Italians Launch Major Offensive on Asiago Front
Italian forces storm Quero and Monte Cornelle on the northern Italian front and push toward Monte Yamba while repelling Austro German attempts to cross the Piave. In the west, Austro German pressure along the Piave and Brenta persists as Italians halt further advances. British and French actions hold on Passchendaele and around St Quentin amid renewed artillery exchanges. A second army rumored to move on Petrograd to oust the Bolsheviks.
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Monte Tomba
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Ypres
Passchendaele
Ailette
Berlin
Astigo Altho
Astago
Casera
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Fagare
Rererenskys
Petrograd
Italians Drive Austrians From Piave in Fierce River Battle
Italian forces repelled Austrian crossings above Zenson on the Piave after two riverbed landings near Fagare and Sega mill. Hand to hand fighting along streets and banks left the west bank cleared by noon with about 1,500 Austrians killed and 1,500 captured. Bersaglieri and Italian artillery led a late dawn break that pushed the enemy to the water.
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Zenson
Fagare
Sega Mill
Associated Press
Italy
Piave
Folliha
Segamilt
Guns roar at gates of Venice as war rages
Venice endures nonstop artillery from Piave fronts while Austrian planes pass overhead. Italian torpedo boats fire on the Grand Canal as Venice’ water supply remains intact but north mains may be cut. An American Milan writer’s wife makes a dramatic 200 mile ride from Mestre to Bologna with horses and dogs to evade military needs.
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The
Associa
Venice
Piave
Grand Canal
Milan
Barelli
Mestre
Bologna
Labor Men Talk An O hour Day On Government Work
Buffalo delegates at the Thirty seventh annual American Federation of Labor convention discuss extending the six hour day to government wartime contracts. Gompers cautions against arbitrary settlements and urges cooperation to avoid hampering wartime work.
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Buffalo
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Gompers
American Federation ‘of Labor
Railroads Put Trust in President to Avert Walkout
United States railroads announce that if a crisis arises they will place their interests in the hands of President Wilson for protection and disposition as needed to prevent transportation disruptions during the war. The four railway brotherhoods seek wage gains but reject unconditional arbitration and will confer with the president next Thursday.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
United States
Wilson
Railroad War Board
New York
War Board
Judge Chambers
Mr. Harrison
The
Southern Railroad
Howard Bulatt
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Hale G. Holden
Chicago, Burlington & Quince
Julius Kruuschnitt
Southern Pacific
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania
Brotherhoods
Board of Mediation Or
Interstate Commerce Commission
England
Board of Trade J
France
Yankees Busy With Big Guns on Battlefront
Report from the American Army in France dated November 18 notes artillery fighting and patrols on the American sector. Infantry have not yet engaged, and German activity has been sparse for several nights. No special front-line events reported in the past 24 hours.
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Preas
France
Proclamation Orders Alien Enemies to Register in US
President Wilson issues a proclamation commanding alien enemies to register and obtain travel permits. They face penalties, including internment, for violations. The rule bans enemies from near waterfronts and from entering the Panama Canal Zone, with enforcement led by John Lord O’Brian and the justice department.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
District of Columbia
Germany
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Continental
Phiippines
Porto Rico
Alaska
Department of Justice
John Lord O'Brian
Bureau of Investigation
Black Hawk No 258 Draft Dodger Returns From Louisiana
Walter Guedry, a Black Hawk county section hand, was listed as No 258 in the local draft. After 15 weeks he showed up with papers stating he appeared before a Donaldsville Louisiana board and was accepted and accredited for service by Baton Rouge. He now faces a choice to enter a Louisiana district camp or return to Camp Dodge to enlist.
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Cedar Falls
Walter Guedry
Illinois Central Roar
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Guedry
Donaldsville
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Black Hawk
Camp Dodge
Smoke Diamond Joe ad copy and delivery notice
An odd advert style note repeats Smoke Diamond Joe and promises the last puff line with a delivery error remedy. It urges readers to call 3330 if the paper is not delivered by 6 and to request a replacement copy, with a 6:30 cutoff and phone line 2 for delivery issues.
Death of Gen Maude Brilliant British Mesopotamia commander
London dispatch reports Gen Frederick Maude 63 died in Mesopotamia after a brief illness. A veteran of the Sudan and South Africa, Maude led British forces to unbroken Mesopotamian victories, captured Bagdad in March, and pushed toward the Tigris this fall. He served in France, earned five mentions, and held senior posts including military secretary to Canada’s governor general and private secretary to the secretary of state for war.
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London
Maude
Mesopotamia
Frederick Stanley Maude
Bagdad
Mesopomusia
Tigris
Sudan
France
Nes
Canada
Secretary of State For War
Publisher Eastman Indicted in Spy Plot Case
Max Eastman publisher of The Masses, denied second class mailing, is indicted with six others on espionage act conspiracy charges by a federal grand jury in New York. Floyd Dell managing editor, C Merrill Rogers Jr business manager, Henry B Genter Kamp toonist, Arthur Young artist, John Reed writer, Josephine Sell writer named. The Masses Publishing Company faces indictments for mail fraud. Bench warrants issued for arrest.
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New York
Max Eastman
the Masses
Federal Grand Jury
Eastman
Floyd Dell
C. Merrill Rogers, Jr
Henry B. Glenter Kamp
Arthur Young
John Reed
Josephine Sell
The
Masses’ Publishing Company
Americans in Moscow Safe after Fighting, Telegram Says
London dispatch reports American consul general Robert P. Skinner received a telegram from the Moscow consul stating that he and other Americans in Moscow are all safe. The city was quiet at the time, though fighting had occurred there.
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London
Robert P. Skiiper
Moscow
Yankee Ruse Saves Steamer From U-Boat
London reports five German submarines destroyed in the war. An Atlantic Port officer says fires kindled on the freighter’s hatches forced a U boat to withdraw after the captain warned of explosives and imminent explosion. The steamer arrived safely with the crew.
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Atlantic
Casualties From Action On Nov 14 Reported
General Pershing reports two men killed in action on November 14 with three severely wounded and three slightly wounded. Names include JOAN F. OZAJKA sergeant from Milwaukee and John A. Logan sergeant from Mount Carmel along with several privates from Harrisburg Bakerton Eckman Mount Vernon and other towns.
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Pershing
Washington
D. AL
War Department
Joan F. Ozajka
Albert Czajka
Milwaukee
Wis
Earl
Aurand
A. Aurand
Harrisburg
Francis Blevins
Mack Blevens
Eckman
W. Va
Edward lV. Cahill
Edith Cahill
Bakerton
Sophily
John A. Logan
Charles Logan
Mount Carmel
Chester Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Forest HM
Robert L. Todd
Elizabeth Redd
Burneyvilla
Okla
Waiters Charged in Chicago Hotels Espionage Probe
Chicago labor officials opened an inquiry into allegations that waiters in first class Chicago hotels were aliens or foreign agents seeking information about affairs they served. B M Parker of the waiters union led the charges, while hotel managers denied large enemy alien percentages, noting wartime precautions and that most staff were not German or Austrian nationals.
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Chicago
Ager
Chicago Federation of Labor
B. M. Parker
Waiters’ Union
Federation of Labor
Geneva Association
Government
Secret Service
Asquith Criticises Allied War Council In Commons
In the House of Commons former Premier Asquith opened the debate on an allied war council and Lloyd George's remarks. He warned against any body superseding general staff independence and urged scrutiny of whether the scheme would improve war prosecution. Lloyd George countered that the consultation machinery had grown inadequate and past defects hindered effort.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Lloyd George
Raiser Opung Overtures of Lenine Party in Russia
Report from Petrograd dated November 19 states Germany refused to negotiate peace with the soldiers and workers government. The article notes Emperor William would only treat with the imperial successor or a constituent assembly, while Volta No today claims the government may seek peace on its own if no reply by November 23. Russia would occupy a neutral stance if Allies do not accept the plan.
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Russia
Alies
Petrograd
Germany
Workmen
William
Volta No
Toda
Weil
Two Killed in Des Moines Motor Collision
Des Moines reports a fatal crash near Hurley as Mrs. Carrie Anderson an area resident dies when the automobile she rode in is struck by a motorcycle. A second man on the motorcycle is injured. the other rider is unidentified.
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Des Moines
Carrie Anderson
Fort Snelling Officers to Be Assigned to Four Camps
Fort Snelling Minn November 19 Student officers who win commissions at the present camp will be assigned to duties at Camps Lewis Grant and Custer as well as Camp Dodge It was announced today Most of those commissioned at the first camp were put in command of national army men met from their own states at Camp Dodge Gov Harding of Iowa watched maneuvers at the fort today
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Fort Snelling
Minn
Lewis
Grant
Custer
Camp Dodge
National Army
Gov
Harding
Iowa
Iowans Pass Tests for Aviation and Balloon Service
Seventeen men have passed the physical tests and been accepted for the aviation service and 37 for the balloon service, Fort Omaha announced. Notable names include Charles M. Anderson Cenon Neb Remus EB Johnson Osceola Neb Samuel Kier Lincoln Neb Leland A Waters Lincoln Neb Walter M Brainerd Des Moines Ia Walter J Mansfield Cedar Rapids Ia William R Sheridan Bancroft Ia.
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Omaha
Neb
Fort Omaha
Charles M. Anderson
William R. Sheridan
Bancroft, Ta
May Raise Discount Rates to Curb Inflation
Washington officials at the federal reserve advisory commission meeting discussed raising discount rates slightly to prevent inflation and foster sound business. The discussion followed signs of easy money after a reported overpayment on an 18 percent liberty loan installment last week.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Advisory Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Aged Perry Sailor Receives High Honors in Japan
Tokio Nov 19 An aged sailor named Hardy who sailed with Commodore Perry in 1853 is honored in Japan. He visited Kurihama, Perry’s landing place, and planted a pine to mark the moment. The visit is marked by widespread friendship gestures toward the United States.
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Japan
Tokio
Hardy
Commodore Perry
United States
Kurihama
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