Italian War Office Reports Large Austrian Prisoner Capture
The Italian war office announced over 80,000 Austrian prisoners and 1,600 guns captured. Italians crossed into Austria in the Sugana valley as Diaz plans to march on Vienna if terms are not accepted. Allied offensives continue across France Belgium Italy and the Balkans with thousands of prisoners and hundreds of guns seized. Serbian troops reach Belgrade defenses as Austrian forces cross the Danube.
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Kaiser Abdicating as Germans Seek Punishment
A Geneva dispatch says the Kaiser may abdicate with publication delayed for a favorable moment. Officials in Washington indicate German people will mete out summary punishment to the Kaiser and Prussian war lords for crimes of the past four years. Paris reports armistice terms for Austria align with Wilson’s fourteen points, making a resumption of war impossible. Austria-Hungary likely will refer the reply to superiors for decision.
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Poilus and Yanks Take 19 Towns On North Line
French and American forces push along a ten mile front between the Lys and Scheldt rivers after securing the heights. In two years of fighting they advance five to ten miles and capture nineteen villages including Peg Antoneree, Deynze and Naz.
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Red Cross Center Reopens Monday After Weekend Closure
Red Cross headquarters shut for a brief period and will reopen Monday with staff returning to the floor after a rest Saturday.
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Americans On Meuse Sweep Over Defense
American forces with French support advanced over a 20 mile front near the Meuse and Aisne in France, driving a deep wedge into German lines. More than 3,000 prisoners were captured as villages including Bayonville Lan draw St Georges St Georges Fermonville Chennery Clery Le Grand Aincreville fell. Loges wood northeast of Grand Pre was cleared of enemy forces.
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Seattle Star highlights and war era updates in 1918 issue
The Seattle Star reports on elections upcoming in Seattle, draft men, flu precautions and masks, nursing and medical efforts, shipyard activity, and war news. Notable items include President Wilson era measures, labor unrest, local crime, and civic responses to influenza. Also mentions Camp Lewis soldiers, shipbuilding plants, and local casualties in action with various named figures.
Italian Troops Reach Tagliamento Line in Italy
Milan dispatch reports Italian troops reach the Tagliamento river as battle fronts advance. Rome confirms clearing the Asiago plateau seizing peaks and villages, taking 3,000 prisoners and 232 guns. Cavalry reaches plains north of Pordenone. Livenza crossed. Belluno entered.
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Italians Drive Austrian Army Across Peaks Front
United Press reports Nov 2 that after Grappa defenses collapsed Italian forces press the Austrian Trentino army northward toward the frontier. Meanwhile the Piave army, isolated from other Austrian units, is pursued across the Venetian plains, facing encirclement threats from the north.
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Albers Indicted by Federal Jurors in Sedition Charge
PORTLAND November 2 Henry Albers millionaire millman is indicted by a federal grand jury on a sedition charge. He recently resigned as president of Albers Bros Milling Co which held large contracts for the Allies. He is free on ten thousand dollar bail.
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Borden to Join European Peace Conference If Held
Ottawa reports Sir Robert Borden prime minister of Canada will travel to Europe as a delegate to the peace conference if one is convened as a result of current negotiations. Canada is to have a voice in the final settlement.
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Valenciennes Taken by Haig Forces After Heavy Fighting
British Field Marshal Haig announced Valenciennes is wholly in British hands after a six mile front battle. Four thousand additional prisoners were captured as Seventeenth Corps and Twenty second Corps secured high ground southeast of Valenciennes and seized Preseau. The Canadian corps passed through the town, now under Allied control.
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Last Events of War Are in Progress and Arrangements Near
Washington reports rapid developments as armistice terms loom. officials say safe travel will be ensured and the fate of the German fleet and subs will depend on the peace conference. Austria may concede unconditional surrender while Versailles completes terms and a Kaiser abdication is possible. President Wilson pressed for details from the Versailles talks.
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Closing Orders to Remain in Effect in Seattle
City Health Commissioner J. 8. McBride states antitoxin serum is a near sure preventive for Spanish influenza and pneumonia and will be provided free to those unable to pay. City workers and businesses face 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. closures to reduce crowding. stations for vaccine distribution are planned, with 200000 injections already used in Seattle since October.
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Hungarian Cabinet Appoints Karolyi Premier
Count Karolyi named premier and M Batthany named foreign minister in the new Hungarian cabinet, Budapest dispatch reports.
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Pershing pushes toward Stenay threatening German retreat
U S forces under Gen Pershing move toward Stenay eight miles from the Luxembourg frontier and the Metz Longuyon railway. The advance aims to cut off German retreat via Luxemburg and press toward the Meuse crossing, with Stenay directly menaced and Ardennes escape narrowed. Marshal Foch seeks to compel Germany to surrender unconditionally.
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Czech s Assume Control of Austrian Navy
A Vienna wireless dispatch reports the Austro Hungarian navy has been handed over to the Czecho Slovak national council based in Agram. An imperial proclamation ordered the surrender of the fleet to the new authority.
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Teutons to Accept Stiff Terms Declared by Diplomats
A prominent allied diplomat said Germany will accept stronger terms than believed and would yield to nearly any limit set by the Allies. Another diplomat noted the offered terms would be stiffer than those Turkey accepted.
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Italians and U. S. Forces Land on Austrian Coast
A Swiss dispatch relayed to Washington on November 2 reports Italian forces with American troops have landed on the Austrian Adriatic coast near Pola. The operation is under protection of the Entente Adriatic fleet, which now controls Adriatic waters.
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Bulgarians Establish Republic as King Abdicates
A Bulgarian republic is proclaimed at Tinova after King Boris abdicates. Peasant army leader M. Stambulinski, commanding about 40,000, is named as the republican head, with Central News reporting Copenhagen dispatches corroborating the Vienna origin.
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Mutinous Austrian Divisions Clash in Report
Zurich dispatch says twenty three Austrian divisions that mutinied on the Italian front are now fighting among themselves, while London reports German submarines concentrating at bases according to today’s information.
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