Rioting in Youngstown Leaves City in Turmoil
East Youngstown erupts after a clash between strike sympathizers and armed guards at Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Fires destroy over 15 buildings, 20 homes lose shelter, and a bridge is burned to block voters. State troops mobilized as arrests rise and looting spreads through Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
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Youngtown
Ohio
East Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Fast Youngstown
Struthers
United Rates
Columbus
Youngstown
Poat
Republic Iron & Steely Company
Tube Company
Younstown Iron & Steel Company
Brier Him Steel Company
Fred
Plaat
Lor Hospital
J. M. Wortz
Sheet and Tube Company
Woltz
Youngstown First Department
Aska
Sherri Umetead
Willis
Cleveland
Rineyrus
East Younrstown
Mahoning
Trumbull
State Equoricense Commission
East
W. H H. Canningham
Robbers Obtain Million Dollars in Northwest Heist
In El Paul Minnesota unknown thieves drilled into the fifth and Wabash federal building, stole unnegotiable stamps and cash totaling about a million dollars. Revenue collector J. J. Lynch reports the exact sum will take two days to determine. The heist occurred without alarm, with no witnesses hearing an explosion.
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EL Paul
Minn
Jan
T—Loppers
Northwest
Federal
Fifth and
Wabash Streets
J. J. Lynch
Almant
Hel
Court House
Russian Austro German frontlines sharpen in winter fighting
Petrograd dispatches describe intensified battles along the Czerno wis region and Styr offensive with Austro German counterattacks. Russian operations push along rail lines as winter supply strains grow. Submarine losses rise, while Allied and Turkish theater actions prompt inquiries into Danube landings and broader fronts.
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London
Russia
Tine
Petrograd
Pek
Czernowics
Styrercelon
Adda
Yandon
Jan
me-Somo Itea
Czernowis
Caemnowic
Thie
Baltic
Rumantian
Kalkans
Smoot Bill Faces Opposition Over Land Grants
Washington January 7 Secretary Lace submits an adverse Senate committee report on Senator Smoots bill to grant a million acres of land to Mak to reimburse the state for suppressing Indian outbreaks. The secretary says land grants for such purposes conflict with public policy, conservation, and general use of power and water resources. A Swiss jeweler creates a tiny finger ring fit to pass through a ring finger opening, suggesting a tale of Halkan kin influence.
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Washington
Lace
Senate
Smoot
Many Mistakes Of An Hamilton
New York reports on Ellis Ashmead Bartlett critique of General Ian Hamilton’s Gallipoli Dardanelles campaign. Bartlett calls the expedition foolish and mishandled, questions strategic aims, and blames Hamilton and his staff for grave errors.
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New York
Erasmus
Bir
Ian Hamilton
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
Hamilton
Dardanelles
London
Ashmead-Hartlett
Ife
Gallipali
Hegan
Gallipoli
Ashmead Bartlett
International
Mamillon
Qallipoli
Chanak Dahr
Sari Bair
Koja Chemen Tepe
Tan Hamilton
Eport
Stopford
Bunton
Ptatt
Sayte Bay
Pepo
Adbi- Baba
Lone Pine
Quil
Pope
Courtney
Consuls Set At Liberty by the Ententes Allies
A dispatch from Athens dated January 6 reports that consuls were released by Ententes allies. the January 7 Paris time note cites the incident as resolving a diplomatic tension. The report notes the authorities in Athens confirming the move and hints at broader implications for allied relations.
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Ententes
Parl
Havas Openey
Athens
Columbia Law Dean Named Acting Warden of Sing Sing
George W. Kirchwey, Columbia University Law School dean since 1901, is named acting warden at Sing Sing to succeed Thomas Mott Osborne. He pledges to continue humane policies and seeks prisoner cooperation and support.
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George W. Kirchwey
School of Law
Columbia University
Sing Sing Prison
Thomas Mott Osborne
Hudson River
Dr. Kirchwey
Fragmentary World War II slang overheard on leave
A clipped, garbled wartime snippet shows soldiers on leave in England discussing unclear phrases, mispronounced names, and improvised chatter about formations and orders. The text reflects noisy, informal front-line talk with distorted words and stray references.
Just a Word to the Kiddies Free-will art offer notice
The Standard warns that anyone over 12 cannot assist with drawings or paintings for the Kiddies contest. Judges may investigate and require repainting if outside help is found. Winners suspected of outside aid may be summoned before judges to redo their pictures. A square deal will be demanded.
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Suvda
Xeay
Athens
Notre
Adarny ix
French minister announces release of consuls in Saloniki
Jean Guillemin, the French minister to Greece, says consuls of Germanic allies arrested in Saloniki are freed. Greek papers say this action shames the Greek government. The Interior Ministry states the Austrian, German, Burgarian and Turkish consuls arrested at Sart onlin will be sent to Marseilles and then led to the Bulgar frontier.
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Jean Guillemin
Greece
Saloniki
The
Diapateh
Ministry of the Interior
Terk-|ab
Sartonlin
Marseilles
Bwias
Big drainage plans for district near Argham
In Diltham City on January 7 a large meeting of Ble Fields property owners and local business figures discussed drainage of the Nig Metds area north of the city. They favor creating a drainage district to reclaim about 2000 acres for sugar beet production and potentially locate a new sugar factory nearby. A petition will be prepared to urge county commission action, with engineers reporting on practicability and a possible extension of the Hammond canal to Brigham.
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Diltham City
John D. Petera
First National Bank
Sammond Canal
Chy
Mesara
Ji. C. Carver
C. QO. Heakesley
Charles W. Koudson
William Jeppson
John A. Mathias
George C. Heeder
MH Feemld
Kees
Brigham
Uell
Hlca Garver
Dramnage
Germans Bolster Armament With Automatics And Glasses
Paris reports German troops are arming with automatic rifles and extensively distributing field glasses. Machines guns hidden in concrete ateliers substitute for units, while officers note broad field-glass deployment among captured Germans. In Asia Minor, trains run from Berlin to Constantinople since mid-December, aiding influx of Germans into Adana cotton trade as Turkish railways clog with ammunition. Copper resources at Arghana near Mardin are being tapped as Turkey’s war effort intensifies.
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Paris
la Liberte
Aala
Fandon
Athens
Sayay
Berlin
Conatan- Uneple
Turkey
Ercat
Arghana
Mdiarbekr
Asiatic
Aviator's Wife Seeks Divorce After Marriage in 1912
London reports Dorothy Cadwell Taylor, wife of famed aviator Claude Grahame-White, has filed for restitution of conjugal rights ahead of divorce. They wed in Widford, England in June 1912 after meeting mid ocean. Taylor later pursued aviation and was an attendant at Grahame White's flights at Herndon.
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London
Claude Grahame-White
Royal Naval Sir Service
Claude Grahame White
Dorothy Cadwell Taylor
Mra
Bertrand Leroy Taylor
New York
Tn Widford
England
Mid-Ocean
Mas Taylor
Grahame White
Herndon
Mine destroys passenger ship near Albanian coast
Paris reports a steel passenger ship struck a mine off Medea near the Albanian coast. About 200 passengers were aboard, including 425 Montenegrin recruits from the United States, and the vessel carrying a large cargo of foodstuffs sank rapidly. Montenegrin consul confirms the disaster. dispatches from Athens mention nine ships loaded with grain recently bought in America.
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Paris
San Giovanni di Mestua
United States
Aden
Wrindlal
Iralian
Adriatic
Medea
Dixpatehas
Athene
America
Italian coast controls Albanian relief aid route
The Gulf of Drin near Ban Giovano di Medua becomes a flashpoint as Austrian mines and submarines target ships bringing food and ammunition from Italy to Albania and Serbia. Dozens of vessels have been sunk while Italians enlarge relief efforts to stranded populations in the mountains.
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Gulf of Drin
Beutari
Adriatic
Italans Bara
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