Italian Steamers Burned and Bomb Plots Unfold
Reported Italian steamers burned and a dynamite trunk found in Scranton linked to a planned bomb at DeFucct Powder Works. Three men were arrested as authorities probe a wider plot tied to war-supply disruptions. Other sites, including Bethlehem Steel and Roebling plant, reported fires and equipment damage with losses near 510,000.
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Satento Allien
Juntion
Dynamics Peat Scranton
Bethlchem
Millia
Eawn Deberton
Coum
Port Arthur
Tex
Benteek
Eugene Engiiin
Packvilin
Scranton
Federet
Balleve
Jermyn
Allan
Debe A. Roebling
Sons Company
Trenton
N. J. Rarved
Thomas Fakelly Bolt Company
Philadelphia
Iicla
Sparks From The Wire Highlights 1914 Dispatches
Washington reports the United States will not contest Germany over Amer Seen pearporta production. Secretary of State Fade states the reply to Germany’s note will be sent. Events also note promotions for naval enginemen on the Pennsylvania line and conscription plans by Great Britain.
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Washington
United State
Germany
Onre ' Affoona
Chippens Falls
Win
Wisconsin
Jamal
Lyman
John Zigler
Eau Claire
Lesdon
Callet
Lewd Darby
Sothor- My
Asquith Herd
Indiepensalte
COY PURNELL FOUND GUILTY IN AU GUSTA TRIAL
A jury in St Joseph Michigan found Coy Purnell guilty on a charge related to a $25 000 Augusta case. The verdict requires damages and a court-imposed sum. The crowded courtroom heard testimony about the inner circle around a kinglike figure and coercive acts linked to a serial abuse case.
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St Joseph, Mich
Augusta
Giolidey
Prince” Coy Purnall
Ierne Howse
Devid
Hol Mény
Shiok
Benjamin
Melidar
Benjamin Wan
Sho Wan
Hurley murder trial ends. jury directed in teen romance case
In Lincoln, Daniel Hurley Jr., age nineteen, faced trial for the murder of his seventeen year old sweetheart Katharine Roller. The jury received the case after testimony and analysis showed raison in the victim’s stomach. The report notes unresolved details and accompanying dispatches from London and Petrograd about unrelated events.
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Lincnln
Daniel Hurley, Jr
Katherion Roller
Raison
Serb Lands Reconfigured as Austro Bulgarian Push
In late 1915 reports from London say Serbia’s south is to be annexed by Bulgaria, with large sections to Austro Hungary. Ausro German forces press south of Kraljevo, while King Peter narrowly escapes capture as Kragujevac falls. French and Bulgarian advances threaten Nish and strategic routes as troops pursue the Serb army toward Greece and Albania.
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Serbia
Bulgaria
Memages
Czar
Ferdinand
Radoslave
Nish
Teutonic
Greece
Albania
Krujivac
Prisoher
Berlin
Kraljevo
Ivanjica
Peter Vot Horbla
Bulger
Strummnitza
Varverin
Niah
Kastak
Demand for publication of expert opinions on national defense
Washington November 12 a request from the American Defense society at New York headquarters urged President Wilson to publish the recommendations on national preparedness by the naval general board and the army general staff. The group also asked Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Secretary of War Garrison to aid publication. It said intelligent discussion of defense depends on expert opinion.
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Washington
Naval General Board
Army
Wilson
American Defense Society
New York
Navy
Garrison
Slain prize Guernsey herd sparks court clash
Chicago reports Governor Dunne ordered the slaughter of quarantined prize Guernseys from Crab Tree farm despite a circuit injunction. Judge Edwards threatens contempt charges against State Veterinarian Dyson and Commissioners Shanty Brown and Patterson. Mrs Durand laments justice in the state as 57 cows valued around 50 000 are shot, destroying era bloodstock.
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Chicago
Clare
Wankeean
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Scott Derand
Lastice
Dunne
Edwards
Dyson
Shanty, Brown and Patterson
Durand
Armed men guard oil train to New York for wartime traffic
Richmond California November 12 an armed guard and 750000 gallons of petrol aboard an ex-press train will depart for New York every 24 hours until the Panama Canal reopens for traffic officials of the Standard Oil Company announced. Chicago November 12 a woman identified only as Miss Colf burned to death in a rooming house at 2072 Indiana Avenue in a fire of mysterious origin.
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Cal
New York
Panama Canal
Trafic
Standsrrd OU
Chicago
Miss Colf
Indiana Avenue
Realty Law Test of Reality in Supreme Court Brief
Classified civil service employees filed a brief in Ritzmann vs B Campbell and Webb challenging Barnes Moore Civil Service act validity. The brief, led by ex Attorney General Hogan Judge Okey and Peter Dempsey, argues acts printed in Ohio Law can be tested by legislative journals against constitutional compliance. Opposing view from Attorney General Turner says enrolled bill is final. Thanksgiving Proclamation from Gov Willis notes peace, harvests, and calls for prayers. Famous relic room at state capitol to get new steel and glass cases. relics moved to private offices. Columbus faces new charter innovations including recall, direct labor, municipal utilities, and expanded civil service.
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Union News
Columbus
Classified Service
Barnes-Moore
Supreme Court
Ritzmann
B. Campbell
D. Webb
State Civil Service Commission
Timothy S. Hogan
Geo. B. Okey
Peter £. Dempsey
Ohio
Edward C. Turner
Willis
State House
Capitol
State Department
New Welfare Department
Terrific cyclone devastates Great Bend Kansas area
A violent storm struck Great Bend and surrounding towns on Wednesday night, destroying waterworks and the electric plant, demolishing mills and grain elevators, and wrecking half the town. Twelve people were killed and over 100 injured. Six bodies reported, hospitals rushing doctors and nurses. Pratt and Larned also suffered heavy damage as rain followed the winds.
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Great Bend
Kan
Great End
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Wichita
Ornado
Pratt
Larned
Hutel
British forces search U S ship Zeelandia at Progreso
Washington reports an American steamship Zeelandia was forcibly searched by a party from a British cruiser while at the Mexican port of Progreso. The incident, if confirmed, would violate Mexican neutrality and Britain’s rights, prompting a likely diplomatic protest and a thorough investigation.
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Zeelandia
Progreso
Mex
United States
Great Britain
Fire destroys No 4 shop at Bethlehem Steel plant
South Bethlehem Pa November 13 Officials of Bethlehem Steel began planning to extend capacity after a fire left only the charred skeleton of No 4 machine shop. Estimated losses near 4 million dollars with about 1060 machines damaged or destroyed in the building. Origin of the blaze unknown and oil in the boring rails section sparked the flames.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Passport plot denied by German note in Washington
Washington notes Germany denies manufacturing fraudulent American passports and says it stopped such work in Antwerp where a falsifier was found. The German foreign office rejects spy Robert Rosenthal’s claim of being offered a false passport in the admiralty offices. Milwaukee suspends Johnny Kilbane for stalling in the bout with Ritchie Mitchell.
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State Department
Germany
Antwerp
Robert Rosenthal
London
Admiralty Star
Wisconsin
Kilbane
Milwaukee
Johnny Kilbane
Wisconsin Boxing Commission
Ritchie Mitchell
Ohio Penitentiary Voted Healthiest Spot in State
Ohio State University medical students visiting the penitentiary for their Monday clinic report the prison hospital is empty with no illness cases in over ten days. The prison houses more than 1,800 inmates, and the findings label the facility as the healthiest spot in Ohio.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio
Medical Department
Ohio State University
Nation wide spy blot uncovered in Providence report
Storied accusations from former Austrian official Dr Joseph Gorlar claim German and Austrian agents funded by Berlin and Vienna crafted a nationwide propaganda web. He alleges covert efforts to obtain harbor fortifications and Bremerton navy yard data while warning of planned attacks on railways warehouses and shipping within weeks.
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R. L
United States
Providence Journal
The
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Joseph Gorlar
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von Nuber
Gorkar
San Francisco
Maximilian Bursty
Washington
Pacific Coast
Bremerton Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Dumbu
von Nuher
Palitana Jain Temple City Crowned In Vast Historic Enclave
The temple city Palitana rises on a mountain with resthouses along the philerims and temples spanning a 8000 year heritage. An enclosed sacred precinct bans regular activity, leaving priests and attendants the daytime crowd, while nights turn the city vacant.
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Palitana
Jean
Ohio notes large potato crop and rail accident mix
Columbus reports Obin raised a potato crop enough for every state resident about a bushel and a half. The November crop total stood at 7,014,256 bushels on 46,453 acres, averaging 75 bushels per acre. Across towns, a string of incidents includes a crossing fatality near Marion, a murder mystery twist in Lima, a wreck near Sandusky, payrolls in script in Steubenville, and a fatal rabbit hunt in Mansfield.
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Obin
State Board of Agriculture
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