Teutonic Drive Moves Forward in Serbia as Front Advances
Berlin reports continued Austro German and Bulgarian push in central Serbia with Printena and Mistrovae contested. French repulse near Rajec gorge delays offensive. Serbian legation claims victory west of Valfka Pinna and Mount Zelovatz as government shifts to Prisrendk near the Albanian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Serbia
Berlin
Printena
Mistrovae
Kavadar
Prilep
Paris
Rajec
Cerna
Drenovo
Botharsti
Gradisce
Vardar
Ceria
Trenovo
Valfka Pinna
Zelovatz
Legation
Mitrovitza
Prisrendk
Aithens
Petch
Montenegro
Russian Army Mobilizes for Balkans Conflict
A Berlin-dubbed dispatch from Bucharest reports eighty thousand Russian troops mobilized on the Roumanian front with 200,000 at Odessa and 70,000 at Ismail ready for action. The czar and czarevitch arrived at Reni to supervise the new army as it prepares to move against Bulgaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bucharest
Berlin
Odessa
Ismail
Balkans
Czar
Czarevitch
Reni
Bulgaria
Fear for Army Aviators Flight Reaches San Antonio
Four US Army aviators en route from Fort Sill Oklahoma to San Antonio became disoriented in a strong east wind and ground haze. Two landed at Lampasas and one at Kingsland around noon, then resumed their flight. The fourth circled for hours before locating a landing, and the flight to San Antonio will be resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
United States Army
Fort Sill
Okla
San Antonio
Lampasas
Kingsland
Terre Haute Brewery Moves to Quash Indictment
Terre Haute Brewing Company files in circuit court a motion to quash the indictment returned by the recent grand jury charging corruption in the Curry township option election. The motion argues the facts do not constitute a public offense.
Farmer Jumps Too Late in Hartford City Incident
Reese Simean, a local farmer, failed to decide which way to jump at a roadway in Hartford City November 24. He sustained injuries described as not serious and is receiving treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Tid
Reese Simean
Erroll Key Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Gravel Pit Killing
In Danville Indiana, 19 year old Erroll KerKey was found guilty of manslaughter in Tendricks circuit court for the June 4 gravel pit fight that left Forest Miller dead. The jury of ten to two on manslaughter on first two ballots, with Key possibly serving two to twenty one years in county jail or state farm due to his minor status. Father Tarwell B Key, named as chief witness, faces first degree murder charges in Montgomery county on change of venue.
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Danville
Ind
Erroll Ker
Forest Miller
North Salem
Tendricks Circouit
Key
State Farm
Indiana Reformatory
Tazwell B. Key
Erroll Kay
Montgomery
John RB. Miller
Tarwell B. Key
Wrroll Key
John Miller
Woman Swallows Knife During Illness Then Has It Removed
In Chicago Elizabeth Hochsberger after typhoid delirium recalled swallowing a ten inch table knife. Multiple doctors dismissed it as imagination until an X ray confirmed the knife lay diagonally in the lower stomach. A surgical operation removed the blade eight months after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Elizabeth Hochsberger
Three Injured In Yorktown Hall Fire in Indiana
Three men were hurt in a Yorktown blaze that damaged the I O O F hall. Joseph Koontz was shocked by a live wire while William Leonard and Frank Wilson sustained cuts from falling glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuncie
Ind
Yorktown
Here
Joseph Koontz
William Leonard
Frank Wilson
Ferguson Visits Carranza in Nuevo Laredo Banquet
Governor James I Ferguson of Texas met General Venustiano Carranza in Nuevo Laredo for an hour long conference followed by a banquet hosted by Carranza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaredo
Tex
James I. Ferguson
Texas
Venustiano Carranza
Nuevo Laredo
Boy Shot by Brother in Evansville Hunting Accident
Evansville Indiana November 24 Albert Angel eleven was shot by his brother Jack fourteen while cleaning a rifle during a hunting outing. The bullet entered his back and lodged in the spine. his condition is critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Albert Angel
Jack
Albert
German Importer Agreed to Clear Hamburg Line Ships in Plot
New York November 24 Captain Boyed naval attache to the German embassy faced charges in a plot to supply German ships from U S ports. Prosecutor Wood outlined a $750000 fund deposited with Essen & Kullenkamp and $600000 sent to San Francisco for coast activities. Witnesses included Gustav Kallenkamp who said he signed ship manifests and received funds, EB Berwind identified bonds, and Franklin Mooney testified about a $350000 indemnity bond on the Lorenzo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boy-ed
Wood
United States
Boyed
Essen & Kullenkamp
San Francisco
Rand
Richard D. Wrigley
Berwind
Lorenzo
New York and
Porto Rico Steamship Company
John H. Haas
Gustav Kallemkamp
Buenos Aires
Stullenkamp
Ar. Rand
Deutsche Bank of Berlin
Kallenkamp
EB. J. Berwind
Hamburg-American Line
Franklin D. Mooney
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
German Dreadnought Sunk in Baltic Report
Rotterdam dispatch reports a new German dreadnought sunk in the Baltic with 33 crew lost. Copenhagen messages say the battleship Markgraf may have been sunk, believed tied to the same loss. Markgraf displaced 25,750 tons, 5380 feet long, with 1,190 men aboard.
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London
Rotterdam
Daily Mail
Germany
Baltic
Copenhagen
Heiress to $50,000 to escort runaway niece home
Miss Let tie Sammons, heiress to a $50,000 fortune, is expected to accompany her niece Winifred Sammons back to Lansing Michigan from Richmond Indiana. Winifred ran away after a quarrel with her parents and has spent the summer as a domestic in Mackinaw Island, Michigan, and elsewhere, being discharged from three jobs for unfamiliarity with housework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Lettie Sammons
Winifred Sammons
Laising
Mich
Winifred
Lansing
Mackinaw Island
Animals Burned In Pur man Street Fire
Fort Wayne Indiana November 24 Captain Billey Stewart owner of an animal house on Pur man street saw his facility burn with a loss of seven thousand dollars Stepwell known showman who has exhibited across the country was identified as the owner of the burned property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Billey Stewart
Purman Street
Stewart
Thanksgiving Weather Forecast Reads Fair Across East
Washington notes fair and reasonably moderate weather through the east for Thanksgiving. Unsettled and possibly rainy conditions are forecast for the lake region and Ohio valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Hairpin Causes Deafness in Indiana Woman
Jivansville Indiana November 24 Mrs Pitt ma Barney suffered deafness after a hairpin punctured her eardrum while she tossed in bed in an incident reported locally The accident occurred at her home and medical attention was sought to treat the injury
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jivansville
Ind
Pitt Ma Barney
Monon Train Wreck Foiled Near Hammond Indiana
Monon train No. 55 from Chicago to Cincinnati escaped disaster when a switch was opened to derail it. Engineer George Miller halted the eight coach train at 40 mph, with only a twisted pony truck as damage. Fires at the interlocking tower base and Dyer flour mills were found. Dan Conners, a 22-year-old Dyer native with a police record, was taken into custody after claiming innocence. Police noted footprints matching his shoes at the switch. The crew, Miller, fireman Paul Baker, and conductor J A McArthur, are Indianapolis residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Monon
Dyer
Chicago
Cincinnati
George Miller
Dan Conners
lMngineer
More Eastland Indictments in Steamer Wastland Case
Federal grand jury returns supplemental indictments naming Walter Greenbaum George T. Arnold William L C Hull Walter C Steele Captain Pedarson chief engineer Hricksen Robert Rein and C C Eckliffe as officials and inspectors charged with responsibility for the Eastland disaster deaths. All had been indicted previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Walter Greenbaum
George T. Arnold
William LC. Hull
Walter C. Steele
Pedarson
Hricksen
Robert Rein
C. C. Eckliffe
Disfiguring Burn Inflicted by Hot Poker Sighting
In Evansville Indiana on November 24 a six months old girl suffered severe facial and shoulder burns after a two year old brother, playing with a red hot poker, struck her. Doctors fear possible lifelong disfigurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Clarence Evans
Kaiser to Offer Peace to Wilson After Entry into Constantinople
Berne dispatch to Pall Mall Gazette reports undoubted foundation for William II to open peace talks with President Wilson after the emperor's state entry into Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
London
Pall Mall Gaszette
Berne
William
Wilson
Constantinople
John Pierce Company assigns for creditors in New York
The John Pierce company contractors and owners of granite and marble quarries that supplied stone for county courthouse buildings made an assignment for the benefit of creditors on November 24 in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Pierce Company
Daniels Asks Bids On Steel For New Warships
Secretary Daniels moves to buy steel directly from foundries to cut costs for two new battleships. Private bids ranged from about 8.1 to 8.9 million dollars per ship, while government estimates fall around 6.7 to 7.4 million with yard upgrades. He notes Mare Island and others have saved against estimates, arguing yards can build cheaper.
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Washington
Daniele
Navy Yards
New York Shipbuilding Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Daniels
Philadelphia Yard
New York Yard
Mare Island Yard
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Mare Island
Navy Yard
Obenchain suit against Purdue dismissed in Indiana court
Abraham T. Obenchain loses $25,000 damage suit over his son Francis W. Obenchain a Purdue sophomore killed during a tank scrap two years ago. Court finds Purdue not a corporation and voids summons against President Stone as its representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Francis W. Obenchain
Purdué
Oberehain
South Whitley
Purdue
Stone
Aged man hangs self in jail in Blwood Indiana
In Blwood Indiana Joseph Denny sixty years old committed suicide by hanging from cell bars with a leather belt. He had been dead for hours when found and faced a statutory charge with a stepdaughter witness. Survived by a widow. In Shelbyville Indiana Wilhe Pollard stock dealer Brandywine township is defendant in a 10000 dollar damages suit filed by Arthur Franks for alleged alienation of Mrs Franks affection.
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Blwood
Ind
Joseph Denny
Denny
Shelbyville
Wilhe Pollard
Brandywine Township
Shelby Circuit Court
Arthur Franks
Franks
Pollard
Ranks
Miller Named to Indiana Orphan Home Board
Augustus A. Miller of Columbus is appointed to the visiting board of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors' Orphan Home at Knightstown by superintendent T. H. Dunn to succeed L. C. Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Augustus A. Miller
Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home
Knightstown
T. H. Dunn
L. C. Moore
Court upholds conviction of former New York priest
Albany Nov 24 The court of appeals sustains the judgment convicting Wans Schmidt of the murder of Anna Aumuller. Judge Cardolso authored the opinion with all judges concurring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany, N. Y
Wans Schmidt
New York
Anna Aumuller
Court of Appeals
Cardolso
Unclear Clues From Riverhead and Wisconsin Burglary Notes
Fragmentary OCR items describe a six cent damage award, a man arrested without a warrant in Riverhead, jewelry worth 300 dollars found in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Another note mentions 34 Bangor card cubs left one thousand dollars each in a will. Additional stray items reference a salt water mosquito range and a California town recorder, a pet squirrel pie cost, a lead pipe bug, and a Congo elephant incident.
First Families Dying Out Blamed for Mortality Decline
At an American Association convention, critics argue that Philadelphia Quaker stock and New England pilgrim families are dying out due to voluntary habits. Professor E G Conklin of Princeton warns the loss of good hereditary lines risks national decline, urging reform to preserve prominent families from fate seen in Boston and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New England
American Association For Study and Prevention
E.G. Conklin
Princeton
Boston
Land for Armenians on 300000 Acre Texas Ranch
Major George W Littlefield, Texas banker and ranchman, plans a 300000 acre Panhandle ranch to house Armenian settlers within months. His son in law H A Wroe travels to New York to meet Armenian representatives about relocating thousands to the land. Littlefield would finance arrivals from Turkey and provide homes on favorable terms to support about 10000 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Littefielkl
Austin
Tex
Texas Panhandle
H. A. Wroe
Major Littlefield
American National Bank of Austin
New York
Turkey
England to Label All Men for Military Service
The British war office announces khaki armbands bearing the royal crown to mark men ready for service those who enlist and wait for orders those who offer themselves and are physically fit and those invalided out for medical reasons. Each class will have a distinctive emblem to distinguish fighters from nonvolunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British War Office
Car famine threatened by rail freight surplus
Freight agents warn of a car famine within sixty days as railroads face immense tonnage. They urge manufacturers to rush new car deliveries beyond the last sixty days. The November idle car surplus was 26,229 versus 78,239 on September 1 per the American Railway Association bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
American Railway Association
Undersea Phones Guard New York Harbor Defense Claim
A historian discusses a hypothetical Oct 28 raid on New York by ten battleships six torpedo boats and five mine sweepers under fog conditions. Edward F Chandler advocates submarine microphone nets to detect underwater approach and enable fort gunnery despite darkness or searchlights.
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Fort Totten
Fort Hamilton
New York
Larris Lansing
Edward Fr. Chandler
Norton’s Point
Manhattan Island
Mr. Chantier
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Pusrendk
U. S
Farmer
Ignatius T
Lincoln
Great Britain
American Press Association
Erroll Rey
Ferguson
Carranza
Luke Lea
FHI
Tennessee
Megaphis
Tenn
Malcolm R. Patterson
Kenneth D. McKellar
Lea
Owen
Eastland
A. L. Obenchain
Riverhead CS. Y
la Crosse
Wis
Bangor
Mie
tWumah
Anya
California
Town Recorder
Congo
James McfLeever
Bellefontaine
England
Inventor Hus
No. 1027
Chandler
Aibasarlie
Hs Moramenta
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