Audacious Sunk Off Ireland After Mine Torpedoing
News from New York reports the British superdreadnought Audacious, third in fleet tonnage and armament, lies at the bottom off the north coast of Ireland after being hit near Tory Island on October 27. Olympic crews rescued most of 800 aboard, with about 100 lost as she sank stern first.
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New York
Olympic
Lough Swilly
Associated Press
Ireland
Haddock
Liverpool
Glasgow
Tory
Ito Lough Swilly
Charles M. Schwab
Belfast
White Star Line
Mien
Navy
Dublin
England
Ready 10 reopen Chicago's cattle yards on Monday
Chicago authorities move to reopen the Union stock yards at noon Monday after a nine day foot and mouth disease quarantine. Federal inspectors completed a final check and packing houses largely passed, with full sanitation under way and railroads told to resume receiving cattle hogs and sheep after midnight Sunday.
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Chicago
Chicago Union
State Livestock Commission
Dr Shaw Leads For Presidency Of SUF
Delegates at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention in Nashville begin nominating officers with a primary. Dr Anna Howard Shaw of New York faces no opposition for re election as president. A move for her emeritus title circulates among anti administration members. Results of the primary were to be announced today. Kate M Gordon of New Orleans voices Southern support for state rights and a suffrage plank in the Democratic platform. Recommendations from the congressional committee were to be discussed at the session.
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Nashville
Tenn
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Elections Committee
Anna Howard Shaw
New York
Shaw
Kate M. Gordon
New Orleans
Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference
Democratic Party
South
Congressional Committee of the National Association
Brotter Market Adverts In Elgin Illinois
Elgin Illinois November 14 sales today reached 32 cents for all items. Havana 10 cent cigars advertised.
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Elgin, If
Verso
Havana
Edverticementi
Fire Chief backs new business oriented city government plan
Des Moines fire chief Ashley Dunham urges a commission form to place city affairs on a business basis. He cites fund allocation, department efficiency, and the need for substations and modern equipment as Waterloo expands. He credits mayor and council cooperation and calls for rapid investment in fire facilities.
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Pightee
Ashley Dunham
Dunham
Dunhan
Des Moines
Middle West
Waterloo
Falln Avenue
Galloway
Rain Delays German Advances in Flanders
Berlin reports weather slows western Flanders fighting with Allied and German positions. Germany claims 700 British prisoners south of Ypres and 500 Russian captives at Stallupoenen while asserting progress in the Ar gonne forest and gains near Vladawee with 1,500 prisoners and 12 machine guns captured.
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Berlin
London
Navy
Flanders
Ypres
Tolle
Bertyau-Bas
Argonne
Tere
East Prussia
Stallupoenen
Soldau
Vladawee
Houston Denies Change of Policy in Foot and Mouth Fight
Washington D C Nov 14 Secretary Houston replied to charges from western stock men that the agriculture department reversed its foot and mouth disease policy. He sent identical telegrams to the Union Stockyards Chicago Live Stock Exchange and the National Wool Growers Association stating no policy reversal and noting excess funds to carry forward eradication work.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Union
Chicago Livestock Exchange
National Wool Growers’ Association
Russian Army Corps Defeated on Caucasus Front
A Turkish communication received in Berlin reports the November 12 engagement where an entire Russian army corps was shattered on the Caucasus border. The Turkish press release states the enemy forces offered no further resistance after the defeat.
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Berlin
German Cruisers Leipzig and Dresden Sail From Valparaiso
German cruisers Leipzig and Dresden, which arrived in Valparaiso Chile yesterday to take on provisions, sailed at daybreak this morning leaving the port and continuing their voyage.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Leipzig
Dresden
Santa Claus Ship Sails with 82 Carloads of Gifts
The Jason, a naval collier, sailed from New York on November 14 with more than 2300 tons of Christmas gifts from Americans. President Wilson sent a Godspeed message. Docks were crowded with children as 90 soldiers and 60 sailors classified and repacked cargo for England Belgium Holland Germany Russia and Poland.
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Navy Yard
Falmouth
England
France
Belgium
Rotterdam
Holland
Germany
Russia
Poland
Western title at stake in Big Nine clashes
Western football honors hinge on Chicago against Illinois in Urbana and Minnesota versus Wisconsin in Minneapolis. Michigan meets Cornell at Ann Arbor while Notre Dame faces the Carlisle Indians in Chicago. Kansas battles Nebraska at Lincoln as Missouri Valley race tightens.
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Uribana
Minnesdta
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Michigan
Cornell
Ann Arbor
Carlisle Indians
Notre Dame
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Lincoln
Balinous
Illinois
Tlilnais
Minnesota
Central West
Ames
Iowa
Oberlin
Ohio
Columbus
Washington
Missouri
Colum
TWO FACTIONS If TRUCE 10. AWAIT NEW PEACE PLANS
Washington reports progress toward the November 23 Vera Cruz evacuation as Carranza and Villa factions reportedly began a truce on November 20. Carranza calls General Gonzales to Mexico City, signaling anti war efforts, while Villa holds San Luis Potosi and the Tampico railroad awaiting moves. Brig. Gen. Bliss on the border notes danger from the contending forces.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Villa
Gonzales
Mexico City
San Luis Potosi
Tampico
Bliss
Sheahear Naco
Bomb Threat Rescued In Tombs Courtroom Plot
A bomb partially burned and packed with gunpowder and bullets was found under the district attorney’s offices in the Tombs courtroom. Policeman Geo L. O Connor grabbed the fuse and removed the device before it could detonate as about 50 people waited for Magistrate Campbell to arrive. Police suspect the same anarchist group behind recent Bronx courthouse and cathedral bombings.
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Bronx County
Tombs
District Attorney
Whitran
Geo. L. O'Connor
Campbell
Lehdy
Industrial Workers of the World
Poliee
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Church of
St Alphonsus
Frank Tannon
Baum
Jo Industrial Workers of the World
St Alphonsus Church
Tannenbaun
Leo M. Frank Denied New Trial in Mary Phagan Murder
Atlanta, November 14. The state supreme court refused a new trial to Leo M. Frank who was convicted August 26, 1913 for the murder of Mary Phagan. The denial followed his claim that his constitutional rights were violated by absence from the courtroom when the verdict was returned.
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Atete Supreme Court
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Frank
Rival preparatory schools face bitter 1877 duel in East games
The Amherst Williams contest at Amherst and the Exeter Dover clash at Andover headline a day of eastern matchups. Other games include Army vs Maine at West Point, Navy vs Colby at Annapolis, Syracuse vs Colgate at Syracuse, and Amherst vs Williams at Amherst.
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Brow Linpite
Carl Marsal
Harvar
Fred Burleigh
Exeter
G. SN. Rankart
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Yale
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Princeson
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Cambridge
Williams
Turks Insist on Three for One
A Cairo dispatch reports British and Italian consul officials claim a Syrian ports retaliation plan would require three Allied casualties for every Turkish life. The report cites delayed actions and alleged assurances tied to a broader attack against Damascus and Aleppo with American aid.
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Times
Cairo
Egypt
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Iteneh
Damascus
Alepem
Calpe
Ah Oatteck
Russia
Fighting Near Suez Canal Reported Amid Tense Skirmishes
Berlin dispatches claim ongoing clashes near the Suez area with British forces advancing amid casualties. Reports indicate many troops engaged, with several recognized individuals reportedly detained as the conflict unfolds.
Reverend Magee Stricken by Paralysis in Tulsa
Special from Cedar Falls Iowa reports the deathly illness of Dr J C Magee formerly of Cedar Falls and Waterloo where he served as pastor and presiding elder. He collapsed and was stricken with paralysis before recovering speech. A daughter Mrs P O Snider lives in Cedar Falls.
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J. C. Mite
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Tulsa
Okla
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Thalsa
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Hoof disease halts big game hunters in Minnesota
St Paul reports federal agriculture orders restrict interstate shipment of ruminants from disease areas, barring game transport to Minnesota and outsiders from shipping into the state. Hunters may seek meat locally but trophies heads and horns are banned. Wisconsin and Minnesota enter quarantine, deer and other big game allowed only with head hoof and skin removed.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
United States Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Allied Lines Hold Against Bold Attacks
Battle line of Allied powers extends one hundred miles from sea to river. Fierce onslaughts continue day and night for three weeks, with the Allied forces resisting strong pushes along front lines.
Losses of Germany Outweighed by Allied Efforts in Great Struggle
Paris reports that the Allied line holds after a 100 mile front battle from the sea to the Hiver Stomme. Eyewitnesses say German assaults have peaked but slackened with time, amid questions on supply fatigue and fresh troops. General Bonnal argues losses cannot outpace effort and a well-timed attack will defeat the enemy.
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Paris
Germany
Dhamde
Bonnal
Germans Held or Repulsed in Key Fronts Across Belgium and France
Paris reports a German assault on the Nieuport bridge failed and enemy offensives near Ypres, Lassigny, the Aisne, Verdun, and the Argonne checked. French advances include eastward progress near Bixschoote, Labassee-Arras canal, with no new details from the Vosges and Lorraine due to bad weather.
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Nieuport
Ypres
Belgium
Bixschoote
Labassee
Arras
Lassigny
Aisne
Berry-au-Bac
Argonne
Four-de-Paris
St. Hubert
Verdun
Voevre
Lorraine
Weather Snapshot Across Regions With Mixed Conditions
Telegraphic weather ad vices report cold cloudy conditions across northwest Canada with trace snow around Swift Current and Winnipes. Williston and Rapid City saw rain totals .04 and .48 inches while extremes reached 26 to 40 degrees.
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Claude
Bennet
Wagner
Swift Current
Winnipes
Williston
Rapid City
Ohio Valley
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