Austro German Invasion of Italy Amid Atrocities Reported
Semi official Rome dispatches say Austro German invaders stripe Italian civilians in Zenson and Friuli with wartime requisitions and massacres. Noncombatants are cited as slaughtered and loot found on dead troops while Bosnian troops allegedly commit atrocities. Military fronts report violent artillery and aerial activity along the Piave and Asiago fronts as Italy strengthens defenses.
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Italy
Zenson
Friuli
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Meletts
Asiage
Piave
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Asiago
Felne
Fonzaso
Tagliamento
Naval Reserve Strength Reaches Forty Nine Thousand
The naval reserve force stands at 49 244 men with 70 percent volunteering for general service. Of these, 2 190 are in the fleet naval reserve with training, 8 921 in the naval auxiliary reserve, 86 891 in the naval coast defense reserve, and 1 244 in the naval reserve flying corps, reflecting broad skilled staffing.
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Naval Auxiliary Reserve
Naval Coast Defense Reserve
Naval Reserve Flying Corps
British Attack South of Gonnelieu Repels Raid
British forces hold new positions after a successful push between Bourton wood and Moeuvres securing ridge lines. German artillery roars at Graincourt Bourton wood and Marcoing while a raid near Gavrelle is beaten back.
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Gonnelieu
Graincourt
Bourton Wood
Marcoing
Moeuvres
Bourton
Gavrelle
Byng
Cambrai
Paris
Argonne
War Office
Chambrettes
Berlin
Braye
Bourlon
Lenine Government Falls as Bolsheviks Share Power
Telegrams report Lenine government toppled and replaced by a coalition of advanced socialists with bolshevik representation. Envoys to discuss peace with Germany indicate talks planned Sunday noon at the Dyinsk Vilna line crossing. Austria-Hungary signals readiness to start armistice and peace talks per Czernin note.
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Nikolai Lenine
Reuter
Petrograd
Dyinsk-Vilna
Kugharishky
Brest-Litovsk
Austria
Amsterdam
Vienna
William E Chandler Dies in Concord N Y Civil War Navy Pioneer
William Eaton Chandler former secretary of the navy in Arthur's cabinet died at his home in Concord New York. He helped launch the modern US navy by approving a 1883 plan that reorganized the navy and shaped the current fighting fleet.
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Concord
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Chandler
American troops bolst ering French drive at Cambrai
U S troops including Illinois units arrive in France as part of General Byngs push near Cambrai. American engineers aid rail line expansion to the front while aviators train near the lines and await front service. News notes place Rain bow division with British operations in France.
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War Council Opens Today In Paris
The inter allied conference opens at ten o clock with Premier Clemenceau presiding. Delegates will set the order of business and assign questions to technical committees. The talks will focus on concrete issues such as food supplies and the blockade. The conference is expected to last three days with plenary sessions and separate committee meetings. An official luncheon is planned at the foreign office on Saturday.
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Foreign Office
Washington to map plan for third Liberty loan
Educational work to clear the way for the coming third Liberty loan will be mapped at a conference in Washington on December 10. The Treasury Department is working out the details and the loan date is not fixed, but will be after February 1.
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Treasury Department
Philip North Moore
National Council of Women
National Council
Allies war conference lists American participants at Paris meetings
Five committees of the allies war conference in Paris outline coordinated action. American delegates include Blockade head Vance McCormick and food chief Doctor Taylor among others. A later list names Col. House, Ambassador Sharp, Admiral Benson and Generals Bliss Pershing and more. The supreme war council will hear military operations across the western front with Italy, chaired by Clemenceau.
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Doctor Taylor
Messrs. McCormick
Bainbridge Colby
Thomas N. Perkins
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Crosby
Paul Cravath
Col
KE. M. House
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Benson
Bliss
Pershing
Sims
O. T. Crosby
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Gordon Auchincloss
A. H. Frazier
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
M. Clemenceau
Supreme War Council
France
Great Britain
United States
Italy
House
Tasker
American Guardsmen Arrive in France for Training Unity
National Guardsmen from every state have reached France and joined training forces with regulars and volunteers. Units are kept unnamed to protect identification numbers, but all ships’ arrivals are confirmed and soldiers are undergoing front line style instruction. French reception has been warm with cockades worn by many troops.
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France
Union
United States
National Guard
National Army
Regnar
Wanit
Maaneuvers
Two Bodies Recovered From Old Ben Mine Blast
From Christopher UK rescuers reached deep into the Old Ben mine and pulled out two bodies after a blast that blew cages from the shaft and toppled the tipple. The explosion sent flames 100 feet high and left eighteen men trapped by the blast.
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Old Ben
End in East Africa Campaign Foreseen by Reuters
Reuters correspondent at Ndara reports the East African campaign nearing its end before Christmas. He predicts the German commander in chief will be a prisoner or in exile by that time.
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London
Reuter
Ndara
Four Killed and Two Hurt in Trenton Explosion
Four workers died and two were injured in an explosion at a British Chemical company building in Trenton Ontario on December 1. The blast occurred in a factory area causing casualties and damage to the facility. Authorities investigated the cause and secured the site for cleanup and safety assessments.
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Ont
British Chemical Company
Lansdowne Peace Letter Sparks Editorial Debate in London Papers
London editors react to the Marquis of Lansdowne's peace suggestions. The radical Daily News approves, the Daily Telegraph endorses in part, while hostile critics warn the letter may mislead foreign opinion about the nation’s views.
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Daily News
Daily Telegraph
Lord Lansdowne
Gertrude Smith, Author, Dies in Brookline Massachusetts
Gertrude Smith author of many children books and the Arabella and Araminta stories died at a hospital in Brookline. Born in Coloma California she had lived in Massachusetts since her school days and authored popular works for youth.
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