German Pushes Through Lorraine and Alsace In Stalled Battles
Descriptions from Berlin and Paris allege German gains in Lorraine and Alsace with assaults toward the Lauch valley and Ponte-Nousson. Reports note captures near Naftey and Wor, heavy artillery use, and bombardments of Rheims and Ypres as winter fighting continues in the eastern theater amid shifting fronts.
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Lorraine
Parte
Berlin
Ponte-Nousson
Naftey
Alsace
Paris
Lauch
Antter
Bertin
Vosges
Oberingages
Wilsen
Bukowina
Carpathians
Sidetrack Divorce Bill Returns to Senate Committee
The divorce bill was sent back to the Senate Committee on Fallroids after a close vote and a motion to re positer the measure. Meanwhile Ambassadors and officials are noted in German and London related dispatches with reference to Creelman. The article also reports naval incidents near Scarborough with casualties and ongoing wartime political maneuvers in Britain and Germany.
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Wes
Senate Committee
British Air Raid Bombs Belgian Towns in Major Operation
A massive aerial attack advertised as war’s largest to date swept over northern Belgium as British planes struck Ostend Bruges and other targets. Thirty four aeroplanes and star planes of the British navy took part returning without casualties though two were damaged. The raid aimed to hinder German submarine bases and railway facilities with reported damage to positions lines and depots.
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London
Gillee
Belgium
Oetend
Bruges
Admiralty
Reid
Eves
Germany Resolves to Press War Zone Policy Despite U S Objections
Berlin reports the German foreign office sees a friendlier tone in the U S response to Germanys war zone around Great Britain and Ireland. Berlin maintains the war zone policy will stand, while stressing possible ship welfare relief if food supplies reach civilians.
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Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Ireland
Foreign Office
United States
State Department
Washington
Count von Kernstorff
Bryan
Lansing
Knogland
First Chief Carranza Demands Direct Contact for All Communications
Washington reports General Venustiano Carranza declares all outside communications to his government must pass through him. Any requests to a general must be referred to Carranza, likely limiting foreign diplomats contact and possibly restraining American consular dealings with the de facto government.
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Washington
Venustiano Carranza
Constitutional Army
Carransa
Rafael Zubaran Capmany
Bisco Arredondo
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Bank Robbery In Medicine Lake Nets $3000
Robbers enter the Medicine Lake State Bank early Saturday and force the cashier to surrender $3000 in currency. A posse pursues them toward the North Dakota line and a running gunfight results in a bandit being wounded and captured.
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Williston
N. D
Medicine Lake
Mrs George A Carlson named acting governor
George A Gariion wife of Colorado's governor is appointed by bien to the position of acting governor. Main duty is to oversee legislation concerning women and children. Hurricane Woe appears with damaging effects and extensive power outages reported in Tutulia The Americas Games see sweep by hurricane.
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George A. Carlson
George A. Gariion
Colorado
Bien
Not & House
Kaiser 10 Confers With Ambassador Gerard
Officials in Washington read press reports of a German emperor meeting with Ambassador Gerard at the front. The note's impression of importance is noted while questions about submarine warfare and civilian sentiment in Germany loom.
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Washington
Gerard
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Smuggling Clash at Mexican Border In Calexico
Goldie Evans led nine men in a desert battle with three US immigration agents at Calexico near the Mexico line. After gunfire among mesquite bushes, Evans, a male follower, and six Chinese smugglers were captured by the officials.
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Los Angeles
Goldie Evans
United States
Calexico
Pacific Mall Steamship Retained by Southern Pacific
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the retention of control of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company by the Southern Pacific railroad on Saturday under the Panama Canal Act. The ruling allows continued operation unless joint ownership is found not to be in the public interest. In Los Angeles Francis J. Heney, noted graft prosecutor and new Progressive ticket senate candidate, secretly married Edna Van Winkle of San Francisco.
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Washington
Pacific Mall Steamship Company
Southern Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Los Angeles
Francis J. Heney
United States Senate
California
Edna van Winkle
San Francisco
Paris approves 80 million indemnity for property damage
The French government adopts a decree to apply 80 million dollars to individual indemnities for property damage caused by the German occupation, establishing a principle prior only implied by law. In Oregon a statewide prohibition test in the senate passes after a house vote, signaling a victory for prohibition advocates. In Texas, three masked men rob the Merchants and Mechanics Bank in San Antonio and flee in a stolen car after the Saturday heist.
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Paris
Oregon
Oregon Senate
House
Texas
San Antonio
Teras
Merchants and Mechanics’ Bank
Boiler Explosion Kills Three In Iowa Plant
Three men died in a boiler explosion Sunday night at an electric light plant in caso Iowa. The deceased are Erma Willey M Beaman and Freak Pay. No further details available.
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Caso
Iowa
Erma Willey
M. & Beaman
Freak Pay
Wiley
Ike Wugibewr
Inland Northwest News Summary Hits Many Local Topics
The report covers Weld County and Utah affairs including Warnick retaining a Utah seat by a party vote, a Wyoming house petition to allow destruction of predators in Yellowstone and reservations, the mine cave-in in Utah with a missing worker found, and Washington Oregon legislative action on tariffs, labor, and capital punishment. It notes Bonnie Clarke’s Oregon senate debut, a Salt Lake to Port Worth trek claim, a Pueblo missing person, and various federal land and rail safety cases with labor arrests and consular updates.
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Warnick
Utah County
House
Wyoming
Congress
Yellowstone Park
Mike Zero
Gagnon
Washington
Kathryn Clarke
Oregon Senate
Resolutions Committee
Salt Lake
Delta
Port Worth
Texas
Marie Carre
Pueblo
Kihara
Milford
Utah
Fedrow
Denver
Walsenburg
Colo
Huerfano County
Bert Heaton
Bingham, Utah
Scott Cunningham
Nicholas Bogalaviensky
Seattle
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Alaska
British Columbia
United States
San Francisco
Chicago
R. C. Gemmell
Washington Senate
Sharpetein
Walla Walla
Senate
James Withycombe
Industrial Welfare Commission
G. W. Stromer
Tacoma
Harry B. Lamonte
Olympia
North Pactic Lumber Intereets
James Withyeoube
Oregoshes
Justice Court
Constautiegas
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Cressman
Lastington
James Creelman
Bewnpaper
Flrights
Rd Mr. Creelman
New York
Borough
England
Scarborough
Wight
Port Ee
Imperial Seo
Dume
Svidlere
Sit Aeance
Otto Hi
Umole Sans
of West
F. A. Daubin
T Quincey
Scott Daubin
Gelgium
Premises
Asquith
Thureday
Sir John French
Jose Caro
Mexico
Genen
von Chelius
Prohibit
Dee Moines
General Assembly
Nictos
People
Censtitu
Ehthwuah
Des Moines
Iawa
Lowe
I Omer
Notre Damme de Laweite
Kaiser 10
Emperor
Battle Front
Commission
Heney
Phoenia
Arte
Supreme Cour
Louta Gherna
Gherna
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