Wilson Adviser Leads France Talks On Armistice Terms
Colonel E. M. House accompanied by Admiral Benson arrives in France to handle political and naval aspects of the German armistice discussions. In Berlin crowds demand William’s abdication as Republic supporters grow. Turkey backs Wilson principles for peace. Croatian mutinies and Hungarian political crisis unfold with coalition forecasts.
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IE. M. House
Wilson
W.S. Benson
France
Colonel House
Admiral Benson
Germany
Coronel House
T. H. Bliss
Benson
Paris
Reichstag
Berlin
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Zurich
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Basel
Switzerland
Turkey
Tawfik Pasha
Constantinople
London
Fiume
Albania
Copenhagen
Soint Apponyi
Count Andrassy
Dutch Shipping Readies Resumption of Transatlantic Trips
Dutch newspapers report Holland plans to renew regular sailings to England and America as U-boat threat eases. Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph states Denmark trade also resumed this week.
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London
Holland
England
America
Am Amsterdam
Denmark
Yankee Airmen Down HMS 7 Over American Army Northwest
Aerial clash pits Yankee airmen against HMS 7 in the Northwest region as American Army units report a balloon downed during the action. The incident highlights ongoing air patrol activity and local defense measures.
Five Anarchists Sentenced in Federal Court
Five avowed anarchists were convicted of circulating government literature including urging munition workers to strike and were sentenced to confinement in the federal court. The cases were prosecuted by federal authorities with Getta serving as commissioner for the district.
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E - York
Oet
Rchists
Soldiers in Wreck Near Geneva Kill Count Rises
Thirteen car Chicago & Northwestern train carrying about fifty Eighth U S infantry toward an Atlantic port overturned three miles west of Geneva Illinois. Five injured soldiers listed with home towns include Omer Acree Porona California and Leo Bing ham Thatcher Arizona.
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Chicago
Eighth United States Infantry
Chicago & Northwestern
Atlantic
Geneva
Ill
Camp Fremont
California
Colonial Hospital
Omer Acree
Porona
Cal
Leo Bingham
Thatcher
Ariz
Byron F. Brown
Temple
Tex
John H. Elliker
Enterprise
Utah
Clarence Raney
Charleston
Miss
Carlos Domingo
Placentia
Godfrey Gottfried
Daly City
Colo
John J. Egan
Philadelphia
Erwin Jewett
Gilmore
Idaho
John Chimles
Santa Barbara
Walter S. Mitchell
el Paso
J. S. Peoples
Yuma
Robert McKinley
John Orth
Los Angeles
H. S. Moody
Red Ging
Claude C. Burt
Riverside
Millard C. Johnson
Bloomington
Wallace Henderson
Portland
Ore
William L. Numley
Elsinore
Losses from Ticonderoga sinking reach 213 dead
Washington reports 213 total lives lost from the September 30 sinking of the American steamer Ticonderoga in the war zone. The War Department confirms two officers and 89 enlisted men dead, with the Navy previously listing ten officers and 162 crew dead and two officers captured by the enemy submarine.
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Washington
Army
Ticonderoga
War Department
Navy
Wilson Advocates Suffrage To Oklahoma Voters
President Wilson addressed Oklahoma voters urging adoption of the woman suffrage amendment as part of justice and reconstruction. He reaffirmed his view that extending suffrage is essential to the nation's program.
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Oklahoma
Program of Justice
Washington
Wilson
Belgian Government Moves Admin Centers to Bruges
Havre Oct 26 The Belgian government establishes all western Flanders, parts of eastern Flanders and Hainaut under Bruges administration after recapture from the Germans.
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Havre
Flanders
Hainaut
Great Lakes Station Free of Spanish Flu
Spanish influenza has been driven from the Great Lakes naval training station. Health officials report conditions cannot be better and state the epidemic has disappeared from the facility.
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Great Lakes
Western Union Opens Visible Telegraph for Expedition Members
New York Oct. 28. Western Union announces public use of its visible telegraph service to communicate with members of the American expedition. The move aims to facilitate rapid official and public correspondence during the military operation.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ihemihers F
Conferees Fail to Agree on War Time Tax and Prohibition Measures
Senate finance committee revises war revenue plans taxing inheritances of $10,000 or more and reducing the distilled spirits tax to 2.20 per gallon for nonbeverage uses. Inheritance taxes shift from estates to heirs after state taxes. Returns under 25,000 on life policies exempt. House and senate deadlock on rent profiteering in emergency agricul tural bill. report a disagreement. Military deficiency bill totaling 6.3456 billion dollars advances. adjournment to avoid delay in conference. Senate acts on power bill substitute authorizing up to 50 million for the war finance corporation to aid power expansion. Surtaxes on individual net incomes below 100,000 would be lowered. higher rates on larger incomes under senate amendments.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate Committee
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
War Industries Board
War Finance Corporation
Stamford White Dies Board of Trade Leader
A. Stamford White, president of the board of trade, died at his home 5217 University avenue of influenza after two weeks illness. He served two terms as president, first elected in 1910, and was senior member of A. S. White & Co. He had been a board member since 1881 and was born in Liverpool, England.
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Chicago
A. Stamford White
Board of Trade
University Avenue
St Louis Commissioner Resigns After Police Shakeup
St Louis on October 24 reports Henry L. Weeke resigned as city commissioner of weights and measures after the suspension of Police Chief William Young two police captains and three sergeants. The police board acted on government charges with secrecy around the suspensions.
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St. Louis
Henry L. Weeke
Weights and
William Young
Two Student Aviators Killed in Aerial Gunnery Practice
Miami, October 25. Student aviators M. L. Hope of Meribosen, Ill. and Percy M. Gering of Pittsburgh, Pa. were instantly killed at Marine Corps aviation fields while practicing aerial gunnery.
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Miami
Fla
M. L. Hope
Merebosen
Percy M. Gering
Pittsburgh
Marine Corps Aviation
Roumania Closes Port Forts Amid War Declares
London reports from the British admiralty that German wireless dispatches say Roumania has declared all Roumanian ports closed. The note comes as fronts shift in World War I era disclosures.
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Roumania
London
Moscow
No Crime to Bet Says Magistrate Corrigan
Magistrate Joseph Corrigan declares there was no crime in betting in a poolroom after discharging 28 men arrested for violating the antileafing law. The ruling frames the case as a legal determination of intent and conduct under the statute.
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New York
Joseph Corrigan
German State of Austria Formed In Reichsrat Assembly
German Austrian deputies form an assembly to govern the Germanic people in Austria and declare the creation of the German State of Austria. Kurl Seitz elected president. aim is autonomy and peace with access to the Adriatic Sea. Provisional assembly to represent Germans in negotiations.
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Basel
Austrian
Reichsrath
Nave
Austria
Kurl Seitz
Adriatic Sea
Herr Seitz
Amsterdam
Poland
Vienna
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Chicago Over Top in Liberty Loan Drive
Chicago fully met its quota in the fourth Liberty loan drive and surpassed all other divisions in oversubscription percentage. Iowa led in oversubscription among states, while Chicago’s effort outpaced its peers in the Seventh Federal Reserve district.
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Chicago
Liberty Loan
Federal Reserve District
Iowa
Serbians Win Big Victory in Morava Valley
Official Serbian announcement reports a decisive victory with enemy forces retreating in disorder in the Morava river valley.
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Morava River
London
Great Morava
Latin Flyers Sink U Boat
Italian naval aviators bombarded an enemy submarine from a low height and believe the U boat was sunk, according to an official statement.
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Rome
No Raise in Coal Mine Pay Declined by Garfield
Washington reports Administrator Garfield refused higher wages for bituminous coal miners amid the wage stabilization plan for anthracite workers. The decision holds while the broader wage plan proceeds.
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Washington
Fluel
Garfield
Capture 5 000 Huns Rome Qt 28 Monte Grappa Fighting
In bitter action around Monte Grappa on Friday the Italian forces pressed the line and pursued enemy positions. Reports describe intensified combat as Rome and Qt sources note substantial enemy losses amid stiff resistance.
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Rome
Monte Grappa
French Troops Drive German Forces From Key Fronts
Paris reports Mangin led a sharp French offensive collapsing a German pocket north and east of Laon. French advances reach Richecourt and Mont D’Origny while Guise and Marlo are encircled with three towns captured and 2,450 prisoners taken in two days as Germans retreat along the broad front.
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Mangin
Oise
Serre
Guise
Mortiers
Aisne
Laon
Assis-sur-Serre
Richecourt
Chevresis-Monceau
Laon-Guise
Marlo
Fere-Mezieres
Morties
Valenciennes
Guise- Marlow
Hirsen
Mezieres
St. Quentin
Mont D'Origny
Origny-St. Benoit
Courjumelle
Perron
Lyon
Reims
Macquigny Farm
Sissonns
Influenza Slows Coal Production in Week Ended Oct 19
The influenza epidemic caused a drop of 800000 tons in bituminous coal output for the week ending October 19, lowering total to 11523000 net tons, the lowest weekly record since May. Anthracite production fell about 240000 tons or 12 percent to 1715000 net tons in the same period.
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Washington
United States Geological Survey
Little girl ends her life over perceived national slights
Sadie Dellon a thirteen year old girl in New York committed suicide using poison after a block party plan spiraled from a quarrel over America's birth order. She folded a Zionist David flag over the Stars and Stripes as police removed the flag. A note written alone in her home apologized and explained her act though unfinished in the report.
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New York
America
Sadie Dellon
David
LUDENDORFF IS OUT Kaiser's War Leader Resigns
Gen Von Ludendorff resigns amid near Kaiserdom collapse and push toward armistice terms considered effectively surrender. London reports show German morale collapse and Austrian turmoil fueling hopes Foch will deliver unconditional terms. German press debate whether evacuation suffices or occupation measures will follow.
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London
von Ludendorff
Austria
Foch
Lueendoff
Frankfort Zeitung
Wilson
Germany
Cologne
Bulgaria
Food Conservation Urged as Prisoner Needs Rise
New York reports 250000 prisoners on western front battlefields and 220000000 allies relying on American food aid. The federal food administration urges a stricter conservation program to feed troops in France allies and German captives, with higher overall rations and reallocation.
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New York
Federal Food Administration
France
Widespread Deaths Reported in Austrian Camps
Rome discloses harsh treatment of Italian soldiers held in Austrian camps. Escaped Lieuts Vincenzo Himma and Galileo Taniello describe prisoners in Camp Sigmund Sherberg as naked and skeletal. Last winter 30 to 50 prisoners died daily from hunger and cold.
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Washington
Rome
Albania
Sigmund Sherberg
Vincenzo Himma
Galileo Taniello
Winter Weather Hits Kansas with Snow in North
Topeka reports snow and rain across Kansas with a cold north wind. Northern areas saw up to six inches of snow, while eastern sections expected more precipitation. Rain totals ranged from one to over two inches overall.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Riots Reported Across Germany Amid Munition Struggles
London dispatch says riots daily in multiple German areas clash with police and cause deaths. Shortage of raw materials, especially for explosives, hampers munition plants as Krupp workers are dismissed.
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London
Germany
Krupps
Generals Bullard and Leggett Nominated for Lieutenant General
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Robert L. Bullard and Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett, pioneers of American expeditionary forces to France, have been recommended for promotion to lieutenant general and their names sent to the Senate for confirmation.
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Washington
Robert L. Bullard
Hunter Leggett
France
Senate
Living Cost Inquiry. Washington, Oct. 28 The SCDAFE
The SCDAFE field reports on living costs in Washington with the date October 28, outlining trends and factors influencing prices. provincial agencies study consumer expenses and wage relationships to gauge affordability and policy needs.
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Washington
The
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