Austrians Battle to End Hungary Invasion and Alsace Losses
London dispatches report Austro German efforts to halt Russian invasion of Hungary after Bukowina occupation. Russians push near Prussian frontiers, with German lines denying new advances. Vienna notes Bukowina warfare impacts Romania, while battles continue along the Vosges and in Galicia with heavy artillery duels and trench clashes.
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London
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Bukowina
Petrograd
Prussian
Torlay
Wri
Progresa
Prussia
Vienna!s
Rouramania
Vienna
Transylvania
Kirkhaba
Western Front Battles Continue In Alsace And Argonne
London reports severe fighting on the western front with no clear gains for either side. Berlin claims French repulsals with heavy losses on the heights north of Sennheim. A Berry-au-Bac trench lost recently to the Allies is noted. In Alsace near Thann, Hartmann-Weiler heights are fought over despite heavy snow. Mountains control routes to Sanct Amarin valley and Thann, intensifying strategic importance.
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London
Alsace
Argonne
Berlin
Sennheim
Berry-au-Bac
Berne
Paris
Hartmann-Weiler
Thann
Sanct Amarin
Uprising in Portugal Involves War Ministers Circle
Rebels in Portugal, not monarchists, include officers who helped oust the monarchy. Sixty four ravellers are jailed on a warship after surrendering to the government. Lisbon garrison commander among those sympathetic to the revolt, cabinet resigns amid turmoil as new ministries form under job changes.
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Washington Post
Jonday
Daily Chronicle
Badijoxz
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Janary
Cepisitian
Chronicle
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Hadajoz
Senhor Ecan
Wieter Ftugs
Coutinho
Piuerta
8 in Chicago race for mayor
Chicago mayoral candidates filed petitions to appear on the February 25 primary ballot. Hubert M. Sweitzer Carter Thomson and Thomas Consern sought the Democratic nomination alongside Frank Wilson. Republican contenders included William Hale Trompsen and Frank Wilson. Progressive candidates Marty Olson and Charles M. Thomson also sought ballot spots.
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Chae
Tan —Mignt
Chicago
Dakota
Hubert M. Sweitzer
Eleck Carter Tlomsen
Thomas
Still Barred From Siberia As Relief Efforts Falter
American Ambassador Marge petitions for permission to deliver supplies to prisoners in Siberia, but the Russian government has not responded. Austro Hungarian officials express concern over alleged mistreatment and extreme destitution of foreigners in detention camps as relief plans via Peking are halted at the Russian border.
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Petrograd
Siberia
State Department
Russia
Siberian
Auc
Peking
Iceland Votes Dry in Parliament Move to Ban Alcohol Sales
Copenhagen Jan 25 Iceland's parliament, with 34 of 46 members elected by popular suffrage, passed a measure prohibiting alcohol sales. All remaining stock in the Danish dependency has been exported.
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Copenhagen
Iceland
Villa Seizes Guadalajara as Carranza Aims Tampico
Mexican City falls to Carranza forces under Miguel Diguez after a week long siege. Villa, enraged by Carranza boasts, vows to retake Tampico and seize the port while U S protests against applying the agrarian decree to foreigners and concessions since Diaz.
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Washington Post
EL Peso
Miguel Liguez
Carranza
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Villista
Carransar
Villistan
Diguez
Felipe Angelis
Villa
Mexico City
Vila
Zapata
United States
Diaz
Austrian Cruiser Sunk Near Brioni Islands
A Trieste report cited by the Daily Mail from Venice says an Austrian cruiser struck a mine near the Brioni Islands and sank. The Brioni Islands lie at the mouth of Pola harbor, Austria’s Adriatic base.
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Trieste
London
Daily Mail
Venice
Brioni Islands
Pola
Austria
Adriatic
Sweden urged to arm for neutrality and peace
Stockholm via London reports Tidningen urges Sweden to strengthen defenses rather than profit from Great Power troubles. The paper says a robust defense would secure respect for Sweden's neutrality by other governments and promote peace within its borders.
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London
Nberal
Tidningen
Sweden
German Captain Saved After Bluecher Sinks
The Tally Mail reports Capt Erdmann of the German armored cruiser Bluecher survived the sinking off the North Sea and was landed at Leith. The news notes he was in charge of the ship when British forces sank her last Sunday.
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London
Tally Mail
Erdmann
North Sea
Leith
Bryan Warns Of Panama Alternative Canal Route
Secretary Bryan argues a Nicaragua Costa Rica option on a new Central American canal route is a prudent precaution. He cites need for a Bay of Fonseca naval base and says the State Department is ready to negotiate with Honduras El Salvador and Nicaragua for rights to the waterway. The plan would include purchase options worth about 3 million dollars to Nicaragua and half that to Costa Rica, securing potentially the entire bay for U.S. use.
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State Department
Panama Canal
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Honduras
Salvador
United States
Bay of Fonseca
San Juan
Mr. Bryan
Nicragua
Duchess of Manchester barred as executrix in Ohio estate
Cincinnati probate court ruled the Duchess of Manchester cannot be appointed executrix of Eugene Zimmerman’s estate because her marriage to the Duke of Manchester makes her a British citizen. Attorneys said Zimmerman's will will be probated tomorrow.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Duchess of Manchester
William Lueders
Hamilton County
Eugene Zimmerman
Duke of Manchester
Great Britain
Tan
Przemysl Fighting Ceases Reported
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Central News says Vienna reports the Russian assaults on Przemysl have practically ceased. The fortress holds about 5,000 Russian prisoners.
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Amsterdam
Central News
Vienna
Przemysl
Russia gains from prohibition says treasury official
M Kharitonoff, comptroller of the Russian treasury, told the duma budget committee that national savings rose due to prohibition. He cited December 1913 savings of 700,000 rubles and December 1914 at 29,100,000 rubles, with 1913 total savings 34,000,000 rubles versus 24,000,000 rubles in 1914.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
M. Kharitonoff
Duma
Ruaala
Magnate for Treason Accused of Trading with Enemy
Stockholm dispatch reports Senator Possehl head of L. Possehl & Co. arrested for high treason for trading with the enemy. The Germany magnate, member of the Herrenhaus and personal friend of the Kaiser, was tried by court martial at Leipzig.
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Washington
Stockholm
Possehl
L. Possehl & Co
Leipzig
Germany
Herrenhaug
House of Lords
Yacht and Crew Lost Off Diamond Shoals Near Cape Hatteras
A wireless report says the Idler, a Hoboken departed schooner yacht bound for a year in the South Pacific, wrecked on Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras with about a dozen to fifteen aboard including Capt. Robert H. Harding and owner J B P Jefferson. Seminole hurried to the scene to rescue survivors.
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Diamond Shoals
Habana
Washington Post
New York
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Hoboken
Cape Hatteray
Pennsylvania
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Henry T. Sloane
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Robert H. Harding
Harding
Shipwrecked crew saved after six days adrift in life raft
The British bark Ethel V. Berinton tottered in a January storm near Havana. An immense wave split the vessel in two on January 12 leaving Capt Waldemar his wife and niece and nine crewmen aboard a prow for six days without food or water until rescued by the Manzanillo and brought to hospital under the British consul. Their condition is serious but expected to recover.
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Waldemar
Manzanillo
German lawyers dead in battle reach 1071 in official tally
Berlin report lists 1,071 German lawyers killed in action through December 28. Among them are six law professors and 246 judges, state's attorneys, and other judicial officials.
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Berlin
Judicial Department of Government
Turks' Air Fleet Destroyed by Russian Submarine Sinks
A Petrograd dispatch to the Times claims Russians sank near Sinope the steamer Georgios carrying fifteen aeroplanes, comprising the entire Turkish aerial fleet. The report situates the event in Asia Minor with emphasis on air power losses for the Ottomans.
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Aeros
London
Root Fights Purchase of Interned Ships in Senate Debate
The fight over owning interned ships continues as Senator Root accuses the administration of pursuing a quarrel and politics, while Senator Williams and Simmons deny dangers. Williams blames Republicans for obstructing censure and labels the measure as diplomacy not law, urging a broader view of international relations amid a heated, partisan clash.
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Root
Congress
State Department
United States
John Sharp Williams
Simmons
New York
Wilms
Bimmons
Cone
Williams
Stoot
Wisdon
France
Hoot
Johansom
McAdoo
Treasury
Miss Nellie Wright Ends Life After Killing Dog Tina
Special to The Washington Post reports in St. Louis on January 3 that Nellie Wright, a 4 spinster, killed her dog Tina to take it to heaven and then killed herself. A note suggests she feared loneliness after death and believed dogs have a heaven. Tina was found on a cushion, chloroformed, with a blanket. Wright also used chloroform in her death.
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Washington Post
St. Louia
Nellie Wright
Tina
Miss Wright
Higgins to Wed Mrs Curran in Bridgeport
Former New Haven Railroad vice president Higgins will marry Kathryn Curran tomorrow in Bridgeport. Curran recently divorced her first husband Philip Curran. Higgins, who trained at Yale, had risen in the railroad service and was once general manager of the line.
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Washington Post
Bridgeport
Venn
Suimuerl Trigfins
New Haven Railraid
Kathryn Curran
Statefield
Commission to Haiti Aims at Restoring Stable Government
The Washington administration plans to send a commission headed by former Governor J Franklin Fort of New Jersey to Haiti. Following the success of the Dominican Republic mission, the group would confer with political leaders and arrange for an election to establish a strong government recognized by the United States. The plan awaits final details amid two rival factions and European concerns over Haiti’s finances.
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WN. J
Bryan
Haiti
United States
Dominican Republic
Washington
J. Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Juanto Domingo
Hai
Island Republic
Liquor By Airplane Planned For Wheeling Delivery
In Wheeling West Virginia Samuel Underlender of the Acerd jiaquor Company Iron Vale Ohio proposes delivering liquor by aeroplane from a warehouse in wet Dilenvale to customers in the city. The federal circuit court decision at Richmond Virginia recently ruled it illegal for consumers of intoxicants to be served by common carrier, prompting the air delivery plan as a workaround.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Samuel Underlender
Acerd Jiaquor Company
Ironvale
Ohio
Dilenvale
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Relief ship Camino barely saved from wreck off Chebucto Head
A favorable wind shift saved the Belgium relief steamer Camino near Halifax from smashing on dangerous rocks off Chebucto Head. Convey fleet Kanawha, Lady Laurier, and Androseorgin could not assist as Camino drifted for seven hours before the wind turned and she anchored safely after being towed apart.
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N. C
Camino
Chebucto Head
Kanawha
Lady Laurier
Androseorgin
Duma Sessions Set for February Start
Petrograd officials announced the council of state will reopen January 36 and the duma will resume sittings on February 3. The notice confirms dates for the governing body’s renewed operations in Russia.
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Petrograd, Russa
Marral Ykases
Council of State
Prosperity Era Here Grain Districts Booming
The report from Washington describes growing optimism across agricultural and industrial districts as high prices and resumed factory operations boost purchasing power. Orders from France for 106 locomotives and Bethlehem Iron Works expansions signal strong demand. grain reserves and farm wealth promise increased rail movement and a sturdier national economy.
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Washington
York
United States
France
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Chartero
Monessen
Pittsburgh
Pennslvania
Air Raid Wrecks 400 Cars In Essen
British air raid last week on the town of Essen destroyed about 400 automobiles in a repair shop. The loss hit a large facility and its equipment, forcing Germans to take over a private automobile factory at Aix-la-Chapelle where hundreds of workers gained employment.
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Tolland
Sau
Essen
Othe
Sardine Car Menace Sparks Utilities Testimony
Miss Harriet Wittum of Northwestern University settlement told the State public utilities commission that crowded Chicago street cars contribute to immorality and drunkenness. She cited overcrowding after factory work as ending with girls packed with men like sardines, thrown amid immoral company, urging a remedy for transportation conditions.
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Chicago
Harriet Wittum
Northwestern University Settlement
State Public Utilities Commission
Austria to give no land in Italian crisis
Vienna dispatch reports Foreign Minister Bunau will refuse territorial concessions to Italy and Romania even if it prolongs the war. The statement notes intervention by Italy and Romania on the side of Britain France and Russia.
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France
Russia
Vienna
Wiener Taceblatt
Bunan
Italy
Romania
Rusaia
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