U S Warship Waits U Boats Off New Jersey Shore
The battleship Connecticut anchored four miles east of Navesink lighthouse with orders from Washington amid U-boat fears. British consular warnings prompted extra lookouts as Allied ships reported not sighting subs. Lapland passengers claimed a submarine hit, later dismissed as rough seas.
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New York
Connecticut
New Jersey Highlands
Navesink
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
Hamilton
Bermuda
Lapland
White Star Line
Capis
John R. Bradshaw
Passengke
Tris
Messer
Napoli
Pannonia
Bermudian
Sapler
Laconia
Cunard Line
Tuscomia
Hughes Heads Former Firm
Charies Evans Hughes will resume private life and return to law, joining his old firm in New York City on January 1. The firm will be Hughes Rounds Schurman Dwight at 6 Broadway, with his son Charles E. Hughes Jr. joining the firm at the same time.
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Lakewood
N. J
Charies Evans Hughes
Hughes
Charles E. Hughes
New York City
Rounds
Schurman
Dwight
Broadway
Siuughes
Schurman and Dwight
Charles E. Hughes, Jr
Bashfulfian Returns and Weds in Valparaiso
Geors Coyer, a young bank clerk who vanished the night he planned to wed Miss Zina Clouse, reappeared in Valparaiso and married her by a justice of the peace. He said he fled to avoid marrying before 200 invited guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Ind
Coyer
Zina Clouse
James W. Gerard to Carry Food to Berlin
James W. Gerard, the U. S. envoy, is set to deliver aid shipments to Berlin as part of relief efforts. The move follows recent negotiations with Allied authorities to ease wartime shortages.
Gerard Gets Final Orders From Washington and Berlin
Ambassador Gerard met with Secretary Lansing for a final conference before his departure on December 5 to return to Berlin. The hour long talks were private but officials suggest the submarine crisis and Belgian deportations to Germany were on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Gerard
Lansing
Berlin
Germany
Munitions Steamer Neils Nielsen Hampered in Pacific
The 8800 ton Norwegian steamer Neils Nielsen, carrying munitions from Seattle to Vladivostok, is reported dead in the water 250 miles west of Seattle after losing her propeller. The vessel, valued at about a million dollars with an even higher cargo value, is under Mitsu & Co charter. Norwegian crew aboard. The South Dakota and other Pacific ships head to aid.
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San Francisco
Neils Nielsen
Sectle
United States
South Dakota
Pacific
Nielsen
Seattle
Vladivostok
B. Stolt-Nielsen
Norway
Mitsu & Co
La Follette Wins Wisconsin Plurality Record
Complete official returns from Madison show Senator LaFollette Republican with a 118,162 plurality over Democratic challenger William F. Wolfe. Wolfe totals excluding soldier vote were 134,611 for Wolfe and 251,906 for La Follette. soldier turnout added 1,401 for La Follette and 534 for Wolfe, boosting the margin beyond previous Wisconsin records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Secretary of State
LaFollette
William F. Wolfe
Wolfe
la Follette
Wisconsin
Macomber Stars for Illinois Then Canton Pro Game
Bart Macomber captained Illinois in a Wisconsin clash and then played for the Canton team against MesSillon professionals. He appeared on Jim Thorpe's eleven for fifteen minutes, earning good rounds, with fans recognizing him despite the alias Liehnart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bart Macombe
Illinois
Wisconsin
Canton
Ohio
Mes Silon
Jim Thorge
Macoisber
Lieinhart
Teutons Press On At Foe Alt Line In Wallachia
Petrograd reports Austro German forces advance in western Wallachia pushing Romanians toward the capital. Berlin says German Austrian troops drive Romanians back along the River Alt past Topolangu river and capture Alexandria near Bucharest.
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Petrograd
War Office
Wallachia
Vede
Rochi de Vede
Valeni
Bukharest
Topolong River
Alexandria
Danube
Orsova
Teutons
Aaso
Boissevain Burial in East
The body of suffrage leader Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain will be sent from Los Angeles to her New York home. Husband Eugene Boissevain, parents Mr. and Mrs. John Milholland, and sister Miss Vida Milholland will accompany the body east after death occurred Saturday night at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Los Angeles
Cal
Inez Milholland Boissevain
Eugene Oissevain
Boissevein
John Elmer Milholland
Vida Milholland
One Dead Two Hurt in Harrisburg Auto Crash
Harrisburg Nov 28 Gar Plair ris was killed instantly and Roy Mc Farland and Arthur Hall all of Gallatin were seriously injured when the steering gear of Hall s car failed, causing the vehicle to ram a disc and turn turtle mile north of Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Gar Plarris
Roy McFarland
Arthur Hall
Gallatin
Hall
Fisher Family Painter Father Dies in Alameda Home
Hugh Anton e Fisher, landscape painter and father of Harrison Fisher the artist, died at his home in Alameda, California. The notice reports his passing on November 28 in Oakland.
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Harrison Fisher
Oakland
Cal
Hugh Antone Fisher
Alumreda
First Thanksgiving Proclamation Text Recalled in Mt Carmel
Edgar Brown of the Mount Carmel Chamber of Commerce holds a certified copy of the first Thanksgiving proclamation issued by Governor Bradford of the Massachusetts colony on November 29, 1623. The original was provided by Professor J E Follensbee, a Bradford descendant, and reads in full about gathering at the meeting house for thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Carmel
Ill
Edgar Brown
Mount Carmel
Plymouth Rock
William Bradford
James C Welch Marries In South Bend After Lake County Win
James C Welch state’s attorney elect of Lake county wed Mary Squires of Ravenswood in South Bend Indiana on November 8 following his election victory on November 7. Friends discuss whether an election bet led to the sudden marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Ill
James C. Welch
Lake County
South Bend
Ind
Mary Squires
Ravenswood
Eri. H. Squires
Glass Company Raises Wages At Edward Ford Plate Glass
Toledo Ohio November 28 The Edward Ford Plate Glass company will voluntarily increase wages for its 1,800 employees by one cent per day effective December 1 The average daily wage now is 2.60 dollars.
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Glass Company
Toledo
Edward Ford Plate Glass Company
Notable Military and Civil Figures Portraits
Major General George W. Goethals, retired U S Army, is shown at center alongside George Rublee of the Federal Trade Commission and E E B Clark, head of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors, in a formal portrait arrangement.
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George W. Goethals
U.S. A
Center
George Rublee
The
Federal Trade Commission
Bottom
E. E B. Clark
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
Final Republican Fund Report Shows Small Surplus
Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the Republican national committee, filed the final financial statement. It shows total contributions of 2,445,521 from 24,205 contributors and expenditures of 2,441,565, leaving a surplus of 3,856.
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Washington
Cornelius N. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Mayor Thompson Declares Dry Chicago Leadership
Chicago reports Mayor Thompson emerges as head of the anti saloon drive for 1918. Church Federation ministers endorse him as the dry movement gains backing from four denominational churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thompson
Drys
Church Federation
Notre Dame Marks 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee
South Bend Indiana observes the seventy five year founding of Notre Dame University. Father Edward Sorin and seven religious brothers arrived at the site and organized the institution. Commemoration exercises will be held toward the close of the collegiate year with events throughout the year.
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South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
Edward Sorin
Notre Dame
Lawrence
Foot and mouth disease prompts Chicago stockyard quarantine
Chicago reports an outbreak of foot and mouth disease seen at the stockyards causing quarantine orders by the Illinois State Livestock Commission and Union Stock Yards Transit Co. Cattle shipments from Nebraska Kansas and Missouri are halted for disinfection while authorities vet health and prepare statewide inquiries. The move aims to protect meat supply with shipments diverted to immediate slaughter only.
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Chicago
City
Ill'ioi Stock Commission
Unicon Yard and Transit Company
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Misseubraska
Kansas
Hirpot
Union Stock Vards Transit Company
Packers
Jovnois
Indiana
Wisconsin
A. G. Leonard
Union Stock Yard and
Transit Bany
Pointain
Chicago and Ton Railroad
Bloomington
Kansas City
O Mission
A. Field
O. FE. Dyson
Nation
East St. Louis
Reputable Italian Doing the Killing
Chicago detective quotes a wave of killings in Little Italy as reputably violent. He claims many Italian citizens plan with precision to kill and weed out “bad men” as a solution amid ongoing murders and arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Little
Italy
Son fatal shooting during rabbit hunt in Galesburg
A son killed his father during a rabbit hunt near East Coelest, Illinois. Thomas Straube, 28, was said to have beaten the elder man when a firearm discharged. The incident occurred while a third person, Amos, was shooting rabbits nearby, and the father died almost instantly.
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Galesbrurg
Ili
Navy
Thomas Straube
East Coelest
Hunt
Amos
Prohibition Party Work Declined by Indiana Pastor
Columbus Indiana November 28. Rev D G Dunkin pastor of the First Baptist church declined a two thousand one hundred dollar yearly post with Prohibition party work in southern California. He has resigned to accept a pastorate at Kokomo later this year.
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Columbus
Ind
Prohibition Party
Soutern
California
D. G. Dunkin
Pir Baptist Church
T Kokome
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Jersey Highlands
Bashfulfian
James W. Gerard
American Press Association
Niels Nielsen
Macomber
Jim Thorpe
Bart
Wallop
Bucharest
Vances
Teuton
Pavlovo
Serbia
Vardar Rive
Or 60Va
I Rustehuk
Alt. Bukharest
Alt
Topolog River
Rothenthurm Pass
Dukharest
Boissevain
East
Mt. Carmel, Ill
John J. Fitzgerald
John J. Fitzgers
Appropriations Committee
Fitzgerald
Grea Britain
Adamson Law Board
Goethals and
Rublee
National
Nebraska
Missouri
Quzil
Parert
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