Sunday Closing Bill Debate at Special Session
Madison eyes Sunday saloon closings as a key issue at the upcoming special session. The administration plans a bill granting municipalities power to close Sunday saloons, opposed by the Anti-Saloon League which advocates stricter enforcement of existing laws. Sunday observance groups push for a sweeping bill to suspend nonessential businesses on Sundays. Reverend S P Todd notes a fight anticipated between observance groups and opponents.
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Madison
United States
S. P. Todd
Lord’s Day Alliance
Seidel Found Guilty at Horicon Socialistic Meeting
Former Milwaukee mayor Emil Seidel was found guilty of using language tending to provoke breach of peace at a Horicon Socialistic meeting. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs. appeal filed by attorney Fred C. Lorenz. Witnesses included Ralph E. Hawks and John Jaecer. The verdict followed a trial begun around 7 PM.
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Horicon
Emil Seidel
Milwaukee
Fred C. Lorenz
Seidel
Dodge County Elrowil
Ralph E. Hawks
John Jaecer
Haresfoot Club Names Leads in Musical Revue
Madison Paul Rudy will again play the leading female role in the Haresfoot club musical revue The Haresfoot Fol. Fred Bickel has been selected for the leading male role. Rady starred as the leading lady in last year’s production.
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Lek Haresfoot
Madison
Paul Rudy
Haresfoot Club
Fred Bickel
Haresfoot Fol' Rady
County votes to finish tuberculosis sanatorium at 75000
The county approved seventy five thousand dollars to complete the sanatorium, slated to be ready for occupancy next spring. Also reported are obituaries and campus fund gains, plus a Green Bay doctor’s commission and other local notices.
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le Cresse
Aii
Prisoners Back Liberty Bonds and Red Cross Support
A letter from Waupaca Prison Warden Town reports strong inmate loyalty during WWI. Forty-one inmates subscribed to the first Liberty Loan totaling 4,950 dollars, twenty-five to the second loan totaling 1,850 dollars, with sixty-six inmates overall at 6,800 dollars. June and July Red Cross subscriptions by 272 inmates totaled 720.88 dollars.
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Madison
Waupua
Coles
State Board of Control
Henry Town
Red Cross
Special election to fill Raguse seat in Wisconsin
Governor may order a special election only when the legislature officially calls a vacancy to attention. The Raguse seat in Milwaukee Eighth Senate district will be filled after the senate report prompted the governor to act. Other vacancies in Assembly and Senate not yet brought to his attention.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Frank Rasuse
Milwaukee
EB. L. Philiip
Welter C. Owen
Costney
Raguse
State Senate
W. A. Campbell
Navy
Pullen
Ford du Lac
France
War Committee Is Named Madison Wisconsin Livestock
A war committee is appointed by the Wisconsin Livestock Breeders Association to tackle food and feed problems. The group, made of experienced feeders and handlers, works with state defense committees, the college of agriculture staff, and National Livestock Mobilization Commission members. Members include James Dilton Mondovi swine Ralph Reynolds Lodi beef William F Peak Sun Prairie sheep Walter L Houser Mondovi horses and S H Bird South Byron dairy cattle.
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Madison
Wisconsin Livestock Breeders' Association
Agricultural
State Council of Defense
College of Agriculture and Experiment Station
Wisconsin
National Livestock Mobilization Commission
James Dilton
Mondovi
Ralph Reynolds
Lodi
Ask state to aid the army in war mobilization efforts
President Wilson urges full citizen support to perfect a national manpower organization. He asks individuals to assist local boards by providing information and resources, and to appear before boards when summoned or on their own initiative to aid in classifying registrants. A separate report notes a railroad hearing on raising a dam height at Stevens Point and other local incidents including a hunting injury, a gasoline camp fire explosion, and a mother shooting incident followed by a suicide in Eimer Fonrkal.
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Madison
Philipp
Wilson
Tman-Power
Uwpom
Lakigide Paper mill to expand with 30000 dollar addition
Weenah-Contracta awarded contract to add a $30,000 expansion to the Lakigide Paper company mill. A new building measuring 190 by 60 feet will be erected on the site, signaling growth for the facility.
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Weenah
Lakigide Paper Company
Oconto to Let Contract for New Federal Building
Oconto chamber receives notice from post office department that bids drop and contract for the new federal building will be awarded next month. Telegraphy class enrollments in Green Bay led by Supt EB Gunn. training under continuation school. Horse kicks man near town, Carl Gale fatally injured, neck broken. Weener delivery plan scrapped after two weeks due to merchant shortage.
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Postoffice
Oconto
Green Bay
Bel
EB. Gunn
Continuation School
Neenah residents push loyalty test in senatorial race
In Neenah voters demand a loyalty election on the nation’s war program with two candidates. They reject appointments by the governor and back a clear choice of pro or pacifist positions. Republicans and Democrats alike say they will support the best American candidate, uniting across party lines. They expect a decisive loyalty turnout.
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Neenah
Wisconsin
Senator Hasting
Wilson
Wisconsin Teachers' Insurance and Retirement Fund Grows
Secretary Loveland reports annual resource gains for the Wisconsin fund created in 1912. Current resources total $503,549.59, from a July 1 1912 balance of $63,986.26, with annual additions about $75,000. Fund serves teachers outside Milwaukee, built by 1 to 2 percent salary levy and 19 cents per school-age child paid by the state.
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Madison
Wisconsin Teachers’ Insurance and Retirement Fund
RE. BE. Loveland
Milwaukee
Pine log ends at mill after sixty years
Marinette reports the N. Ludington Co. ceased pine log operations after 60 years shifting to hardwood only. Last pine log cut, booms removed from river log pocket. Former Senator Isaac Stephenson led operations since 1858. the aid boarding house opened in 1880 and wartime meetings were once held there.
Peace proposals and armistice talks across wars
Stockholm reports a Russian diplomat carried peace terms to Petrograd while Bolsheviks seek an armistice with German delegates. In Milwaukee, a bomb killed ten at the central police station, with investigators linking the blast to anarchists and Italian suspects amid a citywide manhunt and public fund drives for victims’ families.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tidologen
Petrograd
Baparanda
M. Lenine
Blasheviki
Leon Tratzky
Bolsheviks
Milwaukee
Central
Chicago
Guiljian
Maude Richter
Tony Massone
Deckert
Bad
U. S. Declines British Decorations for Destroyer Crews
Secretary Daniels announced that Britain’s offer to decorate American destroyer officers and men for anti submarine service was declined due to U S laws against foreign military honors. Nominees included Lt Cmdr Blakley and Lt Cmdr Neal for the distinguished service order and Lt Loftie Ensign Fallon for the distinguished service cross. Names of ships were withheld. The destroyers sank two U boats with depth charges as convoys passed.
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Washington
Admiralty
Daniels
Charles A. Blakley
George F. Neal
Frank Loftie
Henry N. Fallon
W. H. Justice
BR. G. McNaughton
Two U S Men Die In Fight In World War I News
A list of American casualties reports on two soldiers killed and five wounded in a German artillery battle on November 20. Names include Private Harry L. Miller and Private Charles Rissmiller, with home addresses given in Oregon and Pennsylvania. Also notes deaths of Dr Ami Jacques and Widow Elizabeth Ives, plus political and local notices from Rochester to Washington.
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Washington
Kor
Pershing
Harry L. Miller
Field Artillery
L. Copeland
Genter Street
Baker
Ore
Charles, Rissmiller
Feld
Clara Rissmiller
Moss Street
Reading
J. C. Ives
Gedar Rapids
Elizabeth C. Ives
C. J. Ives
Rock Island
Woodstock
U-Boat Crew Captured After Depth Bomb Wake
Forty German sailors were captured by American destroyers after a U-boat surfaced from a crippled rudder strike. One German was drowned and another died of wounds. The crew surrendered as the sub sank after they opened valves while being towed toward port. Admiral Simson did not name the escort vessel in the report. The attack occurred in the war zone several days earlier.
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Washington
Teutons
Simson
Navy Department
Arrival of U S troops in France pace sets by Baker
Washington reports Secretary Baker said American troops in France have arrived as expected, with no official count expected during the war. Other items note a White House picketing case in Buffalo, German patent licenses, an arrest and internment of a U S expressman, a fatal train wreck near Heoulgetta, efforts to end the Texas Louisiana oil strike, a Denver bank robbery, and more brief notes from 1917 era wire service.
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Washington
France
War Department
Baker
Pershing
Kaiser Is Ready To Make Peace
Berlin reports Count Hertling said Germany is willing to begin peace talks once Russia sends full powers to Berlin. He voiced hope negotiations would quickly shape peace and noted Poland Lithuania and Courland self determination under a constitutional form.
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Berlin
George F. von Hertling
Reichstag
Poland
Lithuania
Courland
Germany
Jenn Hertling
Petrograd
Washington
Francis 18
United States
Bolsheviki Weulers
Gerians
War Council Opens Today in Paris Under Clemenceau
Paris November 36 The long awaited conference opens at ten oclock led by Premier Clemenceau. Delegates will select the order of deliberations and assign topics to technical committees. The initial plenary sets the program with focus on food supplies and blockade. The three day event includes a Saturday luncheon at the foreign office.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Foreign Office
Fire rages at Coney Island as other items reach shore
Nov 30 reports a great fire at Coney Island in New York. Zapata Officer Arrested on the Mexico border. Captain Morales of Zapata army held by Carranza troops will be sent to Mexico City for trial. Four French ships sunk by submarines or mines in week to Nov 25. a fishing vessel lost. three ships attacked unsuccessfully. Giant sunflowers raised in Wales from Australian seed reach 12 feet tall with a single bloom. A reflection on heroes and oracles notes each man being cherished by a listener.
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Petrograd
Enxivy Krylenko
Wil Fron
11Th Army
Nylenko
Vorth Army Cuntbaoiler
Zapata
Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Morales
International Bridge
Carranza
Mexico City
Paris
Llanduff
Wales
Australia
Milking Excited Him Henry Forgets Coffee
A six year old, Henry, returned from the barn where his uncle milks cows and rushed to breakfast. He told his mother he forgot to milk his coffee, a humorous mispronunciation cited as a smart saying from Youth's Companion.
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Henry
Italys Plot Causing Arrests Across Northwest
More than 100 Italians, many miners and shipyard workers, were rounded up in Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Tacoma and other cities by federal agents. The arrests target a group named Circolo Studi Soelsil, alleged anarchists aiding Germany. Pamphlets read Throw Down Your Arms urged Italians to oppose governments and resist military service. Officials planned to intern prisoners in a single camp for the war’s duration.
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Searle
Wash
Circolo Studi Soelsil
Seattle
Portland
Spokane
Tacoma
H. W. White
Tratlins
Gelazny
Haly
Victor Emmanuel
Federat
U. S. War Council Formed At Defense Conference
Washington state that a special conference of the council of national defense announced the formation of the American War Council. It will oversee war and allied industries with priority authority and include cabinet secretaries Baker Daniels Lane Houston Redfield and others. The council will meet weekly and reinforce the existing council of national defense with six of its original cabinet members.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
Turaday
American War Council
War Council
War
Baker
The
Navy
Daniels
the Interior
Lane
Agriculture
Houston
Commerce
Redfield
Labor
Wisen
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
J. N. Hurtey
H. C. Hoover
HI. A. Garfield
Daniel Willard
War Infuses Board
Walter S. Giffard
Enunell of National Defense
German Staff Officers Aid Lenine in Petrograd Split
London reports a break in communications with Petrograd and notes German staff officers have arrived there to advise Nikolai Lenine. U S officials anticipate allied action to confront the Bolshevik regime as Russia falters in the south.
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London
Russia
Petrograd
Odessa
Horever
Persia
Nikolai Lenine
Washington
Lenine
United States
Germany
Public hear on federal standards for shelled corn and wheats
Washington reports a public hearing set for December 4 in Chicago room A Morrison hotel to gather comments on federal grain standards and enforcement rules. The event is part of a nationwide 17 location series inviting input from producers millers merchants and related officials.
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Washington
Chicago
Hurl Back Teutons Amid Stiff Alpine Attacks
Nov. 26 report from Army Headquarters Northern Italy says Italian Alpini repelled multiple assaults between the Brenta and Piave rivers. Monte Perdico and neighboring peaks saw fierce fighting with over 200 prisoners taken, while attacks on Monte Montenera and surrounding sections were checked by artillery and counterattacks. A rive of Italian resilience described amid heavy enemy pressure.
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AL ‘Tusson
Monte Casonet
Cal del S Orso
Monte San Larole
Monte Spinonis
Monte Montenera
Salid
Wightelay
War time pooling to run Eastern railroads as one system
Washington reports a government plan to pool Eastern railroads east of Chicago into a single operating system for war needs. Freight movement will be optimized, with coal supply arranged from nearest mines and waterways developed to relieve railroad pressure. A committee will oversee the system and urge reduced luxury travel and embargoes after holiday deliveries.
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Washington
Thers
Chicago
New York Central
Qogal Fuel Administration
Warlins
Ireland
Women Win Strike Protest at White House Rally
Twenty one women militants from the Woman's Party, freed from the District of Columbia, gathered at the White House before term expiration to protest hunger and demand action. Allen Pru, chairwoman, and Lacy Barrens, vice chair, led a procession as supporters displayed signs and urged relief.
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Washington
Wo Man's Party
Wenger Stetkedn
Distriet
Columbia
Siddenly Peli
White House
Anonthi
Allen Pru
Echalemiun
Lacy Barrens
Vice Whaleein
Woman's Party
Put
America
Military graduation exercises at Fort Myer
Turn out 900 new officers as part of the Fort Myer reserve officers program. The release notes successful candidates for commissions and mentions training and funding details related to army needs. Also references a Havana province project and an aviation fatality in Pensacola with the name Herman Bose of New York.
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Fort Myer
Pensacola
Naval
Herman Bose
New York
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