielce toward the Piliéa and Nida river fronts in the Kielce region amid severe snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lavelle Murray
I. N.S
Petrograd
Poland
Thorn
Kielce
Ruzski
Piliéa
Lopuszno
Lysa Gora
Nida
Oleszno
Kurzelow
Socemin
Cotton Ship Off For Port
Washington officials dropped further action in the Dacia case as the steamship prepared to sail to Rotterdam with cotton. Britain threatened seizure, a protest would follow in London, and a legal contest to declare the vessel American was to begin. The treasury allowed clearance papers and sealed hatches for the Galveston voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Rotterdam
London
Treasury Department
Galveston
Dr Womer Goes to Harvard School
Dr W A Womer of South Mill street will leave mid next week for Boston to take a post graduate course in Harvard medical department. He will remain about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Womer
South Mill Street
Boston
Mass
Medical Department
Harvard University
University
Worner
Lease Closed on Miller Farm Near New Wilmington
Jonas Petershein of near New Wilmington closed a lease today for the James C. Miller farm on the New Castle and Sharon street car line. The 120 acre property includes a ten room house and two barns. Petershein expects to move in shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas Petershein
New Wilmington
James C. Miller
New Castle
Sharon
Petershein
New Gym Class Plans Weekly Evening Sessions
Miss Bertine Libby the physical director announces a new gymnasium class starting next Thursday night. The course runs weekly to 9 o'clock and targets city school teachers with folk dancing drills and games useful for teaching. Participants should enroll promptly to gain full benefits.
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Bertine Libby
Orstners
WC. Oa
Indians Fight Along Vosges Front With French
Allied troops advance to offset German pressure as Indian troops from Himalayan regions join French forces in the Vosges mountains. Alsace battles intensify with reinforcements, while German offensives press at Ypres and Verdun. St Die cathedral damaged by 12 inch shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin P. Merrick
I. N.S
Paris
War Office
Meuse
Vosges
Himalayan
India
Alsace
Hartmannweider Kopf
Sennheim
Cernay
Altkirch
Ypres-Menin
West Flanders
Soissons
Aisne
Marie Theresi
Verdun
Argonne Forest
Woevre
Moselle
Metz
Pont-A-Mousson
St. Die
Two Die in Ga. Arrest Attempt Knife Fight
MACON Ga Jan 23 Deputy Sheriff J J Proctor white man Joe Brewer and Lula Woodward a black woman who lived with him are dead and C L Bowden sheriff of the municipal court is dying from a free for all knife and pistol fight that broke out when officers sought to arrest the woman for obstructing legal process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macom
J. J. Proctor
Joe Brewer
Lula Woodward
C. L. Bowden
English Seize German Ships at Alexandria Harbor
Five German merchant ships ordered expelled from Port Said by the British prize court were seized today by British warships as they departed Alexandria harbor. The vessels had taken refuge at Port Said at the outbreak of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Port Said
Alexandria
Pope pleads guilty to drunken and disorderly conduct
Charles Pope pleaded guilty in Alderman Gross's office after a night in jail. The charge, filed by his wife, was dismissed upon payment of costs and his release followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pope
J. H. Gross
Public Service Commission Debate Moves in Harrisburg
Harrisburg reports a busy capitol as legislators prepare bills for the Monday assembly. Governor Brumbaugh remains away but a flood of legislation is expected, with the Municipal Home Rule league drafting a measure to restore borough and municipal powers. Big delegations are expected to press the bill, while Clark act revisions are kept under wraps until announced in sessions. Senate to receive governor nominees Monday with no advance hints on names. Tener nominations linger in committee with no early action anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Brumbaugh
Philadelphia
Capitol
Municipal Home Rule League
Public Service Commission
Public Service Act
Senate
Billy Sunday Draws 18000 Children In Philadelphia
On January 23 in Philadelphia Billy Sunday preached to 18 000 children during a special children’s day at the Tabernacle. A police guard surrounds Sunday’s house after threats from cranks agnostics and socialists. Ma Sunday and staff take the letters seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
the Tabernacle
Billy Sunday
Cleveland in grip of worst winter storm
Cleveland today faced the worst storm of the winter with nearly a day of continuous snow. Street railway and interurban traffic were crippled while telephone and telegraph lines faced interference as high west winds and colder air moved in. Snow plows worked throughout the night and trains from the west and south ran 30 minutes to an hour late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Speakers Chosen For The Lawyers Banquet
The Lawrence County Bar Association has completed arrangements for its annual banquet at the Lawrence Club on January 29. Dinner is at 7 with speeches and a social session. S. L. McCracken speaks on The Lawyer and His Small Troubles. Aiken on The Lawyer at Home. W. J. Moffat on The Lawyer and His Office. William McElwee on The Country Lawyer. H. A. Wilkison on The Lawyer and His Methods of Travel. About seventy bar members attend and county officials will be invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County Bar Association
Lawrence Club
S. L. McCracken
William McElwee
H. A. Wilkison
Bar Association
Evangelist Meetings Uninterrupted Despite Attachments
Sheriff Tate attaches property of Rev. Charles Jordan in Warren Pa where evangelistic services continue in a tabernacle that seats 3,500. Landowner George C Priestly is in litigation with T N Barnsdale over a western oil property and Warren National Bank attached the tabernacle property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tate
Charles Jordan
Volant
Warren
George C. Priestly
T. N. Barnsdale
Western Oil
Warren National Bank
Mrs. Benjamin Lloyd to Undergo Operation at Shenango Valley Hospital
Mrs. Benjamin Lloyd of Long Avenue will enter Shenango Valley hospital Sunday for an operation. She has been ill for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Lloyd
Long Avenue
Shenango Valley Hospital
Youth Caught In Act Of Robbing St Marys Poor Box
Police report John Moon of Pittsburgh was caught attempting to take money from St Marys church poor box in McKeesport. Moon had prior burglary charges and two juvenile larceny entries in Huntington reform school records, with a bad general record. He told reporters he came from Pittsburgh seeking a job in Youngstown after being out of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
McKeesport
Moon
Young
Huntington Reformatory
St. Mary's Church
John Moon
Pittsburg
Youngstown
Two Men Attack J McDonald In Nighttime Robbery Attempt
Two masked men attacked J McDonald of Galbreath Avenue late Thursday near the New Castle tin plant. McDonald warded off a stone with a dinner bucket and dodged a brick. Police seek masked suspects believed to have fled the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack McDonald
Galbreath Avenue
New Castle Tin Plant
Mr. McDonald
McDonald
Edward Matthews In Serious Shape After Leg Amputation
Edward Matthews of Walnut street, recently operated on for foot amputation at the New Castle hospital, underwent a second operation on the left leg to below the knee. The procedure followed frostbite injuries. His condition remains very serious as his mother Mrs. James G. Barnes and brother F. D. Matthews are named in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Matthews
Walnut Street
New Castle Hospital
James G. Barnes
F. D. Matthews
North Cedar Street
Germans Repulsed After Repulsive Festubert Assault
Paris telegram reports German forces attacked British lines at Festubert two miles northwest of La Bassee on Monday night but were repulsed after several hours of heavy fighting. The British held firm inflicting losses as reserves arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Paris
Festubert
la Bassee
St. Omer
Allen plans garage and car showroom in city
Ek W Allen of Sharon visited to arrange a Dodge Brothers and Cadillac agency in the city at 129 131 East North Street. He plans a display showroom on North Street with a nearby garage for storage and repairs and will move his family here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ek. W. Allen
Sharon
East North Street
Dodge Brothers
Cadillac
Allen
North Street
Death Records for Herbert French Mary Walker and Giuseppe Beloiso
Herbert French aged 25 from Wurtemburg, Mary EH Walker aged 67 from Sharon, and Giuseppe Beloiso aged 38 from City are listed in the death records. The notices provide ages and origins for each deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert French
Wurtemburg
Mary EH. Walker
Sharon
Dorning Held After Jail Escape Arrest In Hammond Ind
Following a telegram from Pennsylvan ia authorities, James Clark alias Lewis Dorning, an 1908 county jail escapee, is under arrest in Hammond Indiana. The district attorney advises whether Dorning will be brought back without requisition papers. police report he was caught by Railroad Detective Lt Ray and City Officer Deskin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clark
Lewis Dorning
Hammond
Ind
Pennsylvania
Dorning
Ray
Pennsylvania Railroad
Deskin
New Bridge Planned Over Neshannock at Jefferson Street
City Council hears from Bes Lusk that County Commissioner McFarland plans a new bridge over Neshannock Creek at Jefferson Street this summer. The proposed structure would be 20 feet longer and widen the channel by 20 feet to ease flood trouble, shortening the water level gap observed during the last flood between Jefferson Street and East Washington Street bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bes Lusk
McFarland
Neshannock Creek
Jefferson Street
Mr. Lusk
East Washington Street
Workman Drops Dead At Cement Plant
Guisseppi Beloiso aged 38 collapsed while performing his duties at the Lehigh Portland Cement plant. He had shown no illness beforehand and died within minutes, with heart trouble suspected. He leaves a wife and a brother Antonio of New Castle plus his parents in Italy. Funeral services are set for Monday at 8:30 from Antonio Belosso’s home and St. Vitus church followed by interment in St. Vitus cemetery.
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Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Guisseppi Beloiso
Antonio
New Castle
Italy
Antonio Belosso
South
Jefferson Street
St. Vitus’ Church
St. Vitus’ Cemetery
Stock Company to Open 15 Weeks at Opera House
Beginning about February 15 the Home Stock company will open a 15 weeks engagement at the opera house. Friends of Thomas Kreuger who formerly played with the company in this city will be interested to know he will play the leading role, the only original member to return. He has been playing in Youngstown where the entire company has been meeting with unusual success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Thomas Kreuger
Youngstown
Engine Derails at Glen Eyre Kills Three Northbound
Port Jervis N Y January 23 A derailment on the Erie railroad at Glen Eyre Pa sent a locomotive hurtling into the Lackawaxen River killing engineer Benjamin Samson fireman John E Milner and brakeman W Fredericks of Dunmore Pa all fatally injured in the incident reported today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Jervis
N. Y
Benjamin Samson
John E. Milner
W. Fredericks
Dunmore
Erie Railroad
Glen Eyre
Lackawaxen River
Rube Party Enjoyed By Hy Shy Ny Club Members
The rube party was held Thursday evening in the guild room of St. Andrew's chapel under Hy Shy Ny club auspices and proved a decided success with all attendees enjoying themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Chapel
Death notice of William Jones of Canal Dover
W H Harris of Long avenue was informed yesterday of the death of his brother in law William Jones of Canal Dover Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Harris
Long Avenue
William Jones
Canal Dover, QO
New Castle Council Lowers City Tax Millage for Next Year
The New Castle council set the city tax rate at 10.5 mills, down from 12, by cutting general revenue from 19 to 8.125 mills and trimming the sinking fund to one mill while boosting the poor fund to one mill. The two mill reduction marks progress after two years of partial rollbacks amid economy efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Council
General Revenue Fund
May Settle Coal Strike
Coal mine operators and federal conciliators met in Cleveland to seek a settlement of the east Ohio miners' strike. conciliators H. W. Davies and Daniel J. Keefe arrived from Chicago and invited operators to attend the talks. Walter Woodford heads the Operators' association and a definite plan was expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
East Ohio
H. W. Davies
Kentucky
Daniel J. Keefe
Chicago
Walter Woodford
Davies
Keefe
Tipperary Wins. Irish Song Beats Die Wacht Am Rhine
In Paterson New Jersey on January 23 a German song was outdone by the English tune It s a long way to Tipperary police officer John Jarrett heard the German song above Passaic Falls and found Charles Steinheaver hanging at the railing singing and gesturing Jarrett began singing Tipperary to calm him but Steinheaver walked to the edge and confronted him ready to fight
Destruction of Polish Station Kills Russian Soldiers
Austrian artillery destroyed the railroad station at Chenciny near Kielce in Russian Poland. A single large shell struck the station while it was full of Russian soldiers, and all were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Chenciny
Kielce
Russian
Poland
Reverend George Richards to Preach in Niles
Rev George Richards pastor of the First Congregational church will preach Sunday at a Niles Ohio church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Richards
First Congregational Church
Niles, O
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