Maximalists seize Petrograd in bloodless coup
The Maximalists declare control of Petrograd with garrison aid and plan immediate peace and peasant land handover. Trotzky proclaims the provisional government ended and ministers arrested as the preliminary parliament dissolves. Chorus of diverse factions reports shifting allegiance and a call for mass delegation to express army will.
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London
Petrograd
Leon Trotzky
Kerensky
Petrograd Council of Soldiers and Workmen
M. Trotzky
Nickol Linine
Minimalists
Retreat continues as Teutons gain ground at Passchendaele
The Italians Brit ish and French troops aid Gen Cadorna as Italian retreat extends toward a new defense line. Berlin reports Austro German advances to the Livenza river while Italians prepare to defend the Livenza and Paive lines. Passchendaele positions fall to the British with 460 prisoners.
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Venice
Italy
Cadorna
Berlin
Livenza
Tagliamento
Paive
Taglamento
Isonzo
Passchendaele
Ypres
Passchedaele
A Lille
Russian Ambassador to Speak on Petrograd Coup
Boris A. Bakhmetieff, the Russian ambassador to the United States, arrived in Memphis and learned of the reported Maximalist coup in Petrograd. He said a statement would be issued later.
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Memphis
Boris A. Bakhmetieff
United States
Petrograd
M. Bakhmetieff
High Point Randleman Ashboro and Southern Railroad Hold Annual Meeting
The stockholders of the High Point Randleman Ashboro and Southern railroad will meet in the city on Tuesday November 27. Secretary C D Mackay says the directors room at Commercial National Bank is likely venue. Stock transfer books close November 19 and reopen November 28 after a strong year.
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High Point
Randleman
Ashboro
Southern Hero
High Point, Randleman, Ashboro and Southern Railroad
C. D. Mackay
Commercial National Bank
Britain Sends Food Rations to Front in Jam and Tea Volumes
London reports the British army in France receives nearly 2,000,000 pounds of jam weekly. Daily cheese ration of three ounces requires 1,000,010 to 2,000,000 pounds weekly. Tea ration of just over half an ounce consumes over 500,000 pounds weekly.
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London
France
Railways seek higher passenger mile rates
Washington on November 8 southeastern railways asked the Interstate Commerce Commission permission to raise interchangeable passenger mile rates from 2 to 214 cents a mile.
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Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southeastern Railways
Steamer Rochester Sunk by Teuton U Boat
The American steamer Rochester was torpedoed and sunk on November 2. Four sailors are known to have died. The captain and 22 men were landed at Buncrana. One lifeboat with nine survivors reached Ross Port in Mayo. One boat with the second mate and a crewman are missing.
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London
Nov.s
Rochester
Tsanen
Buncrana
Ross Port
County of Mayo
Decision in Turner Case Reversed by High Point Supreme Court
The North Carolina Supreme Court in Raleigh overturned the Kilford County Superior Court ruling in the Turner versus North Carolina Public Service case. Mrs. J A Turner claimed damages to her home due to freight car shifts on Public Service tracks. The unanimous opinion held car movements were likely annoying but necessary in a manufacturing city, High Point.
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High Point
Supreme Court
Raleigh
J. A Turner
North Carolina Public Service Company
St Mary's Episcopal Church Announces New Rector
M C Crowson reports Rev Thomas J Trott of Monroe and Rockingham has accepted St Marys vestry call. He will begin by January 1. The small but active church gains a popular, esteemed pastor and widens its leadership in High Point North Carolina.
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High Point
M. C. Crowson
Thomas J. Trott
Monroe
Rockingham
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
James P. Gibbs
St. Mary’s Church
American gunners sink submarine in the Mediterranean
A U S ship reports to the navy that a Teutonic submarine was sunk in the Mediterranean by a sixth stern gun shot. Three bow shells and two stern shells missed before the fatal shot struck at the periscope base creating an explosion and the submarine sank with all hands.
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Atlantic
Mediterranean
Navy Department
Fire destroys Peacock finishing plant and homes in Lexington
Fire raged through the Peacock Furniture finishing department early today in Lexington, destroying the plant’s roof and a barn and three small residences. Loss is estimated at 65 000 to 69 000 with about 25 000 insurance, delaying power lines and stopping trains on the Southern Railway for over an hour. No cause yet determined.
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Lexington
Peacock Furniture Company
J. T. Hedrick
Peacock Company
Southern Railway Company
Salvation Army official to speak in High Point
Commandant Frank Croft of the Atlantic coast Salvation Army with headquarters in Philadelphia will visit High Point Friday evening November 9 for a special service at the Salvation Army hall on South Main. Seats are free and the public is invited. Adjutant Henderson and Miss Marie Henderson of Greensboro will attend an open air service at the hall on Smith and Snow streets.
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Frank Croft
P. Y. Pls
Atlantic Coast Province
Philadelphia
High Point
Salvation Army Hall
South Main Street
Croft
Salvation Army
Henderson
Marie Henderson
Greensboro
Hall
Smith and Snow Streets
Socialists urged to form international body for Entente
London reports the executive committee of Britain's National Socialist Party, backing continued war until Germany is defeated, calls on national and international socialists in America to found an international organization of Entente socialists. It cites the 1914 breakup of the previous bureau by German social democrats.
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London
National Socialist Party of Great Britain
Germany
Kin Os
America
International Socialist Bureau
Social Democrats
Cotton Ginning Totals by November Reported
The Census Bureau reports ginned cotton before November at 7,150,254 bales, counting round as half and including 133,170 round bales and 157.38L sea island bales. Last year ginned before November was 8,623.8 bales with 154,141 round and 80,727 sea island bales, with state totals shown for North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
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Washington
Nov. S
Sea Island
Census Bureau
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Special Mission 13 Arrives in London for Allied Talks
London reports the special America commission led by Col. House arrived for the inter allied war conference. He described the voyage as pleasant with fair weather and no submarines. Washington notes representatives are in England for talks on coordinating military forces against Germany. No date or venue announced. Secretary Lansing says peace terms and political questions will not be on the agenda.
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London
Special America Commission
Col. M. House
Associated Press
Washington
England
Germany
Lansing
International Purity Congress Opens in Louisville
The Tenth International Purity Congress opens in Louisville under the World Purity Federation and runs through next Wednesday. Delegates from across the United States and several foreign countries will present papers on social reform topics as they discuss banning restricted districts and launching a crusade against them.
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Louisville
World’s Purity Federation
United States
Congress
YMCA workers to visit High Point for war work drive
J Norman Wills of Greensboro and John A Addison secretary of the Greens boro Y M C A will visit High Point to organize a campaign to raise funds for war work. Wills chairs the Guilford Randolph and Rockingham district committee and a 2 30 meeting at the Commercial club will outline plans and invite all interested to attend.
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J. Norman Wills
John A. Addison
Commercial Club
Greensboro
Wills
Addison
France
Cotton futures rise after bullish census report
New York traders pushed cotton prices higher after a bullish census report. The market opened steady with an 8 to 12 point gain and moved 40 to 46 points higher, with December at 27.56 and January at 27.12. December opened at 27.50, January 26.50, March 26.41, May 26.20, and July 24.89.
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New York
Socialists win 19 of 29 Cook County towns in judicial race
Complete returns show the Socialists carried 19 of the 29 county towns in Cook County last Tuesday. In these 19 towns a majority of voters are of German birth or German parentage, according to the books.
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Chicago
Cook County
Nerensky Fall Triggers Alarm Over Russia’s Civil War
Washington monitors Kerensky's collapse as Maximalists push a separate peace with Germany. A new government may form in Moscow while Petrograd holds with loyal troops. Japan may send troops to aid Russia as the war council seeks to realign Allied power against the invaders.
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Japan
Russia
Washington
Kerensky
Maximalists
Germany
State Department
Francis
Petrograd
Nerensky
Moscow
Vorniloff
United States
Staly
Alps
First Americans Dead Are Buried With Honors
The first three American soldiers killed in the trenches in France are buried with honors. Their final interment occurred yesterday as French guards and American detachments attended the ceremony with flag wrapped caskets and taps by a bugler.
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France
Nov. S
Associated Preas
Army of
Brooklyn Building Collapse Kills Seven
Seven people, including five women and two men, are believed dead after the collapse of three floors in a Brooklyn building. The structure housed a cam cern supplying provisions to the government.
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New York
S&s
Brooklyn
Cam Cern
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