Villa plans Juarez raid next then Chihuahua
Associated Press dispatch from Presidio Texas reports Villa leaders in the Ojinaga garrison outline a new movement the conventionist party plans a raid on Juarez followed by a general attack on Chihuahua City Villa commands the troops occupying Ojinaga Col Minguel Trillo says Lopez was not executed and Villa was elsewhere at the time with light losses noted among Villa’s forces
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Juarez
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Ojinaga
Chihuhauhau
Felix Diaz
Porfirio Ornelas
Conventionist
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Minguel Trillo
Martin Lopez
Lopez
Trillo
Civil War Threat After Peace Denial in Russia
A Russian traveler reports Kerensky’s troops have not entered Petrograd and may not. Maximalists stay loyal while Kerensky’s unpopularity grows due to anti peace stance. He warns a coalition cabinet is needed or civil war could follow. Telegraphed news from Petrograd remains suspended and confusing.
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Miners Defeat Strike Motion in Southwest Convention
The Southwest district miners representing about 35 000 coal workers defeated a strike resolution and passed a motion to have the district president confer with Southwest Coal Operators association officials to set a mutually acceptable penalty clause. The action reversed last night’s rejection of the automatic penalty clause sought by fuel administrator H A Garfield. The strike resolution was beaten 166 to 188. In San Francisco an agreement between Pacific Telephone and Telegraph and the strike committee, aided by Labor Secretary Wilson, aims for a 12 percent wage rise for all workers and guarantees for lower paid women. the firm will not recognize the girls union but will not interfere with it.
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Girl Operators
Italian Front Holds Piave Trentino Stand as Forces Mobilize
Reports from Rome and Berlin indicate Italian lines hold on the Piave and Trentino fronts while German pressure persists in the hill regions near Fontaso and Feltre. Allied forces, including French and British troops, move toward Italy as General Fayolke assumes command of the French expeditionary army.
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Two Americans Killed by Torpedo Blast
Washington reports that Second Engineer Landau and a crewman named Anderson were killed when the torpedo sank the American steamer Rochester on November 2. After the crew abandoned ship in three boats, a submarine surfaced and signalled two others, which did not fire on the lifeboats.
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Washington
Landau
Anger
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Rochester
Sims
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Rebels Seize Ecuador Cities in Lima Report
Reports from Lima indicate a revolution erupted in Ecuador with rebels taking control of several localities including major cities. The Santiago dispatch notes widespread unrest and rapid gains by insurgent forces.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Lima
Peru
Ecuador
U S Flag First Over at Vimy Ridge
J J Allen of St John New Brunswick recalled the Canadian assault at Vimy ridge and said he wore the Stars and Stripes on his coat. He was wounded three times in a day of fighting but saved the flag during the charge.
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J. J. Allen
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Ottawa casualty list lists wounded amid war updates
OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 15 In todays casualty list are Wounded G J Droullard Cold Creek Colo C F Hayes Walden Colo
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Ont
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Cold Creek
Colo
C. F. Hayes
Walden
U S May Deny Transport to Over 500 Commodities
The railroads war board recommended denying rail transport to more than 5600 commodities classed as non essentials. They also warned that current traffic growth will prevent meeting winter demands. The list of affected commodities was not released.
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U U. S
Washington
Railroads’ War Board
Tinkham Joins Senators On French Front Tour
Representative George H. Tinkham of Massachusetts has arrived in Paris to join Senators Kendrick and Kenyon for a five day fact finding tour along the French front.
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George H. Tinkham
Massachusetts
United States
Kendrick and
Kenyon
Theft of Dynamite Points to Enemy Plot
Officials assert the theft of thirty five pounds of dynamite from a cabin near Granite Springs dam signals a state wide plot by German sympathizers I W W or alien enemies. The missing dynamite linked to a Denver find and a Greybull stockpile raises concerns over sabotage near Cheyenne’s water supply.
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John Morris
Cheyenne
Morris
Nels Perry
Albert Fisher
Greybull
Ham Armstrong
Denver
American Express Company
Hed
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Wyoming
American Troops Suffer Casualties in German Shelling
Nov 15 report from Washington updates German raid casualties in American trenches. General Pershing lists three killed, eleven wounded, eleven missing, with updated details adding First Lt William H McLaughlin and Private William P Grigoby among the wounded.
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Frince
Washington
Perehing
William H. McLaughlin
William P. Grigoby
Louisville
British Re On Western Front Prisoner and Gun Totals
In the House of Commons Henry William Forster said since July 1 1916 Britain captured 30 197 Turkish prisoners and 186 guns. On the western front British captured 101 954 German prisoners and 51 guns.
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London
House of Commons
Henry William Forster
Laxative Brom Quin ine Promises Cold Cure
An advert touts HOMO QUININE as the genuine remedy with full name LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE and urges buyers to seek its alm nature of FFW GROVE Cures a Cold to One Pay asking 0c.
Clemenceau To Form New Cabinet In Paris
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau has agreed to form a new cabinet. The veteran statesman, nicknamed The Tiger, is famed for strong methods against labor unrest and a hostile Socialist bloc may oppose his appointment. He is said to be about 74 years old and tied to a history of frequent cabinet shuffles.
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Clemenceau
Georges Clemenceau
Wuiny
Geehan
Hontile
Bis
Socialinty
M. Clemenceau
Petrograd in Flames Rumor Circulates Abroad
Stockholm reports travelers say Petrograd is burning while a dispatch notes Kerensky forces near the city. Moscow reports cite two thousand killed in a front field and widespread anarchy and mob violence, including anti Jewish incidents, along border towns and Kiev.
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Petrograd
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Stockholm
Hapalands
Sweden
Finland
Exchange Telegraph Company
Kerensky
Moscow
Jan Kiev
Chamber of Deputies approves reprieve against Germans in wartime
The chamber of deputies adopted the bill as amended by the senate to declare a state of siege, empower proclamations against German contracts, prohibit international commerce with Germans, and authorize reviews of public works and defense related actions.
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Rlo Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
General Strike Halts Finnish Railways Amid Sovereignty Protests
Stockholm reports a general strike in Finland halting rail communications to Russia. The railway workers union has not joined, following the July 18 sovereignty law. A separate dispatch notes Kerensky's government claiming revolt in Moneyk and Petrograd fighting, while Bolshevik terms failed to gain Soviet support.
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Laramie County Raises Half of War Fund Target
War Fund drive in Laramie County reported progress with half the local allotment raised. Subscriptions from Cheyenne businesses and county groups topped hundreds of dollars, including a $150 clock donation from a local company and $102 from saloon owners. National firms followed, with United States Steel contributing $400,000 and other corporations pledging large sums across New York and New Jersey as the drive gains momentum.
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Filo
Laramie
Vievcoon
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