Allies In Italy To Give Aid In Northern Battle
From Lake Garda to the Adriatic Italian forces hold the Austro Germans in check near the Piave and Asiago. Allied reinforcements, including Franco British troops, move toward the front as Major General Da Giorgio commands the left flank. Heavy attacks continue with Italian artillery repelling pontoon crossings and reformed lines, the battle described as unyielding and intensifying.
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Associated Press
Italy
Lake Garda
Adriatic
Piave River
Asiago
Monte Meletta
Piave
Brenta
da Giorgio
Nes
di Gorgio
Food shortages spark unrest in northern Russia
Ambassadors report rising hunger among Russian northern armies and fear of wider revolt. Petrograd rumors speak of a new socialist government while wireless talks with Berlin hint at Bolshevik armistice efforts. War Office confirms no headquarters communique. Volga Narodna claims troops deserting and mutinies due to cold and hunger.
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Francis Monday
State Department
Russia
Petrograd
Berlin
War Office
Volka Narodna
Princess Romanoff Escapes Tobolsk for United States
New York dispatch reports Mics Tithina Nichalaevna Romanoff, second daughter of Nicholas II, escaped Tobolsk via Siberia and Manchuria to Japan, then Pacific coast. She plans to arrive in New York in December to join the Russian civilian relief work, guided by Mrs. Margaret Carver of Denver, with Daniel Frohman and Ivan Narodny supervising.
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New York
Mics Tithina Nichalaevna Rumanulf
Micholas Komangdut
Russia
Sibera
United States
Prand
Koholsk
Tanperer
Harbin
Manchuna
Japan
Daniel Frohman
Jovan Narodny
Thomas Darlington
Russian Post Office Department
Pacific Coast
Ivan Narodny
East St Louis Election Probe Plans Reveal Federal Interest
United States District Attorney Charles A. Karch said a federal investigation into alleged election frauds in East St Louis was planned before Dr Leroy N. Bundy, a Belleville dentist jailed on murder charges tied to race riots, confessed. Karch noted Bundy’s confession merely prompted action. He indicated the government aimed to pursue the frauds this winter.
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East ST. Louis
Mast St Louis
Leroy N. Bundy
Belleville
Charles A. Karch
United States
Barndy
Karch
Bundy
Canadian Cavalry Caught In Trap Before Cambrai Cape
British cavalry in France recounts a bold Canadian squadron's exploits near Masnieres and Rumilly. They charged German batteries, escaped a sunken road trap, used a decoy to mislead the enemy, and captured a German officer after a swift saber assault.
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Cambrai Cape
Associated Press
France
Cambrai
Hindenburg
Rumnilly
Real Patriotism Or Boston's Mayor
Boston November 27 Mayor Curles spoke at a rally on Boston Common honoring 100 young men en route to a regular army camp. He removed his overcoat and gave it to a recruit lacking outerwear as wind chilled the group. General John A Johnston distributed sweaters to others improperly clothed for the cold.
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Boston
Curles
Boston Common
John A. Johnston
Department of the Northeast
Gen. Johnston
Mutinous Soldiers Await Their Fate
Sixty three Negro soldiers from the Twenty Fourth Infantry stand charged with murder mutiny and priotiny after an Aug sixteen incident at Llouston Texas Their Fort Sam Houston court martial heard closing arguments Monday and will take about a week to deliver findings Each defendant faces separate votes on each charge with two thirds needed for death and lesser penalties possible on a plurality finding
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San Antonio
Texas
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Llouston
Fort Sam Houston
British Drive Forcing Germans From Defenses At Bullecourt
AP dispatch from British headquarters Paris dated November 27 reports renewed British gains along the Cambrai front. German trenches in the Bullecourt sector abandoned as British infantry pressed the front, Bourlon village remains contested with heavy fighting, and Moeuvres saw British forces push Germans from the southern half. Prisoner counts exceed 9,800 overall, with about 2,000 officers. The Bourlon position offers strategic high ground overlooking Cambrai, complicating German defense as Cambrai’s central area presents natural barriers to a westward advance.
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Associated Press
France
Bullecourt
Bourlon
Moeuvres
Cambrai
Bourlon Wood
No Mai
De Saulles murder trial heard her story unfold
Mrs Blanca De Saulles testified she cannot remember firing the fatal shot at her ex husband Ju in L De Saulles Aug 3 at his Westbury Long Island home. She said her goal was to regain custody of her son and denied deliberately killing him. The tale spanned Chile England Chilean life and a Paris wedding before detailing a 'horrible nightmare' of domestic unhappiness and the fatal moment.
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de Sauiles
Chile
Vina de Mar
England
DeSaulles
Yale
Paris
Gave His Life to Save His Comrades
Ingram of Plattville Alabama sacrificed his life after a German submarine attack on the destroyer Cassin on November 6. He remained at his post to throw overboard high explosives to prevent a larger blast, saving his crew at the cost of his life. The Cassin maintained order and proceeded with repairs under Admiral Sims. Also reported were presidential appointments of state and Alaska explosives law enforcers.
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Washington
Osimand Kelly Ingram
Plattville
Ala
Cassin
Admiral Sims
Ingram
Beiing
Wasthington
States
Alaska
Bureau of Mines
Wilson
John J. Hughes
Council Bluffs
Iowa
William A. Compton
Macomb, I
German Imposter Sentenced In Fraud Passport Case
NEW YORK November 27 Franz Rintelen a German agent was sentenced to one year eight months in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta after pleading guilty to conspiracy in connection with fraudulently obtaining a passport in a United States district court.
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New York
Atlanta
United States District Court
Franz Rintelen
Roosevelt urges universal war training for enduring peace
Toronto dispatch reports Theodore Roosevelt argues universal military training is the best path to permanent peace. He says nations must be prepared for general and disinterested action within limits to curb future wars and says democracy must tie universal service to suffrage. He praises Canadian and colonial acts as a parallel.
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Toronto
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
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