War Aims Debate Divides British Cabinet Amid Frontline Quiet
The Lansdowne letter pleading for restating entente war aims sparks sharp flare ups in England as Bonar Law repudiates it. Across Europe fronts show quiet in places with heavy bombardments and German artillery duels near Gonnelieu. In Palestine Turkish activity grows while Russian Bolshevik armistice talks loom with Austro Hungary readiness. National guardsmen from all states arrive in France for training near the front.
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Cambrai
Byng
Gonnelieu
Palestine
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Brest-Litovsk
Marquis of Lansdowne
Great Britain
England
Robert Cecil
Andrew Bonar Law
Exchequer
Bonar Law
Marquis of Landsowne
France
Army Transport Prisoner Convicted Under War Laws
The article reports that Gerlach, an employee of the United States Shipping Board, was tried and convicted. He has served since October 17 at Governors Island. Judge Hand ruled the offense on an army transport fell under court martial and that he cannot review the sentence. Gerlach was returned to military authorities and an appeal of the dismissal was announced.
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Governors Island
Gerlach
United States Shipping Board
American Engineers Begin Work on French Battle Front
Separate units of American army engineers have started work on sections of the French battle front. They cooperate with French engineers in the line to receive instructions. The engineers have fought in the front before, then attached to artillery and infantry. After further instruction they will aid in training newly arrived contingents.
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France
Gerlach Sentence Upheld For Civilian on Shipboard Duty
The five year hard labor sentence for Charles E. Gerlach, former second officer of a government steamship, is affirmed by Judge Hand. A habeas corpus challenge arguing civilian status excluded from military law is denied. Gerlach refused a bridge watch after serving as submarine lookout, asserting civilian passenger status.
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New York
Charles E. Gerlach
Hand
Federal District Court
Gerlach
United States
Arsenal Bases in France and Washington Plan Expanded
Establishment of American arsenals in France to manufacture and repair all army ordnance. Plans include building major gun ships, with officers in place to command. Weapons on trench lines are regularly withdrawn for relining after about every hundred days.
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France
Washington
Aged Mother Testifies in King Means Murder Trial
Mrs. Anna L. Robinson, mother of Maude A. King, testified for the prosecution in Concord at the Gaston B. Means murder trial. She disputed a signature, described Means as keeping King away from her, and fainted during testimony. Dr. Otto Schultze, NY pathologist, said it was unlikely King caused her own death.
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Concord
N. C
Anna Ll. Robinson
Maude
A. King
Gaston B. Means
Mary May Melvin
Blackwelder ‘Spring
Here
Means
Mrs. King
Asheville
King
A. Leonard Johnson
Merchants Loan and Trust Comany
Robinson
West Virginia Weekend Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy and slightly colder Saturday in West Virginia. Sunday turns fair. Virginia sees rain in the north and east Saturday followed by cooler, fair conditions Sunday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Railroads Struggle With Coal Preference Amid War Demands
Washington November 20. The priority committee led by Robert Lovett seeks to untangle conflicting requests from fuel food and military offices over shipment priorities. Eastern railroads gave coal and coke a general right of way to ease congested terminals while food authorities protest any coal priority. Officials warn the issue may go to the war council for a decision.
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Washington
Committee On
Roberts. Lovett
Garfield
Eastern Railroads
Food Administration
Priorities Committee
War and Navy Departments
Priority Committee
War Council
Ganfield
Mass Expert Testimony in DeSaulles Trial Continues
Defense rests as prosecutors prepare to challenge the ten day memory lapse claim. District Attorney Weeks plans a lengthy hypothetical interrogation to test the defense on the mind disease theory. The case centers on Bianca DeSaulles shooting her ex-husband John L. DeSaulles in his Long Island home on August 3.
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Mineola
N. Y
Bianca DeSaulles
John L. DeSaulles
Long Island
Charles R. Weeks
Food shipments prioritized to save crops and avoid loss
The Food Administration urged that nothing be allowed to stand in the way of moving livestock and perishables along with corn oats and animal feeding stocks. It warned of extreme anxiety over car shortages and stressed rapid movement to terminal dry storage to save the corn crop and stabilize prices.
Third Division of Infantry Constituted in Charlotte
Washington reports the third infantry division of the regular United States Army has been formally constituted at Charlotte North Carolina with officers assigned to begin organizing the unit. Major General Joseph T. Dickman is expected to be named commander as temporary promotions to majors and brigadiers are arranged for other divisions.
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Washington
Regular
United States Army
Charlotte
United States
Joseph T. Dickman
New Industrial Service Created by Council of National Defense
Washington November 30 Preparations for expanded government aid to adjust labor supply for war needs began with the creation of a new section on industrial service. JL Marshall of the University of Chicago will head the unit tasked with studying current and future labor demands in war industries and coordinating priorities with the War Industries Board. The plan calls for involving workers’ representatives once shortages are identified.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
JL. ©. Marshall
School of Commerce and Administration
University of Chicago
War Industries Board
Department of Labor
Law Repudiates Landsdowne Letter in London Meeting
The Evening News reports a Unionist meeting where Chancellor Bonar Law boldly repudiated Lord Landsdowne's letter calling it a disaster. He urged firm party unity amid the controversy.
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Law
Lansdowne
London
Evening News
Bonar Law
Lord Landsdowne
Treasury certificates closed amid strong demand in 1916 issue
Washington Nov 30 The latest accessible issue of treasury certificates of indebtedness due June 25 and redeemable for income and excess profits taxes closed tonight after subscriptions reached about 60 million dollars. Secretary McAdoo said further issues may be offered with June maturity to meet cash needs while drawing tax money into the treasury in installments.
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Washington
Treasury
McAdoo
MccAdoo
Revenue stamps required on bonds and stock transfers
Government revenue stamps take effect tomorrow for bonds of indemnity and indebtedness stock issues and transfers. Taxes apply to produce sales on exchanges drafts notes deeds and other instruments with rates from five cents to two cents per hundred depending on item. Some bonds and policies are exempt while others taxed on face value or actual value as applicable.
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Washington
Customs House
Percel
Reaction in Audoi a Favorable to Central Powers
Washington dispatch reports that the Lenine government has fallen in Petrograd and a coalition cabinet of advanced socialists has taken power. Officials warn against hasty condemnation of the Bolsheviks to avoid provoking a stronger reaction favorable to German aims and to preserve Russia’s pledge to entente allies.
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Petrograd Dispatch
London Daily Chronicle
Nikolai Lenine
Washington
Russia
Petrograd
Conference aims at calm handling of Russian crisis
In Paris allied delegates seek restraint on Washington criticism of the Russian tangle. Nov 0 London reports Lenine government toppled, replaced by a coalition cabinet with Bolsheviks present. A Russian wireless dispatch notes a union of the All-Russian executive with the peasants congress committee and a joint meeting endorsing land and peace laws.
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Washington
Hhissla
Paris
London
Nikolai Lenine
Petrograd
Daily Chronicle
Tolsheviks
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
All-Russian Peasants’ Congress
Petrograd Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
National Guardsmen From Every State Arrive in France
Guardsmen from every state have arrived in France and are billeted across towns and camps. They are praised by French instructors and welcomed by locals as they train near the battlefront to form a cohesive American expeditionary force.
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France
Associated Press
Union
United States
Momerican Expeditionary Force
National Guard
National Army
Verdict in Army Mutiny Trial Read Later
A verdict has been reached in the court martial of the sixty three soldiers of the twenty fourth United States infantry charged with murder mutiny and rioting after the Houston uprising on August 23. The verdict will be received before being made public, authorities announced in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Texas
Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry
Houston
Cuban Sugar Available Soon in New York Market
The Cuban sugar crop will enter the New York market soon under an agreement by the Cuban sugar commission and the international sugar committee fixing a base price of 4.90 dollars per hundred pounds.
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New York
Cuban Sugar Commission
International Sugar Committee
Congress weighs funds for Liberty bonds and war loans
Washington reports Congress will need about 5 billion dollars from now to July 1 in addition to 3.6 billion from Liberty bonds and war taxes. Leaders expect two more Liberty bond issues between February and July totaling over 8.5 billion. Financing debates center on bonds versus taxes with allies loans looming.
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Washington
Congress
McAdoo
Internal Revenue Bureau
To Relieve Atlanta Coal Famine
Washington, Nov. 30. Arrangements were made by the fuel administration for immediate shipments of coal to Atlanta to relieve the situation there. The shortage in Atlanta was discussed with fuel administration officials by a committee of Atlantans headed by Senator Hoke Smith. Substantial shipments would be made at once to meet an imperative need.
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Atlanta
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Tammany Hall Recognizes Feminine Electorate
New York officials report Tammany Hall officially recognized the female electorate. An executive committee formed a special panel to gauge sentiment among women political organizations on cooperative methods for party management. Robert F. Wagner heads the committee, joined by Thomas F. Smith James A. Foley and Albert E. Smith.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Robert F. Wagner
State Senate
Thomas F. Smith
James A. Foley
Albert E. Smith
Board of Aldermen
Health conditions in camps improved nationwide
Washington reports slight improvement in health conditions in national army camps for the week ending November 23. National guard divisions show a lower sick rate, with seven divisions higher, eight lower, and one unchanged. Deaths totaled 97 in 87462 guardsmen and 60 in 26510 regular army men. cases of social diseases decreased in both forces.
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National Guard
National Army
Washington
Gorgas
Guard
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Lord Lansdowne
C. E. Gerlach
Otto Schultze
Swain
MR. Lovett
Desaulles
Audoia
Tammany
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