British Breakthrough Near Cambrai Drives 10 000 Germans Captured
British and Allied forces push into the Hindenburg line west of Cambrai after breaking the final German defenses at Anneux and Cantaing. Tanks and cavalry spearhead an advance along a front toward Bourlon Wood, with 10 000 prisoners taken and gains extending toward Marcoing Masnieres and the Escaut crossings.
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France
Cambrai
Lne
Anneux
Cantaing
Bourlon Wood
Ngion
Bullecourt
Novelles
Rumilly
London
Arras- St. Quentin
Reuter
War Office
Fontaine Notre Dame
Bapaume
F. B. Maurice
Maurice
Ypres
Haig
Flanders
Hindenburg
Graincourt
Ribecourt
Marcoing
Masnieres
Escault
Berlin
Somme
Scheldt
Fontaine
St. Quentin
The
Scarpe
Julian Byng
Canal du Nord
Bapaume-Cambrai
Pershing
Havrincourt
Flesquieres
Italians Repel Alpine Attacks In Mountain Battle
Rome reports heavy enemy assaults between the Brenta and Piave rivers repelled by Monte Rosa Alpini and the Fifty-sixth division. Prisoners total over 200 as Italian counterattacks check the advance. Big Allied reinforcements seen marching toward the front.
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Monte Perticn
Tasson
Monte Rosa
Alpini
Monte Casonet
Col del L’orso
Monte San Lardlo
Monte Spinonia
Monte Montenera
Bomb That Killed Ten in Milwaukee Ties anarchy to Italian group
Milwaukee officials probe a explosive that killed ten and injured two at the central police station. Authorities suspect a band of Italian anarchists from the Bay View area and Chicago experts may be involved. A rewards drive and public donations fund victims’ families as investigations continue.
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Milwaukee
Central
Chicago
Guil- Nani
E. L. Philipp
William S. Greene
Louis Weiss
Frank M. Caswin
Henry Deckert
Fred W. Kaiser
David O'Brien
Stephen H. Stecker
Edward Spindler
Albert
Giuliana
Third Ward
Apostles of
Bay View
Guillana
Maude Richter
Rochester
N. Y
Guiliana
U. S. Hospital Chief Dies
Paris reports the sudden death of Dr. Ami Jacques, chief surgeon at the American hospital at Neuilly, on Sunday night.
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U. S
Paris
Ami Jacques
Cat Neuilly
Teutons halted by Latins near Monte Meletta
Rome reports a large Austro German offensive against Monte Meletta failed as Italians held all positions between the Brenta and Piave rivers. The war office says repeated assaults were beaten back with Italian counter attacks halting the Austro German advance. Berlin notes fighting favorable to Austro Germans in the Italian mountains.
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Berlin
Army Headquarters
Italy
Rome
Monte Meletta
War Office
Teutons
Brenta
Piave
Brotherhood chiefs vow to avoid rail strike after Wilson talks
The railroad union leaders, after a two hour conference with President Wilson, pledged to avoid any suspension of transportation and expressed willingness to discuss proposed solutions to the wage dispute. The talks, held at the president's request, lasted several hours.
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Washington
Railroad Brotherhood
Wilson
Brotherhood
Lloyd George opens Allies War Council in Paris
In Paris on November 24 Premier Lloyd George opened the allied war conference. He urged rapid U S troop deployment and noted the need for 6 000 000 tons of shipping in 1918. Admiral Benson praised the American mission for learning from the Allies and supporting the war effort. Col E M House did not attend. his secretary Gordon Auchincloss represented him.
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London
Lloyd George
Russia
Italy
United States
Atlantic
France
Admiral Benson
Wilson
England
Col. E. M. House
Gordon Auchincloss
Big U S Force in France
Secretary Baker said American troops have arrived in France at the pace expected, tied to training, equipment, and ship availability. He refused to give numbers or predict delays, noting that ships and men will be combined as soon as ready and that overseas strength matches initial expectations.
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Washington
France
War Department
Baker
Pershing
German-American man confesses to opera bomb plot in Chicago
Reinhold A. Faust, 52, a long time Chicago resident, planted two bombs at the Auditorium during Dinorah, aiming to terrify the audience and extort $100,000 from First National Bank executives James Forgan and Frank Wetmore. He confessed to Chief Schuettler and justice officials after his arrest.
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Chicago
Reinhold A. Faust
Schuettler
Federal Department of Justice
James B. Forgan
Frank O. Wetmore
First National Bank
Kaiser in Peace Offer 10 Russia
A Russian peace proposal via central powers is reported with Lenine sending peace agents. Lenine proclaims immediate army reduction starting with 1899 conscripts. Lord Cecil calls Lenine move a breach of treaty obligations and warns of Russia outside civilized Europe.
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Lenine
Petrograd
Haparanda
Stockholm
Russia
M. Lenine
Europe
Vatican Aids Kaiser Criticized by London Paper
The Morning Post accuses the Vatican of war propaganda influencing Italian reverses. It says Vatican political activity during the war violated neutrality and favored Austria, urging Britain to press the Vatican to declare its side.
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London
Vatican
Morning Post
The
Post
Austria
Gompers Re-elected AFL Leader in War Era Pact
Samuel Gompers was re elected president of the American Federation of Labor by unanimous vote. The AFL adopted a wartime statement of conditions and principles guiding industrial issues for union labor, clarifying but not prohibiting strikes, aligning with Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Gompers
U-boat Captured by U S Forces in WWII Action
Forty German crew members were taken prisoner when American destroyers forced a crippled U-boat to surface and directed a towline. One German drowned and another died of wounds during the capture while the surrendering crew opened ballast valves, sinking the submarine.
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Washington
Teutons
Iowan pastor acquitted in Villisca ax murders trial
Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly of Red Oak Iowa was acquitted on a jury’s first ballot after four hours and twenty five minutes of deliberation in the district court here. The 1912 Villisca ax murders case ended in Kelly’s acquittal in a second trial.
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Red Oak
Lyn G. J. Kelly
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Fred W. Fleming
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Greece
Allies’ War Council
Col. RE. M. House
Sweden
Tidningen
London Morning Post
Papal Court
A. F. of
Iowa
Villisca
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