Balkans Front Shifts as German Bulgarian Push Advances
London reports rapid Balkan developments. German and Bulgarian forces press near Monastir, threatening encirclement of Anglo French troops as French withdraw from Krivolak toward Demirkapou. Satoniki remains contested while Bulgarians push along the Vardar and Evacuation of the Vardar salient cited.
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London
Balkans
Kenali
Monastir
Bulgars
Strumnitz
Krivolak
Demirkapou
Saloniki
Bulgarian War Office
Berlin
Sofia
Serbia
Vardar
Reana
British Reinforcements in Mesopotamia Halt Turkish Forts
British reinforcements ordered to Mesopotamia before the Ctesiphon advance are arriving at the front. J Austen Chamberlain said casualties at Ctesiphon totaled 643 killed and 3330 wounded with 594 unaccounted. An official communiqué reports six hours of vigorous attack near Kut El Amara. the enemy fortifications were approached and a machine gun captured as artillery burned an enemy transport vessel.
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Kat-El-Amara
London
Mesopotamia
Ctesiphon
Bagdad
J. Austen Chamberlain
India
House of Commons
Italy Calls for Major National Loan to Sustain War
In a chamber of deputies address, Treasury Minister Paolo Carcano said Italy’s 1914-15 budget showed a $567 million deficit while the 1915-16 budget carried a $3.243 billion surplus after war loans. He warned the surplus was insufficient for wartime needs and urged a new national loan. He also projected a $28 million surplus for 1916-17 and noted war expenses of about $600 million in the first five months.
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Wec
Chamber of Deputies
Paolo Carcano
Carcano
Paris Grand Opera Reopens After War Hiatus
Paris plans a full reopening of the Academies Nationale de Musique et de Declamation known as The Opera with a park of performance. Revenues from the show go to the Belgian Red Cross. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth will be officially represented at the patronage ceremony.
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Washington Post
Paris
Academies Nationale de Musique Et de Declamation
Opera
Messager- Broussan
Academy of Music
Belgian Red Cross Society
Albert
Elizabeth
Kaiser Ends War by February Marriage Plan
London dispatch from Amsterdam cites Cassel authority that Emperor William fixed Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Anhalt’s wedding for late February at Potsdam. The emperor and empress hope the war ends by February, postponing the ceremony if the conflict continues.
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London
William
Prince Joachim
Marie of Anhalt
Potsdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Cassel
Prussia
Montenegro Seeks Separate Peace Says Dispatches
Berlin reports via wireless that Montenegro desires a separate peace. King Nicholas allegedly handed a document to the entente ambassadors proposing a separate peace, while diplomats warned they would sever relations and end aid if Montenegro is exhausted and unable to resist the enemy.
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Saywille
Frankfurter Zeitung
Sayg
Montenegro
Nicholas
Britain Buys Shops in Working District
Special Cable to The Washington Post from London reports a government plan in a northern center where 20,000 workers are employed. The state has purchased all shops for possible operation or licensing to regulate prices and curb extortion. The liquor board bought all saloons, converting some into lodgings for workers and halting alcohol sales there, while others face tight restrictions.
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Washington, Post
London
The
Daily Mail
Liquor Control Board
England in Tangled Mismanagement Says Beresford
Lord Beresford declares a tangle of mismanagement in Britain’s war effort. He calls for a strong leader and a clear plan, noting lack of policy consultation with war staffs and underuse of naval mastery. He warns that current methods prolong the war and threaten the empire.
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Lord Charl
Resford
Washington Post
London
Four British Ships Sunk by Submarine Victims Reported
London reports the admiralty confirms four British ships sunk by a submarine including the steamers Commodore Ignis and Tringé and the Helmamuir, with eleven officers and 27 crew saved from Helmamuir. Italian steamer Dinus and Italian bark Pietro Lofaro also destroyed.
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Admiralty
Cook
Charente Steamship Company, Limited
Liverpool
Tringé
Cork
Helmamuir
Dinus
Pietro Lofaro
British record for boy babies broken in wartime England
London reports that 36 large towns show higher boy births than girls across periods January to March 32 more boys per 1000, April to June 43 more, and July to September 55 more. Marriage rate also reaches a record high at 2108 per 1000 population.
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Washington Post
London
England
Wales
England and
Preas Publishing Co
500000 to invade India Turkish German army planned
Rome Dec 8 German efforts shift to forming a Turko German army of 500000 to invade India. 460000 Turks and 100000 Germans to be commanded by Von der Goltz. Expedition to begin in spring with Turkish advance guard to Bagdad. Officials abandon Egypt plan to focus in Asia. Norfolk area station ads note holiday excursion tickets.
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Thesrs Pont
Rome
India
Allies Await Offer Demands On Austria War Talk
London and Berlin dispatches report Allies ready to discuss serious peace proposals if enemy governments present them. Asquith says parliament will be informed, and Kaiser’s views on peace are sought. Hungary’s leaders press for victory terms and delays in peace. US asks Austria Hungary for assurances after the Ancona sinking and demands punishment and reparations.
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Asquith
Commons
Philip Snowden
Blackburn
Budapest
County Tiszy
Hungbriga Bremlet
Orf
Tianna
Berlin
Reichgtag
Reichstag
Scheidemann
Germany
Age tells of death pact in Crisfield tragedy
Miss Hilda Sterling confidential clerk to Dr. C Clifford Reese incurred three bullets in a dawn tragedy near Crisfield. She wrapped Reese’s body in her coat and left him with a blanket as she crawled to the road, later found by Ray Nelson. A note by Reese confirms the pact as she described the events of that morning. Doctors fear for her recovery as investigators sort motive and timing.
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Hilda Sterling
Betse
Maryland
Washington Post
Crisfield
Dee
C Clifford Reese
Reese
Ray Nelson
Sher
Sterting
Ant
Cripfield
Misa Sterling
Jana
Wilson Addresses Democrats at White House Luncheon
President Wilson told Democratic National Committee members that Republicans have no issue for the next campaign beyond tariff arguments. He praised Democratic unity, called the Isolated life of a chief executive, and urged confidence in a rebuilding, irresistible constructive movement. Democrats left buoyant, while committee leaders planned the convention committee and a St Louis meeting within a month.
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Wilson
Democratic National Committee
White House
Thei Beay
United Committee
Fred B Lynch
Minnesota
William F. McCombs
McCombs
Convention Committee
St. Lous
Belgium to be retained by Liege crowd statement
Count Schulenburg told Liege citizens that Germany would not relinquish Belgium and that “What Von Emmich has conquered, we will hold,” as he drove the first nail into a wooden statue of Gen. von Emmich in the Palace of Justice court.
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Liege
Washington Post
Amsterdam
Dec
Count Schulenberg
Germany
Belgium
Gen
Reichstag to vote 16,000,080 mark credit for 1915 budget
Berlin December 8 wireless report states the reichstag will be asked to approve a supplementary credit of 16,000,080 marks about 2,500,000 dollars to add to the 1915 budget.
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Berlin
Sayville
Reichatag
Fort Cogneles Destroyed by Explosion at Namur
Amsterdam reports Fort Cogneles a major old Namur defense in Belgium was blown up and completely destroyed by an explosion. The Echo de Belge notes the blast reportedly killed about 80 German soldiers.
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Navar
Amsterdam
French Retreat in Serbia and Allies Seek Peace Note
Front page item notes Serbian retreat as Allied powers await a peace offer and a note to Austria regarding Ancona. President Wilson predicts victory in 1916. British to quit Serbia and related diplomacy are highlighted alongside social items.
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Ancona
Wilson
Taft
Red Cross
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Congressional Union
Italian Cruiser Sunk Off Albanian Port by Submarine
Vienna reports an official statement that a morning torpedo strike by one of our submarines sank a small Italian cruiser with two funnels off Valona Albania. The casualty details were not disclosed and the event is described as a naval action near the Albanian coast.
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Saya
Valona
Avlona
Albania
Mail Seized On Ships Bankers Say Checks Vanished
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports wholesale mail seizures between port and Switzerland have angered banking firms handling foreign exchange. They say checks worth thousands of dollars have disappeared and blame English and French censors while Swiss mail disruption grows. Bankers plan no State Department appeal, citing past nonresponse to mail hold up requests.
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New York Financial Houses
Washington Post
New York
Dec
Switzerland
England
France
Ttla
State Department
Britain May Quit Saloniki Campaign Over Serbian Aid
Paris reports that England favors withdrawing expeditionary forces from Saloniki despite allied opposition. A high French official says if England acts alone the rest of the Allies will continue aid to Serbia. Sir John French presented the idea to the war council as Joffre and others oppose. French officials insist France will maintain strong support for Serbia amid rising concerns.
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Saloniki
England
Seys
Joffre
United Press
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Balkans
War Council
John French
Balkan
Allied War Council
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Sephin
Germany fixes wholesale vegetable prices
Government sets maximum wholesale rates for vegetables. White cabbage 250 pfennigs per 50 kilograms, fed cabbage 456 pfennigs, carrots 669 pfennigs, onions 680 pfennigs. Sauerkraut priced at 1,200 pfennigs per 50 kilograms.
Social leader in net disloyalty in her letter
A New York World style summary reports that a society woman of Newport penned a violet scented letter disloyal to the United States. Other letters from prominent financiers were found in Von Rintelen's baggage linking him to German propaganda. The letters have been turned over to the State Department amid a US grand jury probe into labor's national peace council. Von Rintelen, captured in Falmouth, faces extradition questions as he awaits possible indictment alongside David Lamar for financing antimunitions plots.
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New York
Dec
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David Lamar
Wolf
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Newport
Falmouth
Noordam
Berlin
Von
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Tower
Rintelen
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Andrew D Meloy
von Rintelen
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