Paris War Dispatches Highlight Allied Efforts Across Fronts
Paris reports describe mining operations at Beaumetz Achi court and Parvillers as German attacks were thwarted, with artillery duels ongoing at Nieuport Dunes and the Arras Albert Roye sector. Allied and Italian forces solidified positions amid renewed assaults along the battle line.
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Paris
Nave
Hattlefield
Iterans
Radicaisons
Beaumetz
Achicourt
Parvillers
Forest of Selfe
War Office
Nieuport
Feglprn
Arras
Albert
Roye
Indiana magnate breaks from politics in Jan interview
Terre Haute reports that a wealthy Indiana figure linked to Crawford Fair Jinks machine says he is out of politics and focused on business after a city election. He told reporters he has nothing to do with politics and declines further comment, signaling a retreat from public life.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Sraaophieee
Indiana
Crawford Fair
Tom Taggart
Fairbanks
Wabash Realty& Loans Company
Indianapolis
D Jury
Terre. Haute
Eg A. Goamy Ores Sevral
White foreman slashed near Lynch mob scene in Missouri
William Dodson, white foreman of a levee crew of 26 men, was attacked by an intoxicated black worker named Wiggins during unloading in Charleston Missouri. Wiggins reportedly swung a razor at Dodson severing his throat while others attempted to lynch him. A railway crew intervened and Dodson remained in jail awaiting treatment and the injury outcome.
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Charleston
William Dodson
Charles
Ardrew
Merce
Bird’s Point
Dodson
Dodgon
Wiggins
Russian Drive Through Carpathians Threatens Hungary
Vienna reports a major Russian push through the Carpathians with four attacking columns and a large force seizing ground toward Hungary. Officials say efforts are underway to halt the advance as nerves rise in Budapest and Vienna over Grand Duke Nicholas's invasion plan.
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Vienna
Hungary
Germany
Galicia
Carpathians
Budapest
Nicholas
Interstate Commerce Board Rules on Tailboard Delivery Methods
Washington Jan 2 The Interstate Commerce Commission issued its opinion in the tailboard delivery cases. It finds the railroad methods for handling incoming and outgoing package freights reasonable. The decision affects Teamsters and many businesses nationwide despite the NYP and Cincinnati team owners association challenge.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce; Commission
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Teamsters
Exhausted Patience Spurs Note Protest Over Shipping
Washington officials say exhausted patience with Great Britain hastened the presentation of the note protesting interference with American shipping. The president, reaching a breaking point, felt compelled by England's inaction to forward the note.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
England
Garranza Troops Close to Mexico City Fifty Miles From Vera Cruz
Washington dispatch reports Garranza forces marching west from Vera Cruz are at Apam about sixty miles from Mexico City. Rebels resist Obregon’s advances as the constitutionalist agency provides the update.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Apam
Mexico City
Constitutionalist
Obregon
No New Year Handshake At White House In Mourning
Washington reports no New Year reception at the White House due to Mrs. Wilson's mourning. President Wilson spent the holiday quietly with his family after abolishing the annual handshaking event last year. Turkish commander Djemal Pasha reportedly murdered in Jerusalem on Christmas Day, refugees say.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Slavi
Cairo
Egypt
Jaffa
Djemal Pasha
Jerusalem
New Year Greetings from World Leaders to Wilson
Washington January 2 1918 diplomats officials and senators paid calls at the White House to extend New Year greetings to President Wilson amid Mrs Wilsons death. Messages came from King Albert of Belgium King George V Sweden Gustaf Haakon of Norway and Count von Bernstorff the German ambassador.
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George V
Albert
Haakon and
Gurtaf
Count von. Bernstirtf
Wilson
New Yea
Washington
White House
Belgium
George
Great Britain
United States of America
Gustaf
Sweden
Haakon
Norway
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Carnegie libraries underfunded lead to mausoleum campuses
At the annual meeting of the League of Library Commissions in Chicago on January 2, speakers faulted cities for insufficient maintenance of Carnegie libraries. The Carnegie Foundation was cited as contributing to the problem by failing to require upkeep, leaving many institutions neglected.
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Tao
Foundation
Chalmers Hadley
Denver
Colo
Carnegie
League of Library Commissions
Chicago
League
Carnegie Foundation
Ten Die in R. R. Wreck Near Ilford
Ten persons were killed and fifty injured in a rear end collision on the Great Eastern railway at Ilford. The London bound express crashed into a local train on a siding. most victims were commuters bound for London.
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London
Great Eastern Railway
Ilford
Denver Mint Annual Report 1914 Coinage Output
The Denver mint coined 21,535,500 pieces in 1914 with a value of 17,009,830 dollars. Gold and silver received for coinage totaled 34,243,952 dollars, down from 37,759,599 dollars in 1913. Superintendent Thomas Annear issued the report.
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Denver
Colo
Denver Mint
Thomas Annear
Y W C A Conference Debates Voting Rights
The national student YWCA conference opened in Lake Forest Illinois with a main issue to grant non church members voting rights in YWCA student groups. The three day session began January 2.
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Lake Forest
Ill
Real Estate Man Murdered Near Poplar Bluff
George Ferguson a farmer north of Poplar Bluff shot and killed J H Armstrong and surrendered to a justice of the peace claiming self defense after Armstrong tried to kill him. Ferguson had sold a farm to Armstrong for 1200 cash and notes for 1400 with the first annual payment due. Armstrong believed it would not be due for two years and the note holder advertised the property for sale under a deed of trust.
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Poplar Bluff
George Ferguson
J. H. Armstrong
Ferguson
Armstrong
Vérguson
Arm‘strong
Mail delivery halted in Champaign over unnumbered houses
On January 2 the Champaign post office cut off mail delivery due to residents failing to number houses. Delivery will resume only after 75 percent of homes are correctly numbered.
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Champaign
Champaign l
Postoffice Department
Villa Denies Amnesty Question While Carranza Forces Triumph
Telegram from Villa states he respects Gutierrez amnesty orders and remains subordinate. Reports say Carranza and Villa forces clashed near Vera Cruz with heavy casualties and a decisive Gonzales victory at Rodriguez, as Zapatista and Villista positions in Puente Nacional tighten. Carranza hopes to restore government in Mexico City within weeks while war news focus on Puebla and San Luis Potosi areas.
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Washington
Villa
Gutierrez
Presid Gutierrez
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Dis
Pablo Gonzales
Wil Rodriguez
Luis Potosi
Potosi
Obregon
Zapatistas
Villistas
Capis
Cruz
Mexico City
Tepic
Npatettos. Tex
Arters
Gonzalés
Rodriguez
San Luis Potosi
Puebla
Zapata
Chicago Professor Wounded in Army Service Drama
Chicago professor Gaston Pleyre of romance languages at Stern University was fatally wounded while serving as a lieutenant in the French army. The incident was reported by Prof. E H Baillot, a friend, and occurred on January 2 in Chicago. Evidence of the danger of wartime service is highlighted in the brief item.
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Chicago
Gaston Pleyre
Stern University
E. H. Baillot
Submarine sinks Formidable sister ship in English Channel
The British battleship Formidable was sunk in the English Channel on Thanksgiving Day. It is feared about 100 of her 780 crew members perished, with 71 survivors known. The admiralty says it is uncertain whether a mine or submarine caused the loss.
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London
England
Formidable
English Channel
Chan el
Admiralty
Lovers killed by train near Litchfield Illinois
Philip Corlew a 23 year old school teacher and his fiancée Stella Edie Teets aged 19 were killed when their closed buggy was struck by an Illinois Central Diamond Special train near Shop Creek. The couple had just left a New Year celebration and were returning home to near Litchfield. Teets died en route to Springfield hospital after the collision. Corlew survived by his parents and three brothers. Teets was the daughter of Jerome McElfresh of nearby Shop Creek.
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Litchfield, Ll
Philip. Corlew
Stella Edi Teets
Illinois ‘Central
Shop Creek
Litchfield
Corlew
Raymond
Hells
Migs McElfresh
Jerome ‘McElfresh
Creek
Paraguay Revolt Report Confusing Telegraph Text
A garbled foreign dispatch notes unrest and a political figure linked to Paraguay and Argentina. The fragment mentions a president or prisoner and a troubled regional scene with unclear details.
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Serge
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Justice of the Peace
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Aminesty
Zales
Topeka
Toeka
Kan
Lish
Ilinois Central Crossing
Paraguay
Moventas
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Prensa
Aisbi
Formosa
Argentina
Guay
Sherer
Republic
Isa
Owe
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