Italian Troops Rally On Asiago Plateau Under Heavy Assault
Italian forces endure a fierce Austro German bombardment on the Asiago plateau as twelve divisions mass for an infantry push from the north. Reports say heavy artillery and shelling target Italian batteries while Romanians reportedly join Russian efforts. British and German fronts show ongoing clashes with Cambrai in focus and a sinking of the British steamer Apapa by a U boat.
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Rome
Asiage
War Office
Italy
Associated Press
Asiago
Conrad von Hoetzendorf
Astico
Viceinza
Corman
Cambrai
Merth
Gaina
Byng
Gouzencourt
Moeuvres
Sa~ient
Germany
la Vacquerie
Somme
Adaga
Regulations restrict mail to regular routes under wartime order
Washington Des Moines authorities report that 19 customs collectors were warned last night to hold letters and communications to the regular mails. Communic- tions in luggage or commercial shipments will be inspected by customs agents under Wilson's trade with the enemy proclamation. Blanket licenses for commercial purposes will be sought from interests showing no intent to transmit information to enemy allies.
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Washington
Des
United States
Fredaury
Wilson
Russia Not a Lost Country
Morning Post correspondent in Petrograd argues Russia is not doomed and will field new Slav armies next spring to push back the invader. He notes strange interference among factions and cites a Kremlin order to intern supporters of the provisional government, amid ongoing political turmoil.
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London
Russia
Petrograd
Kus‘pia
N Okes
Women killed by U boat shelling in open sea
London reports the British steamer Apupa torpedoed by a submarine. Eighty passengers and crew died, about 120 saved. The ship of 7832 tons gross was built at Glasgow in 1914 for the Africana Steamship Co. The attack reportedly targeted women and children aboard.
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Gadlacarla
London
Ganors
Apapa
Glesgow
The
Africana Steamship Company
France Granted Use Of Thirty Steamer Ships
Rio de Janeiro November 5 decrees authorize the signing of an agreement with the French government for the use of thirty former German ships. The statement says the ships total 249,500 tons and France will place at Brazil’s disposal 110,065,000 francs and purchase 2,000,000 bags of coffee and Brazilian agricultural produce valued at 100,000,000 francs.
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Rio Janeiro
Nance Taintaeter
France
Brazil
British Ship Sent to Bottom in Unwarned Torpedoing
The British steamer Apapa, nearing home after two months at sea, was torpedoed without warning. The Marebonte crew tried to rescue passengers as lifeboats were lowered, but a second torpedo caused immediate sinking with eighty aboard. Reports vary on casualties, and survivors were landed on the west coast. The Daily Mail names several prominent victims including W. H. Townsend and Floig Longhurst.
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London
Daily Mail
Coant
Daily
Small
W. H. Townsend
Golf Coast
Floig Longhurst
Ina Gold Joan
Vatican Denies Neutrality Amid War Pressure
The Vatican and Cardinal Gasparri defend the Holy See’s neutrality amid accusations of pro-Austrian bias. Cardlmal Gasparri says clergy aided Italy openly and generously, while Pope Benedict XV faces calls to break with opposing powers, with the Vatican defending a balanced stance. In Buenos Aires, strikers attacked workers at a plant, causing deaths and injuries.
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London
Barwrio
Westminster
Cardin Guayarel
Alate
Thalyanid
Gasyarel
Maly
Vatican
Gasparr
Europe
Vatican 8
France
North America
Germany
Benedict Bealeged
Bourne
Pope Denadict
Whus
Paw
Gasparri
War Resolution Introduced by Chairman Flood
The House of Representatives considers a war declaration against Austria Hungary introduced by Chairman Flood of the Foreign Relations Committee. The measure invokes the 1917 declaration and commits U S forces and resources to defeat Austro-Hungarian aggression allied to Germany, with debates on broader allies and timing.
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Flood
Wastington
Howac of Representatives
Io Hpuse
Wilson
Detauna Ds Amting-Hungary
Warilko Acta
United States
Germany
Thana
Hag Winwa
Jana Ha Poopie
Senate
Amerles
Congress
United States of America
Congress of the Uniten States
Washington
Awatrias
Hungary
Priday
Cesaton
Forsion Rélationa
House
Wilcons
Auntria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Italy
Turkey
State Department
Lita
Thame
America
Rneeu
Department of ‘Justice
Aviators Arrive in Italy With British and French Squadrons
British and French aviators arrive in Italy, with Canadian and American volunteers among them. The young pilots, eager for front action, attract Italian crowds as they practice over towns. Brits show greater youth, while French flyers display long combat experience. Canadians and Americans host nightly song festivals for comrades, while exchange rates shift as Franco-Italian dealings near parity.
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Italy
Fiendera
France
Aviators Bank
Elide
Britiab
Miers
Austro-Germany
Hse
England
America
Leipzig
Ita
American Aviator Killed in France
TARIS Dec 41 Charles Trincard of Brooklyn a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps was killed in a nec tal accident Sunday He was the first American member of the Foreign Legion to join the Lafayette Flying Corps.
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Taris
Charles Trincard
Brooklyn
LaFayetta
Foreign Legion
LaFayette Flying Corps
First Carload Of Dinosaur Remains Arrives At Carnegie
In Pittsburg a 73 ton carload of dinosaur remains arrived today at the Carnegie Museum. The specimen, from the Green Thyer region, will be mounted to form one of the United States’ finest Jurassic age collections, per Dr. J. Stolland, museum director. General Korniloff, former commander, said to have escaped Bolsheviks, was reported with 400 Caucasian troops near Oraha north of Stobiley.
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Vittsburg
Dec
Carnegie Inusewin
Green Thyer
Litah
United States
J. Stolland
Korniloff
London
Mohilev
Petrograd
Atal
Oraha
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the Countess of
Clonmel
Kain
Huang
London Post
Buenos Aires
Aepld Piorges
la Newra
Perovince
Severn
Department of
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Alto
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Geran
Department of Commerce
Austria
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Bulleves
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