Armistice Talk and Balkan Tensions Move Forward
News from Constantinople reports a week long armistice between Turkey and the Balkan Allies with a first plenary meeting. Austria and Russia bolster border forces as mobilizations surge. Albania proclaims independence at Durazzo. Adrianople remains a flashpoint amid new Turkish and Bulgarian maneuvers. Gold output in South Dakota sets a record at $8,095,598.
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the Express
Gustave Leon
Constantinople
Turkey
Balkan
Budapest
Austria
Danube
Belgrade
Albania
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Durazzo
Ismail Kemal Bey
Allgemeine Zeitung
Shika
Bucharest
Russia
Europe
Reichspost
Vilna
Warsaw
Kiev
Odessa
Moscow
Don Cossacks
Russian
Poland
Berlin
Bosnia
Prague
Sofia
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Silivri
Sea of Marmora
Tchatalja
Rks
Democrats Press Wilson on Patronage Policy Details
Democratic leaders urge President elect Wilson to announce his patronage plan amid a flood of job seeker appeals. They recall Cleveland’s practice of postmaster choice by reps and marshals by senators, seeking clarity on removals and four year term incumbents. About 100000 letters have arrived with 10000 more daily.
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Washington
Wilson
Ita
Cleveland
Stenographer Cecelia Farley acquitted in murder case
Cecelia Farley the Statehouse stenographer was acquitted on first degree murder charges in the shooting of Alvin F. Zollinger in a city park last May. After verdict she announced plans to marry Jerome Quigley and move to Los Angeles to live.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cecelia Farley
Statehouse Stenograder
Alvin F. Zollinger
Miss Farley
Jerome Quigley
Los Angeles
Cal
Senator Rayner Suffers Relapse at Home
Senator Rayner of Maryland has suffered a relapse. At his bedside are his wife, his son William B. Rayner, Albert Rayner, a Baltimore brother, and Robert W. Wells with his wife, a niece of the senator. Physicians fear the end may come soon.
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Washington
Senator Rayner
Maryland
Tar Editor Riot Shatters Kelliher Saskatchewan
Reports from Regina say Kelliher on the Grand Trunk Pacific line 90 miles north is in riot conditions near armed conflict. Charles Riddett editor of a local paper was tarred and feathered after being waylaid. Friends and foes split as a police squad headed to Kelliher with warrants for several leaders.
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Regina
Sask
Kelliher
Grand Trunk Pacific
Here
Charles Riddett
Riddett
Blast Kills One and Wounds Five at Missouri Store
In Walsh's Spur Poplar Bluff Charles Coonce was killed and five men injured when 100 pounds of dynamite exploded in Frank Kittredge's store. The blast wrecked the building and shook structures five miles away. A Bulgarian girl named Marie Wadwaite jumped from the Breslau in Philadelphia, killing herself after learning of her father and two brothers' deaths in the Balkan war.
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Poplar Bluff
Charles Coonce
Frank Kittredge
Walsh's Spur
Philadelphia
Marie Wadwaite
Lovd
Breslau
Embezzlement Case Dismissed in Evansville
Evansville Indiana November 25 The embezzlement case against John W Blauth former bank cashier charged with misappropriating forty five thousand dollars was dismissed.
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Evansville
Ind
John W. Blauth
Bank
Casnner
Debs Indicted as Warren and Attorney Arrested on Same Charge
Federal grand jury indicts Eugene V. Debs Socialist candidate. Fred D. Warren editor of Appeal to Reason and attorney J. J. Sheppard arrested in Fort Scott and released on 1000 dollar bonds. Indictment alleges obstruction of justice by influencing witnesses to flee the country linked to Leavenworth mailing matter.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Eugene V. Debs
Fred D. Warren
Appeal To Reason
Girard
J. J. Sheppard
Warren
Sheppard
United States
J A. Wayland
Pfifer
Fred Warren
Leavenworth
Kan Wayland
J. P. McDonough
Kansas City
California
Misase
Prosecutor Virgil Conkling Dies in Kansas City
Virgil Conkling former Jackson county prosecutor who led state cases against Dr B Clark Hyde died after a long illness in Kansas City November 25 He was a Missouri political figure serving twice as secretary of the Democratic state committee His death does not affect the third Hyde murder trial plans
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Kansas City
Virgil Conkling
Jackson County
B. Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Conkling
Missouri
Democratic State Committee
Doctor Hyde
Prairie Fire Devastates Sioux Reservation in 100 Mile Sweep
A prairie fire burned a 100 mile by ten mile area on the Sioux reservation near Pine Ridge. White Owl was destroyed including the bank, newspaper, and several buildings. A 14 year old boy survived after a daring rescue by J B Brown of Valentine Nebraska who drove through flames with a wet blanket to reach him.
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Pine Ridge Indian Agency
Sta
Sioux Reservation
White Owl
J. B. Brown
Valentine
Neb
Brown
First National Bank
United States Commissoner’s
Cuban election reform debate in secret assembly
Havanna Cuba November 25 The liberal party national assembly met in secret to discuss the Zagistas program which contemplates initiating legal steps to annul the recent election. It is believed Zagistas lack strength to push their policy through the assembly.
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Havanna
National Assembly
The
Liberal Party
Zagistas
Robs Ex Mayor Low's Sister of Gems in New York
New York on November 25 reports Mrs. A. A. Low, sister in law of ex mayor Seth Low, was robbed of gems valued at $19,000. The theft occurred in her bedroom and a window washer is suspected.
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Low
New York
A. A. Low
Seth Low
Gompers Named Again President of AFL
Samuel Gompers was re elected AFL president in Rochester beating Max Hayes 11974 to 6674 marking the first opposition in ten years. Other officers were re elected and Seattle chosen as the 1913 meeting place. A contest for third vice president saw James O Connell defeat William H Johnston 10859 to 6175. A near confrontation between Haywood and Barnes occurred outside the convention hall.
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Rochester
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Max Hayes
International Typographical Union
Gompers
Hayes
United Mine Workers
Seattle
James O'Connell
Machinists’ Union
William H. Johnston
International Brotherhood of Machinists
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
J. Mahlon Barnes
Haywood
Barnes
Bomb Man Faces Court In Los Angeles
Carl Warr alias Reidelbach alias Davis was brought before Justice Warren Williams at the University police court after holding off police with a bomb at the Los Angeles central station last Tuesday. Air traffic was halted as he engaged police for over an hour. He may later be held as a federal prisoner.
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Los Angeles
Carl Warr
Reidelbach
Davis
Warren Williams
University Police Court
Central Station
Warr
Po- Hce Department of
Air Trafic
Inauguration Protest Bars Ticklers Use
Washington officials will not permit ticklers at the inauguration of President elect Wilson. A tickler is a feathered device used to tickle noses and officials say Democrats will be tickled enough without such contrivances.
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Washington
Wilson
Man sacrifices life for canary as Amityville fire rages
New York reports a deadly blaze at the Brunswick Home for Idiots Epileptics and Feeble Minded Children in Amityville. Frits Mondary, 30, escaped then returned for his canary and perished. Hundreds evacuated as walls collapsed and inmates were rescued by staff and firefighters from six towns.
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Brunswick Home
Amityville
L. L
Long Island Home
Londen Hall
Canary Bird
Frits Mondary
New York City
Long Island
Rail Wage Report Ends Long Rail Road Dispute
Washington Nov 25 a board arbitration ends a major railroad wage dispute involving 52 lines east of the Mississippi The award creates substantial increases over minimum rates for engineers and freight crews while preserving higher rates already set The board included Daniel Willard P H Morrissey Oscar S New York Charles R Vern Albert Shaw Judson and Morrissey filed the report for the Brotherhood of Trainmen involvement is noted without details.
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Washington
Mississippi
Daniel Willard
P. H. Morrissey
The
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Oscar
New York
Charles R. Vern
Madison
Wis
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
Judson
St. Louis
Hits
Trades Association of
Mr. Morrissey
Gesdaas Port
French birth rate decline noted in 2911 report
Paris reports a lower birth rate by more than a small margin for the year, with official figures indicating a decline compared with prior periods. In London, Mr and Mrs John Savage marked their seventy-third wedding anniversary at their home in Cavendish Village Suffolk, Frogs Hall.
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France
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John Savage
Frogs Hal
Cavendish Village
Suffolk
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