New Hampshire Returns Show Wilson Plurality Over Hughes
Secretary of State Bean reports Wilson leads Hughes by 63 votes in New Hampshire based on certified totals from all but one tiny precinct. The discrepancy includes 289 Dover Ward 2 votes for Wilson added to the tally, and an omission from Dorchester’s unreported precinct.
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Concord
N. H
Wilson
Charles E. Hughes
New Hampshire
Bean
Dover
Dorchester
New York
Charley Hughes
Hughes
Wilson Hughes
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Virginia
Gardner Narrowly Ahead in Missouri Governor Race
With returns in from nearly all precincts, Gardner leads Lamm by 1,670 votes as of November 11 in Missouri. Gardner totals 378,464 to Lamm's 376,794 with fourteen scattered precincts remaining to report.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Gardner
Lamm
President Wilson Leads Hughes in New Mexico Returns
In unofficial New Mexico returns President Wilson leads Hughes by 2,184 votes with 29 of 638 precincts missing. Walton and Hernandez show Democratic and Republican leads in congressman races as precincts remain uncounted. A. A. Jones maintains a Democrat edge for senator with 60 precincts outstanding.
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Santa FE
N. M
Wilson
Charles E. Hughes
New Mexico
Walton
A. A. Jones
Give Hernandez
No Split Delegation Debate in San Francisco
Democratic leaders analyzed San Francisco results to gauge the Republicans' plan for a split electoral vote. Carrie L. Tyler trailed Heney by 441 votes in the city, suggesting Tyler would be about 2,466 behind the state ticket if replicated statewide, with the current Democratic plurality at 3,278.
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San Francisco
Cal
Republican State Central Committee
Carrie L. Tyler
Francis J. Heney
Tyler
Republicans lag in elector tally as San Francisco vote counts loom
Louis Clark trails Britton by 292 votes in San Francisco where 18 precincts remain missing from a 5 780 statewide total. Officials warn the unofficial result may miss the official canvass that starts Monday as anti liquor amendments appear defeated though dry campaign managers withhold final verdict.
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Louis Clark
Britton
San Francisco
Hughes Lead Narrowed in Minnesota Presidential Race
President Wilson gains 400 votes after Ramsey and St. Louis county returns alter early tallies. Official county counts show 3,020 of 3,048 precincts reporting with Wilson at 178,114 and Hughes at 178,353, Hughes' plurality 239.
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Paul
Minn
Wilson
Minnesota
Ramsey
St. Louis
Hughes
Real Winter Approaches from Northwest Weather Shift
A northern winter blast grips the Northwest with zero temps snow and sleet. Major Allen Buell notes San Antonio may see duck hunting weather as a high pressure system spans the U S above the thirty second parallel centered in Alberta. The cold front may arrive in thirty six hours bringing unsettled conditions southward.
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San Antonio
Allen Buell
United States
Alberta
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
New Mexico
Kansas
Sheridan
Wyo
Buell
Blizzard Hits Northern Montana Snow Depth Tops Six Inches
Northern Montana reports the first major blizzard of the winter with snow depths ranging from three to six inches across Helena and surrounding areas. Strong winds whip the snowfall as residents monitor travel conditions and local officials issue advisories.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Miss Rankin Elected to Congress
Helena returns confirm Miss Jeannette Rankin Republican win for Congress.
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Helena
Mont
Jeannette Rankin
Congress
Prohibition in Oregon Sees Vote Majority Shrink
An error found in the returns on the bone dry prohibition reduced its majority by about 1000 votes today. Still, the measure appears set to carry by more than 3000, with Portland reporting.
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Portland
Ore
Weather outlook for San Antonio and area tonight
For San Antonio and vicinity. Tonight unsettled and colder with frost likely. Sunday turning fair and colder with continued risk of frost overnight and chilly daytime highs.
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San Antonio
Weather wrap for travelers from The Light
Weather forecast across major cities with temperatures and winds. St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York Washington report clear or cloudy conditions and Sunday outlook with highs and lows. Low 30s to mid 60s range and northeast to northwest winds noted.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
D. C
Republicans Gain Small House Plurality After Reclassification
Late returns narrow the 65th Congress race. Walton defeats in New Mexico appears likely for the Democrats while North Carolina's 10th flips to Republican J Britt by thirteen votes. California shifts Nolan to Progressive Hayes to Republican and Randall to Prohibitionist, boosting GOP strength to 216 seats versus 213 for Democrats and others.
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New York
Nolan
Hayes
Randall
Wilson Signals Victory as Republicans Balk at Concession
President Wilson remains focused on the makeup of the next House as it will shape his legislative plans. He accepts the election as vindication of his policies and will return to Washington to prepare the December message to Congress after a quiet day with family in Williamstown. Several hundred telegrams of congratulation arrived.
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Williamstown
Mass
Wilson
House of Representatives
Washington
Congress
Guynemer Adds Two German Planes to War Record
Paris reports Second Lieutenant Georges Guynemer, famed French ace, credited with destroying two German aircraft yesterday, bringing his total to 21. French forces also claim three additional German planes downed on the western front amid a night assault on Deniecourt, Somme front, repulsed with heavy losses.
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Paris
Georges Guynemer
War Office
Deniecourt
Somme
Mexico to Extend Mining Decree Timeframe
Mexico City reports the government is considering extending the mining decree that forfeits unworked properties after two consecutive months. The rule, in effect since September 14, would expire November 14, drawing protests from hundreds of mine owners who cite physical impossibility to operate in certain districts.
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Mey
Mexico City
Miss Jessie Newnam Elected to Kenedy School Post
Kenedy Texas November 11 Miss Jessie Newnam graduate of San Antonio high school has been elected to a position in the Kenedy public schools and will begin work next Monday.
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Newnam
Kenedy
Kenedy, Tex
Jessie Newnam
San Antonio
Kenedy Public Schools
Mexicans Burn Crosses Amid Refugee Crisis at Border
El Paso reports refugees from Chihuahua City say wooden crosses were stolen from graves for firewood, while shelling and torture allegations surface. Carranza soldiers reportedly being paid in silver required by authorities. refugees describe branding and killings by Villa forces. Eight wagonloads of refugee belongings wait at the international bridge as more goods cross the border.
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EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
Carranza
Trevino
Villa
V. C
Venustiano Carranza
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
International Bridge
Two Soldiers Shot in Laredo Fourteenth Cavalry Incident
At a camp stable in Laredo Texas Corporal W Smith killed Privates Jones and McKnight and wounded Private Conners in a morning incident. Conners escaped serious injury with a gunshot to the arm. Smith is in the guard house as officers consider the case. belief is he was temporarily unbalanced. The bodies of Jones and McKnight were taken to a morgue.
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Laredo
Texas
W. Smith
Jones
McKnight
Conners
K Troop
Fourteenth Cavalry
Smith
Fourteenth
Crozier Sails to Nogales Field Heads Punitive Expedition
Brigadier General William Crozier chief of ordnance left Field Headquarters for Nogales and other western border points after inspecting ordnance equipment used by the punitive expedition. He noted trucks extended supply distance beyond prior limits and that experimental motorcycle machine guns showed promise with planned changes. Light motor cars were also being considered for serviceability.
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Mexico
Navy
Columbus
William Crozier
Nogales
Six ROTC Units Established at Institutions
Washington November 11 Six units of the reserve officers training corps have been established at the University of Arkansas University of Maine St Johns College Annapolis Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas College of St Thomas St Paul and The Citadel Charleston under army orders. The act requires a two year compulsory military course for all male students physically fit for the work. The six named schools are the first to receive units.
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Washington, D. C
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
University of Arkansas
University of Maine
St. John's College
Annapolis
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
College of St. Thomas
St. Paul
Citadel
Charleston
Coast guard finds one of two missing barges near Freeport
The coast guard cutter Comanche searched for the Britannia after two barges broke away from the tug Buccaneer. Barge No. 14 was recovered and its three men were rescued by the Buccaneer and brought to safety. The Buccaneer sustained damage and returned for repairs.
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Galveston
Texas
Coast Guard
Delta
Freeport
Russians Advance on Danube and Dobrudja Fronts
Russian troops move south along the right bank of the Danube occupying Ghisdarechti and Topal, twelve miles south of Hirso va. In Dobrudja province detachments push further south, while counterattacks recapture part of a position near Skrobowa in Baranovichi region, per the war office.
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Petrograd
London
Danube
Ghisdarechti
Topal
Hirsova
Dobrudja
Skrobowa
Baranovichi
War Office
British Raid Over Belgium Reported by Admiralty
Berlin dispatch reports from November 11 say British raids over Ostend Zeebrugge were largely unsuccessful with one aircraft captured and an officer captured. The German and British forces clashed near Ostend Dunkirk and Nieuport, with several enemy planes forced down or dispersed and seven British aircraft missing.
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Berlin
Sayville
Admiralty
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Nieuport
Dunkirk
Submarine Crisis Aims to Endanger American Lives
Washington officials prepare a full report for President Wilson on the German submarine threat. Investigations confirm six Americans died in the Arabia and Marina sinks, with Berlin and Washington weighing whether attacks were warned. Officials fear submarine activity may endanger Americans as policy remains unsettled.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Wilson
Washington
Department
Arabia
Marina
Berlin
Foreign Office
Pageant Opens Prelud e to Gulf Coast Exposition
Corpus Christi Texas November 11 A three day operatic pageant opens this evening as a prelude to the Gulf Coast exposition to run November 20 to 25. Standard operas will be produced in the Exposition building with each Corpus Christi school in the cast Lead roles to be filled by the city s best musical talent Sponsored by the Woman s Federated Clubs of Corpus Christi
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Corpus Christ Schools
Exposition
Woman's Federated Clubs of
Diaz Forces Advancing In Mexican Revolt Near Coatzacoalcos
Felix Diaz and his troops press from the Gulf toward Coatzacoalcos with Tehuantepec City captured and Salina Cruz invested. Seven hundred Carrancistas departed Vera Cruz to confront the revolutionists.
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U. 8
Wheeling
Vera Cruz
Pensacola
Felix Diaz
Porfirio Diaz
Tehuantepec City
Salina Cruz
Gulf of Mexico
Coatzacoalcos
Rotarians Endorse Houston for Federal Farm Bank
Corpus Christi Rotary Club passes a resolution backing Houston as site for one of twelve federal farm loan banks. On November 16 Joy Hirsch J A Hill and J B Butts appear before federal commissioners in Houston to press the claim.
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Corpus Rotarians
Houston
Corpus Christi
Tex
Rotary Club
Federal Farm Loan
Joy Hirsch
J. A. Hill
J. B. Butts
Murgia Recaptures Parral and Santa Rosalia
De facto government forces under General Murgia reportedly recaptured Parral and Santa Rosalia, with a message signed by Murgia confirming the towns' regain. Trevino asserts sufficient guns and munitions to meet current needs as Mexican conflicts continue.
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Trevino
Eagle Pass
Tex
Murgia
Parral
Santa Rosalia
Torreon
Chihuahua City Fortified as Murgia Forces Advance North
Mexican troops under General Murgia move from Escalon in two columns toward Villa near the Durango border to cut him off. Chihuahua City fortifications expand with barbed wire, earthen redoubts, and seven large Cuellar trench batteries. Villa’s band under Quevedo raided Gallego station 122 miles south, while Carranza cavalry pursues. General Arnulfo Gonzales appointed civil governor of Chihuahua.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Murgia
Escalon
Mexican Central Railway
Villa
Durango
Trevino
Chihuahua
Santa Rosa
Cuellar
Gonzales Cuellar
Chapultepec
Ebano
Sanchez
Silvestre Quevedo
Gallego Station
Juarez
Mexico Central
Carranza Cavalry
Sanz
Los Pielagos
Laguna
Marcos Corral
Quevedo
Carranza
Cardo
Arnulfo Gonzales
Francisco Trevino
Vera Cruz
Evacuation Rumors Circulate Over Chihuahua City
Reports say 600 Carranza troops led by General Jacinto Trevino may abandon Chihuahua as Juarez receives the force. Southern Department notes no official confirmation while garrison weakness and ammunition shortages raise concern amid Villista pressure and lingering rumors of a US expedition resuming action.
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Chihuahua City
Carranza
Jacinto Trevino
Southern Department
Chihuahua
Juarez
Villistas
Trevino
Mexico
Funston
Florida cigar makers strike in Tampa at demand hikes
In Tampa Florida about 1500 cigar makers walked off the job demanding pay increases from three to four dollars per thousand depending on grade. Efforts are underway to reach a compromise on the dispute.
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Tampa
Fla
Troops to Help Eject Mill Strikers in Anderson South Carolina
Two state guards units were deployed in Anderson to aid in serving writs of ejectment against five families of striking cotton mill workers living in company cottages. Sheriff Ashley delayed serving the writs to allow relocation time. Governor Manning ordered the troops. Three more companies expected as workers had quit August 31 after wage demand rejected.
Mistreatment of Prisoners Case Detailed by France
Paris reports a new one hundred page volume by the French government detailing alleged mistreatment of French prisoners of war in German camps. The book cites Spanish embassy reports from Berlin, Red Cross delegates, medical staff, and crippled veterans, supported by photographs and German images.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Berlin
International Red Cross Society
France
Debts Liquidated for Arlington and Shiloh Monuments
The United Daughters of the Confederacy reported the Arlington and Shiloh monument funds were fully liquidated. The Shiloh fund of 50000 was raised. Arlington faced a 3255 deficit, reduced to 2000 after selling remaining Arlington seals for 1250. Donations from subscribers and Mrs. J M Parker covered the rest. The 1917 convention site was to be decided among Chattanooga Asheville and Birmingham.
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Dallas
Tex
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Arlington
Shiloh
Arlington Monument
J. M. Parker
New York
Chattanooga
Tenn
Asheville
Warning to Hunters on Leon Prings Reservation Enforced
General Funston orders stop hunting on the Leon Springs reservation and troops enforce the rule. Six civilians were detained and warned by soldiers to refrain from further violations. The 17 000 acre area remains a tempting deer hunting ground despite the military patrols. The prohibition applies to both soldiers and civilians.
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Funston
Leon Prings
Defense Begins Testimony in T. R. Watson Case
In Waco Texas on November 11 the defense started presenting testimony in the T R Watson murder trial. Defense sought to introduce extensive evidence on the defendant peaceful reputation but the state did not challenge conduct prior to the killing. Defense witnesses testified Watson was low in spirits before he killed John S Patterson, but on cross examination they said he knew right from wrong.
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Waco
Tex
T. R Watson
Watson
John S. Patterson
New Water Works for Kenedy
Kenedy Texas reports contractors and workmen arriving to install water and sanitary sewer systems. Improvements total about 35 thousand dollars.
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Kenedy
Kenedy, Tex
Dobrudja Retreat and Fire Seen as War Advances
A Bucharest dispatch via Rome reports Von Mackensen continuing retreat in Dobrudja while Bulgarians flee to Bulgaria. Fires near Tchernavoda and Constanza are seen as trains evacuate Teutonic forces. The Russian Black Sea fleet bombards Constanza and Mangalia. Germany protests Greek arms transfers to the Entente. British troops storm German trenches on the Somme front.
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London
Bucharest
Rome
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Bulgaria
Tchernavoda
Constanza
Black Sea
Danube
Mangalia
Roumania
Reuter
Petrograd
Count von Mirbach
Greece
Athens
Germany
National Defense Army
Morning Post
Athen Ng
War Office
Somme
Bulgarian Artillery Pins Back Roumanians in Dobrudja
Sofia reports no strategic change in Dobrudja while artillery drives Romanian units back from the left bank of the Danube toward Dunareay. Black Sea is calm with gunfire along the Danube in several sectors. Austro Hungarian monitors near Jiugevo capture two Romanian barges laden with six hundred tons of petroleum.
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Sofia
Dobrudja
War Office
Tchernavoda Bour
Danube
Dunareay
Black Sea
Jiugevo
Front Line Actions Report Across Eastern Front and Balkans
German official report says Russian forces failed to recapture Skrobowa near Baranovichi while Germans and Austro Hungarians advanced near Folo Krasnolesie. French Serbian attacks east of Monastir repulsed with heavy losses. British forces entered a German position northeast of Courcelette on the Somme.
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Berlin
Sayville
Skrobowa
Baranovichi
Folo-Krasnolesie
Transylvania
Bape
Predeal-Sinaya
Monastir
Cerna River
Serbia
Polog
Courcelette
Somme
War Office
Somme Drive Halted by Exhausted Allied Troops
Berlin reports a military statement from German authorities saying the Anglo French drive on the Somme has ended due to heavy losses and weather. It cites November 5 attacks with seven divisions failing to breach the line between Le Sars and Bouchoir and notes rain and exhausted, demoralized Allied troops.
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Somme
le Sars
Bouchayenes
Pressoire
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