Hanalei wreck off California coast leaves 15 dead
Forty three survivors and fifteen dead from the coasting steamer Hanalei wreck on Duxbury Reef near Bolinas. Seventy two aboard total, with four unaccounted for. Rescue by life lines, McCulloch cutter, and shore attempts amid heavy surf and fog. Among the rescued are Mrs. Ethel Ferguson and her eight year old son Harold.
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Breaks in Two Just Before Dawn
The steam schooner Hanalei ran aground before dawn near San Francisco on November 24, leaving crews to manage the boat’s damage as efforts continued. Continued on Page Two.
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Subscriptions to British Loan Close Largest in History
London reports that subscriptions to the war loan reached 350 million pounds sterling, more than half the national debt, with the result seen as a strong sign of national resolve to fund the war effort despite a closed stock exchange and new taxation.
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British wartime orders total millions for vehicles and supplies
Chicago reports Frederick Fish of South Bend Indiana has returned from England with British orders valued at more than 15 million dollars for vehicles wagons sleds harness and equipment. England also contracted 6500 automobile trucks from Kenosha Wisconsin and France ordered over 1 million dollars of cars from Jackson Michigan. Another British order covers 5 million tins of corned beef.
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Swedish King Sends Urgent Message to Washington
Ostberg special messenger of the king of Sweden arrives in New York aboard the Hellig Olav from Christiansand bearing a sealed packet for the Swedish legation in Washington. He departs for Washington with no knowledge of the contents, stating Sweden will remain neutral amid tensions over supplies to Germany. The Hellig Olav was stopped briefly by the British cruiser Drake near Shetland before resuming voyage.
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Orders for cotton exceed capacity of ships
Washington reports to President Wilson show that cotton orders in the United States greatly exceed ships available for transport. He says the government is doing all it can to fix the cotton shipping shortage. He notes Congress may pass the Alexander government ship purchase bill and that ship shortages persist.
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Satsuma Day planning amid forest fire threats in Mobile
The Satsuma Day committee of Mobile’s farm lands and Chamber of Commerce met to plan events for December 3. Edward Warley led the meeting as chairman Reynolds was absent. They approved a display card and distribution folder, arranged for fruit donations to many Mobile institutions, and lined up European performers and a Japanese lecturer to promote Satsuma benefits.
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Alabama Maternity Home
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Catholic Female Orphan Asylum
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Satsuma Day Promoted With Special Satsuma Edition
The Mobile Item announces Satsuma Day on December 8 with a special Satsuma Edition to be mailed nationwide. Readers may nominate five distant friends for the issue and receive copies free of charge. Prominent citrus experts will contribute articles on topics in the edition.
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Alabama Belgian Relief Fund seeks quick Mobile pledges
The Mobile state committee for the Belgian Relief Fund chaired by James Bowron requests prompt recording of promised subscriptions as Thanksgiving aims for a statewide collection. South Alabama gifts will be acknowledged, the Mobile Item notes, with shipments of Christmas toys and clothing to Mobile handled free by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad under W. E. England.
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James Bowron
Birmingham
Charles Henderson
Alabama
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W. E. England
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Care Mobile
Brewery Promoter Dies by Suicide Before Testimony
P. H. Nolan, a brewery promoter active in New York Pittsburgh Milwaukee and St. Louis, shot himself in St. Louis last night rather than testify in an involuntary bankruptcy case against the brewing company he organized and led as chief organizer and general manager.
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Brewing Company
Fair tonight with possible rain in Mobile
A mobile weather notice warns of increasing cloudiness tonight with a chance of rain. Overnight lows and exact timing not specified. The Alabama forecast highlights unsettled conditions across the region with no severe storms indicated.
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Mobile
Alabama
Kipling Mistaken for a Spy Near Seven Oaks Training Camp
London dispatch reports Rudyard Kipling being mistaken for a spy by a cycle sergeant near the Seven Oaks military training camp. He spoke to the officer without revealing his identity, praising the regiment and asking questions about the men and billets. The sergeant reported the exchange to his commanding officer before Kipling’s identity was confirmed.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
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Defendants in Florida Lands Case Testify in Trial
In federal court here defendants in the Chambers Land Company case testified in their own defense. F W Harper of Fort Lauderdale refuted a government witness about water on property while noting only one Everglades section is settled along a drainage canal. Charles H Hubbard of Pittsburg testified he joined the venture after hearing a former governor promise Everglades reclamation by July 1913.
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Carbondale
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Everglades
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Austrian general staff reports 2400 Russians captured at Pilica
Vienna reports Russian Poland sees no decision as Austrian forces press on. Pilica occupation yields 2400 Russian captives. Carpathian passes briefly fall to the enemy while Przemysl sorties push Russians from the fortress perimeter and back from the west and southwest.
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Russians claim decisive victory as German offensive checked
Paris dispatch reports Russians checking the German drive on the Plock Leczycn line and advancing along the Ozenstochowa Cracow front. A German regiment surrendered and Germans reportedly retreating from a Lodz northeast line toward Strykow Zdunske Wola Wozniki as battles widen across a 400 mile eastern front.
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Russians Report Victories Over Turks in Caucasia
An official Russian general staff dispatch dated November 22 says Russian forces in Caucasia advanced toward Erzerum and disrupted a Turkish column with its caisson and ammunition train captured. Engagements from Karakilissee to Alashgerd valley were favorable to Russia and Turks were defeated at Khanasur Pass and near Dilman toward Kotur, with Russian forces taking Turkish artillery.
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Incident of firing on the Tennessee not closed yet
Washington reports the firing of Turkish forts at Smyrna on the Tennessee's launch last week will not be a closed incident until more reports arrive. President Wilson said Ambassador Morgenthau's explanation by two Turkish cabinet members "evidently clears up the facts" though he did not say if it was satisfactory. He noted communication with Constantinople is difficult.
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German peace hopes mocked by Cologne Gazette
The Cologne Gazette denounces reports of German peace desires as political idiocy. It argues Germany’s position remains critical with no reason to seek peace, despite pressures in the east or west.
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Germans Reported Beaten in Poland
London dispatch reports General Von Hindenburgs army retreating after serious reverses as they moved toward Warsaw in the Polish campaign. The report notes the Russian counteroffensive and mentions continued coverage on Page Two.
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