Ohio wets win leads to 1918 dry fight plan
Columbus reports wets victorious with a 1787 majority and announces plans for further action. James A White asserts a renewed drive, calling for a 1918 fight, while Ohio dry leaders vow investigations into county errors. Toledo attorney Phillips moves to issue 19 warrants over coercion at election booths.
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Brumbaugh
James A. White
Chio Anti-Saloon League
Ohio
Ham
Toledo
Robert Phillips
Lucas county
Phillips
Government seals bakery rules to standardize bread prices
Washington reports plans to standardize bread and lower prices following a proclamation placing all bakeries under government license. The program sets common loaf weights, limits sugar and shortening, eliminates fancy brands, and shifts distribution toward cash and carry to reduce costs.
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Washington
remite
oread
Wuitson
placig
food administration
Bigway
ilooyer
erecers
Uncle Sam Holds Up Supplies in Russia Crisis
Washington on November 12 states the United States will not deal with the Russian Maximalists unless they control a formal party in fact. The Russian embassy disclaims Bolshevik representation and will not respect any Lenine actions. Officials weigh using credits to Karansky opponents while vast U S manufactured war material bound for Russia may be blocked if used to seek a separate peace with Germany.
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Washington
United States
Itwvsian
Russia
Lenine
Karansky
piake
Germany
Chicago Engineer Tops Shipbuilding Board Reshuffle
Charles A Plexus Cincam engineer named vice president and given supreme charge of the governments shipbuilding program. Admiral Capps remains general manager, with changes shifting duties to engineers under Plexus and contractor James Heyworth taking Worden ship construction duties.
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Capps
Shipbuilding Corporation
Washington
shippina board
emergency fleet corporation
Charles A Plex
Washington b Capps
Wilson
George W Cortana
Pies
Chiles
Admiral Capps
neval
Pier
Worden ship construction
James Heyworth
Chicago
American-Japanese China accord affront shocks Pekin
Pekin papers react to the American Japanese agreement on China saying U S recognition of Japan's special interests undermines American prestige in China. Commentators warn it invites Japanese diplomacy and view the pact as an open affront to China due to two governments agreeing on China without its consent.
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China
Pekin
America
American War Board to Attend European Conference
The President has selected prominent Americans to represent the United States at a major war conference in Europe. The exact date and venue are not fully disclosed, with Paris likely as the meeting site. Members of the commission and their attaches have already arrived in Europe for the talks.
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American War Board
toy
United States
Paris
commission
Europe
Bugkeye Briefs Autos In Collision Washington D N
In Circleville Mrs Wiley Patterson was badly hurt when her car collided with another. In Columbus five injured when a car overturned after striking a dog south of the city. Open fireplaces caused three deaths in East Liverpool within 24 hours including three and four year olds. Ed Kuntzman sold a Holstein bull for 16000 to a Nebraska farmer, a county record. W W Baker of Columbus bank died at 54 after a stroke. Dayton auditorium and hotel burned, with losses over 30000. Five Ladds, including Dale, serve Uncle Sam in the national army. Arnold of Orrville confessed to stealing 7000 from Adams Express at Orrville in 1915. others arrested for rifling a railroad car.
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Colligion
Washington D. N, O
Wiley Patterson
Circleville
East
Liverpool
New
Marasaret Thorn
Bonivar Pugh
Bessie Robinette
Canton
Ed Kuntzman
Stark
Nebraska
Ohio
Wooster
O. Noviz
Willam Arnold
Orrville
Adams express company
Henry Lerner
Duelists Shot Each Other Dead in Oregon Valley Fight
Two married men Bruce Richmond 24 and Pierre Hall 29 were killed in a running pistol duel at Bmoky Valley Lewis County. Witnesses say Richmond fired first, dropping Hall to his knee. Hall returned fire several times as he lay.
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Manchester
Bruce Richmond
Pierre Hall
Bmoky Valley
Lewis county
Richmond
Hall
Italians Hold Piave Front Amid Card of War News
London reports the Italian line in Trentino stiffens as Italian detachments press Austro-Hungarian troops east of Adiago. Belluno captured. Vidtor bridgehead lost near Treviso. British and French aid the Italians along the Piave while Allied forces push in the Palestine theater and Passchendaele area sees ongoing bombardment. Several towns and villages fall on the 600 square mile frontline with guns and prisoners captured.
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London
Trentino
Germany
Austria
German war office
Trentyno
Adiazo
Piave
Belluno
Vidtor
Treviso
Passchendaele
Belginn
Palestine
Allenby
nile
Not a Man Lost on Troop Ships
Paris reports General Pershing says troops and supplies arrive by ship from the United States in growing numbers. Thanks to allied navies, no American soldier has died on troop ships bound for France. French officers praise entering American officers as intelligent and capable.
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Paris
Pershing
United States
France
Wilson Opens New Draft Machinery For Second Call
President Wilson formally activated the new selective draft system by issuing a foreword to the regulations guiding the second call. Registrants, numbering over 9 million, will fill out questionnaires and be forwarded to local boards. Officials estimate the process can finish in about 60 days, with classification beginning December 15 and the second call not before mid February.
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Washington
Wilson
War department
Stops Search For Liquor In Prohibition Territory
Washington on November 12 reports Attorney General Gregory ordered that searches of traveler baggage by federal agents without a warrant shall cease while awaiting a court decision. DOJ argues that transporting liquor on personal baggage violates the dry law but seeks judicial ruling.
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Washington
prohibition
Gregory
department of justice
Kerensky on Way to Petrograd in Collapse Fight
Russian dispatches report Premier Kerensky marching toward Petrograd as the capital’s revolutionary movement nears collapse. Loyal troops seize Tsarskoe Selo and radio stations while Bolshevik influence grows in Moscow’s arsenals and telegraph offices. Rebels retreat in disorder, with severe measures for marauders.
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PETROGRAD
London
Nev
sayal
Kerensky
fignans
All-Russian Committee
Tsarskoe-Seio 15 mues
Nicholas
toyal
Red Guard
Moscow
Tsarshoe Selo
military revolutionary court
Bolshviki
Lieut De Vere Harden First American Officer to Be Wearned
Lieutenant De Vere Harden becomes the first American officer to be wounded in France serving with American forces. The incident marks a notable early battle injury amid ongoing operations. Harden is reported in stable condition as medics treat his wounds.
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France
Unclear wartime protests and student bond plans emerge
Readable fragments describe Wesleyan students in Mindietown planning to invest winter funds in bonds instead of dances. wartime rationing and bread distribution in France are addressed. picketing near the White House leads to arrests. druggists across several states pledge to halt sales of certain medicines viewed as substitutes for legitimate products.
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terry
France
White House
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South Carolina
Florida
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Labor meeting in Buffalo as President Wilson speaks
President Wilson arrives from Wahington to address the annual American Federation of Labor convention in Buffalo. He is escorted by a military guard and is due back to Washington this evening amid rumors of pacifist demonstrations and opposition from the American Federation for Labor. Premier Painleve in Paris voices faith in Italy and Allied victory, describing the differing discipline of Allied forces versus the Central Powers.
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Wahinetonedas
Americal Federation of Labor
Wastinton
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Gomners
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tes
Vicence for Labor
Deni
sunt Lnie
Minneapolis
People’s Council for Democracy and peace
Italy
Paris
Painleve
Tigrist
Frenca
Trahan front
forces of freedom
Fire Destroys Washburn Wire Plant in New York
A massive blaze gutted the Washburn Wire factory on the Harlem waterfront in New York, causing an estimated loss near 2.06 million. Fire crews battled flames across multiple buildings, with two firefighters injured and a water tower blown down by the blaze, as authorities investigated zoning permit issues and enemy employee concerns.
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New York
Washburn Wire company
United States
tleast riser
Iarlem Tae
Brophy
Daniel
Tuvener
fie
owo
Ciem
Cleveland youth admits three wives in juvenile case
Raymond Rant ses Jr, a Cleveland man, told Judge Addamson he has three wives. He received one year in the workhouse and a $500 fine for contributing to the delinquency of Norma Wella, 16, of Clare. Ramsens third wife, previously Helen Winkie, was sent to the detention home after being charged with involvement in taking Norma to Detroit. The case hinged on age and the alleged travel with the Welta girl, but the charge was dismissed as delinquency.
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Cleveland
Raymond Rantses, Jr
Addamson
Norma Wella
Clare Jan
Ramses
Welta
Detroit
tenis
Ramspey
chet
fos Amsels
bam lieve
Prisoners Escape From State Reformatory
Charles Quadder and Varo Steno, Cleveland inmates of the Quin state reformatory, escaped by sawing through cell bars on the top tier and cutting a skylight to the roof, then used an improvised rope to drop to the ground.
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Charles Quadder
Varo Steno
Cleveland
Quin state reformatory
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