Serbs Close on Monastir as Fronts Pace East and West
Paris reports French and Russian forces near Monastir within four miles as Bulgarians retreat along the Cerna river. British troops push the Bulgarians back on the Struma. Serbs and French advance toward Yarashok, with 400 prisoners taken and several villages seized.
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Paris
Monastir
War Office
Struma
Karakaska
Cerna River
Yarashok
Cerna
Kenali
Berlin
Macedonia
London
Bv Ite
Gniles
Reuter
Saloniki
Tepavtsi Orbians
Tepavtsi
Capacioasa
Jin Valley
Roumanian War Department
Mackensen
Petrograd
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Campulung
Roumania
20 000 Acres to Be Reclaimed in Illinois
Quincy Ill Nov 17 Twenty thousand acres of land will be reclaimed in the Indian Grove drainage district by contracts totaling 165 626 95 awarded by the county court to R H and G A McWilliams Chicago. All contracts must be filled by June 1918.
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Quincy
Ill
Indian Grove
R. H
G. A. McWilliams
Chicago
Illinois dry campaign aims for state wide prohibition
The Illinois Anti-Saloon League plans a dry campaign with William Jennings Bryan to back a constitutional amendment for statewide prohibition. Leaders aim to pass county option in the next legislative session.
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Illinois
William Jennings Bryan
Inmate Bernard Hittle Dies After Bartville Kick
Peoria Illinois November 17 and inmate Bernard Hittle of Peoria died after being kicked in the stomach by Mathew Matheny a foreigner from Cook County at the state insane asylum in Bartonville.
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Peoria
Ill
Bernard Hittle
Bartonville
Mathew Matheny
Cook County
Whisky dumped into creek after raid in Petersburg
Sheriff Peter R. Miller and Deputy Mell Catt destroyed 400 quarts of whisky seized in raids on drug stores. The bottles were taken to a creek where they were broken and their contents poured into the stream.
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Petersburg
Ind
Peter R. Miller
Mell Catt
Austria's New Envoy Tarnowski Succeeds Dr Dumba Here
Count Tarnowski arrives as Austria's new envoy succeeding Dr Dumba in the capital. The change gives Vienna a fresh diplomatic representative after years of service by the former envoy.
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Dr. Dumba
Resta wins Vanderbilt Cup with record 3 22 48 time in Peugeot
Dario Resta breaks course and race records at Santa Monica winning the eleventh Vanderbilt Cup in 3 hours 22 minutes 48 3 5 seconds at 86.99 mph. Earl Cooper finishes second in a Stutz, Weightman third in a Dusenberg, and Roads beats Pullen for fourth as A A A speed standings shift.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Dario Resta
Ralph de Palma
Resta
Johnny Aitken
Aitken
Peugeot
Earl Cooper
William Weightman
Chicago
Weightman
Roads
Pullen
Handbag linked to Napoleon murder found on Wager farm
A stolen hand bag from Ranzell Brown's home near Napoleon was found hidden under a rock on Lynn Wager's farm and turned to authorities. Wager, Brown's son in law, recently received a life sentence for the double murder. The discovery was made by Mrs. A B Wycoff and Mrs. Neil Mc Callum while gathering hickory nuts with their husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Ind
Ranzell Brown
Napoleon
Lynn Wager
Wager
Brown
A. B. Wycoff
Neil McCallum
Wycoff
Two Slain Jail Merchants In Wyandotte Shooting
Harry Paul and Morris Sturris, well-to-do trust merchants of Wyandotte near Detroit, were shot dead while walking. Two foreigners were detained and crowd protests outside the jail prompted a heavy guard. One body reportedly carried $500 in pocket.
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Detroit
Mich
Harry Paul
Morris Sturris
Wyandotte
Potteries Union Rejects 10 Percent Pay Increase
East Liverpool Ohio November 17 The kilamen s union of the national brotherhood of operative potters says it will not accept the ten per cent rise in wares because the offer comes with conditions it terms strings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Ohio
Kilamen’s
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Conference in New Rail Plan Sparks White House talks
Washington officials say President Wilson may convene a conference of rail managers and Brotherhood leaders to avert a generalized strike. The move aims to shape changes to the Adamson eight hour law and place settlements before Congress reconvenes. U S Attorney Marshall proposes single court action to speed review.
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Washington
Brotherhoods
Wilson
Congress
U. S
New York
H. Snowden Marshall
Gregory
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Gary Mills Provides for Workers in Coal Famine
Gary Indiana November 16 United States Steel Corporation acts to shield twenty thousand Gary workers from coal shortages and fuel price surges. Coke from Gary Steel mills sold to steel employees at two dollars and nine ty cents per ton with a small dravage charge.
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Gary Mills
Gary
Ind
United States Steel Corporation
Gary Steel Mills
Threaten to Arrest Cook County Judge
County Judge Scully faces possible impeachment expulsion or arrest threats after declaring fraud in hundreds of precincts and threatening to throw out precincts or order recounts in the canvass. Republicans seek mandamus and other writs to challenge his actions while the Second Ward is a focal point of suspicion.
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Cook County
Chicago
Navy
Scully
Democratic Election Board
Republican Second Ward
Judge Scully
Terre Haute Mayor Presses Embargo to Cut Living Costs
James Gossom city mayor of Terre Haute telegraphed President Wilson urging a strong embargo on exports of essential goods to lower the cost of living. The message was filed as a night telegram charged to the city.
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Terre Haute
Ind
James Gossom
Wilson
Vily
Body found with money missing in Peoria saloon shed
The frozen body of Elmer Dixon, a wealthy farmer from Laura, Illinois, was found early in the morning in a shed behind a Peoria saloon. Authorities believe he carried a large sum of money, but only one cent remained on him.
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Peoria
Ill
Elmer Dixon
Laura
IIL
Dixon
Temperance Women Convene In Indianapolis for Annual Meeting
The National Women's Christian Temperance Union holds its preliminary meeting in Indianapolis with the evangelistic conference. Addresses emphasize that evangelism and prohibition should go together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Von Bernstorffs Named in Spy Charge Case
Ambassador and his wife face espionage related charges as authorities move to press case against the couple. Court documents allege covert meetings and classified material handling connected to foreign contacts. The pair deny wrongdoing.
Child Bandits Acquitted in Idaho Slaying Case
In Twin Falls Idaho a jury found Harold Lovelace twelve and Lynn Lovelace eleven not guilty after a two and a half hour deliberation in the case of F Thomas Hamill a school teacher shot during a raid on his ranch last August The boys confronted Hamill ordered him to stay back and then lashed at him with a weapon Hamill died from a gunshot wound as the boys fled with Hamill s wagon supplies and eight guns and revolvers
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Harold Lovelace
Lynn
F. Thomas Hamill
Hamill
Harold
Continental Beneficial association quits Chicago offices
Dire charges from State Superintendent Rufus M. Potts claim the Pennsylvania based Continental Beneficial association cannot meet $300000 in death claims and may abandon the state. Officers dispute the claim while moving books and records. federal court may restrain departure. Supreme officials include Adna Brown, C P Gaylord, and C H Baker.
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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
CC. W. Armstrong
The
Khnights of Honor
Chicago Supreme
Continental Association
DPD
Adna Brown
C. P. Gaylord
C. H. Baker
M. D
Sienkiewicz Dies in Switzerland Noted Novelist
Polish author Henry Sienkiewicz, famed for Quo Vadis, died in Vevey Switzerland. He supported Polish relief during the war and had long ties with the Polish relief committee and Red Cross. He lived in Krakow and Warsaw, edited Warsaw's Slowo, won the 1905 Nobel Prize, and wrote epic historical novels.
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New York
Henry Sienkiewicz
Warsaw
Slowo
Sienkiewicz
Poland
Pan Michael
Two Die After Evansville Streetcar Collision
Evansville Indiana November 17 two motormen Raymond Polk of Hatfield and Ira Meador of Grandview died of injuries from a head on collision near Yankeetown Warrick county. Polk had crushed legs and one was amputated. Mrs Victor McCoy of Indianapolis remains unconscious after scalding from a overturned water heater. Conductor Noble Goldman is in critical condition. Others of eighteen injured expected to recover.
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Evansville
Ind
Raymond Polk
Hatfield
Ira Meador
Grandview
Noble Goldman
Unions Warn Of Peril From Southern Negro Migration
Baltimore notes the American Federation of Labor considered a resolution declaring the migration of southern Black workers to northern cities a menace to workers in northern states. The resolution, reported favorably by the organization committee, highlights labor concerns at the convention.
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Baltimore
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Railway Brotherhoods
American Federation Convention
Gempers
Congress
American Federation of Labor Convention
Organization Committee
New Death Theory Emerging in Christine Diemer Case
Police theorize Christine Diemer was killed by an escaped Illinois reformatory inmate who fled in her clothes. The body was found in the Vermillion river near Rolling Grove, Pontiac, five miles east of the city, as investigators pursue leads from the town’s Winter-lonesome summer colony. State's Attorney Frank A. Ortmer directs the probe with a focus on the escapee’s possible Chicago route. The girl's family is stated as innocent in the sequence of events.
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Pontiac
Christine Diemer
Rolling Grove
Illinois Reformatory
Chicago
Frank A. Ortmer
Christine
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Gress
Ers
Farmer
Feoria
Temperance
Woman’s Christian Union Boards
von Bernstorffs
Ambassador
Helen Keller
Concern’s
QUO Vadis
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Federation of Labor
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