Virginia Train Wreck Injures Dozens In Charlottesville Yard
Southern Railway passenger train No 32 the Augusta New York Special wrecked in yards near Charlottesville Virginia. Engineer John J Goodwin died Fireman James Trumble badly hurt later. Freight cars drifting through an open switch caused six cars loaded with lumber and cotton to burn. Nine passengers injured. Dr D B Johnson of Winthrop College also among the injured.
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James Trumble
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Lula May McFee
Black Mountain
D. B. Johnson
Winthrop College
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National Education Association
Trembell
British Press Reports New Offensive Amid Stiff Frontline Push
British forces press a fresh assault along a five mile Somme edge front and gain more prisoners while Beaumont Hamel is reported captured. Paris notes renewed German activity in Champagne as Russians hold in the Carpathians and Petrograd cites repulsed Austro German attacks.
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Democrats Claim Doubt Over House Majority
Representative Doramus of Michigan, DCC chairman, told the White House that control of the next House remains undecided. He estimated 212 Democratic votes, 211 Republican votes, with nine districts unsettled, and anticipated many contests.
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Democratic Congressional Committee
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House of Representatives
Senators to be probed over election funds and alleged voter colonization
Washington reports a Senate investigation into alleged misused campaign funds with plans to call campaign-finance leaders before the committee. Democrats allege colonization of illegal voters in Indiana and West Virginia as contests loom for New and Wade Senators, amid post election inquiries nationwide.
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Howard Sutherland
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Chilton
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New York
Republican National Committee
William R. Willcox
Washington
Republican Committee
Department of Justice
Department Today
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Ilinois
Railroads urged to start Daylight Saving plan
New York November 14. The Daylight Saving Committee asks railroads to take the initial step toward a one hour clock shift. A National Daylight Saving day is set for January 30 and talks with railroad presidents will occur. The American Railway Association will consider the proposition at its semi annual meeting tomorrow. A committee urges non antagonism but no full adoption until business centers and state and local authorities approve.
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Daylight Saving Committee
American Railway Association
Illinois Central Attacks The Law
Chicago Illinois November 14 the Illinois Central Railway filed suit challenging the constitutionality of the Adams on 8 Hour Law in federal courts. Judges hold discretion on how these test cases are tried while district attorneys prepare instructions from Attorney General Gregory for progression.
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Illinois Central Railway
Gregory
Retirement of John W Bolles and succession in Hong Kong
The Standard Oil manager in the Orient, John W Bolles of Wilmington, will retire on pension after 21 years in Hong Kong. His nephew William B Walker, longtime assistant GM in Hong Kong, will take over. Bolles and family plan to return to Wilmington next spring.
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Hong Kong
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Hongkong
New York
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Formosa
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Cold Wave Grips East as Rockies Deliver Frigid Air
A new cold wave from the Rockies sweeps eastward, bringing freezing temperatures to the Midwest and all states east of the Mississippi. Snow falls in New England and the Great Lakes region. sleet and rain hit the Ohio Valley and South, with warnings issued for the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic states. Nashville reports 28 degrees at 7 am as sleet begins.
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Prizes Offered to Domestic Servants for Long Service
Washington officials report a campaign by the District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs to honor faithful servants with prizes. A $10 gold prize awaits the longest continuous service, another $10 goes to the longest in service for two generations. Entries show many decades of work and four servants of Mrs John W Foster total 84 years. The effort inspires similar programs nationwide and two award divisions recognize long service and five year tenure with certificates.
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Federation
John W. Foster
October Cotton Production and Stocks Report
Washington reports October cotton consumption at 555,349 running bales excluding linters, up from 500,762 a year earlier. October 31 on hand stock tallies 1,722,958 bales, up from 1,345,829, with public storages and compresses at 3,673,185 bales, down from 4,170,543. Active spindles in October reach 32,545,409, higher than last year’s 31,377,569.
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Washington
Cottom
Bolles Likely to Settle in North Carolina
The article notes Mr Bolles has a wide circle of friends and is a native of North Carolina, where he is expected to settle down.
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North Carolina
Remedial Action Sought Over California Wyoming Land Withdrawals
Ray N. Bishop of the California Oil Industry Association supports remedial national legislation addressing hardships faced by Western miners after the September 1909 withdrawal of over three million acres in California and Wyoming. He cites court rulings and calls for relief in the oil leasing bill, noting chaotic California oil fields, rising losses, and bankruptcy risks for investors.
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California
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American Mining Congress
Ray N. Bishop
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Gulf and Florida Storm Warnings Ordered
Washington reports storm warnings posted along the Gulf coast and eastern Florida as a tropical storm moves from Cuba toward the area. The storm’s path prompted the warnings this morning.
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Gulf Coast
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Cuba
Farmer James Lewis Found Fatally Axe Attacked Near Wilson
James Lewis, a farmer living three miles south of Wilson, was found dead this morning with a fractured skull from an axe blow. Authorities have no clue to the killer, but a strict investigation is underway in Wilson County.
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James Lewis
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Lewis
Wilson May Lose A Vote In Idaho
Boise Idaho November 14 The four Democratic presidential electors chosen in Idaho faced a possible change in the electoral vote due to James Pincock also being a candidate for the State Legislature. If the law bars electors who hold state offices the result could shift from four for Wilson to three for Wilson and one for Hughes as electoral vote counts are contested by political leaders.
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Idaho
James Pincock
Wilson
Hughes
Pincock
Russian forces retreat from Gyergye mountains push
Berlin reports Russian troops pulled back from the Gyergye mountains in Northern Transylvania to the Romanian frontier after German and Austrian assaults. No new Dobrudja developments are given. Entente forces attacked German Bulgarian lines on the Monastir plain with fighting continuing on the plain and north of the Cerna river.
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Transylvania
Monastir
Sayville
Gyergye
Dobrudja
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Villa troops leaving Chihuahua and Parrral report
Washington dispatches report Villa forces withdrawing from Chihuahua City while Carango troops move in. No confirmation on retreat paths for Villa forces and Parral is reported captured by Villa troops with no word on their destination.
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Lansing
Villa
Chihuahua City
Caragnza
Parral
Few Officers to Be Replaced in Wilson Clearance
President Wilson cancelled the Tuesday cabinet meeting and other engagements to clear a pile of routine campaign work. It is reported that only a few new appointments will be made as he seeks positions for some defeated Senators and Representatives, though legal restrictions prevent placing them on Congress created boards and commissions.
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Wilson
Congress
Foreign rulers felicitate Wilson after election
President Wilson has received congratulatory messages from several foreign rulers following the election. Names of the rulers will not be released until the Republican party formally concedes.
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Washington
Wilson
Republican Party
Germany Builds Another Trans Atlantic Mercant Submarine
Washington reports a new trans Atlantic merchant submarine is being built in Germany to replace the Bremen, sister ship of the Deutschland lost on her maiden voyage. Details are not available and an opening voyage date to the United States is unknown. The Deutschland will not carry regular U S mail on its upcoming trip.
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