Battle lines set along Vistula and Warta in Poland
Report from the war front notes western Poland fighting between the Vistula and Warta rivers while Balkan and Near East actions yield only scraps. In South Africa, General Louis Botha, commander in chief of the defense forces, reports further rebel commandoes breaking up and the campaign developments continue.
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Mystery of Canopus and Battleship Craddock Tale
In a House of Lords briefing Earl of Crewe notes Indian troops in action against the Germans and British casualties reach nine hundred. A UK naval mystery persists about the battleship Canopus after the Glasgow report confirms the fate of Good Hope and Merrimouth but gives no solution to Canopus. The November 1 engagement near Chile is the key reference, with Craddock signaling a coming clash as bombardments at Knocke and Zeebrugge appear in a prior British fleet operation. An artillery duel on the entire front follows from Paris dispatches dated November 16.
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Front Daily War Bulletin Reports Violent Front Bombardment
Official dispatches describe heavy cannonade across the front from the North Sea to Ypres with isolated infantry actions repulsed. German forces blow up the western sector of Chauvincourt near St Michiel while Zouaves seize a contested forest near Bixschoote as Allied artillery gains in Craonne and Rheims regions.
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Arras
Qise
Craonne
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Chauvoncourt
Alsace
Landwehr
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Germans Claim Some Successes In Flanders And Verdun
Berlin reports fighting unchanged in west Flanders while noting continued attacks near the Meuse and French sorties at Verdun repulsed. They claim gains at Chatillon and pressure on French lines, as British and Dutch reports describe British counterattacks and heavy shelling of German positions along the Belgian coast and Dixmude.
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Britain Contributes 5500 900 for Belgian Food Aid
London reports the foreign office has announced a donation of 500000 to the Belgian government to purchase foodstuffs for destitute Belgians amid the famine.
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London
Foreign Office
War levy on Belgians for German soldiers
Amsterdam November 14 via London The Vosaleche Zeitung of Berlin says part of the Belgian war levy has been distributed among the German soldiers each receiving about 1. Every soldier the newspaper adds is to be supplied with one cigar and two cigarettes daily as part of his task.
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List of the casualties in the British Navy
London November 18 Winston Spencer Churchill the first lord of the admiralty stated in the house of commons today that the total British naval casualties to date were Officers killed 282 wounded 37 missing 6 Men killed 3 455 wounded 428 missing This did not include missing officers and men in the royal naval division at Antwerp and on the British cruiser Good Hope sunk by the Germans off the Chilean coast which totaled 1 000 and 873 respectively.
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Antwerp
More Capital Sought by Krupp Company
Berlin November 3 reports say the Krupp company will raise its capital from 70 million to 250 million marks after an Essen meeting on November 12. Directors justify the increase by wartime demands and earlier expansions including coal fuel buys. A 12 percent dividend is proposed, down from 14 percent last year, with 7 million marks allotted to relief for soldiers’ families and funds for furlough and pensions.
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Crown of Galicia Sunk Rumor Circulates in Valparaiso
Persistent rumors in Valparaiso claim the British transport Crown of Galicia has been attacked by German cruisers and sunk. Report says crew saved and to be landed by a German steamer Rhykotis. The 4821 ton vessel, built in 1906 for Crown Steamship Co, details remain unconfirmed.
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Traffic in Bad Eggs Fought in Illinois
Federal state and local officials join the Illinois department of agriculture in a campaign to end illegal impure eggs. Evidence suggests a Chicago market for rotten eggs at two dollars per case, shipped from across the region for use in food and other purposes. Authorities expect rapid disruption and hope to spur similar action in other cities and states.
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Mystery barrel murder shocks New York crowd
New York on November 18 reports a man named Tulgi Macaluso 23 shot through the heart and his body stuffed in a barrel left under the Queensborough Bridge. Police seek clues amid East Side gang violence ties and rival feud speculation.
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Assist the Belgians and Home Folks Respond
New York November 18 Mayor Mitchel urged home philanthropy before aiding Belgian relief. He urged citizens to donate to Belgians in addition to helping Americans in distress, stressing duties to Americans first while supporting overseas relief during winter.
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Committee of Mercy
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Comal and Baltic collide near Ambrose Channel
The steamship Comal en route to Galveston collided with the Baltic bound for Liverpool as both left Ambrose channel New York on November 14. The Comal returned to dock with serious damage forcing cancellation of its sailing while the Baltic, less damaged, resumed sea. The Baltic passed the Comal on the port side about 126 feet away, the larger ship’s motion presumed to have drawn the Comal in and strike amidships. The Comal carried fifty six passengers for Galveston.
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Mallory Ling
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White Star
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Leper numbers cited at Interdenominational Missionary Meet
In Battle Creek Michigan on November 18 W M Danner American secretary to a leper mission reported more than 600 known lepers across seventeen states. He urged establishing two national leper sanatoriums while Dr RM Wilson of Korea noted leprosy poses a smaller threat than pellagra. Advances in treatment were discussed.
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Mrs Lucy C Carnegie Seriously Ill at Dungeness
Mrs Lucy C Carnegie is reported seriously ill at Dungeness Andrew Carnegie II her son and other relatives reached Fernandina from New York by special train early today Mrs Carnegie is mother of Thomas Morrison Carnegie of New York a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation
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Lucy C. Carnegie
Dungeness
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Andrew Carnegie II
New York
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Harmless Bowel Cleanse
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe liver stimulant. It claims calomel causes weakness and sickness while Liver Tone provides a gentle, non salivating cure that can be given to children and won't interfere with meals. The pitch urges readers to replace calomel with this vegetable remedy.
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