Murdered Poultry Dealer Tied to Widespread Conspiracy
New York November 25. Barnett Baff a prosperous poultry dealer was killed by two shots after a decoy message lured him to Washington Market. Police say four rival groups with motive against him from poultry trust to wholesale dealers and criminal suspects may be involved. The shooting is viewed as an attack on law and intimidation of witnesses and judges.
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Associated Press
New York
Barnett Baff
Féinberg
Herman Rosenthal
Central Office
Washington Market
Baff
New York City
Poultry Trust
Harlem
Sing Sing
Due
Whitman
Thomas Mott Osborne
New York State
Thomas J. McCormick
Stephen C. Baldwin
Brooklyn
Baldwin
Glynn
McCormick
David A. Sulivan
Zapata Forces Seize Part of Mexico City Amid Confusion
Conflicting dispatches from Mexico City report Blanco absent or in hiding while Zapata troops move to occupy areas outside the capital. Officials note uncertainty about who controls parts of the city as Villa forces reportedly delay entry until arrival. Foreigners are promised protection.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico City
Lucio Blanco
Zapata
Blanco
Zapatista
State Department
Paish Sees Great Prosperity for U S War Period
Sir George Paish, advisor to the British treasury, predicts the United States will enjoy prosperity during the war as it aids Britain’s financial needs. He notes war costs and potential defense savings after the conflict, expects stock exchanges to reopen smoothly, and discusses coordination with U S bankers led by Henry P. Davison of J P Morgan & Co. in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Sir George Paish
British Treasury
Liverpool
Sir George
Wilson
Treasury
Great Britain
England
New York Stock Exchange
London Exchange
Henry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Company
Basil Blackett
James Brown
Fire destroys Stonewall Jackson Institute in Abingdon
In Abingdon Virginia Stonewall Jackson Institute a Presbyterian female college was destroyed by fire. All students and faculty escaped with belongings lost. Martha Washington College nearby sent dorm residents out as flames spread. Loss estimated at 125000 with partial insurance. Fire controlled after Bristol Virginia responders arrived. The blaze may stem from faulty wiring.
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Abingdon
Stonewall Jackson Institute
Presbyterian
South
Martha Washington College
Bristol
Keep young girls away from Chicago warning issued
The Chicago Young Women's Christian Association travels aid plans to mail warning letters to newspapers urging parents to keep young girls from Chicago. The note cites employment difficulties and lists six vulnerable groups including immigrant and show girls and runaways as at risk in the city. Mrs. Wilhelmina Barr notes a historic spike in job scarcity heightening danger for unfamiliar females in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Travelers’ Aid Department
Chicago Young Women’s Christian Association
Wilhelmina Barr
Travelers’ Aid
Weather Outlook for Mobile and Alabama
The forecast indicates chances of rain tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Mobile area expected partly cloudy conditions with possible rain along the coast in Alabama.
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Mobile
Alabama
FRE SWEEPS UPON TOWN ANXIETY HEAT
News from Woods Oklahoma reports a change in wind driving fire toward the town. Telegraph lines fail leaving officials uncertain as flames sweep down wooded mountainsides. The Kiamichi river offers the only protection as 35 000 barrels of oil and a 400 000 plant sit near town.
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Muskogee
Okla
Woods
Oklahoma
Pipeline Company
Pipe Line Company
Kiamichi Mountain
Kiamichi
Fires threaten Little Rock suburbs in wide timber blazes
Fires burning on three sides of Little Rock subsided in intensity. Lumber and timber men estimate millions of dollars of timber destroyed. Mount Ida reports a country house burn. Wires are down, so lives unknown. Railroads double line patrols to protect bridges. Texarkana reports light rain.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mount Ida
Texarkana
German Missionary Threatens Gunboat With Infernal Machine
A German missionary attempted to blow up the British gunboat Dwarf in a West African harbor using an infernal machine. When questioned about the act, he reportedly said he was a soldier first and a missionary afterward.
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Associated Press
London
Colonial Office
Trouble With Turkey Arising Over Holding Up of Code Messages
The United States probes Turkey over alleged refusal to transmit code dispatches between neutral diplomats in Constantinople and their home offices. The issue could hinder Ambassador Morgenthau from communicating with Washington and seeks to preserve open telegraphic lines for neutral, nonmilitary information. Fortschippets:]
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Turkey
Washington
United States
Porte
Constantinople
Morgenthau
State Department
Tennessee
Smyrna
Horton
French Refugee Ship Admiral Ganteaume Sunk by Torpedo
London report from the Associated Press states the French steamer Admiral Ganteaume, carrying hundreds of refugees from Calais to Havre, was torpedoed by a German submarine on October 26. Only forty lives lost. most aboard saved by the Channel steamer Queen. a torpedo fragment confirmed the attack.
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Associated Press
London
Navy
Admiral Ganteaume
Illuminated shell adds to U S coast defense
Tests last night at Fort Hancock Sandy Hook demonstrated a new illuminated shell. Officers praised its value for coast defense as gas flame ignites at firing and burns through flight, allowing gunners to track range against lighted targets of airships and warships.
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Associated Press
New York
Big Gang
Fort Hancock
Sandy Hook
U S Trade Balance For October Surges Past 57 Million
Washington November 26 official Commerce Department analysis shows October exports at 194,404,630 and imports at 128,080,520 yielding a trade surplus of more than 57,000,000 in favor of the United States. Exports of crude materials for manufacturing fell sharply from a year ago while gains occurred mainly in foodstuffs.
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Washington
United States
Department’ of Commerce
Raine and Anderson Indicted Over Mercantile Bank Failure
Federal grand jury in Memphis charged former Mercantile Bank president C H Raine and cashier Claude Anderson with using the mails to defraud in a blanket indictment. The case stems from the bank’s failure before it received a National charter, alleging mailed statements misrepresented financial conditions and defrauded depositors. Raine, in New York, faces $25,000 bond for Shelby County trial.
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Associates Press
Memphis
Tenn
Federal Grand Jury
C. Hf.Raine
Claude Anderson
Mercantile Bank
Raine
New York
Shelby County Criminal Court
Old Mercantile Bank
Murder of Florida attorney and daughter in charred home
In Miami Florida A A Boggs a prominent attorney and his 18 year old daughter Marjorie were found murdered in the burned country house near here. Both skulls show blunt force injuries and the bodies were in the hall by the front door. Mrs Boggs is visiting in Lake Placid New York.
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Miami
Fla
A. A. Boggs
Florida
Marjorie
Wayneville
N C
University of Georgia
Allied Fleet Wrecks Zeebrugge Base Amid Fire and Ruins
The Daily Mail reports Allied ships bombarded Zeebrugge to disrupt German naval plans. Zeebrugge and Bruges area are in flames with ruins at the Solvay works and six German submarine boats wrecked. Stores destroyed. The report notes the base’s destruction and ongoing battles along the Suez canal.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Zeebrugge
Daily Mail
Rotterdam
Solvay
Bruges Ship Canal
Berlin
Sayville
S. 1
Suez Cael
Milan
German naval base at Zeebrugge destroyed allies strike
British and French warships shell Zeebrugge destroying the German naval base as Germany readies renewed attempts to break the allied line to the French coast. In the east, German advances in Poland are in doubt while Russia claims a decisive victory.
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London
Germany
Zeebrugge
Poland
von Hindenburg
Russian War Office
Memphis man faces possible death in Mexican town
The U S state department seeks a consul report from Hermosillo on private reports that T W Carraway of Memphis is threatened with execution in Sonora custody. He and two associates were arrested over a month ago on alleged complicity in dynamite bridge explosions. Authority protests backed by Villa prompted the inquiry.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Hostetter
Hermosillo
Mex
T. W. Carraway
Memphis
Carraway
J. ©. Wilson
J.R. MclInery
Sonora
Villa
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