Allies Claim Important Gains on World War Fronts
dispatches from Paris report three major Allied victories on fronts near Ypres and Flanders. British forces captured a German fort near a ferry house on the Yser, while French guns battered Kaiser's batteries in Champagne and silenced German guns near Verdun and Varennes. The Allies extend footholds in Flanders as German counterattacks fail to regain ground.
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Paris
Flanders
Dumode
Ypres
Eer
Champagne
Varrennes
Verdus
Weldendreft
Langemarck
Passel
Yser
Death of Walter R. Innes in Tehuantepec bandit attack
Walter R. Innes a 26 year old superintendent for Banana Groves company of Chicago at Julie Isthmus of Tehuantepec was shot and killed by Mexican bandits the night of November 22 according to Roger Innes his brother who arrived with the body
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Galveston
Texas
Walter R. Innes
Banana Groves Company of
Chicago
Julie
Tehuantepec
Roger Innes
Blackmail Arrest Ties to Chicago Officials Case
Colonal Charles Alexander, a Providence magnate, was arrested here Saturday under a white braves act for attempting to bribe government officials in Chicago to aid her blackmail. The affair involves $60,000 sought from Alexander by a woman identified as Mrs Jensie E Cope.
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Blackmall
Obicago Mies
Jensie E Cope
Colonal
Charles Alexander
Providence
H. 1
Illionaire
Chicago
Alexander Ows
More Men and Guns Needed in Coast Artillery
Washington on Saturday Brigadier General E M Warner testified before a House committee that the army needs ten thousand more men and 664 more officers for the coast artillery. In New York a village fire, believed to be from a bomb explosion, killed a family of four and destroyed the village center in Ardsley on pav Bam early Sunday. A beet growers convention in Teaver Colorado formed an association to help growers market their products across Wyoming and Nebraska. The Norwegian steamship Waterford, 1,283 tons, was reported grounded near London with three survivors and the ship’s crew missing.
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Washington
Coast Artillery
EM. Waaner
House
New York
Ardsley
Teaver
Colo
Coady
Wyoming
Nebraska
Beergrowers Association
Americans Shot in Mexican Siege Describe Naco Toll
Arizona Governor Hunt appeals to Washington for protection of noncombatants as Mexican fire injures 47 people in Naco across the line from Sonora. The tally includes 18 Americans and 29 Mexicans. fourteens are American soldiers, with five dead, one blind, and two in danger.
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Naco
Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
BE. A. Folsom
State Department
Washington
Blege
Hunt
Sonora
Maytorena
Carranza
Benjamin Hill
Ajix
Italians Protest Arizona Law At State Department
Italian ambassador Count di Cellere formally protested the Arizona law requiring 80 percent of certain state employees to be American citizens. Britain had already lodged a protest. The Italian claim cites treaty guarantees of equal rights for citizens regarding employment and travel.
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Washington
Count di Cellere
State Department
Arizona
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Servians in Need of Aid in London
Madame Slavko Groulich wife of Servian foreign affairs official arrived in London from Nish where she organized hospitals for wounded. She cited 30 000 wounded and 60 000 refugees in Servia needing help and will go to America to raise funds.
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London
Madame Slavko Groulich
Cost of Championship in Cambridge Reveals Coaching Salary
Figures released Friday show the championship eleven cost $25,000 to produce in Cambridge Massachusetts. The largest item was $7,500 for head coach Percy UD Haughton's salary.
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Cambridge
Mass
Percy UD. Haughton
AGA KHAN The Age Khan Pledges Loyalty to England
AGA KHAN The Age Khan, a famous Indian dignitary, pledged loyalty of himself and his people to England in a display of allegiance. The article notes his claimed descent from Ali, related to Mahomet, and positions him among major world powers of the era.
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Aga Khan
Age Khan
England
Ali
Paphew
Mahomet
Mob kills Black man near Coward BC in Beers area
A mob seized and fatally harmed a Black man near Coward in Beers County. The victim, identified as William Green, was reportedly taken to a nearby area where he was harmed. Police investigate as bystanders recall frightened women fleeing the scene.
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Florence
Wiliam Green
Beers By & Wob
Coward
Green
Barefooted Peons Guard the Capital in Mexico City
Provisional President Gutierrez and General Villa prepare to take over governance while keeping order. In Mexico City conditions are reported quiet as Villa and Zapata coordinate forces with officers in Cuernavaca. Zapata soldiers patrol barefooted and the northern army camps on the outskirts. Villa orders respect for private property on troop entries.
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Washington
Gutierrez
Villa
Mexico City
Cuernavaca
General Zapata
State Department
Zapata
Sees Defeat for Germans in Russian Front Outlook
The article argues a Russian army advantage will thwart German plans to invade Silesia. It predicts Cracow fall will stall German Austrian offensives and notes 1,200,000 more men called to service. Russia would send troops to France if possible, opposing German aims in Poland and Cracow.
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Petrograd
Silesia
Cracow
Hussia
Sone
France
Poland
Rurda Cap
Execution of William Abal Ends Local Murder Trial
A historic Philadelphia prison scene recounts the execution by hanging of 18 year old William Abal after a murder trial. The text notes a shift from the death penalty to a substitute form during the period.
Taft Voices Economy As Income Tax Deductions Stand Out
Washington reports the income tax law cut 16000 from congress salaries this year. Deductions were charged against checks issued by the secretary to congressional staff, with funds to be returned to the treasury. Taft calls for economy in government. Detroit notes Taft urging administrative efficiency at a Petro Bashers event. A Montana bank robbery steals four hundred dollars. thieves force a teller to open the vault as the safe is breached.
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Washington
Congress
Sergeatet Arme Gordon
Treasury
Man Named Lamar Found Guilty of Impersonation Scheme
A man identified as David Lamar was found guilty of impersonating a government official to defraud J. More Co and the Vuln Gtalee Weal corporation. The case involved Mitchel Palmer of Pransxive ala in New York.
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Ow York
David Lamar
Repreceaia
Mitchel Palmer
Pransxiveala
J. More @ Co
Italy Hears Salandra Call for Armed Neutrality and Readiness
Parliament opened with Premier Salandra urging a state of watchful armed neutrality for Italy. He stressed preparing the army and navy to safeguard vital interests and power, while critics applauded and Belgium's fate drew cheers from all sides.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Salandra
Italy
Salapore
Mary
Trent
Trieste
Giolitti
Commandini
Belgium
Europe
Princess Hatzeinfeldt Arrival at German Embassy Event
Princess Hatzeinfeldt, wife of Count von Hatefelgt, arrived at the German embassy in Trechenberg for a diplomatic reception. Foreign dignitaries and officials welcomed the couple during the social gathering.
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Princess Hatzfeldt
Vom Hatefelgt Trechenberg
Unclear text on suffrage state leave and court contempt
Fragmentary OCR notes reference suffrage state leave in Washington and contempt charges involving officials. Mentions include a president, Governor, Lamorans, Gregory, and Norton of the supreme court, with many garbled terms making precise facts hard to confirm.
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Washington
Wilacc
Huerta Officials Head Revolution in Mexico
A proclamation from Jose Salazar and Emilio Campa, former Huerta generals, claims a new party will form a revolutionary government in central Chihuahua and attacks both Carranza and Villa factions. The document, dated November 26 at Vado de Piedra, cites broad support and reports Orozco seeking arms in New York.
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al Peso
Texas
Jose Ince Salear
Emilio P. Campa
Chihuahua
Casas Grandestrates Point
Juares
Chihuahua City
Vera Cros
Villa
New Party
Mexico
Vado de Piedra
Chibaahua
Salazar
Albuquerque
N. M
Campa
Huerta
Pascual Orosco
Madero
Orozco
New York
Carranza
British Ship Kingsway Granted Clearance at San Diego
Deputy Collector Clarence Spru igan announced that under Washington telegraphic guidance the British steamer Kingsway was released and will receive clearance papers for any port. Captain W E Tomkins plans to sail for Vancouver but will protest the detention to the British vice consul.
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San Diego
Cal
Washington
Clarence Sprign
Kingsway
W. E. Tomkins
Vancouver
Spy Betrays Sleepers at Lampernisse French Troops Routinely Bombarded
Dispatches report a spy gained access to a bakery used by 600 French soldiers sleeping in Lampernisse, signaling lights to warn German artillery. A bombardment destroyed the troops and set straw on fire as they were pinned in the church.
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London
Dunkirk
Lampernisse
Washington Officials Debate Arizona Employee Citizenship Rule
Washington officials weigh the validity of an Arizona requirement that 0 percent or more of employees of Slime or related corporations be U.S. citizens. The issue prompts representations from British and Italian ambassadors to the state department regarding treaty interpretation with Italy. In St Louis, a renewed strike on the Harry Mas railway lines affects 300 workers across five unions, ongoing for years.
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Washington
Arizona
United States
State Department
Italy
St. Louia
Harrymas
Wachimote
Lost schooner Alice M. Lawrence runs aground near Nantucket
Fragmentary report notes the schooner Alice M. Lawrence ashore on Tuckercuck shoal in Nantucket sound after rough seas. Mentions attempts by Atlantic Coast Line railroad officials and other scattered notes about bomb drops and Freiberg neighborhood, with unclear names and actions.
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Heather Aancre
Vineyard Haven
Alice M. Lawrence
Portland
Norfolk
Tuckercuck Shoal
Nantucket Sound
Lodz Falls Into German Hands During Polish Campaign
Berlin announced Lodz the second Polish city fell to German arms after a days of brutal fighting. Descriptions speak of heavy bombardment and hand to hand combat as German forces advance toward Warsaw. Lodz, a key textile and manufacturing hub with a diverse population, faces strategic German operation near Piotrkow and Vistula river corridor.
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Landon
Berlin
Lods
Poland
Warsaw
Lode
Piotrbow
Giowno
Lodz
Vistule
Piace
Russian Poland
Kings Meet on Battlefield Before Belgian Frontier
In Dunkirk on a muddy road Saturday King George of England and King Albert of Belgium greeted each other with a long firm handshake as bands played. A canal barge moored nearby and villagers watched as the monarchs inspected troops and dined together later.
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Dunkirk
France
George
England
Albert
Belgium
Roumania Decides to Join Allies in World War
Geneva reports from Bucharest that Roumania will enter the war on the Allied side with King Ferdinand and Roumanian statesmen in accord. Entry timing discussed to avoid a winter campaign. authorities fear Servia could be defeated before spring.
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Geneva
Journal de Geneve
Bucharest
Roumania
Ferdinand
Rowman
Servia
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Detroit
Willian H. Taft
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John J. Helpin
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