Turkey Opens War on Russia and World War News
German forces advance from Lille as Allies push near Ypres and Arras. British surge toward Ostend with bayonet charges while French fight to keep Verdun wedges clear. German high command reports gains south of Nieuport and near Lille as French counterattacks falter along the Marne and Rheims corridor.
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ZO Villa Men Slain First Chief Moves Force
Reports say Gen Warranza with 16 000 troops at Leon 25 miles south of Aguascalientes stand ready to block Villa forces if the Aguascalientes convention fails. Carranza holds a strong force on hills southeast of Aguascalientes and Leon garrison controls the Mexico City line. A fight near Aguascalientes left Trejo's men killed. dispatches delayed. Washington notes a Zapata faction at the national convention prompted clashes and revolver brandishing among delegates. Ayala's plan calls for division of big estates, while Zapata backers threaten continued fighting if not accepted. Pandemonium followed Soto y Gama's speech for the Zapatistas.
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Ayala
Zapata
Rumored Sinking of British First Class Battleship in Paris
Paris reports at 1 o'clock Friday morning that a first class British battleship has been sunk by a mine though the vessel's name is not given and the news remains unconfirmed.
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Wellington Post
Canada Prepares to Resist Any Raid From the United States
Ottawa reports fear along the border over possible German Austrian raids from the United States. A 40,000 man mobilization will guard, train, and deter raids with 10,000 on guard duty and 36,000 in training for overseas service. A German controlled factory at St John Isle of Orleans and a branch at Port Arthur are cited as possible attack sites.
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London
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Ufe
France Gets Big Loan To Aid Trade
The French government completed arrangements with a New York banking syndicate led by National City Bank for a 16 million dollar loan. Funds will be drawn from a credit here to purchase food, supplies, cotton, and other noncontraband goods, with no purchase of French securities involved. Interest to banks is around two percent. Morgan & Co. is not involved. Other banks are expected to participate under the national bank act. J P Morgan and Co previously aided France with a separate loan in August.
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New York
National City Bank
France
Daylight bank hold-up nets 3736 dollars in New York
Four men ambushed two John P. Stanley soap works messengers on West Thirtieth street near Tenth avenue. They grabbed a satchel containing 3736.38 drawn from the bank and escaped in an automobile after a coordinated assault. Messengers were assaulted, one hit with a pipe, and the bag stolen while the others faced revolver threats. The scene involved a swift escape along Thirtieth street toward Eleventh and Twenty-ninth streets.
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Tenth Avenue
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Nelson Dahl
Thirtieth
Cyril Stapleton
Earl Denton
New York County National Bank
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Eighth Avenue
Ninth Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Denton
Stapletor
Eleventh Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Russians Battler Germans Gain in East as Allies Discuss Exchanges
In Poland Russians push center near Warsaw and retake Radom with captured guns and matériel. Reports from Lemberg describe scorched villages along the San and crowded Austrian wounded. Polish volunteer regiments form in Poland and western Russia with Polish chaplains. A Turkish-Persian alliance denial follows. Britain and Russia plan a mutual exchange of combatant and technical forces. Austrian HQ says Galicia shows no change though heavy artillery hits enemy battery points. Czernowitz occupation noted after successful advance over the Stry.
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Times
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Galicia
Nineteen Women Killed by Bomb in Bethune Market Place
Dunkirk reports that a German air raid yesterday killed nineteen women and wounded forty. Two bombs dropped in Bethune market area. a first failed to explode, the second burned among women. In Dunkirk, a bomb in Rue du College killed a woman and a child near the town hall caused no further casualties.
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Breaking Point Between Turkey and Britain Deepens
Reuter dispatch from Constantinople reports mounting strain between Great Britain and Turkey with war party strength growing. Turkish cruiser bombards Theodosia causing church and cathedral damage. Russian Bank branch catches fire. Hamidieh cruiser demands surrender at Novorossysk, threatening bombardment.
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Russian Bank of Foreign Commerce
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Emden Raid Gains Ground In Penang Ambush
Tokyo reports the German cruiser Emden flew a Japanese flag and entered Penang under fort guns, sank the Russian cruiser Jemtchug and a French destroyer, with 2 officers and 41 sailors killed on the Jemtchug. Merchant ships seek refuge in Colombo and Ceylon as war spreads.
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Breslau shells Theodosia under Turkish flag
Petrograd dispatch reports the former German cruiser Breslau, now flying the Turkish flag, shelled Theodosia. The action is dated London market sources with Friday timing.
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the Times
Petrograd
Breslau
Spain's Army Raises Peace Strength for 1915
Madrid December 29. The council of ministers fixed the 1915 army at 140,762 men, an increase of 18,000 from the peace footing. Naval strength for 1915 was set at 10,000 men.
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Get
Council of Ministers
Germany seeks peace offer on Metz Alsace cession
London telegram reports Paris correspondence swapping peace terms with France tied to Metz and possibly Alsace. The new German proposal to detach France from the Allies was reportedly rejected by Paris, according to the analyst.
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Promete
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France
Metz
Alsace
First Sea Lord Louis Battenberg Resigns Amid Public Scrutiny
Prince Louis of Battenberg resigns as first sea lord of the admiralty after a turbulent period marked by press criticism of his Austrian origin. Court Circular notes audience with the king and his appointment to the privy council. The prince, born in Austria and naturalized in Britain, had a lengthy naval ascent before his promotion to rear admiral.
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