French and Allied Forces Score Major Aisne Breakthrough
Paris reports a swift French breakthrough north of the Aisne with over 7,500 prisoners and 25 heavy guns captured, several villages taken, and forts at Allemant Vaudesson Malmaison seized. American Lafayette escadrille joins the attack as Allied lines hold and advance along the Ypres Staden front with gains in Belgium.
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Aisne
War Office
Laffaux Mill
Allemant
Vaudesson
Malmaison
Paintere
Chavienon
Laon Plains
Lafayette Escadrille
France
Belgium
Ypres-Staden
Houtholst Wood
Poelcapelle
London
Flanders
Houtholst Forest
U Boats Threat Highlighted by Shipping Board Figures
Washington reports the Shipping Board released six month statistics showing that in submarine war zones one in 200 ships is attacked and one in 125 attacked is sunk, underscoring the ferocity of U boats.
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Washington
Shipping Board
U S May Seize Coal Urges Unity Behind Wilson
Harry A. Garfield urged coal producers nationwide to set aside differences and back President Wilson during wartime. He spoke in Pittsburgh after meetings with Joseph P. Guffey and other industry leaders, stressing government right to mobilize fuel and sacrifice, with no price increase mentioned.
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Pittsburgh
Harry A. Garfield
National Fuel
Wilson
Germany
Garfield
Joseph P. Guffey
National Petroleum Administrator
W. K. Field
National Coal Association
David W. Kuhn
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wal
Coal strike blamed on I W W agitators in Chicago
Federal authorities will seek help from the Justice Department to secure coal for Chicago and to prosecute I W W agitators and pro German propagandists said to incite miners to strike. Officials report agitation near mines with an Austrian strike leader and a German cited as causing walkouts.
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Department of Justice
Chicago
Arsenal Builders on Strike at Watertown Arsenal
Two thousand union building laborers employed by three contractor firms at the Watertown arsenal are ordered to quit work. An additional 800 already struck join the walkout. They oppose nonunion labor and demand double overtime pay.
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Watertown
Mass
Watertown Arsenal
Women Rioters Slain Amid Austria Food Riots
London reports the Austro Swiss frontier closed due to Austria internal turmoil as police fire on crowds in Vienna Presburg Brann and Laibach, killing and wounding rioters mostly women. A separate dispatch notes Italian worker in Germany escapes to Italy amid talks of peace in November.
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London
Austria
Berne
Vienna
Presburg
Brann
Laibach
Washington
Germany
Zeppelins Losses Rock Friedrichshafen In World Raid
Zurich reports at least four Zeppelins were destroyed in the ill fated raid on England. Most crews hailed from Friedrichshafen which trained them. The king of Württemberg sent condolences. Swiss papers call the France raid a death blow to Zeppelins. New craft measure 760 feet long 78 feet wide with eight engines and 2000 horsepower.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Friedrichshafen
England
Lake Constance
Wurttemberg
France
Plot to Kill President Wilson Found in Memphis
Secret service agents in Memphis uncovered a plan to assassinate President Wilson on Thanksgiving. Eight men charged as conspirators were arrested in different locations, according to federal officers.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wilson
Secret Service
Germans Repelled in Second Landing Attempt on Esthonian Coast
Russian reports say German forces attempted a second landing near Moise hull Manor eight miles north of Werder on the Esthonian coast but were driven back by Russian troops. No naval battle occurred as German ships were seen off Kuvast Moon Island. Germans evacuated more trenches on the northern battle front while Russians took trenches north of Hinsenberg Minor.
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Petrograd
Esthenian
War Office
Moisehull Manor
Werder
Ethonian
Kuvast
Moon Island
Hinsenberg Minor
France Faces 1918 Wheat Import Challenge
Paris reports France must import about 122000000 bushels of wheat and cereals for 1918. To meet monthly needs of 400000 tons shipping, the unified Allies buying board and a ministerial supply department will curb private trade and tighten shipping rules to boost available tonnage.
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Paris
France
Allies’ Purchasing Board
Liberty Bond Drive Shaped by Miss Wade in St Louis
Miss Florence J. Wade, youngest member of the women's Liberty loan committee, leads the St Louis district campaign. She devised a plan allowing purchase of Liberty bonds with an initial 1 percent subscription and 1 percent weekly payments until fully paid.
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Florence J. Wade
Federal Reserve
Women's Liberty Loan Committee
St. Louis
Orama Sunk by Torpedo Fire Near British Waters
The British armed mercantile cruiser Orama was torpedoed and sunk with no casualties among its crew. A British destroyer was sunk in a collision with two officers and 21 men saved. Sir Eric Geddes said a court martial into the North Sea losses will be held after survivors attend. A Scandinavian protest over German sinking of neutrals is expected.
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London
W. Moorsom
Glasgow
Admiralty
Orient Steam Navigation Company
Juan Fernandez
Dresden
Parkland Islands
Eric Geddes
House of Commons
Mary Rose
Strongbow
Morning Post
Stockholm
Russian admiralty reports sixteen German ships disabled in Gulf of Riga action
Petrograd dispatch states two German dreadnoughts, one cruiser, twelve torpedo boats and a transport were put out of action by Russian forces in Gulf of Riga. The Slava battleship and a large torpedo boat were among Russian losses. British help possibly aided Riga fleet's escape amid German fleet pressure.
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Petrograd
Gulf of Riga
Admiralty
Moon Sound
Gulf of Finland
Kaiser
Baltic Isles
Moon Ishind
Kassar Bay
Sinva
London
Riga
U S Officials Optimistic on Coal Labor Settlement
Washington reports indicate the fuel administration is confident that middle Western coal field labor disputes are settled and that wartime shortages will ease. Tokyo reports the Hitachi Maru is believed sunk after striking a mine near Delagoa Bay with all aboard presumed lost.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Middle Western
Middle West
Northwest
Tokyo
Delagoa Bay
Portuguese East Africa
Onai
London
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Pickets Given 7 Months in White House Protest
Miss Alice Paul leader of the woman's party and Caroline Spencer of Colorado Springs were sentenced to seven months in jail for picketing the White House during the protest movement.
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Alice Paul
Woman’s Party
Caroline Spencer
Washington
Woman's Party
Colorado Springs
Colo
White House
Pershing Tours France Inspecting Communications Hones
General Pershing began a tour of inspection of France's lines of communication during an extended stay in an American training camp. The French government provided a private railway car capable of carrying an automobile for the general's use.
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France
General Pershing
Gifts to soldiers limited to seven pounds parcels
Washington reports Christmas presents and other home gifts for American soldiers in France must be restricted to parcels of not more than seven pounds each. The post office department says French railways and postal service cannot handle heavier parcels in the parcel post.
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Washington
France
Post Office Department
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