British Italian advance beyond Piave. 9000 Austrians captured
British and Italian forces pushed beyond the Piave River as Austro-Hungarian resistance waned. Over 9,000 Austrians were taken prisoner and 51 guns were seized. Rome and Washington dispatches note Italian gains and ongoing diplomacy on war and peace talks.
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Italy
Piave River
Rome
War Office
Piave
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Alessio
Soutan
Tenth Army
Grave di Pappadopolo
Tsorgo Maianotte
Roncadelle
Pasonery
Berlin Asks For Terms From Wilsons Peace Plan
Opened in Copenhagen on October 27 Germany replies to President Wilson. The German government acknowledges the American note, notes constitutional changes, and says peace talks are by a people’s government with real power over decisions and the military. It awaits armistice proposals as a first step to a just peace. Signed Solf.
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Associated Preas
Germany
Wilson
United States
Bodies Strew Shores Near Wessel's Wreck
Seattle dispatch reports the steamer Princess Sophia sank in Lynn Canal between Juneau and Skagway Alaska with 343 lives lost. The blizzard pushed the stern onto Vanderbilt reef as a heavy snow storm raged, flooding engine rooms and blowing boilers. About 150 bodies were recovered by Friday, with only 18 reaching Juneau by dispatch time. A flotilla of 15 to 25 small craft searched miles of shoreline for victims.
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Lynn Canal
Juneau
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Vanderbilt Reef
Defense League Men On Coast Indicted
SAN FRANCISCO Oct 29 Indicted by a federal grand jury were Pons B Jeffery 72 a major in the Spanish American War and well known in Chicago and elsewhere John H Buits Mason L Williams and Mrs F Robie also known as Mrs A Bis Rodgers. The government alleges embezzlement of funds collected in the name of the California council of the National Defense League.
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Cal
Pons B. Jeffery
Chicago
California Council
National Defense League
John H. Buits
Mason L. Williams
Reague
California
Christmas Labels Distributed Soon
The first Christmas parcel labels have reached the United States, aiding shipments to more than two million soldiers in France. Relatives of wounded and overseas service members should prepare Christmas boxes promptly with instructions provided. Labels and sending guidelines will be available at Red Cross chapters after November 1. one package per soldier accepted by the war department.
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Washington
France
Red Cross
Ec'diers
War Department
Saloons Closed in Four Towns Over Influenza Risk
APIDEMIC CLOSHS SALOONS, TAYLORVILLE. Oct 29. Twenty one saloons in Kincaid, Bulpitt, Journeyville and Tovey shut by state health authorities due to influenza. Over nine hundred new cases and three deaths reported in these towns.
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Jerneyville
Tovey
Official Text Tallies With The Wireless
Washington note confirms the German government’s reply text matches the wireless version. The German text dated October 27 1918 is published by the State Department with an English translation, noting the German government recognizes U S President terms and awaits armistice proposals toward a just peace.
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Wilson
State Department
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Lansing
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Charge D'Affaires A. i
Switzerland
Washington, D. C
Foreign Office
F., Oederlin
A. I
Robert Lansing
United States
Lille Celebrating Freedom From Boche
Associated Press reports Lille celebrates liberation as British armies advance near Valenciennes. At 11 am the front near Valenciennes saw a local offensive improving positions toward the town infested with enemy guns as Lille marks four years under German rule. President Poincare and other notables reviewed British detachments amid public gratitude.
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Associated Press
France
Belgium
Valenciennes
Lille
Poincare
Roosevelt Urges Republicans to Win House in 1918 Vote
Col Theodore Roosevelt told a Carnegie Hall Republican audience that a Republican victory in Congress would prove America’s resolve to speed the war and demand unconditional surrender from Germany. He said GOP leaders in Congress backed wartime measures and pledged support for the President while opposing his political drift.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Congress
America
Germany
Roosevelt
Republican Club
Carnegie Hall
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Verdun Bois Belleu falls to American troops
General Pershing reports that Bois Belleu east of the Meuse is entirely in American hands after a Sunday attack. Further south there are active combats in Bois d Ormont and air war reports state thirteen enemy planes destroyed with five Americans downed.
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Verdun
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Grandpre
Aincreville
Aire
First Army
Briquenay
Berger Pleads Not Guilty in Espionage Indictment
Victor L. Berger former congressman and three socialists indicted last week by the federal grand jury on espionage charges pleaded not guilty. Berger and the others were released on bonds of 89 and 608 respectively.
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Berger
Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
Federal Grand Jury
Supreme Court Recesses Over Flu Epidemic
The Supreme Court recessed again until next Monday in Washington due to an influenza epidemic, delaying ongoing sessions and arguments. The move affects schedules and public notices from the court as health concerns slow operations.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Fear Breach Threatens Metz In Verdun Sector
The Associated Press reports the German forces are making a last desperate stand to stop American breakthroughs near Verdun while a breach could endanger Metz and threaten the invasion of the German empire. Hundreds of divisions, machine guns and artillery are deployed as the struggle intensifies.
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Verdun
Metz
German Empire
Germans Prepare To Retreat Battle Report Near Valenciennes
British headquarters report fires behind German lines south of Valenciennes near Landrecies Marovil les and Sabres. An explosion at Crunilly likely from an ammunition dump. British patrols note La Folie farm evacuated between Valenciennes and Le Quesnoy as Germans dig in along Maresches and High ground toward Presecu.
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France
Montreal
Reuters
Normal Forest
Valenciennes
Landrecies
Marovilles
Crunilly
Valencennes
le Quesnoy
la Folie
Maresches
Baker Explains Draft Statement In Washington
Secretary Baker clarifies press reports about drafting men up to 45. He says the War Department does not plan to call all men to service by January and suggests John R. Mott may have misunderstood his remarks.
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Washington
War Department
Austria presses for separate peace with Wilson backed talks
In a Vienna release Count Julius Andrassy states Austro-Hungary accepts Wilson's terms for armistice and peace talks. The government urges immediate negotiations with the opposing group and an immediate front armistice, asking President Wilson to begin overtures.
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Austro-Hungary
Wilson
Confidant Of Caillaux And Count Luxburg
New York Oct 29 startling disclosures on alleged negotiations by Joseph Caillaux former French premier and Count Von Luxburg former German minister to Argentina reveal an interned enemy alien Minotto acted as go-between. He claimed Caillaux and Luxburg sought French power in Paris in 1915 and a separate peace with Germany. Minotto's testimony, corroborated by others, is being used in Caillaux treason proceedings.
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Joseph Caillaux
France
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
Caillaux
Paris
Germany
Becker
James Minotto
Minotto
Louis Swift
Chicago
Washington
Minotte
Fort Oglethorpe
Department of Justice
Berlin
Buenos Aires
Luxbury
Toy-makers Seek Ban on German Made Toys
New York October 29. Toy makers urge immediate congressional passage of a law prohibiting landing at American ports of German made toys or merchandise until the central empires submit to an allied peace. The convention recalls outrages by the same hands that fashioned these toys and calls on loyal Americans to refuse to accept or use them.
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New York
Congress
Toy Makers’ Association of America
Poincare Receives Aid Mission Head House in Paris
In Paris on October 8 President Poincare received Colonel Edward M House who presented credentials as a special representative of the United States government to European governments.
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Poincare Redceives House
Paris
Poincare
Colona
Edward M. House
United States
Kerkuk Taken by British Forces in Mesopotamia
British troops captured Kerkuk in Turkish Kurdestan, about 155 miles north of Bagdad, the war office reported. Turks held strong positions at Jebel Hamrin, while British cavalry moved along the Tigris left bank, pressuring eastern communications as Turkish forces retreated twelve miles north to near Kaleh Sheghat, with further contact near Altyn Kupri.
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Kerkuk
Kurdestan
Bagdad
War Office
Mesopotamia
Jebel Hamrin
Lesser Zab
Tigris
Kaleh Sheghat
Altyn Kupri
British Advance on Scheldt Canal Haig Report
London Oct 28 Field Marshal Haig said British troops advanced south of Valenciennes overcoming stiff opposition. Local operation south of Valenciennes captured more than 100 prisoners between the Rhonelle river and the Scheldt. Other sectors were quiet.
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London
Valenciennes
Haig
Rhonelle
Scheldt
Yanks Find Mines and Hidden Explosives Near Verdun
American troops operating northwest of Verdun report ongoing mine and explosive hunts. In Chatel Chehery a sprung walking stick trapped a 25 pound charge via a fine wire from the cane to the detonator, left by unseen attackers.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Chatel Chehery
Rickenbacher Notches Second Victory in Week
Captain Edward Rickenbacher of the American flying forces near Verdun confirms his second win in heavy action Sunday. The total enemy planes he has destroyed rises to 33, with two decisive combats in the weekend exchanges. Other aviators corroborate Rickenbacher’s credited defeats, including one victory inside the German lines.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Edward Rickenbacher
Kaga
Bunday
Rickenbacher
Flyera
Roosevelt Presents Portion Of World War I Aircraft Seat
New York February 29 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was presented a portion of a WWI airplane seat in which his son Lieutenant was killed while flying in France. The gesture came from EB Hungerford, a former official, who noted the plane had been obtained from a certain sector and was restored for display.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
France
Hungerford
Expect Hindenburg To Be Retired Next
Amsterdam reports a flood of speculation on Germany's leadership after Ludendorff. The Rhenish Westphalian Zeitung of Essen hints Field Marshal von Hindenburg may be the next target of the new regime while Essen Allgemeine Zeitung cites Gen Von Lossberg as Ludendorff’s possible successor.
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von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Westhalian Zeitung
Essen
Essen Allgemeine Zeitung
von Lossberg
Sof
Sixth Army
von Lossbo
George Bernhard
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Montreal Musketeer Cited For Bravery
Montreal reports Private Thomas Dinesen of a Montreal regiment awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery on the western front. In a ten hour hand to hand battle he disabled multiple machine guns and helped capture over a mile of enemy trenches, waging with bombs and bayonet. His sustained valor aided comrades at a critical stage amid heavy fighting.
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Montreal
Thomas Dinesen
Ineson
Supreme Court blocks county stat erection in Rock Island
Washington reports the state supreme court upholding an injunction against county officials from erecting two county stations in Rock Island HL. The decision sustains the injunction and dismisses related injunctive procedures, noted in the Oct 9 dispatch.
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State Supreme Court
Rock Island
Supton
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