Germans Press Offensive as Dixmunde Falls to French
Paris reports a French official statement describing resumed heavy fighting from Nieuport to the Lys with German efforts near Dixmunde ultimately failing to break French lines. British troops repelled German efforts at several points while minor northern successes for France near Soissons and Vallly are noted.
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Paris
Nieuport
Lys
Dixmude
Lombaertwyde
Dixmunde
Ypres
Soissons
Vallly
Rout Near Konin Noted In Russian Retreat
Berlin reports say a Russian battalion was routed near Konin by German cavalry, a minor engagement showing German offensive spirit. Other dispatches note movements in Bessarabia and east Galicia, Turkish advances on the Caucasus and in Syria, and Bulgaria's neutral stance. The German bank reports higher specie reserves and lower note circulation. Halil Bey arrives in Bucharest on a Turkish mission.
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Berlin
Konin
Kalisz
Russian Poland
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Bessarabia
Galicia
Turkey
Vienna Fromdenblatt
Constantinople
Caucasian
Athens
Egypt
Syria
Paris
Imperial Bank
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Rome
Turkieh Chamber of Deputies
Halil Bey
Bucharest
Roumania
Emden Officers Held Prisoners Of War Unharmed
London reports Captain von Muller and Prince Franz Joseph von Hohenzollern among Emden crew captured after the battle near Cocos Island. Admiralty also notes unofficial Emden losses around 200 killed and 30 wounded and directs honors of war for survivors and retention of swords for the captured captain and officers.
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London
von Muller
Kanden
Sydney
Cocos Island
Prince Franz Joseph of
Admiralty
Emden
German Prisoner Reports Harsh Treatment in England
A German POW writes to the Frankfurter Zeitung claiming that harsh conditions in English camps caused 46 of 70 German prisoners to die within a week from pneumonia and typhoid fever. He notes no wounded among the group and cites cold barracks, bad food, and poor housing as factors.
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Berlin
England
Frankfurter Zeitung
Tokio Celebrates with Mammoth Allied Victory Parade
Tokio on November 11 staged a massive civic celebration with about 500000 people. Diplomatic representatives of the Allied powers addressed the crowd as German fortifications at Tsing Tau were turned over to Japan and Britain. Streets were decorated and processions moved with strong enthusiasm.
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Tokio
Tsing Tau
Luxemburg under German rule provokes unrest
From Lux emburg via The Hague and London dated Nov 11 11 55 am. The small country now shows signs of unrest under German rule. Censorship limits news to pro German info. Miners face explosives changes as iron industry is halted. Frontier friction rises as locals switch to French to express resentment.
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Grand Duchy of
The
Hage
London
Brussels
Liege
Namur
Oldfield Leads in Weston Road Race in Arizona
Prescott Arizona November 11 Barney Oldfield with a 20 minute lead streaked out of Prescott at 10 o clock today on the last leg of 134 miles of the Los Angeles Phoenix automobile road race The finish is expected in Phoenix about 2 o'clock Olin Davis winner of last year s trans desert contest was second out and Nikreni No 8 third
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Prescott
Ariz
Barney Oldfield
Phoenix
Olin Davis
Nikreni
War Parliament in London Opens With Geremony War
King George opened what likely will be a war session with no major political debates planned yet ministers face questions on war conduct. Labor leaders seek pay for soldiers, allowances for dependents, and pensions while criticism may be restrained. McKenna to report on alien enemies and spy threat. no new legislation expected. Soldiers missing in action and ministers at front leave seats open as the royal procession to Westminster shows a muted pageantry.
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London
King George
Labor Party
Reginald McKenna
Home Secretary
England
House of Commons
Westminster Palace
House of Lords
Lord Methuen
Viscount Bryce
House of Commony
Robert Pryce
Wiliam Middlebrook
Edward
Emden's Career Ends in Blaze as War Losses Rise
Tokio reports torpedo boat destroyer No 32 of the Japanese Navy sunk near Kiga Bay while Emden battle with Sydney endures. Many crew saved but Emden burned on Cocos Island after fight. Central News notes Emden’s gunnery weakened, fire spread, burning ashore. Melbourne dispatch adds Emden ashore and breaking up amid damage and wreckage reports.
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Tokio
Kigu Chau Bay
Emden
Cocos Island
Sydney
London
Central News
Melbourne
Cacos Island
Czan's Cruisers Bombard Fort in the Bosporus
London dispatch from Constantinople says Russian cruisers bombarded forts at the Bosporus and the Oval Magazines near Heraclea and Asia Minor. The Turkish fleet sailed out against the Russians, then withdrew. At Heraclea the Russians sunk a large number of merchant vessels.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Constantinople
Bosporus
Heraclea
Hregit
Asia Minoy
Germans Report Good Advantages In Western War
German critics view the official report as favorable noting the phrase good advances used to describe actions in the Argontine. This marks the first time such wording appears in describing fighting in that district. Murder charge cases involving Victor Innes and his wife from Atlanta are to be dismissed Monday as per district attorney Linden. El Tovar remains advertised at 3 cents.
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Berlin
Germain
Ray Antonio
Tex
Nev
Victor Innes
Beatrice Mis
Elois Nelms Dennis
Erg
Atlanta
Linden
Christmas Good Fellows drive aims to aid Waterloo families
The Courier and Reporter announces a Good Fellows plan to distribute useful gifts this Christmas. The drive seeks contributions to buy warm items for children and those in need, emphasizing fair distribution, practical gifts, and no candy receivers. The article calls for reader support and notes a list of contributions will be printed.
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Coldweather
Ahro
Waterloo
Courier and Reporter
Ins
Hills town hardware blaze causes extensive damage
A fire in Hills Iowa destroyed the hardware store and spread to a general store post office blacksmith shop and nearby residences and barns with about 20000 in losses. The blaze began in the hardware store from an explosion of powder and ammunition in stock and the origin remains unknown.
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Hills
Adi
Turks Claim Victories Through Berlin Sources
Berlin wireless reports the Turkish government announcing notable successes in operations near the rave from Her, with Sieikzar fort seized at Eir Avish Beey and four enemy field guns captured. Russians in the Caucasus reportedly withdraw to second line as war moves toward Mediterranean front near Egypt Palestine boundary.
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Berlin
Therave
Sieikzar Fort
Eir Avish
Beey
Caucasus
Arigh
Medierranean
Egypt
Palestine
North Sea Mining Threat Grows Fear of Famine
The article notes critical strains on North Sea shipping after German mine actions. Editorials urge immediate talks among Sweden Norway Denmark Holland and the United States to keep sea lanes open and neutral, amid dwindling wheat supplies and heightened tension.
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Nettl Sea
Germany
Order of the Belts Istt
Amstanstam Hwendredsblad
Sweden
Norway
Demmark
Holland
United States
North Sea
Tower of London Scene of Execution
London announces that Carl Lody alias Charles Inglis was shot at the Tower Barracks after a court martial for espionage. Lody, who claimed to be American then German, had lived in New York and Germany and married Gottlieb Storg’s daughter in Germany before divorce. He died refusing to name his superior. first Tower execution since 1700, near the Anne Boleyn site.
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London
Carl and
Lody
U Charles A. Inglis
al Apy
New York
Gmatia
Gottlieb Storg
Lreéwer
Tower of London
Tency
Ledy
Gain
Tower of Londin
Tower
Anne Goleyn
Deauy
German Warships Sighted Off Chilean Coast
Telegram from Tabtal Chile reports a steamer near Coquimbo sighting four German warships steaming westward. Coquimbo lies about 390 miles south of Taltal and near Coronel, site of the November 1 naval engagement, suggesting the ships may have been dispatched Saturday or Sunday.
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Lima
Pertt
Tabtal
Chile
Coquimbo
Conuimbo
Taltal
Germans and Young Turks Face Conspiracy Backlash
A dispatch from Athens reports a Constantinople conspiracy against Germany and the Young Turks was broken up. Key conspirators were arrested and executed. The seized German officers faced mob violence as Turkish defeats inflamed public anger in Istanbul.
Germany not to interfere with relief ships
Washington November 11. Secretary Uggon said after a meeting with Count von Merngtorff that there is no change in German policy for transporting relief supplies to Belgium. Belgium’s Haventh in New York coordinates relief ships. Officials discuss compelled labor and the Rockefeller foundation relief plan to aid refugees with provisions and tools, without forcing return to production.
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Washington, D. C
Uggon
Count von Merngtorff
Beletium
Haventh
New York
Minneapalia
Belgium
Rockkefeller Foundation
Ielland
France
England
Canadian Leagues Seek Allowance to Close Parks in 1819
Omaha,Neb Nov 11 Delegates at the National Association baseball meeting consider policy on organized baseball. Canadian and Northwest Canada leagues request permission to close parks next year due to war conditions without losing standing. Arbitration board had 268 cases involving salaries, carfare and waiver fees, adjourned after midnight with more to come.
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Omaha
Ned
National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
Northwest Canada League
National Board of Arbitration
Brokers Employed Mails to Swindle
Los Angeles, Nov. 11. T. B. Waggoner, a broker, held on 4000 bail awaiting a U. S. commissioner hearing on a Kansas City indictment charging him and Roy Bonebrake, president of Union Cattle and Mercantile, with mail fraud. The scheme netted at least 100,000, swapping sale bills for bonds to deliver invoices of hardware then not delivering goods after purchasers paid a quarter. Complaints stem from Southern California figures led by K B Fy Wickerheim of Santa Ana, who reportedly lost 26,000.
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Los Angeles
Cal
T. B. Waggoner
United States
Kansas City
Roy Bonebrake
Union Cattle and Mercantile Company
Waggoner
California
KB. Fy Wickersheim
Santa Ana
Foot and mouth disease hits dairy herds in Chicago area
Chicago reports confirm foot and mouth disease spreading through dairy show herds. W. W. Marsh and Col. French's cattle infected. 40 new cases found, 52 more under care. Blooded stock not yet condemned. Calls for federal inquiry into dairy disease control amid quarantine, with Iowa and Texas farmers backing scrutiny.
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Chicago
W. W. Marsh
Waterloo
Coloel French
Daven
Marsh
Desnie
Chicago Union
5. E. Bennett
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Dyson
Dairy Show Exhibitors’ Association
Bongton
M. J. Rosenall
Morton Price
Harvard, University
Boston
Bureau of Animal Inndustry
Iowa
Texas
Steele
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Sioux City
NEW Yorr
New York
New Jersey
J. B. Dunkie
United States
Gedar Rapids
Marion
Angell Offered University of Washington Presidency
James Rowland Angell dean of all faculties at the University of Chicago has been offered the presidency of the University of Washington. The Chicago leader, son of James G. Angell, was reported to be in Seattle to discuss the post. Judson declined to speak for Angell but noted his past reluctance to leave Chicago.
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Chicago
James Rowland Angell
University of Chicago
University of Washington
James G. Angell
University of Michigan
Seattle
Harry Pratt Judson
Dean Angell
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