Balkan Front Battles Raze Serbia as Allies Struggle
Despatches report a general battle along the Serbian front from Briley to the Bulgarian frontier near Strumnitza. Allied forces including British and French troops fight to hold and advance, while reinforcements move through Salonika toward Prilep and Veles. Bulgaria presses to subdue Macedonia before full Allied aid arrives.
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London
Balkan
Briley
Strumnitza
Thetne
Rohan
Vardar
Krivolak
Veles
Prilep
Serbia
Lord Kitchener
Belgium
Flanders
Montenegro
Orient
Constantinople
Salonika
Renovo
Maedonia
Nish
Limit on Children at Movies Proposed by Grand Jury
Hagerstown Md Nov 15 The grand jury completed its labors and filed a report urging the legislature to pass a law prohibiting children under ten from attending picture shows unless accompanied by parents or approved escorts.
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Hagerstunn
Grand Jury
Robbling Plant Burns Freemen Blaze in Treston
A major fire swept the Robbling Plant in Treston, burning Freemen’s property and water systems as flames raged through the site. Fire crews battled the blaze for hours, estimating losses near one million dollars and assessing the extent of damage to equipment and infrastructure.
Germans Forced Back On Eastern Front Defense
London reports from November 15 that the Russian war office notes a retreat of German forces along the entire eastern front. Semi official sources say Teutonic troops are on the defensive from Riga west and south, with Russians concentrating attacks on von Hindenburg in Volhynia and Austrian troops in Galicia. British experts link gains to German troop withdrawals for the Balkans and three weeks of heavy rains weakening German positions from Riga to Dvinsk.
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London
Russian War Office
Germany
Shlox
Teutonic
Riga
Berlin
Viegas
von ‘Insingen
Volhynia
Galicia
Balkan
Dvinsk
Tragic New Jersey Worker Dies After Air Prank
John Wazek dies in Germantown hospital from injuries after a prank at Midvale steel works. Authorities say another worker, Tony Stevado, was held without bail on charges of filling the man's body with air while he lay on the floor.
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Philadelphia
John Wazek
Germantown Hospital
Midvale
Tony Stevado
Upmark
Jealous Shooting Wounds Two in Cambridge
In Cambridge on November 15 Wiliam Dennie and Northa Pinder relatives were wounded in a jealousy inspired shooting. Both are hospitalized and expected to recover. The incident remains under investigation as police seek details.
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Cambridge, Mi
Wiliam Dennie
Northa Pinder
Cambridge
Americans Lost on the Ancona Victims and Ship Actions Across Sides
Rome reports ten Americans aboard the Italian liner Ancona when she sank off the Tunisian coast. Only one saved. 299 of 507 aboard were saved. Austro Hungarian admiralty says the ship attempted escape after a warning, was shelled, then torpedoed. Submarine gave forty five minutes to abandon ship. many boats unused. Crew saved themselves, delaying passenger rescue.
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Rome
Ancona
Tunisian
Berlin
Overseas
Admiralty
Schwab Likely Buyer of Bethlehem Farms at High Prices
Bethlehem Pa Nov 15 one of the largest farm land prices here saw Wie Brown sell 135 acres for 49960 at 360 per acre. Believed purchased for C M Schwab who is expanding Bethlehem Steel works holdings in the area. Adjacent 163 acre farm of Mrs Flora Brown sold to the same syndicate for 38000.
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Flora Brown
Berne Peace Congress Postponed to After New Year
Berne Switzerland November 15. The international peace congress planned to begin December 14 has been postponed until after the New Year due to unfavorable circumstances and delays in preparations. Afghan plans to war with British possessions in India reported from Constantinople via Overseas News.
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Berne
Lucerne
Switzerland
International Congress
Britain
Berlin
Afghanistan
India
Constantinople
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