Germans Repulsed in Big Losses Across Front
British and American forces faced renewed German pressure near Cambrai and Moeuvres as counter-attacks failed. Americans from New York engineers joined British defenses under heavy shellfire, while German assaults aimed to gain ground on a broad front but were repulsed with high losses.
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Teutons
Byng
France
Gouze- Aucourt
New York
London
Cambrai Front
Maasnieres
Cambrai
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Cumbrai
Moeuvres
Bourlon
Bourlon Wood
Vendhulle
Crevecoeur
Berlin
Masmores
American Ship Actaeon Torpedoed Near Spain
A dispatch from Corunna Spain reports the American steamship Actaeon was torpedoed on Sunday. Twenty one survivors have arrived at Port Camarinas while three boats carry the rest of the crew still missing. The American crew included Mortality offer Mustegon Henry Fallon deck boy Ateubenville Ohio.
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London
Actaeon
Corunna
Spain
Port Camarinas
Mustegon
Mich
Henry Fallon
Ateubenville
Austro Germans Murder Women and Babies in Italy
Dispatches from Rome allege Austro German forces commit barbarities in Italy including execution of civilians in Zenson and mass killings in Friuli. Reports say war taxes requisitions and labor conscription mirror Belgium and France abuses while Bosnian troops implicated. Italian HQ notes reduced northern front activity, forecasting shifts to massed attacks or defensive preparations with British and French reinforcements.
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Washington
Belgium
Rome
Italy
Zenson
Friuli
France
COSSACKS WIN RUSS TOWN
A Huprtanda dispatch reports 400000 Cossacks under General Kaledines captured Rostov on Don and march toward Moscow. London notes Lenine government fallen, replaced by a coalition including bolsheviks. Hertling signals readiness to begin peace talks once Russia sends full powers to Berlin.
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Huprtanda
Sweden
Kaledines
Rostov on-Don
Moscow
Petrograd
Kerth
Irauels
United States
Russia
Germany
Krylenko
Inehief
Brest-Litoral
London
Nikolai
British Lose 21 Ships In Week Of Mine And Submarine Attacks
London reports fourteen British merchantmen of 1800 tons and over and seven under 1600 tons were sunk by mines or submarines last week per the weekly admiralty statement.
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London
Congress Begins Long Session in War Burdened Year
Congress returns after eight weeks to tackle a momentous session. War tax changes and new bonds for 1918 19 loom, with authorizations for up to 7 billion in foreign loans and 13 billion in next year’s appropriations. Draft age possibly 18 19 universal military training expansion and a broad war effort including naval growth and food control.
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Washington
Congress
Marshall
Senate
Clark
House
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
Food Administration
Coal For War Industries Prefers Government And Utilities Orders
Washington reports the Fuel Administration issued a preferred coal shipment list to guide producers. It designates government orders railway fuel household needs public utilities steel plants coke ovens and munitions plants as priority. With a 50 million ton nationwide shortage the step aims to keep essential industries and public utilities operating for the war effort.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Ist
Garfield
Mrs De Saulles Found Not Guilty of Murder
In Lineola New York on December 3 the twelve jurors in the supreme court returned a not guilty verdict in the murder case against Blanca Eva Suriz De Saulles the Chilean widow of John L De Saulles who shot him on August 31 at Westbury The jury deliberated under an hour and a half and praised the widow as she expressed thanks The child John Longer De Saulles remains with relatives in New York while Blanca prepares to return to Chile at Vina del Mar with her family awaiting future custody arrangements
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Lineola
Supreme Court
Blanca
Evasuriz de Saulles
John Longer de Saulles
Westbury
Mrs. de Sauultes
de Saulles
Little Jack
Daring escape tale of 380 flight officer Patrick OBrien
London reports 27 year old flyer Patrick OBrien from Momence Illinois attached to the British air corps recounts his escape after capture in Germany. His machine fell from 8000 feet, he woke in a hospital, escaped by leaping from a moving train, swimming canals, crossing German wire, building a bridge of sticks, then borrowing a tunnel under the entanglements with aid from a Belgian shelter.
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London
Patrick O'Brien
Momence
British Flying Corps
Germany
Rescue teams pull two bodies from Old Ben mine blast
Rescuers entered the Old Ben mine and recovered two bodies after a blast that shook the area for miles. The explosion lifted cages from the shaft, wrecked the tipple, blew out air shaft steps, and trapped eighteen men. Rescue crews lowered in buckets after the blast.
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Christopher
Dee
Ben
Binat
National Guard Arrives Safely in France Rainbow Division Welcomed
American Rainbow division and other National Guard units arrive in France after weeks of travel. Illinois troops, many from Chicago, join troops now training or already in front-line areas. Guardsmen welcomed by French citizens and placed in billeting and training to prepare for combat.
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Washington
Dee
America
Rainbow Division
France
Chicago
War Department
Army
Pershley
Union
United States
Scandinavian monarchs meet to guard destinies
In Christiania the Scandinavian conference opened with speeches by King Hanson of Norway and King Gustave of Sweden. Ministers from all three nations held talks for hours and a banquet followed. King Haakon toasted the visiting monarchs while Gustave stressed independence and neutrality, insisting the three kingdoms stand together to safeguard their destinies.
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Christiania
Hanson
Norway
Gustave
Sweden
Haakon
Europe
Nine Cars Wreck injures Soldiers in Granger crash
Chicago dispatch reports nine A troop train cars derailed near Granger Illinois while returning to Camp Grant after attending the Grant Custer game in Chicago. Between ten and thirty soldiers were injured with several seriously hurt as authorities opened an investigation amid suspicions of German plotters.
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Chicago
Rockford
Granger
Camp Grant
A Touch of Nature on a Crowded London Bus Scene
A veteran returns from the trenches and tries to pay his fare on a crowded London bus. The shilling slips from his fingers as the bus jolts, prompting passengers to grope for it. The conductor remarks it likely rolled away as the lights go out and the car resumes.
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London
Christian Science Monitor
No Reason for Complaint in Army Barracks
A raw recruit, sleeve length six inches too long and trousers sagging, complains of theft to a sergeant. The sergeant retorts that the uniform fits perfectly saying he looks as if he’d been melted and poured into it. The exchange highlights blunt wit and military life humor.
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Charlie Chaplin
The Luxurious One Ponders Household Economy
A witty line reveals how domestic costs rise not from daily meals but from arranging extra dinners to keep the cook from leaving. The remark highlights tensions between luxury and budget in household life.
Goode Says Daughter’s Marriage Plan Revealed
A fragment notes Goode stating his daughter will marry a named suitor, with a query about whether the matter had been examined. The context suggests a preliminary discussion or report on upcoming nuptials and potential verification steps.
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Goode
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