Navy Defeats Army In Striking 6 to 9 Victory
In a red letter national service clash at Franklin Field the Navy edged the Army 9 to 6. Navy kicker J H Brown booted two placements from 23 and 37 yards as time expired, capping a dramatic finish amid 35000 spectators. The crowd included Taft Stimson Meyer and scores of West Point cadets and Annapolis midshipmen.
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Philadelphia
National Service
Navy
Franklin Field
Army
J. H. Brown
Navy Boys
Midshipmen
Army Boys
Biidh
Plebs
Vyfacsment
Hobbs
West Point
MecReavy
Ieavy
Leonard
Roudes
Gilchrist
Brown
Taft
Washington
Stimson
Panama
Army and Navy
Annapolis
Meyer
New York
Horse Meat Served in Chicago Discovery
Hundreds of Chicago residents have been unknowingly consuming horse meat as a surprising local incident unfolds. Authorities investigate to determine how horse meat entered the supply and alert the public to potential mislabeling.
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Chicago
Health Department Probes Sausage Maker Over Horse Meat Use
City health officials announce an investigation into a sausage manufacturer suspected of using horse meat. Authorities say several sausage makers in the area may be involved and plan arrests soon.
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City Health Department
Hickey Recounts Twenty Year Crime Tale in Interview
Buffalo reports John Frank Hickey described a long history of crimes to reporters. He dwelt on the Lowell Mass accidental killing of Moray, and on murders of the Josephs boys as well as attempted killings in Quincy Boston and Lawrence. District Attorney Dudley continues assembling evidence. Gordon Pitton identified Hickey as the man who led Josephs boy away.
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Buffalo
John Frank Hickey
Hickey
Moray
Lowell
Mass
Josepha
Krusk
Quincey
Boston
Lawrence
Dudley
Gordon Pitton
Young Josephs
Josephs
Removed shoe hurled at judge in Scotland suffrage scene
In Aberdeen on November 30 suffragettes sparked two violent incidents. Joyce Locke hurled a shoe at the court clerk during magistrate proceedings for three women found with explosives at a music hall where Lloyd George was to speak. A second assailant struck the chancellor of the exchequer with a horsewhip at a railway station. she was arrested.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Joyce Locke
Fanny Parker
Mary Pollock
Lloyd George
Husband's Affections Worth Fifty Thousand
Mrs. Martha Richards of Denver sues actress Lulu Glaser in Pittsburgh for $50,000 damages alleging alienation of her husband Thomas Richards a vaudeville actor. A capias was issued, Glaser posted $2,000 bond, and the case centers on a shared vaudeville sketch.
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Pittsburg
Martha Richards
Denver
Lulu Glaser
Marshall
Thomas Richards
Traveling man ends life by inhaling gas
J Edwin Mc Allister a 43 year old Atlanta salesman despondent over finances and separation from his wife and children killed himself today in a south side Chicago hotel by inhaling gas after writing two notes one a prayer. Police found three pawn tickets and three cents in his belongings.
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Chicago
J. Edwin McAllister
Atlanta
South Side
McAllister
Churches Observe Political Day in Calgary
Calgary churches plan Political Day tomorrow following a Ministerial Association resolution. Thirty leading churches will advise congregations on voting in the municipal elections, with ministers avoiding personalities and focusing on principal issues and civic reform proposals from the pulpit.
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Calgary
Alta
Body Found in Woods Near Free man College
W. D. Watson a 31 year old Nixonville resident and student at Freeman College was found dead in a woods patch two miles from Greenville after a day long search by students. A note in his clothes read No one else did this but me.
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Greenville
8. C
Freeman College
W. D. Watson
Nixonville
Burns Tells of Pursuit of Dynamiters in 1910 Case
Indianapolis dispatch reports detective William Burns recounting his pursuit of the McNamaras and Ortie McManigal after the Los Angeles Times explosion. He testified he aimed to indict higher figures, noted Hockin's role, and said the government’s case would close Monday with one more witness.
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Indianapolis
William J. ‘Burns
McNamaras
Ortie McManigal
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Alexander
Chicago
Herbert S. Hockin
Iron Worker's Union
Mr. Burns
Hockin
John J. McNamara
James B. McNamara
McManigal
Iron Workers’ Executive Board
Frank M. Ryan
Eugene Clancey
McNamara
Heckin
Olaf Tveitmoe
John J
J. W. Kern
Burns
Michael J. Young
Boston
Springfield
Mass
Detroit
Miller
Missing Banker Confesses to Shortage at West Point
H W Parker vice president of the Bank of Commerce Winnebago Minn admits a $17000 shortage in a signed confession. He fled Minnesota left wife and three children then married Florence Bauer Cleveland actress. He operated a West Point picture show as Charles A Long and plans to return to Minnesota.
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West Point
H. W. Parker
Bank of Commrce
Winnebago
Minn
Minnesota
Florence Bauer
Cleveland
Ohio
Parker
Johnson
Charles A. Long
Cartersville
Miss Bauer
Piano Factory Fire Damages Hoboken Section
A blaze swept Hoboken destroying the piano factory of John Corrade and damaging several nearby buildings. The fire threatened the entire factory district earlier and caused an estimated loss of $200,000.
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New York
Hoboken
John Corrade
Ten Cent Limit Gift Exchange Planned by Store Girls
Santa Cincinnati November 30 reports department store girls have organized a ten cent limit gift exchange for Christmas. No present will cost more than a dime as part of their holiday program.
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Cincinnati
West Virginia and Virginia Weekend Weather Outlook
West Virginia: increasing cloudiness and warmer Sunday with rain at night or Monday. Virginia: fair Sunday with warmer conditions in the southwest. Monday brings increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Lynching of Chesley Williams in Georgia Mob robs courtroom escape
In Cordele Georgia Chesley Williams a Black man who shot a farmer's wife and assaulted her daughter near Rhine was dragged from McRae courthouse by a mob and riddled with bullets. Sheriff Wilcox tried to hide him in the county clerk vault but the mob pursued them and killed him.
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Cordele
Chesley Williams
Rhine
McRae
Williams
Wilcox
Inaugural Ceremonies Postponement Considered
Hamilton Bermuda November 20 Governor Woodrow Wilson willing to take oath March 4 with ceremonies postponed to last Thursday in April. Washington reviews the proposal as congress would be needed to effect the change. Business leaders weigh the suggestion to alter the inauguration schedule.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Woodrow Wilson
The
United
Washington
White House
Effort to Amend State Banking Law
Banking interests in Charleston plan to amend state banking laws at the next legislature session. They argue current laws are weak and fail to protect depositors and stockholders. A statewide inquiry may probe the Bluefield bank failure in which over eighty thousand dollars of state funds were tied up and potential losses to the state.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bluefield Bank
Miners Memorial Demands State Aid in West
Five hundred miners and prospectors in the Prospector's Alliance of America sent a memorial to governors of eleven western states asking help against bureaucratic interference with mining. The group also resolved to deny information to federal officers and to bar government officers from entering or investigating mines owned by members.
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Bishop
Cal
Prospector’s Alliance of America
Woe Ahead for Cincinnati Saloons Under New Law
Cincinnati and Hamilton county face the loss of 552 saloons under the new liquor law limiting establishments to one per 500 residents. The county would be left with about 1,000 saloons. A saloonkeeper meeting read a McMahon paper urging progressiveness among saloon men.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
William McMahon Barkeeper
Peebles Corner
End of War Hopes and Balkan Clearing House
London reports armistice predictions as allies and Turkey move toward peace. Delegates in a conciliatory mood dine on Constantinople’s famed fare while talks continue. A proposed diplomatic clearing house of ambassadors to discuss the Balkans gains momentum. Albania declares neutrality under powers’ protection.
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Balkans
London
Turkey
Constantinople
Belgrade
Servia
Balkan
Pall Mall Gazette
Avalon
Komel Bey
Mussellman
Albania
Montenegrins Resume Bombardment of Scutari Fortifications
Montenegrin forces renewed artillery attack on the Turkish fortress of Scutari in Montenegro near Rieka on November 30. King Nicholas and his staff moved to Grusa to supervise the siege while the government designated three delegates to travel to Sofia for potential peace talks.
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Secutari
Rieka
Montenegro
Scutari
Nicholas
Grusa
Sofia
Marines Parade Through New Orleans Streets in Honor Review
In New Orleans on November 30 a parade drew 3500 visiting blue jackets and marines, with thousands from neighboring parishes and states watching. Mayor Behrman and Rear-Admiral Fletcher reviewed the procession at City Hall as crews from battleships Minnesota Kansas Michigan and South Carolina anchored in the Mississippi.
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Tars
New Orleans
Blue Jackets
Behrman
Fletcher
City Hall
Minnesota
Kansas
Michigan
South Carolina
Mississippi
Warships to Visit Mexico From Washington Report
Four American battleships are reportedly planned to visit Vera Cruz, causing concern in Mexico though officials say the move has no political significance.
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Mexico
Washington
Vera Cruz
Europe on edge over Balkan tensions and troop mobilizations
London reports Europe in nervous tension as powers prepare for eventualities in the Balkans. Serbia occupies Durazzo port and builds up forces at Nish, while Austria Hungary Germany and Russia ready armies. Weapons from the Turks are repaired in Graguyevatz and ammunition is produced. cereals are requisitioned for a defense line.
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London
Europe
Balkan
Servia
Austria
Adriatic
Durazzo
Austria- Hungary
Germany
Russia
Vienna
Graguyevatz
Servian War Office
Nish
Gard ner Hall Golden Wedding Celebrated in Conn
Fifty years after their 1874 wedding Mr and Mrs Gardner Hall of Wilmington celebrated their golden wedding with a grand religious service at the South Willington Baptist Church Plainfield Conn on November 30 observances marking the anniversary included a turkey offering of 900 birds to the church and community
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Plainfield
Conn
Gardner Hall
Wilmington
South Willington Baptist Church
Mill Owner The Hall Celebrates with Turkeys for Workers
Mr Hall hosted a day of festivities for eight five relatives across four generations and nine hundred mill families. He awarded each represented workman’s family a fine turkey to cap the celebration.
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Hall
Menace to European Peace Still Exist
London reports a slight easing of tension with Bulgarians and Turkish plenipotentiaries in Baghiche expected to sign armistice terms soon. Yet Austro Servian difficulties remain a real menace as diplomats await confirmation of talks near the Tchatalja fortifications and Adrianople fate.
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London
Constantinople
Baghiche
Tchatalja
Adrianople
Feeding and shelter plans for Gettysburg veterans reunion
Washington reports the war department will feed and house both Confederate and Federal veterans attending the Grand Army of the Republic reunion at Gettysburg next July marking the battle’s fiftieth anniversary. Captain Dalton is assigned to assist Department Quartermaster Normoyle, with both officers authorized to proceed to the battlefield.
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Washington
War Department
Army of Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Battefield
Gettysburg
Dalton
Quartermaster’s Department
Normoyle
Enticed Johnson City Woman From Home
R D Briggs arrested in Portsmouth under the white slave act for allegedly enticing Mrs Pearl Nelson of Johnson City Tennessee away from her home. The two had been schoolmates and had not met since their marriages until last July when Nelson left a child to accompany Briggs, by threats of force, as claimed by the government.
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Portsmouth
R. D. Briggs
United States
ED. McGuire
Briggs
Pearl Nelson
Johnson City
Tenn
Nelson
Biographer of Wilson Visits Bermuda Governor
W B Hale, a biographer for President elect Wilson, arrived in Hamilton Bermuda to spend a week with the governor. He brought revised proofs and stated no political message from William J Bryan. Wilson will seek input from Democratic leaders on cabinet choices and top official appointments.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
W. B. Hale
Wilson
William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Princeton
Republican Convention to Meet in Chicago December 18
A Chicago convention of Republicans is set for December 18 with invitations for legislators county chairmen and state central committee members. Each county chairman is to bring three or four Republicans from his district.
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Chicago
Opening of Congress Sets Brief Session with Farewell Notices
Washington dispatch notes the 62nd Congress will open with a brief, perfunctory start and a three month limit. Tariff bills loom in the extra session while Burnett immigration, Philippine independence, and workmen's compensation bills gain early attention. many long-serving members in both houses prepare to bid farewell amid anticipated partisan maneuvering before the 63rd Congress convenes.
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Washington
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Representative Levy
New York
Senate
House
Wetmore
Rhode Island
Bourne
Oregon
Briggs
New Jersey
Brown
Nebraska
Paynter
Kentucky
Curtis
Kansas
Cullom
Illinois
Crane
Massachusetts
Jon Cannon
Nick” Longworth
Ohio
William B. McKinley
Ebenezer Hill
Connecticut
William A. Rodenberg
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
McCall
Needham
California
Pujo
Louisiana
Taft
Wilson
Henry
House Rules Committee
Rules ‘Committee
Canvassers Certify Hogges as Governor of Kansas
Topeka Kansas November 30 the Kansas board of canvassers issued a certificate of election for governor to George C Hogges Democrat. The action confirms Hogges as the state’s next chief executive following the election.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Board of Canvassers
George ‘Ay. Hogges
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