Armistice Terms for Turkey Collapse to Allied Powers
The tentative armistice outlines Turkey's surrender to the Allies with terms including opening the Dardanelles and Bosphorus to Allied control, demobilization of the Turkish army, internment of warships, Allied occupation of key ports and rail lines, surveillance and control measures, evacuation of troops from several regions, and cessation of hostilities by noon October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkish Ministry of Supplies
Turkey
Son shoots mother near heart in accidental home incident
Mrs. Otto Miehlke was accidentally shot by her son at a home south of North Freedom. The gun discharged while a son attempted to clean it, sending a bullet into her body near the heart. She was taken to Baraboo hospital and is reported doing well. The family includes eight children.
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Otto Miehlke
North Freedom
Liberty loan oversubscribed as total nears six and a half
Indications from Washington place the fourth Liberty loan total at about 6.5 billion dollars with officials noting an oversubscription near 500 million. Banks nationwide and state figures support the forecast while federal reserve districts report quotas in sight as funds continue to flow in.
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Washington
Federal Reserve District
War News Roundup From Western Front and Europe
The report notes Pershing's forces driving Germans back and Allied forces pressing the Gates of Ghent. A truce with Austria could starve Germany, while German surrender remains uncertain. The return of U S troops to peacetime life will be slow as Allies adapt. Bolsheviks seek peace terms and Turkey’s surrender enables food shipments to Mediterranean nations.
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Austria
Germany
United States
Russia
State Sunday-School Convention Postponed
The annual interdenominational convention of Sunday-school workers in the state, planned for Beloit November 12 to 14, has been postponed due to the epidemic to June 11 to 13.
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Beloit
Teacher Death On Rails Shocks Pardeeville Village
Mrs Elsie Verick 31 a Pardeeville village school teacher was fatally struck by a west bound train as it pulled into Pardeeville Friday evening The coroner and sheriff ruled it a suicide due to mental imbalance with no blame assigned The victim taught in Pardeeville about a month and was the wife of A A Verick who served in France The Mohrs of Wausau her parents took the body for burial there
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Pardeeville
Elsie Verick
Baker
Klabunds
Portage
A. A. Verick
France
Albert Mohr
Wausau
Duck Dinner for Liberty Workers Celebrates Subscribed Bonds
Attorney F R Bentley returned from Hagle river with wild ducks and hosted a duck dinner at the American cafe for the fourth Liberty loan executive committee and press. The county over subscribed the quota by about 100000 with bonds valued at about 259000 sold largely due to committee efforts. Speakers shared experiences while praising the work and noting Sauk county’s patriotic transformation from dark Africa to a leading state locale.
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F. R. Bentley
Hagle River
American Cafe
Liberty Loan Executive Committee
Bentley
F. E. Morey
Sauk County
Africa
Mr. Bentley
BE. A. Egos
J. E. English
A. C. Kingsford
A. S. Kingsford
T. F. Risley
W. H. Aton
E. Morey
H. Grotophorst
V. S
Clifford Capener Pease
B. F. Gollmar
Adolph Andre
Caledonia
G. H. Hood
R. J. Osborne
H. E. Cole
R. P. Perry
Reedsburg
Armistice’s Food Impact on Allied Supply Routes
The armistice in Austria is crucial for the food problem, opening the Mediterranean for Allied shipping and enabling India Australia and the East to feed Europe via the Red Sea and Suez. It may ease feeding Italy Greece and parts of France while easing US burden and disrupting German fuel and oil buildup. Hungarian crops are reported good with hoarding concerns.
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Mediterranean Sea
Europe
India
Australia
East
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Germany
Italy
Greece
France
United States
Food Administration
Washington
Posteleven Vote Sweep Across States Reported
Reported results indicate Republicans won both houses of Congress. In Michigan Newberry defeated Henry Ford for the U S Senate. Milwaukee County appears to elect socialists to all offices, with Victor L. Berger elected to Congress while indicted. Champ Clark is shown defeated, and in Dane County Monahan defeats Warner for Congress in Nelson's district. Illinois shows McCormick beating Lewis for the Senate.
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Michigan
Newberry
Henry Ford
United States
Milwaukee County
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
Champ Clark
Missouri
Dane County
Monahan
Warner
Congress
Nelson
Ilinois
McCormick
J. Hamilton Lewis
Priggsville Man Hurt By Accident
John Dean of Briggsville was badly injured when his car struck a Ford owned by Charles Roberts of Robert Bros. at the Roberts residence in Portage. Roberts had just called on his brother George Roberts and the impact hurled Dean’s car onto its side, tearing a front wheel and wrecking both vehicles.
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John Dean
Briggsville
Portage
Charles Roberts
Robert Bros
George Roberts
Wisconsin Street
Ford
Messrs. Roberts
Roberts
Dean
Assassination of Count Tisza Stuns Hungary
Count Tisza, former Hungarian premier, is shot in his Budapest home by three intruders. He refuses to drop his pistol, faces the soldiers, and dies after declaring that the hours of reckoning have come. His wife and the Countess Almassy are present. The incident marks a dramatic political murder tied to the war’s consequences.
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Berlin
Vesische Zeitung
Count Tisza
Hungary
Tisza
Almassy
Wisconsin Victory Gives Philipp Broad Lead In Election
Governor Emanuel L. Philipp is re elected by a large plurality with the Republican ticket sweeping statewide results. John J Esch returns to Congress with a strong majority as Staudenmayer wins Senate, Hood elected to the Assembly, and county tickets all Republican. Counts reflect many enlistments and a reduced total due to absence of Badger boys in service. The article also notes Allied terms for Germany and the imminent end of World War I.
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Emanuel L. Philipp
Edward F. Dithmar
Merlin Hull
Henry Johnson
J. J. Blaine
Wisconsin
Philipp
Badger Boys
John J.esch
la Crosse
Washington
Staudenmayer
George Staudenmayer
Caledonia
J. B. Jones
Portage
Jones
George H. Hood
Baraboo
Congress Soh. Wsthiss Coos
Arthur A. Bentley
WS Naga
Frank By Moss
Isd. Ospornes 2
AS. Gettert
Ou Ch. Orcs. Oui
Assembly
Martin H. Mercer
Frank. A. Cooper
Henry. F. Uodde
Conor
BicoNe Otlas
Wm. H. Hatch
W. L. Tarnutzer
Germany and Austria Agree to Armistice Terms
The terms call for cessation of hostilities on land sea and air, surrender of half the military and artillery, occupation by American and allied forces of strategic points, use of railroads for allied operations against Germany, evacuation of invaded territories with equipment and supplies left behind, surrender of fifteen submarines and thirty four warships, restoration of the Trentino to Italy, German troops to leave Austria and allied prisoners to be surrendered without reciprocity.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Taurus
Persia
Transcaucasia
Batum
Baku
Hejaz
Assiryemen
Syria
Mesopotamia
Cilicia
Tripolitana
Cyrenaica
Tripolitania
Misurata
Germany
Trentino
Italy
Austria
Portage Soldier Dies in France
Mrs. Otto Struck of Portage learns her husband Private Otto W. Struck of Company A 333d machine gun battalion died of wounds in action on September 28 in France.
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Otto Struck
Portage
Otto W. Struck
Co. A
Gallagher Freihube marry consent notice
Applications to marry filed by Thomas J. Gallagher of La Valle and Marie L. Freihube of Nashota list the intended union with the county clerk approving the proceeding.
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Thomas J. Gallagher
la Valle
Marie L. Freihube
Nashota
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Armenia
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Town of Freedom
Baraboo Hospital
McAdoo
Pershing
Ree
Ghent
Mediterranean Countries
Elsie Mohr Verick
Liberty Workers
Wallie Biege
Mediterranean
Priggsville
Tiza
Ncpublican Osurrenuer Win Ticket
Esch
Smanuel L. Philipp
Henry A. Moehlenpach
Eridithnate
John Wi. Hogan
Merlin» Hui
George J. Hermann
Frank J. Egerer
Jobe
J. Bleine
Thomas Ryan
Haghet
Emil Seidel
Ao Waee
Damrey. Ke
Martin Georgensen
BW. Reynolds
Arthur C. Ochsner
William C. Dean
Wheetens
R. B. Churchill
H. ,S. ‘Siggelko
Austria-Hungary
Paris
Lansing
Wilson
Hohenzollerns
Hapsburgs
Cae
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