Great Clash In Snow As Troops Move East
Paris reports Khedive Abbas Hilmi of Egypt backs Turkey in the war and plans to invade Egypt. Amsterdam dispatch notes French efforts to restore coast Ypres lines blocked by German artillery. London reports heavy guard casualties for the Prussian troops and a planned defensive arc from Brussels to Menin.
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Associated Press
Paris
Abbas Hilmi
Egypt
Turkey
Petit Parisien
Palestine
Amsterdam
London
Nieuw
Rotterdamsche Courant
Berlin
Ypres
Bixschoote
Rheims
Daily Mail
Dunkirk
Brussels
Meuse
Eccloo
Aeltere
Thielt and
Roulers
Menin
Courtrai
Winter Halts Across War Fronts Amid Severe Winter
London reports say winter forces temporary pause in fighting on both sides as west Flanders shows total suspension of operations. Along the western line only minor artillery duels continue, while rumors spread of German heavy guns and submarines moved by rail to Belgium and trains to move up to 200000 troops for reinforcements.
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London
West Flanders
Belgium
Flexner Studies Cattle Disease In Chicago Pens
Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute visits isolation pens at Chicago stockyards to study mouth and foot disease devastating cattle nationwide. He plans to stay as long as needed to identify and isolate any germ and believes the work will require years of patient study and many experiments.
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Simon Flexner
Chicago
Rockefeller Institute
Washington Paris longitude difference measured
Washington and Paris meridians are 5 hours 17 minutes 36.58 seconds apart, according to Naval Observatory officials after wireless observations with Arlington and Eiffel Tower stations. The study marks the first direct determination of the longitudinal difference between Washington and Europe with French participation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Paris
Forest fires gain ground across Arkansas counties
Forest fires reported in many Arkansas counties on November 21 are increasing in headway. Several calls for assistance were sent to the federal forest rangers at Hot Springs.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Federal
Forest Rangers
Hot Springs
Dancer Miss Norton Dies of Heart Disease at Martinique Ballroom
More than a hundred danced at the Martinique Hotel in New York when Mabel Norton of San Francisco collapsed and died minutes later from heart disease. Richard Cobert, assisting, watched as officials and Miss Dorothy Kearney handled her belongings and notified relatives.
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New York
Martinique Hotel
Mabel Norton
San Francisco
Richard Cobert
Mr. Cobert
Lewis
Eral
Brooklyn
Miss Norton
Miss Kearney
Martinique
Lies Norton
Cobert
Southern and Western merchants form bank to boost Latin trade
A 17 state coalition authorized creation of a banking corporation to promote credits with Latin America and a cooperative trading company for commodities. The conference urged regional bank branches in Latin America, modern terminals along the Mississippi, a larger merchant marine, and greater federal funding for river improvements. Edward E. Gore to chair a seven member executive committee to implement plans.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Latin America
United States
South
Central America
Bay
Central West
Federal Reserve Board
Mississippi River
Congress
Edward E. Gore
Base
Suthern
Centra
Department of Commerce
E. E. Pratt
Federal Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Trade
Robert F. Patchin
New York
National Foreign Trade Council
G .L. Swiggett
University of Tennessee
W. L. Mapother
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Selma Sells Ten Million Feet of Ties for War Use
A Selma Alabama lumber company received a contract for 10,000,000 feet of pine crossties for war use. An agent for the British government arranged the deal.
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Selma
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Government Armor Plant Commission Begins Work
Senator Tillman chairs the naval affairs panel that will probe a government armor plate plant. The commission includes Representative Padgett and Rear Admiral Strauss. They will inspect Carnegie Steel in Pittsburgh and Homestead then visit Bethlehem and Midvale Steel to review armor and gun steel contracts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tillman
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Daniels
Padgett
Strauss
Pittsburgh
Homestead
Carnegie
Bethlehem
Midvale -Steel Works
Turkish Act Not Hostile, He Reports
Captain Benton C. Decker of the cruiser Tennessee reports that the firing on the ship's launch by Turkish forts at Smyrna in Asia Minor was not intended as a hostile act.
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Turk
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Advances in Rates of Black Strap Molasses Held Reasonable
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that a penny per hundred weight increase in black strap molasses freight rates from Louisiana to Missouri Nebraska Kansas and lows is reasonable and applies to all molasses grades. The suspension was vacated and the new rates take effect.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louisiana
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rease
Akron Builds Airship for U.S. Government Readied for Trial
Akron Ohio reports a 165 by 40 foot dirigible under construction for the United States with 12 crew, machine guns and wireless gear. The craft uses two 1,200 horsepower engines, will cost about 150000 dollars, and aims to ship to the seaboard for trial within six months.
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Associated Press
Akron
Ohio
United States
Ralph H. Upxen
Paris
R.A. D.preston
Seaboard
Plan to Reopen Stock Exchange at New York
A definite plan to reopen the New York Stock Exchange for bond transactions under restrictions will be submitted to the governing committee on Tuesday. Officials hope the plan may be accepted, with financial district speculation favoring approval.
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Stock Exchange
New York
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Financial
German Ambassador Delivers Note on Red Cross Violations
Count Von Bernstorff filed a note with the state department reporting alleged violations of the Geneva Red Cross convention of July 6 1906. The German foreign office supplied a long report with detailed charges against French troops alleged to be guilty.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Estate Department
Foreign Office
Fincher Receives Year in Manslaughter Verdict
William Fincher former police officer was found guilty of manslaughter for the killing of Pleas Plum in an on street confrontation. The jury fixed a one year penitentiary sentence. Fincher testified he acted to arrest Plum as the man reached for a pistol. brass knuckles were found at the scene.
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William Fincher
Plum
Fincher
Clyde Rayford
Lipscombe Street
Morton
Chief Crenshaw
Fertility Claims Highlight Chambers Trial in Missouri
Testimony by Florida state chemist Captain RK Rose centered on Everglades soil fertility as the Chambers land case unfolds in federal court. Exhibits of tropical fruits and vegetables grown on Everglades lands are shown while Everglades farmers testify to productivity, with Florida officials Laming and Knott detailing what Chambers was told when purchasing the land.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
RK. E. Rose
Florida
E. C. Chambers
Chambers Land Company
Everglades
J. C. Laming
W. V. Knott
Chambers
Gilchrist
Bir. Knott
Navy to Hear Call for Stronger Defense in December Hearing
The article notes a planned December hearing on Gardiner resolution for an investigating commission to assess military strength. Expected participants include Charles J. Bonaparte formerly secretary of the navy George von L Meyer Henry L Stimson formerly secretary of war and J Bernard Walker editor of a scientific magazine.
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Gardiner
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
George von L. Meyer
Henry L. Stimson
J. Bernard Walker
Gardner
Vessels Secretly Leave Chile Ports Ordered Captured
Lima Peru November 21 German seamer Luxor of the Kosmos Line with three thousand tons of coal aboard suddenly left Coronel Chile without clearance papers. The German steamer Memphis also secretly departed Sandy Point. Chilean authorities ordered the capture of the Luxor.
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Associated Pres
Lima
Peru
Luxor
Kosmos
Coronel
Chile
Memphis
Sandy Point
Mobil Fair Tonight and Sunday Warmer Weather
The mobile fair article notes a warmer trend tonight and on Sunday with fair skies. ALABAMA remains in mild conditions with increasing daytime temperatures and clear to partly cloudy nights.
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Unday
Chattanooga 2 Wild Over Repeated Murders
In Chattanooga Tennessee on November 21 D A Ronin a small grocery merchant was shot and fatally wounded by a supposed murderous black maniac. The same suspect is believed to have killed W H Thomas a grocer in South Chattanooga and earlier killed a watchman for a major store. Police and sheriff hunt the killer amid fear of mob action in suburban districts.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fiat
W. H. Thomas
South
Chatta
Notorious Negro Convict Escapes with Reward Offered
Heard, a notorious black convict confined since burglary and grand larceny, escaped by scaling a stockade wall at Speigner farm. He had earlier broken into the Tullis Hardware Company store and was shot by Officer Frank Watson during the escape, suffering multiple wounds. A $50 reward is posted for his recapture.
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Montgomery
Navy
Heard
Teas Montgomery
Speigner’s
Gro
Tullis Hardware Company
Frank Watson
Killing Frosts Strike South and Lake Superior Sinks Eight
Frosts hit the South as eight drown in Lake Superior wrecks. Frosts extend from the East to the South Atlantic with Miami reporting light frost. Atlanta records a November low of 14.06 degrees with strong gale winds. Atlantic fleet practice hindered by high winds off Virginia capes while eight bodies were found along Lake Superior shore near Grand Marais after a three day gale.
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Lake Superior
Associated Press
Washington
Gulf
South Atlantic
Florida
Miami
Atlanta
Norfolk
Virginia Capes
Fletcher
Grand Marais
Mich
Annie M. Peterson
CL Curtis
S. K. Marvin
Sinde
Baraga
Tonawanda
N. Y
Iing
Peterson
C. F. Curtis
Peterson Cam Life Saving Mediately
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Poland
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Flexner
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Government Armor Plant Commission
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Cline
Nebad
Eys
Hampton Roads
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