Russia Strikes Across Front Theaters Increase Conflicts
Russia strikes blows in Hungary and Prussia menacing foes flanks. Effort to cross the Aisne checked by French near Soissons. British fight to retake lines at La Bassée as German air raids hit Dunkirk. French fliers attack Teutons. Russian offensive against Austro Germans grows.
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Hungary
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Italy Calls Men to Colors For Field Artillery Alpine Units
Rome January 29 A royal decree calls to the colors Italian soldiers of the first and third category born in 1888 in field artillery and Alpine troops. It also summons Alpine troops born in 1891 1892 1893 and 1891 to the colors.
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Rome
Russians Use Bayonets to Retake Trenches
Amid heavy Eastern Front fighting in East Prussia, Poland, and the Carpathians, Russian forces press to pierce German lines. Reports say bayonet assaults near Horsimon and Galician fronts reclaim trenches as Austrians resist. observers warn of strategic stakes in Bukovina and Bulgaria’s stance toward Romania.
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Horsimon
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German Air Raid on Dunkirk Targets British Supply Depot
German bomber squadron conducted a night raid on Dunkirk aiming to destroy British supply stations. One German aircraft was reported down. British efforts to recover portions of French and Belgian fronts continued with limited clashes.
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London
Dunkirk
Gold Grisis in Britain May Have to Export Metal
American bankers cited in London meeting discuss gold reserves and the potential need to export gold from the Bank of England. Sir Edward Walden notes BoE holdings near £69 million, with Americans supplying about £20 million to ease exchanges, while Germany’s financial mobilization and bank notes are addressed amid the war.
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Germany
Teuton
Edward H W. Walden
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Edward
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Cireglation
Burton Boom for President Endorsed at Ohio Society Meeting
Distinguished speakers at the Ohio Society annual meeting boomed retiring Senator Burton of Ohio for President. Senator Borah and former Senator Bailey lauded his record and urged fair treatment for the District of Columbia. Bailey predicted Burton or Borah as next president as tributes recalled McKinley.
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Party Out of Maze President In Conference With Good Times Ahead
Washington reports describe growing concern over rising government expenditures and a looming deficit for 1916. Leaders discuss retrenchment and possible cuts to park river harbors and public buildings bills while President Wilson meets McAdoo and Cabinet, signaling an effort to curb outlays without bias.
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Big Wheat Wins Stir Markets Amid War Quotas Talk
Chicago traders report May wheat at 1. Lite per bushel, July at 1.34 5, with gains amid European war fears. Notable figures Lester Leiter, C B Livermore, Pardridge, and Lichatern rumored to have profited. Justice Department watching grain prices, unlikely embargo action. In London, Duchess of Manchester named heir to Zimmerman fortune. duke unavailable for comment due to military matters. Tax laws target dodgers and American investments. Mardi Gras travel promos end segment.
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Royal Automobile Club
Enterprise revival chorus as president proclaims new era
The president asserts the misty climate of business suspicion has blown away and predicts a new era of enterprise and prosperity. He argues that fear of big businesses should fade as honorable, well run enterprises invite public scrutiny to reveal their methods and outcomes.
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Wilson
American Electric Railway Association
Democratic Congress
Purchase of German ships by U S viewed as unneutral act
Washington dispatch says Britain would view the U S plan to buy and operate interned German and Austrian vessels as an unneutral act. France and Russia share the concern. Sir Edward Grey has warned Secretary Bryan Britain would not look favorably on the move.
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Russia Menaces Foe Flank in Maze of Politics
An overview of global tensions as Russia threatens a foe on multiple fronts while domestic campaigns heat up. Burton backs a presidential bid amid bond concerns and ongoing economic anxieties.
Bread 6 Cents In Chicago Prices Raised By Bakers
The Master Bakers' Association voted to raise loaf prices in Chicago with the 1 cent loaf moving to 6 cents and 10 cent loaves to 12 cents. President Charles Jaemicke said wheat at 1.50 a bushel forces the increase and small bakers fear the impact on customers and business.
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Chicago
Charles Jaemicke
Russia Denies Separate Peace Offer Rumor
Petrograd January 29 Russian semiofficial news agency denies a Vienna press report that Russia discussed a separate peace with Austria-Hungary. The rumor claimed cession of eastern Galicia and Serbia joining the dual monarchy. The denial calls the tale utterly without foundation and notes Austrian newspapers circulated it with ulterior motives.
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Robbery Ties Woman to Stove in Brooklyn Attack
Detectives arrest fruit dealer Joe Ricciboni and Rosario Conigilanto in the brutal January robbery of 73 year old Mrs Marie Paneblaneco at 213 Avenues A. She was choked beaten unconscious and bound to her stove as the crime unfolded.
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Washington Post
New York
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Avenues A
Joe Ricciboni
Rosario Conigilanto
Indicted for Murder in First Degree in Bronx Case
New York January 29 grand jury returned two indictments charging murder in the first degree against Mrs Ida Sniffen Walters wife of Lorius Elton Rogers mother of two. She allegedly administered bichloride of mercury poisoning her 24 year old son John and her one month old daughter Lorida. The indictments allege four counts each tied to actual administration on December 29, 1914. The case surprised Walters counsel Abraham Levy as testimony from Dr W Grant Harue had argued she was not responsible. Rogers, father of the children, is under separate indictment for relations with Walters.
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Lebanon Hospital
Flynn
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Rogers
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Abraham Levy
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Rogera
Alabama Rep Hobson Warns on Japan and Philippines
Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama speaks on naval buildup and U S policy toward Japan and the Philippines. He asserts war near in 1913 and says the Philippines may be ceded or occupied. Secretary Bryan denies the claim, while Hobson reiterates his conviction that peace required U S retreat from the islands.
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