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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
Frank Luke, Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Luke
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nobby
Middletown National Bank
Chester L. Hull
Main Street
Oakes Bros
J. F. O’connell
Main St
Kaiser
Central
Turkey
Athens
Constantinople
Smyrna
Saxony
Amsterdam
Beck
New Haven
Connecticut
Lake Superior
Mississippi River
Pittsburg
Portland
St. Louis
Washton
A. Shuman and Co., of
Cail
Nourse
Sherman
Barry
Brainard & Logan
Hazen
New England
Olive H. Crouty
Booth Tarrington
Magnificent Ambersons
New York Times
Richard Delian
Hazen’s Book Store
Main Stree
Middletown Coal Co
OLD Company
Lehigh
TEL
Corey
Stueck Main &T