War Updates From Front Lines Across Europe
Turkish claims of success and German victories clash with Petrograd and Vienna reports. Russians retreat along the entire eastern front while German forces push in east Prussia and Poland. Turkish river campaigns in the Caucasus yield prisoners and guns as Berlin notes Russian pursuit continues.
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Vienna
London
Galicia
Poland
Petrograd
Consantinople
Arabia
Nieuport
Paris
St. Georges
Alene
Meuse
Berlin
Sterlin
East Prussia
Skerniewice
Lowicz
Hel Sum
Gallela
Gorlice
Carpathians
Nowysandec
Constantinople
Kora
Caucasus
Redfield Shows a Need for Boats
Washington December 30 Senator Fletcher urged passage of the administration ship purchase bill and presented a majority report of the commerce committee to the senate. A letter from Secretary Redfield was incorporated. The report notes that since September 1 the floating indebtedness abroad has been paid in goods and December alone may show a favorable merchandise balance of 100 million dollars amid abundant US crops and European demand.
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Washington, D. C
Fletcher
Commerce Committee
Senate
Incorporated
Redfield
United States
Europe
Vollmer presses embargo to end war in 90 days
Washington D C December 30 Representative Vollmer urged the house foreign affairs committee to empower the president to embargo war material shipments to Europe. He argued the United States could end the war in 90 days by halting export of arms citing past embargoes and accusing the nation of dual aims. Delegations from New York Chicago and Philadelphia will be heard starting Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Vollmer
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
United States
Congress
Germany
Belgium
Flood
Bartholdi
Austria
Great Britain
Japan
Pacific
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pesky Mule Halts Streetcars On Icy City Block
A team of mules hitched to a heavy feed wagon slipped on icy pavement between Seventeenth Street and Second Avenue this morning at nine o'clock. The mule lay down tying up streetcar tracks for over six minutes as six cars stalled. The driver unharnessed the mule and then hitched a team of horses to move the wagon.
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Seventeenth Street
Second Avenue
Trac
Children Declared Dependent in City Court
In a twenty court session yesterday afternoon Sedge Neil presiding three children Larcon Leelie Arlo Spencer and Violet Lafferty were declared dependent. They are placed under guardianship of Mrs. Margaret Schroeder who will arrange placements. Mrs Annie Callahan was granted a mother's pension of ten dollars monthly.
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Awenty Court
Sedge Neil
Larcon Leelie
Arlo Spencer
Violet Lafferty
Margaret Schroeder
Annie Callahan
Tragedy in Marion as Ex-Clerk Shoots Wife Then Kills Self
Dec 20 Marion report: Joe Carbon, former village clerk, shot his separated wife in the afternoon. Twenty minutes later he ended his own life by placing the pistol in his mouth. The incident occurred while he surrounded her with his weapon.
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Marion
Joe Carbon
Coun
Arbonetta
Murder Suspect Breaks Out Jail
Two men escaped from a Monmouth jail last night after breaking bars and climbing to the roof. One had been held in connection with the Jennie Miller murder. The two fled through a punched roof opening.
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Monmouth, Ii
Jennie Miller
Dum Dum Charge to Fall Flat in U S Reply
Washington reports the state department will answer German accusations that the United States supplied dumdum bullets to Allied armies. Investigators found samples claimed as U S made would not fit any rifles used by the Allies. An American diplomat returning from Europe found no evidence that Belgians were mutilated by German soldiers.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
United States
Department
Europe
Des Moines May Ban Saloons After Sunday Campaign
Des Moines city council gave saloons until February 15 to prepare to close amid a heated anti saloon campaign led by Rev C S Medbury. Eighty six saloons affected. renewal licenses expire Jan 1 unless suit pending against petitioned consent is decided. The issue drew strong support and opposition from local officials and voters.
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Des Moines
Iowa
C. S. Medbury
Hanna
England for Square Deal to Neutrals
London reports Foreign Secretary Grey returns from the country and cabinet discusses the American protest over trade restrictions. An American envoy may be asked to review the matter with Grey as editorials praise a friendly tone and aim for a swift understanding. The Westminster Gazette and Globe weigh neutrals’ interests and right of search amid war hardships.
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London
Grey
United States
Washington Communication
The
Westminster. Gazette
Westminster Gazette
Globe
Salem Mayor Recalled in New England’s First Vote
Salem Massachusetts December 30 Mayor John F Hurley was recalled by voters in a special election. Matthias J O Keefe leather manufacturer and Better Government candidate defeated him 2465 to 2629. The recall was the first in New England and centered on liquor law enforcement.
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John F. Hurley
New
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
Fair tonight and Thursday with rising temperatures. Tonight's low just above zero. At 7 am temperature 6 degrees below zero. Wind 9 mph. Precipitation .32 inch. Humidity 87 percent at 7 pm, 92 percent at Tam. Stage of water 3.4 with no change in 24 hours. Astronomical events note evening stars Jupiter Saturn and morning stars Mars Mercury Venus with Andromeda constellation features.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Tam
J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Zenith
Constellation
Andromeda
Platt Adams Accused of Accepting Prize Money
New York December 20 The Evening Mail publishes affidavits charging that Platt Adams champion amateur athlete pledged and received money for prizes won at amateur meets under Amateur Athletic Union rules this could make him a professional Adams would join James Thorpe as a case study Adams must surrender all medals and trophies since joining the New York Athletic Club Adams and his brother Ben were members of the 1912 American Olympic team sent to Sweden to compete in the games.
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New York
The
Evening Mail
Platt Adams
Amateur Athletic Union
Adams
James Thorpe
New York Athletic Club
Ben
Sweden
Mrs Haines Wins Case Keeps 30 000 Yearly Income
Mrs Harriet Haines aged 96 is deemed capable of managing her finances and will continue to receive six percent income from a 510 000 trust left by her son Charles Haines to Mercy Hospital. Her heirs sought a conservator but the jury ruled she can handle her estate. Germany is credited with at least 100 000 motor vehicles in military use.
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Aurora
Harriet Haines
Germany
Cavalry to Return Home From Colorado Mines Disorder
A U S cavalry troop stationed in Routt County Colorado since May is ordered to return to its home station in South Dakota. Other federal troops sent to Colorado to quell mining disorders will be withdrawn gradually.
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Washington, D. C
United States Cavalry
Routt County
Colorado
South Dakota
Bandits Rob Texas Train At Gun Point
Two masked men boarded the Sunset Express near Cline Texas and, at gunpoint, robbed all passengers in the two rear sleepers. They signaling for the train to stop near Spofford then fled on foot, pursued by a posse. A wealthy Mexican in a robbed drawing room reportedly carried about $10,000 in jewelry and money, but it is unclear if he was robbed.
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San Antonio
Cline
Texas
Spofford
Illinois News Roundup From Springfield and Surrounds
The Illinois dispatches report a slate of state officials elected by the county superintendents group headed by Vice President Grant Balding and Secretary Lou M. Harris. Police hunt a man who opened a sample case at a railway station, found to belong to a Chicago dealer, with a mangled remark attributed to a mind question. the suspect later vanished. Illinois Attorney General Lucey declines to note if new registration is needed for a Freeport charter election. A Sterling man, John Murray, was electrocuted by a wet rope on a live 2,300 volt line.
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Clinton
Burr
William Hines
Chicago
Stylis
Sprngfield
Lucey
Freeport
Russia denies peace talks with Germany separate from Allies
Washington cable from Foreign Minister Sazonoff to the Russian ambassador says Russia will not negotiate peace with Germany independently of France and England. The instruction aims to deny widely circulated American claims that such talks were underway.
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Washington, D. C
Sazonoff
United States
Russia
Germany
France
England
Ballot Fraud Pleas Scheduled in January Arraignment
Terre Haute suspects in a federal indictment for conspiracy to corrupt elections will be arraigned January 12 before Federal Judge A B Anderson in Indianapolis. The Terre Haute roundup raises arrests to 102 with 16 of 21 prisoners held on bond failure. Several officials, including Terre Haute officials, were released. Charged interstate voting involved 31 men paid to travel from Paris Illinois to Terre Haute to vote Democratic and return to Paris to vote Republican, aiding Congressman Joseph Cannon.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
A. B. Anderson
Marion County
Donn M. Roberts
Frank Lockwood
E. E. Talbot
George Ehrenhardt
Robert Lockwood
Kizer
United States
Karch
Danville
Ill
Dailey
Paris
Joseph C. Cannon
Milwaukee Doctor Ralph K Danforth Found Dead in London
Coroner's jury in London returns suicide verdict for Ralph K Danforth a Milwaukee optometrist and former US Navy hospital corps officer who died in London December 26. He appeared to have a wound to the throat and a photograph of a woman in his lap, with peace in his pockets.
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R. K. Danforth
Self
London
Ralph K. Danforth
Milwaukee
Hospital Service
United States Navy
Ottawa
Canada
Territorials
Danforth
Petrograd Bans Beer and All Alcohol in City
A Petrograd order prohibits sale of all alcoholic drinks in the city including beer. Clubs and high grade restaurants are affected. Earlier the war decree banned vodka and spirits. lighter drinks like beer and light wines had been allowed until now.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Russia
Editor W S Park Dies at Desk After Writing Editorial
Joliet MI December 30 longtime Gardener Chronicle editor W S Park age 50 died suddenly at his desk just after drafting the New Year editorial. His wife, who co operated the weekly, found him lifeless with pencil in hand and the unfinished column before him.
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W. S. Park
Joliet
Gardener Chronicle
Park
Y. M. C. A. Celebrates 63rd Anniversary in Boston
The first U S Y M C A was formed in Boston on December 29 1851 by a band of young men led by retired sea captain Thomas V Sullivan. The move followed glowing reports by G M Vanderlip after his London 1850 visit.
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U. S
Boston
Thomas V. Sullivan
Young Men's Christian Association
United States
G. M. Vanderlip
Columbia University
London
Archbishop Aids in Raising Army in New Year Appeal
London December 30 The Archbishop of Canterbury issues a New Year's letter to laity and clergy urging men qualified to bear arms to join the army. The fervent appeal aims to boost recruiting and mobilize support for the war effort.
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London
Canterbury
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