Battle Lines Shift Across East And West Fronts
London reports slowed momentum on both eastern and western fronts. French progress appears minor while German forces hold Vistula positions and Austrian troops are checked in the Galician Carpathians. Russian advances claim to sever Austrian armies south of Tuchow and force a retreat. British naval air raid on Cuxhaven yields unclear results with one pilot missing.
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London
von Hindenburg
Vistula
Vienna
Galician Carpathians
Paris
Lys
Russian Poland
Miawa
Poland
Berlin
Petrograd
Carpathian Mountains
Austreans
Galicia
Biala
Tuchow
Boehm-Ermolli
Cuxhaven
Elbe
Hewlett
Helgoland
Arethusa
Undaunted
Belgium
Lens
Meuse
Upper
Alsace
Ypres
Lombuertayde
Holsebeke
Carency
Aisne
Champagne
Nieuport
Westende
St. George
Arras
Verdun
Senheim
East Prussia
Cracow Free as Russian Forces Retreat 50 Miles
Visualizing the War reports Cracow freed from immediate menace after Russian forces fell back 50 miles. Petrogard claims improved strategic position, with Cracow long sought as a step toward invading Germany via the Silesian border. Allies report progress in Meuse while trench loss near Ypres and Newport bombardment are noted. Tennessee carries 500 refugees from Jaffa to Egypt with Turkish authority approval.
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Cracow
Petrograd
Russia
Germany
Silesian
Warsaw
Servians Suffer Great Hardships Over Food Shortage
Mitrovitza Hungary December 18 A P correspondence reports the Servian army cannot meet demands, leaving 600 prisoners in Mitrovitaza market in ragged conditions. Fighters, many bootless, stand frozen, weak, some aided by comrades, as Austrian officers note youth suffer more from hunger. Citizens show quiet gratitude for cigarettes provided.
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Mitrovicza
Hungary
A. P
Havre
Mitrovitaza
Balkan
Matiy
American Relief Body in London Keeps Operat ing
London December 28 2007 the American relief committee renewed its lease for six months as demand remains heavy. About 25 Americans are assisted weekly reaching London mainly from the continent. With unsettled shipping many seamen seek passports at the offices daily while about 100000 of the $300000 U S appropriation remains.
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London
P. O
American Relief Committee
England
United States
Europe
Russians Retreat to Avoid Disaster at Cracow
Petrograd reports Russians lift siege of Cracow fortress after uncovering Austrian plan to split Russian forces in Galicia. Russians withdraw about 50 miles eastward in the wake of the move.
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Petrograd
London
Cracow
Galicia
No Violation of Promises by Good Fellows Contested
A newspaper defends the Good Fellows charity efforts after charges of unfulfilled promises to 600 needy children on the day before Christmas. Officials note voluntary service, only two families affected, and detail corrective actions and items delivered including toys candy clothing and footwear for the children.
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The
Good Fellows
Courier
Investigating Baff Murder in Brooklyn Car Link Probed
New York police pursue a car tied to the Barnet Baff murder in West Washington market. The vehicle, once in a Hoboken garage, was telegraphed to the Lackawanna ferry and later driven to the market by four gunmen. The owner, reported ill, says the car was taken without permission as he bought Martin cigars.
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Baff
New York
Barnet Baff
Brooklyn
Hoboken
West Washington
French confess losing isolated points in raid progress
German official report says French casualties and retreat at line positions as Allied forces press. The report notes isolated points were lost, with Paris signaling progress toward frontline lines and continued resistance.
Villa Concentrates Troops Near Tuxpan Amid Mexico Crisis
The report from Washington notes General Villa has shifted focus from Elano to the port of Tuxpan with fighting in progress. Gutierrez resigns as provisional president, Antonio Villa-Teal to accept, while Carranza's forces seek amnesty terms. Zapata faction opposes amnesty amid factional tensions ahead of the January national convention.
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Washington, D.C
Villa
Elano
Tampico
Tuxpan
State Department
Carranza
Gutierrez
Mexico City
Sapata
Gutierrez-Villa
Zapata
Cuernavaca
Nolves
Maytoreng
Washington, D. C
Galverton
Torreon
Chihuahua
Juarez
Car Tanza
Eulalio Gutierrez
Antonio J. Villa- Teal
Aguas
War Department
President Wilson Fifty-Eight Today
Washington celebrates President Wilson turning 58 with a quiet White House day spent with family. He received numerous congratulatory messages from friends and world rulers and plans light duty, a meeting with Representative Underwood, and a Sunday school delegates’ reception.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Pass Christian
Miss
Representative Underwood
Alabama
House
New Jersey
Family of Five Burns in Home in Florida
Five members of the Alvey family perished when a house near Winter Haven Florida burned early today Harry Alvey his wife and their three children all burned to death in the blaze investigators said the fire damaged their home and a nearby structure
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Winter Haven
Fla. Mee
Harry Alvey
Here
Delivery Help Line for Missed Home Paper
Notice requests readers to call 3320 if paper is not delivered by 6 o clock and a copy will be sent. If after 6 o clock, call 2059 for assistance.
Bryan to Yield Secretary of State Post to Senator Stone
Washington rumor ties W J Bryan's cabinet exit to a Missouri senator Will iam Joel Stone's succession as secretary of state. Stone, longtime foreign relations chair, favored Wilson and Bryan policies, with southern border critics and Texas electoral votes driving the chatter. The piece notes Bryan's Mexican policy experience and perceived criticism from southern governors, amid speculation of a 1912 presidential bid.
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Washington
Christias
W. J. Bryan
William Joel Stone
Miasouri
Stone
Senate
Bryan
Colquitt
Texas
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Mexico
Bowery McGion Singer Stole for the Poor Pleading Clemency
New York December 25 a Bowery mission choir singer pleaded guilty to stealing 1400 dollars of jewelry from an apartment house. He said he stole about 4000 dollars total, giving nearly all to the poor to provide food and lodging. He claimed his thefts aided homeless men and requested leniency before sentencing.
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New York
Frod Ilyt
Bowery
Hoyt
Pittsburgh Secures Overseas Steel Orders Amid War Demand
Pittsburgh reports orders for 65 000 tons of high carbonized steel rounds with 50 000 tons for France and 16 000 tons for Russia. Earlier 26 000 tons of this shell grade were shipped to Europe. Caron Steel president Charles McKnight is in Europe handling similar orders. Estimated value of trench tools sheet metal wire and projectile steel bought in Pittsburgh for European belligerents in the last two months approaches six million dollars.
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Pittsburgh
France
Russia
Europe
Chas McKnight
Caron Steel Company
Plutsburgh
Four inmates die in Cambridge city home fire
Cambridge Mass December 23 four inmates perished in a blaze that trapped residents of a city home. Officials confirmed the deaths after checking the inmate register. Dozens more, mainly elderly, were frightened and exposed with several overcome by smoke as police, firemen, and nurses aided evacuees down stairs, fire escapes, and ladders.
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Cambridge
Mass
Aremen
Nurges
Tennessee to Carry Fifty Refugees From Jaffa to Alexandria
The Turkish government authorized a move by the cruiser Tennessee to transport about 500 refugees from Jaffa, Syria, to Alexandria, Egypt, at the request of American Ambassador Morgenthau. Captain Decker reported the departure from Jaffa, stating the action fulfilled consular requests approved by the Turkish authorities. No official details on a separate threat to bombard Tripoli were provided, and no reply was received from captains or officials regarding the unnamed threat.
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Meuse
Ypres
Berlin
Niewport
Tennessee
Jaffa
Syria
Egypt
Decker
The
Washington
Washington, D. C
Ambasador
Morgenthau
Alexandria
Navy Department
Daniels
Tennessea
Turkey
Oman
North Carolina
Tripoli
Athens
Emperor Joseph Expresses Thanks Across Austria-Hungary
Washington telegram from Ambassador Penfield reports Emperor Francis Joseph’s gratitude for American gifts of clothing and tobacco to war orphans aboard the Jason. About half a million gifts this week are being distributed throughout Austria-Hungary, and the emperor thanks all donors and workers involved in delivering Christmas aid.
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Francis Joseph
America
Jason
Auastro-Hungary
Sugar Refining Company Protests Freight Rates
Federal Sugar Refining Company of New York opened before the Interstate Commerce Commission a series of proceedings against ocean and rail freight rates on sugar from New York City to Athens Atlanta and other Georgia distribution centers. The complaints claim 33 cents per hundred pounds to Georgia is excessive and discriminatory compared with 30 cents to Birmingham Alabama.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Sugar Refining Company of
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York City
Athens
Atlanta
Georgia
South
Birmingham
Ala
Waterloo Improvements During Year 1912
In keeping with its practice of many years past this newspaper will, the latter part of December, publish its Annual Improvement Number. This extraordinary number has been eagerly sought after year by year by residents and those interested in its welfare. Those who have preserved a copy say the collection furnishes a more complete history of Waterloo than could be gleaned otherwise.
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Courier
Waterloo
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Provincetown
Dorothy Palmer
United Fruit Company
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