British aviators raid Zeppelin factory at Friedrichshafen
London reports declared all bombs hit the Zeppelin airship factory on Lake Constance and caused serious damage. Paris bulletin notes violent artillery fire on Yprés and destruction of key buildings. Berlin dispatches say Austrians face resistance in Serbia and Polish operations near Plock Lodz Geenstochau continue with obstructions from floods and snow.
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Associated Press
London
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Zeppelin
Paris
Yprés
Berlin
Sayville
Servia
Kolubara
German High Command Reports Front Actions in World War I
Berlin says fighting continues at Nieuport and Ypres with a small British squadron driven off. In Argonne, gains are made as prisoners are taken daily. East Prussia unchanged, Poland sees Russian reinforcements delaying decisions, and Austro German offensive continues near Czenstochowa and Cracow.
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Berlin
Nieuport
Ypres
Argonne
Moselle
East Prussia
Poland
Czenstochowa
Cracow
Russians Capture Gumbinnen in North Front
London dispatch reports Russian forces have captured the town of Gumbinnen in the northern theater. Details continue on page seven. Mobile fair tonight and Tuesday. Alabama fair tonight and Tuesday.
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London
Gumbinnen
Investigation of Patrick pardon started by Dix
New York District Attorney Whitman opened an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the November 27 1912 pardon granted by Governor John A Dix to Albert T Patrick, who was serving a life sentence at Sing Sing for the murder of William Marsh Rice.
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Patrick
Dix
New York
Albert
T. Patrick
Sing Sing
Turkish Troops Reach Suez Canal Report
Turkish troops reach the Suez canal officials say fighting occurred between Katasa and Teatebe about 30 kilometers east of Suez near Kantara. British camel brigades and Egyptian police reportedly surrendered as casualties and captives were reported.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Marconi Wireless
London
Suez Canal
Suez ‘Canal
Katasa
Teatebe
Kantara Teo
el Kantara
Port Said
Cee
Explosion Wrecks Gary Powder Mills in Indiana
A nitroglycerine blast at the Aetna Powder mills near Gary Indiana shattered hundreds of windows and damaged nearby outbuildings. About 200 workers fled after a warned leak in an oil tank, and Gary’s electric light plant was briefly knocked out. No injuries or deaths were reported.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Gary
Ind
Aetna
Four Masted Schooner G. D. Jenkins Beached off Long Island
Breeches buoy and surf boat from the Shinnecock life saving station rescued the captain and crew of the four masted schooner G. D. Jenkins, St Johns for New York, which ran ashore near Shinnecock Lighthouse on Long Island in heavy seas. The vessel carried lumber and grounded about a quarter mile from the shore while life savers worked to save the crew.
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Associated Press
New York
Shinnicock Life Saving Station
G. D. Jenkins
St. Johns
Long Island
Shinniceck
Lighthouse
Bostonian Spy Held in London Freed on Demand
Reinhold Anton Berrenberg of Boston, held in London as a suspected German spy, is freed on passport grounds. A cable to Boston Mayor Curley confirms he is an American citizen and was awaiting trial when relatives sought aid. Affidavits forwarded to Secretary Bryan established citizenship.
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London
Boston
Reinhold Anton Berrenberg
German consul urges boycott to aid wounded soldiers
Baron E. H. von Schak, imperial German consul in San Francisco, urged Germans in America to boycott goods from hostile nations in a benefit address for German wounded soldiers, widows and orphans.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
E. H. von Schak
America
Denial of Writ in Frank Case by Justice Lamar
Justice Lamar refused to issue a writ of error to bring Geo M. Frank's 1913 Atlanta murder conviction before the Supreme Court. Attorneys argued a federal constitutional right was denied when the jury returned verdict in Frank's absence from the courtroom.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lamar
Supreme Court
Geo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Atlanta
Justice Lamar
Frank
Henry Alexander
Henry Peeples
American Forces Evacuate Vera Cruz for Homeward Sailings
United States troops under General Frederick Funston begin evacuating Vera Cruz after seven months of occupation. Troops withdraw from outposts and rail approaches. embarkation to ships begins as Aguilar and Carranza factions move to seize control. Marines head to Philadelphia and other units to Galveston and points inland.
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Associated Press
Vera Cruz
Frederick Funston
United States
Washington
Wlan
Funston
Galveston
Aguilar
Huerta
Tampico
Mexico
Carranza
Villa
Genera
L Funston
Fourth Field Artillery
Sixth Cavalry
Philadelphia
Vindication Yet, Says Leo Frank in Prison
In a statement dictated from his cell Leo M Frank expressed belief that vindication will come eventually. He noted the Georgia Supreme Court’s decision ends further airing in state courts and said death carries little terror to the innocent. The remarks were prompted by Supreme Court actions and forwarded through his Washington attorneys.
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Atlanta
Washington
Justice Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Leo M’ Frank
Frank
Supreme Art of Georgia
Georgia Supreme Court
Georgia
Satsuma Day in Mobile Highlighted by Local Paper
The Mobile Item promotes Satsuma Day set for December 8 by the Chamber of Commerce Gulf Coast Horticultural Society Mobile Y M C A and allied citrus groups. A special Satsuma Edition will be issued with the day.
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Satsuma
Mobile
Mobile County
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Gulf, Coast Horticultural Society
Mobile Y. M. C. A
Satsuma Day
Satsuma News
Fort Worth Packers Benefit From War Orders
Fort Worth packing plants report rising demand due to European war orders. Canning departments run full time for first time in years as large shipments of fresh meat head to New York for export and chilling before final destination.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
New York
American Physician Aids Iquitos. saves lives from hookworm
Dr George M Converse of the US Public Health Service returned from almost three years in Iquitos Peru where he fought yellow fever and hookworm. He found widespread disease due to dirt and lack of hospital facilities. He reduced death rate from 50 to 21 per 1 000 and opened a clinic aiming to save 4 000 lives over ten years.
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San Francisco
George M. Converse
United States Public Health Service
Iquitos
Peru
Converse
Amazon
Japanese buyer purchases cotton at Little Rock Arkansas
Four hundred bales of cotton were bought for Japan by a representative of a firm in eastern Japan at the Little Rock board of trade. The price remained private but near the market rate, with plans for a larger Arkansas buying campaign following a prior Texas purchase. The Texas sale totaled 150,000 bales for Kobe delivery, and movement there has begun.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Board of Trade
E. Japan
Arkansas
Texas
Kobe
Steamer Gladstone Held by U S Authorities
Washington dispatch says the steamship Gladstone is held at Norfolk by customs authorities at the request of the state department while an investigation determines whether questions of neutrality are involved.
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Washington
Gladstone
Norfolk
State Department
Chicago Stock Exchange Opens First World Market
The Chicago Stock Exchange reopened on November 23 as the first major global exchange to resume operations after wartime shutdowns. Trading began using the July 30 closing figures, with about one hundred shares exchanging hands in the first ten minutes. Brokers crowded the floor amid celebratory greetings. Since August 14, trades had been processed via a trading committee.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Stock Exchange
Chicago Exchange
Five Convicts Escape Camp Firearms in Pensacola Area
Five white convicts mutinied at a county camp near Pensacola and escaped into swamps armed with rifles and revolvers after killing guard A Mayo. Bernard Fortenberry and Robert Fortenberry, both Louisiana natives serving eighteen months for robbery, are named as leaders. Authorities hunted the escapees across Escambia County.
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Pensacola
Mobile
Associated Press
Fila
A. Mayo
Bernard
Robert Fortenberry
Louisiana
Bernard Fortenberry
Mayo
Convicts Sought After Guard Slaying Near Mobile
Mobile police and sheriffs hunted escapees through the night as trains along the Illinois and Mississippi lines were watched. The Berry brothers are described as tall and fair, with Billy Batley and Jack in the party, and Griffin completing the group. Mayo the guard was killed by one Berry brother, who then seized a Winchester and two .38 caliber revolvers and fled south toward Mobile.
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Mobile Police and Sheriffs Department
Iil
Nashville
Flomaton
Berry Brothers
Billy Batley
Jack
Griffin
Mayo
Mobile
Safe shipment of cotton to Germany guaranteed
Washington reports cotton shipments to Germany via the Netherlands are guaranteed. The State Department cites advices from The Hague that the Dutch government sees no difficulties for consignments or transshipments to Dutch firms and that transit permits may be obtained.
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Washington
Germany
Hell
State Department
Department
Hague
Foreign Office
Neitherlands
Geremany
Netherlands
Load for Bremen Steamship Greenbrier Bids Cotton
New Orleans brokers report American steamer Greenbrier will load cotton direct for Bremen at a high rate. The vessel, capacity about 6,000, recently arrived from United Fruit Company and was said to be bound for horses to Europe.
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Bremen
New Orleans
Greenbrier
Gree
United Fruit Com
Europe
Selma Yardmaster Held for Murder of D. E. Hearst
John night yardmaster for the Western Railway of Alabama is held on a murder charge after Daniel Hearst was shot in Selma Alabama. Hearst, who came from Laurel Mississippi, died this afternoon following a late night confrontation. Police have not disclosed the motive or sequence of events surrounding the shooting.
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Selma
Ala
John Night
Western Railway of Alabama
Daniel Hearst
Hearst
Laurel
Miss
Trolmen
E. Berry
Riams
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Adault
Acualed
Plock
Lodz
Geenstochau
Rotterdam
Daily Telegraph
St. Nicholas
Antwerp
Alabama
Whitman
John A. Dix
William Marsh Rice
Hight
E Kantara
Egypt
Syria
Indiana
Wait
Leo Frank HY
Linar
Peto Ts
Mexi
Grace
Grace Polhemus
Miss Grace Polhemus
Pasteur
Peruvian
Stock Exchange
Jesperadoes
Florida
GARD
Selma Yardmaster
D. E. Hearst
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