British Capture Bourlon in Desperate Cambrai Fight
British forces seize Bourlon wood high ground near Cambrai after two days of brutal combat. Haig notes no further German assaults on Bourlon since yesterday as Byng advances toward Cambrai, with about 10,000 prisoners and 109 guns taken and the Hindenburg line broken in six days.
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Bourlon Wood
Cambrai
Byng
Haig
Bourlon
Moeuvres
Queant
Byrng
Hindenburg
Catabrai
Ypres
British Win Bourlon Wood Clash After Bloody Fighting
British and German forces clashed around Bourlon wood and Bourlon village as the line held and the Germans fell back. British troops swept the hamlet, clearing major streets while pursuing remnants. Moeuvres saw closer street fighting as British bayonet push drove Germans from the south. Prisoners, numbering near 17,000 including 200 officers, have been taken as the drive advances. The capture gives the British control of a key high ground near the front.
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Associated Press
France
Thie Orning
Bourlon Wood
Bourlon Vilage
Ein
Curlon Wood
Bourlon
Moeuvres
Here
Aif
Wesday
Cambrat
Bourton
Cambrai
Bourtonwood
Hannel
Hourton
Play With Matches Burn Two Children Dead
Ottumwa dispatch reports a tragic accident as two young children, a son of Ephraim Christy and a daughter of Arthur Hancock, died after matches set hay on fire in a barn at the Christy place. The four to five year old victims escaped only to be blocked by the building. The blaze consumed the barn before discovery.
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Ottumwa
Ephraim Christy
Arthur Hancock
Floris
Christy Place
Good Fellows Campaign to Bring Christmas Joy to Waterloo Children
The Waterloo Courier and Reporter will intensify its Good Fellows drive over the next weeks to find and help children who may not receive Christmas joys. Plans are not final but aim to brighten at least one day for needy homes, with Yellow Dogs assisting and volunteers to be listed next Saturday. Attenshun Goodfell's, shoulder arms, forward march.
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Aterloo
Waterloo Courier and Reporter
Santa Claus
Good Fellows
Waterloo
Attenshun
Goodfell's
Hellen Quits as Dart Motor President and Plans Expansion
C. W. Hellen, longtime president and general manager of the Dart Motor Company, has sold his stock and will retire within two months. H. H. Henry of Chicago has succeeded him, bringing truck and tractor expertise and signaling a company reorganization with increased capitalization and broader operations after a directors’ meeting.
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C. W. Hellen
Dart Motor Company
H. H. Henry
Chicago
Henry
Waterloo
Maxter Truck Company
Middlewest
Gaston Means Tried for Widow's Murder
In Cabarrus county North Carolina Gaston B Means stands trial for the murder of Mrs Maude A King the wealthy widow shot near Concord last August Proceedings opened with juror selection as Means defense claims the woman killed herself Prosecution argues he used her fortune as her confidential adviser
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Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
Cabarrus County Court
Means
New York
Chicago
Talesmen
Tragedy at Milwaukee Police Station Probed
Federal inquiry urged into the Milwaukee central police station blast that killed 11, with Italian outlaws suspected. Youth brings bomb from church basement. explosion amid officers triggered by accident while nine officers and two others perished.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Central Police Station
W. J. Cary
Bruce Hielaski
Department of Justice
Washington
Gary
Navy
van Buren Street
August Guiliana
Guiliana
Markesan
Guillana
Bayview
Chicago
dayHelt
Deckert
D. O'R
Dave O’ Brien
Sam Mazzoni
Guiliano
Jury Listen To De Saulles Woman story in court
Bays Victim Bought Revolver That Killed Him as Mrs. Bianca de Saulles takes the stand in Mineola courtroom. She describes meeting de Saulles in 1912 near Santiago and marriage in Paris, inheriting securities then gifting them, and notes his insistence she own a revolver for protection at home. The packed courtroom listens as she recounts their early life in Chile and the United States and a Washington photograph gift.
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Mineola, N
Bianca de Saulles
John IL. de Sailles
Montts
de Saulles
Santiago
Chile
Vina del Mar
Paris
Larchmont
Bethlehem
Hustband
Mas
Arthur B. de Saulles
John L. de Salles, Jr
Wierhart
Three Sammies Reported Dead by Gen Pershing
Gen Pershing reports three American soldiers dead in November. John L. Boyce, private infantry from Pittston Pennsylvania, died November 11 of pneumonia. Marion Stoddarn, a private infantryman from Silver Springs New York, died November 15 from an accidental bullet wound. Horace Foulds, a corporal in headquarters company infantry from Newark New Jersey, died November 25 of nephritis.
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Washington
D. C
Pershing
John L. Boyce
Pittston
Marion Stoddarn
Bingler
Infantry
Silver Springs
N. Y
Horace Foulds
Headquarters Company
Newark
N. J
Railroads May Allow Government To Operate Lines
Washington officials weigh government operation if pooling fails to ease congestion. An executive committee of eastern railway vice presidents, under the railroad war board, meets to finalize a pooling plan for trackage and equipment. They expect to announce a general operation plan later, with self operation by railroads unless further steps prove necessary.
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Washington, D. C
Railroad War Board
Oust Germans from Chicago Barred Zone
Chicago a barred zone ordered under President Wilson's proclamation with Marshal F J Bradley deploying deputies along the Chicago and Calumet rivers. Germans over 14 must move 100 yards from docks and warehouses within a 20 mile stretch from South Chicago to Evansion, as Bradley plans to enforce unless Washington orders otherwise.
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Chicago
Wilson
F. J. Hradley
Calumet
Lence
Bradley
Washington
South Chicago
Evansion
Mr. Bradley
Lone Tree Farmers Targeted in Ambush Near Town City
In Lone Tree near Cedar Rapids Nev in late night an attack aimed at farmers Henry Stonebarger and Henry Rossman occurred as they rode toward Town City. Stonebarger was shot in the right shoulder while Rossman was not hurt. Bloodhounds tracked the area but the scent faded after a while.
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Cedar Rapids
Iinrry Stonebarger
Henry Rossman
Lone Tree
Stonebarger
Rossman
Congress faces year's hard work with war aims
Washington, Nov. 26. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Stone says declarations of war against Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria seem advisable to simplify the situation, while Congress plans to push extensive war appropriation bills and other legislation when it opens Dec. 3. Prohibition and woman suffrage issues will also be pressed amid growing sentiment for declaring war on Germany's allies Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria.
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Washington, D. C
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Stone
Senate
Germany
Congress
Europe
Begin Probe of Chicago Milk Commission to study dairyman costs
The Illinois food administrator named a milk commission in Chicago to investigate all phases of the milk supply. Its findings will fix consumer and wholesale producer prices for the first half of 1918. Public hearings begin December 3 and run for three weeks.
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Chicago
Harry A. Wheeler
Illinois
New York Waterfront Sealed Off to Germans
New York waterfront is closed with police and soldiers guarding key points to keep enemy aliens away from barred zones. Guards hold shoot to kill orders for unauthorized entrants, reflecting wartime security measures across the harbor area.
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New York
Spy Suspect Is Held Without Bail
Conrad Ebert a German waiter arrested at Camp Dodge on Saturday as a spy has been held to the Federal grand jury without bail in Des Moines. Navy ties noted. The case proceeds with grand jury action continuing.
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Des Moines
Navy
Conrad Ebert
Camp Dodge
Federal
Italian Front Fierce Mountain Battles Halt Twelve Assaults
On the northern Italian front between the Brenta and Piave rivers Italian forces repulsed heavy Austro German assaults yesterday as fresh Allied reinforcements from France Britain and the French lines arrived. Maj Gen di Giorgio commanded as renewed attacks pressed the defense with reforming infantry and supply trains marching alongside.
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Rome
Brenta
Piave
Preas
Italy
France
di Giorgio
Fourth Army
Occa
Lnes
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