Kaiser’s Henchmen Suspected in Austrian Slaying
Virginia Minnesota reports a triple axe murder blamed on sympathizers with the central powers. Police allege Austrian victims Paul Alar, his wife, and Peter Trepich were killed in a Fourteenth Street home, with a back door entry and a note condemning anti Kaiser sentiment. Robbery unlikely. Red Cross and liberty loan signs vanished from the Austrian house.
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Virginia
Minn
Duluth
Fourteenth Street
North Side
Paul Alar
Alpena
Peter Trepich
Trepich
Alars
Red Cross
Labor Chiles Discuss War Working Hours
Delegates at the thirty-seventh AFL convention in Bulfalo hear calls for closer cooperation with all industries to speed victory. Reports from British labor groups affirm unity in fighting militarism as union leaders urge AFL representation at allied conferences and push for an eight hour workday on government contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulpfalo
British Empire
American Federation of Labor
A. C. Townely
Farmers’ Non-Partisan League
L. Y. Strayer
National Farmers’ Congress
Emanuel Kovelski
R Rochester
Canadian Trades and Labor Council
John Gulden
United Textile Workers
James Lord
Federation
British Trades Union Congress
Mr. Gulden
Great Britain
Mr. Golden
Allied Labor
Officials scored by dying girl in probe of Illinois case
East St Louis, Nov 17. An investigation of Lloyd V Walcott assistant state s attorney St Clair county Illinois and L P Coulins United States commissioner was ordered by Chairman Johnson of the congressional investigating committee after Myrtle Gardner 19 testified she was lured to a hotel and subjected to exploitation The sub committee heard the disclosure at the Star hotel in this city and the grand jury proceeding in Danville Tennessee are noted Federal actions were directed to protect the girl and pursue the alleged frame up involving a resort and bootlegging charges The trial date for Mrs Yent the girl and others is set for Saturday in the justice of the peace court Johnson will attend with the committee stenographer */
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
Lloyd V. Walcott
St. Clair County
Ilinois
L. P. Coulins
United States
Johnson
Congressional Investigating Committee
Myrtle Gardner
Edward J. Brennan
Department of Justice
St. Louis
Coulins
Johnson and
Cooper
Grace Yent
Star Hotel
Wet Lioyd V. Walcott
Kentucky
Yorba Crook
Crook
CC. B. Coultas
Coultas
Walcott
Corporation
Sullivan
Congressional
Corenittec
Bomb Threat Disrupts Dinorah at Chicago Auditorium
A bomb made of gas pipe and powder was found on the main floor during Dinorah at the Auditorium theater. Firemen opened the device, officials said it was not highly explosive but could have caused injuries and a panic. Director Campanini ordered the orchestra to play the Star Spangled Banner to quell the alarm as audience fled and then settled back.
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Chicago
Auditorium Theater
Dinorah
Campanini
Galli Curci
Gallio Curci
Ford Joins Shipping Board Staff in Standardization Push
Henry Ford joined the Shipping Board as a special assistant to Charles Piez to apply automobile mass production methods to shipbuilding. He will organize ship parts manufacturing and oversee Detroit plant semi covertly turning over facilities for war materials. the Fleet Corporation reorganizes with business leaders in key roles under Admiral Capps transitioning naval tasks.
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Washington
Henry Ford
The
Shipping Board
Charles Piez
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Ford
Detroit
Wberry
Fleet Corporation
Pie
Capps
1100 Turks Facing Death Give Up Arms
London reports 1100 Turkish soldiers surrendered after a bold charge by Midland counties yeomanry near Mughair beyond Wadi Kuiin. The offensive drove the Turkish force from its fortified line despite stubborn resistance and heavy gunfire.
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London
Reuter
Palestine
Midland Counties’ Yeomanry
Mughair
Wadi Kuiin
Upkul
Pope Benedicts Mother and Sister Flee to Bologna
In Treviso Pope Benedicts mother and sister fled to Bologna fearing the Austro German invasion. They left Rome and traveled to safety as war fears mount around the Vatican area.
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Pope
Rome
Pope Benedict
Treviso
Bologne
New French Cabinet Named by Clemenceau After Quick Formation
Georges Clemenceau presents his complete ministry to President Paincare after assembling the cabinet in under 24 hours. Key posts include Stephen Pichon foreign affairs and Louis Klotz finance, with ministers for war, justice, interior, munitions, and more. A new blockade and invaded regions ministry is created, and under secretaries are named for army appropriations and other duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Georges Clemenceau
Painleve
Paincare
Stephen Pichon
Louis Nail
Jules Paris
Louis Klotz
Georges Leygues
Etienne Clementel
Albert Claveille
Louis Loucheur
Louis Lafferre
Henry Simon
Colland
Ministry of Labor
Durand
Agriculture
Ministry of Provisions
Victor Borett
M. Villegrain
Premier Clemenceau
Premier Painleve
Premer Clemenceau
Charles C. A. Jonnart
Briand
Jeanneney
Clemenceau
Albert Favre
Interior
Jules Cels
Wilson Cables Belgium King Birthday Sympathy Treaty
President Wilson sent a cable to King Albert on his birthday expressing continued U S sympathy for Belgiums sufferings and a firm resolve to prosecute the war to a successful conclusion against Prussian autocracy. The message pledges friendship and renewal of respect for the laws of nations and humanity.
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Washington
United States
Albert
Wilson
Belgium
Family of War Heroes from Baltimore In Our War Years
Allison Muir Jr a Maryland naval militiaman who was aboard the freighter Kansas City is the sixth family member to die in the present war. Marion K Jost, son of his aunt, enlisted in the first Canadian infantry and was killed at Ypres in 1916. Since then four cousins have fallen in France.
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Baltimore
Allison Muir, Jr
Mariland
Jost
Kansas City
Marion K. Jost
Ypres i
France
How Shall I Have It Made
A reader inquiry on selecting flattering garment styles is addressed. The Whig’s Woman’s Page offers fashion guidance with illustrated articles by an experienced fashion artist, helping women choose the most suitable apparel.
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the Whig
Shows Her Grit Saves Mail Bags
London dispatch tells how an American woman aboard a British vessel carrying vital dispatches took charge of a second bag after Captain Stanley Wilson threw one overboard. She hid the bag as Austrian searchers swept the ship, ensuring the dispatches reached London. Wilson, once a prisoner, credits her decisive act and calls it a great responsibility fulfilled.
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London
Malta
Stanley Wilson
Wilson
England
American Mission Visits King George at Buckingham Palace
British reception at Buckingham Palace honors the American mission. Premier Lloyd George, Arthur Balfour, and royal household members attend. Walter Hines Page introduces commissioners. King George engages with the group about U.S. work in England. Col. House meets Lord Northcliffe after a day of meetings.
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London
Buckingham Palace
King George
Lloyd George
Arthur J. Balfour
Walter Hines Page
United States
England
Chesterfield House
Duchess of
British Air Board
Col. House
Americans Fired Upon By Mexicans Near Fabens Island
A party of ten Americans including El Paso firemen were fired on by armed Mexicans while hunting on an island in the Rio Grande near Fabens Texas. Jeff Graves captain of fire station No 5 was shot through both legs. A lawyer reported about 40 shots. the Mexicans wore red armbands and appeared to be soldiers. The party escaped to a cavalry patrol camp. Graves was taken to Fort Bliss hospital.
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EL Paso
Texas
Rio Grande River
Fabens
Here
Jeff Graves
J. M. Harris
Harris
Graves
Jesse Marigold
Mexico
Fort Bliss Bise Hospital
Fourteen I. W. W. arrests at Camp Lewis in Washington
Four teen alleged members of the I. W. W. were placed under military guard at Camp Lewis American Lake Washington after authorities arrested them for seditious literature allegedly used by a construction company on the government reservation.
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Tacoma
Wash
Camp Lewis
American Lake
French Troops Lose Ground In Aisne Area Action
Berlin dispatch says German troops in northern France along the Aisne counter attacked and drove back French forces that had crossed beyond the Ailette river into the German line, according to army headquarters.
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Losa
Berlin
Aisne
France
Coufter
Aillette River
Gennan
Defeat and turmoil as Petrograd clashes unfold
Nov 15 16 reports from Petrograd detail Kerensky forces losing ground to workmen and soldiers between Tsarskoe-Selo and Pulkovka while Gen Dukhonin briefly takes command after Kerensky’s disappearance. Kiev sees Cossacks and cadets in control amid street fighting and Bolshevik counteractions. Casualty estimates range from 700 to 3,000 across the upheaval.
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Petrograd
Dukhonin
Kerensky
Gatchina
Tsarskoe-Selo
Tsarskoe- Selo
Pulkvac
War Moves in Europe Involving Bolsheviks and Italians
Reports from Petrograd indicate Bolsheviks control parts of the city while fighting rages elsewhere. Moscow is split between government troops and Bolshevik forces, with heavy casualties. In Italy, fronts hold firm from Lake Garda to the Adriatic as Austro German attacks falter, aided by Italian dikes and air bombardment efforts. A new French cabinet forms under Georges Clemenceau with war portfolio assignment.
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Russia
Petrograd
Associated Press
Alexander Aherensky
Tsarskoe Selo
Gatchina
Kiev
Moscow
Lake Garda
Adriatic Sea
Cismon
Brenta
Piave
Italy
Cneny
Grisolera
Venica Rein
Ayl
Piavera
Ttatian
George Clemenceau
France
Clemenceau
Inundation Surges Across Italian Front by Flooded Rivers
Allied reports state Italian engineers opened Piave and Sile floodgates to hinder the retreating enemy. Floodwaters spread over Grisolera area, creating a large triangular inundation, 12 miles on each side, threatening Dona di Piave and potential approaches to Venice.
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Associated Press
Italy
Piave
Sile
Old Piave
Italan
Grisolera
Dona di Piave
Lagee
Villa Starts March on Ghimuahua City
El Paso reports Francisco Villa begins a march toward Ghimuahua City with about 1000 men. Porfirio Onelas holds 400 to 500 troops at a captured border port as Villa heads toward the Lamuta pass en route to Chihuahua. Panic spreads among residents fearing bandit attacks.
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EL Paso
Texas
Onaga
Francisco Villa
Porfirio Onelas
Lamuta Pass
Chihuahua
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Kaiser
America
Liberty Loan
Austran
Muraes
Aler
Labor Chiles
Iror
United States Steel Corporation
Rethiehera Steel Corporation
National Erectors’ Associations
International Union
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Poh. Jennings
Massachusetts
George Ho Wrenn
Springfield
Mass
Edward LH. McGrady
Boston
Wilses
Executive Council
U.S
Kremlin
Kaledines
Kretchka Street
Europe
Venice
Ghimuahua City
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