Germans claim big gains in Cambrai sector and Italy front
Berlin reports British prisoners exceeding 9,000 and 114 guns captured on the Italian front as Austro German forces press in the Asiago Meletta and upper Brenta valley. Berlin also says a ten day Russian armistice is arranged and another air raid on east England caused deaths and casualties.
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Gaincourt
Anneux
Noyelles
Marcoing
Berlin War Office
Cambrai
Venetia
Asiago
Meletta
Brenta
Bertin War Office
Berlin
Penial
England
London
Felix Diaz Forces Fight Federals in Northern Mexico
Dispatches from Tamaulipas describe a clash last week between Juan Almazan and federal troops led by General Tirzo Gonzalez. Almazan, once allied with Villa, crossed into Nuevo Leon months ago and heads the Felicista movement in the north.
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Brecial Laaseo
el Paso
Tex
Tamaulipas
Juan Almazan
Felix Diaz
Tirzo Gonzalez
Almazan
Villa
Nuevo Leon
Mexico
Miss Gordon Re-elected President of WCTU for Fourth Term
Anna A. Gordon of Evanston Illinois was re-elected president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for a fourth term at the national convention in Washington. President Wilson sent word he could not address the delegates at the White House due to press of public business.
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Washington
Mises
Anna A. Cordon
Evanston
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Wilson
White House
Weather Summary for Denver and New Mexico Friday Outlook
A weather summary reports Friday generally fair in New Mexico with unsettled and cooler conditions in the east. Denver shows a maximum of 61, minimum 24, and 53 at 6 p.m. with a west wind and clear skies.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Colier
Casualty List Records Wounded U S Engineers Near Cambrai
Washington reports Second Lieutenant Allie L. Cone and twelve enlisted U S Army engineers wounded November 30 while supporting Allied forces near Cambrai. No names of dead given. one man slightly wounded. Emergency addresses list relatives across New York Brooklyn Bayonne Portland and Chicago among others.
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Washington
Allie L. Cone
General Pershing
War Department
Byng
Cambrai
Pershing
Cone
Frank Haley
J. A. Frank
New York City
Patrick A. Long
Joseph Long
Bayonne
N. J
Philip A. Berk
Bertha Kinginer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles J. Critchley
Rose Critchley
James Angus
Devenice Gardens
Aberdeen
Scotland
James Grogan
Mary F. Grogan
Isador S. Eisenbigel
David Aegen
Cotesville
James A. Aegen
John Aegen
Great Neck
L. L
New York
Agnes M. Barnes
East Broadway
Portland
Ore
Charles A. Geiger
Elizabeth Geiger
Chicago
George E. Jones
Thomas M. Jones
Scranton
Louis C. Rohland
M. H. Ricoland
L. G. Cone
Father
Artemesa
Cuba
Denver Bandit Seeks Escape After Drugstore Killing
Police pursue a daylight robber linked to six Denver holdups in three weeks after he shot and killed Henry Morgenson a druggist and wounded W J Clark during a jewelry store theft. Witness Ernest Kraus drove the culprit who fled after a $4 robbery and a high speed escape.
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Mosning Journal
Denver
Colo
Dec
Henry Morgenson
W. J. Clark
Lattor
Morgenson
Ernest Kraus
Kraus
Mont Blanc Crew Escapes After Vessel Fire
The Mont Blanc crew escaped safely from the blazing ship. Officials say a collision occurred due to signal whistle confusion. The vessel, owned by Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique, arrived at a US Atlantic port on November 9 after being built in Middlesboro in 1899 with a gross tonnage of 3621.
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Kalifax, N
Dee. G
Mont Blanc
States Atlantic
Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique
Middlesboro
Declaration of War Vote to Occur in 24 Hours Debated
Debates in the House and Senate promise brief sessions as President's war request heads to a vote within 24 hours. Officials indicate broad support and quick approval is expected.
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House
Senate
War with Austria-Hungary Urges Quick Senate Vote
A Morning Journal report details how Congress poised to declare war on Austria-Hungary within 24 hours. House and Senate committees favor the measure, backing requests to aid Italy with troops money and supplies, while Turkey and Bulgaria opposition fades. 1917 wartime proceedings reference Secretary Wilson’s guidance and notes Austrian provocations against American lives and ships.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Austria-Hungary
Congress
Senate
House
Turkey
Bulgaria
Wilson
Flood
Austria
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
United States
Italy
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Houses of
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Diplomatic Rivals Implicated in Propaganda and Passport Schemes
The Austro-Hungarian government faced calls to recall Dumba amid links to Austrian consuls in St. Louis and New York involved in sharing strike propaganda and forging passports. U S notes show growing U S concerns over Austro-Hungarian use of its diplomatic service for German wartime aims, including submarine warfare policy aligned with Berlin.
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Dumba
St. Louis
Archibald
Bernstorff
United States
Austria-Hungary
New York
Pdumba
Germany
Austria
Department
Vienna
Confidence men find New York easy for graft
Michael J. Delahunty told District Attorney Swann that confidence men flocked to New York to prey on war charity contributors. He pleaded not guilty to forgery and grand larceny in raising funds for soldiers' dependents and said the graft was the easiest he ever did. Lester Winkleman, indicted with him, also pleaded not guilty and will testify before the grand jury.
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Morning Journal
New York
Michael J. Delahunty
Swann
War Charities
Delahunty
Palisades
Lester Winkleman
Ferguson case seeks Bell County jurisdiction over embezzlement
A motion filed in Austin asks the Travis County court to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, contending the embezzlement charges against former Governor James B. Ferguson arose in Bell County. District Attorney John E. Shelton agrees Bell County has proper jurisdiction and Judge James R. Hamilton will rule next Saturday.
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Austin
Tex
Bell County
Travis
Was
Criminal
James B. Ferguson
John E. Shelton
James R. Hamilton
First National Bank of Tacs Receives Charter
Santa Fe December 6 The comptroller of the currency grants a charter to the First National Bank of Tacs a new financial institution in the region aimed at serving local businesses and residents with banking services.
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Tacs
Naional Bank
Santa Fe
Dec
First National Bank of
Obstructors of Draft Sentenced to Penitentiary
A federal jury in Kansas City convicted nine of ten defendants for conspiracy to obstruct the selective draft. Judge van Valkenburg sentenced eight men to two years in federal prison and $1,000 fines with costs. Mrs. Leonora Warneson Moore received $1,000. One defendant, Harvey Dr. Kleinschmidt, was not convicted. case continued. Browder siblings and Thomas Sullivan begin sentences after existing detainers for draft registration. Dell said no appeal filed.
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Kansas City
Dee
A. 8S van Valkenburg
Federal Penitentiary
Leonora Warneson Moore
Thomas Sullivan
John F. Dell
Religious pacifists convicted by jury in Los Angeles
The Rev. Floyd Hardin of Atwater the Rev. Robert Whitaker of Los Gatos and Harold H. Storey of Whittier were found guilty by a jury of disturbing the peace unlawful assembly and failing to disperse at police orders after a pacifist meeting. The nine women and three men deliberated three hours. Sentence to be passed. Storey on a raid speech denounced American soldiers as no better than Prussian soldiers. Defendants say they were at a religious gathering.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Floyd Hardin
Atwater
Robert Whitaker
Los Gatos
Harold H. Storey
Whittier
Storey
OY Morming Journal Special Lease Wias
Halifax
Dominion
Richmond
North Street
Plier Eight
Gottingen Street
American Sugar Refining Company
Kerensky Denounces Lenine Government in Petrograd Letter
The Morning Journal Special Le reports a Kerensky letter from Petrograd noting his claim that the Lenine regime deceives workers. He recalls eight months when he safeguarded liberty and democracy and questions the promised peace with Germany.
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Kerensky
Byng Applies Napoleon Insight in Retreat Strategy
London dispatch reports General Byng embracing Napoleon's idea that a general's greatest skill is knowing when to retreat. The retreat to a well chosen line steers away from Bourlon salient and aims to hold the captured Hindenburg line against pressure.
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London
Reuter
France
Byng
Napoleon
Bourlon
Hindenburg
Youngest Major in U S Is 9 Years Old
Jane Pulver a nine year old girl in Houston Texas is described as the youngest major in the United States. She serves in a camp run by her father and has self appointed guards to enforce discipline.
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Jane Pulver
Houston
Tex
Jane
United States
Arizona unions protest Burleson postmaster general report
Arizona postal workers protest against Postmaster General Burleson and urge President Wilson to replace him. The telegram, signed by Ty J. Croaff secretary of the local postal workers union and president elect of the state federation of labor, and Thomas A. French secretary of the state federation, calls the report unwise and unfair to organized labor.
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Morning Journal
Phoenix
Ariz
Purleson
Wilson
Arizona
Postmaster General
Postal Service
Burleson
Ty. J. Croaff
Thomas A. French
Mr. Croaff
Postal Workers’ Union
State Federation of Labor
Mr. French
Regular Army Recruiting Reaches New Highs
Washington dispatch reports the regular army accepted 2,769 men on Wednesday, bringing total war volunteers entering the regular service since April 1 to 276,884. The daily intake neared 3,000 for a third straight day after weeks near 1,000. Only twelve states, including New Mexico, failed to meet their quota.
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Oe Morning Journal
Washington
New Mexico
Fire at Polsen Iron Works Destroys Plant and Vessels
Fire in the pattern shop at the Polsen Iron works on the Toronto waterfront destroys the plant and several sheds. A large freight boat and a trawler suffer heavy damage. Total loss estimated between 259000 and 300000 dollars, insured. Cause under investigation.
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Toronto
Ont
Dee
Polsen Iron Works
Toronto Water
Halifax Disaster: 2000 Feared Dead in Harbor Collision
Halifax reports say 2000 feared killed after a French munitions ship collided with a supply ship in harbor. The city, in darkness, shelters, treats and searches amid fires, wreckage, and mass casualties.
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Venitian Plain
Cambrai Salient
Miss Gordon
U.S
U. S
America
Ancona
Ferguson
Lenine
Mary Jane Pulver
P.M. G. Burleson
Regular Army
Hanrahan
Edward Condon
William Brunt
Peter Broderick
Ww. J. Sweatman
The
Methodist Church
M Chishohn
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