Germans Repulse Enemy At Points In Western Arena
German high command reports repelled enemy assaults in the west. Bombs dropped by enemy aircraft over Ghent and Zeebrugge caused no damage. In the Argonne, German forces captured a position and took 245 prisoners, with four machine guns. French attacks near Pont-a-Mousson were beaten off. In Alsace, French losses included 130 units on high ground near Sennheim. East Prussia reported little action. Russians alleged to have attacked near Przasnysz were repulsed and forced to withdraw.
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Berlin
London
Ghent
Zeebrugee
Belgium
Souait
Perthes
Chalons
Argonne Forest
Fontaine la Mitte
Pont-a-Mousson
Weisenbach
Hartmann Wellerkopf
Prussla
Poland
Przasinysz
Blinno
Gojak
Gorny
Sandha
Rawka
Szencizy
Croix de Carmose
Font-a-Mousson
France
Sennheim
Cernay
Alsace
Hague
Lonon
Turkish Troops Making Gains In Caucasus Official Report
Constantinople via Amsterdam and London reports the Turkish government stating Russian forces failed to encircle the left wing and retreated, while Turkish troops press the attack. It notes fighting near Kara-Urgan and near Kurna where British forces, aided by gunboats, were defeated with heavy losses. Turkish losses were insignificant.
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Constantinople
Amsterdam
London
Caucasus
Kara-Urgan
Trans-Caucasia
Persian Gulf
Kurna
Euphrates
Igris
Vatican Organ Responds To Belgian Press Criticism
Rome January 23 Osservatore Romano, the Vatican paper, defends its neutrality after a Belgian Catholic paper accused it of a shameful campaign against Belgium. It says it published only official communications and denies printing the arrest of Cardinal Mercier.
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Rome
Osservatore Oman
Vatican
Belgium
Jsservatora Romano Nde
Mercier
Deputies Charged With Murder in Roosevelt Plant Shootout
Thirty two Middlesex county deputy sheriffs employed by a private agency to guard the American Agricultural Chemical Co. plant at Roosevelt New Jersey face murder charges after a shooting last Tuesday that wounded 19 strikers, two fatally. The grand jury will reconvene next Tuesday to consider the case.
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Roosevelt
N. J
Suydam
Quarter Sessions Court
New Brunswick
Middlesex County
American Agricultural Chemical Co
Florance
Anarchy and Death Toll Reported in Mexico City
Dispatches from Vera Cruz say chaos and fear grip Mexico City as Villa troops threaten civilians. Carranza's interior minister cites women near death from mistreatment. Eulalio Figuerra seeks Carranza asylum. Obregon denies Puebla attack. Zapata forces reportedly four miles from state lines.
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Washington
D. C
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Rafael Zubaran
Villa
Eulalio Figuerra
Obregon
Puebia
State Department
Zapata
Plan progresses for settlement of Ohio strike
Cleveland, O Jan 23 further testimony of the operators side in the eastern Ohio coal strike where 15,000 miners have been on strike since April will be heard today by federal conciliators Daniel J Keefe and Hywel Davies. They arrived from Chicago after conferring with John P White William Green and John Moore as talks show progress.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Daniel J. Keefe
Hywel Davies
Tabor Wilson
Chicago
John P. White
William Green
John Moore
Ohio Organization of the Miners
Davies
Airmen Are Centers of Attention
Amsterdam and London dispatches report British airmen bombing Bruges docks with unknown effects. Other notes describe German planes over Dunkirk and Ostend with a Zeppelin sighting and air defenses being prepared. Fishermen claimed to see a Zeppelin founder in the North Sea near Noordwijk, Leyden.
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Amsterdam
London
Bruges
Belgium
Altho
Daily Mail
Havre
Dunkirk
Great Dunes
Furnes
Dover
Ostend
Cromer
England
Noordwijk
Netherlands
Leyden
Turk Dead Halts Russ Operations
London dispatch reports in northern Poland Russians pressing toward Lipng while Turkish dead in the Sart Kamysh area halt Cantasus movements. Petrograd says an epidemic is feared from the burial site as Russian authorities begin teaching wounded soldiers trades and literacy efforts for illiterates.
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London
Plovk
Poland
Skampe
Lipng
Delivery issues contact numbers for paper copies
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o'clock due to carrier error or other cause, please call 8330 and a copy will be sent. For after 6250 o'clock call 2069.
Iowa Moves to Tighten Liquor Rules and Tax System
Iowa lawmakers consider four bills to curb saloon activity and end home liquor shipments. Proposals include fining saloonkeepers for treating customers, limiting to one saloon per 2,000 residents, and restricting passenger-car liquor transport. Other measures raise assessments and tax rules for property and corporate entities. Alfonso Zelaya urged stronger US Central and South American trade ties. wage discussion set for Monday. Seventeen senate bills and multiple house measures introduced.
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Crist
Osceola
Widtmere
Ottumwo
Alfonso Zelaya
Nicaragua
Senate
United States
John A. Ryan
St. Paul
De Wolf Grout Election Contest Picks Committee
Des Moines reports a BeMaits committee formed to decide the De Wolf Grout contest. Members named are Perkins, Warrahae, Parker, Hageman and Farr. The panel will begin work immediately.
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Des Moines
Mottoreya
BeMaits
Perkins
Warrahae
Parker
Hageman
Farr
Allied forces seize La Bassee front after German attacks
Parla reports from Lisle that La Ragsco, 18 miles southwest of Lisle, is now in Allied hands. German efforts around Postubert and La Bassée failed, despite massed assaults, as British lines held and reinforcements arrived. By Wednesday, fierce fighting near La Bassée produced a notable Allied advance and the town is reported in Allied possession.
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la Ragsco
Lisle
St. Omer
Matin
Sayat
Postubert
la Bassee
Eterni
Festubert
la Bas- See
Alliad
Thaw Extradition Ends as Custody Shifts to New York
Harry K Thaw is returned to New York state custody after a brief Concord proceeding ending over sixteen months of effort by New York authorities. He is to be escorted tonight to New York, under an extradition warrant, with Marcy Thaw and officials proceeding from Manchester to Concord and then to New York City. The move follows Gov Felker’s December extradition order, with Sheriff Hornbeck to receive custody in Dutchess County.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
New York State
New York
N. A
Atay
New Hamipahire
Stanford Waite
New York City
Thaw
Manchester
Holman A. Drew
Frig
Colebrook
Hornbeck
Dutchess County
Felker
Wm. T. Jerome
Moston
Marcy Thaw
Vicht
Mateawan
United States Supreme Court
New Hampshire
W Travers Jew
Rome
Fred ©. Hoarnbeek
McCormick Expects No Immediate Party Shift in Illinois
Former Illinois Progressive leader Medill McCormick says no party affiliations are pledged and future options depend on which major party adopts a program leaders can support. He and Hicks faced a duty to break the speakership deadlock, weighing possible shifts by Progressives if major parties act in 1926.
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Chicago
Tlinois Bose of Representatives
Ah. McCormick
Hicks
Progressive Party
Progressive National Convention
California
Colorado
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
Ilinois
Record Cotton Crop in 1914
Washington January 23 A record cotton crop for 1914 15 was reported by the census bureau today with 14 9AT 942 running bales ginned prior to January 16 Ginnings from January 1 to 15 totaled 480 149 bales exceeding all prior years The record production reached 782000 bales nearly 406000 more than before It is hoped the 1914 crop will surpass the prior POLL record of 293073 running bales depending on ginning from January 16 to season end If as much is gin ned as in 1914 the crop could reach about 16900000 bales Harvester Havana cigar ad.
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Washington
Fire destroys Marshalltown dry goods store
Fire of unknown origin discovered in a Lovin dry goods store in Marshalltown on January 23 completely destroyed the building and contents and damaged an adjoining store. Loss estimated at 172000 dollars with 85000 dollars insured.
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Marshalltown
A. Lovin Dry Goods
American Loses Passport Finder Under Arrest
London reported at 2:10 p m January 23 that Adolph Dietze, an American believed to be in custody after Aberdeen imprisonment for failure to register in a restricted area, possesses a passport describing a 5 feet 4 inch man. Dietzel had wandered Scotland for weeks with no visible means of support. Authorities will thoroughly investigate his record during custody.
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London
Adolph Dietze
Aberdeen
Towo
Dietzel
Scotland
Russian Troops Killed at Polish Railway Station
Official report states the Russian railway station near Chęciny ten miles northwest of Kielce in southern Poland was shelled by Austrians. The station, crowded with Russian troops at the time, was destroyed and all troops present were killed.
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Berlin
London
Staton
Chenciny
Kielce
Poland
German trenches in Alsne valley and Will No 208 captured
Paris reports a semi official statement saying Germany evacuated certain trenches in the Alsne valley and near Will No 208, not by spontaneous evocations but via counter attacks. Forty prisoners were taken.
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Paris
Parig
Alsne
Roumanian Government War Loan Planned in London
London January 28 Roumanian government to place a war loan of about 25 million dollars in either London or New York. Bankers are strict on secrecy while Roumanian bankers travel to America to buy war materiel. The loan is expected at around 95 with a percent interest to support Romania's war purchases.
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London
New York
America
French Infantry Repairs Damage From Storms In Front
French war office reports ongoing infantry engagements across Alsace and Argonne with no decisive outcome. Artillery exchanges occur in Ypres Arras Albert Roye Soissons and Meuse actions force enemy withdrawals and bridge damage. Strong fighting continues near St Hubert and Hartmann Wellerkopf with positions held.
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Paris
Alsace
St. Hubert
Belgium
Meuse
Michtel
Lombais
Ypres
Arras
Albert, Roye
Soissons
Berry-au-Bac
Beaussseur
Fontaine Madame
St. Mihiel
Hartmann-Wellerkopf
Cerny
Patit Kahlberg
Agpach Bridge
Shifting cargo blamed for Hydro liner wreck
Two Hydro crew survivors doubt a submarine caused the sinking off the Donegal coast near the Giant's Causeway. They suggest shifting cargo led to the loss of the Wilson liner Hydro with 20 aboard. rest of crew remains missing. Dispatches also report the Norwegian steamer Horda lost off Lewis Island and two British merchant ships detained at the Hook of Holland amid refugee movements.
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London
Hydro
Donegal
Giant’s Causeway
Stornoway
Scotland
Lewis Island
Hook of Holland
England
Dzelea Still At Dock In Galveston With Cotton Cargo
Galveston Tex Jan 23 The American steamship Dzelea which cleared for Rotterdam yesterday with 11 000 bales of cotton for trans shipment for Bremen remained at her dock early today. A strong north wind kept harbor entrance lighting rough and it was likely the Dzelea would sail once weather moderated.
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Tex
Dzelea
Rotterdam
Bremen
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