Iowa Extension Service Expands Outreach Tenfold in Ten Years
Ames report highlights the Iowa State College agricultural extension department reaching farmers busy at work. It notes a doubling of county agents, 82 percent more organized counties, and 77 percent more dairy testing associations. Boys Acre Corn Club drew 3400+ boys with average 73.5 bushels per acre. extension work included 6463 meetings, 8356 demonstrations, 8261 farm visits, and 31 building plans mailed to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Iowa
Iowa Scholars Up To Standard Report
Iowa City school children number 522 423 and meet the national average, according to E J Ashbaugh of the university extension. Charts shown at Des Moines by the State Teachers association illustrate how well students perform fundamental operations in grade tests from various Iowa towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa City
United States
E. J. Ashbaugh
Extension Department
University
State Teachers Association
Des Moines
Suit May Be Dropped In Ames Ward Split Contention
The adoption of a new city government form in Ames may yield a compromise between city proper residents and fourth warders to avoid severing the fourth ward from Ames. A severance petition sits in district court awaiting action as factions propose either a commission form or a city manager plan.
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Ames
Fourth
Miss Shirley seeks jailer support plan for bootleggers
Des Moines reports county overseer Miss Jane Shirley will ask the next legislature to require jailed bootleggers to support their families while in custody. She proposes a county run industry where earnings offset maintenance costs and aid dependents, rather than punishment alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jane Shirley
Hereford herd sold at Sandy Hill farm for 400 each
Mount Vernon reports the thor oughbred Hereford cattle owned by E. W. Kreischer of Sandy Hill farm south of Mount Vernon were sold to Warren T Cray of Kentland Indiana at 400 per head. Kreischer has shipped stock to seventeen states over four years and commands high prices.
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Mount Vernon
E. W. Kreischer
Sandy Hill Farm
Warren T, Cray
Kentland
Ind
Kreischer
Robber Gang Arrests Linked to Iowa Town Heists
Police say confession by Elmer Sanders, jailed on bootlegging charges, led to the arrest of J. G. Brinegar of Des Moines George Kruse of Duncombe and Oliver Metzer of Fort Dodge. The four men are charged as members of a gang tied to several recent robberies in small Iowa towns.
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Fort Dodge
Elmer Sanders
J. G. Brinegar
Des Moines
George Kruse
Duncombe
Oliver Metzer
Iowa
Prominent Former Iowan Dies in Los Angeles
Maj Edwin M Suplee U S A retired died at his Los Angeles home after a long military career. Born in Pennsylvania October 10 1865 he moved to Iowa with his parents as a youth and earned West Point entry in June 1884 graduating with honors four years later. He was appointed second lieutenant in the Third U S Cavalry soon after graduation.
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Des Moines
Edwin M. Suplee
Los Angeles
Suplee
Pennsylvania
Iowa
West Point
Leutenant
U. S. Cavalry
Women Drive Jitneys In Ames College Area
The Ames jitney line releases female drivers as a new feature to attract students after a new street car loop opened on the south side. The young women are training as chauffeurs and the business shows increased patronage.
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Ames
Remarkable operation saves two children at University hospital
Dr. L W Dean performed delicate lung extractions on two near death pneumonia cases at University hospital. A tiny electric light revealed foreign objects in the lungs. One boy, Lynn of Davenport, yielded a tin foil wad. the other, Clarence Fair, a brass penholder two inches long. Both survived after the miraculous procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University Hospital
L. W. Dean
Medical College
Master Lynn
W. R. Lynn
Davenport
Dean
Clarence Fairchild
Students Pledge Large Sum for War Prisoner Aid
Cedar Rapids Iowa college students pledged 20000 of 150000 to the Y M C A international committee for religious work among war prisoners in Europe. Nine college presidents and state associations backed the effort at a conference with David R Porter Y M C A executive secretary for North America. Iowa colleges lead the fund allocation, with Porter estimating 3000000 prisoners to be aided.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Y. M. C. A. International Committee
Europe
David R. Porter
North America
Porter
New Corn On Market In Iowa Yield Reports
Council Bluffs report notes unusually early mature corn. Ray Birney of Hancock husked a load and shipped it to Chicago after shelling at the elevator. Iowa yields range from 50 to 100 bushels per acre in some areas while others are below early estimates. New corn price stands at 80 cents a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Ray Birney
Hancock
Chicago
Iowa
Woman burned to death in oil fire tragedy
Mrs. Frank Ross of Mount Ayr received fatal burns after pouring kerosene from a five gallon can onto a fire. The explosion engulfed the room in flames. Her daughters Lois and Dorothy were seriously burned while trying to help their mother. Mrs. Ross remained conscious until death hours later.
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Mount Ayr
Frank Ross
Lois
Dorothy
Drake Law Dean Resigns at Drake University
E. B. Evans resigns after ten years as dean of Drake Law College with effect at year's end. Evans, grand master of the A. U. W., is noted as a specialist in insurance law and joined Drake in 1910 after serving as secretary of the law school until 1906.
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Drake Law
Des Moines
E. B. Evans
Drake Law College
Evans
Dean Evans
Drake
Law School
Judge Cole
College President Injured In Interurban Collision
J. H. T. Main president of Grinnell College was injured in a collision between an interurban car and a freight train at Myers crossing fifteen miles south of Cedar Rapids. Main suffered a dislocated shoulder and was rushed to a local hospital as the car traveled from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City.
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Cedar Rapids
J. H. T. Main
Grinnell College
Myers Crossing
Main
Iowa City
Potato King Erickson Charged in Weight Law Violation
Des Moines reports Charles Erickson known as the potato king was arrested again on weight and measure charge. The state food and dairy department filed information accusing him of selling 275 bushels of potatoes to F. C. Mason at Ira that were found to contain 25 bushels of dirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles Erickson
Erickson
State Food and Dairy Department
F. C. Mason
Ira
Iowa Railroad Sold in Receiver Auction for 21250
Council Bluffs auctioned the Towa Short Line railroad a fourteen mile line from Treynor to Council Bluffs. Herman Sonken of Kansas City won the bid 21 250 representing other interests.
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Iowa Railroad
Council Bluffs
Herman Sonken
Kansas City
Towa Short Line
Treynor
Sonken
Many Silos In Town Ames
The state board of agriculture reports a rise in silos from 6781 in 1913 to 13251 on January 1 this year, with estimates likely surpassing 16000. The state census shows 133,642 acres of corn used for silage two years ago, producing 1,080,540 tons valued at 4.3089 million dollars.
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Ames
State Board of Agriculture
Iowa
Leads In Alfalfa Production in Iowa County
Pottawattamie county tops Iowa in alfalfa output with 21,002 acres 45,658 tons valued at 410,904 in 1914 from the last special census. Scott county’s experience shows growth from two alfalfa fields in 1912 to 200 fields totaling 2,700 acres yielding about 5.25 tons per acre after three years.
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Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Iowa
Scott County
Plans For Iowa Stock To Compete At Chicago Show
Iowa State College stockmen prepare about sixty six head for the International Live Stock Show in Chicago December 2 to 9. Entries include twenty fat steers fifteen fat hogs twenty five fat wethers and six draft horses and colts. The fat steers will be sold at the end of the show and hogs also sold while horses and sheep go back to college farms. A student judging team will compete with other colleges and the team entry will be made later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Chicago
Sail Ship Marina Torpedoed. 16 Crew Missing
London reports the Marina torpedoed with 88 survivors landed at Crookhaven. The 5 204 ton vessel, built 1890, was outward bound and broke in two after two torpedo blasts. Americans aboard unknown among the 88 rescued. Mr. Frost to gather full details. Rowanmore also torpedoed. seven Americans aboard.
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London
Admiralty
Marina
Crookhaven
Frost
Ireland
Glasgow
Newport News
Rowanmore
U-Boat Deutschland Reaches New London Harbor
The German submarine Deutschland arrived in New London Connecticut early Wednesday morning after sailing from Bremen on October 10. Captain Koenig stated the voyage was without incident and a crew of 25 men accompanied the vessel. The ship docked at the Hastern Forwarding Company and special preparations were arranged in New London rather than Norfolk or Baltimore.
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New London
Conn
Deutschland
Koenig
Bremen
Norfolk
Baltimore
Willehad
Lloyd Wet
Boston
America
Coal Supply Threatened by Car Shortage
Des Moines reports a looming coal shortage as rail cars dwindle. Shippers say limited storage and high daily demand worsen the deficit, with eastern lines taking western cars and delaying returns. Proposals include higher demurrage fees and incentives for faster unloading.
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Des Moines
State House
Villa bandits loot train near Laguna
In El Paso the Villa bandits raided a Central Mexican passenger train from Chihuahua City. Dr. Haffner, a German physician aboard, identified several bandits he once treated and heard claims of Santa Rosalia and Jimenez fallen, with Chihuahua City expected to fall within ten days if the Juarez railroad is destroyed.
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el Paso
Tex
Laguna
Dr. Haffner
Chihuahua City
Haffner
Villa
Santa Rosalia
Jimenez
Juarez
Start New Dormitories for Grinnell College
Grinnell College begins three new men's dormitories on the proposed quadrangle. The buildings will house 130 students and provide meals for about 260, with completion expected late next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Cedar Rapids Opens Potato Sale To Ease High Cost
Cedar Rapids city council authorizes Commissioner of Finance J. D. Kennedy to import and sell potatoes to residents for cash with a limit of ten bushels per buyer to break the back of high living costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Woman Heads State Teachers Association
Des Moines report states Mrs Eva Fleming superintendent of Decorah schools and retiring executive committee member was elected president of the Iowa teachers at the annual convention. Fleming has served three years on the committee the last as its head and helped arrange a record breaking gathering.
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Des Moines
Eva Fleming
Decorah
State Teachers’ Association
Iowa Teachers
Fleming
Twelve Pass State Pharmacy Exam from Fifty Applicants
Of fifty applicants who took the state board of pharmacy examination, twelve passed the required mark. Those who passed include HE. Bach er of Des Moines. Rf. G. Cunningham of Davenport. H. J. Davis of Des Moines. P. F. Greenawalt of Des Moines. E. H. Haskins of Des Moines. O. Jacobsen of Dows. Miss Bessie L. Mincer of Cozad Nebraska. B. BE. Noll of Spirit Lake. C. A. Pates of Jefferson. B. O. Pinch of Manchester. G. H. Schmidt of Elkader. and Walter Schwartz of Keokuk.
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State Board of Pharmacy
HE. HE. Bacher
Des Moines
Rf. G. Cunningham
Davenport
H. J. Davis
P. F. Greenawalt
E. H. Haskins
O. Jacobsen
Dows
Bessie L. Mincer
Cozad
Neb
B. BE. Noll
Spirit. Lake
C. A. Pates
Jefferson
B. O. Pinch
Manchester
G. H. Schmidt
Eikeder
Walter Schwartz
Keokuk
Train Hits Auto Killings In Three Separate Crashes
At Hinton West Virginia a lumberman James Gwinn his wife Mrs J J Holland and Ada Gunther die when their car is struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio train at a crossing near town. In Cleveland Ohio Miss Anna Murray Gilbert Montague are killed and Irene O Boyle is seriously injured after a high speed auto crashes into a bridge railing west of the city.
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Hinton
W. Va
James Gwinn
J. J. Holland
Ada Gunther
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Cleveland
Anna Murray
Gilbert Montague
Irene O’boyle
Bank Robber Is Captured After St. Joseph Hold Up
Frank Rainey of Hillsdale confessed he entered the Eau Claire State Bank to fund a potato purchase and ended up single handedly robbing the cashier Vere Beckwith of $4,000. He was captured by Sheriff Fred C. Franz that same night in a swamp near Eau Claire after release from Kalamazoo state hospital last July.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Frank Rainey
Hillsdale
Vere Beckwith
Eau Claire
Seven Hundred Men Strike at New England Lens Factory
Seven hundred workers at the American Optical lens factory in Southbridge Massachusetts walked out demanding a twenty percent wage increase. It is described as the largest factory of its kind worldwide.
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Southbridge
Mass
American Optical Company
Pastor Russell Dies En Route to New York On Train
Canadian Texas November news notes the death of Charles Tate Russell known as Pastor Russell an independent minister whose sermons appeared in about 1500 papers weekly. He died on a Santa Fe train en route to New York from heart disease born February 16 1852 in Pittsburgh. He founded Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society moved to Brooklyn with headquarters there and in London. International Bible Students Association was among his organizations. He promoted views that hell is eternal death and predicted the world would end in 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian
Tex
Charles Tate Russell
International Bible Students’ Association
Russell
Hell
Japanese envoy presents credentials to President Wilson
Viscount Almane Sato, recently named ambassador to the United States, was received at Shadow Lawn by President Wilson. He came with Third Assistant Secretary of State William Phillips and an honorary escort of Japanese countrymen. The ceremony was marked by much pomp. Wilson also met with President Watson and the executive committee of the National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Viscount Almane Sato
United States
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
William Phillips
Watson
National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
Senator Borah Stricken With Pneumonia in Wisconsin
Senator William E Borah of Idaho is ill with pneumonia at a Fond du Lac hotel amid exposure from a Montana blizzard. All his speaking engagements are canceled as he receives treatment.
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Borah
Fond du ‘Lac
Wis
William
Idaho
Montana
Bandits Raid Galindo Ranch For 18000 In Gold
Five bandits robbed the Galindo ranch home near Presidio Texas about 70 miles south of here. They reportedly obtained 18000 in gold coin from Juan Galindo’s residence.
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Presidio
Tex
Juan Galindo
Here
Galindo
German Submarine Sinks Greek Steamship Anghelika
Athens reports a German submarine sank the Greek steamship Anghelika. The action is described as conducted under the laws of nations.
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Notmal
Athens
Legation
Russian General Sakharoff to Lead Dobrudja Army
Bucharest dispatch reports Lieutenant General Vladimir Sakharoff, commander of Russian forces in Galicia, will command the army in Dobrudja. The Wireless Press notes the plan was received in London on November 4.
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Russ
Dobrudja
London
Bucharest
Vladimir Sakharoff
Galicia
New Dimes Appear in Wall Street Curb Sale
The new dimes from Uncle Sam's mint showed up in the Wall Street district with sizable numbers. They sold on the curb at two for a quarter, drawing attention from passersby and collectors alike.
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New York
Uncle Sam’s Mint
Wall Street
New Swedish Prince Arrives In Stockholm
The crown princess of Sweden gave birth to a son in Stockholm on November 2. Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, married in 1905 to Princess Margaret Victoria, now has four sons and one daughter.
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Stockholm
Crown Princess of
Sweden
Gustaf Adolf
Margaret Victoria
Hill to Make Chicago Home
Walter J. Hill, third son of the late James J. Hill and former chairman of the Great Northern railway board, will become a Chicago resident soon.
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Hill
Chicago
Walter J. Hil
James J. Hill
The
Great Northern Railway of
St. Paul
German Troops Storm Russian Positions in Volhynia
Berlin reports that General von Linsingen’s force captured Russian trenches on the left bank of the Stokhod river south of Vitoniez in Volhynia. The victory yielded 22 officers and 1,508 men, plus ten machine guns and three mine throwers, with light German losses.
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Berlin
von Linsingen
Petrograd
Stokhod River
Vitonicz
Volhynia
War Office
Hulsday
Prince Leopold
von Lipsingen
von Ditfurth
Stokhod
Vitoniez
Germans Quit Fort Vaux as Verdun Evacuated
Berlin reports Fort Vaux evacuated after heavy bombardment as French guns pound the fortress. The German war office also says gains on the Somme with French forces advancing through fog and smoke on Wednesday night and capturing 536 German prisoners.
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Berlin
Fort Vaux
Verdun
War Office
Somme Front
Les Boeufs-Sailly Saillises
Villistas Kill 29 On Train in Chihuahua Campaign
Villistas halted a Juarez bound passenger train at Laguna 650 miles north of Chihuahua City and executed 29 Carranza soldiers acting as guards. Passengers were lined up outside, stripped, and robbed. the train’s supplies were looted and women among the travelers were stripped of clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Mex
Villistas
Juarez
Laguna
Here
Bandits Rob Bank of $10,000 in Braidwood
A gang of six armed bandits using a racing car blasted into Braidwood on Wednesday night, cut telephone and telegraph wires, blew open the private bank vault owned by W. H. Odell & Co, and escaped with about $10,000. Mrs Emma Himes awoke to the explosion but couldn't raise the alarm due to the wire cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braidwood
W. H. Odell & Co
Emma’ Himes
Baltimore Aviator Jannus Killed in Russia
Andrew Jannus of Baltimore an American aviator was killed in the Russian aero service on October 12 dispatches say He headquartered in St Louis in 1912 and 1913 He piloted a hydroaeroplane flight from Omaha to New Orleans along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers in 1912.
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Baltimore
Andrew Jannus
Russian Aero Service
Jannus
St. Louis
Omaha
New Orleans
Missouri
Missisippi
Three Die in Philadelphia Fire On Third Floor
A November 4 blaze on the third floor of a Philadelphia apartment building killed two women and a man. The victims were Charles Meeney, his mother, and Mrs. Nellie Horvard. two women were injured.
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Philadelphia
Charles Meeney
Nellie Horvard
Allied planes reach Bucharest to shield city from raids
Five aeroplanes arriving from the Isle of Imbros protect Bucharest against German air raids. The aviators flew across the Balkans to reinforce the capital's defenses.
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Bucharest
Isle of
Imbros
Balkans
Two German Generals Retired on Western Front
A Berne dispatch in the Neueste Nachrichten says Generals von Krott and Emil Henigst, who commanded on the western front, have been placed on the retired list.
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Ondon
Berne
Neueste Nachrichten
Munich
von Krott
Emil Henigst
Western Front
Record Broken by U S Mint in Philadelphia October Output
The United States Mint in Philadelphia shattered all previous coinage records in October with a total of 45 231 413 coins minted. The month's production surpasses prior monthly highs, marking a historic performance for the facility and its operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Mint
Philadelphia
United States Mint
Lawsuit Demands Return of Coal Cars to Home Lines
Two separate suits filed in Chicago federal court seek injunctions and swift restraining orders to force Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and 141 other railroads to return coal cars to the Chicago Eastern Illinois and Chicago Terre Haute Southern lines. Plaintiffs Clinton Coal Company with 10 others and Ayrdale Coal with 16 others allege cars were diverted and misused, risking coal supply and prices for consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States District Court
Sults
A. Shippers
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Clinton .Coal Company
Ayrdale.Coal Company
Clinton
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Ayrdale. Sult
Chicago, Terre Haute & Southern Railway
U-53 Returns to German Port After Atlantic Patrol
Berlin reports U-53 under Lieut. Capt. Hans Rose arrived at Newport News Oct 7 after leaving Wilhelmshaven 17 days earlier. The U-53 sank five ships off the American coast the following day. Rumors of capture or sinking were denied as a U.S. sea search for a secret German base near New England found nothing.
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Berlin
London
Hans Rose
Newport
N.1
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Atlantic
New England
Jury Acquits John Copeland in Black Killing Case
John Copeland, a Marshall bank cashier, was found not guilty by a district court jury after 84 hours of deliberation in the killing of anti Catholic lecturer William Black in Marshall on February 8 1915. Black was slain in a hotel room during a visit by Copeland and others to stop his lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
John Copeland
William Black
Black
Marshall
Copeland
Thirty Lost On Angheliki Sinking Off Piraeus
An Athens dispatch reports the Greek steamer Angheliki sunk by a German submarine seven and a half miles off Piraeus. Thirty men drowned and 300 Venizelist volunteers were aboard bound for Saloniki. Conflicting figures list 850 recruits on board with 50 drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sayville
Piraeus
Athens
Overseas News
Saloniki
Angheliki
British Take Three Villages on Struma Front
British forces announced capture of Barakli Azuma in the Struma sector of the Macedonian front with 814 prisoners. Prosenik and Kumu were also taken in the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salonik
Greece
London
Struma
Barakli-Azuma
Prosenik
Kumu
Three More Norwegian Steamer Sunk by Torpedo
London reporting three additional Norwegian ships sunk by torpedo attacks. The Tromp Caerloch and Ravn were damaged with crews saved. The Tromp, 1 752 tons, was formerly the Dutch steamer Johnsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tromp
Caerloch
Ravn
Johnsen
Debts of Seven Nations in World War Top $75 Billion
New York, Nov 4. Debts of the seven largest nations in the war exceed 75 billion dollars, rising from 27 billion at the war’s start, according to statistics compiled by a New York bank and released publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lifeboat Davidson Washed Ashore Near Perranporth
Lloyds dispatch from Newquay reports a ship lifeboat marked A. D. Davidson washed ashore at Perranporth. The Davidson left Montreal October 4 bound for Havre and was much overdue at the time of the sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyds
Newquay
Cornwall
A. D. Davidson
Perranporth
Davidson
Montreal
Havre
Dutch Mails Seized by British Warship
Berlin reports the Dutch ship Nickerie from South American ports to Amsterdam was held by a British warship and its mails seized, according to Overseas News agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Overseas News Agency
Nickerie
Amsterdam
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U. S
New Haven
West Virginia
Pastor Russell
Texas
Fort. Vaux
Berlitz
Teutons
U.,s
Russia
Anthony Jannus
U. S. Court
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