Russian Leaders Outline Peace Plan After Armistice Proposal
In Petrograd Lenin declared a three month armistice with peace negotiations by elected representatives, not diplomats. A public safety committee forms, ministers are jailed in solitary confinement, and trials will seek a democratic peace. Moscow authorities seize government offices as revolutionaries tighten hold.
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Petrograd
workmen's and soldiers
Nikolai Lenine
radical socialists
M. Lenine
Kornnoff
St. Peter and
St. Pau
Winter palace
St Peter and
St. Paul sand
Troubecsky bastion
Moscow
revolutionary committee
David R. Francis
Short relief promised for Ohio and Michigan coal shortage
Washington reports the fuel administration will lift the central field coal shipping order to lake ports for the northwest for one day on November 9. A prior ore suspension did not meet immediate needs. A fuel use restriction for electric display ads will run from 7.45 to 9.00 p.m. Critically, many industries will face similar orders pending full classification.
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Washington
Ohio
Michigan
the
fuel administration
northwest
General Albert Foch to Direct Italian Army Operations
General Albert Foch, a French commander, will assist in directing operations for the Italian Army. The collaboration aims to bolster strategic coordination between allied forces in the theater.
Allied Military Committee takes command of Italian armies in Rome
Rome reports an interallied military committee of British French and Italian representatives has assumed command of Italian armies replacing Cardona while Cadorna joins the board and Diaz is named first in command. The move signals tighter western front unity as Italian forces retreat toward the Piave and Teutonic forces cross the Livenza in pursuit. Turkish troops fall back toward Hebron as British advances push north with 40 guns captured and naval support.
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LIVENZA
Rome
Cardona
Cadorna
Diaz
Radogilo
Gransindo
Foch
Wilson
r&ijes
Pere river
snoriiy
Tarze
Terhin
Piave
First Americans Die in France Trenches
Merle D Hay of Glidden Iowa James B Gresham of Evansville Indiana and Thomas F Enright of Pittsburgh are reported as the first Americans to die in the trenches in France. They likely fell near Parroy close to the German boundary. May a farmer from Glidden enlisted May 10 leaving a mother and father and sister and brother Gresham’s Evansville home leaves a mother who broke down on news Enright enlisted eight years ago served in the Sixteenth Infantry with Pershing forces now in France.
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America
France
Merle D. Hay
Glidden, Ja
James B. Gesham
Evansville
Ind
Thomas F. Enright
Pittsburg
Parray
Rhine-Marne Canal
May
Glidden
ter
Gresham
Enright
Sixteenth Infantry
Pershing
Pooling plan to govern Allied war efforts worldwide
Washington reports the Interallied conference will adopt a universal pooling plan dominated by the United States. An initial shipping pool will coordinate merchant fleets and military moves to end the war faster, with a single ruling body likely based in Washington.
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Washington
Faris
United States
Wilson
Paris
Tne
United States shipmas beard
Halys
Cadorna
Salvation Army launches $1,000,000 huts appeal for French camps
New York November 10 Commander Evangeline Booth announced a campaign to raise one million dollars to build huts for American forces in France and to deploy several companies of women workers to run the buildings.
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New York
Evangeline Booth
Salvation army
France
Buckeye Briefs Auto Official Kills Self
Toledo November 10 Samuel K Pittman 50 assistant treasurer of the Willys Overland company here committed death by his own hand by taking poison. It is thought his mind was affected by worry over the war. Accounts at his office were said to be in good condition.
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Auto
Self
Toledo
Samuel K Pittman
Willys-Overland company
Police sergeant shot during arrest of auto thieves in Cleveland
Police sergeant Hagan was shot in the right arm while attempting to arrest two men driving off an automobile from an East End garage. The fugitives fired several times and fled after disabling the sergeant, with one suspect later captured. In Sidney, private Walter W Peake and two others alleged deserters from the Tenth Infantry were arrested after Peake reported being kidnapped and forced to accompany them.
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Cleveland
Hagan
miel
East End
Wagan
Patraiman Asan
Ryan
Sidney
Walter W Peake
Charles Wood
Charles Strope
Compens B
Tenth United States infantry
art Benjamin Harrison
Peake
Wood
Strope
Suffragists Thank Wilson After White House Visit
New York Indiana and Ohio suffragists led by Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Shaw thanked President Wilson at the White House for his support in the New York campaign and urged a federal constitutional amendment. Wilson offered no pledge, stating suffrage remains a state issue. the meeting lasted about three quarters of an hour.
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Washington
New York
Indiana
Ohio
Carrie Chapman Carr
National American Woman Suffrage association
Anna Troward Shaw
White Norse am
Wilson
congress
White House
Innocent Victim of Dope Murder in Colonial Hotel
Cleveland police believe Dr Harry Lorenzo Chapin went to the Colonial hotel to buy drugs and was killed by a dope salesman. A receipt for drugs found in his hotel room sparked the theory that he was an innocent victim of a dope ring. Diamonds valued at $4,000 missing support robbery as a possible motive.
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Cleveland
Harry Lorenzo Chapin
Y M C A War Fund Gets 400000 From Steel Subsidiaries
United States Steel subsidiaries subscribe four hundred thousand dollars to the Y M C A war fund. Secretary of War Baker says 20 year olds may enter the third officers training schools. A bank robbery at Concord, Michigan yields eighteen thousand dollars in gold and currency.
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United States Steel corporation
Hans Berg
Loeschauer
Ft McPherson
Haru M. Barger
Farmers’ State bank
Concord
Mieh
Army Buildings Burn At Camp Nicholls New Orleans
Fire began in a defective quarter master building at Camp Nicholls near the old City Park race track destroying army structures and causing losses of several thousand dollars.
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Army
New Orleans
Camp Nicholls
old City Park
army quartermaster
Wets lead in Ohio as 8 counties still report results
Columbus, Nov. 10 Eight counties reported official counts with unofficial totals, giving wets a 1,133 margin. Prohibition vote totals stood at 523,232 for and … The recount talks moved to speed up reporting as officials warned delays could invite suspicion. Gregg Gregory found misplays were honest, with no ballots exceeding registered voters in a Cincinnati precinct dispute. overall wet majority remained tight in several counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gregory
Cimcinnati
Cincinnati
Fulton
McGhee
Cuyahoga
Governm Cox
boards of elections
secretary of state
Simeon M. Joanson
attorney general
Johnson
neis
families
Married Men Last in Draft Under Revised Classes
Washington shifts draft order with married men placed in the non-belligerent class to ease burdens. About 56,000 men aged 18 to 21 since conscription began may be drafted while awaiting updated classifications. The draft questionnaire will mail to nine million registrants, who have seven days to answer for class placement. General Crowder seeks Congress to draft all men reaching 21 after the law’s start.
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Washington
Americas
ansl mas
onis
Crowde
congress
Former Premier Sails to Aid Conscription Campaign
Sidney No of West Nosth Crawfordaughan, former premier of South Australiia, has sailed for America to take part in the conscription campaign in Canada. Travel Royal, attorney general of New South Wales, expects to join the United States in December.
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Sidney NO
W. Nosth Crawfordaughan
South Australiia
Amerlea
tampagn
Canada
Traval Royal
New South Wales
United States
Officers Purchase Equipment for Camp Sherman Hospital
Chillicothe November 10. Officers visiting the camp hospital report the completion of equipping the base hospital with specialized instruments and treatment apparatus. The new stock will aid wounded soldiers from overseas and improve medical care, with government channels handling shipments and plans to make Camp Sherman one of the best hospitals.
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Chillicothe
Sher- Wan
Americas
cauntry
Selo Valles Plachan
maus
nember
Russia Hunger Explains Conditions Says Pickell
Citedze Nov 10 Jo Kaloie Pickell reports from Petrograd after surveying famine in Russia. He says the people starve and soldiers suffer while transport is degraded and distribution lacks intelligent planning. He predicts reorganization and new morale if the army is fed.
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Jo Kaloie Pickell
Petrograd
tan Rinstan
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