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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
5
London reports German envoys have signed the Allied armistice terms, deemed nearly unconditional surrender. The document was signed at nine this morning and calls for hostilities to cease at 2 PM today. General Foch informed German HQ that terms could be learned if delegation entered Allied lines via designated routes.
London reports the entire German fleet at Kiel has been taken over by revolutionists. Clash with military police leaves eight dead and over thirty wounded as rioters push to control naval assets amid the upheaval.
London reports from neutral sources that German ship crews rebelled when ordered to sail for attack. Revolt spreads through Hamburg with artillery placed at strategic points and firing into streets as the city faces a crisis.
Washington announces that the terms of the allied armistice have not yet been signed. The State Department said this in the afternoon after receiving a Paris message responding to a request for information.
American forces fight within sight of Sedan as they press from Chemery toward Maisoncelle and Dun. They cross the Meuse at a point with a half mile of mud and a 60 foot canal under intense German gunfire, amid rope rescues and grappling irons. Soldiers endure perilous river crossing and canal assault.
Latest returns list elected U S senators by state with party affiliations. Names include Bankhead Alabama Robinson Arkansas Phipps Colorado Ball Delaware Harris Idaho Borah and Millon Wyomi n. McCormick Illinois Kenyon Iowa Capper Kentucky Ransdell Louisiana Walsh Massachusetts Newberry Michigan Nelson Minnesota Harrison Missouri Walsh Montana Norris Henderson Keyes New Jersey Baird and Walter Johnson New Mexico Fall Owen McNary and Poole Oregon McNary and rival. Colt Rhode Island Dial Pollock Sterling Shields Sheppard and Elkins Warren Wyoming all noted with party labels Dem Rep or other.
Near a tight election result Governor Whitman remains a near tie as American forces assault a river crossing. Pontoon bridges, swimmers, and engineers push through heavy German fire to reach the east bank, with bold river crossings and canal assaults shaping the ongoing operation.
Amsterdam dispatch reports the chairman of the newly formed soldiers' council in Kiel has taken control and called for immediate peace. In Belvidere Illinois two men from De Kalb Oscar Anderson and Herman Johnson died when an Illinois Central train struck their motor truck near Colvin Park.
Despatches from the south of Germany describe disorganization and despair as Emperor Charles troops flee camps and abandon equipment. Tens of thousands of Austrians and Hungarians sought shelter as Italian forces advanced and the army surrendered without firing a shot.
Five youths died when a Chicago and North Western train struck an automobile in Milwaukee. The dead include Harry Cohen, Sam Cohen, Israel Goldberg, Louis Goldberg, and an unidentified boy.
An official Rome dispatch says about 500,000 Austrian prisoners, including 250,000 horses, have been captured before the armistice. In the Trentino alone over 150,000 prisoners fell to the Italians. Italian naval forces landed troops on Lissa Lagosto and Fiume with governors named for the islands and city. London reports Italians also landed at Zara in Dalmatia.
Washington Nov 7 Democrats refuse to concede control of either congressional branch while Republicans assert a Senate and House majority. Early returns show Republicans with a 50 46 0 0 Senate split and 224 206 5 0 House. Democrats risk losing most of their strength pending remaining state tallies in Michigan New Mexico and Idaho.
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