Serbian Stand Keeps Monastir Amid Frontline Strains
Front reports show Serbia defending Monastir while Austro German Bulgarians push toward it. 17,400 Serbs captured at Mitrovitsa and Prilep, seven German regiments join Bulgar troops near Prilep as French guns bombard the city and Vardar valley operations unfold.
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Krivolak
Brisnik
Leskovats
London
Kossovo
von Gallwitz
Vardar
Ironeva
Sertia
Bucharest
Monastir
Frilop
Arbor
Greece
French Victory Loan Subscriptions Hit Fast Pace in Paris
Paris November 25 crowds stream to post offices banks and Pavillon de Flore as France opens the great victory loan Investors include workers and capitalists with subscriptions from 500 000 to 6 000 000 francs The loan price 58 francs 5 percent interest and redeemable in 1933 offer a 5 3 8 percent yield with early subscribers gaining a 75 centime per franc reduction.
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Ioan
Pavillon de Flore
Louvre
Credit Lyonnais
Bank of France
Samuel Added to British Cabinet and Duchy Post
London November 23 Herbert L Samuel postmaster general has been named to the cabinet and appointed chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in addition to retaining his post as postmaster general He will hold the duchy post without salary and Churchill’s vacated Duchy of Lancaster duties are covered by this move.
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Washington Post
London
Henry Ford
America
Europe
Ford
Herbert L Samuel
Duchy of Ounminster
Winston Spencer Churchill
Samuel
Duchy of Lancaster
Joffre Urges Army Aid in Selling French War Bonds
Gen Joffre, commander in chief of French forces, issues a general order urging all soldiers to support a national defense loan. Subscriptions at 87.25 francs grant five francs annual interest and 578 100 percent bond value. He recalls 1870 and calls it the loan of victory, urging letters to relatives and service as France’s aid.
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Joffre
Paris
France
Washington Post
Berne
Two Ships Escape U Boats by Speed
Paris dispatch reports the French steamer Tania shelled by a submarine in the western Mediterranean. The captain steered into the gale to outpace the threat, forcing the submarine to abandon pursuit after firing three shells and the ship reached Marseille safely. A separate report notes the Russian freighter Odessa evading a submarine thanks to higher speed and rough seas.
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Paris
Ministry of A Marine
Mediterranean
Marseille
Odess
Toladay
London Deportations Sweep Undesirables From City
London dispatch reports British police intensify deportations under defense of the realm act to remove undesirables and crime-linked aliens. The Sloan case draws attention as a former American jockey allegedly ran a gambling house and faces removal. Young officers abroad on leave fall prey to gamblers and money lenders amid a citywide clean up before transatlantic shipments.
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London
Underworld
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United States
Metropolia
France
Campa
Greece Backs Neutrality Amid Entente Tensions
London Nov 25 Greece affirms it will not block allied troops on its frontiers and will provide rail and other facilities. Greece’s stance keeps King Constantine’s neutral position intact, while Entente forces plan to remain at Saloniki and the Roumanian question looms with Russia massing near the frontier.
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Greece
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Roumania
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Odessa
Japan
Berlin
M Brattano
Raumania
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Saloniki
King
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Entente
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Constantine I
Macedonia
Tornado Kills Twelve and Injures Dozens Near Hot Springs
Nov 25 reports from Little Rock detail a tornado that struck a thickly settled farming area a mile east of Hot Springs, killing twelve and injuring about thirty. The damage, estimated at one million dollars, wiped out farmhouses and cut wires to Hot Springs. One death occurred in Houston as a squall hit, blowing down warehouses and sheds. The Rock Island bridge near Hot Springs was washed out, delaying trains.
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Ark
Hot Springs
Rock Island Railroad
Iron Mountain
Houston
Tex
Fire in Toledo munitions plant causes $10000 loss
Fire at the Toledo Machine and Tool Company plant caused an estimated $10,000 in damage. The blaze origin is unknown. Officials are investigating as the plant has been engaged for several months in manufacturing munitions for European portage deployments.
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Toledo
Toledo Machine and Tool Company
Czar Pledges Invasion of Bulgaria in Telegram to Serbian Leader
London, Nov. 25. The Russian emperor sent a personal telegram to Serbian premier Pachitch. The dispatch reports he promises Russian troops will appear in Bulgaria within a week. It also says Italy will send an expeditionary force of 40,000 men.
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London
MS Pachitch
Daily Telegraph
Bulgaria
Guns Reach Odessa for Balkans War Supplies
A Berlin telegram reports daily arrivals of heavy Japanese guns at Odessa on the Black Sea coast of Russia. The dispatch implies Russian forces will soon join the Bashan campaign.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Odessa
Black Sea
Russia
Carol Mapu Lost With All Hands Off Vancouver Island
Special advices from Victoria report the Chilean four masted iron ship Carol Mapu lost with about 25 crew amid a southwest gale. The air was driven ashore near Gowland Rock Schooner Cove as the vessel was pounded to pieces on the rocks off Vancouver Island.
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Wash
Ledger
Victoria
Carol Mapu
Gowland Rock
Schooner Cove
Vancouver Island
Train Dynamited Amid Bandit Attack Kills Eighty
News from Laredo reports eighty people killed when a train on the National Lines of Mexico between Tampico and Monterey was dynamited on November 28. Bandits blamed. region said to be infested and previously linked to Villa's forces.
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Laredo
Mexico
Tampico
Monterey
Villa
Women crowd London pubs despite no-treating rule
London observers report shocking drinking statistics showing crowds in East End pubs after the no-treating order. In Clerkenwell 1,518 entered a tavern from 8 to 10 pm with 13 of 114 young women among the patrons. Four North Paddington taverns saw 3,429 entrants in an hour, including 1,946 women. In one stretch 1,122 entered in 50 minutes and 403 were women. Infants sat outside pubs amid the crowds. Bavaria to hire women for wartime light work in railways and stations.
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London
Wesleyan Temperance Union
East End
Tm Clerkenwell
Paddington
the Press Publishing Co
Bavaria
Another Duke in War Scandal
A compact notice notes a scandal involving a duke amid wartime events with warnings from J. H Hammond Jr and remarks on political tensions. The item appears among a lifetime of international headlines and domestic concerns.
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Greece
McAdoo
Maas
J. H Hammond, Jr
Buay
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Ford
Germany
Milan
Honor Vicomtesse D Azy Receives War Cross
Paris reports Vicomtesse Benoist Dazy formerly Elizabeth De Vogue of Washington DC is named in the army order of the day for a war cross. Her hospital service after the September 1914 battles is praised for her courage under bombardment and devotion.
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Washington
Washington Post
Paris
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Army
Border Battle Looms as Villa and Obregon Close In
Nogales Ariz Nov 23 Mexican forces under Villa and Carranza loyalists clash with U S troops at Harrison's ranch near Nogales Twenty eight American troopers and Mexican soldiers are reported killed or wounded as reinforcements rush to the border Observers say Obregon Calles force 8000 men march toward Nogales with Villa awaiting a new assault US border patrols and artillery are moved to Nogales Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy commands a reinforced position Governor Randall crosses the line to return to Nogales under US orders Execution of a civil official in Nogales Sonora follows riot rumors and adds tension to the border crisis.
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Ariz
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Harrison's Ranch
Here
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Obregon
Calles
Santa Cruz
Cananea
Villa
Francisco Villa
Acosta
Quarles Rannall
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Douglas
United States Feld Artillery
Kennedy
Randall
United States Army
Washington
Vicente Terrazas
Sonora
Spain to recognize Carranza as head of Mexico govt
Madrid reports a cabinet decision to recognize Gen Venustiano Carranza as head of Mexico's de facto government. The action follows the Mexican constitutionalists and mentions indemnities for air damage to Spanish interests. Also notes transit notices and railway guidance in a fragmented wire service recap.
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Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
Carranza
Defense favors tax levy over bond issue for initial administration costs
A formal statement from the government urges increased internal taxation to cover the first year costs of the administration program. Secretary McAdoo favors a tax levy and lowering income exemptions and commodity assessments, rather than issuing bonds for funding.
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McAdoo
McAdoo Plan Seeks 1917 Preparedness Tax Increases
The plan would raise 112,806,294 of the 250 million needed by new taxes for the 1917 fiscal year starting July 1. Revenue would come from higher individual and corporate income taxes, lower exemptions, a surtax on high incomes, and added levies on gasoline, oils, automobile horsepower, and other nonessential articles.
Treasury Secretary McAdoo urges internal taxes to cover defense costs
Secretary McAdoo issues a formal estimate of federal revenues and expenditures through the 1917 fiscal year. He says an extra 112 806 394 is needed, mostly for new national defense measures, and proposes tax measures including changes to income exemptions and surtaxes plus new taxes on various goods. He notes preparedness spending aims of 182 million for the army and 219.6 million for the navy in 1917, with actual 1917 outlays expected lower as spending is planned across the year. He warns against misleading statements about the treasury’s condition and provides a detailed posture through the forthcoming tenths of the eighteenth page.
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Congress
Naval Establishment
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