Serbs Press Rim Monastir Front Four Miles From Monastir
French and Russian troops on the Macedonian front near Monastir are within four miles of the city, with Bulgarians retreating and 400 prisoners taken in the Cerna bend. British forces strike toward Struma River and Karakaska as Serbs and French advance.
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Paris
Monastir
War Office
Struma
Karakaska
Cerna River
Yarashok
Cerna
Kenali
Berlin
Macedonia
London
and Gailes
Reuter
Saloniki
Tepavtsi Thians
Tepavtsi
Flictt
Roumanian
Bucharest
Transyvenia
Areful
Baracinesti
Alt Valley
Capacioasa
Jin Valley
Roumanian War Department
Twenty Thousand Acres to Be Reclaimed in Illinois
Twenty thousand acres of land will be reclaimed in the Indian Grove drainage district by contracts totaling 165,626.95 dollars. R. H. and G. A. McWilliams of Chicago won the bids awarded by the county court. All contracts must be fulfilled by June 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Iil
Indian Grove
R. H
G. A. McWilliams
Chicago
Illinois drys seek Bryan to push statewide prohibition
The Illinois Anti-Saloon League announces it will ask William Jennings Bryan to lead a dry campaign to secure a constitutional amendment for statewide prohibition. Leaders hope to push county option through the next legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Bryan
Springfield
Ill
Iinois
William Jennings Bryan
Inmate Dies After Kick at Bartonville Asylum
Peoria report says Bernard Hittle of Peoria died after being kicked in the stomach by Mathew Matheny a foreigner from Cook County while an inmate at the state insane asylum Bartonville.
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Peoria
Ill
Bernard Hittle
Bartonville
Mathew Matheny
Cook County
Whisky Destroyed After Creek Seizures in Petersburg
Sheriff Peter R. Miller and Deputy Mell Catt dumped 400 quarts of whisky seized in raids on drug stores into a creek in Petersburg Indiana. The bottles were broken and the liquid poured into the stream after seizure.
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Creek
Petersburg
Ind
Peter R. Miller
Mell Catt
Austria's New Envoy Tarnowski Succeeds Dr. Dumba
Count Tarnowski is named Austria's new envoy in Washington, succeeding Dr. Dumba. The appointment aligns with Vienna's diplomatic reshuffle amid ongoing wartime negotiations and reflects Austria's effort to maintain strong ties with the United States. Tarnowski previously served in European postings and arrives with a mandate to advance economic and military cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Count Tarnowski
Resta Wins Vanderbilt Cup Setting Course and Record
Dario Resta in a Peugeot smashed records to win the eleventh Vanderbilt Cup in Santa Monica, covering 294 miles in 3 hours 22 minutes 48.6 seconds at 86.99 mph. Earl Cooper finished second in a Stutz with Aitken out due to a broken valve as Weightman placed third. Roads beat Pullen for fourth as the race concluded amid high speeds and shifting positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Cal
Dario Resta
Ralph de Palma
Resta
Johnny Aitken
Aitken
Peugeot
Earl Cooper
William Weightman
Chicago
Weightman
Roads
Pullen
Handbag tied to Wager case found on farm
A handbag stolen from Ranzell Brown's home during the Napoleon area murders has been found under a farm rock on Lynn Wager's land and turned to authorities. Wager, Brown's son in law, is serving a life sentence for the double murder. The discovery was made by Mrs. A B Wrycoff and Mrs. Neil Mc Callum while gathering hickory nuts. Wrycoff was an attorney for the defense in the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Ind
Ranzell Brown
Napoleon
Lynn Wager
Wager
Brown
A. B. Wrycoff
Neil McCallum
Waycoff
Two Slain as Detroit Merchants Murdered in Wyandotte
Detroit reports Harry Paul and Morris Harris fruit merchants from Wyandotte shot dead while walking. Two foreigners detained. countrymen protested outside the jail prompting heavy guard. One victim reportedly carried $500.
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Detroit
Mich
Harry Paul
Morris Harris
Wyandotte
Potters Union Rejects 10 Percent Wage Increase
The Kilomen's union of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters in East Liverpool Ohio on November 17 declined the ten percent wage rise, calling the terms attached to the increase strings and unacceptable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Liverpool
Ohio
Kilomen’s
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Conference in New Rail Plan May Avert General Strike
Washington plans for another conference with railroad heads and union leaders to avert a nationwide strike. The administration may amend the Adamson Act before Congress meets to quell constitutional objections and allow suits to be dismissed if a peaceful settlement is reached. U S Attorney Marshall suggests a single nationwide suit, while railroads warn a strike only if the act is ruled unconstitutional. labor leaders in Baltimore will address the AFL convention supporting the eight hour law for trainmen.
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Washington
Brotherhoods
Wilson
Congress
U. S
New York
H. Snowden Marshall
Gregory
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Railway Brotherhoods
American Federation Convention
Gompers
Gary Mills Provides For Workers In Coal Shortage
Gary Indiana November 16 The United States Steel corporation acts to aid twenty thousand workers during coal famine and rising prices Coke from Gary Steel mills sold to workers at two dollars and ninety cents per ton plus a small drayage charge.
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Gary Mills
Gary
Ind
United States Steel Corporation
Gary Steel Mills
Threaten to Arrest Cook County Judge Amid Election Chaos
Chicago Navy general report describes Judge Scully facing impeachment arrest and legal action after threatening to suspend proclamation of last week’s election results. Republicans demand removal and mandamus to challenge canvass, citing fraud in hundreds of precincts mostly in the Second ward.
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Cook County
Chicago
Navy
Scully
Democratic Election Board
Republican Second Ward
Judge Scully
Terre Haute Mayor Demands Export Embargo to Lower Prices
James Gossom, mayor of Terre Haute, telegraphed President Wilson congratulating him on re election and urged a strong embargo on exports of life’s necessities to cut the high cost of living. The telegram was filed as a night message charging Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
James Gossom
Wilson
Body Found in Peoria Shed Linked to Missing Money
The frozen body of Elmer Dixon a well to do farmer from Laura Illinois was found early in Peoria in a shed behind a saloon. Authorities believe he carried a large sum of money though only a cent remained on him. The death and missing funds pose a local mystery.
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Peoria
Ila
Elmer Dixon
Laura
Dixon
Temperance Women Conclude Preliminary National Meeting
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened its annual convention in Indianapolis with evangelistic conference sessions. Speakers urged that evangelism and prohibition go together as the central theme of the gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Child Bandits Acquitted in Idaho Double Slaying Case
Harold Lovelace age twelve and his younger brother Lynn were found not guilty after a two and half hour jury deliberation in Twin Falls Idaho. They confessed to killing F Thomas Hamill a schoolteacher during a ranch robbery last August. They seized Hamill's wagon and eight firearms and supplies before fleeing.
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Idaho
Harold Lovelace
Lynn
F. Thomas Hamill
Hamill
Harold
Polish novelist Henry Sienkiewicz dies in Switzerland
New York reports Polish relief work leader and Nobel laureate Henry Sienkiewicz, author of Quo Vadis, died at Vevey Switzerland. He lived in Cracow and Warsaw, edited Słowo, and won the 1905 Nobel Prize. His noted works include With Fire and Sword The Deluge Pan Michael and The Third Woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Sienkiewicz
Warsaw
Slowo
Sienkiewicz
Poland
Pan Michael
Two Die in Evansville Traction Wreck Near Yankeetown
Evansville Indiana November 17 1930 two men Raymond Polk thirty Hatfield and Ira Meador thirty five Grandview motormen for Evansville Rockport traction died from crash injuries in local hospitals They did not regain consciousness Polk's legs were crushed and one amputated Mrs Victor McCoy Indianapolis scalded by a overturned water heater remains unconscious Noble Goldman conductor in critical condition Eighteen injured others expected to recover
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Evansville
Ind
Raymond Polk
Hatfield
Ira Meador
Grandview
Rockport
Headon
Yankeetown
Warrick County
Polk
Victor McCoy
Indianapolis
Noble Goldman
Continental Beneficial association quits Chicago offices
The Continental Beneficial association based in Pennsylvania closed its Chicago Karpen building offices amid an insurer crackdown. State Inspector Potts alleged $300,000 in death claims unpaid, and possible moves to leave Illinois. Officers disputed the charges claiming adequate funds while acknowledging a move of records possibly to Philadelphia.
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Chicago
Rufus M. Potts
Continental Beneficial Association
Pennsylvania
Karpen
Potts
Springfield
Pott
Ira G. Vaughn
Association
Philadelphia
Petts
W. C. Smith
W. Armstrong
The
Midits of Honor
Chicago Supreme
Continental Association
D. Adna Brown
C. P. Gaylord
C. H. Baker
M. D
Unions Debate Negro Migration Threat at AFL Convention
A resolution claiming that southern Negro emigrants threaten organized labor was presented at the American Federation of Labor convention. The measure, described as a menace to workers in northern states, was reported favorably by the organization committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
American Federation of Labor Convention
Organization Committee
New Theory in Girl Murder Near Pontiac Illinois
State's Attorney Crimer investigates a theory that Christine Diemer was killed by an escaped Illinois reformatory inmate who fled in her clothes. The clue may lie in Rouine Brove five miles east of Pontiac as investigators pursue a winter parish of the Vermillion river case.
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Pontiac, Hil
Christine Diemer
Pontiac
Rouine Brove
Illinois Reformatory
Chicago
Frank A. Crimer
Chrisine
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West
Mackensen
Dobrudja
Petrograd
von Mackensen
Campulung
Roumania
Pressoire
Somme
American Press Association
Austria
Dr. Dumba
Laura, III
Floria
Temperance
Woman's Christian Union Boards
von Bernstorffs
Ambassador
Helen Keller
QUO Vadis
Concern's
Federation of Labor
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