McCosker elected Mobile Fire Department chief
Charles S. McCosker city electrician was elected chief of the Mobile Fire Department without opposition, succeeding the late Captain Thomas F. Price. He will hold both offices with the same salary for now. Other actions included bills approved, license transfer granted, and new tungsten lights ordered for several streets.
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Charles S. McCosker
City Electrician
Mobile Fire Department
Thomas F. Price
McCosker
Pillans
Lyons. Schwarz
S. L. Christie
City
F. G. Proudfoot
Tor
W. I
Petersdorf
Chatham
Texas
Frank H. King
Paul J. McAleer
Lyons
Lee
Dauphin
Virginia
Lawrence
Loor
Mobile
Fire Department of
Martial law in Egypt proclaimed by Britain
British authorities announced martial law across Egypt effective immediately. The British charge d affaires in Cairo delivered the notification to American diplomats as London ordered the commander in chief to assume control and suppress all outbreaks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Egypt
Cairo
London
Liverpool Cotton Exchange Set for Reopening Decision
Liverpool Nov 3 The Liverpool Cotton Association will meet next Tuesday to consider resolutions regarding the reopening of the cotton market.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Liverpool Cotton Association
Federal troops ordered into Hartford Valley strike zone
Washington reports the decision to send federal troops into the Hartford Valley Arkansas strike area to quell miner disturbances preceding a deadly Prairie Creek mining camp shooting. Secretary Garrison to announce the War Department action after a Nov 3 conference with Attorney General Gregory.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hartford Valley
Ark
War Department
Garrison
Gregory
Fort Smith
Youmans
Mace
Franklin Bache
Lkely
United” States
Max Parker
Hartford
Department
British Troops Suffer Terribly at Ypres Defense
Telegraphic dispatch from Calais via the Daily Mail reports a historic British ordeal in halting the German advance on Calais. It notes the Ypres victory came at a high price with the cream of the army wounded, gaps needing rapid filling as Germans concentrate on British troops.
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Ypres
Associated Press
London
Calais
Daily Mail
Germin
President Wilson Voters in New Jersey Campaign Stop
President Wilson returned to Princeton to vote for Democratic candidates as crowds greet him at the railroad station. He cast votes for congress legislature and sheriff and planned to follow returns from the White House. White House aides traveled with him including the youngest confidential stenographer Co. L. Swein.
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Princeton
WN. J
Wilson
New Jersey
Congress
Legislature
Washington
Knceton
Ite House
Allan Walsh
Desperate War Updates From Yser Front and East Prussian Border
Reports from Havre and Paris detail German withdrawal along the Yser and renewed Allied occupation of river points downstream from Dixmude. Russian forces are said to be inside East Prussian frontier while German barbed wire at Rominten changes hands. In a local matter, two deserted babies were found at 8 Washington Avenue and placed in a maternity home after Humane Officer Ducorneau intervened.
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London
The
Star Today
Petrograd
East Prussian
William
Rominten
Paris
Yser
Dixmude
Gheluvit
Lys
Arras
Lihons
le Quesnoy-en-Santerre
Aisne
Aigne
Valilly
Chavonne
Soupir
Amont
Rheims
Meuse
Argonne
Pont-a-Mousson
Washington Avenue
Humane
J. S. Ducerneau
Mittie Smith
Chip Ang
Ducorneau
Mittie
Smith Home
Alabama Democrats poised to sweep state offices
Montgomery report notes Oscar W Underwood leading the Democratic ticket for U S Senate and Charles Henderson headed for governor with eleven congressmen and a full state ticket. Republicans Progressives and Socialists field candidates but are not expected to win major offices.
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Montgomery
Ala
Oscar W. Underwood
United States Senate
Charles Henderson
Railroad Commission
Alabama
Voting in the Solid South Seen Heavier in Atlanta
News dispatch notes that early indications from Atlanta and surrounding areas on November 3 suggest turnout in the solid South could be heavier than expected as voters head to polls. Reports emphasize regional enthusiasm and potential impacts on election outcomes.
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Atlanta, Ga
Mississippi Lynching Near Hernando At Horn Lake Bridge
An Associated Press report states that a posse of ten men removed Tom Burns from a deputy sheriff during transport to Hernando jail and lynched him from the Horn Lake road bridge near the Tennessee Mississippi line. Burns had been arrested for an alleged murderous assault on merchant T. B. Miller in White Haven Saturday night.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Tom Burns
Hernando
Miss
Horn Lake Road
Tennessee-Mississippi
T. B. Miller
White Haven
Postoffice Inspector McClelan Transferred to Monterey Tenn
Postoffice Inspector M. M. McClelan received notice Tuesday of his transfer to a like position in Monterey Tennessee and will leave for his new post this week. No successor has been named for his vacated position.
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M. M. McClelan
Monterey
Tenn
Carranza Rejects Aguas Calientes Provisional President
Associated Press dispatch from El Paso Texas reports that General Carranza says he will not abide by the Aguas Calientes convention action naming a provisional president. He broadcasts a firm stance amid regional turmoil and Mexican political divisions.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Texas
General Carranza
Aguas Calientes
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mobile area
The report notes fair conditions with steady temperatures tonight and Wednesday. It mentions fair skies for Alabama and Mobile area with continued calm weather into the next day.
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Mobile
Alabama
Austrian Textile Men Anxious Over American Cotton
Austrian textile manufacturers in Venice report urgent worry over securing cotton from the United States. They fear supply will run out within weeks despite efforts via neutral states, leaving Austrian mills in a desperate situation.
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Associated Press
Venice
Paris
America
Austria
White Cappers threaten Texas farmers over cotton acreage
Terrell Texas November 3 Associated Press Captain No 4 White Cappers sign demands all farmers cut cotton acreage by two thirds under penalty of arson to the Kaufman Herald editor Monroe Drew who turned the notice to authorities. J C Ernst a Kaufman area farmer also received a similar demand.
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Associated Press
Terrell
Tex
Monroe Drew
Kaufman (Tex
American Missionaries in Turkey Thought in Little Danger
Washington reports no new word from Ambassador Morgenthau on Constantinople. No war declaration yet and no neutrality proclamation until the matter clears. Acting Secretary Lansing says he sees no danger for American missionaries. The cruiser Tennessee has reached Mytilene in the Aegean to assist missionaries in Asia Minor if needed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Morgenthau
Constantinople
Lansing
Tennessee
Navy Department
Mytilene
Aegean Sea
Asia Minor
Colonel Roosevelt Votes at Oyster Bay Polling Place
Theodore Roosevelt arrived at the Oyster Bay polling place in the forenoon with his coachman and two gardeners. He voted first and then malted, while his employees cast their ballots.
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Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
T. F. Ryan Donates $10,000 to War Fund
T. F. Ryan contributed ten thousand dollars to the war fund amid ongoing fundraising drives. Local officials praised the donation as a significant boost to morale and relief efforts for soldiers and families.
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T. F. Ryan
Ma “Missione Firé Traction
Réd. Creekt War Fund
Ryan
Crens
Mrs Whitney sails to set up field hospital in France
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney formerly Glady s Vanderbilt sails on the Lusitania with four surgeons and fifteen horses to establish a large field hospital behind the firing line in northern France. She has motor ambulances and supplies for 3000 persons and will fund additional units if needed. Her sister Countess Szechenyi is aiding wounded in Austria.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry Payne Whitney
Missa Gertrude Vanderbilt
Europe
Lusitania
France
American Ambulance Hospital
Panama Canal Closed by Landslide Again
The Panama Canal is blocked by a landslide and will be re opened by Wednesday. Colonel Goethals reports rapid movement of slide material in the break north of Gold Hill blocked the channel Saturday. The canal office says this slide is an aftermath of the October 14 slide.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Goethals
Colonel Goethals
Canal Commission
Gold Hill
Canal Office
Britain War on the Turk Fortified City Taken
Dispatches report British actions against the Turkish forces. Morgenthau notes sinking of two Turkish vessels near Smyrna and Russian troops crossing toward Erzerum. Berlin sources claim 15,000 Turkish troops in Egypt and anti British sentiment among Egyptians. Turkey pledges not to move on Libya, easing Italian concerns over Tripoli.
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Associated Press
Washington
Berlin
Athens
Egypt
Arerero
Rome
Turkey
Libya
Tripoli
Russians Attack Turkish Frontier at Caucasus
Official dispatch from Constantinople states Russian troops attacked frontier forces at several points along the Caucasian border but were compelled to retire. Turkish troops inflicted losses through stiff resistance.
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Constantinople
Amsterdam
London
Britain Bombards Akabah as Turkey Enters War
London reports Britain shells Akabah on the Turco-Egyptian frontier destroying Turkish barracks after 24 hours of uncertainty. Turkish cavalry were seen near Egypt with troops reportedly under German oversight, signaling formal entry into war against the Allies.
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London
Great Britain
Turkey
Germany
Porte
Black Sea
Britis Admiralty
Akabah
Egypt
Breslau
Goeben
France
Fred A. Burch & Co Adjudged Bankrupt
A bankruptcy petition was filed in the U S District Court by Fred A. Burch Co of Mobile with liabilities of 17963 and assets of none. An adjudication in bankruptcy was referred to referee R Tyvin. A separate petition by Lee R Courtright of Milwaukee alleged liabilities of 287.
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United States District Court
Fred A. Burch Co
Mobile
R. Tyvin
Lee R. Courtright
Miamore
Relief ship sails from New York to Rotterdam
The Massapequa departed New York in November to transport food to peacetime relief to Rotterdam. The voyage carries a cargo valued at about $800000 and is expected to take sixteen days.
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Associated Press
New York
Peavemhe
Rotterdam
Massapequa
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Liverpool Cotton Exchange
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Ua Ree Boone
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the Yser
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M’clelan
Carranza
FO Ryan
Mrs. Whitney
Minerva
Tary Post
Fred A. Burch & CO
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