President Wilson Faces Urgent Foreign Policy Decisions
The article notes President Wilson and Secretary Lansing focusing on immediate international issues after the campaign. It outlines key questions on German submarine warfare, Allied trade controls, possible inflation retaliation, and the shift from isolation to concerted action while shaping the peace conference and League implications.
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Wasington
Wilson
Lansing
Laning
Washington
America
Lane presses near end of Mexican border talks
Secretary Lane returns to Atlantic City with the American commission near a final phase. He seeks an early conclusion to the border dispute but warns that diplomacy may be remote if a plan cannot be agreed. Lane reports accord with President Wilson and Secretary Lansing after a three hour White House review.
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Washington
Wilson
Lane
Alantic City
Joint Commission
Joint Conference Iy
Lansing
Baker
White House
Second Inauguration of Wilson Simple
Washington reports indicate President Wilson will mark his second inauguration with minimal ceremony. Officials expect no inaugural ball due to his modest wishes, alongside the recent death of his sister and the Sunday date of March 4 next year.
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Washington
Wilson
Siater
Anne Howe
Ruth Law Sets Record Flight From Chicago to Hornell
Miss Ruth Law pilots a Curtiss biplane in a non stop flight from Chicago to Hornell New York. She breaks American long distance aviation records by about 660 miles surpassing Victor Carlstrom’s prior mark by roughly 100 miles.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Chicago
New York
Ruth Law
Chica
Hornell
Reihoad
Carlatrom
First Commercial Trans-Pacific Wireless Service Inaugurated
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company launched commercial trans Pacific wireless links via Honolulu to Japan. Messages from President Wilson and other dignitaries were sent to the Emperor and Japanese officials, relayed through Bolinas Ridge. Emperor Yoshihito replied, praising the new bond between nations and expressing gratitude for US goodwill.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Japan
Marconi Wirelsss Telegraph Company
Wilson
Bolinas Ridge
Here
Imperor
Aimaro Sato
United States
George W. Guthrie
London
Gugleilmo Marconi
Post and Telegraph
Melville N. Stone
Associated Press
Yoshihito
Bolihas
Cal
Yostishito
United States of America
America
Woodrow Wilson
Control of House Still Uncertain as GOP Leads
Washington reports incomplete canvasses show 217 Republicans 212 Democrats and six others elected to the Sixty-Fifth Congress. GOP leader Woods says Republicans will likely control the House though no speaker has yet been chosen with 218 votes needed. A Progressive in Minnesota and a Progressive Republican in Louisiana may push the tally over the line.
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Washington
Representative Woods
Republican Committee
House
Minnesota
Louisiana
Suits Filed Across U S in Attack on Adamson Act
Railroads press new suits challenging the eight hour railroad law as the Department of Justice plans to defend the action. No settlement test case offered yet and Attorney General Gregory has not proposed one to the railroads.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Gregory
Wilson postpones vacation before Congress convenes
President Wilson will not take a vacation before Congress meets and may visit the Potomac on the Mayflower. He plans to announce the personnel for the trail commission and shipping board soon, but has little progress on appointing the workers’ compensation board for federal employees. He remains focused on the annual Message to Congress.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Potomac River
Virginia
Trail’ Commission and Shipping Board
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation Issued by Wilson
President Wilson proclaims November 30 as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer. He urges worship, gratitude for peace, and charity for war-stricken nations, noting the global conflict while calling for relief efforts and unity in the face of war’s hardships. The proclamation, dated November 17, 1916, bears Wilson’s signature and secretary of state Tobe Lansing’s attestation.
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Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
Wno
United States
Tobe Lansing
Progress Report At National WCTU Convention
Indianapolis reports show food progress in forming new branches of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. The Loyal Temperance Legion added 660 new legions and nine states received honorable mention for their numbers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Loyal Temperance Legion
Border Conference Adjourns In Deadlock At Atlantic City
The Mexican American joint commission adjourned for a few days with the conference in a deadlock. When meetings resume this week both governments expect fully informed representatives. Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican commission, helped push a plan for border control.
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Atlantic City
N. J
British Drive Advances on Ancre Front and Prisoners Rise
British forces push along the Ancre River amid rain and shelling, capturing Beaucourt and two other villages as the advance continues on a five mile front. More than 6,000 German prisoners are reported with ongoing gains east of Butte de Warlendourt near Bapaume.
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London
Ancre
France
Beaucourt
Beaumont-Hamel
St. Pierre Divion
Five Mile
Butte de Warlendourt
Bapaume
Somme
Pressoire
Biaches-Lamaisonnette
Jiul
Bumbeshti
Dragoslavele
Border Plan Repudiated by Cabrera
Sudden outburst after five commission members reached a tentative border control agreement creates doubt about final settlement. Taus Cabrera repudiates the plan as American and Mexican representatives clash over life and property protection on the frontier. If the Mexican chairman remains intractable, further talks may end without progress.
Langhorne Beauty's Daughter Engaged to Henry Field
Richmond announces the engagement of Miss Nancy Keene Perkins daughter of the late S Moncure Perkins to Henry Field of Chicago. Miss Perkins is Lizzie Langhorne’s daughter and niece of Mrs Charles Dana Gibson. Field is a prominent Chicago figure.
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Richmond
Chiswell D. Langhorne
Nancy Keene Perkins
S. Moncure Perkins
City
Henry Field
Chicago
Miss Perkins
Lizzie Langhorne
Langhorne
Charles Dana Gibson
New York
Mr. Field
Collision Ends Deutschland Escort Tug Sinking Tests
New London Conn federal inquiry probes how the submarine Deutschland struck the tug T A Scott Jr during a convoy near Race Rock. Survivors say swift currents and darkness caused the accident. five Scott crewmen died, including Captain John Gurney and engineer Edward Stone, as the Deutschland returns delayed only a few days.
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New London
Conn
Deutschland
Germany
T. A. Scott, Jr
United States
Race Rock
Paul Kkeenig
F. W. Krapphl
Hens Kleese
Koenig
Washington Cheerful Welcome for Wilson Amid 10000 Marchers
Ten thousand people from Washington and nearby Maryland and Virginia joined a homecoming parade from the Capitol to the White House for President Wilsons re election. Bands played while colored bombs exploded overhead as a chorus of 360 sang the Star Spangled Banner and Dixie. The event included Democratic workers union members suffragists and government clerks with the President and Mrs Wilson watching from the White House grounds.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Wilson
Capitol
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
White Hrouse Grounds
Lansing, Baker
Redfield
Border Plan Not Settled as Cabrera Holds Back
Atlantic City N J All efforts of the American representatives on the Mexico American Joint Commission to persuade Luis Cabrera chairman of the Mexican representation to abandon his opposition to the plan of border control approved in general by his colleagues failed. The other members had not lost hope but the conference will be continued with no note of optimism.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Mexico-American Joint Commission
Luis Cabrera
Fighting on Angore Less Violent No Fresh Gains
In the Ancre region France the British report reduced violence after weeks of gains. The latest dispatch notes German bombardment on the newly won front north of the stream and adds six officers and 297 men captured by the British in the last 24 hours.
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Angore
London
Ancre
France
Striking Gluck Mill Reopens as Walkout Continues
Gluck mill at Anderson resumes machinery after a walkout over a 10 percent wage demand. Only 15 operatives report initially. management expects more to join as work resumes. Equinox mill staff up to 152 of 360, with payroll for a week around 3200 dollars being prepared by Maj. W F Robertson.
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Anderson
Gluck
Maj. W. F. Robertson
Coast Artillery Companies
Winthrop College Dedicates New Gymnasium in Rock Hill
The handsome new gym at Winthrop College in Rock Hill was formally dedicated on Friday afternoon. The ceremony started at 3 o'clock with a focused program of formal exercises.
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Winthrop
Rock Hill
Winthrop College
Building New Bridges in Chester County
The chain gang erects a new steel bridge at Cedar Shoals after July floods washed away the prior structure. The bridge over Rocky Creek at Wylie's mill will begin soon and be placed across the stream once completed, restoring a key county link.
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Chester
Chester County
Cedar Shoals
Rocky Creek
Wylie’s Mill
Murders Wife and Ends Own Life in Spartanburg
In Spartanburg, John S. Baber shot his wife Cora Lee Baber in a boarding house room on Magnolia Street near the Southern depot around 1 30. The couple had been separated since January but appeared on friendly terms. neighbors recall she had visited from the country and spent the night previously. After she returned to town and was assisted from her buggy, they went to Baber’s room where shots rang out. Mrs Baber died at the scene. Baber was found dying with a pistol in his hand.
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Self
Spartanburg
John SS. Baber
Cora Lee Babe
Magnolia Street
Southern Depot
Baber
South Carolina News Highlights Include Charities Session and Appointments
Maj. W. F. Robertson's request prompts 323 blankets for Anderson troops. Alexander Johnson and Albert S. Johnstone address the ninth annual Conference of Charities and Corrections in Charleston, with Bishop Guerry participating. Gov. Manning names C. G. Cannon as magistrate at Johnsonville after O. Maddy's resignation. The Team County Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Association plans its first fair from November 29 to December 2. Chester county collects $436.34 in an income tax this year. A house fire of Indian origin destroys B. W. Parks's McCormick home.
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W. F. Robertson
Adjutant General’s Office
Anderson
Alexander Johnson
National Committee
Albert S. Johnstone
State Board of Charities and Corrections
W. A. Guerry
Conference of Charities and Corrections
Charleston
Manning
CG. G. Cannon
Johnsonville
O. Maddy
Southern Sociological Congress
Rock Fill
Team County Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Association
Chester County
B. W. Parks
McCormick
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