British Hold Line In France After Counterattack Forward Push
Reported fighting across the Cambrad salient as Byng's troops countered a German thrust. British casualties mounted while Berlin claimed gains. In Italy, Austro German efforts paused as Allied and Ottoman fronts remained tense, with General Allenby’s forces engaging in smaller actions northwest of Jerusalem.
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Cargo ships for Army in France reach 582 ships
Washington reports the American supply line to forces in France totals 582 cargo ships amounting to 3,721,806 tons, enough to support about 370,000 troops. President Wilson urges Congress to focus war legislation, with bond authorizations and domestic issues on the agenda, as vice president notes Germany seeks peace with Russia.
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Mrs De Saulles Freed of Murder Charge by Jurors
Bianca de Saulles was acquitted by a supreme court jury in Mineola after a two week trial. The twelve jurors deliberated one hour and forty three minutes before finding her not guilty of murder in the shooting of her divorced husband John L. de Saulles at their Long Island home on August 3. The defense argued mental derangement supported by alienist and medical expert testimony.
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Bianca de Saulles
Supreme Court
John L. de Saulles
Alienisie
35 Cents Added to Hard Coal Prices
President Wilson ordered a 3 cent per ton rise in anthracite coal prices at the mines effective today to fund a wage increase for miners. The change will lift the public coal bill by over 30 million dollars annually, following an agreement between operators and miners' representatives.
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Associate Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
American steamer reports long fight with German submarine
An American steamer arrived at an Atlantic port with a large shell hole in the engine room and a damaged bridge after a four and a half hour battle with a German submarine on October 19. Nine crew members were wounded, one fatally. A shell from the submarine set fire to cargo cotton bound for Havre, France.
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Havre
France
Allied Council of War Meets in Versailles
In Versailles on December 1 Allied profilers from Britain France Mary and Col M House representing the United States met as the supreme war west and were joined by Generals Wilson Glixs Koch and Cadorna. The council sat three hours and American members said much more had been accomplished than expected. Deliberations were described as harmonious and satisfactory.
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France
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Col. &. M. House
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Supreme War West
Wilson
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Koch
Cadorna
Airships Downed in Day of Aerial Operations
London dispatch reports that air operations yesterday resulted in over 15,000 machine gun rounds fired by scout patrols. Several enemy airships were shot down or driven out of control, and seven of our aircraft are listed as missing.
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Associated Press
London
Tag Day Raises Over 300 Here
Salvation Army tag day earnings near Cheyenne exceeded the 300 goal as figures were not yet totaled last night. Adjutant and Mrs. Pitts led the drive with high thanks to local residents for their strong response. Union Pacific employees not reached during the day gave more than 40 at the street meeting last night.
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Cheyenne
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Fire destroys munition plant in Madison fire
A blaze at the Southern Wisconsin Foundry Company in Madison destroyed the plant reputedly supplying munition works. Officials say the fire is incendiary in origin with losses to buildings and patterns estimated at 850000.
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Means Helped Germany Says State Witness At Trial
Gaston B. Means allegedly told John Todd that he acted as a commercial agent for Germany with advance knowledge of German plans. Todd testified Means discussed Chancellor speech contents and showed a book with a supposed Captain Boy Ed phone number, plus references to the Hamburg America Line. The testimony linked Means to alleged German government ties amid his murder trial.
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Concord
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John Todd
Chicago
Reichstag
Karl Boy- Ed
Washington
New York
Bread Riots in Petrograd Signal Bolshevik Doom
Stockholm dispatch reports bread riots in Petrograd with hunger warnings and Bolshevik collapse as the city faces starvation and fuel shortages amid freezing weather and political turmoil in northern Russia.
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German Armistice Talks Followed by Eastern Front Training
Cable dispatches report Germany pressing for an armistice with Bolshevik forces while seeking to disrupt the Russian army. Schools in all German divisions on the eastern front train soldiers for deployment among Russian troops. three noncommissioned officers and six privates are involved.
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Washington, D. C
Language experts chosen for Russian and Polish insights
The text says they are chosen for knowledge of Russian and Polish, and briefed on political conditions in Russia. They are told lines of communication and other facts useful for their work. Some viewed the campaign as aimed at winning over soldiers to strengthen Teutons for favorable peace terms.
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Supt Gray's Son Dying in Yankton
Supt W B D Gray rushed to Yankton D T to be with his dying son. He was to fill the pulpit at First Congregational today but Rev Annette Gray will preach in the morning and only the night service will be omitted.
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Yankton
First Congregational Church
Annette Gray
Governor asks towns to close bars earlier in Wyoming
Acting Governor F L Hour sent letters to Wyoming towns urging saloons close from 9 p m to 7 a m with 7 a m to 9 p m hours suggested. He cites Union Pacific support and dangers to national efficiency, calling noncompliance moral treason and urging action despite Cheyenne mayoral politics.
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F. L. Hour
Wyoming
Willian M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Mayor Denounces Governor in Saloons Closure Issue
Mayor LaFontaine calls Governor Houx political and says he will not back any saloon closure actions. He accuses Jeffers of bypassing him to appeal to the governor to influence Cheyenne conditions.
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LaFontaine
Cheyenne
Jeffers
German Foreign Secretary Denies Peace Conference Claims
In Amsterdam dispatches, Dr. von Kuehlmann calls talk of Germany joining a peace conference with large claims absurd. He denounces bureaucrats and sycophants, condemning mobilization as the actual cause of a looming catastrophe, and frames current events as an opportunity for internal reconstruction amid efforts toward armistice and peace.
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Amatesdam
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Three Scandinavian Rulers Forge Neutrality Pact
In Christiania on December 1 the kings of Norway and Sweden announce a tripartite pact. They pledge harmony among the kingdoms, strict neutrality toward belligerents, mutual aid in merchandise, and continued measures to protect neutral interests during and after the war.
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Norway
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Sweden
Draft rules place failing to register men into early army calls
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that under new draft rules effective December 5 men convicted of failing to register will face harsher treatment. Such men will be listed by local boards for call with the first contingent summoned after enforcement, risking loss of deferments except for valid exemptions.
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