Turkish Armistice Moves Reported As Allies Weigh Terms
Washington says President Wilson referred Turkey's appeal for an immediate armistice and peace talks to the Entente powers. London dispatches note Turkish plenipotentiaries signed an armistice at Mudros to take effect October 31, with terms including free Dardanelles passage and repatriation of British prisoners. Ismail Hakki surrendered a division in Mesopotamia as negotiations begin.
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Mudros
Lemnos
Calthorpe
Dardanelles
George Cave
House of Commons
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Townshend
Kut-El-Amara
Home Secretary
Aegean
Calthorp
Bulgaria
Turkey
Armenia
Mesopotamia
Ismail Hakki
Washington
Wilson
State Department
Jean Riano
Austrian Fleet Massed at Fiume
A dispatch from Rome dated October 27 reports the Austrian fleet hastily concentrated at Fiume. A few ships stay at Pola while all at Cataro have departed. Hungary is said to have demanded the concentration.
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Fiume
Paris
Rome
Temps
Pola
Cataro
Hungary
Wilsons 14 Points Guide Allied Armistice Talks
British delegates favor Wilson style terms with tweaks to bar renewed German hostilities. Reports say Foch's armistice terms reached Berlin and discussions in Paris are advancing with Bonar Law joining by air as officials hint at possible late week declarations.
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London
Daily Express
Germany
Wilson
Marshal Foch
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Copenhagen
Paris
Andrew Bonar Law
France
Sugar for flu patients aid by food administration
Washington reports the food administration asked state food administrators to authorize extra sugar allotments for influenza patients and caretakers where needed as aid in fighting the epidemic.
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The
Food Administration
Washington
Federal Food Administrator
Yanks Down 18 Enemy Planes Over Verdun Front
American aviators claimed eighteen enemy airplanes destroyed in daytime combat northwest of Verdun on October 31. Five American aircraft were lost during essential reconnaissance missions.
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U. S
Verdun
Sions
Armistice None Yet as Italian Front Breaks Through
Austrian commander asks for armistice. Diaz rejects for now as Italy drives along an 180 mile front from Stelvio to the Adige. Italian forces report 50,000 prisoners and 360 cannons captured with Czecho-Slovak troops aiding in recent actions across Venetia and the Piave sector.
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London
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Xchange Telegraph Company
Stelvio Pass
Adriatic
Tagliamento
Twelfth
Ceseme
Quero
Eighth
Follina
Plave
Serravalle
Cansiglio
Solaro
Spinoncia
Asiago
Ometepe Volcano Erupts Destroying San Juan Dock
The Ometepe volcano on the island is emitting smoke and lava. The eruption has destroyed the newly built dock at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, amid ongoing activity.
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Ometepe
San Salvador
San Juan del Sur
John H Rossiter Leads U S Shipping Board Operations
John H. Rossiter of San Francisco directs United States shipping movements as a top wartime official. He formerly served as vice president and general manager of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co and helped establish the San Francisco to South America steamship link twenty years ago. He rose from office boy at thirteen to a managerial role at W R Grace & Co before his current post.
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John H. Rossiter
San Francisco
United States Shipping Board
Washington
Uncle Sam's Shipping
The
Shipping Board
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Tle
West Coast
South America
Rossiter
W. R. Grace & Co
Austria splits amid new German state formation claims
Hungarian diet declares severed constitutional relations with Dalmatia Slavonia and Fiume and proclaims a German state of Austria. The note to President Wilson seeks recognition and seats at peace talks while asserting Moravia Silesia and Czech Slav states align with the new state. Croatia Austria ties severed.
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Hungary
Dalmatia
Slavonia
Fiume
Austria
German National Council of
Wilson
Old
Council
Vienna
Moravia
Silesia
Croatia
Red revolution plans massacre targeting upper classes
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen claims the Bolsheviki intend a general massacre of Russia’s upper classes on November 10, likened to St Bartholomew's Night. The report says the target group is in panic and unable to describe the danger.
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Bolsheviki
London
Copenhagen
St. Bartholomew's
Russia
Hanover Village Wiped Out By Fire In Columbiana County
Hanover, a village in Columbiana county southwest of Alliance, was practically wiped out by a blaze causing estimated losses between 150000 and 200000 dollars. Fire officials believe the fire may have been started incendiarily.
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Alliance
Hanover
Columbiana County
Counts Karolyi and Tisza Executed by Revolting Soldiers
Copenhagen dispatch reports fear of serious excesses across Austro-Hungary after government collapse and army defeat on the Italian front. It says Count Karolyi and Count Tisza, former Austro-Hungarian premier, have been put to death by soldiers.
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Karolyi
Tisza
Copenhagen
Austro-Hungary
Sol
Hungarian National Council Assumes Control In Austro Hungary
Copenhagen reports from German sources that the Austro-Hungarian revolution is complete. The Hungarian National Council has taken over the government in Budapest and works to quell rioting and restore order.
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Hugarian National Council
National Council
Copenhagen
Austria-Hungary
Vossische Zeitung
Vienna
Budapest
Austro-Hungarian Front Collapses as Italians Advance
Italian forces cross the Livenza river and push toward the Tagliamento. Monte Crappa front fully collapses with ammo and stores captured. Diaz reports prisoners and British occupy Sacile, fifteen miles beyond the Piave.
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Tagliamento Riv
Monte Crappa
Sacile
Piave River
Kaiser Officially Invited to Step Down
Former Vice Chancellor Delbruck traveled from Germany to the front to present to the Kaiser the abdication document prepared in Berlin for acceptance.
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Kaiser
11 U-boat Victims Landed After Sinking
Eleven members of the crew of the Norwegian steamship Stifinder reached New York after rescue by a U S naval vessel. The ship was bombed and sunk by a German submarine on October 18 leaving 19 crew members adrift. The fate of the captain and seven other crewmen remained unknown.
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New York
Armistice Sought as Austrian Hungarian Revolt Rages
Emperor Charles asks the pope for immediate armistice as Vienna and Budapest descend into revolutionary violence. Rebels form a provisional council, rail links with Vienna are cut, and fronts collapse with thousands deserting. German troops reportedly revolt as internal chaos grows.
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Hungary
Bert
Vienna
Italy
Adamello
Stockholm
Ekaterinoslav
Odessa
Russia
Kharkoff
Budapest
Austria- Hungary
Agram
Fiume
Berlin
Serbia
Count Andrassy
Austro Hungarian FM Plans Direct Talks With Italy
A Swiss source reports Andrassy the Austro Hungarian foreign minister has decided to open direct negotiations with Italy. The move comes as tensions in Europe shift amid ongoing diplomacy in London.
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London
Andrassy
Italy
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