British Front Advances at Passchendaele and Palestine
Allied field dispatches report British troops gaining ground along the Passchendaele ridge in a 2,508 yard front with several farms cleared and early progress noted despite rain and gale. The Paris and London bureaus say German assaults near Reims were repulsed, Meuse and Verdun front artillery fights continue, and Askalon in Palestine has been occupied as pursuing forces press the defeated Ottomans.
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Associated Press
Belgium
Passchendaele
Goeberg
London
Flanders
War Office
Paris
Reims
Loivre
Five Students Injured In Auto Wreck After Football Game
Five West High students sustained injuries when their car left the road near Reinbeck and Waterloo, overturned, and was badly damaged. Palmer Osterman was injured probably internally, four others suffered severe bruises, and the incident occurred as they were returning from a football game yesterday evening. The driver failed to recover after dim lights and drifting toward the roadside.
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Palmer Osterman
West High
Reinbeck
Waterloo
Brotherhoods Deny Split Over 1913 Agreement in Tennessee
Cleveland Nov 10 There is no truth to reports that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are at loggerheads over the 1913 agreement. W S Carter president of the Firemen and Enginemen says the two bodies co operate in all matters affecting both organizations.
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Cleveland, O
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. 5 S. Carter
Thanksgiving War Fund Football Game Set at Stagsfield
Chicago November 10 The Great Lakes naval training station football team will meet the officers training camp eleven from Fort Sheridan at Stagsfield on Thanksgiving day for a war charity game. Both squads feature former college stars from western conference teams.
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Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Fort Sheridan
Stagsfield
Cheaper Food Promised for New York Officials Say
New York officials foresee lower prices in a few days for eggs flour poultry and other staples with sugar supplies improving. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company has bought 4000 bushels of potatoes to sell at cost to its employees.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Fake officer arrested after qucial oplaghh
Chicago story reports J Francis Toomey, 19, who posed as an army officer for weeks and enjoyed favors at elite Chicago clubs. He confessed to passing numerous worthless checks and unpaid hotel, taxicab bills. He attempted to pass as a lieutenant after a home newspaper error praised his training. Federal agents arrested him as he left a club.
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Chicago
J. Francis Toomey
Toomey
Elmira
Fort Niagara
Thru Error
Cleveland
Camp Grant
Rockford, Til
Foote
Bulgars Repudiate Hateful Hymn As Scribbler Declares It Idle
Washington officials and Bulgarian envoy Stephen Panaretoff condemned a Bulgarian hymn of hate attributed to Ivan Arnaudoff. The envoy called the author a mere scribbler and said the poem does not reflect Bulgaria’s national sentiments. The translation depicts threats of gruesome cruelties against enemy civilians.
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Washington, D. C
Stephen Panaretoff
Ivan Arnaudoff
Bulgaria
Amandoi
Auto bandit shot in attempted hold up in St Louis
In St Louis Missouri November 10 an automobile bandit thought to be Ernest P Sheldon of Kansas City was shot and killed here early today by Joseph Franey a real estate man who he tried to hold up in front of Franey's fashionable home.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Joseph Franey
Temperatures Since November 10 Across Years
Supplied by Buchanan Optical for temperatures showing daily lows and highs. The record lists across years 1911 to 1916 ranges from 17 to 68 degrees, with recent reading at 58 and 34 to 52 for yesterday, indicating varied seasonal patterns.
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Buchanan Optical Fo
Teutons Reach Piave River Amid Asiago Breaks
News from the Italian front reports Austro-German forces reaching the Piave river with Asiago captured after street fighting. Italians under a new commander Gen Diaz rally along the Piave, aided by British and French troops, to defend Venice and Lombardy against the invasion.
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Piave River
Italy
Piave
Teutonic Command
Trentino
Lugana
Asiago
Berlin
Diaz
Piava
Venice
Lombardy
Piedmont
Asilago
London
Susegana
Adriatic
Sugana
Corce
Lorenzo
Stelvio
Ledro
Piavre
Brocon
Tesino
Lorenzago
German Air Attack Hits French Hospital at Zuydcoote
Paris reports German aviators dropped fifty bombs near Dunkirk and attacked the hospital at Zuydecoote in Nord department. Seven hospital staff killed and nine wounded. Dunkirk bombardment caused six additional casualties.
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Paris
Zuydcoote
Department of the Nord
Dunkirk
Zuydeooten
Dense Chicago Fog Triggers Widespread Rail Accidents
In Chicago on November 10 heavy fog caused numerous injuries across rail, streetcar, and elevated lines. A rear end crash in Chicago and Alton yard, 25 injured, fireman scalded, engineer amputated leg, and the Limited collision prompt quick braking by the local engineer. Trains ran late and visibility remained extremely poor.
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Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Illinois Central
A. Melter
Charles Clinkenberg
Kansas City
Western Roads to Seek Higher Rates
Western railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for a conference on a general freight rate increase to cover wartime costs. The hearing is set for December 17, with Western carriers likely joining the broader 15 percent rise case without a fixed amount. Eastern roads have already sought increases and Southern roads are expected to follow.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
New guard company 15 formed at Des Moines
Des Moines has been awarded a company in the new Iowa national guard. Adjt. Gen. Logan said today. More than 100 have joined the company.
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Des Moins
Tes
Week's Weather Forecast for Washington DC Region
Weather bureau predicts a fair start to the week with rain or snow in northern plains by Monday and rain in southern plains and Mississippi valley by Tuesday. Fair second half. no unusual temperatures expected.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Tulsa mobs tar and feather I W W members in raid
Tulsa authorities report 17 I W W members found half naked and severely beaten, tarred and feathered by Knights of Liberty as police transported them from the state headquarters. A vigilante abetted by masked figures forced car convoys to a ravine where victims were lashed and burned. officials say no immediate action was known.
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Tulsa
Okla
Knights of Liberty
Belgium
W. W
J. Edgar Pew
Carter Gil Company
George Reves
John RB. Meserve
Ohio wets lead by 1 085 in statewide vote
Cincinnati Ohio November 16 with official totals from nine more counties added the tally shows a 1 085 majority against prohibition. The secretary of state tabulation includes 68 counties official returns 14 county seat returns and six unofficial complete returns. Against prohibition 523 539 for prohibition 522 445.
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Cincinnati
Secretary of State
Ohio
Prohibition
What War Y Does for Boys on Firing Line Budget Need
New York reports Sherwood Widdy of the Y M C A states the organization has been chosen as a national agent to aid soldiers in France and elsewhere, with a budget of 35 090 000 dollars. The Y M C A works openly for all faiths and aims to keep soldiers loyal to God and home. It calls for unity across divisions to meet the needs of fighting men and six million prisoners of war in France Italy and Russia. The effort seeks a home away from home for troops, highlighting the moral challenge and duty to serve humanity.
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New York
Young Men's Christian Association
Sherwood Widdy
Come In Thee
He Phyaten
France
Red Cross
Red
Italy
Mussina
OG. A
Craeds
New Registrants Called for Draft Examinations in Waterloo
Ten registrants were mailed notices to appear for medical examinations before the local draft board at 8 30 a m next Tuesday. New call lists 20h Nissen 111 French street 206 Beem 128 Jefferson street 207 Brown 424 Florence 208 Ellis 319 Clay Zubak 303 Cottage 721 Seventh street 211 Binder 1121 Washington street 212 Leonard 620 Elm street 213 Ewing 122 Barclay street north 214 Trainor 1237 Knoll street. Officials note only a few may be drafted next increment as more men return from Camp Dodge and appeals shift. A 10 day report to Washington is requested with detailed registrant data.
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Waterloo
Exemption Board
Camp Dodge
Harry Nissen
French Street
Ellman H. Beem
Jefferson Street
Arthur Brown
Florence Street
Horace B. Ellis
Clay Zubak
Cottage
Bassarear
Seventh Street
John Binder
Washington Street
William C. Leonard
Elm Street
Burton Ewing
Barclay Street
Henry Leo Trainor
Knoll Street
Washington
Defense
Congress
Retail Coal Prices Ordered Probed by Fuel Administration
Washington will check local coal prices to keep profits within a reasonable margin. State fuel administrators are to direct retailers to report gross margins and to obtain dealer cost statements when complaints arise.
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Washington, D. C
Lncal
Ambulance corps to be reimbursed for uniform costs
Representative Arch W. McFarlane secured a 1228.54 refund from the state auditor for ambulance corps members trained in citizens clothes last summer. After four trips to Des Moines, Gov Harding and the executive council authorized the refund to reimburse each man about ten dollars and fifty cents for uniforms.
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Ambulance Corps
Arch W. McFarlane
Waterloo
McFarlane
Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Executive Council
Adjutant General
Seek Suspect as Dr. Chapin's Slayer in Robbery
Cleveland police issued a warrant for John Doe in the murder of Dr. Henry L. Chapin. Chapin, a Cleveland physician author and traveler, was found in a downtown hotel with a fractured skull and died hours later. A diamond ring, two watches, and a diamond stud valued at 4000 dollars were stolen. Police say a decoy narcotic package lured him to the hotel. A former local associate is being sought. Chicago police Kansas City inform Cleveland that the suspect likely worked for a gang of drug thieves in Illinois.
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Cleveland
John Doe
Henry L. Chapin
Chapin
Pr. Chapin
Chicago
Minois
Haste Caused Loss of Life on Finland Says Admiral Sims
Admiral Sims cabled that deaths in the failed submarine attack on the transport Finland were partly due to unauthorized lowering of boats. Newton Headséasman drowned, his body recovered by the patrol boat Alceda after it was torpedoed and lost. James Henry and Porter Hilton were the other two sailors believed lost. Hilton had been listed as missing.
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Washington, D. C
Admiral Sims
Finland
Newton R. Headséaiman
Alceda
James W. Henry
Porter Hilton
Hilton
Armistice Plans and Bolshevik Cabinet Unfold in Russia
Reports from Moscow and Petrograd describe a three month armistice proposed by Lenin and a Bolshevik led cabinet under Lenin with Trotzky as foreign minister. The congress and peasant movements clash over authority as Russia shifts to revolutionary control amid unrest across Petrograd and Moscow.
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Petrograd
Nikolai Lenina
Maximalists
Lenina
Moscow
Russia
Garron
Revolutionary Committee
Peasants’ Congress
Avarkmen's and
Soldiers
Bolsheviks
Lenine
Francis Washington
D. G
Francis
Ke‘rensky
Red Cross
Bolshevike
Congress of Workmen’s and Soldiers
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Constituent Assembly
Trotzky
Interior
M. Rickoff
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WAR Fund
Teutons
Adiago
Plan Rally
Kall
Hart
Tulsa Mod
San Felice
Dr. Chapin
el Tovar
Hayane Ae Cigar
Stockholm
Helsingfors
Haparanda
M. Svortzroff
M.mildutin
M. Shtiapnikoff
M. Ovsianinoff
Krylenko
Bibenko
M. Nogin
M. Lunar‘charsky
M. Oppokov
M. Taeodor- Loviteh
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