Vatican Plot to Have Pope Flee to Spain Revealed
Special correspondence from Rome discloses an Austrian backed scheme to move Pope Benedict XV from Rome to Spain. The plan, coordinated with King Alfonso of Spain, aimed to keep Holy See intact amid Italian war, but Benedict XV declined to leave and chose to stay in Rome, thwarting the central powers’ bid to alter papal residence.
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Spain
Benedict XV
Holy See
Italy
Rome
Washington Post
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Eupe
Italin
Anatria
Alfonso
Austria
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Prussia
Bavaria
Hou See
Mgr. Osiszarik
Vienna
Bucharest
Prince Schonberg- Hartenstein
Gaeta
Pius IX
Berlin Stops Parcel Post Disrupts U S Mail Route
Berlin suspends parcel post service to America and parts of South America amid seizures by British, French authorities and replies from Swiss officials. The move follows shipments blocked on ships and mass returns to senders. Also notes the death of actor Willard after a long illness.
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Germany
United States
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
France
South America
Allies Supportin US Hearts at Lord Reading Banquet
Lord Reading says Joseph H Choate noted 90 million of 100 million Americans favor the Allies, heart and soul. Special cable from London reports at the lord mayor's banquet.
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Mr. Choate
Washington Post
London
England
America
Joseph H Choate
United States
Meat card plan floated in Germany and oil confiscation
Amsterdam via London dispatch reports the Vossische Zeitung says German authorities consider meat cards modeled on bread cards to curb bulk purchases. A Berlin federal council vote would confiscate oils and fats for sale through a government commission.
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Amsterdam
London
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
250 Farms in District Food Supplies for the City
District farmers supply at least one million dollars of produce to markets yearly, yet the capital region remains under scrutiny for lack of official data. Truckers from the area ship to Baltimore and Pittsburgh while commission men source outside produce, reflecting a steady decline in local agricultural output over five years.
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Agricultural Department
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Washington
Commission
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
French Mayor Faces Firing Squad For Saving Villagers
Paris report recounts Vacquemoulin mayor Louis Capon halting a German execution plot by shielding villagers and an old man. When the officer threatened, Capon refused to reveal names, risking his life as the order to shoot him loomed. The next day Germans left town after vows to punish the insulted uhlan and Capon was honored with 200 dollars from the French Academy.
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Paris
Vacquemoulin
Petit Journal
Uhlan
Louis Capon
Mme. Capon
Méyor
M. Capon
Maye
Urge New Freight Rate For Lumber By Tennessee Groups
Memphis Tenn November 14 science driven re adjustment of freight rates on lumber from Southern producing points to manufacturing centers is urged in petitions to the Federal trade commission and the Department of Commerce by the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association the Tennessee Manufacturers Association and other bodies. The petitions come after the announcement that carriers in the Mississippi valley will raise lumber rates December 1 with some proposals showing a rise of 31.4 per 1 000 feet. An application to suspend the tariff pending an investigation has also been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Tennessee
Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Commerce
Southern Hardwood Traffic Association
Tennessee Manufacturers’ Association
Mississippi Valley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports revenue gain
Baltimore Md Nov 14 The annual report to stockholders shows net revenue from railway operations for the year ended June 30 at 27 890 289 60 up by 3 129 668 15 from last year. Operating revenues total 91 15 797 34 a drop of 7 344 212 63 while operating expenses run 63 925 507 74 a decrease of 10 477 880 78.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mexicans Honor U S Labor in Veracruz Parade
After a mass meeting with all Veracruz labor unions Governor Gen Millan named Col Martinez to carry to New York and Chicago a diploma and gold medal from Mexican labor unions to the American Federation of Labor. The diploma and medal express esteem and appreciation from Veracruz unions to the AFL.
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Veracruz
Vera Cruz
Gen Millan
Col Martinez
New York
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
District crops praised despite spotty weather says farmer
The article notes ten year district farm counts and reports high quality melons vegetables and fruits despite spotty weather. Cereals are up to standard and farmers describe current conditions as favorable overall.
Washington Youth Killed Leaps From Freight Train
Clarence Haswell 21 of Washington is killed in Ashland after leaping from an R F and P freight car. Chester Bird 16 and Lawrence Springman 16 of Washington were with him. They had been to Hopewell seeking work. A coroner's jury found the railroad company blameless.
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Washington Post
Ashland
Clarence Haswell
H Street Southwest
Washington
Chester Bird
Lawrence Springman
Sixth Street Southwest
Hopewell
Richmond
Boswell
Wireless for Carranza linked coast to coast
San Francisco reports Gen Venustiano Carranza has ordered five powerful wireless telegraph plants to connect the west coast of Mexico with all parts of the United States and Vancouver. Stations will be built at Mazatlan Guaymas and smaller stations at Guadalajara Manzanillo and San Bias Mexico.
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Mexico
United States
Vancouver
Venustiano Carranse
Mexican Republic
Mazatlan
Guaymas
Guadalajara
Manzanillo
San Bias
Hunted as Slayer 36 Years By Aged Suspect Surrenders
Springfield Nov 14 A former Riverton town marshal Benjamin Miller surrendered in Jena Louisiana after a telegram from Sheriff Dewitt said an aged man walked into his office naming himself Miller and claiming to be wanted for the 1879 murder of James Kirlin a galoonkeeper in Riverton.
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Benjamin Miller
Riverton
Jena
Latar
T J Dewitt
James Kirlin
Kirlin
Miller
Uplift for Alexandria Hears DC Police Chief Speak
Maj Raymond W Pullman DC police superintendent addressed the Wesley Bible class at the Alexandria Methodist Church urging spiritual uplift and men’s church involvement in preventing crime. He praised the Boy Scout movement and toured Alexandria police headquarters after the talk. Local events noted include a sewing society sale at St Paul’s Church and a small house chimney fire on North Fairfax Street.
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Alexandrian
Fairfax County
Washington
Maj
Pullman
Maj. Pullman
Harry Mott Forker
St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church
George &. Warfield
Alexandria
Goods
Died After Auto Crash Near Hume Spring
A man died at Alexandria Hospital on Saturday morning from injuries alleged to have been caused by a car owned and driven by John J. Herrmann of Washington near Hume Spring two weeks earlier. A jury will meet at Hume Spring at 9 a.m. tomorrow to hear two additional witnesses. A church musical program honored Sherman B Fowler on his twenty fifth year as choirmaster at St Pauls Episcopal Church. The Peru export duty on minerals was approved by the government in a measure reported from Lima.
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Tuckerton
Dresden
Alexandria Hospital
John J. Herrmann
Washington
Hume Spring
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Sherman B Fowler
St Paul's
Fowler
Emela
King’s Daughters
Peru
Lima
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