Austria Launches Campaign to Crush Montenegro
Vienna reports a major Austro Hungarian offensive against Montenegro begun in early November along the Metengrin frontier. The war office says Serbia is subdued and Montenegro is now to be overrun, with Austro Hungarian forces already across the River Lim. Montegrin defenses are entrenched in the mountains and hard to dislodge.
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Vienna
Austria
Montenegro
Metengrin
Vinegrad
War Office
Serbia
Lim
Two Banks Robbed on the Same Day in Oklahoma and Minnesota
In Muskogee Oklahoma on November 30 three white men and one Black man robbed the Winners National Bank of several thousand dollars. The cashier and bookkeeper were locked in the vault. total stolen was 5447 dollars. In Minneapolis Minnesota on November 30 three armed bandits robbed the Camden Park State Bank, forcing three employees into a vault and taking 1500 dollars before fleeing in a stolen delivery wagon.
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Muskogee, Okla
Fort Gibson
Muskogee
Winners National Bank
Minneapolis
Minn
Camden Park State Bank
Self Government for Filipinos
Washington November 30 Self government without full independence for now is the administration policy toward the Philippines. Secretary Garrison criticized former President Taft’s remarks on the Islands and said Taft should feel ashamed of his partisan stance.
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Washington
Garrison
Taft
Bulgars Push Serb Conquest Along Greek Frontier
Press dispatches from Sofia Athens and London report Bulgarians driving toward Monastir and Prilep with Serbian forces retreating toward Scutari. French and British actions are limited while Romania considers joining the Allied effort and Russia coordinates munitions transport to Romania.
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Serbian Macedonia
War Office
Prilep-Monaatir
Tzerna
London
Prilep
Monastir
Athens
Serbia
Scutari
Albania
Berlin
Russia
Two Nuns Injured in Auto Collision in Braddock and Penn
An auto owned by Mrs Earl Ashton of Edgewood collided with a vehicle driven by HT Harry Helmar of Boehm Street yesterday afternoon at Braddock and Penn. The Little Sisters of the Poor nuns and a boy were slightly injured and taken to Mercy Hospital. Hospital staff did not release names.
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Bile
Earl Ashton
East Ind Avenue
Edgewood
Harry Helmar
Boehm Street
Little Sisters of the Poor Order
Braddock
Penn Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Emperors William and Franz Joseph Meet at Schoenbrunn
reports describe a cordial exchange between Kaiser Wilhelm and Emperor Franz Joseph at Schoenbrunn Castle after their long separation since the war began. The scene drew immense crowds as Vienna decorated its streets in celebration of the historic meeting.
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Berlin
William
Vienna
Frans Joseph
Schoenbrunn Castle
Saya
Archduke Charles Francis
Archduke Charles Stephen
Schoenbrunn
Castile
French Class of 1917 Called to Colors
Paris reports the class of nineteen seventeen has been called to the colors by a Chamber vote. Eighteen year olds are drafted, adding twenty five thousand French to the allied fighting force. Socialists opposed the measure in the chamber.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Kitchener Returns to Britain After Balkan Tour
Lord Kitchener arrived in London and will brief King George V and Prime Minister Asquith on Gallipoli and Salonika observations. He will also discuss talks with King Constantine of Greece and others, ending rumors of his direct command in the Balkan campaign.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Asquith
Gallipoli Peninsula
Salonika
Constantine
Greece
Balkan
Farmington riot case defendants plead guilty to wounding sheriff
Cosimo Spadaro and Joseph Pariso pleaded guilty to maliciously wounding Sheriff Conaway in the Farmington strike riot case and were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judge Haymond. Anna Wilson also pleaded guilty to arson and received a two year term. Leroy Sturmus’ residence, valued at $600, was burned. In Charleston, M J Simmons was convicted of bootlegging and ordered to two months on Cabell county roads plus a $100 fine.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Cosimo Spadaro
Joseph Pariso
Farmington
Co. D. Conaway
Haymond
Anna Wilson
Leroy Sturmus
Charleston
M. J Simmons
Cabell County
Cumberland Hosts B and O District Meeting
The Baltimore and Ohio staff gathering convened at the Queen City hotel in Cumberland with General Manager C W Galloway and General Superintendent F B Blaser leading. Officials from Baltimore Pittsburgh Wheeling and Cincinnati attended along with Cumberland M H Cahill and the Chicago to Philadelphia divisions. The group toured local facilities and then departed at 1 15 pm on a special train to inspect the Magnolia cutoff with observation flat cars.
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Cumberland
Queen City
C. W. Galloway
C. Lee French
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
F. &. Blaser
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Cincinnati
Chicago
Philadelphia
M. H. Cahill
Magnolia
Rev J T Williams Dies at 69 in Charleston
The Rev Dr James T Williams 69 a long time minister in the Baltimore conference Methodist Episcopal Church South died yesterday at Charleston General Hospital after two weeks as patient. He was a Fauquier County Virginia native who served in Mosby's Rangers and ministered in Baltimore Charlestown Romney Keysers Berryville Poolesville and other communities. He is survived by his widow Miss Watkins of Buchanan Virginia a son J Marvin Williams of St Paul Minnesota and three daughters Mrs Heger Mrs Sloan Kuykendall and Mrs Melvin Strider.
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Charleston
W. Va
James T. Williams
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Charleston General Hospital
Poolsville
Watkins
Buchanan
J. Marvin Williams
St. Paul
Mayor-elect Bern Veit Dies After Appendicitis Surgery
In Erie on November 30, Mayor-elect Bern Veit died in a local hospital after undergoing appendicitis surgery. Veit had been elected to serve as mayor and faced illness during the final days before taking office.
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Erie
Bernard Veit
Fire destroys Mt Pleasant department stores
Mt Pleasant, Pa. fire yesterday morning largely destroyed H. Kobacher & Sons department store and the Woolworth five and ten cent store housed in the same building. Kobacher's loss estimated at 100000 dollars and Woolworth about 15000 dollars. Nearby towns aided as helmets from H C Frick Coke plant helped crews tackle dense smoke.
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Mt Pleasant
H. Kobacher & Sons
Woolworth Five
Ten Cent
Kobacher
Woolworth
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Standard
Baker presses dry banquet plan for Merchants and Manufacturers
Daniel Baker urges a dry banquet for the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association in Baltimore. He reports 138 replies in favor 29 opposed and 20 non committal from members after circulating the question to hospitality committee members.
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Baltimore
Daniel Baker
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Iowa Congressman Hepburn Statistically Ill at 82
Clarinda Iowa November 30 William P Hepburn longtime Eighth Iowa district congressman from 1889 to 1909 is reported dangerously ill at his home due to heart and kidney trouble He is 82 years old.
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Clarinda
William P Hepburn
Iowa
Hepburn
Convention Delegate Plans Revised GOP National Convention
Chicago November 30. The committee on organization and extension of the National Republican Union met to complete its permanent organization. Horace Stilwell of Indiana, chairman, called the meeting to order.
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Chicago
National Republican Union
Horace (. Stilwell
Indiana
Union
Watharineg
Goritz Still Holding Out Amid Fierce Attacks
Rome reports that despite desperate Austrian counter attacks the Italians push forward near Goritz. The war office says Italians gain ground though Austrians briefly held trenches north of the town. Heavy reinforcements and bloody hand to hand fighting mark the battle as the fall of Goritz nears.
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Rome
War Office
Goritz
Fire Destroys Part Of New Castle Business District
Fire in the basement of the Ewing and Long Shoe store spread toward the Breckinridge building in New Castle Pennsylvania this morning. Firemen battled flames for hours and brought the blaze under control by 10 30 A M. Damage estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
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New Castle
Busines
Ewing and Long Shoe
Breckinridge
West Virginia Court Holds Advertising Prohibition Valid
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled the prohibitory law against out of state liquor advertising constitutional and enforceable. In the State against Davis Brothers from Clarksburg the decision upholds that sending liquor ads into the state is a crime. The Davis Brothers later moved their operation from Clarksburg to Oakland and Cumberland.
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State Supreme Court
Davis Brothers of
Cumberland
Hareston
W. Va
West Virginia
Davis Brothers
Clarksburg
Oakland
Commission refuses railroads steamship line extension
Washington November 380 The Interstate Commerce Commission today denied the application of seven big eastern railroads to continue operating their lake steamship lines under the Panama canal act. The carriers are Pennsy New York Central Rutland Erie Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley and Lackawanna.
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Washington
Interstate Conmmerce Commission
Big Eastern Railroads
Pennsy
N. Y. Central
Rutand
Erie
Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley
Lackawanna
Asquiths Daughter Marries Secretary At Westminster
Violet Asquith and Bonham Carter were married in St Margaret's church Westminster this afternoon. In Maryland George Clagget Meard 53, a Hagerstown street cleaner, was found dead yesterday with coroner ruling heart disease.
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London
Asquith
Violet
Bonham Carter
St. Margaret's Church
Westminster
Tingerstown
George Clagget Meard
Hagerstown
Daub
Martinsburg rink company formed with $5,000 capital
Martinsburg based amusement enterprise chartered yesterday with an authorized capital of $5,000. Incorporators include W. E. Crawford M. K. Miller Allen B. Noll N. K. Wever and R. H. Boyd all of Martinsburg.
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Charleston
W. Va
Martinsburg Rink Company
W. E. Crawford
M. K. Miller
Allen B. Noll
N. K. Wever
R. H. Boyd
Martinsburg
Autoist Dies After Car Plunges 50 Feet Into Tracks
James I. Morrison, 46, of Brownsville, injured when his car crashed through a fence and fell 50 feet to railroad tracks striking a box car. He died yesterday at Uniontown Hospital.
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Brownsville
James I. Morrison
Uniontown
British hold on Baghdad remains uncertain after Ctesiphon
London reports that Gen Townshend has withdrawn to a lower Tigris position after aiding wounded and prisoners. Turkish losses include one division wiped out, with reinforcements feared. British riverine support and steamers aid a renewed push toward Mesopotamia while Baghdad fate remains unsettled.
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London
Ctesiphon
Bagdad
Townshend
Tigris
Mesopotamia
Britain appoints a woman to diplomatic post
British suffrage leaders hail the appointment of Miss Pressley Smith as secretary at the British legation in Christiana. The move, breaking precedent, follows efforts to open government roles to women and may signal more postings in diplomacy and other branches. Mrs Fawcett calls the act a possible government recognition of suffrage progress.
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Bucharest
Bratiano
M. Ionescu
Filipenco
Petrograd
Russia
Rumania
Kola
United Press
London
Pressley Smith
Christiana Legation
Asquith
Girl With Four Arms And Four Legs Dies
Virginia McDonald a four armed and four legged girl died at home in Lebanon County near Jefferson Church aged years. Previously exhibited at fairs across the eastern United States and studied at Johns Hopkins Hospital where doctors considered amputation.
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Virginia McDonald
United States
Mahlon McDonald
Ebanon Church
Andoal County
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