Italian Repulse Big Loss on Piave Front At Asiago
Rome telegraph reports Teutonic attacks along the Asiago plateau repulsed by Italian forces. The enemy crossed the Piave at Zenson with large boats but was driven back to the river bank after heavy artillery and counterattacks. Berlin states Austro German troops captured Mont Longara and Fonzaso with advances in mountain areas.
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Rome
Asiago
Piave
Zenson
Mount Gallio-Longara-Meletta di Gallio
Regina
Verona
Canove
Brenta
Lower
Monte San Dona di Piave
Venice
Mont Longara
Fonzaso
Italy
German War Office
Lugana
Cismon
Casoni di Campo
Casoni di Lena Fonzaso
Wilson plan to be adopted by organized labor
President Wilson’s cooperative labor program moves toward full implementation with ready plans for handling the American labor situation. Key elements include new wage-boosting coal agreements tied to production pledges and a revised selective draft classification to keep workers at their posts, avoiding strikes.
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Washington
Wilson
U-boat Sightings Reported in Mid Ocean
The United States hydrographic office released a second sighting of a submarine in the mid Atlantic. The craft was seen 800 miles southeast of Halifax about a week earlier and was previously reported 35 miles off Newfoundland.
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Halifax
Hydrographic Office
New York
mid-Atlantic
United States Hydrographic Office
Newfoundland
D N Luckenbach Sails To Ocean’s Edge With Loss Of Five
Twenty four survivors recount the sinking of the American steamer D N Luckenbach by a German submarine in the Bay of Biscay on October 27. Five crewmen were killed, all from the engine room, as the ship of 2929 tons was struck by a torpedo and sank. Survivors, rescued two days later by a Danish ship, describe rough seas and exposure before reaching a Atlantic port on November 14.
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Atlantic
D. N
Luckenbach
Bay of Biscay
Luckenbach Steamship Company
Newcastle
England
New York
Lewis Luckenbach
J. L. Luckenbach
D. N. Luckenbach
Anarchy in Petrograd as Korniloff Forces Move In
A Swedish director reports Petrograd in chaos with administration halted and Bolshevik forces robbing and looting. Food shortages and sky high prices trigger terror as Korniloff troops advance to relieve revolt. ambassadors engage with the general amid clashes on the Prospect.
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Copenhagen
Berlingske Tidende
Eric Hjorth
Petrograd
Haparanda
Korniloff
Stockholm
Social Demokraten
Demands for Direct Wage Earners’ Voice at Peace Conference
The American Federation of Labor reports to its convention at Bugalo New York that wage earners need adequate direct representation at the world peace conference. The panel declares the war must end the notion that the nation belongs to rulers and that organized labor backs the government in the war while urging citizens gain a say in postwar readjustments.
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Labor Federation
Bugalo
N. Y
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Federation
United States
Soldiers Die in Wreck Near Royal Gorge
Canon City Colorado November 13 three soldiers were killed and about sixteen injured in a rear end collision of two Denver and Rio Grande troop trains west of Cotarayi near the Royal Gorge More than 600 soldiers were aboard the trains section three failed to stop and rammed the caboose and hospital car of section two causing a violent crash Officials report the engine tore into a tourist sleeper and the cause remains unknown.d
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Canon City
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande
Cotonayi
Royal Gorge
Chester P. Preston
Fred T. Whitehouse
Guy B. Alexander
Utah
Salt Lake City
Americans Rout Germans in No Man's Land Patrol
American troops in France rapidly master patrol work in a sector near No Man's Land. Officers call No Man's Land fighting an American game as open warfare persists. Five privates rushed from a dugout to fire on German troops, repelling several trench-entry attempts.
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France
No Man’s Land
Germans Kill Seven in Hospital in Bombing Raid
Paris reports German airmen bombed Zuydschoote hospital killing seven staff and wounding nine as part of a larger Dunkirk area raid. Official announcement notes incendiary bombs used in the attack.
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Paris
Zuydschoote
Dunkirk
Seaman and Soldier Die in Nonbattle Deaths
Two American service members died not on the front lines. Seaman Andrew M. Halseth from Minnesota died November 5 from brain concussion after a hammock fall. Private Emile B. Gaillac died November 8 from broncho pneumonia. his mother Cora F. Gaillac resides at 118 Blossom Street Chelsea Massachusetts. Additionally Canadian-France casualties include Sgt. Maj. E. G. Watson of Ortonville Minnesota and W A Miller of Cheyenne Wyoming wounded.
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Washington
Andrew M. Halseth
Transport Service
Minnesota
Emile B. Gaillacc
General Pershing
Cora F. Gaillac
Blossom Street
Chelsea
Mass
Ottawa
Ont
France
Germans Routed at Reims and British Raid Report
In the Reims region north west and east the Germans conducted raids after bombardments but failed to win gains. London reports a British raid southeast of Nieuport killed and captured enemy troops, with the party returning safely. An attack northeast of Armentieres was repulsed and Ypres area saw intensified artillery activity.
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Paris
Reims
London
Nieuport
Armentieres
Ypres
Bakery Rules Fixed Public Regs For Bakeries To Operate
Washington November 14 The food administration released rules for bakery operation. Licenses ban price manipulation hoarding and product destruction or unwarranted returns. Standards set weights for bread and rolls and limit sugar fats and milk use.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
End Strike on All War Work for the Nation
Workers in shipyards and munition plants ordered back to work as the Building Trades section of the AF of L calls off strikes affecting government war enterprises. A conference with government reps will be held in Washington to review the situation.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John Dolan
Building Trades’ Departement
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Building Trades Section
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
Building Trades
Washingston
Building Trades Council of the
Quincy
Mass
Quincey
Gompers
Tirpitz Defends Belgium Role at Munich Meeting
At a Munich new fatherland party gathering Admiral von Tirpitz argued the Belgian question will decide the war, claiming Germany must protect Belgium to sustain exports and economic power, warning annexation would prevent a bond with Anglo Americanism.
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Amsterdam
New Fatherland Party
Munich
Admiral von Tirpitz
Germany
England
Belgium
Professor Nearing Fined for Disorderly Conduct
Scott Nearing former University of Pennsylvania professor was arrested while giving an antiwar speech in Duluth Minnesota. He pleaded guilty in police court to disorderly conduct and received a $50 fine.
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Duluth
Minn
Scott Nearing
University of Pennsylvania
Union strike threatens spread to government work in New York
In Newark and surrounding areas thousands of shipyard and war supply workers walked off Monday. About 6000 more are already out as unions target the Lackawanna Bridge company to win recognition. Officials warn the walkout could spread to the New York Building Trades council and halt government construction, affecting about 20 000 people.
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New York
Newark
N. J
Lackawanna Bridge Company
New York Building Trades Council
W. W. to Meet in Omaha
Omaha circulars announce a general convention of the Industrial Workers of the World to be held in Omaha on Monday and Tuesday with anticipated attendance by members and supporters from the region.
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W. W
Omaha
Neb
Industrial Workers of the World
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Schwieger
Anarchy
Kerensky
Colorado
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Libby
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E. G. Watson
Ortonville
W. A. Miller
Cheyenne
Wyo
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Food Board
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Muntctions
International Association of
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Baltimore
Azeney
Gowpers
Antwerp
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Prof. Nearing
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