Germans Again Hammering Allies Lines in France
Paris reports heavy German artillery duels between Ypres and Arras with reinforcements expected on the firing line. Soviet statements from Vienna note Russian losses, while Paris says Allies on the offensive on the Aisne front near Loon.
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Calais
Vienna
Berlin
Aisne
Lette
Loan
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Germany
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Vendresse
Onne
Russians Push Germans Back From Vistula River
London dispatch reports Russians reach Plock and occupy it while Germans pull back 15 miles south, later recover part of ground and hold Gombin. Russians capture barges of German supplies along the Vistula. Sibérian corps storm Lodz trenches with heavy losses. Russian casualties listed up to November 2 in Poland total 972 killed, 19,000 wounded, 3,000 missing.
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Vistula
Plock
Gombin
Petrograd
Mans
Yeland
War Office
Lodz
Russian War Office
Poland
Christmas trees at risk from European pine shoot moth
The U S Department of Agriculture warns that Christmas trees and American pines are threatened by the European pine shoot moth a new pest. It damages buds and twigs in nursery and forest trees and could spread beyond initial sites unless nurseries and growers prune infested shoots in fall and winter.
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Santa Claus
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Europe
France
England
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Agricultural Department
General Villa Enters Mexico City to Restore Order
General Villa reaches Mexico City with about 25,000 troops and meets delegations and foreign consuls in the suburbs. He will enter the capital only after Provisional President Gutierrez arrives and says his mission is to restore order, acting as field commander under Gutierrez and the National Convention. Foreign property will be protected. He notes the Pachuca news and reflects on a prior, harsher visit as a prisoner of Huerta.
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Mexico City
el Paso
Villa
Rasul Madero
Carranza
City Managers to Swap Ideas
Springfield officials report plans for a national meeting of city managers discussing efficiency and economy in municipal government. The sessions run December 2 through December 4 with managers of the managerial form of government taking part.
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Springfield
United States
Charles F. Ashburner
Moltke Completes Cure and Returns to Front
Berlin dispatch reports Count von Moltke chief of the German general staff has completed a several week illness at Hamburg and left for the front. Rumors of succession were unconfirmed and Falkenhayn was said to be only acting chief during Moltke’s illness.
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Berlin
London
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Vossische Zeitung
Hamburg
Walkenhayn
Falkenhayn
Moltke
Secretary Bryan denies submarines built in U.S. for foreign belligerents
Secretary Bryan said a thorough government inquiry found no evidence that submarines were being built in the United States for European belligerents or shipped in sections. He declined to state what ruling the State Department would apply if such activity were discovered, noting past section-building cases would be decided if they arose.
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Bryan
Washington
United States
State Department
Rus
Russians Defeat Turks in Euphrates Valley Battle
An official Russian general staff telegram to the Havas agency reports the Russian column advancing in the Euphrates valley dislodging Turkish positions and driving them to flight. They capture two cannons and a number of prisoners amid Allied pressure. Austrian assault losses exceed six hundred dead and wounded.
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Caucasus
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Havas
The
Euphrates
Waldat
Maritime authority Admiral Mahan dies at 74
Rear Admiral Thayer Mahan retired naval expert and writer died yesterday after a period in naval hospital. Born at West Point New York he was 74 and retired in 1896 after a long naval career. He was renowned as an international authority on naval warfare and his writings drew wide attention.
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Washington
Thayer Mahan
Mahan
Naval Hospital
West Point
N. Y
German Shrapnel Cure for Neuralgia Described by Englishman
A Lincolnshire Regiment sailor writes from London about a German shrapnel shell allegedly curing neuralgia in British trenches. He recounts a comrade Palmer who felt relief after a nearby blast, joking that the shell becomes “Palmer's Neuralgia Cure.” The piece ends with an unrelated Edison Electric advertisement tease.
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New York
Lincolnshire
Palmer
Coroner's jury exonerates Captain Carey of all blame
San Francisco December 2 Captain J J Carey master of the steamer Hana lei which ran aground November 23 near the Golden Gate with 23 lives lost was exonerated by a coroner's jury. The verdict blames an officer who was drowned and criticizes life saving equipment as inadequate and archaic. Reese allegedly altered Hana leis course against orders.
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San Francisco
J. J. Carey
Duxbury Reef
Golden Gate
Carey
Pacific Coast
Hanalei
Reese
Night Riders Dynamite Dwellings in Kentucky Countryside
Caldwell county authorities report a 50 member band of night riders attacked Cedar Bluff at night detonating dynamite destroying two small homes and firing on a third, while Muhlenberg county groups whipped four men and a woman for alleged misconduct. The targets appear linked to non union coal mine labor disputes.
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Caldwell County
Cedar Bluff
Muhlenberg County
de Butler
English Colonel Fights Cancer to Serve in War
An elderly English colonel wounded and brought to a Paris hospital learns the doctor suspects cancer. The surgeon hesitates, then the patient reveals he kept the illness quiet to remain on the retired list and continue serving despite the pain.
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Cently
Civic leaders gather for American Civic Association in Washington
Washington hosts the tenth annual American Civic Association convention with hundreds of civic and social leaders. Delegates from dozens of leagues and clubs focus on parks town planning street care and noise abatement. The meeting aims to advance national park service and civic improvements nationwide.
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Washington
American Civic Association
New York Investigator Says Women Wages Are Too Low
New York news report details wage studies by Howard B. Woolston of the state factory investigating commission. Preliminary hearings disclose 16 000 women workers in New York City many earning under six fifty weekly, with a broader summary that half of wage earners are below eight dollars a week and only a small portion reach ten to eighteen dollars.
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New York
New York City
State Factory Commission
Woolston
Michigan Gleaners To Rap Old HW C Convention
Michigan Gleaners plan to discuss new ties between producers and consumers at the annual convention in Lansing. More than a thousand delegates representing about 606,000 farmers in Michigan attend the sessions at the armory with continuation planned for tomorrow.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan Gleaners
Michigan
Gleaners Organization
Armory
Oregonians Vote on Manager in Salem Charter Proposal
Voters in Salem Oregon decide on adopting a mayor commission form of government with a salaried manager and elected commissioners serving without pay under a new city charter.
Pittsburg Market Opens Despite Restrictions
The Pittsburg market opened today with several advances noted amid restrictions. The Cumberland Press advertises wartime reading material and urges readers to learn more about the war.
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Pittsburg
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