Russian Campaign New Phase of War Across Balkans
London January 2 Russia presses a major Balkan breakthrough as 1.5 million Allied troops face the onslaught from Bessarabia to the Romanian frontier. Petrograd touts supplies and equipment, while Romania’s entry remains uncertain. Western front reports cite gains near Czernowitz and captured enemy positions, with heavy fighting along the Riga corridor and the Hartmanns-Weilerkopf area.
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Londor
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Podtnay
Csartorysk
Crater
Hartmanns- Wellerkopf
Germany
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Lake Drisviaty
Gen Villa Reported Killed by Troops in Mexico
Unconfirmed reports from El Paso state Gen Francisco Villa was killed yesterday by troops under Gen Eduardo Ocarranza in the Sierra Madre near Casas Grandes. Carranza officials say they have heard rumors but cannot confirm. Villa allegedly sought withdrawal from Mexico and pledged to stay out of politics if allowed to travel toward Columbus New Mexico. Gen Alvaro Obregon arrived in Chihuahua City from Juarez today.
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Chihuahua
Columbus
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Cubs
Alvaro Obregon
Chihuahua City
Juares
Yuan Now Emperor Yet to Be Crowned
Peking January 3 Yuan Shi Kai president of China accepted an emperor’s crown on request from various national elements. He entered the palace, sat on the throne at the New Year reception for Chinese officials and was announced as his imperial majesty. Coronation ceremony has not yet occurred.
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Yuan Shi Kai
China
Ohio Floods Drive Hundreds From Homes Across Northern Ohio
Heavy rains and melting snow sent rivers rising across northern Ohio. More than 200 families fled Tiffin as the Sandusky River overflowed, with Mechanicsburg and Fremont also inundated. Lima reported eight feet of water in the factory district as stocks were moved and residents evacuated. No fatalities were reported.
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Lima
Ottawa River
Turks Defeat Russians in Bagdad Dispatch
Bagdad telegram reports Turkish division advancing near Suj Bulak south of Lake Grumiah drove Russians from the town and inflicted important losses. Russians are being pursued.
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London
Reuterg Telegram Company
Amsterdam
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Lake ‘Grumiah
King Peter at Saloniki Reported Aboard French Battleship
London Jan 2 Reuter's Athens correspondent says King Peter of Serbia, who had reached Italy from Albania, arrived at Saloniki aboard a French battleship. He was accompanied by several Hungarian ministry officials.
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Serbia
Italy
Albania
Reuter
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Baloniki
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Offeare
Ford and Bryan discuss peace mission in New York visit
William Jennings Bryan conferred with Henry Ford after Ford’s Europe peace pilgrimage. Bryan avoided confirming Europe travel, praised discussion as advancing peace, and said he may aid further efforts. Ford, returning ill, outlined a reformist view of war causes and urged citizen participation.
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Arepeiese Eig
Lynching in Hartwell and Bus Sense in South Carolina
Special to The Washington Post from Hartwell Georgia reports two colored men lynched and a colored woman badly beaten after an alleged insult to a white girl in Anderson County South Carolina. Sheriff says one man disappeared and another shot while fleeing as a mob formed after a girl claimed the incident involved a hello sweet heart exchange.
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Washington Post
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Imeown
Food Crisis in France Echoes in Bourse
A Paris finance note posted in the Bourse recalls the terror era and warns against measures in the sugar trade. The minister of commerce sought a minimum sugar price. the note argues such price controls rely on competition and liberty, while indicating no new warning against proposed measures. Washington reports and Berlin dispatches discuss torpedoing ships Persia and Perala, with American deaths and survivors, noting disputed troop transport claims and varying casualty tallies.
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Persia liner survival: more crew saved than passengers
A special cable from The Washington Post reports on the liner Persia disaster. It notes a larger proportion of the crew survived than passengers and provides a list of those saved and lost, with incomplete OCR garbling in the transmission.
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American consul drowned as Persia sinks in minutes
Anxiety rose in official circles over the torpedoing of the British steamship Persia with warning, leaving at least one American missing. Boston passenger Charles H. Grant among the saved, while Baron Zwiedinek urged cautious judgment until facts clear. An Austrian response promised prompt satisfactory adjustment if an Austrian submarine disobeyed orders.
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Alexandria
Egypt
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Aden
Aruba
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Robert N. McNeely
Baron Zwiedinek
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Lansing
United States
State Department
Garrela
Garreis
Wilson
Hot Springs
Greece Protests As Consuls Arrests Stir Entente Tensions
Greek Premier Skouloudis informs Athens cabinet that Greece has lodged a collective protest with Britain and France over the arrest of German Austrian Turkish and Bulgarian consuls at Saloniki. Reports from Athens and London note the French battleship Patrie carried the consuls to safety, while U.S. Secretary Lansing and President Wilson weigh the Persia sinking amid submarine warfare concerns.
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Saloniki
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Havas
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Skouloudis
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Reuter’s. Telegram Company
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Greece
Russians Open New Campaign Floods in Ohio and More
Page front reports a new Russian campaign opening amid flood news in Northern Ohio. Coverage highlights include figures such as Bryan and Ford Cenfer, a big week for scientists, and Congress set to take up foreign affairs. Also noted are naval and international items, protests, and editorials across political and social topics.
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