Zeppelins and Allied Units in War Dispatches
Reports from the front claim Russian artillery destroyed a German Zeppelin crew burned to death after shelling. The airship, seen near Novo Alexandrovsk, moved toward Dvinsk before being enveloped in flames. Berlin says two Allied divisions were annihilated, with about 40,000 allies lost in Servia and Greece. British Serbia forces recrossed into Greece toward Salonika aiming to base.
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Fetrograd
Kalkan
Novo Alexandrovsk
Dvinsk
Assian
Greece
Saloniki
Berlin
Be Regard Ate the Sit Uate Is Re Through Its Tenets
The fragment expresses a cryptic insistence on adherence to principles, signaling a note on discipline or philosophy. It mentions tenets guiding conduct, suggesting a reflection on how beliefs shape action. The language hints at a contemplative or critical tone about structural standards.
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Uate
St Petersburg Population Census Hits 2.8 Million
A census of St. Petersburg, Russia, reports a total population of 2,800,000 inhabitants. The figure reflects the city’s size and urban density in the region.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Macedonia Cleared of Allies in Balkan Campaign
Berlin announces that French and British forces have been expelled from Macedonian territory. Italian troops continue attacks on heights near Oglya while operations press on in the region.
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Macedonia
Berlin
Oglayia
Submarine U-Boat Losses Report 508 Vessels Sunk
The Overseas News Agency reports German and Austro-Hungarian submarines have sunk 508 vessels totaling 917,819 tons. The count reflects Allied shipping losses to U-boat attacks during the ongoing conflict.
Engaged Rumor Shocks Washington Society
Washington society discusses a rumor that Capt. Karl y Ed is engaged to Miss Virginia Mackay Smith, daughter of the late shop Alexander Mackay Smith, amid social chatter in the capital.
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Washington
Capt
Karly-Ed
Virginia Mckay Smith
Alexander Mackay Smith
Ammunition Embargo Resolutions Adopted in German–American Alliance
A mass meeting held by the German American Alliance adopted resolutions demanding laws to place an embargo on shipments of munitions to Europe.
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Peoria
Europe
German-American Alliance
Freshmen Kidnap Sophomores in CCCNY Campus Prank
Police were summoned after 150 freshmen seized two sophomores at the College of the City of New York. The captives were stripped and painted with class insignia while the crowd cheered the hazing act.
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New York
College of the City of
Judge Orders Change of Venue in Black Murder Case
Marshall Texas report states three Marshall men charged with murdering anti Catholic lecturer William Black saw their cases moved to Galveston. Judge Lyttleton acted on his own motion to transfer venue.
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Marshall
Texas
William Black
Galveston
Lyttleton
Conscription Bill Proposed by Senate Military Chairman
Washington reports a bill introduced by Senator Chamberlain, chair of the Senate military affairs committee, proposing a policy of conscription for the United States citizen army.
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Washington
United States
Chamberlain
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Danville Woman Begins Term for Husband Murder
Mrs. Jessie Kephart of Danville Ill was found guilty last week of murdering her husband William Kephart and has been moved to Joliet to begin a 14 year sentence.
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Danville
Ill
Jessie Kephart
William Kephart
Joliet
Family Buried After Tragic Chattanooga Loss
Chattanooga Tennessee reports a double funeral for William M. Caddell seven years old and his daughter Maud Caddell twenty seven, the father killed while the daughter died in the same incident.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
William M. Caddell
Maud Caddell
Rock
Note to Austria Near Ultimatum Demands Commander Punished
Washington reports Secretary Lansing’s note to Austria demanding prompt punishment of the submarine commander who sank the Ancona on November 7 1916. The U S says the attack violated international law and humanity and seeks an official repudiation and indemnity for American victims. The note urges swift action to preserve cordial relations and world condemnation of the act.
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United States
Germany
Austra-Hungary
Ancona
Allies Back Again On Grecian Soil In Saloniki Retreat
Allied forces retreating from Southern Serbia toward Saloniki face Bulgarian and German pressure as King Constantine pledges army protection for a possible embarkation. Greece pressured to grant freedom of movement at Saloniki or risk renewed war, per Paris, Rome, and Evening Star summary.
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London
Serbia
Saloniki
Petrovo
Constantine
Greece
Paris
Rome
The
Evening Star
Italians Lose 6000 Men in Tripoli Fight
Reports from Constanti nople say Senussi tribesmen and Tripolitanians have occupied Tripoli vilayet. Italians are said to have lost 6000 men killed and abandoned a large quantity of arms and ammunition.
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Tripoli
Berlin
Constantinople
Vilayet
Turks Gaining Ascendency Report in Mesopotamia
An official report indicates the Turks steadily gain influence in Mesopotamia while the British expedition, after retreating from near Baghdad, offers reduced resistance.
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Mesopotamia
Constantinople
Bagdad
No 1915 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded
Christiania Norway reports that the Norwegian parliament will not award the Nobel Peace Prize this year following the precedent set last year when no award was made.
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Christiania
Norway
One Killed In Labor Fight in Cincinnati Hospital
Five unidentified men attacked a squad of non union painters at a Cincinnati hospital. One man was shot and killed, two others badly wounded during the assault. Authorities probe motive amid labor tensions.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
First Oklahoma Executioner Henry Bookman Victim
Henry Bookman, Oklahoma's first electrocution victim, walked to his death in the state penitentiary with a Bible clutched to his chest in McAlester. The grim scene marks a historic moment in the state's capital punishment history.
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McAlester
Okla
Henry Bookman
Oklahoma
State Penitentiary
Three Midshipmen at Annapolis Face Dismissal
Three naval academy midshipmen at Annapolis have been advised for dismissal after involvement in hazing cases last spring. The move comes as the service academy addresses disciplinary actions stemming from misconduct among cadets.
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Washington
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Britain Recognizes Carranza Government in Mexico
London reports the foreign office has announced that Great Britain now recognizes the Carranza government in Mexico.
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England
Carranza
London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Mexico
Mossem leaves $750,000 to Salvation Army in London
The estate of Edward Mossem who died recently bequeaths $750,000 to the Salvation Army in London. The will designates the bequest for charitable relief and aid, with the legatee named as the Salvation Army.
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Salvation Army
London
Edward Mossem
The
Nine Thousand Bibles for Mexican Soldiers
Nine thousand Bibles were sent through the port of Laredo Texas into Mexico destined for Carranza soldiers according to export advices.
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Laredo
Texas
Carranza
Mexico
Dernburg Arrives in Vienna on Political Mission
Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company reports Dr. Bernhard Dernburg has arrived in Vienna for a political mission. The note places the German official in the Austrian capital amid tense relations and European diplomacy.
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Dernburg
Vienna
London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bernhard Dernburg
State Fire Reports Show 1698 Fires in Illinois in November
Springfield report from State Fire Marshal Walter Bennett records 1698 fires in Illinois during November with estimated losses of 1,292,300 dollars. Buildings burned account for 728,392 dollars while contents losses are the remainder. Most fires involved dwellings barns stores and sheds with sparks as the leading known cause.
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Springfield
Illinois
Department of State
Walter H. Bennett
Chiego
Change In State Quarantine in Illinois Declared
Springfield reports a new order by the live stock board altering foot-and-mouth disease quarantines. McDonough county areas west of specified townships become free. other towns mainly remain closed. Lake Shields restricted. Cook and DuPage zones near Lyons and Downers Grove stay restricted. Bureau and La Salle have limited zones. Livingston near J P Dippen becomes free.
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Springfield
Illinois
The
Livestock Board
McDonough
Blandinsville
Hire
Tennessee
Colchester
Lamoine
Bethel
Industry
Eldorado
Sculla
Emmett
Chalmers
Range 3
Lake
Shields
Cook
Lyons Township
Union Stock Yards
Dupage
Downers Grove Township
Cook County
Bureau
Hall Township
Dimmick
la Salle County
Livingston
J. P. Dippen
Dwight Township
County Free
Illinois Drys Plan Campaign Meeting in Chicago
Supporters of the dry movement from across Missouri will gather at the Auditorium hotel on Tuesday to discuss campaign plans for the year. The group expects to face a challenge from veterans in the legislative effort to repeal the Sunday closing law. Louis Sal linger, ex-assistant corporation counsel, has joined the brewery interests to oppose the dry faction in all legislative matters.
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Chicago
Mtlinois
Auditorium Hotel
Louis Sallinger
Schoolgirls Moral, Chicago
William L. Bodine, superintendent of compulsory education, tells the Chicago board of education that high school girls are not immoral, not even a fractional percentage. The report says immorality, where it exists, stems from the absence of home control, not school conditions.
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Chicago
William L. Bodine
Board of Education
Danville Group Aids Swanson Law Enforcement
The Good Order league in Danville aims to enforce the Swanson law abolishing red light districts. Notices served on 11 alleged keepers of disorderly houses demand they vacate or face prosecution. Conviction carries a one year idle period for the building.
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Danville
Good Order League
Post Office at Golden Closed During Disinfection
State board of health seeks federal authority to close the Golden post office in Adams County for disinfection as postmaster and assistant suffer from smallpox. Government action urged to destroy stamps books and office supplies.
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Springfield
State Board of Health
Golden
Adams County
Health Board
Illinois Declared Free From Foot and Mouth Disease
Illinois has been free from foot and mouth disease for twelve days and officials at the state board of livestock commissioners in Springfield express relief. They hope to soon clear Illinois cattle of the disease and restore normal trade and movement.
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Prague
Chicago
Illinois
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Springfield
Oldest U.S. Inhabitant Marie Clingman Celebrates 106th Birthday
Marie Clingman of Cedarville Illinois marked her 106th birthday at her son William Clingman’s home. Born December 12 1809 in Ohio she has lived in Illinois since 1835. Relatives were few due to frailty but she once read without glasses past age 100. Governor Dunne urges action on waterway barrier between the Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico.
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Marie ‘Clingman
Cedarville
U. S
Niinole
Rockford
Marie Clingman
Stephenson
County
United States
William Clingman
Ohio
Illinois
Springfield
Dunne
Tmnois
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington, D. C
Lockport
Utica
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Ridgland
Mississippi River
St. Lawrence River
Secretary of War
Board of Army Engineers
Robbers Take $7000 From Chicago Bank Vault
In Chicago a $7000 haul occurred as Emma Schlinski, cashier, unlocked the safety vault for a preparatory office opening. Five minutes later three robbers entered, bound Schlinski and bookkeeper Minnie Hain, and seized the cash while janitor Lars Wold was gagged and restrained nearby.
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Chicago
Prudential Life Insurance, Company
Emma_ Schlinski
Schlinski
Minnie Hain
Lars Wold
Pheasant May Lose Protection in State Game Laws
State Fish and Game Commission members consider changes after wardens report. Farmers complain pheasants harm quail and other birds, invade farmland and clash with domestic fowl, sparking calls to adjust protections.
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Springfield
State Fish and Game Commission
Wrecking Crew Lifts Engine After Coal Car Incident
Danville report details Big Four wrecking crew and steam derrick lifting a large switching engine from Elmer Van Valkenberg who was crushed through a coal car hopper when the switcher coupled. He suffered nineteen fractures and died three hours later.
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Danville
Elmer van Valkenberg
van Valkenberg
Culp Re-Elected Chairman of Illinois Engineers Group
J A Culp of Blue Island was re-elected chairman of the Illinois board of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at the close of a three day session. Frank A Denton of Springfield was elected vice chairman and C E B Long of Charleston was re-elected secretary-treasurer. J J Arie of Champaign and ASM Sturrock of Chicago were elected members of the executive committee.
Illinois Shriners Ceremonial in Springfield
Five hundred Illinois Shriners assisted at the Ansar Temple annual ceremonial in Springfield. Delegations from Decatur and Peoria attended a dinner at the state arsenal. Imperial Potentate J. Putnam Stevens of Portland Missouri and Vaporial Divan officers were present.
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Illinois Shriners
Springfield
Ansar Temple
Decatur
Peoria
State Arsenal
Imperial
J. Putnam Stevens
Portland
Vaporial Divan
Saloon Keeper Acquitted Over Sunday Closing Charge
In Peoria a jury of bankers acquitted Frank Weber, a saloon keeper, on charges of violating the Sunday closing law. The trial followed testimony about T. W. Thompson, a nineteen-year-old youth, having taken his first drink at the saloon, amid actions by the Peoria Citizens' commission. This case marked the first rising from an alleged breach of the State Hauer law.
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Bankers
Peoria
T. W. Thompson
Frank Weber
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