Russian Army Moves North in East Prussia Crisis
London reports from January 15 describe a new Russian cavalry push in Northern Poland near the lower Vistula and Skrwa rivers. A proposed grand new army, possibly 90,000 to 1,000,000 strong, would threaten Miawa and Warsaw’s rear as German forces contend with Berlin’s front.
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London
Poland
Vistula
Ima
Skrwa
Thorn
West Prussia
Nicholas
Oiset
Con
East Prussia
Miawa
Warsaw
Berlin
Rawka
Russian advance along the Lower Vistula threatens German left flank
Dispatches report Russian forces pushing westward along the Lower Vistula while German cavalry outposts retreat. Russians approach near Thorn and Sierpec, taking advantage of wooded terrain as Germans fear left flank exposure and attempt risky river crossings.
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New York
London Morning Post
Lower Vistula
Alerpee
Pleek
Far &S
Sierpec
Thorn
Sterpec
Vistula
Plock
Vietsiaysk
Vietula
Jes
Masked Patient in Strassburg Hospital Sparks Rumor
Dispatch reports a German masked patient in Strassburg kept secret by military authorities. Dr Debaisseux of Louvain treated a wounded officer whose identity remains undisclosed. Belgian sources hint the patient may be a high figure, but a German officer disputes the Crown Prince link.
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NEW Yorke Times
Paris
London Daily News
Vingtloure Siécle
Strassburg
Debaisieux
University of
Louvain
Debaisseux
Sultan decorates Mrs Morgenthau and daughters in Turkey
The Sultan of Turkey grants the Grand Order of Nichan-i-Chéfi kat to Mrs Henry Morgenthau and the Second Class to three Morgenthau daughters for philanthropic and educational work in Turkey. Mrs Morgenthau, born Josephine Sykes, wed in 1883. daughters include Mrs Mortimer J Fox, Mrs Maurice Wertheim, and Miss Ruth Morgenthau. Wertheim married April 10, 1900. Morgenthau débuted November 1913. Wertheim is secretary of United Cigar Manufacturers. they reside at 49 West 72nd Street.
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London
Turkey
Nichan-i-Chéfakat
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Jewish Chronicle
Josephine Sykes
Mortimer J. Fox
Helen Morgenthau
Maurice Wertheim
Alma Morgenthau
Ruth Morgenthau
Wertheim
Morgenthaus
United Cigar Manufacturers’ Company
West Seventy-second Street
Order of Ichan-i-Chéfakat
Abdul Hamid II
Starve England plea drives German war aims
A Cologne Gazette translation of a Berlin inspired appeal urges wartime measures against Britain. It calls for continual aerial and submarine attacks on merchant ships, a blockade of the English coast, and mining to starve England while defending German trade interests. The Wolff Agency will distribute the piece to neutral countries.
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New
Amsterdam
London Daily Express
Mingland
England
Cologne
Berlin
Germany
Winland
English
Wolff Agency
Pope pleads to extend exchange of wounded prisoners
Pope Benedict opened talks with nations at war to extend the prisoner exchange agreement and to include civilians such as women children the elderly and men unfit for military service who are detained across the combatant countries.
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Rome
Benedict
Nordica Letters Cause Legal Fight Over Will Probate
The question of probate for Mme Nordica's first will in Monmouth County is tied to alleged letters between her and husband George W. Young. Lawyers argued to restrain publicity of the letters while Justice Lehman reserved decision. A 1910 will left Young the estate. a 1918 will left the residue to Nordica's three sisters with minimal mention of Young.
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George W. Young
Mr. Young
Mme
Nordica
Robert 8. Baldwin
Monmouth County
N. J
Young
Colby & Brown
Goft
Baldwin
Mme. Nordica
Mr. Youngs
Lehman
Bainbridge Colby
Colby
John W. Weed
New Jersey
Emile Dreyfus
Leslie J. Tompkins
At Sing
Deal
West Ninth Street
Reai
Youngs
Belloc on Why England Fights Germany War Essay
Prominent writer Hilaire Belloc presents a wartime analysis arguing why England engages Germany. The piece frames the conflict as a defense of liberty, civilization, and national security against German aggression and expansion.
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Hurt by Pipe Fragment
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt was struck in the face by a three inch iron fragment from a gas pipe while driving past a subway excavation at Sixtieth Street and Fifth Avenue. Doctor says the injury is painful but not serious and will heal in days. The accident occurred near Fifty-ninth to Sixtieth Streets as Degnon Contracting Company works for the Crosstown route. police and officials investigated but details remain unclear.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Sixtieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Fifty-third Street
Public Service Commission
Fifty-ninth
Sixtieth Streets
Seventh
Second Avenue
Degnon Contracting Company
Sherman
Lincoln Trust Company
Park sloth bear Zip mauls police officer in kidnap attempt
At Central Park menagerie Zip the sloth bear attacked Policeman Frederick Lobmeyer while a 10 year old boy slipped into Zip's cage. Lobmeyer pulled the boy to safety as Zip clawed the officer. the policeman was treated at Presbyterian Hospital. Lobmeyer, a 27 year veteran of Arsenal Station, remains on duty.
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Central Park
Bill Snyder
Zip
Frederick Lobmeyer
Arsenal
Tommy
Alice
Joe
Hippo
Lohmeyer
Jaanine
Smate Lohmeyer
Peico
Presbyterian Hospital
Mott Avenue
Bronx
Arsenal Station
Shaw Clarifies Rumor On U.S. Visit
James B. Pond released a cablegram from George Bernard Shaw denying plans to come to America. Shaw’s message reads simply Thanks, but rumor erroneous as usual, reflecting his typical Shavian wit and contradicting circulating reports.
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J. B. Pond
James B. Pond
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
America
Pond
Mandamus sought to push subway seats and service
Public Service Commission ordered Interborough Rapid Transit to increase non rush hour trains to provide seats. A third rail displacement at Bowling Green stalled the subway for about four minutes. A6l fire near Sixth Avenue elevated line halted service for about forty minutes. Assistant district attorney continued hearings into last week’s subway accident.
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Interborough
Public Service Commission
Transit Bureau of the Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Breckenridge
Willow Street
Brooklyn
William C. Locke
Polyclinic Hospital
Ebien O’grady
de Witt Cuyler
Inte
Tuordan
Atlantic Avenus
Eighteenth Street
Bowling Green Station
Sixth Avenue
Weat Broadway
Floods Menace Paris As Seine Rises Worsen Supply
Paris faces rising flood danger as the Seine climbs eight feet at Troyes and nine feet at the Marne. River traffic halts and barge service may stop, threatening Paris supply with central markets seeing price increases while quays and fields flood.
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New York
Paris
Rouen
Parry
Troyes
Seine
Marne
Charenton
Raniéres
Hesons
Abandoned Boys Found by department store shoppers
Crowds of women gathered with two young brothers, Richard and James Hester, left alone on Broadway and 32nd Street. Store manager James A. Atkinson sheltered them until the West Thirtieth Street Police Station. A note from a distressed father asked for care and asked for whereabouts to be printed. The boys were sent to the Children’s Society.
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Broadway
Thirty-second Street
Richard Hester
James
James A. Atkinson
West Thirtieth Street
Richard
Mulligan
New York
Children’s Society
Oil Wells Closure Sparks Diplomatic Clash in Tampico
The Carranza decree shutting major Tampico and Panuco oil fields provokes strong protests from Britain and the United States. Secretary Bryan and the British ambassador warn of serious consequences as the oil industry stalls and American workers are displaced. Turmoil threatens foreign interests and a possible Villa-Carranza clash looms near Tampico.
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New York Times
Washington
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Panuco
Great Britain
Bryan
State Department
Cecil Spring-Hice
Canada
Aguila Petroleum Company
Pearson
Transcaucasian
Uila
Huasteca Companien
Mexico
Netherlands
Villa
Pablo Gonzales Io
Villa- Gutierres
Monterey
Mexico Responds Warmly to Wilson Speech
President Gutierrez praised Wilson’s Indianapolis remarks as a proof of American good will and non interference. Mexican officials express satisfaction at Ciudad Victoria’s fall and pledge to reciprocate friendship while seeking to prove Mexicans can meet their problems. Continued on Page 4.
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Gutierrez
Mexico City
el Paso
Wilson
Mexico
Indianapolis
United States
Ciudad Victoria
Tamaulipas
Joge'ul Co
New York Timers
Washington
State Department
Cabinet Meeting at Night Marks Wilson's New Custom
Special to The New York Times reports President Wilson held an 8 o clock Cabinet meeting in the White House study extending three hours. The session, attended in evening attire, was said to cover routine matters with no claim that the Mexican situation prompted the gathering.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
White House
Ytwis
Four Barbers and In-laws Lynched After Jail Break
In Monticello Georgia a mob of about 100 white men seized Dan Barber his son Jesse and two married daughters Bula and Ella Charles from Jasper County Jail after a confrontation at Dan Barbers home involving Police Chief J P Williams. The four were hanged and shot and their bodies found near town.
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Atlanta
Dan Barber
Jesse
Bula
Ella Charles
Hesroes
Jasper County
Monticello
J. P. Williams
Barber
Charles
Ezell
Five Die In Yacht Fire At Pamlico Sound
Five people died when the private yacht Julia burned in Pamlico Sound near Beaufort North Carolina early today. A gasoline explosion started the blaze and only one of six aboard escaped. The dead include J W Murray of Burlington president of Piedmont Trust Company Mrs W E Porch of Beaufort and Mrs Dodson of Norfolk and two crew members.
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N. C
Julia
Pamlico Sound
J. W. Murray
Piedmont Trust,Company
Burlington
W. E. Porch
Dodson
Norfolk
Murray
Vermont Court Out in January Legislature Vets Bench
The Vermont House of Representatives approved in concurrence a Senate bill vacating the Supreme Court bench effective January 1. Five Justices were appointed for two year terms by Governor Fletcher late in his term. Debates centered on the legislature’s authority to remove them and the legality of the January convening date versus October.
Auto Hits 2 in Broadway Collision
Bert K Bloch of the Ansonia and his niece Edith Angel 14 were struck when stepping from a surface car into Broadway near Sixty sixth Street. Abraham Cohan of Flushing driving attempted to brake but hit them. the girl suffered cuts bruises and fright while Bloch had a minor leg cut. Mia Cohan fainted but no serious injuries were reported.
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Bert K. Bloch
Ansonia
Edith Angel
Broadway
Abraham Cohan
Flushing
Hoch
Mia Cohan
Bloch
Steel subway car bids from NY firm interest Pittsburgh firms
Interborough Rapid Transit Company of New York has inquired about 450 all steel passenger cars. Each car should seat and stand about 126 passengers. No definite order has been placed yet, according to Pittsburgh steel-car company offices.
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New York Times
Pittsburgh
Penn
Interborough Rapid Transit Company of
New York
Steel
Four More Days For Thaw In New York Custody
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw arrives in Manchester Illinois to be with her son Harry Thaw as a thirty day Supreme Court stay nears expiry January 19. If he remains in state Gov Spaulding will hand him to New York authorities in Concord. No Thaw counsel has yet arrived.
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Npedeg
New York Times
Manchester
N. IL
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry Thaw
United States Supreme Court
New York
Concord
Spaulding
Supreme Court
Thaw
Toll of Slain by Earthquake Now Over 25 000
Fires add to the horror as entombed victims perish in flames. Sixty towns lie in ruins with Avezzano and Messina cited in massive destruction. King Victor Emmanuel surpasses prior losses, Marconi calls the town nearly wiped out. Sora nearly wiped out as 4,000 killed. Americans aid while Italy rushes rescue work.
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New York Times
Rome
London Daily News
Aversano
TV Centurion
Earthquake toll in Abruzzi climbs as rescue continues
Rome dispatch reports rising victims from the Abruzzi quake with over twenty thousand feared dead. Rescue efforts face extreme danger and snows, while troops and train services aid the injured and supply relief to stricken towns such as Avezzano Sora and Frosinone.
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