Germans Retreat In Flanders And Allies Advance
Allied forces push from Cambrai toward Bohain and Le Cateau as British enter Courtrai and Belgian towns fall. Americans strike in Grand Pre near Verdun while 16,000 prisoners are reported taken. Lille Douai line holds and North Sea coast resistance ends. Holland border nears as Belgian victory reshapes the western front.
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Belgium
North Sea
Grand Pre
Holland
Lille
International News Service
Flanders
Cambrai
Aieatoun
Bohain
LeCateau
St. Souplet
Selle River
Wassigny
Courtrai
Lys
Thielt
Ardoye
Lille-Douai
Douai
Antwerp
Verdun
Kriemhilde
Turcoing
Roubaix
London
War Office
Rumors of German political upheaval amid war talks
Unconfirmed reports swirl about Kaiser abdication and German capitulation to the Allies. The only cited action is the Federal Council’s move to limit the Kaiser’s war-declaration power, with no verified sources backing the dramatic claims.
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Germany
German Federal Council
Rumors of Germany's Capitulation Stir World Press
London reports a radiogram claiming Germany’s capitulation terms rest with President Wilson but with no confirmation. Press voices vary on peace prospects and Wilson’s principles. Riots against the Kaiser spread from Berlin as Germany faces political strain amid war-end rumors.
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London
Germany
Wilson
Chronicle
League of Nations
Daily News
Times
Telegraph
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Aix-la-Chappell
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Tageszeitung
Frankfurter Zeitung
Exchange Telegraph
Influenza Epidemic Orders Shut Illinois Meetings
Chicago reports 278 influenza pneumonia deaths yesterday with 2,364 new cases. A sweeping order by the Illinois influenza commission bans all political social lodge meetings and conventions statewide to curb the epidemic.
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Chicago
Illinois Influenza Commison
Second death linked to North Willow trolley crash
Waterbury reported the second fatality from the September 27 trolley crash on North Willow street. Timothy Casey, 14, died yesterday after suffering blood poisoning from injuries including knocked out teeth, treated by dentists and surgeons.
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Waterbury
North Willow Street
Timothy Casey
The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution Dead
Madame Waterina Breshkovskaya known worldwide as The Little Grand Mother of the Russian revolution dies in exile. A German newspaper in Boston reports she died of malnutrition while hiding somewhere in the USSR.
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Boston
Sub Treasury Report Loss At Banks In New York
The sub-treasury in New York on Wednesday lost 179000 dollars to banks, cutting the cash net gain since Friday to 37000 dollars. The report outlines the weekly fluctuation in the treasury's cash position and indicates the ongoing balance changes through midweek.
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Treasury
New York
Sub-Treasury
Wild rumors surge as Kaiser abdication denied rumors loom
Washington officials pursued a cautious stance as unconfirmed reports of Kaiser Wilhelm’s abdication and Germany’s surrender circulated. Officials warned Germany would do anything to gain time and disrupt Austria Hungary before any decisive events. Meanwhile a second item from Hartford noted a two week license suspension for the New Britain Hebrew Supply Company bakery for short weight bread and insufficient substitutes.
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Washington
Germany
Press Bureau
London
State Department
Austria-Hungary
Wilson
Amsterdam
Masse
Switzerland
Reichstag
Legation
Hartford
The
Food Administration
New Britain Hebrew Supply Company
North Street
New Britain
Eugene L. Faure
Hebrew Bakery
Robert Scoville
Scov
Shut Off Motor When Standing Urgent CT appeal urges saving gasoline
Hartford on Oct 17 United States Fuel administrator for Connecticut Thomas W Russell urged the public to stop leaving motors running after stopping cars. He cited a Stamford delivery driver whose Ford used about forty gallons weekly with a careless driver and less than twenty five gallons weekly with an attentive driver. New York also reported progress in the Fourth liberty loan drive with district totals reaching $916,227,000 of $1,800,000,000.
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Hartford
Thomas W. Russell
United States
Connecticut
Russell
C. S. DeForest
Stamford
Ford
New York
Liberty
Weather Forecast for New Haven and Connecticut
Forecast for New Haven and vicinity calls for fair and slightly warmer conditions tonight and Friday with partly cloudy skies. Connecticut expects fair weather, slightly warmer tonight and Friday, with moderate south winds turning west, as disturbances move away from the coast. Observations note varied readings from Atlantic City to Detroit, with temperatures around the 50s and clear to cloudy skies.
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Connecticut
Galveston
Tex
Wisconsin
Rocky Mountains
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Boston
Chris
Detroit
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Prop
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Haig
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Lille-Douai Line
Will
Rence
Menn
Thourout
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Lichtervelde
Nourse-Sherman Co
Foster System
Main St
Herman's Army Shoe
Brainard & Logan
Middletown
Conn
Joan and
Peter
H. G. Wells
France
Dorothy Canfield
Betty—Jeffery Farnel
Henry K. Webster
Richard Dehan
Hazen
Middletown Liberty Loan Committee
Middletown Coal Co
Unconditional Surrender Club
Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan
Corey
F. Sentmant Gotuegck
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