French Attacks Repulsed With Heavy Losses Near Servon
Berlin reports heavy losses as French attacks near Servon on the Argonne border are repulsed. The Admiralty says Baltic fleet closed Libau port entrance by sinking ships. Khedive Abbas Hilmi joins Turkey in Palestine and plots toward invading Egypt. Artillery duels persist around Flanders Verdun area with snow and floods active.
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Berlin
Servon
Argonne
Baltic
Libau
Argonnes
Admiralty
Har
Paris
Abbas Hilmi
Egypt
Turkey
Piti Parisienne
Constantinople
Palestine
Flanders
Forrests
Verdun
Toul
Alsace
Ypres
West Flanders
Schwab predicts US prosperity era not about British ships
New York Nov 21 Charles M Schwab president of Bethlehem Steel returned from London on the Adriatic and aboard the Olympic rescued Audacious crew but declined to discuss details until England issues an official statement He denied a contract to build 20 submarines for Britain saying his company has European contracts and will resume full production as conditions improve He said the United States is near a turning point toward confidence and prosperity, aided by war effects and better capital conditions.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
London
England
Europe
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Bethlehem
Educational League Seeks Mothers Pensions and Prosecutes Truants' Parents
Detroit delegates at the National League of Compulsory Education urged prosecuting parents of truants, expanding mothers pensions, and tightening marriage laws to curb child labor and improve education. They backed juvenile court reforms to place parents on probation for compulsory education violations and opposed corporal punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodine
League
Alienation suit aids charity in New York
In a sensational suit, Marshal S. Barney accuses Professor Alexander S. L. Chessin of alienating his wife’s affections and vows to donate any damages from the $100,000 award to the children’s department of the New York Post Graduate Hospital.
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New York
Alexander S. L. Chessin
Columbia University
Marshal S. Barney
Justice Weeks
Children’s Department of the New
York Post Graduate Hospital
Barney
Chessin
California Politicians Under Cloud Seek Comeback
Indianapolis report notes Frederick F. Stoll plans return to San Francisco to face alleged past actions after using the name Frederick A. Stokes. He says he was once president of the Real Estate Brokers' Association of New York. Also in San Francisco Eugene Schmitz, linked to Ruef graft cases, plans to campaign for mayor next year with supporters asserting his innocence amid 27 indictments previously dismissed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
California
Frederick A. Stokes
Frederick F. Stoll
San Francisco
New York
Mer
Eugene &. Schmitz
Abraham Reuf
Schmitz
Herbert Schmitz
Ruef
United States did not contract for six Zeppelin like airships
Akron Ohio November 21 The United States did not place any contract with Goodyear for the construction of six or more dirigible armored airships. The plan involved test ships ready in six months with machine guns wireless gear two engines oxygen tanks and air pumps. Each craft would carry 12 crew, be 165 feet long and 40 feet in diameter, with a 75 by 10 foot armored carrier car, patterned after Zeppelins and costing about 150000 pounds each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
United States
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Warships Mobilize Off California Coast
San Diego reports British, Australian and Japanese warships massing off Lower California. Captain Robert Israel of the Nonesuch says New Castle and Idzumo loaded coal last Tuesday from Protesilaus and may head south toward the German squadron under Admiral von Spee. Other unidentified ships sighted southbound corroborate the mobilization.
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San Diego
Cal
Lower California
Robert Israel
Nonesuch
Israel
New Castle
Idzumo
Guadaloupe Islands
Protesilaus
Terael
von Spee
Zeppelin Flies Over England First Time in War
Dover dispatch to the Central News reports a Zeppelin seen above Dungeness last evening, with another note that the airship was heading toward London. It marks the first time a hostile airship has flown over English soil since the war began.
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England
London
Central News
Dover
Dungeness
Not Guilty Verdict in Murder Case of Rev Greene
The jury in Lewisburg West Virginia found John Quick and Frank Shep pard not guilty of the murder of Rev S H Greene of the Methodist Episcopal Church South on September 8 1912. The evidence was circumstantial and could not sustain a case. Rev Greene had previously served as pastor at Grace Methodist Church South Frostburg and married Miss Hammond of Romney.
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Terday
Lewisburg
W. Va
Mr. Greene
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South
Frostburg
Hammond
Romney
Voters in Arizona Reject Death Penalty Initiative
Complete official returns from the recent election show Arizona defeated the measure to abolish the death penalty. Twelve men under sentence of death, reprieved by Governor Hunt for a people’s decision, must hang after Christmas as executions are set to proceed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona de
Ishing
Hunt
Last Chance to See Thirty Leagues Under the Sea
Tonight is the final showing for Thirty Leagues Under the Sea, billed as the most wonderful moving picture ever taken. The ad highlights showtime details and ends with a promotional note.
Officers Will Die Rather Than Give Up Ypres
Nov 21 Paris reports General von Daimling of the Fifteenth German army corps compelled all officers to swear to die rather than abandon the effort to enter Ypres. The Echo de Paris notes this oath signals another fierce assault and impending danger for Calais and allied lines.
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Ypres
Py Paria
Germany
Calais
von Daimling
Echo de Paris
Cumberland Paving Bonds Sell Fast After Sale
Bond issue of 150000 dollars was sold to Alexander Brown and Sons of Baltimore. Within hours buyers resold over 100000 dollars of bonds to other financial interests.
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Alexander Brown & Sons, Bankers
Baltimore
Russians Halt Germans With Severe Losses
Petrograd reports German attempts to break through the Russian army in Poland were checked with severe losses. The front stretches 400 miles as Russians hold and even retire in places to regroup for further battle. A battery northwest of Lodz was captured signaling a Russian flanking gain near Piotrkow.
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Petrograd
Poland
Nicholas
Lodz
Piotrkow
Przemysl
Galacia
Russia
Przemysal
Trunk Line Railroads to Carry Belgian Relief Free
Railroads of the Trunk Lines Association east of the Mississippi and north of Norfolk will transport Belgian relief food and clothing without charge. The commission for relief in Belgium seeks a similar deal west of the Mississippi. A relief ship is due November 25 at Philadelphia, carrying North and Pennsylvania supplies, with the Ferrana set to depart December 1 from New York with Western contributions. Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover, head of American Woman’s Relief in London, plans to return soon to join her husband in coordinating relief work.
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New York
Trunk Lines Association
Mississippi
Norfolk
Commission For Relief In
Belgium
Commission
Philadelphia
North States
Pennsylvania
New Yo
Herbert C. Hoover
American Woman's Relief
London
Lifornia
London Commission
Judge Keedy to Hear Motion for New Trial Monday
Judge Jude Martin L Keedy of Hungers town will hear Monday the motion for a new trial in the cases of City Commissioners T A WK Hummelshime Ward M Eichelberger and H Bruce Hummel shime convicted on Saturday Nov 7 of conspiracy in soliciting a bribe from Merrill Ruckgaber Company New York contractors who installed the city water system There is unusual interest in the case Keedy presided at the trial and the Ruckgaber claim of over 600 balance being withheld by the city and the alleged bribe sought for favorable action on this case. The case was prepared by Barnes detectives and played by a committee of citizens.
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Jude Martin L. Keedy
Hungerstown
T. A. WK. Hummelshime
Ward M. Eichelberger
H. Bruce Hummelshime
Merrill-Ruckgaber Company
New York
New City Water System
Keedy
E Ruckgaber Company
Barnes
Committee of Citizens
Schedule changes rumored for B and O lines
Rumors say new B and O schedule may take effect Sunday November 29 with various local and through services adjusted. No. 5 express likely shifted earlier not confirmed by headquarters. Cumberland No. 5 expected 2 55 pm instead of 5 20 pm. Some reports claim discontinuances in Fairmont but officials deny any cuts on this division.
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B. and O
Baltimore
Cumberland
Fairmont
Panama neutrality tone dominates wartime dispatches
In Panama on November 21 urgent orders were issued to preserve restraint as Allied and Central powers report in West Indies waters. Reports from New York indicate arrivals of crews and captains from seized Ame steamers Lorenzo and Thor aboard the Guiana after being taken by a war vessel. Eighteen passengers from the Vandyk liner arrive with details of the karishrohe incident and cautions about ongoing neutrality enforcement.
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New York
Ame
Lorenzo
Norn
Thor
West India
Parlbruhe
Guiana
St. Lx
la Noit
Vandyk
Karishrohe
Pri¢n
Panama
Cumberland Prem
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Persia
Anerbeidimn
Schwab
Mr. Schwab
Educational League
Detroit, Mich
Del
National League of Compulsory Education
William L. Bodine
Chicago
Alvorce
Aids Charity
Mrs
Claire Bell Barney
U.S
Tish Coast
John Quick
Frank Shep
Pard
S. H. Greene
The
Methodist
Episcopal Church South
Voters OF
Arizona
Kistrin
Wilson
Karlsruhe
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