Kitchener Heads To Balkans In War Command
London reports Lord Kitchener set to take active command against Austro German Bulgarian forces in the Balkans as cabinet uncertainty grows. Denial of resignation persists while questions on a replacement and near eastern duties swirl amid censorship and allied coordination with Joffre.
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United Press
London
Lord Kitchener
Near East
Balkars
London Globe
Kitchener
Lord Haldane
War Office Post
The
Globe
War Office
Karl Kitchener
Eastern Front
Near West
War Ministry
Balkans
Balkan
Sturdee
Admiralty
South Atlantic
Admiral von Spee
Greek monarch faces war or rebellion crisis in Athens
From Paris to Rome and Athens the crisis grows as King Constantine struggles to keep Greece neutral or align with the Allies. Venizelos demands change while military plots and arrests ripple through parliament. Pressures from Entente and Central Powers clash as Athens teeters.
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Paris
Constantine
Greece
Venizelos
Serbia
George
Zaimis
War Party
Athens
Record breaking figures in American commerce announced
Commerce department reports September 1916 exports at 300,676,822 dollars, a new peak. Nine month total up 1,036,178 dollars from 1914, while September alone rose 144,694,489 dollars. February 1915 was second only to September 1915 in exports.
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Commerce Department
Two Men Held in Double Memphis Murder Case
Larkin J. Flannigan a former New York salesman and Waddell Field of Yazoo Mississippi were held as murder suspects in the hammer killings of Miss Marguerite Favor vaudeville actress and J C Crowell Mississippi planter. Warrants were served in Jackson Missouri by Memphis detectives. The pair were in jail there on a bank forgery charge. Robbery appeared to be the motive.
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Memphis
Tenn
Larkin J. Flannigan
New York
Waddell Field
Yazoo
Miss
Marguerite Favor
J. C. Crowell
Jackson
Roper
Miss Favar
Crowell
Alleged Blind Tiger Raid by Detectives
Detectives Pearson Burch and Lacey raided Alphonse Zieman’s SW corner St Michael and Wilkinson site finding white men drinking bottled beer. Sixteen dozen bottles seized and Zieman docketed for violation of the prohibition law. A list of named men labeled dangerous and suspicious will be used as witnesses in recorder's court.
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Pearson, Burch and Lacey
Alphonse Zieman
St. Michael and Wilkinson Streets
Zieman
Ofte
National defense struggle shaping Congress vote lines
Washington reports the administration seeks Republican aid to pass preparedness legislation with Democrats split. Key figures like Bryan oppose the program, while Kitchin Underwood and Clark negotiate White House support and partisan alignment ahead of votes.
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Washington
Congress
Bryan
Brydn
Repubs
Representative Kitchin
Democratic House
Kitchin
Underwood
Wilson
House
White House
Clark
Baltimore
New York
Gotham
Chicago
President and fiancée spend quiet day together
President Wilson and his fiancée Mrs Norman Galt spent a quiet day in Washington. They walked to Mrs Galt's home, shared a noon luncheon, and took a country drive before returning to the White House.
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Washington
Wilson
Norman Galt
Mrs. Galt
White House
En Mansion
No Shirkers Can Sail on Cunarders
Riotous scenes in Liverpool as 900 Irishmen refuse recruiting officers demands and push onto the Saxonia. Cunard cancels bookings. an estimated 1,400 more Irishmen have booked passages to the United States for next week. A clash at the docks ends with some fighting and a reaction from firemen.
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Liverpool
Cunard Steamship
America
Cunard
Ane Ee
Beokingae
Wr Ward
Saxonia
Young grapefruit and pecan tree bear well in Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs Mississippi November 6 Special From a five year old pecan tree owner Charles Griswold near Ocean Springs reports harvest of nineteen pounds of pecans this season. His 25 trees yielded 40 pounds this year while the oldest tree is five years old and the remainder are two years eight months. Nuts average 25 to the pound dried. Griswold also has a grapefruit tree two years eight months old bearing fifty five fruits with twelve on one small limb.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Stuart
Charles Griswold
Immigration Will Be Up Before Labor Chiefs
In San Francisco on November 6 delegates and officers including Samuel Gompers gather ahead of the AFL convention. Immigration is the most prominent topic to be discussed and radical labor law changes are expected to be recommended. The question of endorsing national prohibition is also anticipated to spark extensive debate.
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San Francisco
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bulgars Routed After Serbian Front Setback
Paris dispatches report Bulgarian operations in southern Serbia ended with a decisive Allied victory. In Philip’s vicinity on Friday the invaders were thrown off balance, and though still fighting they faced a strong Allied advantage. French British and Serbian forces forced a retreat near Veles after heavy counter attacks and heavy Bulgarian losses to superior artillery.
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Paris
Serbia
Philip
Athens
Bulgars Meet Reverse on Vardar Front
Bulgarian forces were repelled after advancing from the Philip region and attacking the French front along the Vardar river between Kabadere and Krivolake. Intense artillery fire caused enormous losses and forced a retreat.
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Athens
London
Philiep
Vardar
Kabadere
Krivolakae
Carranza Forces Marching On Villa in Sonora Border
Villa and Carranza armies march toward Hermosillo as fighting on the border ends likely indefinitely. Funston reports he will leave Douglas and hand border duties to Fort Sam Houston troops. Villa reinforcements and U S surgeons survive a scare after crossing into the United States.
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Washington
Villa
Carranza
Hermosillo
Sonora
War and State Department
Funston
War Department
Douglas
Ariz
Fort Sam Houston
Texa
Naco
Dieguez
State Department
Guaymas
Urbelejo
Nogales
del Rio
J. D. Tyrant
A. L. Wilson
Alleged Son of Argentine Vice President Jailed
Jorge Villeneuve, 28, claimed son of Benito Villanueva, Argentine vice president, is jailed in Chicago tonight facing forgery fugitive from justice and confidence game charges. He used the name Ben Decalyer and is accused of taking $120 from H. M. Huxley of Evanston. Authorities in Trenton, New Jersey, report he is wanted there on forgery charges.
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Chicago
Jorge Villenueva
Benito Villenueva
Republic of Argentina
Ben Decalyer
H. M. Huxley
Evanston
Trenton
WN. 3
Armed Illinois mob hunts for negro shooter near Taylorville
A white mob of about a thousand residents searches woods around Taylorville Illinois for one of three black men accused of fatally shooting a Wabash conductor. One was shot by deputies in a corn field, another captured. the sheriff hides the third. The sheriff reports to Governor Dunne and would seek a military guard if the escapee is captured.
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Taylorville
Ills
Dunne
Serbian King Peter 71 Joins Frontline Fight
King Peter of Serbia, aged 71 and frail, leaves the south to join the front line. A dispatch says he intends to die in the trenches with his men, underscoring his resolve amid the conflict.
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London
Peter of
Serbia
Brooklyn factory fire claims dozen lives of young girls
A blaze at 281 North Sixth street Brooklyn killed twelve people including eight girls and four men, with many others injured or missing. Edward Diamond and his wife, owners of the building, were arrested on coroner’s complaint charging criminal negligence. Fire crews faced a single narrow danger path and inadequate exits as survivors leaped to safety.
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New York
North Sixth Street
Brooklyn
Diamond Candy Company
Essex Shirt Company
Cecilia Brook
New Street
Rose Goldman
Wallabout Street
Irene Totta
Hope Street
Lena Goldfine
Second Street
Bricker
Prospect Place
A. Wallick
Bristol Street
Mokalokani
North Eighth Street
George Stamewick
Canal Street
Edward Diamond
Lia
Oner Wagre
Florty
First Catapult Launch From Moving Warship Proves Feat
The Navy reports a successful airplane launch from a moving ship using a catapult on the Pensacola test. Lieutenant Commander H C Maastin piloted from the North Carolina aviation ship as the car reached 60 miles per hour in a sixty foot run. The event validates Langley’s aviation legacy and marks a milestone in naval aviation development.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pensacola
Potomac River
W. *. Chambers
Navy
H. C. Maastin
North Carolina
Garden of Eden Poker Described in Divorce Suit
Mrs. Iola Gray, 24, suing Harry Gray for divorce, described to Judge Hoffman a Game of Garden of Eden poker played by couples where a shedding of clothing occurred after defeats. She testified her husband accompanied her to the game and questioned a park department official allegedly involved with another wife.
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Cincinnati
Adam and Eve
Hoffman
Iola Gray
Harry Gray
Park Board
Park
German Socialists Demand Lower Food Prices in Berlin
German Socialists declared Germany has plenty of food and blamed price increases on usurers. They urged vigorous steps to curb inflation and protect consumers. The statement was issued in Berlin via Sayville wireless on November 6.
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Berlin
Sayville Wireless
Germany
Weather Outlook for Alabama This Weekend
Fair weather expected in Alabama on Sunday and Monday with light winds. Skies should stay mostly clear with no significant precipitation.
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Alabama
Funeral Notices for Waddle and Carley
Funeral notice records Waddle entered in aging on 1915 at 3 15 am ROS aged 79. The funeral is Sunday afternoon from 651 Government Street and St John’s Church at 2 20. Interment in cemetery. Carley died Saturday November 1916 at 1 15 pm Isaac A Carley to attend funeral Sunday afternoon at 3 30 from 207 Charles Street and All Saints church at 4 interment Magnolia cemetery.
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Waddle
Audence
Government
St. John’s Church
Carley
Isaac A, Carley
Charles Street
All Saints
Srelock
Magnolia Cemetery
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