Withdrawal of British forces from Gallipoli announced
London December 21 The war news says British troops at Sulva Bay Anzac coast and the Dardanelles have been moved to another theater of operations Presumably to Mesopotamia or Egypt More than 100000 troops mainly Australians and New Zealanders were landed to cut Turkish lines and attack the Gallipoli forts The withdrawal signals possible abandonment of the campaign or shift to Balkan fronts Future plans remain unclear
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Anzacrefon
Dardanelles
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Anther
Add al Bahr
Dardatellas
British see Egypt invasion bluff by Germany and Turkey
London opinion holds Germany and Turkey could not mount a successful invasion of Egypt via the Suez canal. Officials argue a far larger force is needed and that Suez defenses built after earlier Turkish attacks render an assault impractical. Amsterdam reports van der Goltz headed to Syria to lead a Turco German invasion.
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Amsterdam
van der Goltz
Syria
Suez Canal
Germany
Turkey
Egypt
German Fleet Searched North Sea Without Allies
Fleet searches in the North Sea last week found no Allied forces. German warships cruised the Akaferack to watch shipping, examining fifty two vessels and seizing one. Canada May Enlist Japs. Ottawa reports a plan to form a regiment of Canadian Japanese for service in Europe, with one thousand naturalized Japs to be enlisted and sent overseas.
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Admiralty
North Sea
Germany
Denmark
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Sir Samuel Hughes
Brittab Columbia
Europe
Minnesota state news bits summarize week events
A digest of Minnesota items reports deaths in Minneapolis and Winona. Col. Henry La Chappelle and Jules Rochat are noted dead, with others including Dr. Falk Tennyson and Henry La Chappelle. Rail accidents claim John Delaney near Merriam Park. Elk herd at Itasca grows to twenty from fourteen. Otter Tail County stays dry. Electric lights return to Rochester after plant fire. several murders noted in Moorhead and St Paul. Tax receipts total 67927 from Minneapolis estates. Legislative topics include roadhouse legality upheld and government ownership proposals. Seasonal contests and agricultural notes appear, along with crane shows and road accidents.
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Falk Tennyson
Pine City
Charles Rebholz
Jules Rochat
Hennepin County
Duluth
Minnesota Steel Company
Henry P. la Chappelle
Winona
Freeborn County
State Supreme Court
John Delaney
Soo Line
Merriam Park Station
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Twin Cities
J. J. Hill
Itasca State Park
Otter Tail County
Elizabeth
Strete
Rochester
Wiliam A. Brendemuir
Moorhead
Ole Norby
Samuel H. Dyer
St. Paul
J. J. Farrell
Moorhead Normal School
Allison H. Rogers
C. McKinney
Kimball
Roman Stram
Ella Stram
United States Supreme Court
Blue Earth County Equity Society
Lillian Rieke
Fairfax
Minnesota School of Agriculture
Frederick Leuthge
Odd Fellows Judge
Red Wing
Germany
America
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers
St Paul Man Mentioned for Ambassador to Chile
Daniel W. Lawler former mayor of St. Paul and longtime figure in state Democratic circles is reported as under consideration by President Wilson for the United States ambassador to Chile according to Washington dispatches.
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Washington
Daniel W. Lawler
St. Paul
Wilson
United States
Chile
Believed Saloniki To Be Attacked By Austro German Forces
Saloniki December 21 Greek military authorities declare belief that an Austro German attack on Saloniki is inevitable. The Greek general staff will quit Saloniki soon. the last infantry regiment is moved to Kozani. Entente allies order evacuation of several villages around Saloniki for military reasons. Parliamentary elections pass quietly with minimal turnout amid demonstrations fears. Venizelos supporters abstain. newspapers bitter about government triumph.
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Kozaii
M. Venizelos
Czar Abandons Balkan Campaign Plan
London December 21 reports from Sofia say Russia has dropped the idea of a Balkan campaign. Slav troops near Beni on the Romanian frontier are being shifted to the Bukowina border, indicating a potential new strike against Austria.
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Russia
Balkan
Sofia
Beni
Roumanian
Bukowina
Austria
Two German Ships Sunk by Submarine in Baltic
Berlin announced the small cruiser Bremen and a torpedo boat were sunk by a submarine in the eastern Baltic. A considerable portion of both crews were saved. The Bremen, built in 1908, displaced 3,250 tons, measured 240 feet long and 43% feet beam, with a peacetime crew of about 300. In Brindisi dispatches, Greek and Bulgarian detachments clashed, with several Greek officers and soldiers reported killed or wounded.
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Berlin
Bremen
Baltic Sea
Paris
Brindisi
Italy
Harvas
Taft Stricken With Grips in Wisconsin Return
Taft bound for home in La Crosse with chills and grippe symptoms was hurried to the residence of Yale classmate George W. Burton for medical attention. Boston Dispatch notes a pistol murder at Inverness where C D Finley was shot dead and A P Burnett, Finley’s supposed killer, wounded at his home and thought to have attempted suicide.
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Minnesota News Roundup of 1914 Incidents and Policies
Multiple brief items report a farmer killed by a train near Hugo, wolves injuring deer at Schell’s deer park, a commission proposing a constitutional amendment reducing legislator numbers, plans to raise 500000 for Hamline University, deaths in Minnesota including Nicholas Hilbert and Leo Wermerskichen, deer kill estimates by Carlos Avery, railroad freight base legality tests, embezzlement sentences for county officials, judicial changes in Duluth, a jewelry store robbery, libel ruling on Anti-Saloon League communications, a double shooting and wife’s injury, a dead man freed from damages, and a fire department case about speed in emergencies.
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Hugo
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Schell
New Wim
State Efficiency and Economy Commission
Fish Lake
Little Falls
Cresente Faust
Carlos Avery
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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St. Louis Park
Joseph T. Nelson
Gunt L. Wedan
St. Louis County
Dancer
Duluth
Stillwater
W. H. Smallwood
State Supreme Court
W. L. Windom
Smallwood
Hammond
State Supreme
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L. A. Lydiard
Brewers
Sustor
Edward Voyt
Finlayson
Fred E. Grantow
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