Allied Reinforcements Hold Line as Italians Rally
Troops from Britain and France arrive for eight days of heavy fighting to defend Italy’s Piave front. Italian forces press the invaders in the hills and plains, while British and French units are poised to reinforce from Lake Garda east to the Piave. Byng’s troops hold Bourlon and German assaults near Cambrai are repelled as French and Italian positions tighten.
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Merthern
Piave
Lake Garda
Byng
Cambrai
Bourlon
Hindenburg
Chemin-des-Dames
Verdun
Petain
Jerusalem
Rintelen Sentenced in Passport Fraud Case
Franz Rintelen, a German agent, is sentenced to one year and eight months in the Atlanta federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to conspiracy in passport fraud. He starts serving after completing a prior year term in a prison tied to his May conviction alongside David Lamar for conspiracies affecting munitions plants and steamship piers.
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Rintelen
New York
Federal
Atlanta
United States District Court
Franz Rintelen
David Lamar
Felton Appointed Federal Director of Employment
Edgar C. Felton of Haverford, former president of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, is named federal director of employment from Pennsylvania. The appointment, announced last night, was made by Secretary Wilson of the U S Department of Labor in Washington.
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Felton
Philadelphia
Edgar C. Felton
Haverford
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Department of Labor
Washington
Five Famous Horses Die In Fire At Clothier Stable
Five noted horses Miss Canedia Ichabod Ingomar Colonel Livington Virginia Boy and Patsy a pony burned to death in a fire that destroyed a remodeled Radnor estate stable owned by Isaac H Clothier Jr The blaze likely started from a defective heating plant and prevented timely evacuation Judge and White Fox escaped while Broad Run and Jolly Boy were moved to another stable.
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H. Clothier, Jr
Philadelphia
Miss Canedia
Ichabod
Ingomar
Coonel Livington
Virginia Boy
Patsy
Isaac H. Clothier, Jr
Radnor
Judge
White Fox
Broad Run
Jolly Boy
Whitman to appoint Kellogg to Third Department Appellate Court
Albany November news reports Governor Whitman intends to appoint Supreme Court Justice Henry T. Kellogg of Plattsburg as associate justice of the appellate division Third department. He will succeed Justice Albert H. Sewell of Walton who will retire after reaching the age limit.
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Albany
Whitman
Supreme Court
Henry T. Kellogg
Plattsburg
Albert H. Sewell
Walton
Confession May Reveal Plot Behind Milwaukee Bomb
Six suspects detained after blast killed 16 in the Milwaukee church explosion. Police report a potentially significant confession that could identify others instrumental in the plot. Reverend Giuliana, arriving from Milwaukee, met with officers and federal authorities. Mayor Hoan urged justice and flag half mast for victims.
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Milwaukee
Itlan Evangelical Church
Jit
Sullivan Hare
Anatis Guiliana
Maorkegan
Janssen
Guiliana
Hoan
Beekeepers Elect Officers at Ohio Convention
The Ohio State Beekeepers association closed its convention in Lima with President Dr B K Bernard of Wilmington. C E B Caldwell was elected secretary treasurer and Prof James S Hines of Ohio State University became vice president. The group urged promoting honey as a food to replace sugar amid shortages. Apiarist E R Foot of Medina spoke on presenting the idea to government food officials.
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Lima
Ohio State Beekeepers’ Association
B. K. Bernard
Wilmington
C. E B. Caldwell
James S. Hines
Ohio State University
Columbus
E. R. Foot
Medina
War Ananias Club the Latest
Washington November 27 formation of war Ananias clubs of men and women who spread false rumors to hinder war prosecution is urged by a national committee of patriotic societies. The plan calls for public posting of the names of those responsible for such stories.
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Washington
Ananias Clubs
National Committee of Patriotic Societies
Thanksgiving poultry shipped from Gallipolis area
Gallipolis and Pomeroy dealers shipped about 16 000 turkeys and 22 900 chicks for the Thanksgiving market as naval poultry supply records show.
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Gallipolis
Navy
Pomeroy
Baker Appeals 10 Women of Country
Wackington November 27. A message from Secretaries Daniels and Baker asks the women of the country to support soldiers and sailors through Red Cross efforts. They commend voluntary work and request newspapers to publicize the appreciation and continued aid.
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Baker
Wackington
Daniels
Coun
Beeshoeth
Beker Ant Bisetary Daniels
Red Cross
Exemption Boards Urged to Aid Draft Classifications
Provost General Crowder calls county and city defense officials to assist local exemption boards in classifying nearly 10,099,000 men in the selective draft. He says councils of defence must mobilize, organize meetings, display posters, and prepare materials to speed up man power for the nation.
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Hiness
Defense
Blarshal
General Crowder
Council of Defence
U S Prisoner Praises Red Cross From German Camp
James B. Delaney a former chief gunner on the Cam panini writes from a German detention camp praising humane treatment and ample winter clothing. He credits the Red Cross with weekly boxes of dainties sent to inmates and thanks his foster mother Mrs James McVey of Malden Mass.
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U. S
Red Cross
Malden
Mass
James B. Delaney
Germany
Delaney
James McVey
The
General Maude Dies of Cholera in London
General Frederick Stanley Maude, commander of British forces in Mesopotamia, died November 1 after a brief illness, with cholera given as the cause per the Saturday Review. His death marks a significant loss to wartime leadership and the Allied campaign in the region.
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London
Frederick Stanley Maude
Mesopotamia
Saturday Review
Bolshevik Armistice Note Acknowledged in Petrograd
U S officials say the note from the Bolsheviks delivered to ambassadors in Petrograd will likely receive only an acknowledgment. Reports from London say Moscow now controls the Bolshevik military committee with M Moralofu named commander in chief of the Moscow district.
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U. S
Petrograd
United States
London
Moscow
Bolsheviki
Daily Mail
M. Moralofu
ASK INDEMNITY OF SLAVS
Amsterdam reports a summary of perceived German peace terms to Russia. Indemnity from Russia to Austria and restoration of Caucasian territory to Turkey are proposed, with Poland as an independent kingdom under German oversight, and some Baltic coast areas retained by Germany. The Dobrudja would go to Bulgaria, which would supervise the Danube mouth for German Austrian trade aims.
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Amsterdam
Bolshevik Proclamations Seize Property As Russia Faces Ruin
Maximalist commissioners declare abolition of class titles and private property, ordering nobles merchants and burgesses to surrender assets to the state. Proclamations accuse the bourgeoisie of impeding army provisioning and funding the government. Lenin and Trotzky urged army to resist orders and seek peace talks. Bolsheviks reportedly seized Mostow state bank vaults estimated at large ruble sums.
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Petrograd
Lenine
Trotzky
Committee On the Salvation
Russa
Russia
Lenin
Artiuie
Mostow
German Liberal Flops on Peace in Reichstag
The German National Liberals in the Reichstag split by allying with annexation advocates and opposing peace. Vorwaerts quotes Dr Stressmann in Württemberg denouncing the majority peace resolution as tactical error and declaring peace resolutions unjustifiable given the war situation.
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Tie Setaty i Adv
Wf Ri
Viista Cadel Ot Therma
The
Vorwaerts
Stressmann
Wurttemburg
California Woman May Wed General Pershing Rumor
A California woman Miss Anita W Patton of Los Angeles and San Gabriel rumored to be engaged to General John J Pershing commander in Europe and to wed after the war. Her father George S Patton prominent California lawyer and friend of the Pershings with Lt Patton, her brother, on Pershing's staff.
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John J. Pershing
Europe
Anita W. Patton
Los Angeles
San Gabriel
Cal
Patton
George S. Patton
California
Pershings
United States to Submit Reciprocal Drafting Treaties
Secretary Lansing will submit several treaties when Congress reconvenes to authorize reciprocal drafting for citizens or subjects resident in the other country. The plan, modeled on a British-American framework, aims to include aliens in both nations under mutual military service rules.
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United States
Congress
Lansing
Senate
Congr
United State Armia
America
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Admiralty
A. C. Geddes
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