French say Kaiser defeats checked at Nieuport and Ypres
Paris reports said German attack on the Nieuport bridge failed and enemy offensives around Ypres were checked. Valparaiso notes German cruisers Leipzig and another ship reached port briefly, then sailed. London reports a Dover raid submarine blown up and another shelled and sunk by explosives.
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Associated Press
Paris
Nieuport
Ypres
Valparaiso
Chile
Leipzig
Ana
London
Dover
Daily Telegraph
German assault pressure eases as invasion base fears grow
London reports and Paris statements indicate reduced German offensives against the Allied lines near Dun Kirk and Calais. Observers in England doubt a German base for invading England will be achieved, while official Paris reports note continued German activity in Flanders.
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London
Flanders
Dunkirk
Calais
England
Paris
Hakemann Dies at City Hospital in Personal Safety Case
Herman W Hakemann 30 died at the city hospital from a wound after he shot Lem Haley on Monroe Street and then turned the gun on himself. Hakemann’s mother traveled from Tampa Florida to be with him as his death ends a troubling incident that also left Haley seriously wounded.
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Herman
Herman W. Hakemann
Item Office
City Hospital
Tampa
Fla
Lem Haley
Monroe Street
Mobile
Demopolis
Alabama Fund for the Relief of Belgians Subscriptions
The Item reports donations to the Alabama state relief fund for starving and homeless Belgians following Governor O Neals appeal. Subscriptions include J Zimmern Co 50 Mobile Electric Co 50 Meder Stock Farm Foley 10 Hon Harry Pillans 10 Commissioners Pat J Lyons 10 Commissioner Laz Schwarz 10 Lt Col C Keller 10 Dr William H Mastin 205 total 205.00
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State Fund For
Belgium
Alabama
O’neal
J. Zimmern Co
Lee J. Zim-Morow
Vale
Coe Tettanes
J. Maynard Wwllenesis Op Veysus
Mobile Electric Co
T. K. Jackson
Meder Stock Farm
Foley
Ala
Harry Pillans
Pat J. Lyons
Laz Schwarz
Col. C. Keller
U. S. Engineers
William H. Mastin
M. D
U S to Withdraw From Vera Cruz on November 23
Washington reports that American rule in Vera Cruz, begun April 21 after heavy fighting and 19 marines and sailors killed, will end November 23. Secretary Garrison arranged withdrawal plans after President and Secretary Bryan set the date amid Mexican faction assurances.
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Associated Press
Washington
Vera Cruz
Garrison
Bryan
Huerta
Tampico
Bomb under Whitman fails in Tombs courtroom
A bomb found under Governor-Elect Whitman’s district attorney offices in the Tombs court room near Magistrate Campbell caused panic with a partially burned fuse, gunpowder, bullets, and guncotton. Policeman George L. O’Connor removed the device as about fifty people waited for court to begin.
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Associated Press
New York
Bronx County
Tombs
Whitman
George L. O'Connor
O'Connor
Campbell
Liquor foes fail to find glad hand in Atlanta
Women of the national executive committee of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union meet in Atlanta as they discuss national prohibition and the 1920 goal. Delegates crowd the Hotel Ansley for the convention while organizers seek housing and plan tonight's celebration of recent suffrage and prohibition victories.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Women's Christian Temperance Union
United States
Congress
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ansley
T. E. Patterson
Germans Cross Water to Take Dixmude in Terrifying Fight
Reports from London and Amsterdam describe the Dixmude battle as the fiercest yet with German corps entering the town after forcing a path through flooded fields. The action centered on the dykes near Nieuport as Belgian and Allied troops fought for ground and repelled advances amid extreme cold and exhaustion.
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London
Dixmude
Daily Express
Amsterdam
Tijd
Nieuport
Earl of Kingston Wounded at Front in London Report
Henry Edwyn King Tenison Earl of Kingston is wounded at the front, with official word that he is recovering. The notice confirms the injury and ongoing recuperation.
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Earl OF Kingston
Associated Press
London
Henry Edwyn King-Tenison Earl of
Kingston
Weather Brief for Mobile and Alabama
The forecast calls for rain tonight in Mobile and likely Sunday. In Alabama expect rain tonight and possibly continuing into Sunday with unsettled conditions.
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Mobile
Alabama
Music Publisher Arrested for Mail Fraud in Poetry Contest
New York AP reports John T. Hall president of John T. Hall Music Publishing Co was arrested on charges of defrauding amateur poets nationwide. Hall allegedly used a prize song contest to lure 6000 poets into paying money and authorities say 15000 dollars was collected.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
John T. Hall
John T. Hall Music Publishing Company
Post Office
Hall
Buy Early Club Encourages Christmas Shopping Spirit
The note urges shoppers to remember clerks and employees who aid gift buying and to join the Buy Early Club, promoting the season's goodwill and thoughtful spending.
Night Riders Terror Strikes Muhlenburg County Kentucky
Deputies patrol Muhlenburg and Butler counties after Henry Allen age 30 was found hanged near Hillside. The killings and shootings by the Possum Hunters target coal mine workers and anti union operators. A negro boy was killed and two white men reportedly slain in clashes. Allen was implicated in recent depredations and was called from home by men per his father in law.
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Hillside
Muhlenburg
Henry Allen
Allen
Butler
Central City
Rochester
Charley Daniels
Loss of Dreadnaught Audacious Confirmed Off Irish Coast
New York reports confirm the Audacious, a King George V class battleship, sank off the north coast of Ireland after being hit by a torpedo or mine on October 27. About 800 crew faced peril. the Olympic rescued all but 100 by noon after a harrowing sea passage aided by White Star sailors.
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Associated Press
New York
Olympic
Lough Swilly
Ireland
White Star
Peoples' Road 13 Vindicated in Mail Fraud Probe
U S authorities find no evidence of mail fraud by the Peoples Railroad Company of Baldwin county after a Post Office inquiry led by Inspector McClellan. Federal district attorney agrees no action is needed, affirming the railroad's vindication. E B Gaston of Fairhope is among its leaders.
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U. S
Fairhope
Peoples Railroad Company
Baldwin County
Post Office
McClellan
Peoples Railroad
E. B. Gaston
Peoples
Czar Takes Tarnov And Victories Continue In War News
A Daily News dispatch from Petrograd reports revolt among garrisons at Constantinople and Adrianople. Five German officers were killed by a bomb in Enver Bey’s palace. Enver Bey was unharmed. Berlin reports panic spreading in eastern Silesia as civilians flee toward Berlin and Dresden. The Telegraph notes American ambassadors protest Turkish authorities’ search of Allied embassies in Don.
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Associated Press
London
A_ Daily News
Petrograd
Bucharest
Constantinople
Adrianople
Enver Bey
Alet
Turkey
Germany
The
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
Berlin
Silesia
Dresden
Daily Telegraph
Athens
Don
Russians Continue Victorious Advance Across Eastern Front
London reports fresh Russian gains on the eastern battlefront amid claimed captures of Tarnow Jaslo and Krasno in Galicia and the strategic Johannisburg in East Prussia. Evacuations are noted as civilians flee east Silesia while German defense shifts to Austrian garrison. Danzig looms as a Russian objective according to Petrograd dispatches with conflicting frontier reports.
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London
Vienna
Tarnow
Jaslo
Krasno
Galicia
Silesia
Johannisburg
Prussia
Cracow
Oppeln
Breslau
Danzig
Petrograd
Poland
Aviator Killed as Crowd Blocks Landing at Fair
Chesterfield Virginia County Fair tragedy as Frank J. Terrell perishes after engine trouble forces a forced descent. He veered to avoid spectators who surged onto the landing area and blocked the ground.
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Chesterfield
D. C
Frank J. Terrell
Tors
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