Government to Uphold Shippers Amid British Blockade Clash
Washington reports a growing deadlock as the United States vows to view the British blockade as inoperative for non contraband goods. Officials say claims for detentions will be pressed using diplomatic channels and emphasize British trade with neutral ports as the major concern.
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Washington
England
United States
Wil
Ish
Foreign Office
Germany
Great Britain
Australian cruiser sinks German raider Emden in war news
One year ago reports say an Australian cruiser sank the German raider Emden, Karl Hans Lody, of Omaha Nebraska, was executed in the Tower of London for spying. Germany rushed fresh troops to the east as Allies were offered the fallen forts of Tsingtau. Russia claimed a turn of the German right wing in East Prussia.
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Emden
Karl Hans Lody
Omaha
Neb
Tower of London
Germany
Tsing-tau
Russia
Local Theatres and Events Listings for the Week
Maryland Theatre shows Keith Vaudeville and Pictures. Liberty Theatre presents Julius Steger in The Master of the House. Grande Theatre features Clifton Crawford in The Galloper. Victoria Theatre screens Neal of the Navy. Belvedere Theatre shows Pictures. Emmanuel Parish Hall hosts Junior Church Club Dance. Carroll Hall hosts Carroll Club Dance and Card Party. First M. P. Church offers a sermon The Causes of Crime by Dr. J. A. McCuaig.
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Maryland Theatre
Keith
Liberty Theatre
Julius Steger
Grande
Clifton Crawford
The
Victoria Theatre
Neal
Navy
Belvedere Theatre
Emmanuel Parish
Carroll Hall
M. P. Church
J. A. McCuaig
Fragmentary Local Paper Note Teases Classified Bits
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Telegraph correspondence and editorials about women and domestic topics with scattered hints of feature and general pages. No clear event or names are readable.
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R. R
Greek stance shifts amid Allied pressure in Athens
London dispatch notes rising pro German sentiment in Greece and calls in government circles for Allied action to force a Greek shift. Inside reports claim King Constantine defies Venizelos as Athens mulls neutrality, with fear Greece could join the Teutonic camp if delays persist.
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Constantine
Venizelos
Paris
Athens
Greece
First National Bank at Toccoa Closes Its Doors
The Comptroller of the Currency reports the First National bank at Toccoa Georgia has closed. Mismanagement tied capital and deposits to the bank's president, vice president, cashier, and others with interests in related enterprises. Capital 75000, surplus 20000, deposits about 150000. losses not yet known.
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Washington
First National Bank
Toccoa
Georgia
Serbs Captured Reach Seven Thousand in Balkans Campaign
Berlin reports seven thousand Serbs captured by Austro German forces in the Balkan campaign. The total includes Krusevac falls, with the Krusevac victory bringing Serb cannon captures to fifty.
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Berlin
Krusevac
Italian and French Liners Sunk by Subs
German submarines sank the French transport liner Yser and the Italian steamship Eliza Francesca in the Mediterranean on Saturday, according to today’s announcements from Paris.
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Paris
Yser
Eliza Francesca
Mediterranean
Benson Defeat Praised by City Preachers Meeting
In Baltimore county the election result defeating Carville D. Benson was credited to the Reverend Dr. W. W. Davis and Dr. Howard A. Kelly by the Methodist Episcopal Preachers' meeting at Eutaw Street Church. A unanimous resolution thanked the two men for their campaign roles as tours spread over a year in Sabbath observance under the Lord's Day Alliance, with commendation speeches noted.
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Baltimore
Carville D. Benson
Baltimore County
Eutaw Street
W. W. Davis
Howard A. Kelly
Davis
Kelly
Overland Company Showing in New York Event
The Willys owners disclosed a fifteen million dollar figure at a New York event dated November 9. The announcement referenced a yf? le gov per cent figure amid the showing.
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New York
Willysowns Company Today
Indictments in Poll Frauds in Braddock and Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh November 9 The grand jury returned 34 indictments against persons linked to irregularities at Braddock First ward primaries and Pittsburgh Twenty-fifth ward Fist precinct fraud cases. Ballot boxes will be opened today to seek further irregularities and possible additional indictments.
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Pittsburgh
Braddock
Cabinet authorizes new French loan bill
Paris reports the cabinet authorized Finance Minister Ribot to present in the chamber of deputies a bill for another five percent loan and a tax measure on profits of industries that benefited.
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Paris
Ribot
Chamber of Deputies
Two Pennsylvania-born Governors Eyed as GOP Presidential Hopefuls
Altoona Pa November 9 Two men mentioned as potential Republican presidential candidates were born within 25 miles of each other in central Pennsylvania. Governor Martin G Brumbaugh born on a farm near Marklesburg Huntingdon County and Governor-elect Samuel W McCall of Massachusetts born near Everett Bedford County.
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Altoona
Republican Party
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Marklesburg
Huntingdon County
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Everett
Bedford County
Simple Hiccough Cure Reaches York Man
George Senft of Spring Grove, worn by weeks of hiccoughs, was nearly sent to York Hospital for an operation when a Baltimore sympathizer advised four tablespoonfuls of pineapple juice. He followed the suggestion and reportedly cured himself.
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York
George Senft
Spring Grove
Senft
York Hospital
Baltimore
Locked Doors Cost Twelve Lives in Brooklyn Fire
A Brookyn Williamsburg factory blaze last Saturday killed twelve workers, four men and eight women, with many injured. Fire Commissioner Adamson blamed a locked door on the third floor that blocked one of two stairs, forcing victims to crowd onto the fire escape on the lower floors.
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Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Adamson
Sub Sinks Three More Enemy Ships
London reports the destruction of two British ships the Duresk and Glenmore and a Japanese vessel the Yasukuni Maru by German submarines with all crews saved. Paris notes experts predict a fierce submarine campaign near Salonika as the German U boat fleet advances through the Mediterranean toward Levantine waters.
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Admiralty
Duresk
Glenmore
Salonika
Mediterranean
Levantine
Cairo plot to liberate Egypt exposed by Ottoman court
Reports from Cairo state a large conspiracy within the Ottoman court to depose the ruler and ministers and end British rule in Egypt. Forty court members were arrested and twenty five have been executed.
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Constantinople
Cairo
Egypt
Coal Plant Sold At Hugheston For Three Thousand Dollars
Charleston WV November 9 J W Dawson bought at public auction the Hughes Creek Coal Company plant at Hugheston for 3000 dollars. The plant is valued at about 25000 dollars according to reports. The sale was conducted by the receivers.
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Dawson
Hughes Creek Oe Coal Company
Hugheston
Kay
Rochamceau Fire Under Control Aboard French Liner
A fire aboard the Rochambeau has been extinguished and the liner proceeds to Bordeaux. A wireless message from Captain Juham reported the fire in the reserve bunkers is out and all aboard are well. The origin of the fire was not stated.
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Newark
Bordeaux
Juham
Minister Whitlock Sails for Home on Leave from The Hague
The American minister to Belgium, Whitlock, will sail from Rotterdam to New York aboard the Ryndam after arriving in The Hague. He insists his departure has no political aim and follows two months of recommended rest. he plans a brief return to his duties in Brussels in December.
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Hague
United States
Rotterdam
New York
Ryndam
Whitlock
Belgium
Edith Cavell
Mr. Whitlock
America
Schruasels
Stanley elected governor of Kentucky
With returns nearly complete, Democrat Stanley leads Republican Edwin Morrow by 176 votes after Democrats concede disputed ballots. The article notes official results and the narrowing of the margin as counts finalize.
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Edw. Morrow
Louisville
Stanley
Kentucky
Edwin Morrow
Serbia Army Crushed as Teutons Advance in Serbia
Berlin reports Serbian forces retreating toward Montenegro after five weeks of fighting with Austro Germans and Bulgarians. The Teutons seize Krusevac cutting off Serbian arsenals south toward Nish, Belgrade, and capture other key sites. Russians launch moves near Riga along the Dvina but suffer heavy losses.
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Ser
London
Teutonic
Serbia
Krusevac
Nish
Skyaguyexatz
Pirot
Krosevac
Belgrade
Riga
Dvina
Dvinsk
Passport forgeries denied by Germany in note
Germany flatly denies testimony said to have been given in English courts accusing German officers of preparing fake American passports. The German note replies to Ambassador Gerard and questions whether Rosenthal and Breckow actually made such statements, implying possible coercion or false testimony.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Gerard
Robert Rosenthal
George T. Breckow
England
Breckow
Rosenthal
Not
Romance on the Sea to Broadway Bride Lieut Cresap Weds Miss Foster
In New York at St. Savior's chapel, Claiborne Foster 19, a Broadway actress and F F W descendant, married Lieut James McDowell Cresap U S N after two years of romance that began on a tea aboard the U S S Florida. The couple’s courtship involved Cresap renewing an acquaintance from meetings with the Foster family of New York and southern ties.
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New York
Cupid
Claiborne Foster
James McDowell Cresap
St. Savior’s Chapel
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Florida
Lydia Boggs
Virginia
Miss Foster
Eleanor Foster-Comegys
Cresap
Balch
Longacre
Vera Cruz
Aeitle Gi
Jr O U A M Get Together in Allegany County
Joint committees of the Jr O U A M of Allegany county met in Fisher's Hall Frostburg after a Freedom Council session. Elections named McFarland Chney Hanna Dawson as officers. First gathering Nov 24 under Queen City Council with initations and a social, plus a plan for trains and a county-wide attendance.
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Frostburg
Allegany County
Fisher's Hall
Freedom Council
Order
Peter C. McFarland
R. F. Chaney
Lonaconing
McFarland
Ulysses Hanna
Mountain City
Edward Dawson
Queen City
Cumberland
Queen City Council
Uniform Bank
Keyser
Piedmont
Bloomington
U.S. Hanna
Albert Canel
Pride of Potomac
J. F. Walton
Conrad J. Herpick
William MecCulloh
Jennings Run
Mt. Savage
John Neder
Howard Herring
Linn Graham
Valley Council
P. C
William Nelson
William Rephan
Karl Kreitzburg
Progressive Council
William Grant
William George
W. R. Beall
R. F. Chney
J. J. Price
John H. Dunstan
Union Council
Alex. Bogie
William Muir
Morris Atkinson
H. J. Boettner
J. W. Devore
H. M. Skidmore
Fines Total $2850 in Baltimore Liquor and Gambling Cases
Baltimore County Circuit Court fined 28 defendants for liquor law violations and one for Sunday gambling before Judge Allan McLane. Salvatore of 200 Sixth Street Highlandtown pleaded guilty after part of the State's witnesses testified.
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Baltimore
Baltimore County
Allan McLane
Salvatore
Sixth Street
Highlandtown
National Guard Officers Discuss Defense
Adjutants general from over half the states and many National Guard officers attended the National Guard conference in San Francisco. Officials reviewed defense plans and modern forces for the Guard in the United States.
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San Francisco
National Guard
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T. & Nusxum
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Drs. W. W. Davis
H. A. Kelly
Overland Company
Tata
Pittsburgh Grand Jury
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