War Prisoners Shot Losses by Fighting Small
Heaviest casualties along the Juarez border were blamed on firing squads as prisoners were taken. Captured guns, 184 wounded, and 200 captives were brought to the border city while battle lines stood six miles apart.
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Juarez
Border City
Tierra Blanes
Vila
Hadeen
Ynez Salazar
Salazar
Juares
Villa
Eome
Huerta
Madero
Carranza
District Sued Over Street Excavation Injury Claim
Mamie Mahaney sues in district Supreme Court seeking 10000 damages for injuries from stepping into a street excavation on Euclid Street March 30. Attorneys E C Dutton and W K Quinter assert the site was not properly guarded.
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Istrict Supreme Court
Mamie Mahaney
Euclid Street
E. C. Dutton
W. K. Quinter
Naval Officers Lose Reform Urged By Cowie
Annual report of Rear Admiral T. J. Cowie, paymaster general of the navy, criticizes salaries for key staff as insufficient and urges abolition of the Bureau of Equipment. It details ship construction costs, repairs, and ship maintenance expenses, and notes the Navy’s need to expand the pay corps and hire more clerical workers. The document also calls for consolidating appropriations and highlights other departmental operative praise and concerns.
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Bureau of Equipment
T. J. Cowle
Navy
Carl Browne
United States Treasury
Peace Monument
Pennsylvania Avenue
Browne
Iato
Bor
Comminston
Cowie
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Naval Academy
US Troops Move Toward Mexican Border From New England to Texas
Movement of the Tenth cavalry toward the Mexican border began with Troop L departing for Fort Apache in Arizona. The rear of the regiment was to leave Fort Ethan Allen for border posts by December 5. Meanwhile, 200 marines departed Boston for Philadelphia to board the Prairie for Pensacola to await orders, and blanket transportation for Texas National Guard units was deposited in Dallas banks by the War Department for quick emergency movement.
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Burlington
Tenth Regiment of Cavalry
Fort Apache
Ariz
Washington
Fort Ethan Allen
Boston
Charlestown
Portsmouth
N. H.) Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Prairie
Pensacola
Dallas
Tex
Texas National Guard
United States War Department
Gold sent from New York to Mexico and Canada
The banks shipped 180000 in gold to Mexico, the first such shipment in weeks. Canada sent 42300 to Montreal and 100000 to Haft, with 600000 in currency moved to San Francisco. Canada’s shipments total 10700000, driven by grain bill sales and new municipal issues amid wheat flows to US ports. A Canadian banker notes unprecedented grain bill offerings in this market.
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New York
Mexico
Montreal
San Francisco
Canada
Pankhurst Returns Home With $20,000 From U S Tour
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst sails for England taking about $20,000 collected during her United States lecture tour. She plans to use the money for the English suffrage cause and says she expects arrest on return to Plymouth to serve the remainder of a hunger strike sentence.
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United States
New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
Hague Meeting Postponed Over Yellow Fever Fear
Negotiations continue among governments to avert the yellow fever threat from the Panama Canal. A Tokyo style note says the third Peace Conference may not convene before 1916 or 1917, not 1915 as planned, due to preparatory work and disputes over maritime law.
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Panama Canal
Hague
Netherlands
Hagueta
United States
Bryan
Washington
Berlin
London
Paria
Lisbon
Russia
Bis
Sussex engineer faces long hearing on local charges
John Love Hilfott of New York testified at a magistrates court in Basford Sussex where serious breaches of the law charges against Elliott were heard. The hearing, lasting hours, saw Elliott remanded in custody after neighbors reported conduct at Hammerwood House where his two daughters resided since March. Public spectators were barred from the room as the full bench ordered further investigation and continued custody until a new date.
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Bas
Grinstead
Sussex
England
John Love Hilfott
New York
Miliott
Elliott
Hammerwood House
Thief's deadly blow spurs great dragnet across city
Police urge public help as they hunt a Black suspect who struck elderly merchant Charles A. Stockett in his 2010 Highteenth Street Northwest store. The victim, Brackett, aged 65, suffered a fractured skull and clung to life as Maj. Sylvester dispatched 10000 flyers and telegrams to southern and eastern cities offering a reward. Two men were briefly detained but exonerated. eyewitness notes describe the assailant as tall about five feet eleven, dark complexion, wearing a dark coat and slouch hat, last seen fleeing with a wallet and watch. The investigation centers on a Black male about ten inches tall? and broad-shouldered, as hospital doctors fight to save Brackett’s life.
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Charles A. Stockett
Highteenth Street
Fifth
Ninth
Maj
Sylvester
Brackett
Stockett
Cain
James A. Chandler
Champlain Avenue
Chandler
World Happenings Notes Read in Reading Pa and Beyond
Reading and other cities report shop staff cuts of 5 to 10 percent at Reading Railway lines. Crimes unfold across states with murders, robberies, and arrests including Ida Leegson case, Pinkerton deputy tax collector murder, and a Calumet riot. International updates cover Italian parliament, German and British events, fires in Des Moines, and a harbor tragedy in Hong Kong with 30 Chinese drowned.
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Media
George Marsh
Rolands
Pennington
S. Lewis Pinkerton
Grant Joins Army Hopes He'll See Fighting
Chapman Grant grandson of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant resigns as entomologist curator at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences to join the Fourteenth Cavalry. He will leave for Texas in December to become a second lieutenant, seeking active service in Mexico. Grant says he is taking a chance on war but would have joined anyway, having graduated Williams College in 1916 and served as curator since September.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Pancho Villa
Villa
Sama- —_layuca
Tierra Blanca
Canada
Francisco Villa
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Juares
Ireland
Brooklyn Institute
Fourteenth Cavalry
New York
Chapman Grant
U. 8. Grant
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Texas
Grant
Mexico
Tesse R. Grant
Willams College
Children’s Museum
Three Women Killed as Train Strikes Car at Crossing
At a rural crossing between Hollidaysburg and Huntingdon Pennsylvania a freight train struck a car carrying three women and two men. Three women died instantly, Walter Azinger of Altoona was driving. Mrs Axinger Mrs Bessell and Annie Bessell and Miss Frances Secrist were identified among the injured. The car’s driver sustained a broken leg and internal injuries while Mrs Axinger was internally injured.
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Hollidaysburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Huntingdon
Walter Azinger
Altoona
Axginger
Mary Besseit
Annie
Frances Sechat
Aginger
Mulhall Ordered to Pay Five Thousand in Suit
Richard Barry won a suit against lobbyist Garth M Mulhall for half of the ten thousand dollars he says Mulhall collected from the New York World for confidential letters used as basis for a congressional investigation Barry testified he acted as Mulhalls agent and editor Mulhall claimed Barry misled him and repudiated the contract Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum directed a verdict for the plaintiff.
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New York
Richard Barry
Garth M. Mulhall
Mulhall
The
New York World
Barry
Otters
Supreme Court
Greenbaum
Wilson Convicted of Attacking Girl. Imprisonment Recommended
Wilson, a wealthy farmer from Chirieston West Virginia, was found guilty of assaulting Miss Kate Turner after a weeklong trial. The jury recommended imprisonment in the penitentiary, saving him from hanging. attorneys filed notice of appeal and the court set December 10 to prepare bills of exceptions and argue for a new trial.
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Wilson
Chirieston
W.va
Graham Wilson
Kate Turner
Jefferson County
Thetcourt
Witton
Bryan Praised by Glass at Lynchburg Speaking Tour
Secretary Bryan addressed about 4 000 listeners in two sessions in Lynchburg Virginia. He spoke to the Virginia Teachers Association and a citizenship audience on The Signa of the Times and The Making of a Man. He paid tribute to Congressman Glass for currency bill work and thanked the Glasses for hospitality.
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Lynchburg
Bryan
State Teachers’ Association
Bryan Delie
Signa of the Times
Congressman Glass
Lymchburg
Ita Artixens
Glass
Mr. Bryan
Washington
Fila
Prouty Rule Out of Senate Run as Progressive
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Charles A. Prouty said he has not announced any Senate candidacy for Vermont to succeed Dillingham and would run only as a Republican if he runs. Progressive leaders in Vermont claimed they offered him their nomination and that he promised a three week decision.
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Senate
Saya
Boston
Interstate Commerce
Charles A. Prouty
United States
Vermont
Dillingham
Prouty
Progressive Party
Police News Notes From Local Streets Yesterday
A string of incidents reports Lucille Tendler, 10, knocked down by a delivery car near Webster School but not badly hurt. a white Persian cat missing. two rabbit hounds stolen from a kennel. Mrs. George W. Thompson robbed near Ninth Street. razors and hair clippers taken from a southeast barber shop. 8 year old Joseph Archer seriously injured by a gunshot. Edward Reese dislocated shoulder after rough play at Galea School. Eddie Codrick narrowly escaped a freight grater injury. John Kellerman's condition remains critical after an electric automobile collision with Miss Masse Babes.
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Webster School
Lucille Tendler
ID Street
Irs
F. G. Mitchell
Massachusette Avenas
Sdat
Earl Bindley
Massachusets Avenue
John Kellerman
Miss Masse Babes
Kuehnle Surrenders to Begin Prison Term in Water Contract Case
Atlantic City leader Louis Kuehnle surrendered to authorities and said he would serve a year in prison and pay a fine after being found guilty of being unlawfully and corruptly interested in a water main contract while on the city board. The sentence, originally imposed over two years ago, was upheld by the state's Court of Errors and Appeals after years of appeals.
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Atlantic City
Louis Kuehnle
Publc
Moore
Kuehnle
Atlantic City Board of Water Commissioners
Wilson to attend Army-Navy game and theater trip
President Wilson departs tomorrow for a weekend in New York. He will attend a theater that night and, on Saturday, attend the Army-Navy football game. Several dignitaries and guests accompany the party, including Gov. sleet, Mrs Fielder of New Jersey, Mrs Walsh of Washington, Dr. Morton of Philadelphia, and Capt. McCoy of the army staff. Secretary Daniels and Mrs Daniels host guests such as William Mel Combs, chairman of the Democratic national committee, and Mira McComba, among others.
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Wilson
New York
Garrison
Gov.sleet
Fielder
New Jersey
Thomas F. Walsh
Washington
W. Morton
Philadelphia
Benjamin G. Paskus
George Laary
H. Hallmark
Frank R. McCoy
Army General Staff
Daniels
Heve
William
Mel Combs
Democratic National Committee
Mira McComba
Life for Slayer of Wife in Maryland Case
Rockville jury recommends mercy for Benson alias Vincent Owens who killed his wife Annie Owens near River Springs, St. Marys county. Judge Edward C. Peters sentences him to life in Maryland penitentiary, noting brutal crime though mercy was recommended by jurors.
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Rockville
Owens
Washington Post
Benson
Vincent Owens
Annie Owens
River Bprings
St. Mary's County
Edward C. Peters
Maryland
Peter
Capt. Wiblack Sent to Mexico
Capt Edward E Capehart, commanding the battleship Michigan, now on duty in Mexican Gulf Waters, has been detached and ordered home. He will be relieved by Capt. Albert P Niblack, on duty at the Naval War College, Newport.
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Edward E Capehart
Michigan
Mexican Gulf
Hea
Albert P. Niblack
Naval War College
Newport
Clark denies patronage influence in post office talks
In St. Louis on November 24 Champ Clark Speaker of the national House writes to W A Bode of Alton Illinois denying any job getting influence or intent to distribute patronage outside his district. He notes he cannot affect Illinois post offices and cites securing three small offices for his district including a missionary post in Bolivia.
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Champ Clark
St. Louis
National House
W. A. Bode
Alton
Bode
Illinois
Bolivia
Fiancee Sues Estate After Death of Sherburne
Miss Jennie L. Carter of Wakefield, formerly a Boston public schools teacher, sues the estate of Frank B. Sherburne for 44000 claiming breach of promise after his death by suicide two years earlier while he was assistant master at Lowell High School. She says she was engaged to marry him and resigned to prepare for the wedding, losing livelihood and incurring expenses.
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Lowell
Mass
Frank B Sherburne
Lowell High School
Jennie L. Carter
Wakefield
Boston Public
Carter
Sherburne
Liquor Dealer Benno Seibold Sentenced to 60 Days
Benno Seibold, a wholesale liquor dealer who acted as his own lawyer, was found guilty of selling liquor without a retail license. He chose not to appeal and appeared for sentence before Judge Mullowny, receiving a $25 fine and 60 days in jail in default of cash. The judge also reprimanded him for disrespect toward the police court.
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Benno Seibold
Polies
Court of Appeals
Mullowny
Seibold
Tem
Cadets in New Uniforms Parade Through High School
Cadets receive new uniforms for 63 members and staged a special drill yesterday to impress high school girls, sidelining football and baseball stars as idols. Hats were standardized with caps worn correctly, while yesterday’s drills extended into today’s holiday schedule.
Four Auto Victims Identified in Pelham Parkway Crash
New York officials identified four people killed in the Pelham Parkway crash early today. Helen Schaeffer a 20 year old manicurist was his asteter. Thomas B. Denny a Democratic assemblyman from Manhattan Nineteenth district. Mrs Fannie Loos and Leonard Cohen a dressgoods manufacturer prominent in Tammany circles were the other victims. The driver of Cohen s car a negro chauffeur was only slightly injured. Ten years ago Barthold Rich the garage owner and namesake of the other car faced a million dollar legacy and a string of accidents. His estranged wife testified he spent $9000 yearly on Broadway.
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New York
Pelham Parkway
Asteter
Helen Schaeffer
Thomas &. Denny
Assembly
Manhattan
Fannie Loos
Leonard Cohen
Dreasgoods
Tammany
Cohen
Barthold BH Rich
Rich
Rich's Oneife
Broadway
Booth Sails For England On Frace Expedition
Gen Bramwell Booth, head of the Salvation Army, sailed from New York for England aboard the France. A drunken man briefly caused a disruption as Booth restrained police and spoke kindly, urging him to stop drinking. About two thousand Salvation Army members escorted Booth to the wharf after a warm send off. Booth expressed pleasure in meeting his brother and hinted at a possible reunion in England.
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New York
Bramwell Booth
The
Salvation
France
Batington
England
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Wabash Railroad Wage Demand From Allied Crafts
Decatur November 26 officials of the allied crafts announce a demand for a conference with Wabash Railroad management over wage increases and a new schedule. The request, supported by machinists unions, boilermakers, and helpers, plus the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers and other unions, seeks increases mostly from 2 to cents per hour. The push would affect the entire Wabash system.
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Decatur
Allied Crafts
Wabash Railroad
Machinists’ Union
Machinists’ Helpers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Order of
Brotherhood of
Car Workers’ Union
Preference for Veterans in Classified Service
A Potomac Department Grand Army committee told President Wilson that veterans in the classified service face pay cuts. The President pledged to investigate and direct department heads to grant the legally authorized preference to old soldiers where possible.
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Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Repubic
Wilson
Beachey to Give His Views on Navy Inquiry
San Diego based aviator Lincoln Beachey received a telegram from the Secretary of the Navy offering to hear and consider Beachey views on the deaths of Lieuts Ellington and Kelly at North Island The aviator will depart for Washington tomorrow to present his thoughts in the inquiry into the fatal incident.
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San Diego
Cal
Lincoln Beachey
Secretary of the Navy
Ellington
Kelly
North Island
Last Manslaw
Marines to Pensacola and Caribbean operations
Rear Admiral Homer R. Stanford headed to Pensacola to ready the station for the 7d Marines set to sail from Philadelphia aboard the transport Prairie today. Marines prepare for advanced base operations in early next year at Culebra Puerto Rico and Guantanamo Cuba.
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Homer R. Stanford
Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks
Pensacola
Fla
Philadelphia
Cuiepra
Porto Rico
Guantanamo
Cuba
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Ethel Darby
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Minnesota
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Mig
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