Teutons Seize Italian Line in Northern Front
Italian forces retreat to new lines along the Tagliamento as Austro German troops drive a wedge into strong positions. Berlin reports the Italians evacuated the line to the Adriatic coast while flames indicate retreat routes through the upper Italian plain.
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Ialy
Teutons
Berlin
Tagliamento
Pitaff
Adriatic
Fella
Colbrison
Lugana
Dolomites
Cernie Alps
Colloricon
Rome
Italy
War Office
Taglimento
St. Vito-al-Tagliamento
Nervesa
Venetia
Trentino
Carl Taylor
American Red Cross
Venice
Amsterdam
Peru Proposes $20 Million Gold Bond Issue
Lima reports the government has introduced a senate bill to issue 20 million dollars in gold bonds for the use of the board of vigilance. The measure aims to fund oversight actions and sustain governance.
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Peru
Lima
Senate
Board of Vigilance
Berlin Council Decries Inadequate Food Measures
Berlin common council protested that the city lacks adequate steps to reserve urban food supplies and curb diversion of vegetables. Debate in Copenhagen noted limited German grain growth during wartime with calls to boost potato production and set a 1918 potato price to secure fodder use.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Diet Committee
Herr Hoesch
Germany
Herr von Waldow
Food Regulation Board
Hylan Defeats Mitchel in New York City Mayor Race
John F. Hylan won the New York mayoralty by a large plurality, carrying the Democratic ticket and most city offices. Mitchel, running as a fusion challenger, placed second. Morris Hillquit led the Socialist vote and Republican nominee William M. Bennett trailed. Hylan proclaimed unwavering support for President Wilson and war policies.
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New York
Tivlan
Ldsenghe Seu
Ess
Oh Ace
Mitchel
Hylan
John F. Hylan
Kings County
Charles L. Craig
Alfred KE. Smith
New York County
Board of Aldermen
Edward Swann
Board of Estimate
John P. Mitchel
Morris Hillquit
William M. Bennett
Hillquit
Harlem
Bronx
Hilquit
Spain Neutral in New Crisis
Madrid reports a cabinet declaration noting Spain faces an exceptional period. It says men of varied tendencies join in a new cabinet to preserve neutrality, tackle economic issues, focus on defense, and summon a parliament free from government interference.
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Madrid
Explosions Hit Aluminium Company Plant Kill Six
Simultaneous blasts at the Aluminium Company of America plant in New Kensington Pennsylvania killed six and injured about forty workers. Early reports list six dead and forty injured as the factory was partially wrecked.
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Pennsylvania
New Kensington
Aluminium Company of America
Chicago Voters Sweep Fusion Judicial Ticket
Chicago results show a large anti war turnout with a Democratic Republic fusion judicial slate winning big. More than 240000 votes cast statewide, city results give the fusion an 80000 lead, while Socialists gain in some wards and country towns but not enough to affect loyalty ballots.
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Chicago
North Side
Russia May Cut Red Cross Activities
Petrograd officials say a committee at army headquarters will curtail medical organizations including the Red Cross to those with essential employment due to food supply difficulties.
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Russia
RED Cross
Petrograd
Army
New York Women Win Vote in Historic Suffrage Victory
New York voters approve the suffrage amendment with early tallies showing a large city margin and statewide support. Campaign leaders claim the constitutional amendment has passed, with counts from hundreds of districts still pending and Gotham counted as favorable.
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New York
New York City
Norman de R. Whitehouse
Gotham
John F. Hylan
Morris Hillquit
Exch
William M. Bennett
Mitchel
Guard surrounds Archbishop Ireland residence after St Agnes parish house blast
Guards ring the Archbishop Ireland home in St Paul as police probe an explosion that wrecked the St Agnes church parish house. Officials cite a possible pro German motive tied to war letters, amid threats mailed to Father Anthony Ogalin, pastor of St Agnes, whose German heritage parishioners are prominent.
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St. Paul, Minn
Ireland
St. Agnes’ Church
Anthony Ogalin
St. Agnes
Canadian Troops Take Town in Flanders
Canadian forces report Meetcheele in Flanders captured last week fell to the Princes Patricia Canadian light infantry. Private advices from Montreal dated November 6 state the town was seized by Allied units in a continuing push.
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Montreal
Meetcheele
Flanders
Princes Patricia Canadian Light Infantry
Berlin Admits Loss of Cruiser
Berlin confirms the loss of a small auxiliary cruiser sunk by destroyers. No other warships are reported missing. Copenhagen reports the admission on November 6.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Ltts
Mikado Will Help Allies in Open Door Agreement
Washington November 7 1911 United States open door agreement with Japan described as the greatest diplomatic achievement of the administration It defines Japan's special interests as aligned with our Mexico interests and commits Japan to aid allies by suppressing German militarism A naval plan in the Pacific was discussed but no treaty or immigration concessions are included The accord extends the Root Takahira agreement of 1908 and leaves open the possibility of Japan patrolling the Pacific to free US warships
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Hylan
Tammany Hall
Hullquit
Republican County Committee
City of
New York
Wilson
United States
America
Charles ’. Murphy
Washington
Japan
China
Mexico
Lansing
Pacific
Canadians Break Through near Passchendaele Ridge
Canadian units push to the Passchendaele ridge and gain ground toward Mosselsmarkt after dawn assault. Prisoners reach the edges as British forces press Poldenhoek Chateau to the south. German claims note Allied attacks on Passchendaele and the Menin Ypres bend.
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Belgium
Passchendaele
Meetehele
Mosselsmarkt
Poldenhoek Chateau
Berlin
Menin-Ypreg Bend
Villa Kills 125 on Train in Mexico
Newsreel report describes Villa followers attacking the Mexican Central train at Armenderiz station. One hundred twenty five soldiers and passengers were killed as the locomotive and two cars were wrecked by dynamite. A federal guard contingent and a messenger with $100,000 in silver bullion are missing.
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Mexico
OWA TO HONOR SOLDIER MONUMENTS PLANNED
Citizens in Collins Indiana and Glidden Indiana discuss erecting monuments to Dewey Kern the first Iowan captured by Germans and Morel D Hay the first Iowan killed in action for the American army abroad Memorial services for Hay were held in Glidden last night.
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Dewey Kern
Omaha
Neb
Collins
Glidden
Morel D. Hray
Kern
Hay
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Upper Plain
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Toledo
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N.Y
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Victor
U. S
John IF. Hylan
Spain
General von Buelow
Marshal von Mackensen
Whitehouse
State Party
Archbishop
St. Paul
Soe
Mikado
Republic
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