Italian Leads New Allied Command as Diaz Tops Italy
Italian Army Headquarters reports General Diaz named first in command with Badoglio and Grandino as successors. Generals Foch Wilson and Emanuel join the inter allied committee with General Cadorna to coordinate the western front. Italian retreat continues with heavy shelling and river bridges blown to slow Austro German advances toward the Piave. British and French troops move toward the front and meet King Victor Emmanuel.
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Foch
Wilson
Emanuel
Cadorna
Diaz
Badoglio
Grandino
French War Ministry
Bersaglieri
Boselli
Treviso
Livenza
Piave
Italy
Victor Emanuel
David Lloyd-George
Paul Painleve
Vittorio Orlando
William Robertson
Imperial Staff
Smuts
South Africa
Baron Sonnino
Henry Franklin’ Bouillon
War Ministry
London
Reuter
Teutons Push Toward Piave River in Italy Advance
Berlin reports Austro German troops break Italian rear guard resistance and move toward the Piave river. Red Cross relief work is directed by officials while troops establish positions for continued resistance. Queen Elena offers Quirinal apartments to refugee children from invaded Italy.
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Elena
Quirinal Palace
Italy
Teutons
Piave
Berlin
Piave River
War Office
Germany Looks Far Ahead in South American Trade
San Angelo Texas reports Phillip Lee Hereford breeder says Germany, postwar, aims at commercial supremacy in Argentina and Uruguay. He cites German dealers buying and storing food, contracting for millions of cattle after six months judging cattle in the two republics.
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San Angelo
Tex
Germany
Argentina
Uruguay
Phillip Lee
Lee
Czech deputies seek peace prospects in Vienna
In Vienna a Tuesday session of the Austrian lower house heard Premier von Seydler respond to a letter from Bohemian women in Moravia calling for peace. He said Austro-Hungary and its allies have repeatedly declared readiness for peace and proposed a basis for an honorable settlement for all sides.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
von Seydler
Moravia
Austro-Hungary
First War Pension To Evansville Widow
Mrs. Alice Dodd of Evansville Indiana will receive the first government war pension for the widow of Private James B Gresham killed in a German raid in France. She will get at least 45 dollars per month including 20 dollars regular allowance and 25 dollars government insurance payment for every soldier.
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Gresham
France
Washington
Alice Dodd
Evansville
Ind
James B. Gresham
Post Office Plans 18 Cent Stamp for Registered Letters
Washington on November 8 reports the post office department will issue an 18 cent stamp for registered and special delivery letters. The existing 12 cent stamp is being replaced by the higher denomination with Franklin’s head, matching size and border of current issues above 7 cents. color to be decided.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Franklin
Submarine Campaign Questions Britain Victory Outlook
Captain Persius of the Berliner Tageblatt says German doubts grow as letters seek an England defeat. He warns against inflated tonnage figures and says harvest and grain imports limit war motive for six months. The piece notes new rules banning former foreign nationals from frontline service and assigning them to occupation roles.
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Copenhagen
Persius
Berliner Tageblatt
England
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Doctor Henry L. Chapin Murdered Over Drug Habit Refusal
Cleveland police seek a drug-runner after Doctor Henry L. Chapin a blind physician author poet traveler and art lover was killed in a downtown hotel room. Investigators believe the motive arose from his vow to quit narcotics and report the suspect may be tied to a prior drug trade in Cleveland and Chicago.
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Cleveland, O
Henry L. Chapin
Cleveland
Doctor Chapin
Chicago
Doctor Adolph Wagner Dies in Berlin at 82
Berlin obituary notes former University of Berlin professor of jurisprudence and political economy Dr Adolph Wagner aged eighty two. He resigned his chair in January and was a life member of the Prussian house of lords. An honorary degree came from the University of Wisconsin.
Russians revolt prompts Lenin peace offer in Moscow
The revolutionary committee backed by the garrison seizes Moscow offices while Lenin calls for a three month armistice to settle peace with elected representatives. Kerensky reportedly captured as revolts widen across Petrograd and Baltic regions. Casualties reported as fighting continues.
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Petrograd
Revolutionary Committee
Moscow
David R. Francis
Nikolai Lenine
Provisional Government Crisis as Russia Faces Armistice Move
A proclamation from the Chief Army Engineers says a democratic peace will be pursued and an armistice proposed across fronts. It notes land returns to peasants, rights for nationalities, and troops revolting from Korniloff and Kerensky. Kerensky reportedly captured per a Stockholm telegram.
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Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers
Congress
Revolutionary Army
Peasants’ Committee
Russia
Korniloff
Kerensky
Kaledines
Petrograd
Skerensky
Military Revolutionary Committee
SS. Peter and Paul
Winter Palace
U S Cites Growing German Spy Network Across Nation
Washington authorities warn that a broad German spy system operates in cities and rural areas alike. Officials say restrictive orders on enemy aliens will tighten, as agents obtain vital information from government departments and facilities, with funds and pro German propaganda flowing to influence public opinion.
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Washington
United States
Department of Justice
America
Gregory
Germany
Ralle
Wilhelmstrassé
Tocal
War Office
Admiralty
Disappointed Yanks in France Brace for Raid
In the first line trenches American soldiers waited through 86 hours of intense German artillery. They anticipated a trench raid to avenge fallen comrades. When the shelling eased the raid did not materialize as Sammies returned fire in full measure.
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France
Two Killed and Fifteen Hurt in Ohio Interurban Crash
On the Northern Ohio Traction line near Kent Ohio two interurban trains collided. Reports say two people were killed and fifteen injured in the wreck with responders rushing to the scene.
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Kent, O
Major Hanley Injured In Plane Collision At Landing
Rantoul Illinois November 10 Major Thomas Hanley Jr chief of flying instruction sustained minor injuries when his plane struck a Curtiss aircraft just as it began to ascend during his landing Private Searle in the Curtiss leaped to safety and was unhurt.
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Rantoul
Maj
Thomas Hanley, Jr
Curtiss
Searle
Bombs Dropped On Enemy Airfields And Trenches
London reports the war office statement on aerial operations. Our low-flying machines fired on hostile troops and transports and dropped bombs on trenches and billets. Over three tons of bombs hit Gontrode St Denis Westrem and Lys valley airfields. railways were struck with satisfactory results. an enemy observation balloon was destroyed. one our planes failed to return.
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London
War Office
Gontrode
St. Denis Westrem
Denies Forcible Feeding In Hunger Strike
Washington reports a dispute over fed forcibly claims by jailed suffrage militants. Militant headquarters say Alice Paul was fed three times and Rose Winslow twice, while Jader Zinkpam denies any force. Paul’s condition described as not critical.
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Washington
Alice Paul
Rose Winslow
Jader Zinkpam
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Army
Rome
The
Red Cross
Ein
Louis J. Horowitz
Brooklyn
New York
American Red Cross
Franklin Head
Lenine
M. Lenine
Helsingfors
Finland
Reval
Chief of Army Engineers
Amsterdaim
lLheinische Westfalische Zeitung
Essen
Stockholm
Frederick V. Abbot
Black
Army Engineers
Engineer Department
General Abbot
U.S
U. S
Hanley
Rantoul, Ll
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