31 Oct 1918
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
1
Germany says it has acknowledged President Wilson and asserts a people's government now conducts peace talks with military powers under its control. Berlin’s reply awaits armistice proposals as a first step toward a just peace, with Allied powers prepared to discuss terms at Versailles.
Vienna papers report Austria's rejoinder to President Wilson's note is completed and will be sent to Washington soon. The language is described as conciliatory. In military news, Army Motor Transport Corps members receive purple hats, cords and insignia featuring bronze motor car wheels with a winged hat overlay.
Haig reports over 7,000 prisoners captured and 100 guns taken after a major Allied offensive southeast of France. A German two seater was shot down by Sidney White of Elizabeth City and a nearby airfield scene noted by observers. Air battles and battlefield achievements marked another day of decisive action across multiple fronts.
A phactical agreement to cease fighting by November 1 is reported, with mixed attitudes from Austria and Germany. Italian forces push near the Monts Grippa region and claim Monte Saravuto and Monte Tertien taken with over 5,000 prisoners. Western front prisoner totals soar as Allied strains grow. Serbian forces defeat enemy units in the Great Morava valley, while Bolshevik assaults on the Dvina front prompt Allied repulses. French troops seize 700+ prisoners. Belgium prepares local administration in Bruges as regions recover from German occupation. Italian naval aviators claim sinking a submarine after bombing from height. Austrian rear-guards fall back north of the Matla.
A Zurich dispatch reports crowds in Berlin urging abdication of Emperor William and the formation of a new republic led by socialist Karl Liebknecht after his prison release. Meanwhile London Commons passes a motion allowing women in Parliament by 274 to 26 with Asquith’s backing. Turkey signals peace on Wilsonian terms as Austrian capitulation prospects grow and other war news flows from Paris to Vienna.
John David Mulvane thirty seven heir to an estate valued over one million dollars died in Topeka Kansas from pneumonia after a Spanish influenza infection. He was the foster son of John R Mulvane.
Washington President Wilson appeals to the people to return a Democratic Congress in November if his policies are supported. Cable reports from abroad note the All-Russian government moving from Ufa to Omsk and the planned army buildup of over 200,000 men. Colonel House and Admiral Benson arrive in France to handle diplomatic and naval roles amid the armistice talks. Senate revision plans tax inheritances at 10,000 and up, set later rates, and cut distilled spirits tax to 2.20 per gallon for industrial and medicinal use. The cargo ship Stuirishin Lake Borgne sank off France after hitting a rock. no lives were lost.
Announcement from Western Union Telegraph Co reports temporary halt in public use of its cable service to communicate with American Expeditionary Force members. Spanish influenza reportedly subdued at Great Lakes naval training station and authorities praise conditions. Governor Burnquist appoints nine members to a Minnesota forest fire commission to study prevention.
Bart Morton arrives in a dusty Western town in a battered auto named Desert Pal. He befriends Juanita Hughitt, fights the scheming Wolfe Dysart who seeks to steal a widow’s claim, retrieves stolen papers, and helps win the case, leading to a wedding procession into town.
President replies to Germany’s peace bid, warning that no armistice is possible without unconditional surrender by the German autocracy. He directs allied military advisers to decide terms, insists on disarming conditions, and rejects past German policy as the basis for negotiations.
The article reports on U S policy leaders urging belligerent nations to offer peace terms and monitoring that ensures the German empire’s arms and governance align with democratic guarantees. It covers comments by Robert Lansing and reactions from European officials, plus various local wartime notes and incidents.
Dispatches from Sofia report that during the war the British prisoners held by Bulgarians faced harsh treatment. The news cites that 30,000 of the 10,000 Serbs in Bulgarian prison camps have died, a figure tied to conditions under the peace arrangement and subsequent transport to Saloniki.
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