Hamilton report details Gallipoli brave stand and heavy losses
General Hamilton’s Official Gazette account describes Turks overwhelming the ridge at Suvla and Anzac, British counterattacks, and 12,000 casualties in Birdwood’s force. It cites water shortages, exhausted troops, and renewed Turkish numbers amid a dire summer.
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London
Gallipoli Peninsula
Ian Hamilton
Lord Kitchener
Hamilton
Great Britain
Anzac Cove
Sulva Bay
Suvla Bay
Anzac
Chunnuk Bair Hill
North Lancashire
Wiltshire
Hampshires
Baldwin
Chunnuk Bair
Street
Cayley Baldwin
Cooper
Ladysmith
Birdwood
Suvia
Stopford
Delisle
Conscription Bill Wins in Commons
London reports the conscription bill passed its first reading in Parliament by 403 to 105. Cabinet resignations follow rapid opposition with four members leaving, including Arthur Henderson, George Roberts, and William Brace, as Labor Congress votes 1,998,000 to 785,000 urging withdrawal. Penalties include up to six months imprisonment for false statements and a $250 fine for changes of circumstance.
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London
House of Commons
Arthur Henderson
Board of Education
Labor Party
George H. Roberts
Treasury
William Brace
Home Affairs
John Simon
Labor Congress
Fierce Battle Rages on the Russian Front
Petrograd dispatch says fighting on the Russian frontier grows intense with cannon fire heard for miles. Kiev reports 800000 men and 3500 cannons engaged on the Tarnopol Tremblovla front. Wounded officers note breaches of German trenches as the battle continues.
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Paris
Petrograd
Havas
Kiev
Tarnopol-Trembovla
Million Dollar Stamps Stolen In St Paul Robbery
Revenue stamps totaling 1 million dollars, 400 dollars in cash, and notes worth 2 thousand dollars were stolen from the internal revenue office in the old post office building. Yeggs blew the vault door from its hinges. the explosion went unheard and the theft was found when a janitor unlocked the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Collector of Internal Revenue
Post Office
Yeggs
St. Paul
Wilson's Name Placed on Indiana Ballot Without His Consent
The White House announced that President Wilson's name was added to the Indiana ballot with approval from his political managers in Washington, but not with the knowledge or consent of the president himself.
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Wilson
Washington
Jan
White House
Indiana
Germany offers Lusitania indemnity and warns on sinking ships
Berlin proposes to pay indemnity to Americans lost on the Lusitania and to conclude negotiations. It denies admission of wrongdoing while promising not to sink neutral and passenger ships without warning. The note outlines submarine warfare rules in the Mediterranean and North Sea and seeks an official disavowal of past acts.
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Berlin
Paris
Brindisi
United States
San Juan de Medua
Persia
Washington
Count von Bernstorff
State Department
Lusitania
Austria
Lansing
Department of State
Mediterranean
British Isles
Senate
Germany
North Sea
Austrian Foreign Office has no Persia sinking information
Ambassador Penfield in Vienna reports the Austrian foreign office has no data on the sinking of the British liner Persia. He says Baron Urian, Austria’s foreign minister, asked what information the United States government holds about the disaster.
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Washington
State Department
Penfield
Vienna
Foreign Office
Persia
Baron Urian
United States
Mrs. Wilson Hosts Grand Pan American White House Reception
Washington notes the 1916 Pan American reception at the White House welcoming Mrs Woodrow Wilson as first lady. About four thousand guests from Pan American delegates, diplomats, and society attended the formal event marking a new social era after Mrs Wilson’s debut.
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Washington
Western Hemisphere
United States
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Wilson
Pan-American Scientific Congress
Winter Colony
House
Senate
President Wilson
Colonel Harts
Mrs. Wilson
Preparedness plea from Senator Williams on war dangers
Senator John Sharp Williams, calling himself a peace fanatic, warned in the Senate that the nation faces grave danger of attack as the European war ends. He stressed defense readiness, opposed shedding American blood, and defended U S. sales of munitions to belligerents.
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Washington
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Senate
Williams
Foreign Relations Committee
16 Postmasters Confirmed in Michigan
Washington January 7 The senate confirmed 16 postmasters in Michigan including Almont Roy P Halleck Arcadia Carl Tickert Carsonville F D McTerean Cockerville D R Brown East Jordan C D Hodkins Edmore A F Skerritt Escanaba John O Meara Gaylord Helen A Collier Hesteria A D Himebaugh Marlette Charles Hunter Montrose C P Morgan Niles F W Richter Tecumseh BE C Brown Thompsonville C L Bennett Traverse City Emanuel Wilhelm White Cloud Fred Gibbs.
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Washington
Senate
Michigan
Almont
Roy P. Halleck
Arcadia
Carl Tickert
Carsonville
F. D. McTerean
Cockerville
D. R. Brown
East Jordan
C. D. Hodkins
Edmore
A. F. Skerritt
Escanaba
John O'Meara
Gaylord
Helen A. Collier
Hestéria
A. D. Himebaugh
Marlette
Charles Hunter
Montrose
C. P. Morgan
Niles
F. W. Richter
Tecumseh
BE. C. Brown
Thompsonville
C. L. Bennett
Traverse City
Emanuel Wilhelm
White Cloud
Fred Gibbs
Mrs Bryant Granted Custody After Custody Suit in Chicago
Judge F A Smith awarded Mrs Harold J Bryant custody of the two children in the suit filed by Charles W Gillett. The hearing ended abruptly and the judge ordered the children to resume the surname Gillett.
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Chicago
Harold J. Bryant
Charles W. Gillett
F. A. Smith
Gillett
Powder Explosion Hits DuPont Plant at Carney's Point
At least six workers died and four were injured after a blast at the DuPont Powder Co plant in Carney's Point. The Long Beach steamer nearby was blown from its dock and shattered. the blast shook Camden and the surrounding area, with victims transported to Camden hospitals.
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Western
Union News Service
Philadelphia
DuPont Powder Co
Carney’s Point
Long Beach
Boscher
Camden
Penn’s Grove
Long Peach
Carney's Point
Renn
Indian Chief Ogallala Fire Dies at 90
Chicago Chief Ogallala Fire, a Sioux leader who fought with Sitting Bull at the Custer massacre, died in a hospital after a suicide attempt a week prior. He was 90 and had long opposed white encroachment and clashed with U S troops.
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Chicago
Ogallala Fire
Sitting Bull
United States
Cincinnati Market Prices for Wheat to Lambs
Market quotes list Wheat Corn Oats Hay Eggs Poultry Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep and Lambs with varied grades and weights. Prices cover No 2 red wheat to lambs, including specifics for No 1 white corn and stock categories across regions and quality levels.
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Timothy
Prohibit Arms Exportation Stirs Spanish Factory Woes
Prohibition of arms exportation threatens to shut plants in Eibar Vigoaibar and Guernica causing serious industrial crisis as manufacturers fear loss of trade to American and Japanese rivals. Senators seek postponement of factory closures though no reason has been given.
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Madrid
Ebiar
Vigoibar
Guernica
Northwest harvest boosts Canada’s economy and immigration
Canada’s 1915 grain yield across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta tops records with market value around four hundred million dollars. Banks report optimism and renewed trade as the Dominion recovers from wartime dislocation. H V Meredith of the Bank of Montreal notes the Northwest harvest as the key driver, with rail earnings rising and government seed advances justified.
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Canada
Northwest
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Bank of Montreal
Canadian West
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Canadian Pacific
H. V. Meredith
Montreal
Mystery Passenger and Conductor Fare Exchange
A brief transit note records a morning passenger entering a car and a conductor handling a fare exchange. The sparse text hints at routine fare collection and the start of a journey.
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Tne
Impossible events defy usual patterns says historian
A reflective note on how common happenings often arise from what looks impossible, urging readers to reconsider assumptions about daily life and probability.
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Gallipoli
General DE Castelnau
Courieres de Castelnau
Cochin China
Algeria
Russia
U.S
Education
Glasgow
Cambridge
Capital
Senator Williams
U. S
DU Pont Powder Company
Cincinnati
Western Canada
Great Harvest
Europe
Dean
Kentucky
W. H. Cobb
Nicholasville
Doan
Doan’s
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