Britannic Hospital Ship Sunk in Aegean Sea Loss of Fifty
London announces the Britannic, largest White Star liner, has been sunk by a mine or torpedo in the Aegean. 1106 survivors, 28 injured. The vessel had been fitted as a hospital ship with 2500 beds, 200 nurses, 100 surgeons, and a crew of about 900. The ship was non belligerent and not armed.
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Aegean
Eset
Liverpool
White Star Line
White Star
Belfast
Olympic
Britannic
Dardanelles
Alice
Rouen
Liords
Daily Mail
Athens
Sparti
New York
Ocean Steamship Company
Cubs and White Sox Face City Income Tax Proposal
Chicago Nov 21 Alderman Black proposes taxing baseball clubs as a source of city revenue The plan would require the Cubs and the White Sox to share profits with the city based on the passes seen around City Hall and the clubs would pay a tax for their privileges to operate.
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Chicago
Cubs
White Sox
Black
Wilson delays choices for key wartime commissions
Washington officials say President Wilson will not make recess appointments to the tariff committee the shipping board and the board to administer the working man's compensation law before Congress reconvenes due to the short lead time. No final selections have been made for these bodies.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Tariff Committee
Shipping Board
Burnquist Elected Governor of Minnesota
J A A Burnquist wins the Minnesota gubernatorial race as a Republican. The victory solidifies party control in the statehouse and marks a pivotal shift in Minnesota politics.
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Minnesota
Rob Bank of $3600 Escape in Fusillade
Five bandits blew open the Ford County bank safe in Bloomington Illinois on November 23 and escaped with 3600 dollars after a running fight with citizens. They cut telephone and telegraph lines, fired on by locals, then fled in an automobile as bullets whistled from concealment.
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Bloomington
Ill
Roberts
Ford County Bank
Grain car rule hearing before utilities board
N D Ballentine of Rock Island admits grain car distribution in Winds is unsatisfactory yet claims it is better than the board ordered. Hearing centers on the pro rata car distribution order. railroads oppose it but indications suggest the commission will support the original mandate.
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Springfield
Iml
Estate Public Utilities Commission
N. D. Ballentine
Rock Island
Graves Takes First Citizenship Papers in New York
Armguard Karl Graves a.k.a international spy held on $2000 bail for blackmailing Countess von Lernstorff began the citizenship process in New York. His attorney said Graves seeks protection from the U S government against possible German actions to seize him.
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New York
Navy
Karl Graves
Countess von Lernstorff
Graves
Indict I W W for Murder Sparks Jail Guard Action
Savanna Illinois November 23 An indictment against Frank Cummings an Industrial Worker of the World for murder prompted a special guard to be posted around the Carroll county jail amid rumors the I W W would attempt a rescue.
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Savanna
Isil
Frank Cummings
Carroll County
Well Known Pastor Dies in Lafayette at 71
Rev. William A. Hennegar, seventy one, longtime Christian church minister for forty years, died in Lafayette. He led and served numerous Indiana churches.
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Lafayette
Ind
Wiliam A. Hennegar
Christian Church
Indiana
Woman slain by passenger train near Appleton
Appleton Wisconsin November twenty second Miss Alma Parsons twenty one of Clintonville Wisconsin was instantly killed when struck while attempting to cross the tracks ahead of a passenger train.
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Appleton
Wis
Alma Parsons
Clintonville
Teutons Crush In Balkans Threaten Romanian Army
German forces press a double envelopment of Romanian units around the Iron Gate and Orsova. Berlin reports progress near Orsova as Falkenhayn’s crack troops deploy along four rail lines to trap Romanian forces and advance toward Bucharest.
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Iron Gate
Berlin
Orsova
German War Office
Rouminania
Serbia
Hungary
Ing Ferdinand
Per Wei
von Falkenhayn
Transylvania
Craiova
Teuton
Graiova
Falkenhayn
Hindenburg
Russia
Mackensen
Bucharest
Balkan
Hughes Concedes Wilsons Election From Lakewood
Hughes telegraphed President Wilson congratulating him on re election. The message cited the closeness of the vote and awaited the official California count before extending best wishes for a successful administration. Signed Charles Be Hughes.
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Lakewood
N. J
Chas. E. Hughes
Wilson
White House
Washington, D.C
California
Charles BE. Hughes
New Austrian Ruler Enters Upon Duties
London reports Archduke Charles Francis Joseph assumes the throne as Emperor of Austria Hungary after the death of Francis Joseph. At twenty nine he was serving at the front against Roumanians in the Carpathians. He is politically inexperienced but a trained military commander with a frontier leadership record.
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London
Europe
Charles Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Francis Joseph
Madrid
Serbia
Carpathians
Bggmb
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Austria
Evansville Coal Prices Hit Twelve Cents and Up
Evansville, Indiana reports coal selling for twelve to fourteen cents a bushel as operators push high prices. Factories pay more than residents and some may shut due to shortages. Local mines supply helps, but external supply cuts keep prices elevated.
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Evansville
Ind
Warrick County
North Judson Man Held After Alleged Basketball Fight
Chas Zahn of La Crosse is jailed in North Judson following an alleged attack on Her Schel Cole who is in critical condition with lockjaw from a fractured jaw. The injury is said to have come from Zahn’s fist after a quarrel over a basketball game.
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North Judson
Ind
Chas, Zahn
la Crosse
Herschel Cole
Cole
Zahn
Adamson 8 Hour Bail Act Deemed Unconstitutional
The author W. C. Adamson faced a ruling declaring the eight hour bail act unconstitutional. The decision impacts labor regulation and fair trial procedures in the jurisdiction. Legal experts weigh implications for workers and employers alike.
Reversal Over Military Training in Public Schools
In Baltimore on November 23 President Wilson drew mixed praise as Secretary Baker remained at the AFL convention debating military training in public schools. The federation voted to oppose militarization and tasked a committee to declare a future policy on militarism. Max Hayes argued Wilson’s plans lack western support and spurred a broader army and navy push.
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Baltimore
Wilson
Baker
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Federation
Gompers
Max Hayes
West
Washington
Carranza suspends mine decree until February
Washington reports General Carranza notified the state department he has suspended his decree governing Mexican mines until February 14. The decree would force onerous working conditions and threaten seizure for noncompliance, a concession seen as signaling weakness and submission in Mexican commission proceedings.
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Washington
Carranza
State Department
Mexico
Hobson Addresses WCTU Delegates on Prohibition Strategy
Richmond Pearson Hobson told the national convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union that the liquor traffic battle is in its last stage and that the hour of destiny has struck for a world free from alcohol. The Indianapolis meeting closed with enthusiastic delegates backing his plan for a national constitutional provision against liquor sales.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Hobson
Norwegien steamship Themis grounded near Cristobal
The Norwegian steamer Themis grounded on the west breakwater while leaving Cristobal. A diver conducts an investigation into the damage.
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Colon
Panama
Themis
Cristobal
Car Men Strike Nips Traffic in Indianapolis
The November 22 strike by local workers of the street and electric railway interests caused little disruption to city streetcar service in Indianapolis. No major delays or stoppages were reported as crews resumed operations promptly.
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Indianapolis
Amahgamated Street and Electric Railway Empires
Prisoner Jumps From Car In Transit Fight
Kenneth Maynard thirty of Columbus escapes a moving traction car while being moved to Columbus after an alleged assault on Charles Vandhorn Edinburg. Vandhorn fifty is said to have skull fracture and death is expected.
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Columbus
Ind
Kenneth Maynard
Charles Vandhorn
Edinburg
Hedinburg
Vanhorn
Pope Benedict Receives Worldwide Birthday Messages
On his sixty second birthday in Rome Pope Benedict XVI received congratulations from leaders and people across the globe as his holiness marked the occasion with global well wishes.
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Pope Benedict
Rome
Maxim Gun Inventor Sir Hiram Maxim Critically Ill
London Nov 23 Sir Hiram Maxim the inventor of the automatic firearm system is critically ill at seventy six years old.
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Maxim
London
Hiram Maxim
Adamson Act Declared Void by U S Judge Hook
Kansas City November 23 Judge William C Hook ruled the Adamson act unconstitutional directing railroads to aid the government in speeding the case to the Supreme Court for final decision The government will select a test case from Santa Fe Union Pacific cases for appeal while awaiting a decision.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Pollard
Kansas City
William C. Hook
United States District Court
Adamson
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
John €. Pollock
Kan
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Kansas City Southern Railroads
Kansas City Terminl Company
Washington
Gregory
Supreme Court
Gompers
Baltimore
Indee Hook
Federal
H. B. Perham
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Brotherhoods
John R. Alvine
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