East Prussia Invasion Reported By Petrograd Official
Russia advances in East Prussia with troops occupying Ohannesberg and pushing toward Gumbinnen while Prince headlines note renewed siege of Przemysl. Paris and Berlin offices confirm shifting fronts as Cracow prepares for a major battle and Russian gains on other fronts reshape the war map.
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Krongbanken
Soldau
Ohannesberg
East Prussia
Gumbinnen
Petrograd
Przemysl
el Arise
Sheikzar
Contantinople
United States
North Carolina
Tennessee
Mediterranean
Eirut
Syria
Washington
Nieuwport
Lombaertzyde
Yser
Ysers
Berlin
Sydney
Egypt
San Franisco
Dixmude
Paris
London
Germany
West Flanders
Johannesberg
Umbrinnen
Lyck
Russia
Cracow
Evening sky guide notes planets and daylight shifts
On the 17th day of the year with 58 days to winter, day length decreases by 5 hours and 26 minutes. Venus appears low in the south at sunset, Jupiter shines brightly in the south until mid evening. Saturn, the morning star, rises in the east in early evening.
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Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Forecast for New England calls for a cloudy Friday and rain Saturday with light variable winds shifting to southeast. Yesterday’s temperature was reported at Thompson’s Spa with readings ranging from 40s to 80s across the day.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Thompson’s Spa
Fire Sweeps Five-Story Building At 4 Aldencourt
A blaze at 4 Aldencourt in the West End trapped six young men and two girls who escaped via rear exits. Explosions on the third floor rekindled the fire after it was declared out, with the Mercantile and Royal Laundry occupying the lower floors. Firefighters battled heavy smoke and blasts as they aided escaping occupants and contained the flames by morning.
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Aldencourt
American ‘Furniture Exchange
Mercantile & Royal Laundry Company
Boston Common to Lose 38 Trees in Reconstruction Plan
The Boston Common Society reviews a plan by Architect Arthur A. Shurtleff to clear trees obstructing the State House view from Park Street station. The proposal includes a wide concrete mall from the subway to the Shaw memorial and may require transplanting hundreds of trees and potential future widening of Park Street.
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Boston Common
Boston Common Society
Park Street
State House
Arthur A. Shurtleff
Robert Gould Shaw
Field Marshal Roberts to Visit War Zone in France
The official notice states Lord Roberts will travel to France to see the Indian troops. Born in Cawnpore, India, 82 years ago, the famed general emphasizes his wartime role.
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London
Lord Roberts
France
Cawnpore
India
Veracuz Evacuation Pause as U S Weighs Faction Control
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan will not set a withdrawal date for U S troops from Vera Cruz until a dominant Mexican faction is identified able to guarantee US withdrawal terms. Carranza is pressed to resign by leading generals, while Eulalio Gutierrez is urged to expel Villa and sever him from military and political affairs.
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U. S
Vera Cruz
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Mexico
United States
EL Paso
Texas
Venustiano Carranza
Eulalio Gutierrez
Villa
Generals Call Carranza to Resign as Villa Threatens
A petition signed by Generals LaPablo Gonzalez Blanco Antonio Villareal Eduardo Hay Francisco Manuel S P DeLaGarza and A Menchuca asks Carranza to resign to prevent bloodshed as Villa troops move toward Mexico City. They vow to subjugate Villa to law if he does not retire.
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LaPablo Gonzalez
Blanco Antonio Villareal
Eduardo Hay
Francisco Manuel
S. P. DeLaGarza
A. Menchuca
Carranza
Eulalio Gutierre
Aguascalientes
Villa
Ufe
Miss Curtis Sues Stedman For Breach Of Promise
Miss Mary Curtis of 89 West Rutland Square sues Arthur W. Stedman Jr. for 50000 damages claiming he promised to marry and then withdrew the agreement. Curtis has been a noted participant in Brookline Country Club events and Stedman is a member of a prominent Boston family and club.
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Mary Curtis
West Rutland Square
Arthur W. Stedman, Jr
Boston
Brookline Country Club
Arthur W. Stedman
Woman Seeks Marriage Belief In Stedman Influence Questioned
A Boston woman asserts lasting love and wishes to marry Arthur W. Stedman claiming friends of Stedman influenced him against her. Stedman, a well known Back Bay figure, formerly treasurer of George W. Alden Company, which failed in 1918 with $4 million liabilities, resides at Hotel Canterbury with servants. He is linked to several local families and cultures surrounding the case.
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Stedman
Arthur W. Stedman
Boston Smart Set
Hotel Canterbury
Back Bay
George W. Alden Company
England
South America
George Stedman
Newbury Street
George Alley
Marlboro Street
Harvard Man Held as a Spy in London Case
A Boston man, a former German army officer, is held in London on a spy charge. He faces death unless he proves American citizenship by November 20, with a case likened to Carl Hans Lody’s.
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Carl Hans Lody
Denver
Tower of London
Boston
London
Harvard Law School graduate faces possible sentence in U S case
Letters from the accused man Reinhold Berrenburg’s wife in London direct to his aunt Mrs Angelica Post in Springfield plead for his release. Former Congressman Peters now Treasury assistant secretary was contacted by telegraph in Washington. The London ambassador may be asked to stay the sentence until Berrenburg proves citizenship. Berrenburg reportedly studied in Germany as a boy and lived there.
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Harvard Law School
Reinhold Berrenburg
London
Angelica Post
West
Springfield Street
United States
Peters
the Treasury
Washington
Berrenburg
Post
Germany
Noted Boston Architect Arrested for Murder Aboard Mohawk
George Batchelor Perkins a renowned Boston architect and designer of major library ceilings is arrested in Charleston after allegedly shooting F. W. Hinman Jacksonville publisher and business manager of the Florida Times Union, wounding B. H. Wright Utica and Captain A. D Ingram on the steamship Mohawk while en route from New York. Perkins, restrained by passengers, was arraigned as evidence suggested he acted while not mentally sound.
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George Batchelor Perkins
Boston
Charleston
Congressional Library
Washington
New York Public Library
S. C
F. W. R. Hinman
Florida Times-Union
Jacksonville
New York
Mohawk
B. H. Wright
Utica
A. D Fixigram
Hinmah
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
South
Perkins
Trons
United States
Hugar
N. K. Wentworth
Connecticut
Wentworth
Hinman
Wright
Men's Winter Suits and Overcoats at Special Price
Today and Saturday at Harrison's 662 Washington St a sale on overcoats and winter suits. A range of Scotch heathers kerseys rough cheviots and serge and worsted suits sizes 34 to 46 offered at 7.75 dollars, valued at 15 dollars elsewhere.
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Harrison's
Washington St
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