Austria-Hungary to Grant Independence and Quiet Fronts
The report notes Austria-Hungary’s willingness to negotiate peace, accept Wilson’s views, and seek an immediate armistice on all fronts. It also covers a German monarchic reform, quiet fronts on the Western front, Haig’s repulsion near Valenciennes, Italian front activity near the Piave, and Monte Asolone recapture.
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Austria-Hungary
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Austria
Wilson
British Drive Routs 50000 Prisoners on Austro Italian Front
London reports the British offensive on the Austro Italian front has captured over 50,000 prisoners and fifty nine ships by last night, with twenty nine suns of progress noted.
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London
Bulgarians Press Greeks in Eastern Macedonia Occupation
In eastern Macedonia during the occupation Saloniki reports Bulgarians attempted to compel the Greek population to adopt new allegiance and practices as tensions rise amid wartime control.
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Saloniki
Macedonia
Bulgarians Treated Cruelly Says Greek Official
Dr Pazias vice president of the Greek chamber of deputies accuses Bulgarian authorities of cruel treatment of Bulgarians in a recent statement. He calls for attention from international bodies.
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Pazias
Chamber of Deputies
British Advance in Mesopotamia Threatens Mosul Route
British forces push toward Mosul along the Sherghet to Mosul road in Mesopotamia. The movement aims to cut Turkish communication lines and may compel a Turkish retreat toward Mosul.
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London
Sherghet
Mosul
Americans Shell Hun Supply Road Near Verdun
American forces northwest of Verdun engage German positions with heavy long range gunfire on Longuyon and along a critical railway line as troops and supplies are moved to respond to the front.
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Verdun
Associate Press
Longiyon
Hindenburg Resignation Rumors Circulate in Germany
Zurich reports German papers dispute a resignation by Field Marshal von Hindenburg. Neueste Nachrichten says he tendered his resignation, but the emperor has not decided. Frankfurter Zeitung denies resignation while pan Germans circulate reports.
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Associated Press
London
German Republic
England
Belgium
Italy
Zurich
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Neueste Naschrichten
Dresden
Frankfort
Hindenburg
Louisiana Conference of Methodist Church Postponed
Due to influenza and state health wishes the Louisiana conference of the Methodist church South postponed its meeting from November 12 at the First Methodist church in New Orleans to November 27. Bishop J Kilgore announced the change and it was requested by a majority of the presiding elders. Over 200 delegates are expected to attend the conference.
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State Board of Health
Louisiana
First American Army Battle Near Verdun Enters Sixth Month
General Pershing reports the battle north of Verdun has reached six months. In the first month American forces inflicted heavy losses and captured 29,000 prisoners, 150 guns, nearly 1,000 trench mortars, and several thousand machine guns.
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France
Washington
Pershing
Transmisson
Verdun
Mutinous Croatian Troops Control Fiume City
Paris reports the mutinous Croatian troops still, in effect, rule Fiume despite official claims of control. The Zurich correspondent for the Journal says Croatians have driven the Hungarians from the city.
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Paris
Fiume
Zurich
Memphis Power Plant Damaged By Burst Steam Pipe
Five workers were injured and the Memphis Gas and Electric Company plant suffered extensive damage. Many industries lacked power for hours and the city was largely without lights after a steam feed pipe burst. The street car system remained powered independently.
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Memphis
Memphis Gas and Electric Company
Vienna Faces Acute Food Crisis Urging Aid
Vienna is threatened with a severe food shortage as Austrian deputations travel to Berlin and Dresden seeking immediate assistance. Other groups head to Agram Prague and Budapest to urge Czech and Hungarian leaders to prevent famine.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Vossissche
Berlin
Dresden
Agram
Prague
Budapest
First Frost of the Season Reported Locally
Early risers witnessed a heavy white frost marking the season’s first. Local weather observer Miss Katie Key recorded a minimum temperature of 3.39 degrees and noted lighter frosts on October 9 and 13, with the first heavy frost eight days earlier in 1917.
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Monroe
Katie Key
American units advance east of Attigny in Rethel area
Paris reports American forces launched local operations east of Rethel and advanced about one kilometer east of Attigny as fighting continued in the sector.
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Paris
Rethel
Attigny
Spanish sugar ship torpedoed off Barnegat Coast guards say
A Spanish steamship laden with sugar was torpedoed ten miles off Barnegat New Jersey at 10 o clock this morning. Coast guards report twenty three of the twenty nine crew reached shore.
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Manabaweken
N. J
Barnegat
Coast Guards
Washington Weekly Ship Additions Reach Nineteen Thousand Tons
Washington reports eighteen new ships totaling 98,900 dead weight tons were added to the American fleet for the week ending Friday.
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Washington
Knox protests peace terms dictated by president alone
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania in the Senate condemned peace terms imposed without Senate approval, charging President Wilson with partisanship. Democratic senators prepared a reply and signaled wide debate on peace and war tied to partisan politics.
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Washington
Senate
Knox
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Serious trouble in Budapest sparks foreign minister dispute
Paris dispatch reports grave unrest in Budapest after Count Andrassy’s appointment as Austro Hungarian foreign minister amid Germanophile suspicions. A workmen and soldiers committee forms to back the extremist party ahead of forthcoming events.
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Paris
Budapest
Andrassy
Zurich
Centralized calls discontinued after five this afternoon
The Central Committee will stop accepting calls for doctors and aid after 5 PM at Elk's Club headquarters. Calls for physicians will go to office lines, aid requests to the Red Cross on phones 446 and 595. The day brought improved conditions and sunset sunshine boosted morale amid influenza cases and pneumonia deaths.
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Central Committee
Elk’s Club
Toda
Red Cross
Gulf Division
New Orleans
F.C. Pennetts
City Board of Health
O H. Bynum
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Co
British hold positions near Valenciennes as Haig reports
London October reports say the British Sunday repulsed German attacks to drive them from Damers south of Valenciennes. British forces improved positions slightly along the Mormal forest area north of Valenciennes and Raismes forest, restoring a firmer line.
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London
Damers
Valenciennes
Haig
Mormal Forest
Valencinnes
Raismes Forest
Resignation of Ludendorff Reported Accepted by Emperor William
An official report states Ludendorff's resignation has been accepted by Emperor William, signaling a leadership change during the ongoing crisis.
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William
German Military Leader Ludendorff Resigns amid Civilian Control Clash
Dispatches report General Erich von Ludendorff resigns as first quartermaster general after a rift with Chancellor Maximilian and Civilian authority. The emperor accepts the retirement and assigns him to the unattached list, with the lower Rhine regiment renamed in his honor. The move unsettles German public faith in the military machine.
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