Kansas Tornado Ravages Great Bend Area Toll Reaches Twelve
Great Bend Kansas reports at least twelve dead, scores injured and many missing after a tornado devastates the southeast city. Half a million in damaged property including the Santa Fe Depot and five mills. Power lost, water plants destroyed, and darkness hinders rescue as rain continues. In nearby Wichita two women die in Zuba cyclone, one man and two children hurt. at Derby a Mexican killed and twenty seven injured.
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Bethlehem Steel Fire in South Bethlehem Destroys Machinery
Officials say a November blaze at Bethlehem Steel in South Bethlehem Pa started by short circuits in electrical wires igniting oil. About 800 of 2100 workers were present as 800 guns and 1200 lathes and drills were damaged in minutes before cooling allowed estimates.
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Bethlehem
Orhiers
Bethlehem Steel Company
Ships Sunk in Recent Submarine Activities
A list of vessels sunk in recent submarine actions includes the Italian Marbora with 8,210 tons, the British Clan MacAlister at 6,223 tons, and multiple British ships ranging from 4,025 to 4,855 tons, along with a 3,159 ton French vessel. Other entries name Linda Fell and Branca with various tonnages in British and Italian service.
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California
Clan MacAlIster
Linda Fell
Branca
Molfina
What's Going On Today in Cumberland Amusements
Local listings show Maryland Theatre Keith Vaudeville featuring Edward Connelly in Marie Covington. Liberty Theatre presents The Ivory Snuff Box with Holbrook Blinn. Grande Theatre shows Pathe Pictures. Victoria Theatre features Pathe Pictures. Belvedere Theatre and General Narrows Park Arbutus Club host additional screenings and events.
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Maryland
Keith Vaudeville
Edward Connelly
Marie Covington
Liberty Theatre
Holbrook Blinn
Grande
Pathe Pictures
Victoria Theatre
Belvedere Theatre
Krupp Profits To Aid War Relief Funds
Berlin reports Krupp works earned last year profits of about 6 million marks equal to 21.5 million dollars, enough for a 24 percent dividend but no extra profit. After a 12 percent payout, a 24 million mark surplus is set for charity. Families of fallen soldiers receive 20.6 million marks and 3.7 million go to the general relief fund.
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Berlin
Krupp
Greece May Send Aid to Serbia Against Bulgaria
A delayed Athens dispatch reports Greece may assist Serbia against Bulgaria. The Greek government is persuaded by the arrival of many Allied troops at Salonika showing Allied resolve to drive out Austro German and Bulgarian forces, though the situation remains very complicated.
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Greece
Serbia
Bulgaria
Athens
Salonika
Thanksgiving turkeys likely cheaper this year in Chicago
Chicago officials report lower prices for Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys than in years past. Large shipments from the Southwest arrive as the national supply runs high. Demand from Europe and ocean steamships has dwindled, helping prices stay down.
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Ill
South Water Street Commission
Southwest
Dr Jordan to See President on Peace Resolution
Dr David Starr Jordan president of Stanford University will meet President Wilson in Washington to present resolutions from the International Peace Congress in San Francisco urging neutrals to call for a conference to end the European war. The President indicates the time is not opportune for action.
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Washington, D. C
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Wilson
International Peace Congress
San Francisco
Mrse
Aean
Mr. Lewis
General Board
Admiral Dewey
Serbs Captured and Russians Active in War News
Berlin reports 400 Serbs captured south of the Morava River as Russian forces press pushes on the eastern front. British warships in the Med were ordered to curb submarine activity while reports from Saloniki contest Macedonian events with French gains at Veles and Bulgarian defenses at Krivolak. Montenegro faces refugee waves and food shortages as the war widens.
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Admiralty
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Saloniki
Veles
Berlin
Krivolak
Prilep
Kutchanik
Uskup
Prisrend
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Strumitsa
Doiran
Gueveheli
Montenegro
War plant blaze in Trenton causes large losses
A mysterious fire in Trenton New Jersey destroyed the wire rope plant of John A Roebling's Sons Company causing about one million dollars in damage. The plant supplied materials to Allied forces and this marks the third wartime plant fire in twenty four hours with heavy losses reported across the incidents.
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Trenton
N. J
John A. Roebling
Eleven Americans aboard the liner Ancona
Rome and Washington report that eleven Americans were aboard the Italian liner Ancona when it sank after a submarine attack. One native born American, Cecile Greil, is named among the passengers, with most others being naturalized Italians.
Five Years for Embezzlement in Randolph County Case
Elkins West Virginia November 11 former Randolph county assessor A W Zinn was found guilty October 20 in the circuit court of misappropriating and printing 5271 capitation tax collected in 1912. Judge W B Kittle sentenced him to a term at the state penitentiary.
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W. Va
A. W. Zinn
Circuit Court of
Randolph
W. B. Kittle
Bate Penitentiary
Kaiser Decorates Mrs J W Gerard With Red Cross Honors
Berlin reports the Kaiser decorated Mrs James W Gerard wife of the American ambassador with Red Cross gold medals of the first and second class the first time a nonroyal woman has received such honors. He also awarded second and third class medals to Rev S Barclay Cobham of Virginia and John B Jackson of New Jersey.
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James W. Gerard
Germany
Red Cross
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Kaiser
Rev. S. Barclay Cobham
Virginia
John B. Jackson
New Jersey
New British Cabinet Named
London November 11 The new British cabinet announced today is composed of Asquith Balfour Law McKenna and Lloyd George.
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Asquith
Balfour
Law
McKenna
Lloyd George
New York Capitalists Pick Kingstown Tenn Site for Dye Plant
New York investors via John C. Hebden announce a Kingstown Tennessee site chosen for a large dye plant to replace German dyes. The facility will cover 200 acres and need 10 to 15 million gallons of water daily, employing about 2,000 workers once built with construction starting soon.
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New York
John CC. Hebden
Kingsport
Tenn
Bristol
Southern Pacific Declares Dividend on Common Stock
Southern Pacific announces a regular dividend of two percent on common stock with a record date of December 2 and payable in January. The note appeared in New York on November 11.
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New York
Southern Pacific Today
Start of presidential candidate machinery in December
Washington reports the national committees will start the process in December to pick and groom Republican and Democratic presidential candidates. Delegates, primaries and conventions will shape the field with Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco bidding for the GOP, and Dallas, St Louis, Chicago, Buffalo and Omaha contending for the Democrats.
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Bruce Attacks David J. Lewis in Maryland Senate Race
William Cabell Bruce, candidate for the Democratic nomination for U S Senator, issues a caustic critique of Congressman David J. Lewis. The full statement discusses preparedness, Army funding votes, government ownership of telephones, and Western Maryland politics asBruce contends Lewis seeks broader service while raising questions about ambition and party alignment.
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William Cabell Bruce
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Lewis
Congress
Bruce
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Lewis
Maryland
Abou Ben Adhem
Senate
United States
Asquith Seeks Billion Dollar War Credit
London reports Premier Asquith planned to ask the House of Commons for a 2 billion dollar vote of credit. He postponed action but outlined wartime finances showing total war credits near 58.31 billion dollars and daily war costs rising from 13.5 to 21.75 million pounds as of early November.
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Asquith
House of Commons
Iit
Will the War End Today Berlin Nov ll 1914
A German postcard from the Vosges claims the European war will end today. It recites dates from 1870 71 and 1914 15 and suggests numerical puzzles point to peace, mixing arithmetic with a prophecy of an imminent ceasefire.
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Berlin
Vosges
Germany
Centenarian recounts four near death escapes in Ravenna
Michael Kneiss, born in Bavaria on November 15 1815, marks his 100th birthday in Ravenna Nebraska. He survived a near drowning as a youth, wounds in the 1848 Austrian revolutions, a broken jaw from a horse kick, and a later home-fire incident after emigrating to America.
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Warcily
Michael Kneiss
Hiehe
Ravenna
Kneiss
Bavaria
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