President Wilson Reiterates Surrender Over Armistice Terms
The United States rejects peace with autocracy and demands German surrender or disarmament terms. President Wilson states only an armistice that disarms German forces will be considered and delegates peace decisions to Allied military advisers.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Hans
Joseph P. Tumulty
Baker
War and
Navy Departments
Geliunay
Empire
Prussia
Robert Lansing
Frederick Oederlin
Switzerland
American and British Forces Push Through Valenciennes Front
Allied artillery and infantry, with American navy guns and British divisions, advance along the Valenciennes sector. British and American troops cross the Valenciennes Avesnes railway, capture Sepmeries and Querenaing, and report thousands of prisoners and hundreds of guns as they push toward Maubeuge and Mons amid heavy German resistance.
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Valenciennes-Avesnes
Haig
Belgium
Rhine
Navy Department
Navy
Paris
Samuel MM. Vanelain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
America
Baldwin
Evis
Meuse
Pershing
Verdun
Bois Bultray
Bois de Houppy
Bois de Belleu
Ines
Bois de Wavrille
Plyon de Traye
London
Valenciennes-Avesiues
Marshal Matiz
Sepmeries Village
Querenaing
Vualenciennes
Avesnes
le Quesny
Nuin
Valenciennes
Lruilte-St. Armand
Burdion
Grand Pre
Bois Mtraves
Bois de Wauhille
Bois de Barricourt
Bois de Folie
Washington
Meuse Bantheville
Times
Argonne
Landres
Kriemhilde
Romagne
Sous
Montfauecon
Cunel
Cierges
Mantillois
Ludendorff
Aris
Oise Canal
Longchamps
War Office
Oise
Serre
Maubeuge
Mons
Escaillon
Beaudignies
Quesnoy
Record of Foreign Trade Hits New September Highs
The department of commerce reports record September foreign trade with imports at 262 million dollars up 26 million from 1917 and exports at 550 million dollars up 100 million. Nine months show imports 2.322 billion and exports 4.561 billion, with gold and silver movements noted.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Coffin Ghouls Held by Federal Authorities
Two undertakers were arrested in New York on charges of defrauding the government by replacing government coffins with cheap pine boxes and selling expensive caskets while reselling government coffins, costing $36 per pine box.
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New York
Alteged
U S Will Bring Home All American Dead From France
West of Verdun October 24 American army chaplains report orders directing all American dead in France to be brought home after the war.
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U. S
Verdun
France
First American Shot Fired at Verdun Centenary
Verdun marked the first American shot of World War I fired Oct 23 when Sgt Alex Ray of South Bend Indiana pulled the lanyard in a German position northeast of Vinville. That same day the 1st American Division entered trenches along the Rhine Marne canal under Gen Sibert command.
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Sergt. Alex. Ray
South Bend
Ind
U. S. Gun
Finville
Verdun
Alex. Ray
Vinville
Rhine-Marne Canal
Sibert
Indiana
Subs Flee to Home Ports From Ostend and Zeebrugge
In the House of Commons James Thomas MacNamiura, financial secretary of the admiralty, said many German destroyers and torpedo boats based at Ostend and Zeebrugge may have slipped to German ports. He noted night passage and Dutch waters complicate interception and that measures already taken may not prove fully effective.
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London
House of Commons
James Thomas MacNamiura
Admiralty
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Rain Quenches Minnesota Forest Fires
A heavy soaking rain in Duluth Minnesota on October 23 ends the northern state forest blazes. The rain, if it had come eleven days earlier, might have prevented widespread destruction as crews battle remaining hotspots and secure affected areas.
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Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Soldiers in Wreck Near Geneva Injure Fifty on Train
About fifty soldiers from the Eighth United States infantry were injured when a Chicago and Northwestern train of thirteen cars derailed three miles west of Geneva Illinois. The split rail caused the crash as the engine and first three cars passed safely and nine cars were hurled off the track. The wounded, from Camp Fremont California, were taken to Geneva’s Colonial hospital and include Omer Acree Pomona California Leo Bing ham Thatcher Arizona and many others. Troops cordoned off the wreck hindering full fact gathering and fears rose that two may die.
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Chicago
Eighth United States Infantry
Chicago & Northwestern
Atlantic
Geneva
Til
Camp Fremont
California
Colonial Hospital
Omer Acree
Pomona
Cal
Leo Bingham
Thatcher
Ariz
Syyron
Brown
Temple
Tex
John H. Elliker
Enterprise
Utah
Clarence Raney
Charleston
Miss
Carlos Domingo
Placentia
Godfrey Gottfried
Daly City
Colo
Serge
John J. Egan
Whiladelphia
Pac
Erwin Jewett
Gilmore
Tdaho
John Chimles
Santa Barbara
Walter S. Mitchell
el Paso
J. S. Peoples
Yuma
Aviz
Robert McKinley
Yun
John Orth
Los Angeles
Moody
Redving
Claude GC. Burt
Sinking of Ticonderoga Claims 213 Lives in War Zone
Washington reports that two officers and 99 enlisted men died when the American steamer Ticonderoga was sunk in the war zone on September 30. The war department confirms total U S losses now 213 with the navy already listing ten officers and 162 crew dead and two officers captured.
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Washington
Army
Ticonderoga
War Department
Navy
Mulvane Heir Dies of Pneumonia in Topeka
Topeka Kansas October 25 John David Mulvane thirty seven-year-old heir to an estate valued over one million dollars died here of pneumonia after inheriting from his foster father John B Mulvane in a recent death.
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Topeka
Kan
John David Mulvane
John B. Mulvane
American transport sinks coal barge after collision
An American transport rammed and sank a barge carrying 8 000 tons of coal near an Atlantic port on October 25. Four men aboard the barge were rescued by a tug, while the transport sustained no damage.
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U. S
Atlantic
Soldier's Wife Slain in Chicago at 1137 Fulton Street
Mrs Illi Carlton aged twenty nine wife of a soldier in France was found dead with a bullet through the heart at 1137 Fulton street Police report murder.
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Chicago
Illi Carlton
France
Foulton Street
Tramways to Hire Chileans for German Staff Ahead
Santiago Chile October 24 The electric tramways company will end its contract with German employees and hire Chileans and nationals from allied countries for future work.
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Santiago
Chile
Electric Tramways Company
Liberty Loan Fourth Campaign Surpasses Goal With Massive Subscriptions
Washington reports show about 25 million subscribers to the fourth Liberty loan, surpassing the $6 billion target. Records indicate a 20 percent US population participation, with expectations of more than 22 million names on the honor roll and strong turnout despite influenza and ongoing war.
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Washington
Treasury
Boston
Philadelphia
United States
House in France to Handle Wilson diplomacy in war talks
Col. E. M. House and Admiral Benson arrived in France to represent President Wilson in diplomatic issues and naval matters as armistice talks with Germany begin. Bliss to handle military topics. Crowds in Berlin demand Emperor William’s abdication as Turkish leaders pledge peace based on Wilson’s principles.
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Washington
BE. M. House
Wilson
W.S. Benson
France
Colonel House
Admiral Benson
Navy
Germany
T. H. Bliss
Paris
Reichstag
Berlin
William
Zurich
Karl Liebnecht
Basel
Switzerland
Turkey
Tawfik Pasha
Constantinople
London
Fiume
Albania
Copenhagen
Apponyi
Count Andrassy
Chicago Over Top in Liberty Loan Campaign
Chicago redeemed itself in the final days of the fourth Liberty loan drive. It not only met its quota but surpassed all other divisions of the Seventh federal reserve district in oversubscription, with Town posting the smallest percentage. Chicago finished first in oversubscription percentage, likened to a tortoise that wins the race.
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Chicago
Liberty Loan
Federal Reserve District
Town
Roumania Closes Its Ports, British Say
London reports German wireless dispatches captured in Moscow state that Romania has declared all its ports closed. The notice comes amid World War I tensions as authorities monitor Baltic and Black Sea access.
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Roumania
London
Moscow
No Crime to Bet Says Magistrate Corrigan
In New York on October 26 Magistrate Joseph Corrigan discharged 98 men arrested in a poolroom for violating the antijoaffing law, ruling they had committed no crime by loafing playing poker or betting.
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New York
Joseph Corrigan
US Cargo Ship Lake Sergne Wrecked Off French Coast
The American cargo steamship Lake Sergne foundered after striking a rock off the coast of France. The Navy Department announced there were no loss of life and the vessel sank.
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U. S
Washington
France
Navy Department
Build Homes Away From Plants Washington Get
Secretary Baker announced a policy by housing corporations to locate new village settlements at a distance from munition plants to safeguard workers homes.
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Washington
Baker
Dutch ships renew trips to England and America
Dutch newspapers report Dutch shipping firms plan to resume regular sailings to England and the United States following the predicted withdrawal of U-boat menace. Danish shipping is said to have resumed Wednesday.
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United States
England
London
Holland
America
Amsterdam
Exchange @elegraph company
Denmark
Victory for Serbians in Morava Valley
London reports a Serbian victory as forces defeat the enemy in the Morava river valley. The official announcement says the enemy is retiring in disorder and retreating from the area.
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Morava
London
Great Morava
Five Anarchists Sentenced in Federal Court
Five avowed anarchists convicted of circulating antigovernment literature including pamphlets urging munition workers to strike were sentenced to confinement in federal prisons in New York.
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New York
Hostages Shot by the Reds Reported in Russia
Amsterdam reports that from the assassination of Moses Uritzky, elections commissioner, to October 1, 68 hostages were executed by Bolsheviki including five priests.
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Reds
Amsterdam
Moses Uritzky
Constituent Assembly of
Russia
Bolsheviki
Great Lakes Navy Station Clears Influenza Outbreak
Spanish influenza has been driven from the Great Lakes naval training station. Health authorities report conditions cannot be better and the epidemic has disappeared at the facility.
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Great Lakes
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Western Union Ends Public Cable Use for Expeditionary Force
New York Oct. 28 announcement by Western Union Telegraph Company that public use of its cable service to communicate with American expeditionary force members has been discontinued.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
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