Italians Repulse Big Teuton Attack on Asiago Front
Rome reports Teutonic forces repulsed by Italians along the Asiago plateau after attempting to cross the Piave at Zenson with large boats establishing a bridgehead. Italian forces, aided by heavy artillery, counterattacked and repelled the thrust toward the river bank. Berlin claims Austro German gains including Mont Longara and Leone works in northern Italy.
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Pinave
Zenson
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Asiago
Regina
Verona
Canove
Asingo
Brenta
Pisve
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Venice
Mont Longara
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Fonzaso
Italy
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Lugana
Cismon
Leone
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Wilson Plan To Be Adopted For Labor
President Wilson’s cooperative labor program advances with written agreements between coal miners and operators allowing higher wages if production is kept up and strikes avoided. The plan also introduces a revised selective draft classification aimed at keeping labor at work where possible.
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Washington
Wilson
Submarine Sightings Reported in Mid Atlantic
A second report from the United States hydrographic office confirms a submarine sighting in the mid Atlantic. The vessel was seen 800 miles southeast of Halifax a week ago and earlier reported about 036 miles off Newfoundland.
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Halifax
Hydrographic Office
New York
mid-Atlantic
United States Hydrographic Office
Newfoundland
Survivors Tell of D N Luckenbach Sinking in Bay of Biscay
Twenty four survivors recount the destruction of the American steamer D N Luckenbach by a German submarine on October 27. Five crew members were killed. The ship, 2929 tons, built 1883, left New York October 13, sank 100 miles from the French coast. Survivors were rescued by a Danish vessel after two days at sea.
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D. N. Luckenbach
Bay of Biscay
Luckenbach Steamship Company
Newcastle
England
New York
Luckenbach
Lewis Luckenbach Wis
Oectober
J. L. Luckenbach
Anarchy Reigns at Petrograd as Kerensky Expected
A Danish dispatch reports Petrograd in chaos with Bolshevik forces and rising crime while authorities falter food prices soar and the population awaits Kerensky troops. Stockholm dispatch says General Korniloff has entered Petrograd and most garrison forces sided with him amid clashes on Nevsky Prospect as ambassadors seek contact.
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Copenhagen
Berlingske Tidende
Eric Hjorth
Petrograd
Haparanda
Kerensky
Stockholm
Korniloff
Social Demokraten
Nevsky
Viki
Demands for wage earner voice at world peace meet
The American Federation of Labor executive council reports at Bugalo New York that wage earners must have adequate and direct representation at the world peace conference. The union states the war must end old notions of national ownership and shows united labor backing for the war and for citizens to influence postwar readjustments.
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Labor Federation
Bugalo
N. Y
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Federation
United States
Americans rout Germans in France no mans land patrols
American soldiers grow expert at patrol work in No Man's Land across the French sector. Officers say the area operates as open warfare, a new American game. Five privates rushed from a dugout as Germans attacked, firing from standing kneeling and prone positions to repel repeated enemy assaults.
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France
No Man's Land
No Man’s Land
German Air Raid Kills Seven At Zuydschoote Hospital
German airmen dropped incendiaries on Zuydschoote hospital causing seven hospital staff dead and nine wounded as part of a Dunkirk area bombing expedition. Paris reported the official announcement detailing the raid on the besieged hospital and surrounding targets.
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Paris
Zuydschoote
Dunkirk
Soldiers Die in Wreck Near Royal Gorge
Canon City Colorado November 18 three soldiers killed and about sixteen injured in a rear end collision between two Denver Rio Grande troop trains west of Cotanavi near the Royal Gorge. Unconfirmed reports say two soldiers are missing. Over 600 soldiers aboard. sections moved at low speed on a curve as section three struck section two. The train was a Salt Lake City bound infantry unit.
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Canon City
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande
Cotonavi
Royal Gorge
Chester P. Preston
Fred T. Whitehouse
Guy B. Alexander
Utah
Salt Lake City
Seaman and Soldier Die in U S Forces
Washington reports two American deaths not on the line. Seaman Andrew M. Halseth died November 5 from brain concussion after a hammock fall. he was a naval volunteer from Minnesota with no listed address. Private Emile B. Gaillac died November 8 from broncho pneumonia. his mother Cora F. Gaillac lives at 118 Blossom Street Chelsea Massachusetts. Ottawa reports American casualties with Canadian forces in France: Wounded Sergt Maj BE G Watson Ortonville Minnesota and W A Miller Cheyenne Wyoming. gassed W H Taylor Libby Montana.
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Andrew M. Halseth
Transport Service
Minnesota
Emile B. Gaillac
General Pershing
Cora F. Gaillac
Blossom Street
Chelsea
Mass
Ottawa
Ont
France
Germans Routed Near Reims In RAF Era Report
An official statement from Reims notes Allied bombardments and raids north west and east of the city harmed German efforts, with no success claimed. London reports a British raid southeast of Nieuport killing and capturing several Germans, and repulsing an enemy attack near Armentieres as artillery activity rises northeast of Ypres.
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Reims
London
Nieuport
Armentieres
Ypres
Bakeries Given Public Rules for Operation and Pricing
Washington November 14 the food administration issued general orders licensing all bakeries and published rules. Licenses prohibit price manipulation restricting supply destroying products or accepting returns. Unit weights for bread and rolls defined and ingredient limits set including sugar bands milk fats and shortening restrictions.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
End Strike on All War Work for the Nation
Buffalo reporters describe a nationwide end to strikes affecting government war work. The Building Trades section of the AFL and government reps will meet in Washington to review the situation and order workers back to their posts. A separate Quincy destroyer plant dispute prompts a Wilson meeting request as thousands more are indirectly affected.
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N. Y
John Dolan
Building Trades’ Department
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Building Trades Section
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
Building Trades
Washinton
Building Trades Council of the American Federation of Labor
Quincy
Mass
Gompers
Federation
International Association of
Bridge and Structural Tron Workers
Executive Council
Baltimore
New York
Tirpitz calls Belgium issue decisive in war
At a Munich meeting of the new fatherland party Admiral von Tirpitz declared the Belgium question would decide whether Germany or England becomes protector of Belgium. He warned a wrong solution would harm exports and reduce Germany to bondage to Anglo Americanism, saying security lies in Belgium as compensation for economic strength.
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Amsterdam
New Fatherland Party
Munich
von Tirpitz
Germany
England
Belgium
Professor Nearing Fined Fifty Dollars for Disorderly Conduct
Scott Nearing a former University of Pennsylvania professor was arrested during an antiwar speech in Duluth Minnesota. He pled guilty to disorderly conduct and received a fifty dollar fine in police court.
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Duluth
Minn
Scott Nearing
University of Pennsylvania
Strike Could Tie Up Government Construction
A looming walkout threatens 6000 additional workers near Newark and Lackawanna Bridge Co. unions seek recognition. If unresolved, the strike may spread to the New York Building Trades council area and halt government construction affecting about 20000 workers.
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New York
Newark
N. J
Lackawanna Bridge Company
New York Building Trades Council
W. W. to Meet in Omaha Convention
A general convention of the Industrial Workers of the World is called to meet in Omaha on Monday and Tuesday according to circulars distributed in the city.
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Omaha
Neb
Industrial Workers of the World
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