Americans Begin March Into Germany At 5 30 A M
Paris reports American forces will advance into Germany at 5:30 this morning. The march covers about 12 miles toward the Moselle valley from Mouzon to Thiacourt with Luxemburg and Briey in the line of advance. French armies flank the Americans as they cross into Belgium by Sunday evening.
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Germany
Associated Press
Paris
France
Porder
Mouzon
Thiacourt
Luxemburg
Briey
Moselle
Longwy
Duchy of Luxemburg
German Hysterical Appeals Tied to Sympathy Drive
Washington officials view German attempts to appeal directly to the American public as a sympathy tactic aimed at influencing the peace conference. They note food aid to Germany and Austria will be paid for by their governments, not given away, and that German gold reserves may be exhausted.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Pervision
Germany
Solferman
Secrety Lansing
Wilson
Supreme War Council
Austria
Reichsbank
War War Drive Extends To Next Wednesday Night
United War Work drive raises about 8.0 million of its 250 million goal and extends the campaign to the next Wednesday night. Eleven states have surpassed their quotas, with honors for over subscriptions and top contributing states to be named for Y M C A huts and Salvation Army centers.
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New York
United War
Salvation Army
German Naval Delegates Meet British Off Scottish Coast
German delegates including sailors and soldiers council members meet British delegates off the Scottish coast on Friday afternoon. Armistice terms require surface warships to depart German ports seven days after signing, submarines to be ready for surrender within 14 days, with detailed logs and port handovers to be completed under Allied and U.S. supervision.
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Associated Press
London
Friay
Scothd
Wt Beach
Reap Americal Con Moteur
United States
Famous minstrel at death's door in hospital
George Frimbose, noted minstrel and dancer, lies in a hospital in critical condition after an operation for stomach trouble. He began with Billy Weet and later appeared with George Thatcher and Lou Dockaigder.
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Death's Door
Vie
Billy Weet
George Thatcher
Lou Dockaigder
Details of Part British Submarines Wartime Achievements
London reports detailed figures on British submarines in the war. They destroyed two battleships, two armed cruisers, two light cruisers, seven destroyers, five gunboats, 20 submarines, five armed auxiliaries, and sank 63 steamships and 197 sailing ships, with no merchant ship sunk at sight. A submarine commander logged 24 cruises covering 22,000 miles, a likely record.
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Associated Press
London
Ers
Zeppelin
Caro
Price for transporting U S troops to France fixed
New York November 16 Chairman Hurley of the shipping board announced that the United States has fixed the rate it will pay Great Britain for transporting American soldiers to France. He declined to disclose the exact amount but said the price would be set practically at cost and would satisfy all concerned.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
France
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Europe
Negroes Demand Their Place in Peace Talks
Leroy R. Huff of the Cheyenne Civic League urges that negro rights be secured as part of a just world peace. He calls for abolition of peonage, voting rights in all states, desegregation, and federal guarantees of education. Meetings will resume after the embargo on lo ifs is lifted.
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Leroy R. Huff
Cheyenne Civic-League~ of Colored People
America
South
Guae
Huff
Football Results From the Week NCAA Schedule
Michigan Aggies beat Notre Dame 13 to 6 while Minnesota lost 6 to 0 to Wisconsin. Pittsburg defeated Illinois 37 to 14. Michigan shut out Syracuse 16 to 0. Nebraska overwhelmed Kansas 20 to 0. Purdue crushed Wabash 53 to 7. Iowa beat Ames 21 to 0. Northwestern edged Chicago 22 to 6 with Indiana 13 to 0 over Depew.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Illinois
Ohio State
Michigan
Syracuse
Nebraska
Kansas
Denver
Colorado Aggles
Purdue
Wabash
Iowa
Ames
Northwestern
Chicago
Indiana
Depew
Revolutionists Sink Allied Ships at Armistice Term
In Copenhagen on November 16, a large number of ships demanded by the Allies under the armistice terms were sunk by their German crews during the revolution, according to Germania of Berlin.
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Copenhagen
Germania of
Berlin
Plant Trees on Lincoln Highway Memorial to Soldier Dead
Bucyrus and Crawford county plan a living memorial for local soldiers who died in the war. The Employers' association of Bucyrus has passed resolutions to plant memorial trees along the Lincoln Highway, each tree dedicated to a Bucyrus or Crawford county boy who sacrificed his life in service. The plan honors the road as a lasting tribute to national sacrifice and connects the memorial to the community’s war effort.
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Lincoln Highway
Bucyrus
Crawford County
Frank L. Hopley
Lincoln Highway Association
Employers’ Association of
Camp San Diego to collect o il for reuse at camp
Off duty at Usis camp San Diego reports new orders to collect oil at all coops. The oil will be delivered to the conservation and reclamation division for treatment and reuse.
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Camp Reailly
San Diego
Cal
Usis
Camp End
Toner Vation Wand Reclamation Division
Suspect Who Didn’t Leave Switzerland Jailed
Berne November 16. Mr. Guilbeans, director of the Revue Domain, who obeyed the expulsion decree, was arrested. He was taken into custody at Geneva last July on charges of aiding persons in France in correspondence with the enemy and alleged to be an agent of the Russian Bolshevik government in Switzerland.
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Berne
Switzerland
Guilbeans
Revue Domain
Geneva
France
Outlaw Horse Broken to Saddle by Fort Bliss Sergeant
Fort Bliss Tex November 16 The famed outlaw horse Funeral Wagon from Pendleton Ore is tamed by Sergeant Davis at the remount station after a month in a private corral He teaches the horse to count age with six foot movements and finally saddles and rides him around the corral in a red letter day for horse breaking.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
Pendleton
Ore
Oregon
Douglas
Ariz
Fort Hiss
Sergeant Davis
Davis
Bunters
Ike
Eix
Davin
Holland summons to arms in Dutch volunteer Landsturm
Amsterdam November 16 The Dutch volunteer Landsturm consisting of men who offered service in 1914 but were not obliged to serve has been called to the colors.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Landstrum
Great quantities of civilian property destroyed as Hun withdrawal
Allied aviation officers Lieut. M. W. Lockwood and Lieut. B. E. C. Bebe of the 50th squadron report that retreating German forces are taking away large amounts of civilian goods in France. The pilots were shot down November 1 east of Bethel and held ten days by Germany before release on Thursday.
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Associated Frees
France
M. W. Lockwood
BE. C. Bebe
Germany
Bethel
Iermatia
Telegraphers Win Wage Increase At McAdog Order
Washington November 15 The Director General McAdog ordered a wage increase for railroad telegraphers and related workers raising pay by cents per hour above January 1 levels with a minimum of 48 cents an hour. The move covers about 60 000 employees and raises annual payroll by roughly 30 million dollars. A separate order will apply to railroad agents not telegraphers and excludes those paid twenty dollars or less monthly for special service.
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Washington, D. C
McAdog
German Forces in East Africa Surrender Under Armistice
An official announcement says German forces in East Africa under General von Morbeck surrendered November 14 along the Chambext river, south of Knowma, northwestern Rhodesia, complying with the armistice terms.
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Associated Pres
London
Moat Africa
von Murbeck
Chambext River
Knowma
Riodedd
Wyoming Boys May Come Home First
Special from Washington reports it is believed the Forty first and Forty second divisions, formerly the Wyoming national guard, will be the first divisions to be returned from France.
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Wyoming
Washington
Wyneming National Guard
France
London Expects Wilson Arrival Soon
London dispatch reports President Wilson is expected to arrive in England shortly, according to Reuters Limited.
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London
Wilson
Reuter
England
Gompers vows labor fight over price cuts in peace talks
Samuel Gompers, president of the AFL, warned at the Pan American labor council closing in Laredo that wage cuts or longer hours will meet organized labor’s bitter resistance. He cited William H. Barr’s call for wage cuts to aid American industry after the war and said workers will not surrender gains. The congress adjourned after forming a Pan American labor conference with Gompers named chairman.
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Laredo
Texas
Samuel Gompers
A. F. of L
Gompers
William H. Barr
National Founders Association
Pan-American Conference of Labor
Gomperg
Navy Plans For 1920 Appropriation Bill
Navy department officials submitted to Congress a 1920 naval appropriation bill projecting 2.2449 billion dollars but expecting cuts during debate. The prior year’s naval budget was about 1.73 billion with 125 million deficiency funds, and a three year building program was proposed including ten superdreadnoughts and 140 smaller vessels plus a 175 million emergency fund for munitions and other wartime needs.
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Washington
Marine
Weather forecast: Sunday to Monday mild warm-up
The forecast calls for Sunday with partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures. Monday looks warmer with a gentle lift in highs and light winds.
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Dan
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Michigan Aggies
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Barr
American Labor Movement
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