Italian Front News Two Generals Killed In Great Battle
Reports from Washington and Berlin recount the Isonzo clash on the Bainsizza plateau. German and Austro German forces claim 180000 prisoners and 1500 guns. Italy rallies, reserves rush forward, and British gunners are saved from loss as the Third Army withdraws in orderly fashion.
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Washington, D. C
Dsr
Bainsizza
Cadorna
Paris
Associated Press
Gadorion
Udine
MALN
Isonzo
Friuli
Gorizia
Corso
Althe
Viezzo
Tolmino
Tsenzo
Berlin
London
Italy
War Office
Sars
Teuton Fourteenth Army
Tagliamento
Dignano
Codrospo
Lower
Milan
Daily Telegraph
Venetian
Carso
Duke
Milk price war roils Chicago dairy district
In Chicago and surrounding districts farmers clash with distributors over milk pricing. Despite a November plan to sell at 12 cents per quart, many producers demand higher rates up to 3.71 per hundredweight, prompting strikes, reduced deliveries, and shifts in regional sales as consumer boycott and feed shortages bite.
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Chicago
Hoover
Janesville
Wis
Elgin
Ill
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Borden
Big
Borden Company
250000 Rail Men to Seek Higher Wages
Chicago November 1 officials of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors opened a joint conference to demand a general wage increase to 260000 for all railroad workers including conductors brakemen lagmen baggage men switchmen and yardmen to meet higher living costs. Labor officials deny any strike plans.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of
Four Negroes On Trial For The Houston Riots
The court martial at Fort Sam Houston began for 64 enlisted men of the Twenty-fourth infantry charged with mutiny and murder linked to the August riot in Houston. The men, from Companies I M K and L, were confined since August. 22 died in the Houston disturbance.
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San Antonio
Tex
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Necro
Houston
Gift Chapel
Fort Sam Houston
George K. Hunter
Joseph Gaston
R. A. Richards
A. BE. Malcolm
de R. C. Cabell
Harry S. Grier
Ciyarge
War
Maj. K
Snow
Pace
Camp Logan
Coal Purchases in Chicago Limited to a Wagonload
Coal dealers in Chicago under the fuel administration's guidance agreed to restrict shipments to a wagonload per customer or at most a week's supply. The limit, announced Nov 1, remains in effect until shortages ease, with assurances the current stock is adequate if properly distributed.
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Chicago
The
Fuel Administration
Means Indicted for Murder of Chicago Widow in Concord
Gaston B. Means was indicted by the grand jury for the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, a wealthy Chicago widow, in Concord North Carolina last August. He was arraigned and a special venire summoned to pick a jury, but the state requested a change of venue and the court adjourned until 2 30.
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Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
Means
Sinn Fein Bars U S Bluejackets From Cork Port
Sinn Fein restricts American naval personnel from Cork, with merchants losing 2500 dollars weekly for four months. Naval and British officers face tighter access as Cork streets remain unsafe for visiting sailors. Mayor Butterfield urged action, but authorities refuse visits until order returns.
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Cork
Sinn Fein
Sinn
Butterfield
Nationwide licensing tightens grip on food dealers
Washington November 1 The food administration imposes licenses on more than 100000 dealers across producers importers middlemen and large retailers to curb profiteering hoarding and excessive profits. The scheme targets beef pork mutton fish poultry eggs milk butter cheese flour sugar cereals lard beans peas fruits vegetables and canned goods with penalties up to 5000 dollars fine or two years in prison for operating without a license. Retailers not licensed face food law provisions and wholesalers must cut off supplies to those charging exorbitant prices.
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Washington, D. C
The
Food Administration
Finland Transport Torpedoed on Return to Foreign Port
The transport Finland was torpedoed while returning to the United States but managed to reach a foreign port under her own steam. Navy officials said there was no reported loss of life or injury and that no sign of submarine or torpedo was observed by the escort. Built in Philadelphia in 1902, the giant liner has a 12,806 gross tonnage and 7,771 net tonnage, with a crew of about 257. home port New York.
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Washington, D. C
Finland
United States
Navy Department
Daniels
Navy
Army Transport Service
New York
European
International Mercantile Marine Company
Red Star
Philadelphia
Labor Man Named for Prussian Diet
Amsterdam November 1 Adam Stegerwald general secretary of the Christian trades union has been appointed a life member of the first chamber of the Prussian diet. This marks the first time a labor representative enters the upper house and is noted as a reform step in the emperor's Easter message. Stegerwald is believed to have earned the honor for his speech at the Christian trades unions congress denouncing American efforts to sow discord between emperor and people.
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Amsterdam
Adam Steperwald
Christian Trades Union
Ger Tian
Stegerwald
Congress of Christian Trades Unions
Seek Settlement of Shipping Strike in Quincy Mass
Officials of the Fore River plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding company prepared to confer with committees representing striking machinists and other employees to adjust wage differences without delaying government shipbuilding. About 3,500 men did not report. The union demands the company write and live up to an earlier wage agreement to reach the navy scale.
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Quincy
Mass
Fore River
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Merchant Hears Parents Starve in War Tactics Exhibit
Gust Amers wonders if his Greece-based parents survive famine as a letter dated June 1, 1917 from Sa mos Athens arrived belatedly September 6. The note describes starvation and wartime prices, while Washington hosts a camouflage exhibition led by President Wilson and Secretary Baker demonstrating artful concealment of artillery and troop movements.
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Merchant
Greece
Gust. Amers
Mr. Amers
Samos
Athens
Black Hawk
Soloniki
Washington
D. C
Engineer Corps
Wilson
Baker
American Aviator Killed Making Flight in Japan
Tokio reports Frank Champion, an American aviator, fell and was killed during a flight over Kochio yesterday. The account notes the fatal incident and mentions a San Felice advertisement as part of the clipping.
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Japan
Tokio
Frank Champion
Kochio
Judge Crowe bars I W W naturalization pleas
Chicago November 1 Judge Robert B Crowe chief justice of the circuit court announced he will refuse to naturalize any man who states he belongs to the I W W He added when men do not believe in the law they have no standing in the eyes of the law The ruling targets I W W members seeking citizenship.
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Chicago
Robert B. Crowe
Circuit Court
Tax tips on income and stamp taxes under war bill
Dubuque internal revenue collector Louis Murphy issues guidance on the new income tax under the war revenue bill. Unmarried earners of 1000 dollars or more and married earners of 2000 dollars or more must file a return for 1917 by March 1, 1918, with forms available after January 1. Documentary stamp taxes take effect December 1 and apply to certain goods, with no discounts for bulk purchases. Corporations file between January 1 and March 1, unless on a fiscal-year basis.
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Louis Murphy
Internal Revenue
Dubuque
Sayet
Avery
Ratullerys
Oricense
Notaries Public
Notary
Ten Thousand Oil Field Workers Walk Out Nationwide
Houston strike leaders report about 10 000 workmen in 16 oil producing fields in Texas and Louisiana went out at midnight and 7 am as every union declared a 100 percent strong walkout. In Pittsburgh Kansas 21 mines idle as miners strike over fuel administration dispute with operators and miners.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Kansas
Pittsburgh
Kan
Fuel Administration
Kansas City
On to Italy Slogan of Times
The Times military correspondent notes German forces under von Bulow breaking the Julian front and Austrian columns attacking weak points in the Carnic Alps. Italy’s eastern frontier is temporarily fragile, yet winter fighting in the Italian plains may continue, benefiting the side with greater resources.
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London
The
Times
von Bulow
Julian
Carnie Alps
Italy
France
Flanders
Italan
Jap Army in France Impossible, He Says
Baron Tanetaro Megata, head of the Japanese financial commission, said it is impossible for Japan to send an army to aid the Allied effort in Europe. He warned that a foolhardy rush would exhaust Japan and jeopardize the Orient if Germany remained undefeated, citing lack of tonnage as another obstacle.
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Pacife
Tanetaro Megata
Japanese Financial Commission
Japan
Orient
Germany
Waterloo City Finalizes Liberty Loan Oversubscription
Waterloo oversubscribed its second Liberty Loan campaign with 1 763 350 dollars in purchases, beating the 1 750 000 dollar allotment by 13 350. Nearly 7 000 residents bought bonds, and a Waterloo Liberty Loan committee will be formed to manage future campaigns locally. Washington hints at February activity, but no date is set.
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Waterloo
Clearing House Association
J. O. Trumbauer
Stens
Liberty Loan Committee
Washington
Deep Interest in Navy Affairs
London reports unusual attention in parliament and among the public as Sir Eric Geddes prepares to address the house of commons on naval matters. Debate follows criticism of admiralty after the North Sea convoy attack and questions about ship construction progress and new tonnage feasibility amid labor shortages.
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London
House of Commons
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
North Sea
Eric
Three Million Pledges Pass In Food Drive Week
Washington reports the food administration says at the start of day four the pledge cards signed exceed three million. Indiana leads states with 110,282 pledges, Virginia 110,071, Ohio 105,000, Maine 7,000. New York city tops with 104,000 pledges.
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Washington, D. C
The
Food Administration
Indiana
Virginia
Ohio
Maine
New York
Beersheba Captured by British in Palestine Victory
London reports Beersheba in Palestine has fallen to British forces. An official dispatch notes about 30 aircraft in seven groups attacked London last night, with eight killed and 21 injured in a German raid. Canadians also report advancement and hard fighting in France, including crossings of a morass and capture of fortified farms.
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British War Office
French
Lord French
Kentish
Kent
Thames
Thames Estuary
Essex
Metropolis
France
Meetcheele
Great Farm
Pri
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Havana
Heart of
Beersheba
Palestine
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