Piave Front Offensive By British and Italians Advancing
A major Piave front offensive by British and Italian forces began with four armies engaged. Italian patrols entered Alono and captured Grevetrapa Dopoli and Maggiore island. In Mont Grappa, after crossing the Ornio, Italians seized Mont Solarolo three miles west of Alano.
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London
Piave
Italy
Evening News
Alono
Grevetrapa
Dopoli
Maggiore
Mont Grappa
Ornio
Mont Solarolo
Alano
Roosevelt Attacks 14 Points in Dispatches From Europe
In telegrams to leaders including Johnson and Poincare Roosevelt said he favored unconditional surrender for Germany and urged the senate to back a new peace dictated by force. He criticized Wilson's 14 points as unclear and potentially favorable to Germany and pacifists, calling for a harsher outcome.
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New York
Col. Roosevelt
Wilson
Germany
Johnson
Poin- Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Gold Smuggling Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Conspiracy Case
Theodore Morridge pleads not guilty to a conspiracy charge involving moving about $5,000 in gold out of the States. He faced arraignment before U. S. Judge Neterer on Friday with co defendants Isaac Kay W J LeBage and Arthur.
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Isaac Kay
W. J. LeBage
Arthur
U. S
Neterer
Friday
Real Estate Ad Encourages Listing Property for Sale
A brief classified note urges readers to sell property now. It suggests placing an ad under Real Estate For Sale to reach prospective buyers or outsourcing the transaction to an advertiser listed under that heading for professional handling.
Flu Surge Hits Seattle as Profiteers Touted
Seattle health officials crack down on physicians charging high fees for influenza serum. Health Commissioner McBride condemns profiteering while Spainish influenza cases rise sharply. In 24 hours Seattle records 26 influenza and pneumonia deaths and 234 new cases, with totals since October 4 reaching 242 deaths and about 6,425 treated. Many cities report upticks. Dr Tuttle notes statewide spread. Officials urge adherence to rules to prevent mask mandates like San Francisco.
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City Health Department
McBride
Health Department
Washington
T. D. Tuttle
J. 8. McBride
Walter Fort
First Ave. S
Jack Murray
Puget Sound
Abdon Laconte
Dakota St
John Franci
Washington St
John Murphy
Jackson
Annie Wilson
Fairview
Seattle General Hospital
Hayashi
Terrace
John W. Lepascomb
Jury Trials Postponed by Judge Neterer In City Conference
U S jury trials are postponed as all trials set for dates shift two weeks earlier after a conference with City Health Commissioner Dr. McBride. The petit jury meets November 2 and the grand jury December 2. Admiralty and equity cases will be heard during the pause.
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U. S
Neterer
Dr. McBride
Abdication Demand Grows as Liebknecht Declares Hour
In Berlin crowds gathered before the reichstag to demand the kaiser’s abdication and a republic. Karl Liebknecht, just released from prison, hailed the moment and proclaimed the people’s hour has arrived amid cheering crowds.
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Reichstag
Paris
Karl Liebknecht
Iito
Liebknecht
Mutineers Take Austrian Base
Count Karolyi announced in the Hungarian parliament that the 79th infantry revolted and seized part of Fieume, an Austrian naval base 40 miles northeast of Pola. Dispatches from Zurich report two Slav regiments mutinied and captured Karlovicz, with other mutinies noted elsewhere.
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Fieume
Budapest
Fieurme
Pola
Zurich
Karlovicz
Socialist calls for clean slate in European disarmament debate
In Copenhagen on October 25 Foreign Minister Solf told the Reichstag that Poland's annexation demands won’t be anticipated in line with President Wilson's program. He said Denmark’s claim to Northern Schleswig is unjustified and Alsace Lorraine reform will continue. Noske, a socialist, urged adopting Wilson's principle and removing all former government members.
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Wilson
Solf
Reichstag
Denmark
Schleswig
Alsace-Lorraine
Ita Reforma
Herr Noske
Junkers Release Liebknecht From Prison Sentence
Dr. Karl Liebknecht former socialist member of the reichstag has been released from prison after serving a 30 month sentence for attempting treason. The release occurred on Tuesday amid a popular demonstration in Amsterdam noting his May 3 1916 Berlin arrest during a May day celebration. The Berlin military court verdict sparked disorders among socialists in Berlin Stuttgart Leipsic and other cities.
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Karl Liebknecht
Reichstag
Liebknecht
Berlin
Stuttgart
Leipsic
Andrassy Named Austrian Foreign Minister In Austria Hungary
Dispatch from Berne reports Count Andrassy has succeeded Baron Burian as Austro Hungarian foreign minister. In Copenhagen on Oct 26 General Von Souch, Prussian war minister, said the military situation is grave but not desperate and that stubborn resistance remains possible.
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Paris
Count Andrassy
Baron Burian
Berne
Copenhagen
von Souch
Reichstag
Wilson Asks Confidence Vote in U S
President Wilson appeals for a vote of confidence in his leadership by returning a democratic congress. He argues a Republican majority would be seen as repudiation of his leadership and urges continued support to handle critical issues ahead.
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U.S
Washington
Democratic Congress
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
U.S. Sends Diplomats to France for Allied Unity
Government officials including Col. E. M. House and Admiral Benson travel to Paris to join Gen. Bliss at the Versailles talks. The group aims to secure unified American and Allied diplomacy as Germany's peace offensive looms. Other key figures Pershing and Mayo already attend, with headquarters planned in Paris.
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BE. M. House
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Navy Department
France
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War Department
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Colonel House
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Bliss
Pershing
A. E F
Mayo
Atlantic
Paria
President’s wartime appeal shocks Congress and sparks backlash
The president’s call for undivided support of wartime policies in the upcoming election drew swift Republican denials and claims of lost confidence in the war effort. Senators Curtis Frelinghuysen Knox and Hitchcock weighed in with varied reactions, arguing loyalty and political strategy.
Belgians Stop Roche Attacks Northwest Ghent
Belgian war office reports German assaults northwest of Ghent repulsed with heavy losses. Enemy columns and heavy artillery preparations along the Derivation canal were driven back near Strodberg Morensulzen and Halder hoek.
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Ghent
War Office
Derivation Canal
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Strodberg
Morensulzen
Halderhoek
Col House Arrives in France on World War Mission
New York Oct 25 word arrived today that Col E M House has reached France after sailing a week ago from an Atlantic port. His departure was kept secret. He is believed to represent the United States in an proposed inter allied diplomatic council to discuss war aims.
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France
Col. E. M. House
Europe
Atlantic
United States
Inter-Allied Diplomatic Council
War Fronts Report Flexible Allied Advancesal
Belgians repulsed a heavy canal attack northwest of Ghent with heavy casualties. British troops improved positions between Tournai and Valenciennes as American forces cooperate in the Maubeuge drive. French troops capture Ambly Fleurs near Rethel, while Americans clear woods south of Damvillers and gain height west of Aincreville. Allied troops occupy Negotin on the Danube, near the Hungarian frontier.
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Rethel
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Meuse
Aincreville
Switzerland
Balkans
Negotin
Danube
Yanks Capture German Band of Sixty-Two Pieces
Allied forces seized a German music corps of 62 players and the band’s disinfected instruments were soon used to perform the Star Spangled Banner.
New Heralds Double Smash Into Austria
Washington dispatch quotes Gen. Emilio Guglielmotti, Italian embassy military attaché, forecasting a two pronged Allied push from the Piave toward Trieste and Laibach and through Serbia and Albania into Bosnia and Herzegovina. He calls a winter campaign in Venetia possible, hinges on road networks, and expects Austrian Slavs to welcome the advance.
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Italy
Washington
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Piave
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Laibach
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Albania
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Alps
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Latbach
Allied push nears Maubeuge with 7000 prisoners and 100 guns
British Third and Fourth armies press 35 mile front from Valenciennes to Isigny reaching the Normal forest edge and the outskirts of Le Quesnoy. Since Wednesday more than 7000 prisoners and 100 guns captured. villages taken include Ors Hoix-Du-Nors and Ghissignies as American troops cooperate.
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L’'Eveque Wood
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le Cateau
Hoix-Du-Nors
Les Tulieres
Englefontaine
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Ecaillon River
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Rusenes
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Vendigne
Vendigies-Sur-Ericaillon
Marshal Haig
Yankees Gain In New Thrust With American Armies In France
American forces pressed the fight northwest of Bantheville and near Grand Pre in heavy combat. Twelve infantrymen previously separated from their unit near the Meuse retook cover and repelled enemy assaults before reaching Allied lines.
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Yankees
France
Banthevile
Grand Pre
Meuse
Serbs Defeat Austria Force In Morava Valley
The Serbian war office said Austro-German forces retreated northward in disorder after strong Serbian attacks in the Morava valley. It reported the liberation of Parachin Varvazin and Belossitch and the capture of 200 prisoners as advances continued northward.
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London
Great Morava
Serbian War Office
Parachin
Varvazin
Belossitch
French Capture Courtrai Canal and Lys Cross
French troops in Flanders crossed the Lys canal and captured the Devenza Courtrai canal between Beteghem and Olsen on a three mile front. In the Serre valley the attack began this morning and Vesles and Pierrepont north of Laon fell to French forces.
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Lys Canal
Devenza-Courtrai
Beteghem and
Olsen
Serre
Vesles
Pierrepont
Laon
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