Germans Arrest an American With U S Government Papers
A dispatch from Berlin reports J Woll president of the American Association of Commerce of Berlin arrested while attempting to travel to Holland. He carried a special passport and diplomatic correspondence for the U S government but was stopped at the Dutch frontier. Also reports Russian and German movements in East Prussia and Poland with battles near Beura river and Novo Georgievsk. A German merchant ship Ekbatana was sunk in the Persian Gulf by a British vessel. A Englishwoman spy case, German defeats along the Bzura, and a blockade disruption near the Adriatic coast are noted.
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London
Herlin
J. Woll
American Association of Commerce of
Berlin
Holland
Germany
J. Wolf
American Association Comerce
Wolf
Gerard
Soldau
Miana
East Prussia
Bug
Novo Georgievsk
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Beura River
Kutno
Vistula
Persian Gulf
Daily News Today
Petrograd
Bzura
Poland
War Costs At Sea Lock In Britain's War Bill
Premier Asquith told the House of Commons Great Britain has 1,200,000 men in the field excluding the navy and expects 1,000,000 more. Voted subsidies total 500 million dollars in August plus 1.125 billion more. He said daily war cost approaches 5.96 million dollars and would reach about 1.825 billion in a year.
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Herbert Asquith
Great Britain
House of Commons
Gust
Commons
Asquith
Missing Word Contest Draws Crowds in Cumberland Press
The Cumberland Press reports high reader interest in the Missing Word Contest with thousands of entrants daily. Page clues reveal past answers from P J Smith Co and White Ankeney ads. new pages offer puzzles starting with Rr to L and P to S.
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P. J. Smith Co
White &Ankeney
Late Lord Roberts Buried Beside Wellington in London
The body of Meld Marshal Lord Roberts, borne on a gun carriage, passed through London under crowds in cold rain to St. Paul’s Cathedral for funeral rites. He died at 82 of natural causes in France and will be interred with Wellington Nelson and Wolseley.
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Lord Roberts
Wellington
London
St. Paul's
King George
Nelson
Wolseley
France
England
Ascot
Lady Roberts
Catholic Priests Executed in Mexico Civil Unrest
A Guadalajara military bulletin reports four Catholic priests executed by order of General Joachim Amara, Michoacan governor, for heading an uprising. Cardinal Gibbons writes US bishops sympathy to Mexican hierarchy over deteriorating conditions and calls for order and justice. General Funston plans to move Mexican priests and nuns to the United States by government vessel from Vera Cruz.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
United States
Mexico
United
Washington
Navy
Funston
Garrison
Vera Cruz
Unites States
Russia says Black Sea clash wounds Goeben and Breslau
Petrograd reports a November 18 naval engagement near the Anatolian coast in which a Russian division fired on a Turkish detachment led by Goeben and Breslau. The Goeben was set afire, Breslau remained off horizon, and Russian losses included several officers and sailors.
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Petrograd
Russian
Ministry of Marine
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Anatolia
Rhersones
Goeben
Breslau
Admiral Evstafry
Evstafry
Lyvstafry
British Route Arab-Persian Force in Arabia Clash
London reports a major engagement near Saat-El-Arab where a British force of 4500 struck a strong entrenched enemy position. The foe reportedly lost two guns and many prisoners as well as transport. British casualties totaled 3 officers and 35 men killed and 15 officers and 300 men wounded. The river Shat Al-Arab lies at the Tigris and Euphrates confluence.
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London
Arabia
Saat-El- Arab
Shsat Al-Arab
Tigris
Euphrates
Persian Gulf
Young couple wed on Bloomfield bridge in defiant ceremony
Pittsburg reports George Webb and Edna M Blaney wed on the Bloomfield bridge during its opening ceremony. A Rev William A Prosser assisted in the automobile ceremony while crowds, clergy, and laity protested the act. The bride is from 1626 Lincoln avenue and the groom from 218 Gross street. The couple draped in American flags celebrated despite opposition from religious leaders.
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Pittsburg
George Webb
Gross Streets
Webb
Edna M. Blaney
Lincoln Avenue
New Bloomfield Bridge
William A. Prosser
New Viaduct
Oakland Reports Snowfall Across Region
Winter has struck this section with snow from Cumberland to Oakland and Frostburg. Temperatures stay below freezing as flakes fall and depths reach three to six inches. Trains from the east are covered in snow.
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Cumberland
Frostburg
Oakland
Grafton
W. Va
Est
Schooners Driven Ashore by Storm Off Maine Coast
In Portland Maine a quartet of sailing ships including the four mastered Major Pickands and several fishing schooners were driven ashore by a coastal storm. A three master signals distress at Kennebunkport while a tug sails to assist. In Convoy Indiana four people die when a Pennsylvania flyer hits a car carrying mayor Durbin Leslie his wife and Mr and Mrs De Hayes.
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Portland
Major Pickands
Kennebunkport
Port Wayne
Ind
Convoy
Pennsylvania Flyer
Durbin Leslie
de Hayes
Mie. Lesti
Kentucky Turkeys for President and Cabinet
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson will dine on a 41 pound Kentucky turkey from Frankfort farmer South Trimble clerk of the House. Thirty pound birds are to be sent to each cabinet member and to Secretary Tumulty for Thanksgiving.
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Washington
Frankfort
Wilson
Cumberland Street Paving Bonds Sold At 98 Cents
Cumberland City sold its paving bonds to Alexander Brown & Sons of Baltimore after months of doubt. Channing Rudd represented the bankers and offered 98 cents on 4 12 cent bonds less a 350 dollar commission, citing war-time pricing. The council expects funds early December and plans to begin sewer and grading work, employing many men as winter relief.
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Cumberland City
Alexander Brown & Sons, Bankers
Baltimore
Channing Rudd
Koon
Cumberland
Two Men Go On Trial for Murder of Rural Pastor
John Quick and Frank Shepherd faced trial in Lewisburg West Virginia for the 1912 murder of Rev S H Greene a Baltimore Conference minister who had reprimanded them for disorder at a Muddy Creek Mountain service and was found killed near his home after being waylaid on the way back from church.
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John Quick
Frank Shepherd
Lewisburg
W. Va
S. H. Greene
More Conference Methodist Episcopal Church South
Greene
Blue Sulphur
Muddy Creek Mountain
Quick
Shepherd
Asbury
Mr. Greene
Grace Methodist
Church South
Rostburg
Mother and two children killed in Homestead blaze
Pittsburg November 20 a mother Mrs Mary Petro aged 38 and her daughters Annie 9 and Elizabeth 6 died in a fire that razed two frame buildings at Homestead. Nine others escaped by jumping and one child was saved by its sister from a window into her husband’s arms. Petro was cooking when the fire started and perished while trying to save her children.
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Pittsburg
Homestead
Mary Petro
Annie
Mre Petro
Engineer Albert Hill Fatally Injured in Erie Freight Wreck
Kent PA Nov 20 Engineer Albert Hill of Meadville Pa probably fatally injured when his Erie Railroad main line freight train wrecked near Orangeville early this morning. Seventeen cars ditched. A passenger train transported Hill to a Meadville hospital.
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Kent
Albert Hill
Meadville
Orangeville
Hill
Reform School Fire Evidence Points to Incendiary Origin
In Marianna Florida on November 26 the coroner's inquest into the Reform School fire that killed eight inmates and two employees heard evidence suggesting incendiary causes. The hearing was adjourned to Monday to allow police investigations.
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Marianna, Rha
Freednessy
Florida Reform School
Aurora Woman Dies After Assault Injuries
Miss Jenni Miller of Aurora died this morning after injuries from an attack in a churchyard. A special procedure was done last night in hopes she would regain consciousness for a moment before death, but the assailant remained uncaptured.
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Aurora
Jenni Miller
Civil War Veteran Ends Life In Home
A 79 year old Civil War veteran in illness hanged himself in his residence yesterday. Mrs Schreckengont from the mainland reported finding the body in the same dwelling. Local authorities say no foul play is suspected and the death is being treated as suicide.
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Vilie
Nia
Schreckenpgoamt
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