Teutons Gain Ground on Two Fronts Amid Balkan Tensions
German forces advance in Montenegrin and Champagne sectors as Austrians push in Montenegro. Paris notes German gains at Champagne fronts while Petrograd reports heavy losses on the Austro-Hungarian and German lines in Galicia. Italy fears Albania domination loss as Austrian attacks threaten Adriatic ventures. Russian front quiet with battle details scarce.
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Petrograd
Galicia
Bukovina
Paris
Champagne
Furnes
London
Allies Spent 1.25 Billion at Dardanelles
Berlin reports estimated Allied expenditure at 1.25 billion dollars for the Dardanelles operation. It claims losses to trading and war ships and notes Constantinople’s report of plans to divide the city into three parts under English, French, and Russian governance. It adds that 1,000 civil officers were stationed on Mudros Island last April to take charge upon fall.
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Berlin
Sayville
Champagne
Mauysiges
War Office
Maidonsa de Champagne
Furnes
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Mudros
Evacuation of Gallipoli Report Amid Allied Pride and Turkish Victory
Paris and London hailed the Gallipoli withdrawal as a strategic masterpiece with no Allied lives lost. Eleven guns were abandoned or rendered unusable, and reserve ammunition burned during the retreat. Generals Monro and others may receive recognition. French losses were six guns. Turks claimed victory as evacuation ended at dawn.
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Paris
King
International News Service
London
Dardanelles
Berlin
Constantinople
Asquith
House of Commons
Gallipoli
Apponyi Possibly Named Austria Hungary Ambassador to U S
Berlin datelined report says Vienna advices indicate Count Albert Apponyi may be chosen to fill the vacancy as Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States. No authoritative confirmation yet. Apponyi, 69, veteran Hungarian political leader, has served in the Hungarian House of Deputies since 1872 and visited the United States in 1904.
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Berlin
Vienna
Albert Apponyi
United States
Count Apponyi
House of Deputies
City of Lincoln Steamer Flies American Flag in War Zone
British steamer City of Lincoln arrived with a valuable cargo from Oriental ports and reportedly sailed under the American flag for submarine protection. Crew said the ship’s name appeared as Lincoln, while officers declined comment. Cargo included 4000 tons rubber 2400 tons tin and oil and other freight valued at about 5 million dollars.
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Boston
City of Lincoln
Oriental
Lincoln
Morse Forming Big Shipping Combine
Ex bankers' merchant fleet grows to thirteen ships with $2 million investment. Morse forms a holding structure to control subsidiary companies named after each vessel. Zelandia, top-priced ship at about $415,000, is readied for Russian service after prior Progreso incident.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles W. Morse
Hudson Navigation Company
United States Mercantile Marine
New Shipping Company
Wall Street
Mr. Morse
Archangel
South America
Zelandia
Progreso
Mexico
Renrvas Harbor
Morse
New York Harbor
Roosevelt cited as only man to beat Wilson at Chicago dinner
At a Pro gressive national Committee dinner in Chicago George W Perkins praised Col Roosevelt as the only man who can defeat Woodrow Wilson. The group plans a national convention in Chicago the week of June 7, with Roosevelt seen as a leading candidate pending his West Indies trip ends.
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Col. Roosevelt
International News Service
Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
Progressive National Committee
George W. Perkins
New York
Wilson
White House
William H Taft
Perkins
Oyster Bay
Col
Roosevelt
Himas
West Indies
British Trade War Stance Signals Postwar Economic Plan
London Jan 10 President Walter Runciman declared England will strike at German trade during and after the war. He pledged to bar German products, tighten shipping controls, and deny postwar German market opportunities. He urged empire cooperation to seize metals, coal, and urban shipping control while crushing German finance and trade.
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London
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
House of Commons
England
Germany
Runciman
United States
John Halford Mackinder
Glasgow
America
French Aeroplanes Bomb Sofia Causing Panic
Saloniki dispatch reports a flotilla of French aircraft bombed Sofia, inflicting considerable damage and triggering widespread panic among residents of the Bulgarian capital.
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London
Exchange
Saloniki
Sofia
Bul-garian
Czar Orders Attacks as Regiments Wiped Out at Front
Berlin dispatch reports heavy Russian losses over 50,000 on the Bessarabian front with entire regiments wiped out while new forces reinforce. Czar allegedly visited Trembowla to urge a break of Austrian lines and Fort Baltin was a key objective. Russians hold Sadagora heights as winter snow slows but cannot halt progress along 33 miles of front.
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Bessarabian
Sadagora
Berlin
Czar
Trembowla
Galicia
Fort Baltin
Pflanzer- Baltin
London
Czernowica
Bukowina
Teutons Gain on Two Fronts War and Trade Theme
Page 1 reports Teutons gaining on two fronts as British plan a wartime trade push and Turks trap British on the Tigris. Also notes a shooting incident, society at charity baths, and calls for guarding a vessel amid tariff debates.
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Tigris
Society
Charity
Naval Committee
Druga
Kitchener Impresses Greek King in Athens Visit
In Athens, King Constantine I praised Field Marshal Earl Kitchener saying we are soldiers and speak the same language. Kitchener recounted a fleet chase where eight U boats were sunk in a North Sea net, with three more forced to surface and surrender. He warned that Egypt India and the Balkans will be decided in Germany, not Egypt or India alone. Constantine cautioned that Greeks live in the Balkans and England’s gains after the war are secondary to Greek concerns.
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Athens
Earl Kitchener
Constantine I
Presa
Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Scotland
North Sea
Helgoland
Douamaris
Jess
Egypt
Turkey
Europhates
India
France
Balkans
Germany
Constantine
England
British Censor Opens US Embassy Mail Evidence for Protest
Personal letters arriving at the American embassy in London have been marked opened by the censor since censorship on incoming American mails began. A collection of these letters is being prepared as possible evidence for protests against the extension of censorship. Regular embassy mail pouches remain untouched. Diplomatic privilege may shield attachés' personal mail if precedents permit.
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United States
London
Bringing Up Father Cartoon Debuts in The Post
The Post features Borge McManus drawings of Bringing Up Father daily, praised for originality and master craftsmanship. Indoor Sports and Antediluvian Ancestors are also highlighted, with Opper’s whimsical art drawing praise as a daily staple among readers nationwide.
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The
Post
Borge McManus
Tad
Tragedy at Gala Ball Reveals Double Lives and Jealousy
In Joliet Illinois a spurned wife shot John R. Robart head of Robart Welding Works after he rejected her. He admitted his real name was John Ulrich and that he had abandoned a Philadelphia wife years before. The woman, Mrs Lillian Pfeiffer, then killed herself after firing a final shot. A note in her purse cited the wages of sin and named her father in Richmond Virginia. The case unravels into a tale of desertion, disguise, and social scandal.
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John R. Robart
John Ulrich
John Pfeiffer
Richmond
Juliet
Robart Welding Works
Hobart
Robart
Philadelphia
Pfeiffer
Fred
Willam Ogden
Lillian Ogden Pfeiffer
Sher
Joliet
Robert
Lillian Pfeiffer
Bertha Shellenberger
Shatlenberger
Quaker Peace Meet Ends in an Uproar
London January 10 A Friends Meeting House gathering on war settlement devolved into pandemonium after an hour with cheers for conscription and singing. Charles Roden Buxton, slated to speak on gun freedom, faced hostile interruptions as the audience demanded guarantees from Germany and shouted questions about submarines. The meeting collapsed amid uproar and end of session.
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London
Friends’ Meeting House
Great Britain
Charles Roden Buxton
Buxton
Germany
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Tara
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Trombowla
Earl
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Aid Children’s Hospital
Fairyland OF Beauty
Gayety
Children’s Hospital
New Willards Hotel
Washington
Mia Wellington Kee
William B Hibbs
William Morrow
United States Marine Band
United States Engineer Band
Amalier
Ifonlaok
Horacs Westcott
Charles C. Glover
Clarence Wilson
James Wadsworth, Jr
John Crayke Simpson
John F Wilkins
Hibbs
Arthur D Addison
Morrow
Song Ball Room
W H. Brownson
Mme Hauge
Robert M. Thompson
Victor Kauffmann
Charles C Clover
Delos Blodgett
Joseph Leiter
Charles N Welsh
James D Phelan
Lloyd Bowers
Thomas Sweeney
John F Rodgers
B&h. Vandergrift
Hdward Porcher
De~lon Blodgett
Helen Blodgett
Latimer
John Barrett
Blue
Larkin
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William Bailey Lamar
John W
Legation
Mra Carr
Freeman Smith
Constantiidis
Justice
Pitney
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Thomas Bell Sweeney
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Unise Savtage Bank
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