British Chaplain Guides German Prisoners After Lively Exchange
On the Ancre battlefield a British chaplain led nearly 400 Germans from a trench to open ground before escort. A German officer died trying to rally troops. others surrendered after a brief confrontation. Germans showed limited resistance while the British and French consolidate gains near Beaumont Hamel. An October 13 order found on a prisoner urged heavier sacrifices amid fighting and warned of extermination, calling for ammo economy on quiet days.
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Associated Press
London
Rés
Beaumont-Hamel
Second Guard
Aerial attack kills four in Bucharest
London dispatch reports eight German planes bombed Bucharest on Tuesday morning. Twenty five bombs killed four civilians and wounded twenty, with damage reported across the city.
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Associated Press
London
Bucharest
Reuter
Gulf States Steel Co Stocks Soar In Market Rally
Gulf States Steel Company shares surged with the common stock jumping to 193, an overnight gain of 84 points. The second preferred rose 33 points to 190 as investors speculated on a merger or consolidation in the Southern steel field.
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Associated Press
New York
Gulf States Steel Company
Gulf States Steel
Old Southern Iron and Steel Company
Birmingham
Teuton Forces in Dobrudja in Full Retreat
Saloniki dispatch reports Serbian forces aided by the French captured all positions south of Tepavtsi after fierce fighting. German defenders suffered heavy losses with survivors either captured or fleeing. Prisoners tally 500 soldiers two officers and five cadets.
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Saloniki
Tepavtsi
Bulgaria Admits Macedonian Retreat In War Office Note
An official war office statement from Sofia reports that Bulgarian and Serbian forces have fallen back four to six miles west of Iven, with the last town west of the Cerna reported as captured by Serbian troops. The report confirms a retreat by Macedonian forces amid ongoing Allied operations.
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Associated Press
Sofia
French Recapture Pressoire Positions in Village Push
Paris reports French forces recaptured the portion of Pressoire village from German occupation. The same dispatch notes German Bulgarian troops retreating in Macedonia to fortified Cerna region positions prepared for them, as announced by the German war office.
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Associated Press
Paris
Pressoire
War Office
Berlin
Sayville
Macedonia
Cerna
Russian attack on Riga front repulsed says war office
Berlin reports Russian troops attacked the lines southeast of Riga but were repelled in today's official statement. The war office notes continued operations on the Russian front with allied forces engaged along the front.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Navy
Sayville
Riga
War Office
Russian Attack Near Moldavian Border Fails Near Punta
Berlin Nov 16 Russian troops in strong force attacked Austro German lines east of the Punta valley on the western Moldavian border the war Office announced. The attacks were fruitless.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville
Punta
War Office
British Attacks Repulsed by Germans Along Ancre Front
Berlin reports British assaults on the Molliy to Serre line and southeast of Beaumont, near the Ancre, were repulsed in hand grenade fighting. The war office says strong British forces struck Grandcourt but were checked by German fire.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Say- Ville
Molliy
Serre
Beaumont
Ancre
War Office
Grandcourt
Artilleryman Mauled by Shark at Panama Canal
Clarence Ware, coast artilleryman, was severely bitten by a shark in the Panama Canal opposite Corozal. He was taken to Ancon hospital for treatment.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Clarence Ware
Coast Artillery
Corozol
Ancon Hospital
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court
The probate court issued licenses Thursday to White Mouges and Omelia Demand, Francis Edwin Alexander and Mary Alice Britt, and Coloredo Owens and Maggie Pollard.
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Charles Mouges
Omelia Demand
Francis Edwin Alexander
Mary Alice Britt
Coloredo Elijah Owens
Maggie Pollard
Notables Visit Spring Hill College in Mobile
Kavanaugh of Augusta Georgia visits Mobile to see his son at Spring Hill College and praises the school. Tampa clergyman Rev Father Tyrrell also visits, while Mrs G Coyle of New Orleans enrolls her son and another family arrives with Mrs Coyle. Local travelers from Dallas Washington Pell City and Aniston stay at hotels.
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W. F.,kavanaugh
Augusta
Mobile
Spring Hill College
Kavanaugh
Cawthon Hotel
Spring Hill
Co. G. Coyle
New Orleans
Charles G. Coyle
John d’Aquin, Jr
T. J. Tyrrell
Tampa
Fla
Spring
Hill College
Greek and Norwegian Steamships Sunk in North Atlantic
The Greek steamship Barbara of 2831 tons gross sailing from Barry Wales on November 8 to St Johns N F and the Norwegian steamship Lokken of 954 tons gross last reported at the Tyne on October 26 are reported sunk.
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Associated Press
London
Barbara
Lokken
Barry
Wales
St. Johns
N. F
Tyne
West Virginia Calls Special Session Over Election Law Changes
Governor Hatfield issues proclamation for November 20 extraordinary session in Charleston to amend laws affecting tenure of officers and powers of the governor. Proposals include non partisan or bi partisan public service and state board, third member appointment by the board of public works, and potential removal rules. Hatfield cites alleged double voting by colonized voters in Marion county and accuses incoming governor Cornwell of plans to remove officers for partisan activity.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Hatfield
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
State Board of Control
State Board of Public Works
Marion
John J. Cornwell
Federation of Labor Plans Organization of Negroes of the South
The American Federation of Labor adopts a resolution to organize Negroes in the South to curb emigration to Northern labor centers. President Gompers and the executive council are directed to inaugurate the movement amid claims that Black workers are imported to replace union men seeking higher wages and better conditions.
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Associated Preas
Baltimore
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Executive Council
Ohio
Sta
Princess Pat at Lyric to feature Herbert Blossom score
The Court Theatre New York production The Princess Pat by Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom comes to the Lyric for matinee and night on Saturday November 18. The operas tunefulness and variety along with Blossom's humorous well sustained plot are praised as reasons for its wide appeal.
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Court Theatre
New York
Victor Herbert
Henry Blossom
Bicycle Found At Police Station Awaiting Owner
A Rugby bicycle is at the police station waiting for its owner after being found abandoned on the street and turned over to Chief G. M. Van Liew by a local citizen.
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G. M. van Liew
Capital Framed Celebration of Wilson Victory
Washington plans a non political parade along Pennsylvania Avenue to welcome President Wilson back to the White House with thousands carrying red torches and American flags. The event will form at Peace Monument and pass before a reviewing stand for the president and officials.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Wilson
White House
Peace Monument
Long Branch
N. J
District of Columbia
Commander denies firing on lifeboats in Rowandmore sinking
In a Sayville dispatch from Bhbirlin dated November 16, the submarine commander rejects the claim that his U boat fired on lifeboats from the British ship Rowandmore, which carried several Americans, in his official report.
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Bhprlin
Sayville
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