Austria and Italy consider armistice talks across front
Vienna reports an Austrian deputation cross the fighting line for preliminary pourparlers with the Italian commander. The high command says efforts aim to avoid further bloodshed and seek cessation of hostilities and an armistice. Italian response shifted after initial refusal, with Weber and a deputation crossing lines. In London the Austrian commander asked Italy for armistice. the note was sent to Versailles. Washington says Austria's plea for armistice and peace team reached allied governments, with no formal reply from Secretary Lansing.
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London
Weber
Iniaz
Exchange Telegraph 9 Company
Washington
Austria
Wilson
Lansing
Turkey
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Paris
Bulgaria
Italy
France
Supreme War Council
Riano
Spain
America
Ekegren
Sweden
Count Andrassy
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Diaz
Baker
America Will Aid Weak Nations After War
New York November 1 The United States as a postwar power will avoid treaties that discriminate between nations and will offer equal treatment to all respecting human rights. It will aid reconstruction of war damaged industries to provide wages and jobs, consult experts on policy changes, and protect American living standards. Private ownership of the merchant fleet is essential and will be pursued to ensure cheap, efficient service even after the war.
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New York
United States
Fred B. Whitney
Committee On
American Manufacturers’ Export Association
Mr. Whitney
Whitney
America
E. M. Herr
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Herr
Teutons Battle Peril as Turkey Exits War
Associa d Press reports Turkey’s exit threatens German and Austro Hungarian forces. Allies press further, capturing prisoners, driving wedges near Beluno, and pushing across the Isonzo toward the Austrian frontier. Romania’s fate looms as Turkey’s capitulation shifts Eastern Front dynamics.
Sugar Quotas Raised to Three Pounds per Person
Washington November 1 The Food Administrator Hoover raised home sugar allowances from two to three pounds per person monthly effective today The regulations let families buy the full month supply at once The move cites beet sugar growth in the west a new cane crop in the south reduced consumption in manufacturing and improved transport and public conservation as reasons
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Wasilington
Hoover
Health conditions in camps improving nationwide
Washington reports health conditions in army camps and cantonments are improving for the week ending Oct 25. New influenza cases total about 19,000, down over 50 percent from the prior week, with 5,968 pneumonia cases and a hospital admission rate of 1,792 and death rate of 92 per 1,000.
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Washington
Steaap
Surgeon General of the Army
Telegram To Kaiser Tells Of Austrian Peace Move
London dispatch reports German newspapers citing a wireless message that Emperor Charles sent a telegram to Emperor William on September 26 announcing Austria-Hungary must take a decisive step and that the peace offer is irrevocable.
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London
Charles
William
Austria-Hungary
Fresh Report Kaiser Shorn Of His Power
London dispatch reports that High German officials in Copenhagen were informed the German emperor abdicated. The Copenhagen correspondent notes that no mention is made of the crown prince, signaling a drastic collapse of imperial authority.
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Kaiser
London
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
French Begin New Attack in Belgium
London reports a major Allied offensive across a wide Belgium front from Deynze to Averghem. Belgian British French and American troops struck at 6:30 AM, reaching about four thousand yards by noon. Key towns liberated include Bergrwijk, Tienghem, Anseghem, and Wenterken.
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Black Sea
Associated Press
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Averghem
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Tienghemn
Anseghem
Wenterken
German Hold Broken On Hawaiian Sugar
New York dispatch reports that German control of Hawaii sugar ends with the purchase of Hackfeld by American interests. The new company, American Bone Limited, has six hundred stockholders, most residents of Hawaii, transforming the Pacific center of pro German propaganda and securing control of the islands principal industry.
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Hackfeld Company
A. Mitchell Palmer
Concam
Pakner
American Bone Limited
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Hawaii
Turks Sign Truce Quit World War
Armistice signed at Mudros on Lemnos ending Turkish participation in World War I. London reports say Britain received peace proposals from Turkey viewed as surrender terms. British notes expect allied review before reply and possible Armenian issues over Dardanelles access. Washington notes anticipate naval action through the straits against Germany.
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Lemnos
Aegean Sea
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R Reuter
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Bulgaria
Armenia
Dardanelles
Washington
Black Sea
Teutons
Russia
Eric Geddes
The
Admiralty
Versailles Peace Talks Open Amid Allied Leader Presence
Paris November 1 allied chiefs and representatives led by Colonel House meet in Versailles for the supreme war council. The historic setting around Louis XIV’s palace hosts uniformed officials and officials from France Britain Italy and the United States as traffic is halted and guards boost security for the conferences beginning today.
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Colonel House
Versailles
Inter-Allied Council
Associated Press
Supreme War Council
Triaon Place
Louis XIV Palace
Gallerie Des Glaces
Wilhelm I
Prussia
Turkey Enters War After Armistice and Early Campaigns
The text traces Turkey joining the war in November 1914 after severing relations with Britain France and Russia and becoming the second central power to seek an armistice. It notes allied operations across Gallipoli Cyprus and Mesopotamia, with Cyprus annexed by Britain, and describes British advances toward Baghdad Mosul and Aleppo under Allenby, as well as Turkish offensives in Egypt and the Caucasus.
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Cyprus
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Goeben
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Bagdad
Kut- El-Amara
Mesopotamia
Mosul
Egypt
Caucasus
Palestine
Allenby
Aleppo
Indict Juror Who Gave Out Secret Ballot
New York stories reveal Abner T. Bowen a grand jury member disclosed secret ballot results in a Michigan Republican primary expenditures probe Bowen admitted making disclosures to Truman H Newberry and was excused from the panel A presentment based on a New York newspaper report and Bowen admission was filed and the court deferred action until Thursday
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New York
Truman H. Newberry
Newberry
Michigan
Abner T. Bowen
Bowen
Consolidate Work Around War Camps
Washington November 1 The War Camp Community Service now coordinates all welfare activities outside camps previously run by the YMCA National Catholic War Council Jewish Welfare Board and Salvation Army The move unifies relief work per views of Secretary Baker and President Wilson to ensure unity and coordination among agencies.
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National Catholic War Council
Jewish Welfare Board
Salvation Army
War Camp Community Service
Commission On Training Camp
War and Navy Departments
Ony
Baker
Wilson
British Take 1 000 German Prisoners In Eastern Front Action
In the Courtrai region east of the town British forces carried out an attack today and achieved all objectives, taking about a thousand German prisoners, per Field Marshal Haig's communique issued tonight.
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Courtrai
Haig
London
Military revolts in Vienna and Budapest
Associ ate Press reports revolts in Vienna and Budapest with republic declarations. Budapest troops threaten key rail hub with machine guns as unity with Hungarian assembly surfaces amid grave conditions. In Rhine towns panic rises as enemy occupation fears spread.
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Budapest
Berne
Berlin
National Assembly
Rhine
Amsterdam
Coblens
Cologne
Italian Army Reports Setbacks as Allies Break Through
Italian headquarters report that Austria's evacuation offer arrived too late and Italians vow to drive Austro-Hungarians from Italian soil. Gen Diaz urges troops forward as Allied forces advance from Piave, capturing tens of thousands of troops, cannons, and prisoners. Czecho Slovak units assist third Italian army. Italian gains include Asiago plateau and other Alps targets. Vienna reports rail disruptions and internal chaos as armies are split and communications collapse.
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Beluno
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Diaz
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London
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