Villa Marching On Mexico City Crisis Deepens
Villa forces press toward Mexico City as fighting intensifies at the border. A woman is shot on the U S side and several Mexicans are wounded at Nao Arizona by stray bullets. Railroad Center is occupied by Villa troops without a shot fired. Frontal clashes are reported near Queretaro where Carraza's forces mass. General Carbajal is killed near Puerto Mexico.
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Four Days More to Withdra wnt from Vera Cruz Event
A garbled dispatch notes the U S administration aiming to withdraw troops from Vera Cruz on Monday in November. It mentions railroads, key figures, and ongoing political maneuvers as various parties and leaders gather for meetings and to assess the likely outcomes of the pullback.
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Debut of Buds to Be Simple in Baltimore
Thirty four debutantes in Baltimore sign an agreement to a simple style of entertaining to aid war relief efforts. They pledge to avoid extravagance and donate larger funds for suffering at home and abroad, cooperating to maintain modest social functions.
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Blue Jays Gather His Nuts in Jerseyville Pecans
Joshua Powers, a Jerseyville farmer, shows a pecan harvest system using starch boxes strapped to pecan trees. A friend watches as blue jays drop nuts into the boxes, a method Powers calls training the birds to gather nuts, aiming to ease sorting over hand-picking.
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Kaiser Calls Mutts and Wounding in Chicago Firefight
In Chicago on November 18 John Strouble a German living there shot two guests in his apartment after reading a German account of Flanders. Peter Linskey a Swede was wounded in the shoulder while John Heffron was killed. Strouble was arrested.
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Arms Through Canal Aimed at Movement Using 18 Cases of Rifles
A shipment of arms bound for use in a movement is reported to pass through a canal. The consignment includes 18 cases, each containing 25 rifles, 4 rapid fire sights, and 5 vases of cartridges. If permitted, further details will be forwarded to Washington.
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Cent Allies Repel Fresh German Forces in Latest Front Battles
London reports show widespread fighting along the western front with no major shifts in positions. Fresh German assaults from Flanders to the Lys are repulsed as Anglo French troops hold trenches around Ypres amid heavy casualties on both sides.
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Planters urged to diversify crops to aid cotton fund
Federal officials warn the South to reduce cotton acreage next year and diversify crops to maximize benefits from a $125,000 fund. Secretary McAdoo calls it a pressing problem and urges growing more food, with Agriculture aid and bank support to steer loan advances. A cotton loan committee, led by W P G Harding, will supervise, with initial meetings planned in New York to establish state and local committees.
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Emperor aids Austrian loan reported in press dispatch
An official Austrian war loan report states Emperor Francis has subscribed 81,000,000 crowns and 431,990,000 in person funds. The Anzeiger denies rumors that the Duke of Brunswick is wounded, imprisoned, or missing.
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Seventeen Terre Haute Men Charged With Fraud Conspiracy
Eighteen Terre Haute men were taken to Indianapolis on federal warrants for conspiracy to defraud the United States government in the election. Hearing set for December 1, with penalties up to $10,000 and imprisonment. Defendants accused of attempting to sway votes through threats and intimidation, including claims of “repeaters” casting ballots as directed.
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Libau Shelled by German Squadron and Trebizond Bombard
Russian navy reports German squadron bombarded Libau destroying several buildings and shells set fires along the harbor. Black Sea fleet bombarded Trebizond coast housing and barracks with fires. In London the Daily Mail confirms four hours of bombardment causing deaths and injuries in Libau.
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Baltic Battle Report Near Visby Rages
A Baltic naval clash near Visby on Gothland was heard yesterday afternoon with heavy cannonading on the north and west coasts. Believed to involve German and Russian fleets that left Helsingfors two days ago. The engagement lasted about an hour, paused, then resumed into the night, halting Swedish ferries.
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Fire of Smyrna Fort on U S Tars
The Washington Post reports that Turks fired on United States bluejackets from the Tennessee at Smyrna. The incident heightens friction between American officers protecting noncombatants and officials who resent outside interference. Diplomatic analysts see German-Turkish moves aimed at impressing Turks and affecting Manila Bay tensions.
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Russian Austro German Fronts in Brilliant Night Assaults
A Petrograd dispatch describes four days of furious fighting around Soldau as Russians assault German positions despite heavy fire. Reports indicate ten guns captured by the Russians and ongoing advances along the Mazurian Lakes and in Galicia, with mixed claims from Berlin and Vienna about enemy gains.
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Americans warned to avoid friction with Turkish officers
ASKS PORTE VIEW says Americans should keep peace with Turkey and avoid naval friction. The President insists the United States will not enter a war with Turkey under any circumstances. If Turkish officers acted without Ottoman government authority and the firing was within naval procedure in a closed port, it is believed the Ottoman government will render appropriate remedy.
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Turks Revolt Against German Rule Plot to Slay High Officials Bared
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports that in Constantinople the German ambassador fears for his life amid a plotted assassination of Gen von Sanders and other Turkish leaders favoring Germany. Turkish military leaders murmur against German domination as Djahid Pasha and Chukri Pasha push for autonomy against German control. A large army navy officer deputation protested to the war office, threatening mass withdrawal if Germans are not restrained.
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Diplomats Probe Tennessee Firing at Smyrna Launch
The United States directs Ambassador Morgenthau to seek an Ottoman explanation for Turkish land forces firing on a launch from the Tennessee bound for Smyrna. Washington orders no action to embarrass the US and to await full instructions as officials expect a diplomatic apology if firing lacked authority.
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Germans Attack British Transport And Ship Sunk
Valparaiso reports persistent rumors that the British transport Crown of Galicia, a 4821 ton steamer built in 1906 belonging to Crown Line, was attacked by German cruisers and sunk. Crew reportedly saved and to be landed at Valparaiso by Kosmos Line steamer Khaktis. Also Santiago reports German steamer Karnao deemed an auxiliary transport and ordered to remain at Antofagasta harbor until war’s end.
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