British Line Holds Solid Against Foe In France
From Gonne to Marcoing German attacks with large forces and heavy artillery were repulsed by the reinforced British in the Gonnellau sector. La Vacquerie was briefly entered but retaken. fighting spread toward Masnieres and Vendhulle with fierce combat along a broad front. East Africa was declared cleared of the enemy by Field Marshal Hale.
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France
Gonnellau
All Pointe
la Vacquerie
Vendhulle
Masnieres
London
Gonne- Men
Marcoing
Marshal Hale
East Africa
Rome
Asiago
Brenta
Lave
Inasubio
Meletta
Monte Grappa
Monte Tondare
Mos Valley
Monte Pertica
Monte Tondarecar
Monferenza
Playe
Fagere
Armistice Talks Multiply Front Line Exchanges and Fraternizing
Reports from Berlin and Amsterdam indicate a Russian armistice and truces to begin Sunday night, with hostilities to pause and lines to be opened for movement and air activity. Fraternization increases on northern and western fronts while the torpedo boat Bifnyi is said blown up by a mine.
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Rumania
Amsterdam
Berlin
Ofelock
Pripet
Lipa
London
Russh
Balloons Escape and Are Recovered After Runaway Flights
Associated Press reports two army observation balloons broke free near Fort Sill in Oklahoma. One grounded at Rush Springs about thirty miles from the fort with two officers unharmed. Earlier the balloon escaped after a tether cable was cut when an airplane crashed into it. A second balloon from Fort Sill also escaped and headed east as planes pursued it. A large balloon from Fort Omaha was later captured near Trenton Nebraska after a flight across Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Lawton
Okla
Fort Sill
Rush Springs
Omaha
Neb
Fort Omaha
Trenton
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Council Takes No Action On Saloon Closure Request
At the regular city council meeting yesterday no action was taken on Governor Houx's saloon closing request. Mayor Fontaine refused to comment on any forthcoming city actions and declined to discuss the question with representatives of Wanmel.
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Couacil
Ekarlier
Houx
Wanmel
Mayora Fontaine
Dinery
Mexican bandits battle. U S cavalry strikes back near Indio
Mexican outlaws fired on a cavalry patrol five miles from Indio Texas wounding Private Kelst. Troops crossed the Rio Grande and killed twelve bandits including Felipe Romero and Rafael Venasiada. Reinforcements arrived as reports list one American cavalryman and thirty five Mexicans dead at Buena Vista near the border.
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Indio
Tex
Marfa
Kelst
Mexico
Felipe Romero
Rafael Venasiada
Buena Vista
Rio Grande
War Conference Ends in Paris with American Message
The inter allied war conference closed in Paris today with Col BE M House, chairman of the American mission, delivering a brief address.
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Paris
Col
BE. M. House
Wilson to Address Congress on War Fund of 13.5 Billion
Congress opens the Sixty fifth session with an estimate of 13 1/2 billion dollars for next year’s war and ordinary expenses. President Wilson will speak today in a joint session outlining the coming program and possible war actions. Estimates exclude sinking fund and postal reversals, leaving 13 018 725 595 dollars for appropriation with major headings listed.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Wilson
Senate
House
United States
Germany
Treasury
Roving Convict Band Stops Car and Robs Passengers
Thirteen escaped convicts halted a Chicago Ottawa and Peoria interurban car late tonight, robbed passengers and crew, and drove the vehicle to Morris, Illinois where they abandoned it. New posses formed and are in pursuit.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ottawa & Peoria
Morris, I
Autoist Is Killed at Casper Race
Casper Wyoming December 3 Julius H. Cohan of Denver a mechanic for T B Haynes was killed and Dick Hutchison driver of a Hudson car was seriously injured in auto races held at Casper yesterday afternoon Both men were well known in Denver Cohan a native of New Rochelle New York acted as mechanic for T J Haynes owner and driver of a SIT car
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Casper
Wye
Julius H. Cohan
Denver
T. B. Haynes
Dick Hutchison
Cohan
New Rochelle
T. J. Haynes
State closes case against Gaston Means in King murder trial
In Concord North Carolina December 3 the state rested in the murder trial of Gaston Means. It cited revocation of a trust fund and an order to turn it over to Means as the closing blow. Prosecution read damaging letters by Means urging false messages to Mrs King and her mother and telling relatives to hide their whereabouts.
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Concord
N. C
Gaston Means
Maude A. King
Means
Afton
Masie
Curtailment of Nonessential Industries Ved Through Indirect Means
Officials in Washington DC indicate curtailment of nonessential industries will be achieved mostly by indirect measures. There will probably be no direct denial of fuel or transportation to any industries, at least for the present.
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Washington, FD. C
Dee. A
U S Officer Sees Trotsky in Petrograd Visit
Lieutenant Colonel Judson, chief of the American military mission to Russia, met with Trotsky and the Bolshevik foreign minister at the Smolny Institute. They discussed armistice talks with Germany and warnings over Allied communications to General Dukhonin, with Trotsky urging limits on foreign interference.
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Petrograd
William V. Jutson
Russia
Smolny Institute
Leon
Bosheviki
Judson
Kerch
Dukhbonin
Germany
Trotsky
Dukhonin
Tretany
Notable Figures Openly Denounce Bolsheviki in Russia
Washington reports indicate Kropotkin and Maxim Gorky publicly oppose the Bolshevik government. Extracts from their articles reach Washington. Amsterdam dispatches discuss rumors of armistice talks and new German-Romanian arrangements. A Reichstag committee session is described as yielding confidential statements.
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Washington
Kropotkin
Maxim Gorky
Russia
Amsterdam
Dusseldorf
Anweiger
Berlin
Vievwna
Weser Zeitung
Richard von Kuehlman
Reichstag
British capture 26,409 prisoners on November fronts
War Office figures show 26,409 prisoners and 221 guns taken on November 26 across fronts. Western front accounted for 11,151 men and 19 guns, Palestine for 10,454 men and 80 guns, and East Africa for 4,402 men and 3 guns.
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London
Pec. J
War Office
Palestine
East Afric
Representative Fitygersid of New York resigns from Congress
Dee announced by New York representative Fitygersid, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, that he will resign from Congress effective immediately to resume his law practice in Washington.
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Washington
Dpd
Dee
Fitygersid
New York
House
Congress
Billposters Protest German Language Entertainment
Denver union No. 59 of the International Alliance of Bill Posters and Billers vows a work boycott of German language shows. Members will cover or blank posters advertising German artists or performances and will not bill any entertainment using German songs or talent. The move follows patrons leaving Alma Gluck concert after German language numbers were sung.
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Denver
Germany
International Alliance of Gill
Willers
Bill Porters
Billers
Bowrda
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