Round About the World Condensed War Happenings
Nations report large numbers of American engineers aiding British railways near Gouzeaucont, then escaping German attacks to join and fight. Congress faces war tax, draft, and civil rights debates. National Guardsmen sail to France. Bolshevik armistice talks eyed. food regulation and public complaints plans unfold.
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Senator Labollette
Wisconsin
United States
War Department
France
Linker
Crowder
General Pershing
Baker
Jacksonville
Pla
Toronto
Canada
Battle at Buena Vista Ends With Casualties and Capture
In Buena Vista Texas United States cavalrymen under Lieut Leonard F F Matlock fought Mexican cattle thieves. One cavalryman died and another wounded. The foreman of an American ranch acting as scout was killed. Cavalry used machine guns to drive bandits from refugee houses. The 200 bandits lost 35 men with many wounded. The last Fort McPherson escapee Carl Sabel was captured in New York City. Treasury certificate issue reached about 690 million dollars. A ten inch bomb with an unlit fuse was found at the Detroit police station. Mrs Ida Browning 24 of Somonauk Illinois was found semi conscious in Chicago Union station with apparent burns and drug effects.
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Texas
United States
Leonard FF. Matlock
Fort McPherson
Carl Sabel
New York City
Treasury
Detroit
Ida Browning
Somonauk, Ill
Chicago
Lenine and Bolshevik Collapse On Russian Armistice Ambitions
Review of the week notes Bolsheviks seeking armistice with Germany and gains by Kaledines in the southeast. It cites Petrograd cabinet changes, fears of civil war, and a broader struggle for Russian stability amid Allied talks in Paris. Italy’s defense against Austro-German advances is praised as risks ease.
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Rupprecht
Byng
Cambrai
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
England
Austria
Germany
London
Bolsheeviki
Lavacquerie
Ham
Piave
Palestine
Jerusalem
Allenby
Russia
Berlin
Marquis of Lansdowne
Paris
Lord Lansdown
von Hertling
Reichstag
Scheidemann
Haaz
Herr Trimborn
Centrum
Nadara
Amsterdam
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
Trentino
South Tyrol
Istria
Dalmatia
Grecian
Asia Minor
Africa
Edward W. Pickard
Bolshev
Petrograd
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Trotsky
Robert Cecil
United States
Milyouko
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Trotazky
Don
Little
Lower Volga
Turkestan
Siberia
Kaledines
Russian Empire
Kremlin
Kvaledines
Venice
Plave
Adriatic
F. B. Maurice
British War Office
Bourlon Wood
Fontaine
Pershing
United States Declares War on Austro-Hungarian Empire
Congress adopts a joint resolution declaring a state of war exists with the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government. President Wilson signs, authorizing full naval and military mobilization and pledging all national resources to victory. The dissenting vote in the House is noted as Socialist.
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House
Wilson
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United States of America
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Wilson Sends Sympathy to Canada Over Halifax Disaster
President Wilson transmitted a telegram to the governor general of Canada offering heartfelt sympathy and grief after the Halifax disaster. The message notes the ties of hardship and union in common devotion to national duties.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Halifax
Stricken Halifax Hit by Raging Blizzard
Halifax, N Y was swept by a raging blizzard that forced rescue operations to halt in the devastated section. Officials fear many injured in the rain of wrecked buildings have perished from cold and hunger as survivors endure a desperate plight.
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Two American Airmen Wounded in France
Washington report states the first American airmen casualties on the western front as two men wounded in action. Corporal Walter A. Warren of Dublin Georgia and Private Edward I Ebsen of Buffalo Missouri are named among the wounded with no engagement details released.
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Walter A. Warren
Dublin
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Ebsen
Buffalo
Band of Villistas Ambushed by Federals in Santa Clara Canyon
Juarez Mexico combined federal cavalry under Generals Murgula and Havela ambushed a large Villa follower band in Santa Clara Canyon 75 miles northwest of Chihuahua City. Official report cites about 400 killed and wounded on both sides, Villa forces suffering the heaviest losses.
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Redfield
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