Italians Retire Near Asiago as Piave Crossings Persist
Italian forces in the north withdraw east of Asiago while Austro German units press the Piave below Zenson. Italian counterattacks and artillery slow the invaders and guard the Asiago plateau as four Austro German fronts threaten. Berlin reports Primolano and Feltre captured. Udine sustains damage as Venice defense planning proceeds. A mother’s wartime letter honors her son Merle Hay, fallen in France.
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Asiago
Piave
Zenson
Venice
Mont Cimone
Berlin
Fonzese
Italy
Fpiave
Ine
Zeugen
Piave Epy
Trentino
Piave River
Bassano
Boroevio
von Buelow
Krobatins
Conrad
Boraevio
Krobatin
Udine
Inter-Allied Council
London
Primolano
Lugana
Feltre
Setti Communi
Monte Lisser
Brimolano
France
Merle D. Hay
Glidden
Des Moines
Villa opens attack upon border town Ojinaga clash report
In early dawn fighting at Ojinaga Mexico between Francisco Villa troops and government forces near 5:20 a m escalated to a daytime exchange. American patrols guard the Rio Grande ford as refugees say gunfire continues from the garrison and bullets land on the U S side during the assault on Espinosa y Cordova’s main camp southwest of Ojinaga.
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Ojinaga
Mex
Francisco Villa
Ths
Juan Espimosa Cordova
Presidio
Tex
Villa
Central Tima
Ford
Rio Grande
Four Workmen Hurt As Scaffold Breaks at Roundhouse
Four brick masons and a lath worker fell twenty feet when a scaffold collapsed at Illinois Central roundhouse at 1 10 p m today. Injured are Tom O'Brien Frank Hitman Paul DeLong and Baldwin. They were taken to St Francis hospital by two ambulances. The men were employed by James Register, contractor, repairing the roundhouse.
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Ilinois Central Roundhouse
Tom O’brien
Franklin Street
Frank Hitman
Paul DeLong
St. Francis Hospital
James Register
Roundhouse
Objections to Allied War Council Questioned by Times
London Nov 14 The Times military correspondent questions the proposed allied war council. He argues for broader front coverage beyond the western front and inclusion of naval as well as military representatives. He warns field commanders may resist committee interference with operations.
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London
Allied War Council
the Times
Wilson 10 Order Registration Of Alien Enemies
Washington D C Nov 14 President Wilson is expected to issue a proclamation soon requiring every alien enemy in the United States to register. The move aims to weed out spies and saboteurs among some million Germans. Attorney General Gregory prepared regulations for registration after England and France. Germans would have weeks to report occupations and family ties to postmasters. unregistered individuals would be rounded up and prosecuted.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States
America
Gregory
England
France
Push Efforts to Raise Million for War Y in Iowa
Des Moines nov 14 county chairmen of the M A war fund campaign in Iowa received telegrams from state headquarters urging redoubled efforts to exceed the Iowa quota. Early reports from eight of sixteen districts show 170 330 dollars subscribed toward a 300 000 minimum. Leaders aim to reach 1 000 000 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Middlewest Leads in Y Fund Drive
Chicago reports the central district tops the national Y M C A war fund drive with about 2.75 million in subscriptions. The central division, covering the army's central department area, has contributed roughly 1.06 million more than the eastern division, bringing total central subscriptions to 2,748,903.
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Chicago
Central District
Central Division
Central Department of the Army
German Socialists Call for Peace Manifesto Urges Armistice
Amsterdam dispatch reports the German independent Socialists in Volkszeitung Leipzig publish a manifesto urging the German proletariat to respond to the Petrograd Maximalist peace offer. It calls for meetings nationwide to back a general armistice and a peace without annexations. San Felice, a Great Quality Cigar, (a deerioamant).
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Amsterdam
Volkszeitung
Leipzig
Germany
Petrograd
Maniesto
Miller's Drug Store Damaged By Fire At 30,000 Loss
Fire gutted Miller's Drug Store at 218 Fourth Street West with 8 000 to 12 000 dollars insured. Basements stored paints oils and phono records were ruined while upstairs tenants nearly suffocated. Fire discovered by proprietor C J Miller. origin unknown. Fire fought by city apparatus. building owner listed as Prestien of Denver Ia. Prof C W Edwards and H S Wilson narrowly escaped.
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C. J. Miller
Fourth Street West
Troprietor
Mr. Miller
Prestien
Denver
C. W. Edwards
H. S. Wilson
Minneapolis
Prof. Edwards
Wilson Takes Steps to Halt Hallway Tieup
President Wilson acts to avert rail strike by mobilizing government and pressing Big Four Brotherhoods to defer wage demands until after the war. Judge Chambers leads mediation while Wilson writes to seek an amicable, arbitration backed agreement and avoid operating the roads by federal action.
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Washington, D. C
Railway Brotherhoods
Wilson
White House
William L. Chambers
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Judge Chambers
New System for Handling Livestock in Kansas City
Washington November 14 The food administration announced a new plan to stabilize livestock receipts at the Kansas City market second largest in the nation by zone loading days in prescribed tributary states effective November 12 The system aims to ease yard congestion facilitate train movement and car distribution and maintain even prices It will be extended to Chicago and other markets as quickly as possible.
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Washington, D. C
Kansas City
The
Food Administration
Chicago
War Fund Surpasses Ten Million Mark
New York Nov 14 Contributions to the Y M C A war fund topped 10 million dollars. Telegraphic reports to the national war work council show an official noon total of 9.9 million with two late contributions of 500000 each from Cleveland H Dodge and Arthur Curtiss James. Secretary Baker praised Y M C A services to soldiers and Gen Pershing cabled that the work is invaluable.
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New York
M. C. A. War Fund
National War Work Council
C. S. Ward
Cleveland H. Dodge
Arthur Curtiss James
Baker
Young Men's Christian Association
Gen. Pershing
A Whale of a Story by Fighting Aviator on Europe War
Tomorrow page four opens the first installment of an air war article by Lieutenant Moster F A F G newly returned from months in the Flanders air theater. The piece promises vivid description of combat above Europe as told by a frontline flyer.
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Europe
Lieut
Moster
F. A
America
Flanders
New Order of Liability for Registered Men Explained
Local exemption boards await questionnaires mailed from Washington this week to sort the 9,000,000 new registrants on June 6 into classes. The order shows married men with dependents placed lower, and only first-class men called in gravest emergencies. Classes include 1a single man, 1b married with/without children, and several specialized designations for skilled and dependent workers. Local boards have 20 days to issue forms and seven days to return them, with seven more for unanswered queries. Officials anticipate routine classifications, aided by legal and medical advisory boards in every county.
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Washington
Gye
Altho i
Glass
Mariner
United States
District of Columbia
Heroes of Yankees First Fight Back at Billets
The third series of American battalions occupies the first line while the second detachments reach the trenches and return to their billets after a stellar night relief. Among the returning units is the company that bore the brunt of the recent trench raid. A muddy village street crowding with mud and rain shows many casualties. An officer notes the line as "MAD CLEAR THRU" and vows revenge. The second batch follows the same bathing and cleanup routine, with days of rest ahead before training resumes.
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France
Germans Fail in Attempt to Take Passchendaele
London reports a British victory in Flanders as German assault on Passchendaele ground is repulsed. An official war communique notes heavy artillery activity followed by a failed attack north of Passchendaele with no further details. French raids on the Meuse sector yield 10 prisoners. night otherwise calm around Verdun.
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Rome
Asiago
War Office
Piave
Zenson
Quero
Fenere
London
Flanders
Passchendaele
Paris
Meuse
Verdun Front
St. Quentin
Sapigneul
Chaume Wood
Delivery notice for late newspaper copy by phone
If this paper is not delivered to your home by 6 o clock please call 3330 and a copy will be sent. After 6 20 o’clock telephone No 2.
Kerensky Seizes Petrograd In Latest Russian Crisis
Reports from Stockholm and Helsinki allege Premier Kerensky now controls nearly all of Petrograd and Moscow with fighting in streets as Bolsheviks crumble. Finnish dispatches claim Kerensky has defeated the Bolsheviks near Tsarskoe Selo while Moscow remains key headquarters for the provisional government.
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Stockholm
Kerensky
Petrograd
Haparanda
Terensky
London
Russia
Premiar Ké Vrensky
Pétrograd
Copenhagen
M. Kerensky
Moscow
Helsingfors
Kaledines
Kornflott
Tsarskoe Selo
Kerensaky
Draft Law Upheld by Federal Court
Wilmington Del Nov 14 Judge Bradford in the United States district court yesterday sustained the constitutionality of the draft law contending the government may compel citizens to perform military service. Ottawa Oct 14 The following American name appears in today's casualty list W F Ripple Davenport IA. The line includes an unrelated advertisement note about broadleaf havan products.
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Wilmington
Del
Bradford
United States District Court
Ottawa
Oat
The.lowing
W. F. Ripple
Davenport
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Zensen
Asia
Associated Press
Merle Hay
Middlewest
Y” Fund
San Felice
Miller's Drug Store
the Fire Department
Woodrow Wilson
Y” War Fund
Heroes of
Yankees
Tovar
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