U-Boat Sinks U.S. Ship Reported by Berlingsky Tidende
The Berlingsky Tidende reports European war updates including a Swedish diplomat Hjorth describing dire conditions in Riga and Petrograd area, widespread disruption, famine, and military actions by German forces in Italy and Russia. It notes the sinking of the American steamer DN Laeken on Oct 27 with twenty four survivors and five fatalities.
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Rome
Teutontei Jies
Asdake
Fee Tone
Zenon
Atlantic
DN. Laeken Teh
Bakers Face Federal Rules Under Wilson Proclamation
Washington reports new food administration edict standardizes bakery products to lower prices and aid consumers. All bakeries and public eateries must register and comply, with penalties up to $5,000 fine and two years in prison. W. W. Leaders jailed in Omaha during IWW raid by federal agents.
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Washington
Wilson
Food Administration
W. W
Omaha
Neb
Sistyriver Industrial Workers of the World
Lloyd George urges unity of allies for victory
In Washington allied officials confront Lloyd George’s frank warning that the Entente must act as one nation to defeat the central powers. The British premier presses for a central general staff to direct allied operations as Austrian and German advances heighten the sense of unity needed.
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Washington
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Fuel admin vows action against coal hoarding and delivery costs
Dr. Garfield announced the United States fuel administration will not tolerate retail coal dealers forcing domestic consumers to haul coal from bins at their own expense. In New York, a separate hunt uncovered 1,000,000 worth of eggs in cold storage, raising hoarded egg value to 4,294,434. Also Paris ministers quit after a 277 to 186 defeat, and American airmen conducted bombing and observation duties in France as WWI coverage continues.
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Washington, Ore
HA. Gurfi
United States
Garfield
New York
Flynn
Secret Service
New Draft Machinery Put In Motion By President
The President announced the formal start of a new draft machinery affecting about nine million men. Classification begins December 15 with a second call not before next February. The plan divides registrants into five service bases, aims for a more perfect national organization, and demands a full inventory of each person’s qualifications to match military needs with industry and national goals.
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Wrarerth
Newerster
Viva
Harlow Whiten
Wilton
Inna
War Department
Min Bowen
Albuquerque Policeman Shot and Wife Accused
Albuquerque police report a patrolman shot and the officer’s wife, held in county jail with her sister Ruth Tuble, charged as an accessory to the shooting of Tony Guevarra. Relatives Willinghamston, Kekelson, and Crise are charged with shooting and wounding. A separate note cites a vast theft of cash and goods in New York, and casualty lists from Ottawa and France including American and Canadian forces.
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Mbuquerque
X. ot—Mack Dilingston
Barlesville
Ola
Ruth Tuble
Tony Guevarre
Scott Ruble
Willngsten
Charles Kekelson
Joe Crise
Guevarra
Willingsten Ale
Barberville
Defiant Pickets Arrested After White House Violation
In Washington a police court verdict found suffragists guilty of obstructing traffic at the White House. More than twenty picketers escaped enforcements and were rearrested as they rushed from the hall of justice to repeat the offense.
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Washington
White House
Hall of Justice
Bandits Blast Concord Bank for $18000 Loot
Bank in Concord ten miles south of Jackson was wrecked by burglars who escaped with about 18000 dollars in cash. The Farmers State Bank building suffered damage as the bandits fled the scene.
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Jackson, Mich
Farmers’ State Bank
Concord
Here
President Wilson appeals for labor unity at AF of L convention
President Wilson urged full union support for government aims and urged labor to unite across factions to win the war. He praised Gompers and warned against German aggression, stressing cooperation between labor and government, and critiquing central powers. He warned against mob violence and emphasized freedom for nations.
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Linda Les Rov
Hutto
N.Y. Noy
Vic
Wilson
American Federation of Hathor
Germany
Provident
Gomspetss
American Federation of Liter
Mie
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Thany
Porter
Russia
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Tne
Willy
Arrested oa Queen of Drug Plotters
Tucson report says Eva Palacovich, a Berbian beauty, is arrested as officers claim a vast opium smuggling conspiracy aimed at supplying soldiers along the border with drugs. Former Queen Liliuokalani Is Dead reported in Honolulu after days of expected decline.
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Ariz
Eva Palacovich
Liliuokalani
Honolulu
T. H
Liliookalani
Hawaii
Diaz to Lead Italians in Permanent Allied Military Committee
Representatives of England France and Italy create a permanent interallied military committee at Army Headquarters Now led by Gen Cadorna on supreme command with Italy and France sending top officers Gen Din designated to command with Gen Hadoglio and Gen Grandino as successors on the Italian side China and Britain also-to participate on the lateral committee aligning the western front for coordinated war conduct and strategy The move signals allies unify strategic leadership and reinforce continental military collaboration.
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Gert. Hadoglio
Grandino
Washington
China
Foo
France
French War Ministry
Wilson
Cadorna
British Hold New Line and World War Update
British forces stoutly defend new line along the Piave region and near Feltre as 10,000 Italians reportedly surrender. Teutonic allies push from Belluno toward Feltri. In Petrograd Kerensky fights rebels as Cadets attempt control. American troops on the French front engaged by Germans for the first time. Rain of shrapnel increases on front. Entente losses cited as 241 airplanes and nine balloons in October.
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Titians
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Feltre
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Passchendaele
Dairy cow breaks Woodland county butter records
Angie Acme of Riverside Illinois broke Holstein cow ownership W Mor rid Sons Woodland production records in tests supervised by University of California testers. The cow yielded 1141 pounds in 45 days 1107.06 pounds in 305 days and 2426.51 pounds in two years. Angle Acme’s milk production for the day test was 220928 and 24082.7 pounds for the 65 day test.
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Cal
Sherod
Angie Acme
Riverside IL
W. Morrid & Sons
Woodland
University of California
Angle Acme
Arrest at White House Gates by Forty-One Women
Forty-one women from fourteen states and the District of Columbia were arrested at the White House gates. Ten bore banners urging Congress to pass the federal woman suffrage amendment, while others carried the National Woman's Party banners. Among those jailed were Mrs. Ieva Decker of Colorado Springs and Mrs. Genevieve Williams of Manitou.
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White House
Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
National Women’s Party
Ieva Decker
Colorado Springs
Genevieve Williams
Manitou
Rushing Troops Rally Around Ojinaga Mexican Stronghold
Troops moved toward the town as the Ojinaga garrison held three sides around the Mexican town opposite Presidio Texas with 850 reinforcements from Juarez and Chihuahua converging. Federal officers await the next move by Francisco Villa and his brother Hipolito who with 400 men are at the Mafiome ranch, fifty five miles southeast of Ojinaga.
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Presidio
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Ojinaga
Juares
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
Hipolito
Mafiome Ranch
Russian Provisional Cabinet Named in Petrograd
The all Russian Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates named a Bolshevik cabinet with Nikolai Lenine as premier and Leon Trotsky as foreign minister, then adjourned. In Memphis, Boris Bakhmeteff cautioned against judging Russia by Petrograd dispatches and said he had no official information on the reported overthrow.
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Petrograd
Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotsky
Memphis
Tenn
Russia
Boris A. Bakhmeteff
United States
Associated Press
Mr. Bakhmeteff
Bandits Attack Carranza Guards near Chihuahua City
Villista bandits kill fifty Carranza guards at Corral north of Chihuahua City and rob passengers during a train attack. Martin Lopez, noted Villista leader, commanded the raid. Separate report from St. Louis notes a ten second earthquake shock with no damage.
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el Paso
Tex
Villista
Corral
Chihuahua City
Martin Lopez
St. Louis
Bolshevik Collapse Reported As Kerensky Forces Advance
Reports from Petrograd say Bolshevik revolution nears collapse as Regiments royale and Premier Kerensky march on the capital. Tsarskoe-Selo reportedly captured. loyal troops control the chief wireless station. Moscow sees the Ted Guard defeated. Finland proclaims war. famine risk looms for the diet's delegate warns.
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Petrograd
Kerensky
Ai-Russian Committee
Tsarskoe-Selo
Man regains memory after tree accident in Idaho
Warren McLean, 80, of Anoka Minnesota, regains long lost memories after a fall of a tree near Rose Lake. He had been missing since being kicked by a horse 13 years ago, and his daughter Mrs. Fairbanks recalls his disappearance from Minnesota last spring as he now reconnects with past relatives and places.
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Idaho
Warren McLean
Anoka
Minn
B. 8. Fairbanks
White Earth
Wanda
Taine
Pele
Minnesota
Ben
Fairbanks
Car Crash Ends With Eye Removal in Drew Mass
James Watson drives a new touring car when a chicken crossing the road shatters the windshield. A glass fragment injures Watson’s eye, necessitating hospital care and removal of the eyeball. The incident occurs in Drew, Massachusetts, and involves a collision with fowl on the highway.
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Drew, Mass
James Watson
Colonel Roosevelt
Watson
Amputation Saves Child After Power Washer Accident
Mrs J B Clarkson of Harting county faced an impossible choice when her young daughter’s arm was crushed in a power washing machine. With no nearby help, she amputated the limb to end the pain and rushed the child to a physician for care. The child was alone in a shed when a dog frightened her toward the moving cogs.
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J. B. Clarkson
Harting County
Han
Angry bees force angler overboard in Passaic river
Hanover New Jersey. Stephen Van Syckte went fishing on the Passaic River when a swarm of bees attacked in midstream. He toppled the boat and fell overboard. Unable to swim, he clung to the craft for over an hour until Edmund Fisher, in another rowboat, rescued him and hauled him aboard his boat after Van Syckte exhausted himself shouting for help.
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N. J
Stephen van Syckte
Passaic
van Syckte
Edmund Fisher
van Syckle
Child Lost Two Days Feels Hunger Upon Found
In Boswell North Carolina Laura Hedgecoxe three and a half years old disappeared for two days and nights in the mountains. She was found by rescuers weak from hunger but otherwise unharmed. In Sullivan Indiana eighty three year old A J Williams and his wife danced a jig in the county clerk's office after their marriage proving they remained spry.
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Boswell
N. C
Laura Hedgecoxe
Here
Reachers
Sullivan
Ind
A. J. Williams
Rhoda Skinner
Thanksgiving Proclamation by Wilson Calls Nation to Faith and Duty
President Wilson designates November 29 as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer urging national unity, gratitude for blessings amid war, and resolve to defend freedom worldwide. The proclamation appeals for humble service, guided by God, and invokes liberty, peace, and justice for all nations. Passports from Russia news follows.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
British Day of Prayer Appoints January Sixth for Services
The King issued a letter calling January 6 a special day of prayer and thanksgiving in all churches across His dominions as the world war enters its final, hardest phase. Kent men killed and fifteen injured in a three-vehicle interurban collision near the city. Germany calls up last reserves, re-examining those previously rejected to bolster Western Front efforts before American aid arrives.
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London
Kent
Ohio
Germany
Central News
Zurich
Central Powers
America
Ham and Bacon Prices Reduced in City Market
Prices outline wholesaler to retailer levels at 30 to 31 cents per pound for ham and consumer prices of 2.36 dollars for cash and carry, higher for delivery. Medium grade ham at 20.34 cents. Best bacon 45 to 49 cents, medium 40 to 44 cents.
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Chicago
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