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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1918

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Armistice Terms for Turkey Replaces War Links

London report states British fleet clears Dardanelles of mines for access to the Black Sea with Allied guarantees. The 25 terms of the armistice include open waters, demobilization, surrender of vessels, prisoner exchanges, and Allied occupation across strategic points with no secret clauses.

Associated Press London Dardanelles Constantinople Bosphorus Black Sea Admiralty Ituswion Germany Odessa Sebastopol Nikolaicy Nikolaiev Turkey Lord Robert Cecil Robert Foreign Office Great Britain Bereth Armenia Tinople Sas Taurus Persia Trans-Caucasia

Society Notes Highlight Trips and Visits Across Cities

Mrs. Clifford B. Edwards returns from a three month trip to Des Moines St Louis Dallas and Arkadelphia Ark She stayed with Mr and Mrs J Blaine Burns at the Victoria Hotel in Des Moines Mrs Herbert Linscott has come back from Ohio to San Antonio duties Miss Virginia Priest will visit Nashville Tenn to see daughter at Ward Belmont College Elizabeth Chandler guests of Leonora Bell for several weeks The Barnard Bee Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy meeting scheduled for November 5 is postponed until further notice

Clifford B. Edwards Des Moines St. Louis Dallas Arkadelphia Ark Edwards J. Blaie Burns Victoria Hotel T. Priest Nashville, Tenn Virginia Ward Belmont Barnard FE. Bee The Daughters of the Confederacy Sone

Allies Demand Austria's Surrender Amid War Advances

A dispatch reports Allied insistence on Austria's surrender after a failed armistice request. It states Austria hoisted the white flag to avoid irreversible ruin, while Italy demands strict guarantees that war aims be achieved and Austria cannot resume the offensive. Austrian arms are retreating from the mountains toward Trova as naval detachments hold fortified lines.

Austria Italy Trova Vealian Tagliami Caorle Waa Protec

Peasant Government Rises in Bulgaria After Abdication

Copenhagen reports King Boris abdicated on Oct 3 and a peasant government led by M Stambulinsky has taken control at Tirnova on the Yantra River. Tirnova, a Bulgarian town on the Sofia Varna rail line, has 12 000 inhabitants and historic ties. London sources say Stambulinsky heads a republican army of up to forty thousand men, per Central News.

Copenhagen Boris of Bulgaria Lirnova M. Stambulinsky Peasants and Agrarians of Tirnova Yantra Sofia Varna Virvoya London Zurich King Associated Press Saan de Cee D. A. Walker

Miniature battlefield display draws crowds at No Man's Land window

A detailed miniature war scene fills a window at 21134 Last Houston Street, showing relics from World War I, barbed wire, tents, and stone fortifications. Dr. Clifford, a marine veteran, arranged the exhibit with seven wartime organizations featured in a frieze. The display attracts hundreds daily while a stereopticon projects battle scenes and relief group huts. Nearby, railroad workers are urged to have voting access, and Finland grants amnesty to about 10,000 revolutionists.

No Man‘s Last Houston Street United War Work Campaign Gunter Hotel Clifford Chasteau Thierry Knights of Columbus War Camp Community Service Salvation Army Jewish Welfare Board American Library Association

Weather forecast for San Antonio and East Texas

Tonight and Sunday fair and warmer with maximum temperatures around 66 to 60 degrees. West to moderate southerly winds. East Texas also sees fair and warmer conditions tonight and Sunday.

San Antonio Texas

Weather summary for tourists in St Louis Chicago and New York

Fragmented notice reports temperatures from St Louis Chicago and New York with mixed wind data and unclear time frames. In St Louis a temperature around 4 with 10 mile south winds and higher recent highs. Chicago around 36 to 42 with southwest winds. New York data incomplete and jumbled.

St. Louis Lest Chicago Kanees City New York Eos J

End in Sight and the German Peace Move

Berlin's Vorwaerts predicts Austria will capitulate to Wilson and foresees a rapid peace. Ludendorff’s influence allegedly wanes as Austria acts, with fronts from Munich to Breslau at risk. Liebknecht-led radical rallies push for proletarian dictatorship amid unfolding politics and Bolshevik influence.

Berlin Germany Fyorwaerts Tudendorff Ludendorff Austria Wilson Asa Hamburg Bagdad Theodor Wolff Liebknecht Vossische Zeitung Reuters German Republic

Revolutions End Austrian Monarchy

News dispatches describe the collapse of the Habsburg regime as uprisings infect Vienna. A German Austrian cabinet forms with Adler as foreign secretary and Meyer as war minister. The National Assembly proclaims a republic, rejecting the crown and promising a parliamentary government with workers and soldiers' councils shaping the state.

Istry of War Tbe Des Jeree South Slav National Council Agram Pola Lammasch State Council Vienna Berlin Tageblatt Victor Adler Gavalry Meyer Mabaja Steinwender Dinghofer National Council Grogs Republic National Assembly Diet Weisskirchner

Texas Lands to Be Listed for Soldiers Welfare Plan Explored

A Chamber of Commerce gathering outlined a government backed plan to allot land to returning soldiers. Long term 30 to 40 year payments cover homes and farms with expert agricultural guidance and local supervision. Roads schools and loans to equip farms would be provided, with readiness for peace and rapid data collection for Congress. Local committees to compile plats and price lists by November 15.

Ascy Meade Chamber of Commerce Sinnard America NATO Lane Congress Kearney Texas Department of the Interiig

Bavarian Premier Signals Claim If Emperor Abdicates

London dispatch reports Bavaria’s premier notified Berlin the Bavarian royal family would claim the imperial throne should Emperor William abdicate. The claim is carried by the Socialist Leipzig Volks Zeitung via a Hague breach and a Daily Mail telegram.

London Premmier Hae Berlin William Volks Zeitung Guachdt Hague Ail

Kaiser Goes to the Front Amid Abdication Standstill

Paris reports Emperor William refuses to abdicate after war cabinet meeting. Berlin circles say the throne’s stubborn hold shocks officials, with military plot aims cited. Mail from Zurich notes widespread appeals in Hamburg Rhine Westphalia urging public caution and nonparticipation in anti government acts.

Paris William War Cabinet le Journal Zurich William Hohenzollern Berlin Vorwaerts

Scheidemann Said to Urge Abdication of Emperor

Copenhagen dispatch says Chancellor Maximilian went to headquarters and that Scheidemann sent a memorial to Prince Maximilian urging the Emperor William to abdicate. Berlin papers deny a cabinet meeting on the war question and note political circles regret the emperor's trip to the front.

Copenhagen Trincep Maximiljian Odyiees Vossiche Zeitung Berlin Philip Scheidemann Maximilian William Germania Tageblatt

Kaiser Gone Ale, Essen Hears of Revolt and Rumors

London reports from Hague that rumors say the Kaiser fled to Hovland as Essen suffers heavy mutinous deserter shootings. Front-line lists show revolutionary groups gaining strength while Liebknecht voices revolution in Berlin. Crowds stir in Essen amid starvation protests and deadly street clashes as peace talks and anti-war sentiment spread across Germany.

London San Antonio Philadelphia Public Ledger the Public Ledger Co Hague Tines Messer Kaiser Hovland Essen Secrer Volice Liebknecht Duysberg Oberhausen Berlin

Huns routed on three vital fronts in Aisne region

The war office reported renewed Allied success on the Aisne front last night. An official statement described attacks advancing along a twelve and a half mile front from the region east of Attigny to north of Olizy, routing German forces on three critical sectors.

Aisne Vousicres War Office Attigny Olizy

American First Army Drives Forward Near Verdun

American forces advance beyond yesterday’s gains near Verdun amid heavier German resistance. Artillery shells rail centers Conflans Louguyon Montigny as infantry push along a widened line. Dozen villages and about 8000 prisoners taken, with German casualties heavy.

Associated Press Verdun Conflans Louguyon Montnedy Meuse Font Champigneulle St. Georges Luncdzes-et-St. Georges Lan I’huy Farm Bois Des Loges Ainereville Clery-le-Grand Mezieres Seday Montmedy Longayon Missles Bourgogne Wood No-Min’s-Land Pryl Transnorthy Lon

90th Division in Action West of the Meuse

Washington Nov 2 General March said the Allies press the German allies toward collapse as resistance concentrates in one nation The 90th Texas Oklahoma division is reported in action with the First Army west of the Meuse since October 23 The Tennessee North and South Carolina and District of Columbia 30th with the British in Picardy The 20th Texas Oklahoma Selectmen trained at Camp Travis took part in the St Mihiel advance Sept 12 13 and earned a noted combat record

Washington, D. C Germany March Italy Pied Hospital Cerain Avenne Argonne Forest Gereman Lne Stenay France Debarkation Tieth Engineers First Army Meuse 52Nd Defence Infantry Fifth Army Ninetieth Division Texas Oklahoma Tennessee North and South Carolina District of Columbia Picardy Camp Fravis Mensa San Antonio Camp Travis St. Mihiel Henry S. Allen

Brighton Beach Train Wreck Death Toll Estimated at 98

New York officials report the Brighton Beach tunnel wreck killed about 98 as investigations by the Public Service Commission probe blame. Motorman William Lewis faces homicide charges after the wooden 25 year old cars crash. Union workers return to duty as transit service resumes under heightened scrutiny.

New York Brooklyn Public Service Commission Brighton Beach Brooklyn David Transit Company Malbone Street Wrntley Horse Company Yefn War Labor Board Anvesty William Lewis Bhut Stoet Samuel Russel Lan

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