Beaucourt Becomes Key Objective In Ancre Advance
Allied forces push along both sides of the Ancre with Beaucourt captured, as more than 5000 German prisoners are taken from subterranean galleries and tunnels. In the St. Pierre Divion tunnel area 500 Germans surrender, and 700 are captured in a ravine south of Beaumont Hamel. The Ninety Third Infantry suffers heavy losses, with the Duke of Albany serving as honorary colonel-in-chief.
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London
Ancre
Beaucourt
St. Pierre Divion
Beaumont-Hamel
Ninety-Third Infantry
Duke of Albany
Hard fighting in France as British push on Ancre
On the Somme front the battle rages around the Ancre as German forces strike near Ablaincourt and Chaulnes woods. Paris reports ground gained only east of Pressoire with over 5000 German prisoners taken. French progress at Saillisel and Beaucourt also noted amid ongoing Roumanian and Teutonic actions along the border.
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Ancre
Somme
Ablaincourt
Chaulnes
Paris
Pressoire
Haig
Beaucourt-Sur- Ancre
St. Pierre-Vaast Wood
Saillisel
von Falkenhayn
Wallachia
Berlin
Petrograd
Bucharest
Jiul
Alt
Dobrudja
Bronsic
Narayuvka
Lipnicadolna
Cerna
Monastir
British Press Attack Near Ancre River Advances
North of the Ancre the British continued ceaseless offensives with strong forces yesterday. Official dispatches report Beaucourt village captured, while fighting raged elsewhere along the front with persistent assault and heavy bombardment noted in the Berlin area.
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Sayville
Ancre River
Beaucourt
Mangin hailed as reconqueror of Verdun by French
The French praise General Mangin for directing close combat that recaptured outer Verdun fortifications. German assaults around Verdun failed under heavy losses as Nivelle and Joffre shaped strategy. Russian attacks southeast of Lemberg were repulsed. Austro German forces advance into Wallachia taking over 1800 prisoners.
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Mangin
Nivelle
Joffre
Lemberg
Narayuvka
War Office
Roumania
Wallachia
Teutons Being Pursued By Romanian Forces
Romanian war office reports Austro German troops being pursued from western Moldavia to the Slanic and Oituz valleys in Transylvania. Romanian forces claim to have forced Teuton attacks back in the Juil valley and to have yielded some ground in the Alt valley while maintaining second line trenches.
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Bucharest
London
Moldavia
Slanic
Oituz
Transylvania
Roumanian War Office
Juil
Alt Valley
Romanian Forces Repelled on Transylvanian Front
In the Tirgujiuly, Alt and Jiul valleys on the Transylvanian front, Roumanians have been forced back by Austrian and German reinforcements, according to the war office in Petrograd via London.
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Petrograd
London
Tirgujiuly
Alt
Jiul
War Office
British Steamer Sarah Ratcliffe Sunk by Submarine
Paris reports the British steamer Sarah Ratcliffe of 8333 tons gross was torpedoed and bombarded by a hostile submarine. The crew was rescued by the Norwegian steamer Hudin. The sloop St. Nicholas of Granville was sunk by a submarine on Monday and her crew saved.
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Paris
Sarah Ratcliffe
Hudin
St. Nicholas of Granville
Graves Case Postponed in German Ambassador Extortion Case
The preliminary hearing of Karl Armgaard Graves, who claims to be an international spy, was delayed until December at the U S attorney's request. Graves remains on bond of $2000 and faces charges of attempting to extort $3000 from Countess von Bernstorff, wife of the German ambassador.
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Washington, D. C
Karl Armgaard Graves
Countess von Bernstorff
United States
Graves
Weather forecast for San Antonio area
The forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for tonight and Thursday to be fair with rising temperatures.
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San Antonio
Weather forecast for major cities
The Light reports St Louis at 20 degrees clear with a northwest wind and a high of 28. Chicago at 18 degrees cloudy with a west wind and a high of 24. Milwaukee 12 degrees clear with a west wind and a high of 18. Kansas City 22 degrees clear with a west wind and a high of 30. New York 34 degrees cloudy with a northeast wind and a high of 56. Washington 34 degrees cloudy with a north wind and a high of 60.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Parral Foreign Residents Safe
A Mexican refugee reports that American and other foreign mining men from Parral are safe and heading toward the west coast of Mexico. He said Parral was evacuated by Gen. Luis Herrera on November 4 and occupied by Villa bandits on November 5.
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EL Paso
Tex
Parral
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Luis Herrera
Honolulu Japan wireless service inaugurated from Bolinas Ridge
San Francisco reports the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company launched regular Honolulu Japan service. Messages were sent by President Wilosa and other notables from Bolinas Ridge near San Francisco to the emperor of Japan and other dignitaries, signaling a new commercial link.
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San Francisco
Cal
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Wilosa
Bolinas Ridge
Honolulu
Farm Loan Hearings Open at Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas November 15. Federal Farm Loan Board opens hearings after delays from train schedules. William G McAdoo presides as Fort Worth Waco and Dallas present claims. Morning session features remarks on the farm loan act and homestead law. Adjournment until 1 40 PM precedes further town presentations. The board plans a 4 PM visit to the Cotton Palace in Waco.
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Tex
Federal Farm Loan Board
Dallas
Little Rock
Chamber of Commerce
William G. McAdoo
Waco
McAdoo
Norris
Southwest
T. D. Ross
Farm Loan Bank
Cotton Palace
Silver Reserve to Be Transferred to Mexico Government
It was learned that Banco Nacional will transfer its entire silver reserve to the government with authorization from General Carranza. In exchange, the government will pay with American money at a two for one rate to cover taxes and customs receipts. The move aims to provide silver for army needs.
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Mexico City
Banco Nacional
Hughes Leads with 1004 in Minnesota Senate Race
Hughess lead over Wilson stands at 1004 as nearly all Minnesota precincts report unofficial returns. California results remain open with 33 counties yet to canvass and early counts showing a potential swing only from San Francisco Los Angeles or Alameda.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Hughes
Wilson
Minnesota
Toay
California
San Francisco
Cal
Los Angeles
Alameda
Injured Bicycle Pump Accident in Stillwater
Arch Wilkins a 56 year old father of seven remains hospitalized after a bicycle pump piston fractured and punctured his lung while he tested a gas pipe for leaks in Stillwater Oklahoma on November 15.
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Stillwater
Okla
Arch Wilkins
Board of Managers named for Robert B Green Memorial Hospital
The county commissioners appointed five members to the hospital board: Mrs. L Goodman Dr. T T Jackson Dr. J H Burleson Judge Claude V Birkhead and Joseph Courand. The board will govern the Robert B Green Memorial Hospital and appoint the superintendent and staff. The hospital is slated to be ready for occupancy in December with a nonpolitical board structure.
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L. Goodman
T. T. Jackson
J. H. Burleson
Claude V. Birkhead
Joseph Courand
Joe 8S
Ed County Hospital
Davis
Commissioners’ Court
San Antonio
County Commissioners' Court
Bexar County
Board of Managers
Texas
Newton
Mensioners
CIGARS TO COST MORE
Fred Hirschborn president of the Cigar Manufacturers Association of America said higher cigar prices are inevitable due to a 50 percent rise in raw material costs strong demand and higher wages drawing makers to other trades.
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New York
Fred Hirschborn
Cigar Manufacturer’s Association of America
Wilson to Proclaim Thanksgiving on November 30
President Wilson said he will follow custom and designate the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day, November 30. Business leaders consider urging an earlier date due to the proximity of Christmas.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Wilson
Inquirers
Daugh ter is Dead and Family Held in Illinois Case
In Pontiac Illinois on November 15 a grand jury was convened to hear evidence against Jacob Diemer his wife and daughter in the death of Christine Diemer a wealthy family’s young daughter who vanished October 27 and was found later with a fractured skull. An inquest and autopsy linked death to violence with witnesses reporting distress cries near the Vermilion river home. Christine had been rumored to be visiting Florida last winter.
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Pontiac
Ill
Jacob Diemer
Christine
Diemer
Florida
Tank Haines
Vermilion River
Vermillion River
Missouri Pacific Pullman Held Up Near Kansas City
A masked bandit boarded Missouri Pacific Omaha Lincoln express train No 108 at Leavenworth and robbed four men and the conductor C E Schmitt of 96 dollars, then rode to Kansas City as the passengers shuffled to their seats before vanishing into the night.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Leavenworth
Kansas
C. E. Schmitt
Kansas City, Kansas
Idaho vote inquiry over large election leads to fraud probe
Idaho prosecutors opened an investigation into alleged voting fraud after discovery that statewide ballots exceeded actual ballots used and the total vote rose sharply from 107000 in 1914 to about 140000 in the current year. Attorney General Peters urged county attorneys to scrutinize swearing in on election day amid signs of irregularities. In New Mexico, Republicans contest results in eight Chaves county precincts alleging intimidation and irregularities and a Democratic plurality.
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Boise
Idaho
Peters
New Mexico
Roswell
N. M
Chaves County
Loss of ships totals shown for British tonnage
Thomas J. McNamara, financial secretary of the British admiralty, told the House of Commons that by September 30, 1916 the net loss of merchant steamers 1000 tons and over was slightly over 2 percent of total British wartime tonnage. The figure covers all losses from war and marine risks.
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London
Thomas J. McNamara
British Admiralty
House of Commons
Government to defend Adamson law suits in court
Pennsylvania Railroad asks federal attorneys be kept out of the cases. Attorney General Gregory decides railroads’ suits against enforcing the eight hour law will be defended by the Department of Justice. The plan to defend each case or a test suit is under review with Solicitor General Davis and U S attorneys.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington, D. C
Gregory
Department of Justice
Davis
United States
Department
Railroad Brotherhood
New York Central Sues to Test Adamson Eight Hour Law
The New York Central filed in Federal District Court to challenge the Adamson eight hour law arguing it is not a commerce regulation but a temporary wage increase for union workers. The New Haven & Hartford plans similar suits, announced by president Howard Elliott.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Federal District Court
Road
Albert H. Harris
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Howard Elliott
Railroad Asks Court To Void Adamson Eight Hour Law
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company filed in Federal District Court a bill in equity seeking an injunction against three U S district attorneys in Pennsylvania. The suit asks the court to declare the eight hour law unconstitutional and void and to stop prosecutions under it.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United States
Pennsylvania
New York Central to file first injunction test of eight hour law
New York Central will file in federal court the first injunction suit by an eastern railroad challenging the Adamson eight hour law. Albert H. Harris says the action targets U S district attorney H Snowden Marshall and local officials of the four trainmen brotherhoods seeking a temporary stay to bar prosecutions and compel compliance with the act.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Albert H. Harris
New York Central
H. Snowden Marshall
United States
May file 5000 suits against Adamson eight hour law
New York, Nov. 16. Railway managers weigh wholesale legal action to defeat the Adamson eight hour law, proposing about 5000 suits across the national railroad system. Courts may hear cases within ten days, with hearings on railroad issues to begin next Monday delaying action. Brotherhood leaders hope the president will back their stance.
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New York
National Conference
United States
Newlands Committee
Wilson
Brotherhood
Bar Mail Rules Tighten on Border Guards
General Funston orders strict observance of postal laws after complaints that guardsmen on duty along the Mexican border mailed live insects reptiles and animals to inform civilians about military conditions. The bulletin clarifies regulations and prohibits such shipments through the mails.
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United States
Mexican
Bank fails to open in Williamstown
The First National Bank of Williamstown did not open and officials announced an examination of the books was in progress. George W. Hunter, former mayor and longtime cashier, could not be located and his family offered no light on his whereabouts.
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Williamstown
W. Va
First National Bank of
George W. Hunter
Captain Owens Dies After Illness in Texas
Captain Joe A. Owens, 70, state superintendent of public buildings and grounds, died in Austin after a three week illness following an operation. He suffered gangrene, had a foot amputated, and failed to recover. Owens, born in New York City, had been hospitalized at a local infirmary.
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Austin
Tex
Joe A. Owens
Owens
New York City
Bombs Fall on Palace in Bucharest During War Office Report
The war office announces Romanian occupation of Boasic in Dobrudja and reports hostile airmen bombs over the palace in Bucharest. The queen and princesses were absent after Prince Mircea’s death.
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Bucharest
London
Boasic
Dobrudja
War Office
Mircea
Long ride to vote for Woodrow Wilson in Ozark
William Milten aged 96 rode six miles on a mule to Ozark to cast his first vote for Taylor's Democratic ticket in 1842. He voted for Woodrow Wilson this time, highlighting a lifetime of participation in elections.
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Ozark
Ark
William Milten
Taylor
Woodrow Wilson
Milten
Bakers urged embargo on wheat and flour exports
Resolutions adopted by the Master Bakers' Association of Chicago request Congress to impose an embargo on wheat and flour exports. The motion came from a meeting of officers and directors held last night in Chicago.
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Chicago
Congress
Master Bakers’ Association of
Rail association weighs car service rule change to avert shortage
The American Railway Association met in New York on November 15 to discuss revising car service rules as a measure to prevent a possible car shortage. One likely fix considered is a heavy tax on railroads that divert foreign lines' freight cars to their own use.
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New York
American Railway Association
Apponyi Sees Narrow Path to Peace in Europe
Count Albert Apponyi, visiting Germany, says peace negotiations may open after Romania is resolved. He argues for neutral mediation, eyes President Wilson as acceptable intermediary despite belief he has not acted fairly. He warns Russia danger and urges Western unity to deter eastern aggression.
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