French Greek clash at Saloniki triggers ally apology
Reports from Saloniki say French forces tried to seize a Greek ammunition tower but were blocked by Greek troops. An apology followed, with officials labeling the affair a mistake. The incident comes amid broader Central Powers pressure in the region as Austro Hungarian and Bulgarian advances stall in central Serbia.
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Saloniki
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Vienna
Berlin
Tuckerton Wireless
Satoniki
Serbia
Marriages and deaths listed for November 1915
The notice lists marriages and obituaries for multiple individuals dated November 15 to 19, 1915, including Emma Plett and J George Reisinger, plus burials and masses for Buckley Burke Metzner McGregor Namara Paschal Turne r Stockbridge Tip Turner Cox Wilcox Ship. Interments occur at Mount Olivet Arlington Rock Creek and other local cemeteries. services at Zion Lutheran St Pauls St Dominics and St Matthews churches, with funeral times ranging from morning to afternoon. Names include Theodore Flett, Margaret Buckley, Thomas Burke, Mary Metzner, William McGregor, Katherine McNamara, Fanny Tilley, Eva Rows, Henry Wright, Virgil Stockbridge, Harry Tip, Lola Turner, Amelia Wilcox, Andrew Ship, and others.
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Eleventh Street
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Mary M Metzner
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Mgregor
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Katherine
Patrick J McNamara
Covington
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Clara Betp
Frederick
Annie C Tip
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Providence Hospital
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Eton
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St Margaret's Church
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Frienfa
British Cabinet Denies Involvement in Armenian Massacres
London November 16 Lord Robert Cecil under secretary of state for foreign affairs told the House of Commons that Britain did not stir Armenians to revolt and rejected the claim that British agents incited the massacres. He declined to pledge government use of army and navy to save Armenians.
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London
House of Commons
Lord Robert Cecil
Foreign Affairs
United States
Great Britain
Robert
PAGE AND BRYCE HONORED AT COMMONS RECEPTION
London November 16 Mayflower Club presided by Percy Alden held a house of commons reception with Walter Hines Page American Ambassador and Viscount Bryce as the guests of honor. Alden spoke of English sympathy for the United States amid criticisms of its neutral wartime position.
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London
Mayflower Club
Percy Alden
Mid-dlesex
House of Commons
Walter Hines Page
Viscount Bryce
Mr Alden
United States
Pankhurst Cancelled Meeting Attacks Officials As Unfit
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst denounces Premier and Sir Edward Grey as unfit for office in a letter prompting a patriotic meeting at Royal Albert Hall that was canceled by management over the war stance. She vows to hold the protest later, while a planned London Pavilion talk was also thwarted by venue unavailability.
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London
Woman's Social and Political Union
Emmeline Pankhurst
Royal Albert Hall
Pankhuret
Albert Hall
Women's Social and Political Union
London Pavilion
Pankhurst
Japanese Steamer Iro Seized Off Cochin Chinese Coast
A French cruiser captured the Japanese steamship Iro near Cochin China amid suspicions it carried arms to Hindu mutineers. A passenger aboard, who claimed to be American, admitted he was German and was arrested as part of the seizure report from Saigon.
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Washington Post
Shanghai
Iro
Saigon
Instigator of Sarajevo Tragedy Reported Killed in Serb Mutiny
Berlin reports from Sofia describe Bulgarians advancing in Serbia with success against French positions on the Vardar and Karasan rivers. A mutinous Serbian regiment killed Col. Pribitchevitch, an alleged instigator of Archduke Francis Ferdinand's murder, and the regiment dispersed. Confessions allege Milan Pribitchevitch supplied bombs and revolvers via the pan Serbian union.
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Serbia
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Karasan
Karagan
Veles
Strongl
Pribitoheviten
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Nedelja Gabrinovics
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Gabrio Prinzip
Maj
Milan Pribitchevitch
Gabrinovics
Pribitchevitch
Pan- Serbian Union
Kraguysvatz
Lord Fisher Refuses Personal Explanations in War Time
In London Admiral Lord Fisher, former first sea lord, defers personal explanations in the House of Lords amid World War I tensions. He cites 61 years of service and says he will leave his record to his country while noting Prime Minister statements about Churchill remarks. He refuses to discuss personal matters during a national crisis.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
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Dardanelles
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British General Staff Accused of Playing Bridge and Sleeping Late
Lord St Davids in the House of Lords charged incompetence and neglect by the British staff in France. He said staff size was excessive and that men unfit for trenches were kept at headquarters, which led to delays and casualties during recent fighting. He cited reports of late hours playing bridge and questioned headquarters security and effectiveness.
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London
France
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House of Lorda
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Joffre
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Davids
Holden urged for Cabinet to curb wartime waste
London reports a persistent rumor that Sir Edward Holden may join the cabinet to fill the Churchhill vacancy and tackle war spending. Observers estimate Britain loses about 5 million pounds daily to inefficient methods, a reform by a seasoned business leader could reduce waste. Holden would likely be created a peer to sit in the House of Lords.
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Draper
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Churcheil
Edward Holden
Britain
House of Lords
Another Drive on Paris May Be Plan of Germans
Carl W. Ackerman reports from Berlin that Gen von Kluck expects the war to continue as long as Britain and the United States supply ammunition. He notes potential future offensives toward Paris, discusses American aid, and recalls von Kluck’s past campaigns and injuries. He mentions the general’s granddaughter and the dog Teddy.
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Ascuss
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America
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von Kluck
Joffrey
Marshal von Hindenburg
East Prussia
von Ehluck
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Aueting
United States to Arm for Potential Global Clash
Lord Rosebery denounces plans for a vast US navy, warning a bigger fleet would shift the war burden onto others and break European nations. He fears America’s entry would intensify the burden on allies and hinder postwar stability at a Rhodes lecture in London.
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London
United States
Lord Rosebery
Rhodes
University of London
Germany Seeks Full War News in Unabridged Reports
The German embassy announced strict censors will publish war reports in full, with enemy dispatches sometimes eliminated. Germany argues its own war reports reflect the truth and avoid guarantees of observance, while the empire insists on factual statements regardless of allied or enemy communications.
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Bureau of German Censors
Neutral drive nails to fund Red Cross in Germany
The Vosslache Zeitung reports Germany plans to extend the nail-driving fundraising method to neutral countries. Statues to be sent abroad will feature both dead and living notables for the cause, according to the newspaper in Amsterdam on November 16.
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Washington Post
Amsterdam
Red Cross
Germany
Vosslache Zeitung
Serbian Inventor Keeps Secret From Foe Receiver for Wireless
Prof Michael I Pupin of Columbia University told the National Academy of Sciences he will not publish the wireless receiver data now. He fears the invention could aid Serbia's enemies, allowing interference-free transmission by eliminating unwanted sound waves. The device records only the waves the operator wishes to hear, enabling global wireless communication.
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Pupis
National Academy of Sciences
New York
Serbia
Michael I Pupin
Columbia University
United States
Pupin
Privy Council Membership Challenge In London
Lord Chief Justice Reading and Justices Avery and Lush heard the Anti German League case seeking removal of Sir Edgar Speyer and Sir Ernest Cassel from the privy council due to German birth. The attorney general argued no favorable judgment could be enforced and impeachment would be the only remedy. the hearing was adjourned.
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London
Baron Reading
Horace Avery
Charles Lush
Edgar Speyer
Ernest Cassel
Privy Council
Robert Finlay
TRY TO EVADE CONSCRIPTION ON LINER VOYAGE RIOTS
Passengers aboard the Saxonia report riots at Liverpool decks as 123 second cabin bookers and over 700 other men, mainly Irish, were denied passage after crew threatened to strike to prevent Britons of military age sailing. Ship officers note English and Welsh among the crowd. About 200 young Britons, mostly Irish, were aboard the California, many leaving home to avoid conscription.
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New York
Cunard
Liverpool
California
Italian Fire Destroys Rivarelo Docks Estimated at $1 Million
A Lugano dispatch reports a blaze in Rivarelo Italy causing about one million dollars in damage. The fire has destroyed the docks and continues to burn as of the latest wire. Berlin via Tuckerton reports the developing disaster.
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Berlin
Tuckerton Wireleas
Rivarelo
Lugano
Switzerland
German Pig Iron Output Rises in October
Berlin reports a further rise in German pig iron production in October reaching 1,076,343 tons versus 1,034,124 tons in September. The growth signals continued industrial momentum as October output surpasses the previous month.
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Sayville
Turkish protest over consular seizures in Persia
Hussein Bey, head of the Turkish embassy, sent a note to Secretary Lansing protesting Russian and British actions in Persia. The dispatch cites the arrest of Tevfir Bey, Turkish consul at Besht, his transfer to Russia, and the clearing of consulates. It also details the occupation at Benderbouehir by British troops and the hoisting of the British flag over the Turkish consulate.
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Persia
Turkey
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Constantinople
Tevfir Bey
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Benderbouehir
Talk on the Dardanelles by Capt Fortescue at Press Club
Capt Granville Fortescue United States Army retired will speak at the National Press Club at 8 15 p m Thursday night on With the Turkish Army in the Dardanelles He is said to be the only American correspondent at the Turkish front and has a career including Liege the White House military aid in the Roosevelt administration service in the Spanish American War San Juan Hill observer in the Russo Japanese War and exploration work.
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TU. S. A
Dardanelles
National Press Club
Granville
Liege
Fortesque
White House
San Juan Hill
United States
Rochambeau Reaches Port After Brief Fire Near New York
The French liner Rochambeau arrived in Bordeaux from New York after a coal bunker fire. Crew extinguished flames and landed 418 passengers this morning. Officials could not determine a cause. authorities consider spontaneous combustion more likely than foul play.
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France
New ‘York
Streeter District Day Ends With Court After Raid in Streeterville
Captain George Wellington Streeter, his wife Stella, and fourteen others faced court after a Sunday raid on Streeterville amid reports of an active liquor trade. A bondsman, Thomas Hennessey, aided release. Streeter then declared the district dry as talks of further hearings moved to a later date.
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Streeter
Stella
Streeterville
Thomas Hennessey
Hennessey
Gorizia Churches Ruined by Italian Bombardment
Dispatches from Berlin report heavy damage in Gorizia after Italian bombardment. The sacristy of the cathedral was demolished and Monte Santo church burned. half the Ursuline convent destroyed. many churches damaged. art treasures lost. Several bombs killed eight children near Castagnavizza.
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Sayville
Gorizia
Count de Chambord
King Henryv
Austria
Monte Santo
Ursuline Nuns
Chuch
Castagnavizza
$300,000,000 British Credit Expansion Planned
New York reports indicate six to eight London banks may participate in a proposed British commercial credit. Minimum first operation set at 350,000,900 dollars, potentially rising to 300 million if warranted. Cables between New York and London show negotiations for heavy acceptances of grain and cotton bills amid sterling strength.
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New York
London
Esterling Exchange
French Painter Killed in Action at Argonne
Paris betrayed news that Eugene Bonneton, famed for old Paris scenes and whose Port Saint Nicholas is shown at the San Francisco exposition, has died in the Argonne combat. Reported asphyxiating gas caused his death. he held the rank of sergeant of territorials.
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Port Saint Nicholas
San Francisco Exposition
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