Alabama Governor Appeals for Belgian Relief Aid
Special to The Montgomery Alabama governor urged state support for Belgian relief, responding to a Hoover cable and naming James Bowron of Birmingham as central committee chair. He spoke before leaving for Madison Wisconsin for the national governors conference, stressing urgent humanitarian aid.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Belgium
Madison
Wis
Herbert Clarke Hoover
London
England
American Relief Commission
James Bowron
Birmingham
Turn of Tide One Demand Believed Ten Have Come in France
Paris reports renewed German offensive at Dixmude and Ypres with attacks around Ypres repulsed. German withdrawals from Belgium move toward Russia as trains marked To Russia depart Brussels and Louvain. Carranza decrees Mexico will not levy American taxes in Vera Cruz after evacuation, while Gutierrez dispute over sovereignty continues. General Carranza meets Aguas Calientes committee amid Villa status questions.
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France
Associated Press
Paris
French War Office
Dixmude
Ypres
Rotterdam
London
Irant
Belgium
Brussels
Louvain
Russia
Russians claim greatest war victory over Austrian German forces
London dispatches report a major Russian victory in Poland with the Czarist forces inflicting a severe blow along enemy lines. Grand Duke Nicholas may be hailed as a top strategist once full details are released. Copenhagen telegram notes German winter campaign preparations and Russian fleet movements from the Black Sea coast.
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Associated Press
London
Daily Telegraph
Petrograd
Poland
Nicholas
Berlin
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Copenhagen
Kohlu
Suglu
Asia Minor
Rapid Advance on Cracow Reported by Vienna
Paris cable reports that Russian forces are rapidly advancing on Cracow. Austrian military authorities there are described as anxious, calling every available man to the colors as the crisis widens. The piece notes a growing landsturm mobilization in the region.
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Paris
Vienna
Cracow
Missouri Kansas Texas R R Loses 61 Million Land Claim
The Supreme Court dismissed the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad Company suit seeking 61 million dollars against the United States for failure to convey alternate sections of land through former Indian territory. The railroad argued land from the Kansas state line to the Red River in Texas was public land. the government held the land as Indian land.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company
United States
Indian Territory
First Railroad
Kansas State Line
Red River
Texas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Court, of Claims
Railway Ap
British Fleet Seen Heading for Panama Canal Trail of German Warships
Seven British dreadnoughts were sighted heading south at full speed off the Bahama islands by passengers aboard the Surinam arriving from Santiago Cuba. Passenger James Cavanaugh, a former British lieutenant, suspects a Pacific coast assignment to avenge a German fleet defeat. A second report from Campasta notes seven British warships bound south between Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, with a French cruiser seen near French Guiana.
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Associated Press
New York
Panama Canal
Bahama Islands
United Fruit Line
Surinam
Santiago
Cuba
James Cavanaugh
Pacific
South America
Campasta
Rio Janeiro
Pernambuco
French Guiana
Fair and colder tonight in mobile and Alabama
A brief weather note states mobile will be fair and colder with temperatures near 40 degrees while Alabama remains fair and cooler tonight with Tuesday also fair.
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Mobile
Alabama
Discredit Report on Gutierrez Resignation in Mexico
State Department reports in Washington deny the claim that General Gutierrez resigned as provisional president or was jailed for defying the Villa faction. Dispatches from Aguas Calientes say Gutierrez and the convention are in harmony awaiting Carranza’s reply due by tomorrow night on whether he will recognize the convention or accept its ouster. No word on reports of executions of two American cowboys and Bishop Eckles near Chihuahua.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Gutierrez
Mexico
Villa
Aguas Calientes
Carranza
Bishop Eckles
Chihuahua
Kaiser Faces Pressure as Allies Reach German Territory
London reports three Allied thrusts into German soil in Silesia East Prussia and Alsace. British observers warn of a potential shift in war momentum with Russian forces under Grand Duke Nicholas approaching within 200 miles of Berlin.
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London
Silesia
East Prussia
Alsace
Germany
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Berlin
Most Important Development Yet In European War
The article notes a brief Russian invasion of East Prussia early in the war and describes the latest Russian advance as potentially the campaign’s most important development. It discusses possible German withdrawals from Belgium, ongoing Allied offensives in France and Belgium, and the likelihood of continued hard fighting, especially near Ypres.
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East Prussia
Alsace
London
Germany
Belgium
France
Ypres
Carbon Hill Man Held in Connection with A G S Wreck
Meridian Mississippi November 9 James Smith a tramp from Carbon Hill Alabama was arrested as a suspect in the wrecking of the Alabama Great Southern train at Livingston eleven persons killed and many injured He claimed to be in Meridian at the time offered conflicting stories and will be held for investigation Police say he may know something about the wreck but his exact connection is unclear.
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Meridian
Miss
James Smith
Carbon Hill
Ala
Alabama Great Southern
Livingston
Smith
Date for Opening New York Cotton Exchange Not Set
New York November 9 Officials said the reopening date for the New York Cotton Exchange was not set today. Details of a deal to transfer 80 000 bales of cotton owned by Pell and Co to a syndicate at nine cents a pound were being finalized. A reopening date would be announced soon, with some brokers predicting unrestricted trading next Monday.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
H. P. Pell & Co
By & Syndicate
Preliminary crop estimates for crop yields released
The Department of Agriculture released early figures for major crops. Corn is estimated at 2,706,692,000 bushels with potatoes 406,288,000 and sweet potatoes 66,030,000. tobacco 982,716,000 pounds. flax seed 15,973,000 pounds. apples 258,762,000 barrels. sugar beets 5,147,000 tons.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
British Bearing Brunt of the Furious Assaults of Germany
Paris dispatch says three days of front-wide battle sees German masses concentrate at Flanders while British lines thin and suffer heavy officer losses. Violent attacks from Ypres to Armentieres surge along Menin road and Lys sector as Allies press deliberate gains. Germans bombarded Cambrin and Aix-le-Neulette as stubborn fighting continues.
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Germany
Associated Press
Paris
Vosges
Flanders
Ypres
Lys
Yser
Waterloo
Foot Guards
Menin Road
Armentieres
Artris
Pas-de-Calais
Cambrin
la Bassee
Bethune
County Evaluates Gravel Shortage on Cedar Point Road
Engineers report 6.745 yards of gravel on the 6 Cedar Point road with six and eleven sixteenths inches average depth. A shortage of about 805 cubic yards suggested a $600 credit from contractor Holcombe and $900 from Southern Fuel and Material Co. The county would consider any payment adjustments in a future estimate. Contractor Herndon Radcliff denies shortfall and says his firm delivered the contracted amount.
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Cedar Point Road
William H
Dog River Bridge
Wis Mia
Holcombe
Fisher
T. W. Nicol
Hagan
Southern Fuel and Material Company
Gaillard
Herndon Radcliff
British announce safety pact for exports with Denmark Sweden Norway
Washington November 9 British ambassador Cecil Spring-Rice told the state department an agreement with Denmark Sweden and Norway allows goods destined for neutral consumption to pass freely only if consigned to special persons with certificates guaranteeing against re exportation. The accord aligns British and Scandinavian trade interests during ongoing negotiations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
State Department
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Ae Great
Britain
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Dis. Atty. Whitman
Frederick C. Tanner
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