Americans Battle Germans In Trench Raid Fatal, Prisoner Count 12
American troops faced their first major clash as a German raiding party overran a trench held by an American company. Three Americans were killed five wounded and 12 captured before the Germans withdrew under heavy shellfire. One wounded German was taken prisoner. Details remain sparse with claims of trapped defenders and uncertain enemy losses. The action occurred in the Rhine Marie canal region.
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Washington, D. C
Overseas Expeditionary Forces
Pershing
No Man’s Land
Berlin
Rhine-Marie Canal
Baker
Junker
War Department
Freedom's Dead Killed Wounded and Missing on Western Front
Washington official casualty list reports American losses in France from the first clash with German forces. Names include Killed private Thomas F Ed righ t of Pittsburgh and private James B Gresham of Evansville, with many wounded or missing. Captured or missing rank entries list Sergeants and Corporals such as Edgar M Halyburton of Stony Point and Nicholas L Mulhall of Jersey City, among others.
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Washington, D. C
France
THOMAS 'F_ EDRIGHT
Mary Irwin
Pittsburgh
James B. Gresham
Alice Dodd
Evansville
Ind
Merle D. Hay
Harry D. Hay
Glidden
John J. Smith
F. D. Smith
Ludington
Mich
Charles J. Hopkins
James W. Hopkins
Stanton
Tex
George L. Box
James L. Box
Albs
Okla
Homer Givens
William F. Givens
Cloverdale
Ala
Charles L. Orr
Sarah Regnell
Lyons
Kan
Edgar M. Halyburton
George B. Halyburton
Stony Point
N.C
Nicholas L. Mulhall
Bridget - Mulhall
Jersey City
N. J
Edwin H. Haines
Elizabeth Haines
Woodward
Herschel Godfrey
William C. Oberst
Chicago
Vernon M. Kendall
Sam Kendall
Roll
William P. Grigsby
Jmother
Lizzie Grigsby
Louisville
Frank E. McDougal
R. O. McDougal
Maryville
Daniel 3B
Ten Iowa Girls Going to France as Red Cross Nurses
Ten Iowa district nurses are summoned for European service. They will depart from Chicago Saturday, pass Ellis Island, and proceed to France. Named: Anna Anderson, Mas Baxter, Carrie Catlin, Della Smoley, Isabel Stark, Mildred Williamson, Maud Wilkins, Lou Hanchett, Olivia Peterson, Blanche Kacena.
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Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Tawa
Chicago
Ellis Island
France
Anna Anderson
Mas Baxter
Carrie Catlin
Della Smoley
Isabel Stark
Mildred Williamson
Waterloo
Maud Wilkins
Victor
Lou Hanchett
Olivia Peterson
Decorah
Blanche Kacena
Walker
British Repulse on Vardar Front Reported
Nov 5 report from army headquarters states a British attack on the Vardar front near the river was repulsed with heavy losses. The attack collapsed before Bulgarian positions south of Stoyakovo, according to the dispatch from Petrograd.
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Berlin
London
Vardar
Army
Stoyakovo
Bremer County Exemption Board Reverses 61 Registrants
Des Moines, Nov 5. Sixty-one men from Bremer county previously exempted from military service were certified for service after a county re examination. The Bremer county board had granted many exemptions, prompting the re check by two Camp Dodge army surgeons. The county quota remains 148, with a surge of local examinations to meet it.
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Des Moines
Bremer County
National Army
County Exemption Board
Bremer
Camp Dodge
Belgian Women Forced to Work on Battlefront
British front in Belgium reports Belgian women and girls are compelled to dig concrete dugouts under artillery fire. A captured German soldier diary cites 50 women at Leke since the 18th, with shelling nearby, and recalls evacuations of civilians. Red Cross workers are shot by German snipers when aiding wounded.
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Belgium
Landwehr
Leke
Germany
RED Cross
Houtholst Forest
No Man’s Land
Shipyard wage scale faces new strike threat in West Coast
In San Francisco and Pacific Northwest districts the shipbuilding labor adjustment board set a wage scale showing 16 to 31 percent increases, but union leaders say the rise lags behind living costs. Previous coast yard strikes ended with temporary agreements pending board adjustment during wartime.
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San Francisco
Cal
Columbia River
Puget Sound
United States Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board
Altho
Coast Yard
Powder Mill Disaster Kills Two. Fifty Hurt
Pittsburgh officials report two workers died and about 50 injured when aluminum powder exploded at the United States Aluminum plant in New Kensington near Pittsburgh. Company official says accident caused the blast.
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Pittsburgh
United States Aluminum Company
New Kensington
Here
Segregation Rulings Hit Louisville and Cities Alike
Washington reports the U S supreme court struck down Louisville’s race segregation ordinance aimed at housing blocks for whites and colored residents in Louisville Kentucky The ruling extends to similar measures in Baltimore Richmond St Louis and others The ordinance had taken effect May 11 1914 to ease white colored tensions and public welfare concerns.
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Washington, D. C
Louisville
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Richmond
St. Louis
Court of Appeals At
Kentucky
Milton H. Smith
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
I. C
Smith
Addison R. Smith
George W. Jones
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Louisville & Nashville
Washington
Federal District Court
Quiet Reigns on Oil Strike Scene
Houston Texas November 5 no disorders reported after three days since the walkout of about 10,000 field workers in Texas and Louisiana. Government troops guard storage tanks and wells as no progress toward settlement, with union recognition by producers as the central issue.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Business Good Everywhere Says Federal Reserve Bulletin
Washington reports generally strong business and active industries across districts despite a labor shortage. Chicago and St Louis note active industries with short or unsettled labor, while Minneapolis and Kansas City show gains in output and bank clearings, with improving yet tight labor conditions and a good outlook.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapoliis
Kansas City
Cedar Falls Store Robbed of Silk Goods Overnight
Burglars forced entry to the Hughes Dry Goods store in Cedar Falls last night, loading about 1500 dollars in silk and wool dresses silks and related items into an automobile. The break occurred through a balcony window on the second floor. displays were emptied and the theft discovered by morning staff. Leo Hughes, manager, listed stolen items including 100 silk waists 30 silk dresses and 50 silk shirts.
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Cedar Falls
Hughes” Dry Goods Company
Atole
D. B. Henderson
Waterloo
Leo Hughes
Proposed Street Car Franchise Is Published Today
City mayor unveils a proclamation and copy of the proposed street car franchise on page 9 urging a special election on Wednesday, Dec. 5. The Courier and Reporter invites public letters signed with full address, up to 300 words, to discuss the franchise impact for Waterloo and its future patrons.
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Waterloo
Courier and Reporter
200000 Railmen to Demand More Pay
Chicago officials from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors depart after four days of talks and plan to present a wage increase demand within three weeks. The request aims for about a 16 percent rise to offset the high cost of living, affecting over 200000 railroad workers.
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Chicago
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of
Germans Cross Tagliamento As Italy Fights For Venice
Austro-German forces cross the Tagliamento river north of Pinzano and seize about 6,000 prisoners as pressure on the Italian front intensifies. Rome reports the crossing while Gen. Cadorna contemplates abandoning the line, with potential defense shifts toward Levinza or the Piave. Britain and France rush leaders to aid Italy amid the crisis.
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Rome
Haly
Tagliamento
Cadorna
Isonzo
Pinzano
Udine
Venice
Levinza
Piave
Italy
Alps
Gulf of
Triestin
France
Great Britain
Lloyd George
William Robertson
Imperial Staff
J. C. Smuts
Avith
Peace Move by Central Powers Anticipated
Copenhagen reports high expectation that Austro Hungarian foreign minister may advance a preliminary effort toward a peace proposal. Diplomats here view Otto Maria Cuernia’s visit as a potential signal of new move by the central powers.
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Copenhagen
Vireles
Bor
Otto Maria Cuernia
Eastern Roads Present Appeal or Rate Rise Pressures
Washington, Nov. 6. The interstate commerce commission heard eastern railroads claim current rates fail to sustain credit and warn wartime costs require a rate rise. Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania railroad led officials urging no panic but noting rising expenses and deferred maintenance. The 38 systems east of the Mississippi seek a 15 percent increase to handle wartime traffic without financial reverses. Hearings may affect nationwide rates. results expected by year end.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mississippi
Ohio Rivers
Alfred H. Smith
New York Central
James H. Hustis
Boston & Maine
Frederick D. Underwood
Erie
Interstate Commerce Comission
Boston
New England
Foodstuffs Allowed to Freeze in Cars in Illinois
Federal investigators begin probe into hundreds of carloads of vegetables left to freeze and rot in railroad yards. Illinois Food Administrator Harry A. Wheeler says a real case appears likely and plans to trace every spoiled carload back to its source. Decomposed potatoes cabbage onions and sugar beets were found.
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Chicara
Food Administration
Harry A. Wheeler
Ilinois
Hunter Finds Man's Body At 010 Paper Mill
Otto Stegman found the body of Jesse Beckerdite near the old paper mill on a Sunday. Beckerdite, a Missouri farmhand with a recent jail sentence for drunkenness, showed facial injuries and no clear sign of struggle. Authorities seek information about a young man involved in a prior fight. The coroner and morgue handle disposition as investigations continue.
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Otto Stegman
Jesse Beckerdite
Onus
Beckerdite
Batttle
Waterloo
Great Western Bridge
Hoe
Minnesota
Palo Beckardite
Elkland
Hileman & Gindt
Mrs Belmont Visits American Troops in France Camp
Mrs August Belmont tours eastern France with Red Cross workers gathering spring campaign material. She travels from Paris to base hospitals, stops along roadsides to greet soldiers, and visits damaged areas where families are supported by Red Cross. She plans to reach Reims if bombardment allows.
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Associated Press
France
August Belmont
Red Cross
United States
Paris
Belmont
Reims
American Ambulance Corps Reaches Italy 50 ambulances arrive in Rome
The first installment of hospital equipment provided by the American Ambulance organized by H. Nelson Gay has arrived in Italy. It includes 50 ambulances seven base hospitals and 30 tent hospitals with capacity for over 600 beds.
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Nor. B
Poe
H. Nelson Gay
Rome
Smoke Diamond Joe Paper Delivery Notice
Fragmentary notice references a paper delivery issue for Smoke Diamond Joe. It mentions a delivery error by the carrier or others, requests a phone call to arrange a copy, and notes a clock time and a phone number for contact. The fragment hints at a specific address or household delivery problem and a compensation figure.
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U.S
Teuton
Freedom’s
Iowa
Petrograd
WNO
Novoe Vremya
San Felice
Bremer Board
High Court
L. & N. Railroad
Congress
Navy
Cedar Falla
Hughes Establishment
Tovar
Havana Se Cigar
Gao Tagliamento
Pavilege
Trentino Front
War Office
Washington, D- C
John Skelton Williams
Hunter
Man
Missouri
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