French in Serbia capture town as bombs drop on Strumitza
British and French action in Salonika fronts intensifies with a French raid dropping about fifty bombs on Strumitza and encamped troops. Serbian defense holds near Monastir while Allied cannons replace losses. Reports also note British airman Smyth Pigott earning the DSO after a night raid on the Orient Trunk Line bridge.
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Serbia
Strumitza
Kossovo
Saloniki
London Daily Chronicle
Monastir
Uskab
Non
Prilen
Kachanik
Prilep
London
Dedecayhatch
Smyth‘Pigott
Kuleli-Burgas
Turkey
Mawritsa River
Constantinople
Dedenghatch
Adrianople
Sofia
Smyth-Pigott
Greece yields to Entente over Greek policy
A credible report from Salonica via Paris says King Constantine assured General Kitchener he would not disarm or intern Entente troops sheltering in Greek soil. Greece, meanwhile, has interned several Austrian officers. Kitchener estimated Allied strength by March to arm 4,000,000 and provision 6,000,000 Russians, signaling total defeat for Germany. The king sees the friction as a misunderstanding easily remedied. Greece remains unable to demobilize or withdraw its Salonica troops despite French and British assessments about the Balkan campaign's future.
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M. Pachitch
Salonica
Athena
Daily Telegraph
Bulgaria
Riga-Dvina
Petrograd
Riga
Odessa
Black Sea
Russia
Berlin
Artois
Lorraine
London
Rumania
Balkans
Greece
Paris
Constantine
Kitchener
Entente
Harl Kitchener
England
Germany
Great Britain
Saloulca
British Consul Arrested in Shiraz Detention
British Consul General W. T. O'Connor and other British colony members were arrested at Shiraz Persia and taken to Bovasjan. The women in the party were released after reports said gendarmes deprived the Persian Governor.
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Bushire
Persia
W. T. O’connor
Shiraz
Bovasjan
Goschen's Son Released by Germans Amid Peace Talks
Berlin reports the German government has authorized the release of Lieutenant Gerard Goschen, son of Sir William Goschen, former British Ambassador to Germany. Goschen, wounded and captured early in the war in France, was released as consideration in ongoing discussions.
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Berlin
William Edward (Inscheu
Germany
Gerard Gesphen
France
Goschen
Hia
Pursuit of Donau and Dardanelles War Moves
The Turks press Allies at the Dardanelles in concert with the Teuton Serbia advance to hinder troop withdrawals. Copper roof from Donauenchin gen castle destined for munitions. roof weighs many tons. British near Bagdad press Turks back and Athens dispatches note a Salonica base for the war. Electric plant gear lands. Danube Oveova reports dampen German copper hopes as Serbs flood Vor mines.
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Dardanelles
Serbia
Imperial
Donauenchingen
Germany
Bagdad
Athens
Salonica
Ovéova
Danube
Berlin
Vor
Canadian Wheat Seized for War to Britain and Allies
Canada under the War Act commandeered all high grade wheat elevators from Fort William to the Atlantic coast. The action targets grain shippers and millers, with about 20 million bushels seized and fair compensation promised. Western surplus remains large as Britain, France, and Italy seek supplies. most seized wheat will likely go to Italy via British shipping.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Fort William
Lake Suberior
Atlantic
Canadian Grain Commission
Great Britain
France
Italy
Russia
Atlantic Seaboard
World Famous Artist Gustave Langenberg Dies
World renowned portrait painter Gustave C. Langenberg died in St. Mark's hospital in poverty. He painted many rulers including a portrait of President Wilson in his studio. An unfinished commission for the German emperor was worth about $15,000 but never delivered due to war. Wars in Europe and Mexico ruined his finances.
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New York
Gustave C. Langenberg
St. Mark’s Hospital
Wilson
Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Mexico
Langenberg
Airman Survives Jump From 106000 Feet
London reports Colonel Maitland of the Royal Naval Air Service leapt from an aeroplane at 106000 feet to test parachute safety. He descended in 15 minutes and landed safely after the experiment aimed at proving safe landing from extreme altitude.
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London
Colonel Maitland
Royal Naval Air Service
Maitland
Diaz revolution in Mexico reported
El Paso advices say Felix Diaz and associates, backed by the clerical party, bought a steamer at Vancouver and ship war munitions to Puerto Angles in Oaxaca for a new revolution led by Diaz with about 8,000 Oaxaca Indians as core. Mondragon, former Huerta minister of war, rumored to have met Diaz in Montreal.
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el Paso
Texas
Felix Diaz
Mexico
Vancouver
B. C
Puerto Angeles
Oaxaca
Salina Cruz
Diaz
Ganizing
Felix Ding
Gen
Mondragon
Montreal
Huerta
101000 Serbs Prisoners Reported in Berlin-Serai Progress
Berlin reports 101,000 Serbs prisoners in German Austrian Bulgarian hands as headquarters cites war progress. Rioting at Cotton Mill Greville causes injuries after a strike at Judson colon mill. One operative fatally stabbed, two others badly hurt.
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Berlin-Serl
Greville
Judson Colon Mil
Fire destroys 16000 cotton bales at Pine Bluff Compress
A blaze in Pine Bluff Ark destroyed about sixteen thousand bales of long staple cotton valued around 1.25 million dollars. Four acres of warehousing sheds belonging to the Pine Bluff Compress Company were burned. The flames caused extensive damage to stored cotton and facilities.
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Pine
Ark
Pine Bluff Compress Company
Ford chartered ship of peace to sail December
Henry Ford announces a peace expedition to Europe to end the war. He will charter the steamship Oscar II for a December 8 departure and invite leading pacifists from the United States Canada and neutral European nations to join a neutral peace conference in a major Dutch or Scandinavian city under the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace. He says delegates will come from all neutrals and from other peace bodies. He also says he has met with President Wilson but cannot reveal details.
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New York
Henry Ford
Detroit
Europe
Pord
Ford
Holland
United States
Canada
Central
South America
International Committee of Women For Permanent Peace
Wilson
Tam Net
Notebook Brings $235 at New York Auction
Manuscript notebook owned by Washington Irving includes a list of Indian tribes near New York, observations on army officers, and notes from his Knickerbocker history era. The item attracted attention at auction, selling for $235.
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New York
Washington Trving
Tragic Bridge Collapse Drowns Over 100 in Sicily
In Sicily the Salse river valley flood waters weakened a bridge causing its collapse. More than 100 people drowned as the river swelled after heavy rain. Rescuers worked through the aftermath and authorities opened inquiries into the disaster.
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Sicily
Salse
Peace Conference Aims to End War by Christmas
A conference member proposes joining fellow delegates to halt the dreadful conflict. He believes soldiers can be withdrawn from the trenches by Christmas and notes the lack of an international mechanism to mobilize belligerents toward peace. The conference will address establishing such machinery.
Courts May Stop Ford's Peace Mission Voyage
New York recalls the U S criminal code penalizes any person who conducts correspondence or intercourse with a foreign government officer without government authority. Rumor says federal authorities viewed the statute as a means to dissuade the Port party from voyaging abroad.
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Ford
New York
United States
Ford plans massive war preparedness propaganda push
Washington reports Henry Ford vows to spend millions to promote anti war preparedness in the United States as part of a movement to bring the boys home from the trenches by Christmas. It is likely William Jennings Bryan will join the expedition.
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Europe
Plot to Wreck Lake Canal Near Montreal Factory
Police believe a bomb found near the Montreal Blanket Company factory was part of a plot to wreck the Lachina canal on its banks. The canal’s destruction would halt grain shipments from lake ports and threaten regional commerce.
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Montreal
Montreal Blanket Company
Lachina Canal
Fire Toll from Explosion in Erle Pa Borough
A blaze in Erle near Wesleyville killed one person and seriously burned two others. Three more sustained injuries as flames threatened the borough. The local fire department responded swiftly to the alarm, preventing broader devastation.
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Erle
Wesleyville
Guardian of Grant's Tomb Passes in New York
Announcement of the death of Colonel W. H. L. AL, custodian of Grant's tomb for years, aged 78. Served in the Civil War under General Slocum with the One Hundred aus, New York Volunteers.
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Grant
New York
W. HL
Slocum
Spud
New York Volunteers
Chilean Four-Masted Garol Maru Lost With All Hands
Special advices from Victoria B C report the Chilean full rigged four masted ship Garol Maru has been lost with all hands, about 26 persons aboard. The Tacoma Washington dispatch notes the vessel was sailing under Chilean flag when it disappeared. The fate of the crew remains unconfirmed as authorities search the area.
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Perigh
Tacoma
Wash
Victoria
B. C
Mammoth project to further trade enterprise in Europe and Americas
New York reports the incorporation of the American International Corporation with a capital of 50,000,000 to develop American facts abroad. Directors include J Ogden Armour Jamies J Mill Percy A Rockefeller John J Ryan Frank A Vanderlip Theodore N Vail and Charles A Stone. Stone heads Stone & Webster of Boston as president. Wyansley of Standard Oil NY is secretary treasurer. The stock will not be offered to the public. The firm will finance, supervise construction and operate large enterprises to develop resources in foreseen regions.
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New York
American International Corporation
Europe
South America
J. Ogden Armour
Jamies J. Mill
Percy A. Rockefeller
John J. Ryan
Frank A. Vanderlip
Theodore N- Vail
Charles A. Stone
Mr. Stone
Stone & Webster
Boston
Wyinsley
Standard Oil Company of
Yukon Governor Black to resign and join expedition
Governor Georges Black of Yukon wired his resignation to Premier Borden of Canada and announced plans to form a commission and serve as captain in the expeditionary forces to be sent to France in the spring.
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San Francisco
Georges Black
Territory of
Yukon
Borden
Canada
France
Famous Hymn Writer Bursts Blood Vessel Near 80
The renowned hymn writer known as Mdisuh Page, creator of Beulah Land Simply Trusting and other hymns, suffered a burst blood vessel over his eye. He is nearly 80 and had just released his latest hymn Crossing tha Har days earlier.
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Jape May
N. J
Stites
Beulah Land
Indigestion in the Lung and Cabinet Change
New York reports James Witzpatrick with a punctured left lung after a knife attack and alleged indigestion. In London, Herbert L. Samuel is appointed chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and retains the post of postmaster general, joining Churchill in cabinet duties.
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New York
James Witzpatrick
Churchill
London
Lerbert L. Samuel
Duchy of Lancaster
Winston Spencer Churchill
Samuel
Genurak
Wettest Minnesota Town Ends Saloons Riotous Farewell
Revelry marked the closing of 24 saloons in a city famed as Minnesota's wettest town. The area once boasted one saloon per 46 residents amid years of boisterous activity and now transitions as community officials mark the end of an era. New Haven Orders $2,000,000 in New York New Haven & Hartford equipment. The railroad plans include 83 freight engines 100 steel passenger cars and two steel diving cars.
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Minnesota
Grand Marks
Minn
New Haven
New York
Vihe
New Haven & Hartford Hailroad Company
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Thomas Lester
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Polly
Lexington
Allentown
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John Marshall
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Ship OF Peace
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