Germans Shift For New Attack In Belgium And France
London dispatches report German forces moving into Flanders with trainloads of troops while evacuating Belgian coast towns. Authors note possible plans to reach Calais and a Spring offensive, with emphasis on battles near Soissons and St Mihiel and Emperor William's front presence.
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Ostend
Amsterdam
Meriakerke
Nieuport
London
Belgium
France
Calais
Flanders
William
Golesons
Aiane
Soissons
Paris
Berlin
Boissons
Williams
Gotasens
von Kluck
Carency
Filirey
St. Mihiel
Huge French Forces Coming Revealed by Joffre Aide
London dispatch reports Rev. Hugh B. Chapman interview with General Joffre's aide de camp in France. He states France possesses reinforcements far beyond expectations and ready to be used at the proper moment. The aid de camp says Allied defeat is inconceivable.
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New York Times
London
Hugh B. Chapman
Chapel Royal
Joffre
Aid de Camp
France
England
Berlin estimates Allied halt as Soissons fight yields German gains
German experts view the Soissons operations as the greatest three month success in France and believe the French offensive under General Joffre is broken. The Soilguna district losses for the three days of fighting are unclear in the dispatch but hinted at significant French losses and a German fee.
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Soissons
Berlin
Sayville
L. 1
France
Joffre
Mejor Moraht
Take- Dlatt
Soliguna
Lucees
Ftnh
French Submarine Saphir Sunk in Dardanelles
Turkish officials in Constantinople report the French submarine Saphir was sunk by Turkish artillery while attempting to enter the Dardanelles. Some crew members were rescued. The Saphir displaced 3586 tons, was 154 feet long, 12.7 feet beam, with six torpedo tubes and speeds of twelve knots surfaced and eight knots submerged. Built at Toulon in 1908.
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Berlin
Sayville
S. L
Constantinople
Saphir
Dardanelles
Toulon
German flying boat found damaged in North Sea coast
A German hydro aeroplane was discovered wrecked on Manoe, a Danish North Sea island, with no sign of the crew who are believed to have perished. The January built machine carried bombs.
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Copenhagen
London
Manoe
North Sea
British Internees Escape from Dutch Prison Camp
British naval officers interned in Holland secretly asked to be freed from parole. Seven officers slipped out at night, two reached England by car, the rest were recaptured at Harderwijk. In response, other officers were moved to a fortress at Bodegraven on the Rhine.
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London
Holland
Central
Amsterdam
England
Harderwijk
Bodegraven
Rhine
Cunard Liner Sails With Two 12-Inch Guns On Deck
The Cunard liner Orduna departed at 10 A M for Liverpool via Halifax carrying two twelve inch guns lashed to ringbolts on the after deck. Each gun 58 feet long 75 tons. Officials said unaware of the armament as guns and projectiles are believed to be made at Bethlehem Steel works in South Bethlehem Penn.
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Orduna
Liverpool
Halifax
Cunard Line
Lloyd B. Sanderson
America
Mauretania
Harlan & Wolff
Elfast
Arriv
England
Bethlehem
Penn
Bethlehem Steel Works
Kaiser Curtails Birthday Festivities in German Decree
The Reichsanzeiger cites Emperor William asking that birthday festivities be omitted this year to keep telegraphs and mail free for wartime work. Church and school celebrations may occur, but letters and telegrams are discouraged. Court balls will be abandoned and funds redirected to charity. prayers seek victory and honor.
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Berlin
Hague
London
Reichsanzeiger
William
Fatherland
Janet
Aiken-Aw Florida Train Schedule Note
Train service from N Y Office on 7th Avenue lists daily noon arrivals at 12:08 with route via THERN RAILWAY. References to convenient de ure and dining care appear in a fragmented notice from Drawing, Hinterourn, and Bleeping.
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Aiken
Florida
THERN
Hinterourn
N. Y
Wuh
Jacksonville
Washington
Southern Railway
Fifth Ave
Carranza lifts oil embargo as Villa moves on Tampico
Monitored from Washington the British Embassy was told the Carranza government raised the Tampico oil embargo. Aguila and Huasteca oil firms may ship again while Villa forces seize Monterey and plan attacks toward Tampico and Nuevo Laredo. State Department cautions linger.
NY Times Sunday Edition Circulation Tops 325000
The Sunday edition of The New York Times reaches over 325,000 copies in circulation, with stronger growth than any other Sunday newspaper in America.
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New York Times
the ‘Times
America
Starved couple in Passaic found dead after pride stops aid
Frank McGuire and Policeman Vanderhoven discovered Steven Farley and his wife in a locked Passaic home. Mrs Farley had starved to death, reportedly after months of unemployment and friends’ offers of help were refused. Farley died soon after. The couple, longtime St Nicholas parish workers, left no food and died holding each other.
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New York Times
Passaic
N. J
Steven Farley
Passaic Street
Frank McGuire
Vanderhoven
Farley
Mrs. Farley
Mr. McGuire
Farleys
New York
St. Nicholas's
Germans to Lose British Prize Ship or Be Interned
The British collier KD 3, formerly Farn, seized by a German prize crew, must leave San Juan or its crew will be interned and the ship released. Awaiting actions possible with the British cruiser Bristol on watch. no prize court has ruled on the ship.
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Washington
KD 3
Farn
San Juan
Porto Rico
H. M
Bristol
KDS
Karlsruhe
Canary Islands
United States
San Juan Harbor
Atlantic
Crefeld
Wilson Looks Into Rise in Food Prices
President Wilson orders Attorney General Gregory to probe possible illegal combinations behind rising wheat and flour costs. He considers embargos on exports and reviews bills to curb prices as officials note European demand and record export increases through 1914 and 1915.
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Washington
Wilson
Gregory
Jenny Dewey Heath
New York
National Housewives’’ League
White House
Chicago
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
House Committee On Agriculture
Farr
Pennsylvania
Starved seamstress found unconscious in street
Patrolman Scotti of East Witch Street Station discovers Edith Goldberg a 21 year old Russian seamstress lying on Ninety eighth Street and Fifth Avenue. She is carried with help to Mount Sinai Hospital where doctors say she is starving. She formerly lived at 400 East Fourth Street and has no current home. Her exact period without food remains undetermined.
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Scotti
East Witch Street
Mount Sinai Hospital
100Th Street
Edith Goldberg
400
East Fourth Street
Andale Bank Robbery Battle Ends With Robber Escape
In Andale Kansas a two hour battle pitted 250 citizens against robbers at the State Bank. Clara Dressel fought off the bandits with revolver shots and alerted the town. Police injuries included a leg wound to John Smith and gunfire injuries to Officers Hay and Merrill. A blizzard hindered residents from distinguishing friend from foe and windows were shattered. The robbers fled in a car then on rails after exhausting ammo.
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New York Times
Andale Kan
Wichita
State Bank
Andale
Clara Dressel
Helder
John Smith
Hay
Merrill
Kansas
Wheat Breaks in Chicago on Export Embargo Fears
Chicago traders pushed wheat down to 1.40 a bushel for May as news of a possible Congress export embargo spurred stop loss selling. Prices closed unsettled with declines in corn and oats, while reports of limited domestic receipts and Europe shipments offered some support to buyers later.
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Chicago
Congress
Wilson
Liverpool
Nebraska
Europe
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Seaboard
Evacuation of Naco underway as border peace holds
Naco Sonora evacuation by Carranza troops under Gen Calles has begun following the border peace accord brokered by Brig Gen Hugh L Scott. The garrison will march to Agua Prieta at daylight while Maytorena lifts his blockade. Brig Gen Tasker Bliss will relocate some troops to Douglas after evacuation, with strong forces remaining in both towns for a period.
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Ariz
Sonora
Carranza
Calles
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Agua Prieta
Maytorena
Tasker H. Bliss
Douglas
Threatened Bernstorff Sentenced In Tacoma Case
Edwin R. Scott of Raymond Washington was sentenced to six months in jail by Federal Judge Cushman for threatening the life of German Ambassador Count von Bernstorff. Scott admitted writing two letters to the ambassador in Washington, calling the threats bluff. The State Department instituted the proceedings amid many threats to ambassadors from warring powers.
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Wash
Edwin R. Scott
Raymond
Cushman
Count von Bernstorff
Scott
Washington
State Department
EB. R. Scott
Europe
Bombing Ostend Station and Barracks Reported
Nine Allied aviators dropped bombs on Ostend's railroad station and surrounding barracks causing considerable damage, a Lloyds News dispatch from the Franco-Belgian border reports.
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London
Ostend
Lloyds News
Americans Reported Hanged by Carranza Officials
Gustavo Fernandez and Francisco Yturria, said to be naturalized Americans from Donna Hidalgo County Texas, were executed by order of Carranza officials at Rio Continuacd on January 1 according to a surviving fragment of the report.
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San Antonio
Gustavo Fernandez
Francisco Yturria
Donna
Hidalgo County
Texas
Carranza
Rio
Italian gunboat Coatit damaged in Adriatic
A report from Rome states the Italian torpedo gunboat Coatit was badly damaged while cruising in the Adriatic. Details of the incident are not given. Coatit displacement is 1,202 tons with twelve 43 inch guns and two torpedo tubes and a crew of 184.
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Jah
Coatit
Adriatic
Women win by a vote in Haledon meetings dispute
The Woman's Political Union of Haledon New Jersey sought usage of a school for suffrage meetings. A tie vote from the Hale don Board of Education blocked the request. They plan to arrange proxy voting for Christian Zimmer who is out of town to secure permission.
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New York Times
Paterson
N. J
Woman's Political Union of
Haledon
Seine Floods Paralyze Paris Bridge Ties Quays Submerged
The Seine kept rising in Paris on January 16 with lower portions of many bridges under water. Quays are submerged up to two feet while the river’s current speeds and navigation slows to a near halt as rains continue intermittently.
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Paris
Seine
Austria for Peace but Germany Not Yet
The Daily Mail reports Vienna discussions between Austria Hungary and Germany on seeking peace. Austria is ready to concede East Galicia, while Germany wants prewar boundaries and urges delaying talks. They foresee a possible separate peace if conditions worsen, and Germany pledges support to defend Budapest with half a million troops from new reserves.
Policemen Injured In Auto Plunge At Central Park Sheepfold
Policemen Frederick Meybert and Edward Smith of Inspector Dwyer's staff set out from West Sixty-eighth Street station in an inspector’s car with George Block of 1111 Forest Avenue. The car stalled and Block started it, plummeting the vehicle over a bank near the sheepfold. Smith was found unconscious with arm fractures and possible skull injury. he was taken to Flower Hospital.
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Frederick Meybert
Edward Smith
Dwyer
West Sixty-eighth Street
Meybert
Block
Smith
Stowe
Central Park Weat
Flower Hospital
Divorce Notice for Mrs Brooks Reveals Langhorne Ties
Mrs Phyllis Brooks sailed to London to aid wounded English soldiers and received a partial divorce from Reginald Brooks less than three weeks ago. The Langhorne lineage links to famed Gibson Girls with five sisters, including Waldorf Astor’s wife and Mrs Brooks, all daughters of Col C D Langhorne of Richmond.
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New York Times
Charlottesville
Phyllis Brooks
London
Mra .Waldorf Astor
Reginald Brooks
Brooks
Langhorne
Greenwood
Col
Chiswell D. Langhorne
Harvard
Newport
Westbury
Earthquake Death Toll Rises Amid Hunger and Cold
Rome dispatch reports 28 000 dead with tides of refugees starving in bitter cold. Rescue work slow and delayed by rains, blocked roads, and shifting ruins in towns like Avezzano and Sora. Supplies scarce, medical help thin as workers relay through debris to reach survivors.
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Avezzano
Sora
Débria
Rome
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