Railways Hurt by Regulation at Merchants Banquet
President Al Cass of the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Interurban Railway condemned rail regulation as wasteful and harmful. He warned that 40 percent of western roads are in receiverships and questioned a $100,000,000 federal valuation effort. He urged practical policy and noted war orders masking upcoming business downturn.
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al. Cass
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Interurban Railway Company
Retail Merchants’ Association
Irving Hotel
Waterloo
Cass
Chicago
United States
South America
Polticians
Linda
Christmas Fund at Waterloo Hive No 22 Lafly Maccabees
An informal report notes a Waterloo Christmas fund event with the aim to aid the needy. The entry mentions Waterloo hive No 22 and Lafly Maccabees, listing 5.00 previously reported and a total of 25.00.
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Waterloo
Christmas Fund
Lafly Maccabees
Thanksgiving Dinner Drive For Down and Out Homeless
The Big Brother Mission seeks subscriptions for a free Thanksgiving dinner for down and outs and the homeless in the mission hall on Thanksgiving Day. The hall will be a large dining room and filled with desiring people. donations of money preferred, though turkeys or vegetables are welcome.
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Big Brother Mission
Nubllite
Party Breach Healed He Says GOP United Again
Chicago Nov. 18 Myron T Herrick former ambassador to France told Hamilton club Republicans the party has reunited with Progressives returning to the fold He said the party is two party not multistrand and the rift has vanished allowing unity and shared path toward progress
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Chicago
Republican Party
Myron T. Herrick
France
Hamilton Club
Pines
Grand Rapids Man Held in London as German Spy
Alfred Egbert Wurzburg once of Grand Rapids Mich is detained in England suspected of espionage. Secretary Lansing asked local officials to verify his birth here to determine German parentage. Wurzburg had left for Montevideo to work in a meat packing firm shipping to England and later sailed to England under a changed name.
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London
Grand Rapids
Mich
Alfred Egbert Wurzburg
Ngland
Lansing
State Department
Wurzburg
Altho
Montevideo
England
Swedish Torpedo Boat Saves Thelma From German Destroyer
A Swedish torpedo boat Pollix intervened as the German destroyer W-132 chased the British steamer Thelma near Copenhagen. Thelma, docked at Trelleborg since the war began, escaped after the Pollix warned the Germans off, leading to a silent standoff and the German ship withdrawing.
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Copenhagen
London
Trelleborg
Sweden
Pollix
Jury 10 Past on Death of Deformed Babe
A coroner's physician seeks vindication for a doctor after a mother repeats that the death of her deformed babe was best for herself and the child, with testimony touching on the case and its implied sacrifice.
Ancona and Vienna stories clash in wire dispatches
The seized wire reports two contrasting accounts. Ancona survivor Dr Devile Greil directly contradicts Austria Hungary on the submarine attack after the liner stopped. The State Department weighs Greil's affidavit as strong evidence and awaits fuller details from Vienna before action.
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Washington, D. C
Devile L. Greil
Ancona
State Department
Mason
Algiers
Cecila Crelle
Greil
Bizerta
Gibraltar
Ancong
Lansing
United States
Austria-Hungary
Foreign Office
Vienna
Penofield
Penfield
New Shipping Bill Plans 50 Million Merchant Fleet
Washington November 13 A tentative draft of a new government ship purchase plan to aid naval auxiliaries and upbuild the American merchant marine was reviewed at a treasury conference with Secretary Redfield and Solicitor Thurman. McAdoo outlined a 50 million plus program for a government shipping board to organize a corporation, subscribe capital stock, vote stock, and reform rules while studying shipping problems and advising Congress on a strong merchant fleet.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Treasury Department
Redfield
Solicitor Thurman
Department of Commerce
McAdoo
Wilson
McAdon
Secretary of the Navy
Tecretory of Commerce
Tallinn Socialists Shot for Refusing Army Service
Berlin reports via Overseas News Agency that two hundred Tallinn Socialists were executed after refusing to join the army. The scene described from Florence recounts the group being transported in uniform to a prison where they were shot.
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Austtalians
Berlin
Tuckerton
Lovegren
Florence
Tallinn
Armier
U S Woman in War's Brails and Safe Return Hopes
Mme Groniteh formerly Miss Mabel Dunlop of Clarkesburg West Virginia is feared for her safety in Serbia after the fall of Nish. She is connected to Mrs Grover Cleveland and Mrs John A Logan and had a speaking tour in this country last summer before returning to Nish. Her husband is described as a Serbian official.
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Mme
Groniteh Tren
Groniteh
Mabel .Dunlop
Clarkesburg
W. Va
Grover Claveland
John A. Logan
Rail unions press eight hour day demand nationwide
Cleveland November 18 The four railroad brotherhoods representing engineers firemen conductors and brakemen totaling over 359 000 workers announce plans to seek an eight hour day with ten hour pay around March 1. A Chicago meeting December 15 will prepare ballots for a referendum and set timetable aiming for a reply by April 1.
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Cleveland, O
United States
The
Brotherhoods
Chicago
Eastern Association
Engineers’ and Firemen’s Brotherhoods
Southern Association of Engineers and Firemen
Washington
Western Association
Senate army committee urges gas use by French troops
Paris November 18 The senate army committee led by Georges Clemenceau has passed a resolution urging unrestricted use of asphyxiating gas by French forces.
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Paris
Senate Army Committee
Georges Clemenceau
Churchill Leaves For Battle Front
London November 16 Winston Spencer Churchill former first lord of the admiralty and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster left for the front in the uniform of his regiment. His wife bid him farewell at the railroad station as he waited to enter a special car. Churchill entered the army in 1895 after Sandhurst and saw service in Malakand Bajaur Tirah Nile expeditions Khartum and with the South African Light Horse.
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London
Winston Spencer Chnrehill
The
Admiralty
Duchy of Lancaster
Mr. Churchill
Sandhurst
Malakand
Bajaur
Hospital ship Anglia sinks after mine in Channel
Dover reports the hospital ship Anglia carrying about four hundred wounded men struck a mine in the channel and sank. About 300 passengers and crew were rescued by a patrol vessel. 100 or more died. The collier Lusitania nearby also hit a mine and foundered, with all crew saved. Anglia, taken over by the Admiralty after war began, was commissioned last August.
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Dover
Anglia
France
Channel
Lusitania
Warr Office
Anglian
Admiralty
Norwegian Ship Sunk with Five Crew Lost
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Norwegian steamer Ulriken of 1845 tons, en route from New York to Rotterdam, struck a mine near Galloper light and sank. A Glenmore arrival at Rotterdam confirmed the vessel’s loss but says the crew was saved.
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Amsterdam
London
Ulriken
New York
Rotterdam
Glenmore
Galloper Light
Lloyds
Italian steamer Milano halted by submarine with German survivors
Paris dispatch reports the Milano, a sister ship of the Firenze torpedoed last week, was stopped on the high seas by a submarine. After learning seventy Germans on board had been expelled from Egypt, the submarine commander allowed the Milano to continue its voyage.
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Paris
Rome
Journal
Milano
Egypt
Another city in Italy bombarded by aeroplanes
Paris reports hostile aircraft over Verona this morning dropped several bombs, one child injured and no major damage. Earlier Belluno saw five bombs at eight, one exploded, three injured slightly, none much damage.
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Italy
Paris
Verona
Hayas
Belluno
Rome
Ure Stefani
Balluna
Venice
Two Dollar Oil Reached in East in All Grades Higher
Pittsburgh Nov 18 Two dollar oil reached this morning as South Penn Oil Co announced a second advance in crude oils for the week. Pennsylvania crude $2.00 Mer Black New Castle Corning 31 50 Cabell $1.55 Somerset $1.42 Ragland 70 cents. This raises prices ten cents a barrel for all grades except Ragland which held steady. The advance follows a period of gradual increases since August amid abroad curtailment and rising domestic demand. authorities say about a million barrels are known to be available in the West Virginia field and the move is expected to spur further drilling and production.
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Pittsburgh
Dolar Oil
South Penn OF Company
Pennsylvania
Mer Black
New Castle
Corning
Cabell
Somerset
Ragland
Oll
West Virginia
Dominican President Dying at Montecristo
Washington dispatch reports President Jimmes of the Dominican Republic dying at Monte Cristo. Rear Admiral Caperton cables from the Haitian station that the American customs collector at Monte Cristo relayed the information. Havana telegram adds cigar note.
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Montecristo
Washington, UV
Jimmes
Dominican Republic
Monte Cristo
Caperton
Serbian Army Faces Turning Movement Near Monastir
News from the Balkans reports the Serbian army hampered by ammunition shortages and outflanked by a Bulgarian turning movement threatening Monastir and Prilep. Evacuation of Babuna Pass appears imminent as Greeks report refugees crossing into Greek territory. Allied command warns of a critical Balkan stage with renewed push by Bulgarians and retreat by Serbians.
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London
Balkans
Prilep
Monastir
Athens
Babunanass
Krushevo
Serbia
Varder
Rabrovo
England
France
Paris
Altho
Balkan
Orefica
Safoniki
Greece
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Tovar
Havana
Gecile L. Greil
Ghcngo
Anna Bollinger
Hoffman
Harry J. Hatgelden
H. G. W. Reinhart
Hts
Hasselden
Reinhart
Hai
U.S
PTA
Stayno Geo Vszo
Four Brotherhoods
ARMY
Churchill
Battle Front
Babuna Pass
Peter
Bat
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