General Diaz Heads Italian Army as Allied Command Reshapes War Front
Allied leaders choose General Diaz to command the Italian army with Badoglio and Grandino as aides, while General Foch and General Wilson join General Cadorna on a permanent inter allied military committee. British and French troops move toward the Piave front as retreat continues along the Livenza.
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Gadorna
Diaz
Badoglio
Grandino
Foch
French War Ministry
Wilson
Cadorna
Bersaglieri
Rosell
Italy
Victor Emanuel
David Lloyd-George
Paul Painleve
Vittorio Orlando
William Robertson
Imperial Staff
London
Reuter
Red Cross Names Horowitz to Lead Foreign Relief Effort
Louis J. Horowitz, a Brooklyn immigrant who rose from a shoe store job to president of a major New York construction firm, is tapped to direct the American Red Cross foreign relief program. He will link Red Cross commissions abroad with U S operations in a vast humanitarian mission. Queen Elena offers rooms at the Quirinal palace for refugee children from Italy as Teutons push toward the Piave River in northern Italy.
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Louis J. Horowitz
Russia
Brooklyn
New York
American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Elena
Quirinal Palace
Italy
Teutons
Piave
Berlin
Piave River
War Office
Germany looks far ahead in South American deals
San Angelo Texas reports Phillip Lee Hereford breeder says Germany preps for postwar commercial supremacy in Argentina and Uruguay. He cites Germany buying food and contracting millions of cattle, with dealers prepared for influence after the war.
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San Angelo
Tex
Germany
Argentina
Uruguay
Phillip Lee
Lee
Czech Deputies Question Peace Prospects in Austria
Czech deputies in the Austrian lower house asked Premier von Seydler for a statement on peace prospects following a Moravian Bohemian women's letter. The premier said Austro-Hungary and its allies have publicly declared readiness for peace and proposed a program that could yield an honorable peace for all sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Vienna
von Seydler
Moravia
Austro-Hungary
Evansville widow to receive first war pension
Mrs. Alice Dodd of Evansville Indiana widow of Private James R B Gresham the first dependent to receive government compensation for a trench warfare death will get at least 45 dollars monthly 20 dollars regular allowance and 25 dollars insurance payment per soldier under the program.
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Washington
Alice Dodd
Evansville
Ind
James RB. Gresham
France
Post Office Plans 18 Cent Stamp for Registered Mail
The post office department will issue an 18 cent postage stamp for registered and special delivery letters. A 12 cent stamp is being replaced by the higher denom, with Franklin’s head on the new design. Size and border match current issues above 7 cents, color to be decided.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Franklin
Submarine War Critics Warn England Won't Be Beaten Soon
Berlin expert Captain Persius doubts German optimism over the U boats. He says grain imports and harvests will limit food shortages for six months and asks if the submarine campaign will pay rather than end the war. The piece also notes German nationality rules for soldiers and their children.
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Copenhagen
Persius
Berliner Tageblatt
England
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Drug Gang Kills Doctor in Cleveland Hotel Lure
Cleveland police hunt a drug runner believed to have murdered Dr. Henry L. Chapin, a blind physician and former critic, after he refused to break a pledge to quit narcotics. Investigators link the motive to the doctor’s plan to testify against the trafficker.
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Cleveland, O
Henry L. Chapin
Cleveland
Les
Doctor Chapin
Chicago
Doctor Adolph Wagner Dies in Berlin
Doctor Adolph Wagner former Berlin University professor of jurisprudence and political economy dies at his Berlin home at eighty two. He resigned his chair in January and was a life member of the Prussian house of lords. He held an honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin.
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Wagner
Berlin
Amsterdam
Adolph Wagner
University of Berlin
House of Lords
University of Wisconsin
Revolutionary Crisis Grips Moscow as Army Joins Protests
Telegram from Moscow reports the revolutionary committee with the military garrison seizing government offices in Moscow. Lenine proposes an immediate three month armistice to allow elected representatives from all nations to settle peace terms. The Winter Palace defenses suffer thirty casualties as factions call on troops to defend the revolution.
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Petrograd
Revolutionary Committee
Moscow
David R. Francis
Nikolai Lenine
Congress
All Russian
Kerensky
M. Lenine
Helsingfors
Finland
Reval
Winter Palace
Provisional government pledges peace and land return
A revolutionary proclamation from the Russian authorities promises a democratic peace and the free return of private, state, and ecclesiastical lands to peasants. It pledges nationalities the right to organize their future, while Kerensky's forces face defections as troops switch sides. A Stockholm telegram notes Kerensky’s arrest.
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Congress
Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers
Peasants’ Committee
Russia
Korniloff
Kerensky
Kaledines
Petrograd
Bnt
Military Revolutionary Committee
SS. Peter and Paul
Winter Palace
Disappointed U S Soldiers in France Expect Raid
American troops in the first line trenches waited for a German trench raid after 86 hours of intense artillery. Despite tense anticipation, no raid occurred as American artillery returned fire and sought vengeance for fallen comrades.
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France
Two Killed and Fifteen Hurt in Ohio Interurban Crash
Two Interurban cars on the Northern Ohio Traction line collided near Kent Ohio. Reports say two persons were killed and fifteen injured in the wreck on November 9. The crash disrupted service and authorities investigated the cause.
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Kent, C
Major Hanley Injured in Plane Collision in Rantoul
Maj. Thomas Hanley Jr., chief of flying instruction, is hospitalized with minor injuries after a Curtiss plane struck his aircraft during his landing. Private Searle of the Curtiss jumped clear and was unharmed.
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Rantoul
Thomas Hanley, Jr
Curtiss
Searle
German Spy System Spreads in United States
Washington reports a widening German spy network across cities and rural areas. Officials say enemy aliens are not obeying calls to keep silent as funds and information move to pro German agents and warehouses are regularly entered by German operatives.
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Washington
United States
Department of Justice
America
Gregory
Germany
Wilthelmstrassé
War Office
Admiralty
Bombing campaign reports from the war offices
The war office states that low-flying machines attacked hostile troops and transports. During the night more than three tons of bombs hit enemy airdromes at Gontrode St Denis Westrem and the Lys valley with railway targets also struck. An observation balloon was destroyed and one aircraft failed to return.
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London
War Office
Gontrode
St. Denis Westrem
Lys
Denies Forcible Feeding In Hunger Strike
Washington reports a dispute over whether jailed suffrage militants were forcibly fed. Militant headquarters claims Alice Paul was fed three times and Rose Winslow twice, while Jailer Zinkpam says there was no forced feeding and the prisoners are not in serious condition.
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Washington
Alice Paul
Rose Winslow
Zinkpam
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Emanuel
Army
Treviso
Livenza
Rome
The
Gresham
Franklin Head
Lenine
Revolutionary Army
Chief of Army Engineers
Frederick V. Abbot
Black
Army Engineers
Engineer Department
General Abbot
Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung
Essen
Stockholm
U. S
Hanley
K. Hurt
U.S
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