Yanks Victims of Atrocities Reported in Russian Front
Lieutenant Colonel Corberry filed a report from near Shenkursk on November 20 describing American patrol casualties after a surprise 700 Bolshevik attack on September 29. Seven Americans were killed and seven missing. Bodies showed brutal mutilation with ax blows and decapitation.
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Allied positions attacked on Onega and Vologda fronts
French official Jules Cambon named as potential peace conference delegate. Bolshevists fight savagely on Kadish Onega fronts. Allied troops endure heavy arctic conditions, advancing over soft snow and mud. An armored train circulates as shelling damages enemy barracks, with limited allied losses.
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Germany seeks Wilson peace not a Clemenceau deal
Count von Broeckdorff Rantzau, Germanys new foreign minister, warns Berlin will not yield to any peace terms beyond Wilsons Fourteen Points. The Berliner Tageblatt editorializes that Germany accepts and seeks a Wilson peace, rejecting Clemenceaus envisioned terms.
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Monongahela Flood Drowns Brownsville Business District
Brownsville Pennsylvania faced its worst flood since 1907 as the Monongahela River rose to 41 feet nine inches. Dwellings and business blocks were submerged and hundreds of residents were rescued from second floors by boats as floodwaters surged.
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Italian Dead Total 460 000 in War Across Fronts
Rome reports the Italian army’s total wartime toll with 460000 dead on all fronts. Officers numbered 16362 among the dead and 83547 of the 94700 wounded.
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Roosevelt Died as Peace Board Sends Investigators
The piece reports the death of President Theodore Roosevelt and notes a peace board sending investigators to study conditions while Wilson contemplates urging financial aid to support relief efforts.
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American peace commission to study Europe aims for broader data
Paris reports the American peace commission will dispatch an expedition to Austria to study political, social and economic conditions as a precursor to similar actions in Europe. A possible Russia expedition may follow if feasible. Part of the Austro-Hungarian team has reached its destination while others depart Paris. The effort supports President Wilson's plan to help restore Europe to normal.
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Red Army Moves On Berlin Amidst Invasion Fears
Berlin reports one million bolshevik troops advancing toward Berlin as Poles push into German territory. German extremists allegedly plan to resist with a voluntary army formation that Berlin advices say has failed. In New York Colonel Roosevelt delivers final public message urging continued Americanism, read by Henry Quinby at a defense council concert. The text ends noting a death discovered at 6 this morning.
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White House Flags at Half Mast for Theodore Roosevelt Death
Washington flags fly at half mast on public buildings after the death of former President Theodore Roosevelt announced today. The White House and other government sites join in mourning the former president's passing.
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Wilsons Reach Italy On Frontier Visit
President Wilson and Mrs Wilson greeted by crowds at the Italy France border as the presidential train crossed into Italy from France. Thomas Nelson Page, with embassy attaches, accompanied the president at a border breakfast and enjoyed the scenic dawn along the frontier.
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Roosevelt Dies At Sagamore Hill After Illness
Col Theodore Roosevelt former president and renowned private citizen died at Sagamore Hill at four this morning. He had recently left Roosevelt Hospital in New York where he was treated for a mastoid condition behind the ear and was reported seriously ill. He died peacefully in his sleep as Mrs Roosevelt entered his room.
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Army and Navy honor Roosevelt follows his death
Secretary Daniels and General March ordered all branches to honor the memory of the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Flags are flown at half mast on the fleet and at all army posts.
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London poised to become world grain center
London reports a broad scheme by leading British capitalists to make the city the hub of the grain trade. The plan includes a national elevator system and preferring Thames estuary docks over Liverpool, shifting the center away from Liverpool quotations on the Chicago board of trade.
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Italy Pins Hopes on U S Reception in Rome
President Wilson and wife were greeted with massive enthusiasm on their arrival in Rome as Italy places high hopes on the visit. The reception surpassed Paris and London in fervor, signaling strong interest in liberty and peace. Wilson believes ground conferences enhance progress toward a final peace accord in Paris.
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More Yanks Reach Home From France After War
More than 6,000 officers and men of the American army and marines arrived in New York from France. Six transports and a battleship carried the homeward warriors who were cheered as they neared Hoboken. Every state was represented among the returning forces aboard ships including the Nieuw Amsterdam and the North Carolina.
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Change in German cabinet shocks Berlin ranks
Independent socialists in the Prussian cabinet announce resignations led by Adolf Hoffmann amid church and school policy opposition. Berlin police chief Bichenter is deposed after refusing to leave office. Herr Brast of Vorwaerts Publishing gains the post.
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