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The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1918

Page

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Germany Readies Armistice Terms as Crisis Mounts

Washington reports Germany acknowledges Wilson note while German officials debate armistice terms. Ludendorff resigns. Kaiser to confer with allies, with a critical moment expected by week end. Berlin and Copenhagen dispatches outline a peoples government claim and demand for unconditional surrender if terms fail. Officials warn of a likely end to the war via military conditions. Austria-Hungary surrender eyed within days.

Washington Germany Wilson Charge Oederlin Lansing State Department Mauge Ludendorff Maximilian Copenhagen United States Peoples Versailles Col E. M. House Tasker H. Bliss William S. Benson Verdun Marne Maximilian Harden Berlinske Tidende Berlin Wilhelm II Brest-Litovsk Bucharest Col. House Paris Austria Berne Austria-Hungary Frankfurter Zeitung Pig Nueste Nachrichthe Meas 1 von Hindenburg

Hindenburg to Retire in Geneva Dispatch

London reports Hindenburg to retire as per a Geneva dispatch to the Express. The move is seen as paving the way for a capitulation, creating tremendous sensation in Germany according to the correspondent.

Hindenburg London Geneva The Express Germany

Germans Hide In Trees To Firing From High Platforms

With the American army near Verdun, Germans used concealed dugouts to ambush advancing troops by climbing trees and firing from platforms. Captain Robert Hayes of Dorchester, Mass., leads a daring raid that wipes out a German machine gun position in the Houppy forest. A wounded hospital corps note tells of atrocities against an American prisoner near Verdun. The doughboy hopes to recover and continue fighting.

N. C. Parke Verdun Mass Arthur Foley Revere Street Boston Frank Flanagan Upton Street Hayes Leutenant Wilch

Daring American Aviator Frank Luke Missing Since Sept 30

Verdun dispatch reports pilot Frank Luke Jr. of Phoenix has been missing since September 30 while attempting to shoot down an enemy balloon northwest of Verdun. The 19 year old airman already had 14 German balloons and five airplanes credited, and was believed shot down after signaling a balloon tap to beware burning beche balloons. Disturbances in Turkey and other notices follow in the same dispatch.

Verdun Frank Luke, Jr Phoenix Ariz Luke

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