Austria Rejects Armistice Offer for Liberty for Nationalities
President Wilson rejects Austria-Hungary’s armistice offer and demands genuine national self determination. The note, via Secretary Lansing, insists that autonomy alone fails to satisfy the rights of Czecho-Slovaks and Jugoslovs, and that Austro-Hungarian policy must align with their freedom.
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Wilon
Eace
Ansing
Wilson
Austria- Hungary
United States
Czecho-Slovaks’ National Council
Family of Nations
Robert Lansing
Peace terms echoed in Wilson era notes find support
A archival note cites negotiations referencing Woodrow Wilson’s fourteen points from January 8, 1918 and the four points from February 12, 1918 as a foundation. It states President A Wilson’s September 27, 1918 address should be considered, with W A F EKEVGREN and Robert Lansing named in the correspondence at Washington.
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Congress
A Wilson
W. A. F. Ekevgren
Robert Lansing
United States
Washington
Chicago and Illinois oversubscribe fourth Liberty loan
Chicago and Cook county oversubscribed their $252.5 million quota by more than $30 million, with the Seventh federal reserve district showing strong oversubscription across Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Indiana and Michigan. Officials expect totals to exceed the quota with final figures due October 24.
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French Troops Close In On Thielt Rail Hub West of Ghent
Unofficial reports say General Mangin's forces broke the Wagnerian line and advanced about five kilometers toward Marlies, a key Serre railway point northeast of Laon. British and Belgian units push along the frontier as German counter-attacks occur near Verneuil and St Germainmont on the Serre-Aisne front.
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Deynze
Kamimene
Oesselghem
Lys
French War Office
Verneuil
St. Germainmont
Serre-Aisne
German Note to Wilson Signals Submarine War Pause
Reports from Paris London and Amsterdam indicate Germany plans to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare provisionally and evacuate Belgium over months. The note denies cruelty charges, protests foreign meddling, asserts self determination, and questions the armistice commission. Still unconfirmed and treated as unofficial, with possible speculative “feeler” intent.
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Reuter
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Wilhelmstrasse
Swiss envoy Oederlin May Deliver Germany Surrender Note
Frederick Oederlin, charge d affaires ad interim of the Swiss legation in Washington, possibly sent Germanys surrender to the U S president. At 38 he recently left the post of commercial adviser to Hans Sulzer, Swiss minister. An engineer with North American experience, he transmitted Wiltons note to Berlin and awaits the response. Sulzer remains in Switzerland.
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Washington
Germany
United States
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Switzerland
Canada
Wilgon
Berlin
Minister Sulzer
Two Yank Soldiers Capture $6 St. Juvin Street Fight
A husky Irish American named McLenahan and a German Hebrew American mate Rapport cleaned the principal street in St Juvin near the Meuse, repelling heavy sniper fire with bayonets and grenades. They forced a group of 96 Germans to surrender and marched them to the rear. The report notes German hopes US will aid a peace of justice and urges neutral inquiry into wartime actions while denying German claims about life boats.
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McLenahan
New York World
Raapport
St. Juvin
Aire
Meuse
Rapport
United States
Favor Brussels for Parley
The Hague report says if President Wilson’s peace terms are accepted Germany would cede Brussels as the objective of any negotiations.
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Germany
Hague
the Hague
Wilson
Brussels
British Breakthrough Prompted German Peace Offer
The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian reports Marshal Foch told Field Marshal Haig that Britain's breakthrough of the Hindenburg line prompted Germany to seek peace. This came in a conversation a few days ago.
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London
Marshal Foch
Field Marshal Haig
Hindenburg
Manchester Guardian
Indiana Exceeds Liberty Loan Quota
Indiana oversubscribed its fourth Liberty loan quota of 108.75 million dollars by 150 thousand with several millions more expected.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Governor Harding Confined With Spanish Flu
Des Moines Iowa October 19 Governor Harding is confined to his home with Spanish influenza contracted Thursday night Attending physicians report no complications and pneumonia is not yet indicated
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Des Moines
Harding
Father and son electrocuted in garage accident
In Springfield Missouri on October 21 Warren H. Edwards and his son Floyd were electrocuted while inspecting an automobile. An extension line connected to a high voltage wire caused both deaths. the son apparently died trying to assist his father.
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Ohio
Springfield
Warren Hl. Edwards
Floyd
Czecho-Slovaks Repel Bolshevik Offensive Near Yakaterinburg
Bolshevik troops advancing toward Yakaterinburg suffer a sharp defeat at the hands of Czecho-Slovak and Siberian forces. The Reds report about 1,000 killed and three armored trains destroyed in the clash.
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Siberia
Recs
Shanghai
Yakaterinburg
Lille Plunder Escalates French Vengeance Talks
Paris reports Lille has been plundered by retreating Germans though not razed like Cambrai Lens. French resolve grows with cries of revenge as L Eche de Paris warns German officers to spare evacuated towns or face reckoning after the war.
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Lille
Cambrai
Lens
L’eche de Paris
Less Flu In Camp Custer Shows Epidemic Ebb
Camp Custer Michigan reports a notable drop in pneumonia cases and an almost complete end to influenza. Fifteen deaths were recorded as the outbreak appears under control in the October 21 update.
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Michigan
Camp Custer
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