New Revolt in Petrograd Sparks Quiet Washington Watch
Reports from Washington indicate hints of renewed trouble in Petrograd and a possible revolution, with firing and casualties noted. Germany’s chancellor von Hertling signaled readiness for peace talks if Russia sends full powers, while allied silence and armistice talks loom ahead of a December conference.
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Berlin
George F. von Hertling
Reichstag
Poland
Lithuania
Courland
Germany
Count von Hertling
Petrograd
Washington
Francis
United States
Truce Talks Highlight Fragmented Russian Command
Wealthy broker WINS reports indicate Russian agents represent only a fraction of Russia in German parley talks. Krylenko, proclaimed commander by Bolsheviki decree, cannot seize full command of the northern armies as north south communication is severed. Dukhonin, de facto head, refuses to meet Germans at Mohilev. Minsk reports Balueff removed and replaced by a maximalist.
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Petrograd
Krylenko
Fifth Army
Af Efronts Ata
North Army
Bolesheviki
Hnsiga Krylenko
Russia
Dukhonin
Mohilev
Galician
Balueff
Western Front
Revolutionary Committee
Minsk
British Lose 21 Ships in Week Says Admiralty
London reports fourteen British merchantmen over 1600 tons and seven under were sunk by mines or submarines last week. This rises from prior totals, lifting the grand tally to 1,081 vessels sunk since the Admiralty adopted the weekly report system.
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London
Admiralty
College Football Scores Roundup From Interim Camps
Scores list games across camps and colleges with mixed results. Notable outcomes include Illinois 28 over Funston 0, Fordham 85 over Camp Upton 0, Maryland State 7 John Hopkins 0, Ohio State 28 over Camp Sherman 0, Syracuse 10 Nebraska 9, Marquette 21 Wabash 0, Ames 47 Drake 0.
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Marietta
Ohio
Penn College
Iowa
Knox
Monmouth
Elkhart A. A
Custer
Wilson's Turkey Delayed Arrival For White House Dinner
A 40 pound turkey from a Kentucky farm faced railroad congestion and arrived in Washington late last night. The bird was a gift from South Trimble, clerk of the House, and was fattened on acorns and chestnuts for the White House Thanksgiving dinner.
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Washington
Kentucky
White House
South Trimble
German Plan for Greater Offensive Against Latins Forecast
Dispatches from Rome and Washington report Austro-German forces preparing a larger northern offensive on the Italian front. Italian batteries and air units claim success near Asiago and Piave while Vatican sources deny a new papal peace appeal. Bloated front casualties lead to reports of seven crippled divisions withdrawn.
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London
Italy
F. B. Maurice
War Office
Rome
Asiago
Primolyno
Col Della Beretta
Piave
Washington
Malga
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Berlin
British Win Battle as Desperate Fighting Rages for Bourlon Wood
In the Cambrai region British forces hold Bourlon Wood under heavy assault as Crown Prince Ruprecht’s Prussians push battle lines. General Byng’s units report progress and more than 500 prisoners taken amid shattered trees and ruined streets.
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Rupprecht
Bourlon Wood
United Press
Bourlon
Cambrai
Bourlon Ridge
Queant
Hindenburg
Bourlon Village
Byng
Wilson Gives War Trade Body More Power
President Wilson by proclamation grants the war trade board authority to license imports of a lengthy list of commodities. Combined with already stringent export and bunker coal controls, the action tightens global commerce, limiting neutral nations from doing business outside their borders without U S consent.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
War Trade Board
South America
Mexico
Germany
Chile
Argentina
Colombia
Venezuela
Embargo on Steel and Transport Cuts Ordered
The Eastern roads announce embargoes to conserve war resources. Steel billets bars plates scrap and pig iron export are halted except for US government use. The Broadway Limited will be discontinued December 1 and fast freight lines suspended to divert traffic from Pittsburgh gateways.
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Pittsburgh
Special Operating Committee
Eastern Roads
United States
Pittsburgh East and West
Pennsylvania
S “Broadway Limited
The
Fuel Administration
Congress man Nelson and son indicted in federal drug tax case
Congressman John M Nelson and his son Byron were indicted in Madison on an unrelated federal charge tied to the national army registration laws. The son previously faced a separate charge of failing to register for selection. They face trial in December. Nelson allegedly advised his son not to register. Byron Nelson is in Canada. John M Nelson remains in Washington.
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Madison
Wis
John M. Nelson
Byron
National Army
Nelson
Canada
Washington
Soldiers Ordered to Shoot on New York Waterfront Patrols
The first detachment of U S soldiers began duty from Tenth to Twenty-second street along the Hudson river to enforce a barred zone near 12 piers. They were instructed to halt and interrogate any approaching person within 100 yards and to shoot if orders were refused. Workmen closed piers and the area with barbed wire fences.
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New York
United States
Tenth
Twenty-second Street
Hudson River
Six More U S Men Die In Expeditionary Force
Washington reports six more American expeditionary force deaths of which four are due to pneumonia. Names include Private Joseph J. Patten and Private Ira B. Patterson with kin details, Private Leslie C. Kayser, Corporal Stanley S. Stevens, Private Wallace H. Brown, and Private J L Brannigan with family ties and addresses listed.
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Washington
American Expeditionary Force
Pershing
War Department
Joseph J. Patten
Infantry
T. J. Patten
Battles Wharf
Ala
Ira B. Patterson
F. B. Patterson
Shelby
Leslie C. Kayser
Field Artillery
Lucie Kayser
Rivermet Avenue
Fort Wayne
Ind
Stanley S. Stevens
Robert N. Stevens
Armsby Place
Madisonville
Cincinnati
Wallace H. Brown
Machine
Emma H. Brown
Olmstead Street
East Hartford
Conn
J. L. Brannigan
John W. Brannigan
East Forty-fifth Street
New York City
Westman Resigns as Foreign Affairs Undersecretary
Stockholm reports Doctor Westman, undersecretary for foreign affairs, resigns amid allegations he handled the Luxburg and Cronholm messages for Germany.
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Stockholm
Doctor Westman
Westman
Cronholm
Germany
Bolsheviks Take Kiev and Moscow Amid Terror
Reports from Petrograd claim six hundred killed at Kiev and 150 Russian army officers killed in Moscow as Bolsheviks tighten hold. Fighting at Kiev lasted six days with a reign of terror described as the new regime’s control.
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Bolsheviki
Moscow
Stockholm
Kieff
Russia
Petrograd
Two Americans Killed in Action Listed
Ottawa Ont November 20 casualty list shows killed in action W W Burton Detroit Michigan and B J Burma Hartford Connecticut among the Americans named.
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Ottawa
Ont
W. W. Burton
Detroit
Mich
B. J. Burma
Hartford
Conn
Officers Assigned in Large War Department Draft
The War Department issued orders assigning 2 050 provisional second lieutenants to cavalry infantry coast artillery and field artillery.
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Washington
War Department
Cavalry
Infantry
Coast Artillery
Adopts Referendum Bill for Submission to People
Boston November 20 The initiative and referendum bill was adopted by the state constitutional convention for submission to the electorate.
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Boston
American flyer escapes German camp to reach London
An American flight lieutenant from Seattle who served with the British for a year escaped a German prison camp after two months as a prisoner on the western front. He survived three near death incidents including a near electrocution on the Dutch frontier and went to the American embassy to arrange transfer to the U.S. flying corps.
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London
Seattle
Wash
Corpa
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