Allies seek Chinese aid to join Entente in Far East
Washington reports Britain France and Russia urging China to join the Entente to prevent future friction with Japan and China. If China agrees, military participation in the European war is not expected. The move aims to assure China's integrity and stabilize its national government amid a looming monarchist shift.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Russia
China
Japan
Far East
Aew
Europe
Barge Rob Roy Sinks in Erie Snowstorm
Seven men were rescued when the Canadian coal barge Rob Roy sank in Erie harbor during a blinding snow storm. A harbor tug drew the vessel into shallow water before she sank amid one of the largest early snowfalls in years with cold weather and high winds.
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Erie
Rob Roy
Erie Harbor
Mrs McAdoo Not Required to Appear in Md Speeding Case
Mrs William McAdoo wife of the Treasury Secretary will not have to appear in court at Savage Maryland for speeding. The chauffeur admits guilt and will face the case.
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Washington
William McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Savege
Goritza Burning Across the Front in World News
Reports from Vienna and Salonika describe Goritza aflame with Italian shelling while Austrian defenses hold. Greece faces political tension as Venizelos supporters and saluting demonstrations appear amid broader Allied moves around Saloniki and Gallipoli.
Labor Groups Move to Oust Pennsylvania Official
Altoona Pennsylvania November 20 Labor organizations allied with the American Federation in Pennsylvania will take vigorous action to remove James Foust state food and dairy commissioner. They accuse him of unfairness to labor bodies and of mingling religion and politics in his duties.
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Altoona
American Federation
Pennsylvania
James Foust
Birthday of Effie Fellsler the oldest living actress
New Jersey newspaper finally notes Effie Fellsler aged ninety two who claims to be the oldest living actress. Born in the theatre world she acted from age three and played Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin long before the Civil War. She later starred in Hazel Kirke and retired after a three year run.
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New York
Hutley
N. J
Effie Fellsler
Elisler
Playhouse
Eva
Juliet
Roselind
Junius Brutus Booth
Edwin
John Wilkes Booth
Hazel Kirke
Hillstrom Case Closed Amid Public Guilty Beliefs
Salt Lake City reports the Hillstrom case officially closed on November 20. The public generally believes Hillstrom is guilty, while officials assert the matter is concluded with no further action.
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Hillstrom
Salt Lake City
Hilstrom
Health of Gettysburg College Students in Scarlet Fever Case
Harrisburg state health officers seek 31 Gettysburg College students from Maryland West Virginia New Jersey and Pennsylvania who left campus after two scarlet fever cases were found.
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Harrisburg
Gettysburg College
Maryland
West Virginia
New Jersey
Portuguese Cabinet Resigns, Lisbon Despatch Says
London reports from Lisbon that the Portuguese cabinet has resigned today according to News Agency despatches. The move comes with political upheaval and awaits further government steps.
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London
Lisbon
Hetty Green to turn eighty as two addresses shield wealth
New York reports Mrs Hetty Green the so called richest woman in the world will be eighty tomorrow. She has no fixed celebration plans and splits time between Hoboken and Manhattan residences. Tax rolls omit her as a non resident in both cities, leaving her exact home uncertain.
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New York
Hetty Green
Washington Street
Hoboken
West Ninetieth Street
Manhattan
Green
Richard the Traitor is a Trap Door Villain
In Cleveland Ohio on November 20 a veteran lead sheep at the Cleveland Provision company slaughter house betrays his flock. Each day he lures 500 sheep to a trap door where butchers slit their throats, a job he has held for eight years. He chews tobacco and enjoys cooked food. He answers rebuke with a taunting “Ba-a-a-h.”
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Provision Company
Richard
Fire drills urged in Denver schools
Denver authorities call for weekly fire drills in all schools. Fire Chief Healy stresses using every exit and escape route and notes the need for special instruction for timid students, especially girls.
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Denver
Healy
General Carter Retires After Long Army Career
Washington, D. C. November 20 Major General William H. Carter is placed on the retired list for reaching age limit. Brigadier General John P. Wisser designated to succeed Carter in an office of the Department of the Army.
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Washington, D. C
United States Army
William H. Carter
John P. Wisser
Carter
Department of
Laurier Expected to Retire From Liberal Leader Role
Ottawa reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier, age 75, may retire from active parliamentary leadership after the next election. Supporters urge him to remain until then. sources note Newton Wesley Rowell as a potential successor. Laurier plans to stay until Parliament extends after the war before stepping down to Arthabaskaville.
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Sir Wilfrid
Canaan
Liberal Party
Lpeurer
Wilfrid
Arthabaskaville
Quebec
New flax production linked to Luther Burbank plant
A Nov 20 report from Rose Cal describes a new white flax variety developed by Luther Burbank that promises to enhance linseed oil production. The plant purportedly uses standard flax size while offering improved yield.
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Skata Rose
Cal
Luther Burbank
English Transports Accused Of Misusing Red Cross Flag
Berlin reports that English transports are using the Red Cross flag and emblem to move troops and munitions to the Balkans via Salonika. Wireless messages from German submarines claim seventy heavy transports, painted as hospital ships, passed Gibraltar toward Greek waters. The admiralty released these statements today.
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Berlin
Red Cross
Balkans
Salonika
Gibraltar
Admiralty
Wilson's Typewriter Suffers Afflictions
Washington reports President Wilson uses a tattered typewriter with a damaged alphabet and faulty space bar. The old machine limps through state affairs while White House humorists note Wilson's fond attachment and Hunt system forefinger hesitations.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Congress
Austrian Defeat of Montenegrins Near Priboi Reported
Vienna reports a crushing Austrian victory over Montenegrins near Priboi, a settlement on the edge of Austria close to the Montenegrin border.
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Priboi
Vienna
Austria
Train Collision Injures Two Women near Pennsboro
Mrs. Frank Grimes and Miss Viola Norman of Harrisville Ritchie county were seriously hurt when their car was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio express train near Pennsboro on Thursday night. Huff Warman of Harrisville the driver, and a third woman were also injured.
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Grafton
W. Va
Frank Grimes
Viola Norman
Harrisville
Ritchie County
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsboro
Huff Warman
Constantine to Defy the Allies
London reports the Greek crisis deepening as Athens orders all Greek ships from Italian and French ports. The move is seen as King Constantine challenging Allied powers with Lord Kitchener expected to meet him today amid queen’s possible intervention.
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London
Copenhagen
Athens
Ialian
Constantine
Kitchener
Lihe
Carranza Arose to Avenge Madero in Mexican Revolution
Washington discusses whether Carranza can unite reforms and avenge Madero. The article recalls Madero's 1910 reforms, Huerta’s 1913 coup, Madero and Suarez deaths, and Carranza's rise as First Chief with Villa and Obregon aiding the Constitutionalist movement.
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Carranza
Madero
Washington, D. C
San Francisco Tops Nation with 200000 Bid for Democratic Convention
San Francisco offers 200000 dollars the largest bid ever for the Democratic National Convention to be held in December in San Francisco or nearby. Dallas St Louis Chicago Omaha Buffalo and others also bid with talks of a June convention and a suffrage battle shaping the party platform.
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Chicago, St. Louis
Dallas
San Francisco
Democratic National Committee
St. Louise
Chicago
California
Omaha
Huffalo
World Court of Peaces Formed
Prominent Americans join a lunch meeting at the Bankers Club to form the World's Court in America with elected governors to organize a global court for settling international disputes. Henry Ford plans to press Wilson to join a neutral nations conference to seek peace in Europe.
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World Court OF Peaces
New York
World Supreme Court
Bankers’ Club H
World's Court Tn of America
O Ae
Cleveland
John Wesley Hill
United States
League
Detroit
Henry Ford
Washington
Wilson
Europe
Mr. Ford
Mme
Rosika Schwimmer
Budapest
Pope Benedict Marks Birthday With Day of Prayer
The Vatican expects widespread greetings for the Pope's 61st birthday on November 21 1854 birth date. He asks bishops and clergy to mark the day with prayer and offerings for Polish war sufferers rather than festivities.
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Rome
Vatican
Pope Benedict
Serbs, Germans seize Prepoluc in World War I action
Berlin dispatch reports twenty eight hundred Serbs captured by German forces and the town of Prepoluc seized by the Teutons as World War I hostilities continue.
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Berlin
Prepoluc
Teutonas
Parade Salute to Flag Precedes Vera Cruz Landing
The salute to the flag preceded the April 21 expeditionary landing at Vera Cruz. In fighting that followed, 21 Americans were killed. Gen Funston’s army then pressed toward a Mexican peace conference at Niagara Falls on April 26 where Huerta sent delegates and Carranza refused participation or an armistice. No tangible pacification results were gained by Congress as Huerta retired after years in office on July 16.
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Madero
Victoriano Huerta
Feliz Diaz
Ger Heyes
Huerta
Mexico City
Pedro Lascurain
Ma‘deo
Lascurain
Suarez
Francisco Cardenas
Guatemala
U. S
Taft
Carranza
Venustiano Carranza
Coahuila
Pancho Villa
Senora Mountains
Guadalupe
Mexico
Senora
Villa
Alvaro Obregon
Cors
Juarez
Chihuahua
Torreon
Zacatecas
Aguas Calientes
Wilson
Congress
England
Spain
France
Austria
Japan
Mexican Congress
Halt
Mayo
Vera Cruz
Funston
Porsion
Niagara Falls
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