Turkey quits war and seeks armistice amid Allied push
London reports Turkey agrees to an armistice and is out of the war. Washington forwards Turkey's armistice request to the Allies as Austrian notes circulate. Paris notes diplomacy continues at Colonel House's base while Hungary plunges into unrest with riots and clashes across Budapest and Slavonia.
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London
Turkey
Washington
United States
Paris
Inter-Allied Diplomatic Council
Colonel House
Hungary
Budapest
Barcz
Slavonia
Novic
Demonstrations against the Kaiser spread in Germany
Geneva reports daily anti Kaiser demonstrations with repeated calls for abdication of the Hohenzollern family. Paris notes Naval Committee member Boussenot pressing for armistice terms including Allied control of U boats and occupation of northern ports.
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Geneva
Germany
Paris
Boussenot
Naval Committee
Chamber
Cuxhaven
Heligoland
Ola
Cattaro
Kaiserin gravely ill as König abdication pressure grows
Reports from Switzerland say the Kaiserin is seriously ill and weak and may abdicate if Germany’s interests require it. An Amsterdam dispatch quotes Emperor William saying the Kaiser plans to remain on the throne, while armistice terms from Mary al Foch reach Berlin as of Tuesday night per Vossische Zeitung.
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Berne
Kaiserin
Switzerland
Germany
Emperor William
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Berlin
Eperor
Tomain
Copenhagen
Maryal Foch
Vossise Zeitung
Naming the Men for the Peace Table
Copenhagen reports that Dr Richard Von Kuehlmann former German Secretary of Foreign Affairs will be among Germanys representatives at the peace table according to the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger.
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Copenhagen
Richard von Kuehlmann
Germany
Berlin
Austrians in grave danger as Italian forces advance
Washington report says fifteen Austrian divisions from the Brenta to the Piave are in grave danger and a crisis is impending. Italians, aided by Yankees and British and French, overwhelm Austrian positions as great cities fall.
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Washington
Brenta
Piave
Italian War Office
Kaiser Seeks To Flatter Uncle Sam In War Strategy
A United Press analysis argues German leaders press flattery to sway American opinion toward Germany at the peace table. The Kaiser aims to portray the war as Britain and France versus the United States, risking discord among the democracies and undermining Allied justice. The piece warns America could be drawn into judging between Germany and European nations, delaying justice and prolonging conflict.
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United Press
Germany
America
United States
Kaiser
Great Britain
France
Europe
American Republic
Aalion
Tain
British advance in Mesopotamia captures Kalaat Shergat village
British troops seized Kalaat Shergat in Mesopotamia and penetrated Turkish lines five miles north, taking about 1000 prisoners and closing to within forty five miles of Mosul base. In Italy American 332nd Regiment joins Italian, British and French action east of the Piave. Austrian prices rise by 33,000 since Tuesday, including 802 officers.
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London
Mesopotamia
Kalaat Shergat
Mosul
Rome
332Nd
Piave
Italian War Office
French Fourth Army repels counter attack in Aisne region
Paris reports a violent counter attack west of St. Fergien repulsed. In two days the Fifth Army has taken 1,453 prisoners including cavalry guards a colonel and three battalion chiefs.
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Paris
St. Fergien
Aisne
Austria Accepts Polish Government in War Occupied Lands
Milan Oct 31 Austrian authorities will take over both military and civil roles in occupied Polish territories and Austrian troops will evacuate immediately according to a Vienna dispatch.
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Milan
Italy
Austria
Warsaw
Vienna
Czechs Cut Rail Links Between Berlin and Vienna
Zurich reports on October 31 that Czech forces cut all railways between Berlin and Vienna via Orderberg and Bodenbach. Communications between Agram Budapest Fiume and Vienna are completely broken.
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Zurich
Berlin
Vienna
Orderberg
Bodenbach
Agram
Budapest
Fiume
Viena
Serbians Reach Danube West of Belgrade In Flagged Move
Serbian cavalry has reached the Danube east of Semendria twenty two miles southeast of Belgrade as reported by the French War Office in a Salonika statement last night.
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Paris
Danube
Semendria
Belgrade
French War Office
Salonika
Funeral service for A. E. West planned Friday
Funeral services for Mr. A. E. West will be held Friday at 2 PM at the late home 21 McKinley Ave. Rev. Carrolton of Pomeroy will conduct. Interment follows in West Union Street Cemetery.
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West
A. E. West
McKinley
Carrolton
Pomeroy
West Union St
Mrs Buchannon Dies After Illness. Private Funeral Planned
Mrs William Buchannon of Luhrig died Wednesday afternoon at one due to pneumonia following a three day influenza illness. Private funeral services will be held at two this afternoon conducted by Rev Franks. Burial in Salem cemetery beside her husband. She leaves two stepsons Roy and Ross and one brother Henry, all of Luhrig.
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New Marshfi Eld
William Buchannon
Luhrig
Pnaemonia
Franks
Salem
Roy
Ross
Henry
Jurors Drawn for November Term of Court
The lists of grand and petit jurors for the November term have been drawn and placed with Sheriff Lowery for summons. Grand jurors include Easler, Eddy, Blackburn, Alder man, Closter, Springer, Gifford, Ryan, Pravis, Bain, Brooks, Poling, Howard, Gilham, Dorr, among others. petit jurors named include Allen, ONeil, Cole, Bryson, Woolley, Guthrie, Covert, Moore, Burch, Jones, Junod, Carpenter, Davis, Rodehaver, Brown, Earich, West, Marshall, Juniper, Gibbs, Barnhill, and Linton. They must appear at the court house on November 11 and 18, 1918 respectively.
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Lowery
Roy D. Easler
Trimble
John Eddy
Wm. Blackburn
Athens
N. K. Alderman
W. A. Closter
Wade Springer
Carthage
Coolville
R. D
C. O. Gifford
Bern
Sharpsburg
Orville Ryan
Dover
Charles Pravis
Rome
Frost
J. E. Bain
H C Brooks
Alexandria
David Poling
York
Nelsonville
M. L. Howard
Roy Gilham
Waterloo
New Marshfield
Carlos’ F. Dorr
Canaan
Court House
John HE. Allen
Alexander
W. O'Neil
Ames
Charles Cole
Troy
J. W. Bryson
O. E. Woolley
Frank Guthrie
Guysville
Benjamin Davis
Frost R. D
Sam Covert
Deanville
Frank Moore
Amesville
C. R. Burch Cannan
B. 0. Jones
Lee
Albany
L. F. Junod
W. A Carpenter
W. J. Davis
G. A. Rodehaver
W. H. Brown
Army and Navy corps praised for training facilities in Columbus visit
Colonel Comverse from Columbus met with President Ellis and praised local barrack accommodations gymnasium and athletic field. He said arrangements are better here than other Ohio sites and noted likely addition of 100 trainees next term.
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Comverse
Columbus
Ellis
Army and Navy Corps
Ohio
Austria to quit all taken land in Piave clash
With Italian armies in the field General Treat's Ohio troops are in contact with Austrian forces east of the Piave. The report notes continued pressure on Austrian positions as Allied operations proceed.
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Austria
Henry Wood
General Treat
Ohio
Piave
40000 Austrian Prisoners Reported in Present Drive
London October 31 bulletin reports an estimated 40,000 Austrian prisoners in the ongoing drive. The figure reflects latest estimates from Allied forces tracking German and Austrian troop movements in the region.
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London
Italian Troops Enter Sacile as Prisoners Taken
Rome reports Italian troops entered Sacile today as the War Office says thousands of additional prisoners have been captured.
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Rome
Sacile
War Office
Allied advance east of Piave continues near Sacile Oderzo
The War Office reports the Allied push east of the Piave is ongoing without check. British and Italian cavalry reach the outskirts of Sacile about fifteen miles beyond the Piave, and Italian forces occupy the key railway town of Oderzo.
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London
Piave
War Office
Sacile
Piave River
Oderzo
Austria to Evacuate Italian Occupied Territory and Serbian Belgrade
The Austrian War Office announced that due to the armistice, occupied Italian territory will be evacuated. British and Italian forces have pushed along the Piave south of Mantello in Serbia. Austrians crossed to the north bank of the Danube and march toward the Save and Drina rivers, risking Belgrade’s evacuation.
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Vienna
London
Austrian War Office
Italy
War Office
Montello
Serbia
Danube
Save
Drina
Belgrade
Italians Advance On Asiago Region Reach 80 Miles
The War Office reports a widening Italian advance in the mountains of the front. The push now exceeds 80 miles as forces continue to move quickly. Italian troops capture the major supply base at Vittorio.
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London
Asiago
War Office
Vittorio
May Lift Ban in Columbus Quarantine Ruling
The State Health Board ruled quarantine may be lifted in influenza districts with declining cases. The decision covers localities where conditions warrant action as the state shows a marked drop in new infections.
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Columbus
Halth Board
Nuns Fear Vengeance From the Yanks Across Europe
Reports from Zurich describe German fear and censorship as troops depart. Anonymous leaflets claim the American army will unleash vast destruction in Germany and Austria faces blame for defeat. A Washington inventor claims a tackle to pull stumps during lumbering.
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Germany
Austria
Smithsonian urges national power system to ease US shortages
The Smithsonian Institution issues a bulletin proposing a comprehensive electric transportation network to alleviate coal and water power shortages and transportation bottlenecks. It calls for centralized power stations, a nationalized power development approach, and a shared carrier grid modeled on Niagara Falls and Keokuk facilities.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
United States
Smithsonian Bulletin
Niagara Falls
Keokuk
Iowa
Knoxville man in critical condition after fall from engine
R. L. Brown of Knoxville, Tennessee, remains in critical condition at City Hospital Newark after an engine fall injury. He previously suffered a back injury last June when tossed from a box car in Dennison yards and was confined to bed two months. A year earlier he was trapped under a Lake Shore engine in Toledo for eight hours before a steam crane freed him.
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Newark
R. L. Brown
Knoxville
Tenn
City Hospital
Dennison
Lake Shore
Toledo
Debate clashes halt Senate recess plan in Washington
Washington debate stalled the Senate session as Democratic leaders choked off discussion and Republicans retaliated by blocking a motion to recess until Monday. The exchange centered on procedural tactics and party strategy in the capital.
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Washington
Senate
Allies Strike Toward Ghent in Flanders City
British and French forces attacked toward Ghent in Flanders as of Oct 31 with the battle described as going well. In the Meuse sector American lines faced heavy artillery and Pershing reported twenty-one enemy aircraft destroyed on Wednesday.
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Flanders City
Lowell Mellett
France
Ghent
Washington
Meuse
Pershing
Ohio highway work halted to aid war effort
Ohio shipments for highway construction must stop by November 1 unless federal officers approve in individual cases that the work is needed for the war. State Highway Commissioner Cona announced the order, saying it will be enforced and free thousands of workers for war production.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
Cona
Meeting Postponed by Health Board Order
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the First MBE Church will not meet Friday afternoon in regular session in accordance with the order of the Board of Health.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the First
M.be. Church
Board of Health
Broadside Attacks President Wilson Spark National Debate
Washington reports former presidents Tate Roosevelt launch a broadside against President Wilson as Senators gather for a crucial Senate session. The Republican assault on Wilson and Democratic prospects cloud the capital with renewed partisan tension across the nation.
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Washington
Tate Roosevelt
Senate
Wilson
Cata
Bate
Former Athens Girl Dies in West
Telegram from Los Calif informs Mr Hull Foster Jr of the death of Mrs Albert Crumley in that city on Wednesday morning. She is the daughter of Mr Jany Stewart of New Marshfield and will be buried in that locality. Mrs Crumley, known as Miss Ethel Stewart, worked at the Home Telephone office in Athens before her marriage six years ago. Her husband was with the U S Express Co. in Athens at the time. The Crumleys left Athens for Chillicothe after marriage, then moved to Angeles where they have lived since.
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Athens
West
Hull Foster Jr
Los Calif
Albert Crumley
Jany Stewart
New Marshfield
Crumley
Ethel Stewart
U. S. Express Co
Charles F. Crumley
Foster
Crumley Athens
Chillicothe
Angeles
Increase in Hard Coal Miner Wages Granted
Washington reports fuel rector Garfield announced an advance of one dollar per day in wages for hard coal miners effective November 1. The decision comes amid labor cost pressures and aims to address miner pay.
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Washington
Garfield
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