World War Headlines From Across the Fronts
A roundup of early 20th century war briefings notes Thunderer sunk by mine or torpedo, German and Russian maneuvers near Warsaw and Galicia, Nieuport and Somme actions with losses, and the Argonne capture. It reports Hartlepool Scarborough Whitby casualties, Baltic victories, British coastal battles, and a New York Merchants Association briefing on national defense preparations led by Gen. Leonard Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sea
New York
St. Louis
Liverpool
United States
Merchants’ Association of New York
Leonard Wood
Mexican Revolt and Maytorena Move Near Naco
Camp near Naco Arizona reports Villa commander Maytorena plans to withdraw twelve miles from the border amid talks with George C. Carothers. Consular telegraph confirms siege conditions and possible troop withdrawal. Also noted are the death of Eugene Zimmerman and the engagement of Elizabeth Reid Rogers to Prince Christian of Germany.
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George C. Carothers
Villa
Naco
Ariz
Maytorena
Gutierrez
Carothers
State Department
Washington
General Hill
Sonora
Misa Elizabeth Reid Rogers
Richard R. Rogers
Prince Christian
Germany
Miss Rogers
European Deals and Royal Movements Amid War Tensions
Victor Emmanuel welcomed German ambassador Prince von Buelow in Rome as he presented credentials and voiced satisfaction. Riots disrupted Italian celebrations for Oberdank’s death anniversary while monarchs Gustave V, Haakon, and Christian met in Malmo to discuss wartime interests. London announces Hussein Kemal will succeed the Egyptian khedive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Emmanuel
Prince von Buelow
Italy
Rome
London
Hussein Kemal
Egypt
Washington Canal Zone inquiry clears British collier claim
Washington Colonel Goethals reports to the British embassy that the so called wireless vessel in Panama Canal waters had no wireless equipment, countering neutrality violation claims. Interstate Commerce Commission raises freight rates about five percent on 123 railroads linking Atlantic ports to the Mississippi, boosting annual road income by roughly 30 million dollars. Representative Gardner blasts naval readiness and criticizes the administration economy policy as a ledger slashing bill for 38.7 million dollars plus caucus allowances.
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Goethals
Canal Zone
Washington
State Department
Panama Canal Zone
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi
Potomac
Ohio Rivers
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Appropriations Committee
Thaw Loses Fight Over Conspiracy to Escape
Washington December 23 United States Supreme Court rules Harry Kendall Thaw must be delivered to New York to face conspiracy charges tied to an escape attempt from Matteawan asylum or be recommitted. Thaw remains in Manchester New Hampshire and awaits New York action. Supreme Court decision unani mous and Justice Holmes reads it. Jerome says Thaw will likely be tried on conspiracy or returned to Matteawan. The attorney general will decide whether Thaw should be tried and a detainer may be filed if he is sent to Matteawan as an insane patient.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Harry Kendall Thaw
New York
Matteaw
Thaw
Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire
Aldrich
White
Justice Holmes
William ‘Travers Jerome
Jerome
Matteawan
Illinois Briefs From Heyworth To Danville
Multiple Illinois items report events in Heyworth Belleville Vandalia Edwardsville Lichfield Lincoln Joliet Springfield Bloomington Duquoin Joliet Elgin Danville and more. Reports include a suicide by poison a church anniversary a druggist suit a fatal steam engine explosion a physician death a restaurant fire confession and passings plus local council elections and a court sentence for arson.
Germans Renew Attacks On Front Near Lihons
German troops launched four assaults on the Allied line in front of Lihons on Monday in an effort to retake trenches won by the Allies. The French war office says all attacks were repulsed and that British forces recovered most trenches. the French gained a foothold in German trenches south of Noyon and advanced elsewhere. Meanwhile Tijd reports Middelkerke evacuated.
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London
Germany
Lime
Lihons
French War Office
Noyon
Netherlands
Tijd
Middelkerke
Belgium
Bixsehoote
Alles
France
Czar Loses Rail Center as German Forces Advance
Berlin reports Skierniewice, a key railroad hub 40 miles from Warsaw, has fallen to German control. A Breslau dispatch notes the left wing of von Hindenburg's Polish forces has been defeated, and German troops 75 miles northwest of Warsaw are retreating into Germany per a Petrograd general staff release.
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Berlin
Skierniewice
Warsaw
Breslau
von Hindenburg
Poland
Germany
Petrograd
Multiple Local Murders and Notable Deaths Across Illinois
In Ashland James H. Davis is dead and his divorced wife likely fatally wounded after a shooting in their home found by a neighbor. Florence Tate of Granite City, 46, 57 pounds, dies. she helped found the Shut-In Society for invalids. An order from Dr. Dyson restricts sale of infected cattle due to foot and mouth disease. Harvey Bros. herd of Jersey hogs shot and buried after exposure. Danville marshal Jack Hall found dead in bed after long service. O'Fallon Miss Gladys Bradley acquitted of whipping a pupil. Clifford Shade electrocuted near Assumption while hedge pulling. Leroy Stevens' eye blown out in dynamite explosion. Alton trio explore Spring Cave mile and a half. Geneva Kane county monument bronze figures placed. Bloomington man linked to Danvers bank swindles captured. Duquoin judge assigns election cases to Murphysboro judge. Virginia fire damages Bluir Springs alms house. Aurora Harry Lewis located in Chicago connected to murder suspect. Mount Vernon former postmaster I A Dulaney dies by suicide. Rockford H H Heffernan named postmaster by President Wilson.
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Heyworth
George Graves
Jersey
Belleville
First Presbyterian Church
W. EL. Hadley
Lichficka
Drive
Serror
Raymond
Lincoln
Robert Hunter
Elkhart
Joliet
Charles Masters
Repetto
Bloomington
State Normal University
Duquoin
W. L. Thill
EH. E. Jacobs
Thill
Knauer
Juliet
Richards Street
Elgin
Milk Producers’ Association
Chicago
J. T. Sprague
Macomb
Clinton
Aledo Julia Flake
Geneva
Julia
Higgins
Robert Higgins
Danville
Chester
Rodeharmel
Granite City
Florence Tate
O. E. Dyson
Aurora
Harvey Bros
Oswego
Harvey
John, Alexander
Edward Harvey
Alexander Harvey
Jack Hall
Grape Creek
Hall
Rockies
O’fallon
Gladys Bradley
Rock Springs
Holison Reader
Dorothy Schwartz
Taylorville
Clifford Shade
W. A. Shade
Owaneco
Henry Abel
Assumption, II
Young Shade
Yewanee
Leroy Stevens
Stevens
Alton
C. G. Werschied
Ed Bowman
George J. Herrin
Bethalto
Hop Hollow
Kane County
Danvers
Ilinois
George Harsberger
Morris Enright
J. Osborne
Niantic
Louis R. Kelly
Perry County
Wirt
Mount Vernon
I. W. Dulaney
Bluford
Rockford
Washington
President Wilson
H. H. Hefferan
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Dardanelles
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Pilica
Lowicz
Baura
Rawa
Bzura River
Christian
Denmark
Gustav
Sweden
Haakon
Norway
Gustave
Nieuport
Somme
Argonne Forest
Chary
Hartlepools
Scarborough
Whitby
Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
England
Elterwater
Vaaren
Fiamborough
Waaren
London Daily Chronicle
Dover
Ostend
Vienna
Galicia
Amsterdam
Viermans
Dixmude
F. A. Thompson
Army Reserve Corps
Government Aviation
Oakland
Frank Hohl
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Knaull
George Winter
Liberty Savings Bank
Hohl
Provident Savings Bank
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Oberdank
Malmoe
Gardner
Navy
House Naval Affairs Committee
U. & Supreme Court
News OF Illinois
Bixschoote
Paris
CZAR
Kaiser
Telegraph
Ashland
James H. Davis
Springfield
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