Oil Field In Mexico Harbors Hushed Danger
Washington dispatch reports growing alarm at President Carranza s plan to drive rebel leader Manuel Palaez from Tampico oil fields. Gen Manuel Dieguez advances on rebels as foreign interests fear loss of vast oil supplies. Some foresee retaliation but others warn of political and economic risks if action escalates.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Manuel Palaez
Tampico
Manuel Dieguez
San Luis Postosi
Magdalena Cedillo
Cedillo
War Department
Dueguez
Palaez
Villistas
Mexico City
Zapata
Morelos
Felix
Diaz
Chiapas
Butter and eggs speculation halted by voluntary rules
The food administration announced a voluntary arrangement with butter and egg exchanges to curb speculation. Key provisions forbid resales of call goods in the same season, require resale at offered grades, bar bidding on scarce grades to raise prices, limit call purchases to distributors for actual business needs, and mandate deliveries in the normal course of business.
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Washington
Food Administration
Sugar giveaway marks district vote in New York
Jimmy Kelly a East Side Tammany reader turned a West Street saloon into a free sugar dispensary. He gave away 1000 pounds to poor housewives in celebration of the large vote for woman suffrage and for mayor John F. Hylan. Many children received tickets and were served while sugars lasted.
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New York
Jimmy” Kelly
East Side
Tammany District
Hig Wester Street
John F. Hylan
Miners Postpone Strike After Tight Convention Vote
In Kansas City Missouri on November 16 delegates from three southwest coal districts narrowly defeated a call for a general strike if the Southwestern Coal Operators Association rejected the Kansas City agreement. The roll call showed 188 to 168 against the measure, with ongoing moves to reinstate the automatic penalty clause while seeking wage-increase language in the new clause.
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Kansas City
Southwestern Coal Operators’ Association
Alexander M. Howat
Kansas
Patriot Husband Framed by Patriotic Wife Arrests Rise
New York promoter Elmo Dwiggins tied to the United States Government Liberty Loan club was arrested in Montgomery Alabama on mail fraud charges. His wife Teresa declared she would aid investigators after first defending him, saying patriotism comes first. Dwiggins allegedly marketed bonds on a dollar down, dollar a week plan, using government appeal to swindle women and children. He planned to move bonds through a New York agency of Bankers Life Insurance, facing formal charges in the near future.
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New York
Elmo Dwiegins
United States
Liberay Loan Club
Montgomery
Ala
Tam
Dwiggins
Bankers’ Life Insurance Company of
Des Moines
Club
Duggins
Elmer Dwiggins
Thoms
New York Stock Exchange
Revolution in Ecuador Splits Regions with Rebels Winning
Lima reports Thursday revolution erupts in Ecuador with multiple localities in rebel hands. Santiago dispatch notes spreads of upheaval across the country as authorities seek control.
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Ecuador
Santiago
Chile
Lima
Peru
Italians Hold Piave Line Against German Breakthrough
From the Piave battle front Italian and German forces clash as bombardment rages along thirty miles of riverbank. Italian troops maintain the line despite heavy fire and counterattacks near Vidtor and Zenson, with bridges and positions along the Montello crest under intense artillery action.
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Associated Press
Italy
Piave
von Bueow
Vidtor
Aosola
Grappa
Montello
Zenson
Grave
Express Companies Seek Higher Rates In Interstate Bid
Washington officials report that the Adams American Southern and Wells Fargo express firms petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a ten percent rate increase. They cite a six month net loss of 39,848 and rising operating costs and taxes. They warn of labor shortages and equipment constraints as troop movements and military needs grow. The six months to June showed expenses and taxes far exceeding receipts, with July deficits projected above 250,000.
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Washington
Express
Interstate Commerce Commission
Adams
American
Southern
WelloFargo
ISI
Hunger Strike Garners Support From Women Prisoners
The Norris party says 30 women sent to the district workhouse for banners before the White House joined Miss Alice Paul in her hunger strike seeking political prisoner treatment. Twenty eight prisoners will be brought out Friday to face trial Monday for their demonstrations.
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Washington
Norris Party
Alice Paul J
Bolshevik Leaders Lenine and Trotzky Seize Control in Russia
Nikolai Lenine becomes premier and Leon Trotzky heads the foreign ministry as Bolsheviks overthrow the provisional government. Lenine has faced German pay suspicions while Trotzky recently worked for a New York Jewish daily at twelve dollars weekly.
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Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Bolsheviks
Lenine
Trotzky
New York
Bodies shell American dugout many wounded
A revised Pershing report on the November 2 German raid places three killed eleven wounded and eleven missing among American trenches. Names of wounded and missing are listed with home towns and guardians. A base hospital report notes many infantrymen arriving with shell wounds from a single shell.
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Washington
Pershing
Louis A. Deifer
Catherne Deifer
Route 6
Sullivan
Ind
Paul W. Fann
George W. Fann
Sarona
Wis
George Wesley
Bargare Welch
Eighth Street
Dayton
Lester C. Smith
R. A. Smith
Concord
N.C
Clyde Sgrimsley
Frank Grimsley
Stockton
Kas
Hoyt D. Decker
W. FP
W. FP. Decker, Vincennes
Harry R. Laugham
Harry R. Laughman
Ada Laughman
Oak Boulevard
Chicago
Dewey Kern
Dewey D. Kam
Eva Tilton
Collins
Iowa
Associated Press
France
Kaiser Praises Submarine Warfare in Adriatic Message
Berlin dispatch reports German Emperor addressing U boat crews in the Adriatic. He notes weekly voyages of three to four weeks, says U boats have not reached their peak and lauds Mediterranean tonnage sinking. He says submarine warfare will decisively shape the war and urges Germany’s manpower and support to sustain the effort.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Adriatic
Vie
Mediterranean
Germany
Plucky Policeman Nabs HoldUp Man
East St. Louis reports Patrolman Francis Earl shot in the abdomen during a saloon hold-up. He pressed a handkerchief to the wound and routed one suspect named Don Smith from Philadelphia, while the other two escaped. Earl expected to recover.
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East ST. Louis
Francis Earl
Don Smith
Philadelphia
Earl
Lone Survivor Reaches British Port from Ardmore Disaster
A American steamer arrived at a British port carrying a man rescued at sea, believed to be the sole survivor of the cork steamer Ardmore which was torpedoed or mined.
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London
Ardmore
Red Cross seeks more knits for soldiers in trenches
In Wastington on November 16 the American Red Cross council urged women nationwide to knit sweaters socks and wristlets for soldiers and sailors. The statement noted the group had to buy half a million machine made sweaters to satisfy demand.
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American Red Cross Council
Red Cross
Webster's Cartoons and the Human Touch
Webster the cartoonist brings life to his drawings with humor and insight. His Boyhood Ambitions Life's Darkest Moment cartoons show thorough human caricature while political drawings express big ideas clearly. These pieces form a major feature in The Whig.
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Webster
The
Whig
Kerensky's mixed army near Petrograd latest rumor
London reports that Kerensky's mixed detachments concentrate close to Petrograd as November rumors swirl. Helsingfors dispatch notes orders to trap his retreat with 3,000 to 5,000 troops sent to attack from the rear, amid waning confidence in Lenine and Trotzky and plans for a broad revolutionary coalition. A Stockholm source says Kerensky's forces did not enter Petrograd, citing a 50,000 garrison loyal to the Maximalists, with civil war looming if peace cannot be made. Berlin papers discuss Lloyd George crisis and the hope his departure may clear Europe for peace, with Asquith expected to succeed.
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Copenhagen
Helsingfors
Politiken
Gatchina
Kerensky
Lenine
Trotzky
Russia
Stockholm
Zaparanda
Petrograd
Berlin
Amsterdam
Paris
Lloyd George
Europe
Berliner Tageblatt
Asquith
Mutinous Soldier Testifies About Aug Houston Plot
Private James Alexander of Company I, US infantry, testified in a Texas court martial that he took part in the Houston mutiny on August 23 and was promised immunity for truth. He identified four defendants Brown Wheatley Snodgrass Brackenridge and described the march to town and firing, including an order to shoot runaways. He hid under a house all night after fleeing.
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San Antonio
Tex
Houston
James Alexander
U.S. Infantry
Brown
Wheatley
Snodgrass
Brackenridge
Alexander
Villa Holds Ojinaga Port In Personal Command
Col. Miguel Trillo, Villa’s secretary, says Francisco Villa leads troops occupying the Ojinaga port after a night assault. Villa visits the surrounding area and plans to return tonight with Hipoletto Villa in the town. Lopez is not executed. Lopez remained with Villa southwest of the town. Twenty four federal and visa wounded are at Ojinaga awaiting transfer to Presidio for care.
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Presidio
Tex
Francisco Villa
Villa
Ojinaga
Miguel Trillo
Associated Press
Col. Trillo
Hipoletto Villa
United States
Telegraphers Settlement Reaches Illinois Central System
Chicago November 16 telegraphers on the Illinois Central system gain an advance of 9.75 dollars per man per month. The agreement also adjusts hours and provides pay for Sunday work. The settlement was achieved through the mediation efforts of Dr. G W W Hangar of the United States board of mediation and conciliation.
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Chicago
G. W. W. Hangar
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Nation relieves all steam rails in wartime plan
The railroad war board recommended denying rail transport of 430 nonessential commodities and 75 essential items to public welfare. It warned railroads cannot meet winter demands due to record freight and passenger volumes and massive troop movements, urging curbs to focus on war needs and subsistence supplies.
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Washington
Railroad War Board
Robert S. Lovett
Priority of Transportation
Bornta
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Hexico
Hylan
Teutons
U. S
Kaiser
Webster’s
Lenine and Trotzky
Exchange Telegraph Company
Quinaga
Nation
War Board
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