British Forces Break Through Hindenburg Line Near Cambrai
British troops on the Cambrai front report advances including Bourlan village and Bourlan wood, with tanks and cavalry pressing west of Cambrai. Prisoners exceed 10,000 as gains widen the left wing and disrupt German defenses near Anneux and Cantin.
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London
Cambrai
France
Bourlan Village
Bourlan Wood
Wield Marshal Haig
Anneux
Cantaing
Bourlon Wood
Bullecourt
Arras
St Quentin
Reuter
F. B. Maurice
War Office
Higherbury
No Man's Land
Germman
Ribecourt
Clee
Berlin
Beelle
Erphing
Buig
Miss Anita W Patton Engaged to Gen Pershing in Los Angeles
Miss Anita W Patton of Los Angeles and San Gabriel is reportedly engaged to Gen John J Pershing. Patton's father George S Patton, a southern California lawyer, and the families have long been friends. Lieutenant Charles S Patton Jr serves on Pershing's staff. The Patton family traveled to Washington to say farewell to Pershing. Katharine Patton Patton, Miss Patton's sister, married Keith Merrill of Minneapolis last May.
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Anita W. Patton
Los Angeles
San Gabriel
John J. Pershing
Miss Patton
George S. Patton
California
Patton
Pershing
Charles 8S. Patton, Jr
General Pershing
Washington
East Railroads Form Single System for War Freight
War board orders all eastern lines to operate as one system under a committee of vice presidents. They will pool facilities to maximize freight movement and reduce nonessential travel. Coal, sugar, wheat and steel shipments take precedence as inland waterways expand.
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Washington
Chicago
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Railway War Board
War Board
Chiccago
National Fuel Administration
Vier
Two Women Killed by Train in Vincennes
In Vincennes Indiana on Sunday afternoon a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck an automobile carrying Mrs. John W Emison and Mrs. James Wade Emison. Mrs Emison died instantly and Mrs Emison died about an hour later. James Wade Emison a prominent attorney and multiple time gubernatorial aspirant was fatally injured. details indicate the victims were traveling with their husbands.
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Vincennes
Ind
John W. Emison
James Wade Emison
Baltimore & Ohio
John Emteog
Ariiag
Bomb kills ten at Milwaukee amid Italian anarchist link
Milwaukee police await leads as a bomb exploded in Rev Guiliana's church killing ten, injuring two. Officials consider Chicago experts behind the device and pledge rewards. Names of dead include detectives Caswin Heckert Kaiser OBrien Stecker Spindler Templin Weiler Zehauer and clerk Catherine Walker. A Bay View Italian protest drama and threats against Guiliana’s congregation are cited as motives.
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Milwaukee
Central
Chicago
Guil- Mani
Maude Richter
Tony Massone
Deckert
Guy
E.L. Philipp
Wiliam TI
Greene
Louis Weiss
Frank M. Caswin
Henry Heckert
Fred W. Kaiser
David Obrien
Stephen H. Stecker
Edward Spindler
Albert Templin
Paul Weiler
Catherine Walker
Psetsch Dye Works
Charles Zehauer
Janssen
Bay View
Giuliana
Third Ward
Apostles of
Guiliana
Rochester
N. Y
Teutons Halted by Latins in Italian Front
Rome reports a large encircling Austro German attack on Monte Mellettta failed as Italian holds all positions. Teutons pressed between the Brenta and Piave rivers with several positions changing hands but were retaken. Late Italian counterattacks halted the German advance.
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Rome
Monte Meletta
Italans
War Office
Teutons
Brenta
Piave Rivera
Berlin
Piave
Rail chiefs pledge to avoid strike after White House talks
Washington date: After a two hour conference with President Wilson on the wage dispute the railroad brotherhood chiefs announced no transportation suspension would occur and voiced willingness to reconsider any proposed solution. The meeting followed their arrival at the president's request.
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Washington
Railroad Brotherhood
Wilson
Brotherhood
Lloyd George Opens Allies War Council in Paris
In Paris Lloyd George called a war council meeting with Col. E M House and the American mission arriving from England. He urged rapid American troop and shipping contributions, noting the need to deploy millions of men to France and easing submarine pressures. Admiral Bengon praised the mission, and Gordon Auchincloss stood in for House at the session.
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Paris
Col. E. M. House
England
London
Lloyd George
Russia
Italy
United States
Atlantic
France
Wilson
Gordon Auchincloss
Big U. S. Force in France
Secretary Baker said American troops in France are advancing as expected with Pershing's forces. He declined to reveal troop numbers or future delays, noting movement depends on training, equipment, and ship availability. He added that ships and men will be combined as soon as ready.
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Washington
France
War Department
Baker
Pershing
Bomb maker Faust Arrested for Dinorah Auditorium Plot
Reinhold A. Faust a 52 year old German American resident of Chicago confessed to planting two bombs at the Auditorium during the Dinorah performance. He aimed to threaten death and injury and demanded 100000 from First National Bank executives James B. Forgan and Frank C. Weimers, citing anger at wealth.
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Chicago
Reinhold A. Faust
Schuettler
Federal Department of Justice
James B. Forgan
Frank C. Weimers
First National Bank
Kaiser in Peace Offer to Russia
Bolshevik minister condemns armistice talk as a breach of treaty obligations. Reports from Stockholm and Petrograd describe central powers peace proposals and a Lenine backed arms reduction to begin immediately. London officials warn such moves would estrange Russia from allied obligations and civil Europe.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tidpingen
Petrograd
Lenine Senda
Haparanda
Russia
M. Lenine
Leon Trotzky
London
Robert Cecil
Nikolai Lenine
Europe
Vatican blamed for wartime propaganda by Morning Post
London reports the Morning Post accuses the Vatican of war propaganda and biased actions. It says the Vatican leaned to Austria from the start and now should declare its side, urging Britain to investigate and clarify the church's position.
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London
Vatican
Morning Post
Post
the Post
Austria
Gompers Re-Elected President Of AFL
Samuel Gompers was re elected president of the American Federation of Labor by a unanimous vote. The AFL adopted a statement of conditions and principles guiding industrial issues from the war for union labor. The declaration aligns with Wilson and Gompers but clarifies previously doubtful points. It does not state there shall be no strikes.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Gompers
U-Boat Captured by U S Destroyers After Surrender
U S destroyers captured forty German submarine crewmen. One German drowned and another died of wounds when the crippled submarine sank after surrender. The U boat surfaced after depth bomb damage and its crew opened valves to sink it as a towline was cast.
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Washington
Teutons
Iowa Pastor Is Acquitted In 1913 Villiece Murders
Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly was acquitted in the district court after a four hour and twenty five minute jury deliberation on the Rest ballot in his second trial for the Villiece ax murders of 1913.
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Red Oak
Lyn G. J. Kelly
British and World War I Era News in London Dispatches
London reports Lord Rothermere may head the air ministry while German submarine effectiveness is questioned. The piece notes several wartime events including casualties from the St. Louis and San Francisco derailment near Henryetta, and a major chemical plant blast near Frankfurt.
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London
Lord Rothermere
Air Ministry
Lord Northcliffe
Amsterdam
Wilson
Fort Myer
Army Relief Society
St. Louis
San Francisco
Meteor
Henryetta
Oklo
John Renfield
Peoria
Cil
France
Germany
Grelshiem
Elektron
Frankfort On-The
Dan Shay
Milwaukee
Clarence Buell
Indianapolis
Shay
Washington
Washington L. Capps
Navy
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States
Treasury Department
Frederic R. Harris
Corps of Civil Engineers, U. S. N
Miss Tatiana Romanoff Flees Russia for United States
Miss Tatiana Nicholaevna Romanoff, twenty, daughter of deposed Czar Nicholas II, escaped Tobolsk via a false marriage, traveled through Harbin and Japan, and is en route to the United States led by an English chaperone. Officials say she plans to stay about a year in America with guardian Margaret Barry Carver of Denver.
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New York
Tatiana Nicholaevna Romanoff
Nicholas Romanoff
Russia
Siberia
United States
Tobolsk
Harbin
Markets Report Show Flour and Grain Prices and Livestock Rates
The markets list flour grades with prices for spring and winter wheats in jute and export bags, rye values, and hay ranges. Cattle and hog prices are provided with ranges for steers, yearlings, cows, heifers, calves, and lambs, reflecting broad commodity movements.
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Canon
Harbutcher
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Hindenburg Line
Teuton
James Emison
Indiana
Kaieer
Piave Rivers
Venizelos
Greece
Allies’ War Council
U. S
Kaiser
London Morning Post
Papal Court
A. F. of
Iowa
Miss Romanoff
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