Greece Granted Entente Control of Railways in Macedonia
London dispatches report Greece has given Allied forces full control of railways in Macedonia and certain Aegean ports to secure a stable base of operations. British forces in Mesopotamia retreat to Kut El Amara amid heavy losses and Turkish reinforcements, with 4 567 total casualties cited.
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Troops Land in England from Canada
Ottawa reports through the press censor that the troop ship Saxonia arrived in England after sailing from Canada on November 22. The contingent included the 4th Battalion British Columbia with 86 officers and 1,111 men, the 68th Battalion Ontario with 40 officers and 1,091 men, No 1 Battery siege battery with 6 officers and 210 men, and 1 chaplain.
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England
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É4th
British Columbia
Ontario
Local Faction Pressures Mayoral Fight Over Petition Drama
The Brown-Spencer group pushes a 300-name Dr. Macdonald mayoral petition amid a tense council scene. Alderman Hamilton Morrow, approached by phone, declines to join the faction and rumors of street politics swirl as the fight over Archie Hawthorne’s mayoralty continues.
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M. A. Brown
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Csque
Morrow
Archie Hawthorne
Jewel at Dreamland Monday
A brief notice notes a reading titled Jewel scheduled for Dreamland on Monday. Page 8 reference suggests theater or event listing detail within the issue.
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Dreamland
Church Union Vote Outlook Across Canada
The Gazette reports Ontario Presbyterian votes show a roughly 3000 vote majority against church union. New Brunswick returns also indicate opposition to union, reflecting a broader Canadian sentiment.
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the Gazette
Ontario
New Brunswick
Big clean up of Austrians
The Providence Journal reports a government plan to remove Austrian officials including Acting Ambassador Zweldenk, Count Nuber Von Pereked, and several consuls in New York, Pittsburg, Cleveland and Philadelphia. Washington seeks recall of Boy Ed and Franz von Papen for actions harming neutrality. The move targets all foreign officials deemed harmful to US interests and may seek safe conduct terms from the Allies.
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Rail earnings rise sharply in November reports
Montreal reports the November gross earnings of Canadian railways finished yesterday with a CAO statement showing a rise of 1.796 million dollars, 77.8 percent, the largest gain in the ongoing recovery started two months ago.
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Montreal
P. R
Paddy Doyle Again Stirs Sarcasm In That Sur Plus
Paddy Doyle teases readers in his That Sur plus column on page 2 as he mocks contemporary trends with sharpened wit. The satire promises a biting, humorous take framed as a classic in sarcasm.
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Paddy Doyle
Conspirators Sentenced in U S Government Fraud Case
In New York on December 4 Dr Karl Buenz George Kotter and Adolph Hochmeister of the Hamburg American line were sentenced to 18 months in the federal penitentiary for conspiracy to defraud the United States government Joseph Oppinghaus drew one year The line was fined one dollar All defendants granted bail pending writ of error pursuit.
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Karl Buenz
George Kotter
Adolph Hochmeister
Joseph Oppinghaus
Plans of Sir Robert Borden Shift to South and Holidays
Ottawa reports Sir Robert Borden has dropped a planned Western tour this month. He will travel south soon and likely spend Christmas at Hot Springs Virginia. The Western trip moves to next year with a possible return to England next summer due to imperial war concerns.
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Hot Springs
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England
German Cavalry Captain Von Brincken Charged in U S
Federal warrant issued in San Francisco charging Baron George Wilhelm Von Brincken, German army cavalry captain, with attempting to destroy commerce. He avoided arrest by claiming immunity as a diplomatic attaché at his hotel. Also includes an advertisement for electric vacuum cleaners and Medicine Hat Light Supply Co. item.
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George Wilhelm von Brincken
United States Marshall’s Office
von Brincken
Food riots in Berlin brutal crackdown kills 200
Paris dispatch reports a large protest by Berlin workers over food shortages. Troops broke up the demonstration and fired on the crowd, with fatalities estimated at about two hundred. The Berlin unrest is cited as spreading from Berlin via Derne.
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Deg Debats
Milan
Fournier Agency
Berlin
West receives 132 million for grain as 1914 crop tops records
Winnipeg reports that by November 21 1914 the Canadian West had earned nearly 12 million on 159 514 675 bushels of the crop with spring and winter wheat oats barley and flax totaling tens of millions. Prices for No 1 Northern wheat ranged from 93 7 8 to 103 4 1 3 cents and oats averaged about 38 7 8 to 42 cents amid damp October weather.
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German Naval Attache Arrives for Talks in Washington
Capt. Boyed, naval attache of the German embassy, arrived from New York for a lengthy conference with German ambassador Count Von Bernstorff after the United States demanded his immediate withdrawal.
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Washington
Capt. Boy-ed
United States
New York
Count von Bernstorff
Henry Ford Leads 80 Peace Advocates to Norway
Henry Ford sails from New York on the steamer Oscar II with more than eighty peace advocates. The party includes seven newspaper correspondents and photographers and over twenty assistants, secretaries, and stenographers.
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New York
Henry Ford
Christiania
Norway
Spencer Mayoral Bid Emerges From Federal Nomination Split
Nelson Spencer, linked to a Conservative faction, plans to retire as Federal candidate and run for mayor. F Jamieson would be nominated for the Federal seat by Spencer per the report.
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Nelson Spencer
Ahout
Stra Today
F. Jamieson
Pressure on Greece as refugees perish amid hunger
Public opinion shifts toward accepting Entente demands as thousands flee Monastir toward Fiorina. Athens suffers from shelter shortages, emptied treasury, and appeals for aid while Greece ponders the terms. Entente orders halt Greek cargo ships at allied ports and stop loading Greek vessels.
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Monastir
Greece
Figaro
French Aviator Details Victorious Air Duel Over North Sea
Paris reports the French aviator who downed a German Albatross over the North Sea near the Belgian coast on November 23 describes a high altitude duel. He and observer Second Lieutenant M. fired as the enemy aircraft attempted to flee toward the sea while anti aircraft fire raked their craft. The exchange occurred at about 4200 yards up with both machines locked in combat before the Albatross fell.
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