Allies Break Austrian Forces In Italy Advance
Austrian armies cut in two and routed with 50 000 prisoners as Italians and Czecho Slovak troops push from Asiago plateau to Asiago and Solaro regions. Grappa renewed assault yields Asiago plateau capture and Col Bonatte plus Spinoncia Prashacia Asolone area gains. Prisoners exceed 40 000 and guns over 300 captured amid mounting press ure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piave
Venetia
Tagliamento
Asiago
Grappa
Solaro
Spinoncia
Prashacia
Asolone
Col Caprile
Col Bonatte
Too Late Italy Replies to Austria
Italian Army Headquarters says Austria’s offer to evacuate Italian territory came too late. Italians expect to push Austro-Hungarians from Italian soil before an armistice is signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austria
Italy
Ti Ia
Half Cent Milk Price Raise Takes Effect Today
A half cent per quart milk price increase begins this morning for all grades in the city. The raise mirrors New York dealer rates and was decided at a Washington conference, remaining in effect for November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atl Me
Washington
East New York Weather Update
East New York: fair with continued cool conditions Friday and Saturday. New England: cooler Friday and Saturday with fair skies. Daily Almanac notes rise and set times, high and low water data, and moonrise information amid weather observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
Daniels Speech Tonight in Bridgeport Armory War Meeting
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels will speak at the Bridgeport Armory tonight at 8 o'clock. The event, described as a major wartime public gathering, is expected to draw a capacity crowd with doors opening at 7. Daniels will deliver a message deemed essential for every American during the world war era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephus Daniels
United States Navy
Bridgeport
Armory
Daniels
Great Leaders of Allies Meet First Time to Fix Terms
Paris October 31 Entente representatives left Versailles after a first formal meeting content with progress. They reported substantial accord and forthcoming announcements. The talks centered on armistice terms drafted mainly by Britain and France, with the United States not directly involved. A preparatory informal session at Colonel House’s home included Clemenceau Pichon Orlando and the Italian leaders, plus Serbian and Greek ministers. Americans present included Arthur Bliss, Joseph Grew, Gordon Auchincloss, and other aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
Versailles
United States
M. House
Wilson
M. Clemenceau
M. Pichon
Signor Orlando
Pharon Sennine
David Wievyd George
M. R. Vesnitech
France
Elipstherias Venixelos
Colonel Trouse
Arthur J. Krasieecretary
Joseph G
Vienna
London
Parlementaire
Talsian
Cis
Weber
Draft Examinations to Resume Sunday November 10
Chairmen of local draft boards met to decide that physical examinations for registrants of the September 12 draft will resume at the high school on Sunday November 10. Boards must ready men to meet November and December calls from the War department. Physicians had been stretched by epidemic work, causing postponements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
President Wilson meets leaders after Turkey capitulation reports
President Wilson visited the State War and Navy Building for talks with Secre taries Lansing and Baker following dispatches announcing Turkey's capitulation and Austria's armistice request to General Ding Tar an armistice. The Bundays Amican circulation notes the newsdealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
State War and Navy Building
Lansing
Baler
Associated Press
Turkey
Ding Tar
Former Country Club Clerk Dies in Air Accident
LeRoy Thompson 28 former Brooklawn Country club clerk and office worker for Whiting Manufacturing died in a Canadian Royal Flying Corps air accident. He lived with Burroughs F. Perry at 1174 Fairfield avenue. Thompson joined the air service to fight the Hun and was killed when his plane overturned near Long Branch Ontario. He leaves a mother and father Mr and Mrs William Thompson Port Jefferson L I and an uncle Harry Thompson Brooklyn WN XY. Funeral services will be held in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Thompson
Brooklawn Country Club
Whiting Manufacturing Company
Canada
Burroughs FF. Perry
Fairfield Avenue
Thompson
Royal Flying Corps
Long Branch
Ontario
William &. Thompson
Port Jefferson
L. 1
Harry Thompson
Brooklyn
Night Funerals During Epidemic Reported at St Michael's
Night funerals held due to the influenza epidemic have overwhelmed cemetery resources at St Michael's where up to 22 bodies were buried in a single day and average ten burials daily over the past three weeks. undertakers report a shortage of conveyances and a somber, flickering vigil as crowds gather at dusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael's Cemetery
St. Michael's
Last Vienna Note Reaches Conference As Armistice Talks
Copenhagen reports the German emperor has abdicated. Paris hosts allied leaders as talks proceed in Versailles. Austria seeks armistice terms and a ceasefire, with preliminary parleys across the front lines. Brussels and London mark shifting peace negotiations with official notes.
Turks Surrender Opens Dardanelles To Allied Navies
London announces an armistice with Turkey that allows Allied warships to pass the Dardanelles. A British view holds an Allied fleet will move into the Black Sea to strike German naval forces there, including Goeben, already in Turkish hands after a Bosphorus escape and transfer. The Russian Black Sea fleet is reported as seized by Germany. Geddes disclosed losses of several battleships and destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
Turkey
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Teutons
Russia
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
Goeben
Mediterranean
Bosphorus
Limited Service Soldiers Report for Bridgeport Plant Work
The first company of limited service men arrives in Bridgeport tonight to work at the Bridgeport Brass plant under Colonel Clifford Wilson. Sleeping arrangements are set at the armory. prior units in Bridgeport served draft boards, while Waterbury already employs over a thousand such men as the work or fight regulation nears full operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Brass Company
Clifford Us. Wilson
Waterbury
Nore
Germany to Yield Rhine Cities Reportedly
Amsterdam dispatch reports that German authorities may permit enemy troops to occupy key Rhine cities Coblens and Cologne if necessary. The item cites Berlin sources and notes rising public concern over possible German concessions amid wartime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Rhine
Coblens
Cologne
Berlin
French Launch New Drive in Belgium
London reports French troops launched a major attack in Belgium at 6 30 this morning. By noon British forces advanced about 4000 yards and allied units held high ground between the Lys and Eseault rivers. Several towns and hamlets including Bergwijk Merghem Ansegheny and Winterken were reported liberated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mon- Sebi
Belangien
Lys
Eseault
Bergwijk
Merghem
Ansegheny
Winterken
Armistice Terms Take Effect At Noon
London reports that terms of the armistice took effect at noon yesterday after Turkish plenipotentiaries arrived in the Aegean. Admiral Calthrop signed for the allies, enabling free passage of fleets through the Bosphorus, occupation of key forts, and immediate repatriation of allied prisoners of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mucdros
Lemnog
Aegean Sea
Calthrop
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Dardanelles
No Graft in Aircraft Says Hughes Report
Washington reports reveal Hughes and Attorney General Gregory found no graft in aircraft production. Delays and production issues were blamed on the defective organization and lack of competent direction within the signal corps partners. The civilian Aircraft Production Board personnel were exonerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Washington
Charles E. Hughes
Gregory
Wilson
Desclares
Girerart
Signal Corps
Uiienare
Amieybede
Aircraft Production Board
Wilson clears path to armistice as Allies push terms
President Wilson today set the path for an armistice by intermediating negotiations with the Austro-Hungarian question and allied representatives in Paris. Reports from the front indicate Turkey’s surrender and signals of a swift end to the central powers while talks on terms, likely including disarmament and navy capitulation, proceed. The German framing of the program remains unfinished as the great drive continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oct
Wilson
Turkey
Paris
Austria
Bulgaria
Italy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kaiser
FIELI
New York Dairies
Iwe
Wilson Sci
Bunday
Ion Ral
Amerivd
Ourder Rem
Country Club
Royal British Corps
Denmark
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Colonel Horse
Inter-Allied Council
Townshend
Quau-Gem Townshend
Germany
America
Newsdealer
Iseily
Newsdealer Sf
Belgium
General Townshend
Kirat el Amara
George Cave
House of Commons
Aegean
Ameriga
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!