Turkey Surrenders and Central Powers Collapse
London reports Turkey dropped out of the war at noon, surrendering unconditionally at Saloniki. Austria-Hungary nears capitulation. German influence in Turkey exposed as Allies prepare to push front elsewhere. Armistice may hasten removal of troops and reflow of forces across Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Turkey
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Palestine
Jamia
Balkans
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Bul
Constantinople
Germany
Constantine
Armistice Terms Dropped in Limbo as Barcelona?
London reports doubt that General Fochs armistice terms have reached Berlin and officials say allied terms are not yet agreed. Washington notes censorship remains tight on Paris dispatches while President Wilson reviews cables from Colonel House.
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Germany
London
Foch
Berlin
Washington
Paris
Wilson
Colonel House
Germany Breaking Up in War Fatigue Report
London reports authoritative circles say Germany is disintegrating under slow, fluctuating strain and will not face another winter of war. Peace may be sought but capitulation is not imminent, with armistice terms possibly used to rekindle German spirit, while advisers debate whether terms should be a political broadside or military dictated.
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Germany
London
Paris
Townshend Peace Messenger and Armistice Details
London reports General Townshend, captured by Turks, as the peace messenger who led to Turkey’s surrender. Sir George Cave said Townshend informed Admiral Clathorpe of Turkey’s desire for an immediate armistice, with a plenipotentiary to Mudros. Townshend surrendered Kut el Amara on April 29, 1916 after 143 days. Separately, British troops in Italy rout Austrian forces, described as a military debacle with Austrians surrendering by the thousands.
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Clathorpe
Mudros
Sir George
Turkey
Dardanelles
Townshend
Kut el Amara
London
Italy
League of Nations to Grow Slowly, Asquith Says
Former premier Asquith told an audience at King's College that the proposed league of nations would not spring into life but develop gradually. He warned that many nations are at different stages of moral, intellectual, and social development, posing real difficulties.
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League of Nations
London
British Wireless Press
King’s College
Asquith
Germany to Sign Armistice Before Thanksgiving
London dispatch reports Germany is expected to sign an armistice before Thanksgiving, according to a source authoritative on the matter. The news comes as Allied actions progress, with timing uncertain and lines open for negotiation.
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Germany
London
German Record Broken at Camp King Mess Turns to Ashes
Stamford reports a Red Cross camp incident where a soldier shattered a victrola record titled Still Wie Die Nacht while transferring it to Camp King near the city. The record was destroyed in a thousand pieces before reaching its destination.
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Stamford
Camp King
Red Cross
Here
Metal Prices in New York Markets
Lead unchanged and spelter dull in New York trading on October 31. East St Louis quotes ranged 860 to 870, with December at 845 and 820 to 30 dollars.
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New York
East St. Louis
Austro-Hungarian Troops Deserting Across Danube into Serbia
October 31 dispatch from Vienna reports Austro-Hungarian forces deserting into Serbia with the Danube Save and Drina rivers behind them. Officials say all occupied enemy territory will be deserted in a few days and that Serbia is now cleared of Austro-Hungarian troops.
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Danube
Serbia
Vienna
Copenhagen
Save
Drina
Albania
Constantinople as an International City Proposal
Senator Lodge cited from the Paris Mafin to suggest Constantinople could become an international city controlled by allied powers. The idea is distinct from a future League of Nations capital and would resemble a guarded international reserve, similar in status to Washington as a federal district.
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Constantinople
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Senator Lodge
Paris
League of Nations
Washington
Constantine
Senate
Rome
Endicott Secures Return of Workers at North Adams Mills
After a brief hour long meeting with both sides, Henry B Endicott won a pledge from about 100 North Adams Mfg Co weaving room workers to return to duty. The firm also agreed to reinstate a discharged employee accused of causing trouble amid a long dispute over cloth for soldiers uniforms.
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Boston
North Adams Mfg. Co
Henry B. Endicott
Defaced Spellacy Posters At Reynolds Building Corner
Democrats launch inquiry after Henry Engel defaces Spellacy posters on Reynolds Building billboards at Church and Hamlin. The prominent corner aided quick discovery. Engel owned the billboards and contracted the posters, acting within his rights.
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Spellacy
Thomas J. Spellacy
Reynolds
Church and
Hamlin Street
Henry Engel
Engel
Ford Hits Telegraph Pole in Liberty and High Streets
A Ford delivery car No 9813 owned by milkman Fenner struck a telephone pole at the Liberty and High street corner while turning to avoid a trolley car from South Main. The impact ripped off the front wheel and bent the axle. a Wilson Reynolds' garage wrecker hauled the vehicle away for repairs.
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Ford
Fenner
Liberty and
High Street
National Assembly Formed in Tyrol Demands Armistice Role
A Tyrolean national assembly has been formed and calls for Tyrol to take part in negotiations for armistice and peace. The dispatch from Munich quotes press advices on the development in the Austrian-Hungarian region.
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National Assembly
Tyrol
Berne
Austria-Hungary
Munich
Foch and Clemenceau Cheerful in Paris Return
Field Marshal Foch and Premier Clemenceau appeared extremely cheerful upon their return from Versailles and went together to the war office after arriving in Paris. Their mood contrasted with recent tensions as they greeted officials and supporters.
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Foch
Clemenceau
Paris
Premier Clemenceau
Versailles
War Office
Funeral services for Stanley Minch in Midfield
The funeral for Stanley Minch will be held from his late home in Midfield on Friday afternoon at 2 30 then at St Marys Polish Church at 3 30 oclock.
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Stanley Minch
Middlefield
St. Mary’s
Sub-Treasury Losses Reach 369000 This Week in New York
New York reports show the sub-treasury lost 86000 to banks on Wednesday and 369000 cash net loss since Friday. The figures indicate ongoing liquidity drain as officials track the financial outflow through the week.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Miss Esthér Turning Taken To Middlesex Hospital
Miss Esthér Turning daughter of Verner Turning janitor at the municipal building has been ill for several days. She was admitted to Middlesex hospital at noon today due to pneumonia developing from the illness.
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Esthér &. Turning
Verner Turning
Middlesex Hospital
Rudolph Fellberg Charged With Non support In South Farms
Rudolph Fellberg of Main Street South Farms faced a noon charge of non support of his wife and was summoned to appear before the city court Friday morning for a hearing.
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Rudolph Fellberg
South Farms
Obituary of Augustus R Stanley 30 died in Philadelphia
Lt Augustus Robbins Stanley son of Dr C E and Mrs Stanley of College Street died in Philadelphia at midnight after a brief pneumonia illness. He was 30, born in Rocky Hill, a University of Pennsylvania graduate 1910, later publicity agent at Military College Chester. He leaves wife, parents, brother Lt Charles F Stanley in France, and sister Miss Marjorie Stanley. Dr Stanley was summoned to Philadelphia yesterday.
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Augustus Robbins Stanley
C. E
Mrg. Stanley
College Street
Philadelphia
Stanley
Ordnance Department
Rocky Hill
University of Pennsylvania
Military College
Chester
E. Stanley
Charles F. Stanley
France
Marjorie Stanley
Morris Bittman Dies at 46 in South Farms Funeral Planned
Morris Bittman, prominent Jewish baker, died this morning at 46 years, five months, and fifteen days. He leaves a wife and four children. A funeral will be held this afternoon at 5 oclock from his residence at 120 Main Street, South Farms, with burial in the Jewish plot at Indian Hill Cemetery.
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Morris Bittman
Austria
Main Street
South Farms
Indian Hill
First Church of Christ Celebrates 250 Years
The First Church of Christ marks its 250th anniversary with a simple observance due to wartime constraints. A committee chaired by Acting Pastor Mr Hall outlines a program for November 3 4 including morning worship at 11 and a three o clock Communion with Rev T M Hodgdon. Sunday evening features Rev Rockwell Harmon Potter on The Mission of the Meeting House. City greetings and university and church officials will speak Monday November 4 at 7:30 PM. Public attendance is invited with music and devotion.
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First
Church of Christ
Midletown
Horton
Hall
T. M. Hodgdon
West Hartford
Sherrod Soule
General Conference
Congregation Churches of Connecticut
Masks prevented influenza for five thousand American troops
Paris 31 Oct five thousand American soldiers crossed the Atlantic wearing chemically soaked white masks resembling Ku Klux Klan members and did not contract influenza or pneumonia. Of 28,898 Americans landed in two days only two died at sea and 147 cases of influenza and pneumonia occurred en route. The influenza outbreak in the army appears past. Americans hold Bellejoyeuse Farm near Verdun as Bois de Lognes is retaken. these actions, amid stubborn Argonne-Meuse fighting, will be chronicled as historic.
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Paris
Atlantic
Ku Klux Klan
Stars and Stripes
Bellejoyeuse Farm
Verdun
Bois de Lognes
Bois*de” Lognes
Belleu Wood
Bellejoyeuse
Austrian Premier appeals to army to avoid disorder
Premier Lammasch urged Austro Hungarian troops not to break up and flood Austria with undisciplined masses. Vienna reported the government had taken measures to move Austro-Hungarians home promptly and orderly. Prematurely leaving the front would cause disorder and complicate revictualling.
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Agence Radio
Berne
Lammasch
Austria
Vienna
Austrians Want Separate Envoys for Peace Talks
Germans in Austria have sent a note to President Wilson demanding that all Austrian areas with German majorities receive separate peace representatives at the negotiations, according to a dispatch from the Austrian frontier today.
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Paris
Austria
Wilson
Italian Battle Line Ablaze Across Front
London dispatch reports all allied armies on the Italian front in action with the entire battle line ablaze from St Elvio near the Swiss frontier to the Adriatic. The Rome source confirms intensified fighting and widespread engagement across the front.
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London
Rome
St. Elvio
Adriatic
Secretary Roosevelt Not to Resign In Navy Enlistment Rumor
Washington October 31 reports that Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D Roosevelt planned to resign to enlist in the navy were declared unfounded by officials today.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Today
President answers Turk peace note
President Wilson responds to a Turkish appeal seeking U.S. help to urge an immediate armistice and peace negotiations. The note, delivered via Spain, cites the January 8 program and September 27 speech as the basis for negotiations and asks for a general land sea and air truce. Robert Lansing forwards the reply to Spain’s ambassador and to all belligerents.
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Washington
Wilson
Turkey
State Department
Juan Riano
Madrid
Germany
Austria
Congress
Constantinople
Spain
Department of State
Versailles Ready for Grand World Events
Paris reports Versailles prepared for major forthcoming events. The Trianon hotel near the Palace Grande Monarque sits within a security ring. Guards, military police, and passes guard access as rain drizzles over leafless poplar avenues and arriving dignitaries.
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Paris
Versailles
Trianon Hotel
Palace Grande Monarque
French Press Adopts Strong Armistice Policy
Paris dispatch reports the French press urges a firm stance toward the Central Powers if armistice discussions occur. Naval committee head M. Boussenet calls for surrender of submarines, removal of mine fields, Allied occupation of strategic ports, and use of German merchant ships to replace losses. In New York, Rockefeller floors are given to YWCA training dormitories. Red Cross occupies lower floors.
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Paris
M. Boussenet
Naval Committee
The
Chamber of Deputies
Journal
Germany
Cuxhaven
Heligoland
Pola
Cattaro
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
West 54Th Street
National Work Council
John D. Rockefeller
Red Cross
German Airplanes Shot Down by American Airmen
Bert Ford reports in Verdun that twenty one German airplanes were shot down by American airmen. Yankee patrols operated in the eastern Woevre district during the night and captured German prisoners. A German raid east of the Beaumont area along the Meuse river sector was repulsed.
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Bert Ford
Verdun
Woevre
Beaumont
Meuse
Hughes Aircraft Report Sent to President Wilson
Washington reports Charles E Hughes investigation into the aircraft situation was handed to President Wilson this afternoon by Attorney General Gregory. The announcement said the report would be released through the committee on public information for tomorrow morning papers.
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Washington
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
Gregory
Committee On Public Information
Clearing-house Statement Overview and Excerpt
A fragmentary Clearing-house Statement shows figures including $2,692,499 and $75,218,311 across various exchanges and balances. The text reads as a ledger snippet with references to 532 items and three cents, emphasizing monetary totals and account balances.
British and French Launch New Drive on Flanders Front
At 11 am on October 31 the British and French launched a fresh assault along the western battle front. Early reports say the drive is progressing well and Ghent is expected to fall soon. Germans appear ready to retire from Ghent, likely drawing forces toward Antwerp and the Dendre. Evacuations, including heavy artillery, have been observed from Brussels toward Liege since October 7.
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Flanders
Ghent
Antwerp
Dendre
Brussels
Liege
Stock Market Opens With Broad Strength on Oct 31
The New York stock exchange opened with urgent demand and renewed confidence. Shares across groups showed nervous trading but climbed overall in early transactions, led by Mexican Petroleum gains of about 3.5 points to 150.5, with steel, copper, and mining stocks also rising and major leaders like Baldwin Locomotive and Southern Pacific advancing.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Mexican Petroleum
Baldwin Locomotive
Southern Pacific
Marine Preferred
Kennecott
American
Steel
Bethlehem Steel B
Distillers Securities
Amrican
Anaconda
Union Pacific
Grain Market closes with mixed corn oats gains
Chicago notes corn finishes 1 cent lower to 11-2 higher, oats rise 1 to 15-8, provisions end higher. Futures: Corn October 119, November 118 1-2, December 117 to 116 7-8. Oats October 68, November 68 1-2 to 68 1-4, December 68 1-8 to 68. Pork October 34.30, November 34.30, January 39.50. Lard October 26.75, November 25.90, January 24. Ribs October 21.60, November 21.60, January 1.90.
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Chicago
Prisoner Arnold Umba Reaches American Camp in Germany
Mrs. Henry C Umba of 95 Lincoln Street received a postal card dated August 7 from her son Arnold C Umba a prisoner in four German camps who is now in Camp Ukrainerenger Rastatt Germany He says he is well and will receive mail If you write Tell friends to write He notes July letters saying he was wounded in the leg and chest and operated on in a hospital
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Henry C. Umba
Lincoln Street
Arnold C. Umba
Germany
Ukrainerenger
Rastatt
Letter From France Reports Son in Service
Mr and Mrs Earle C Butler have received a letter from their son Dudley Butler in France stating he is well and praising the YMCA work for the boys. He predicts the war is nearly over and notes three months overseas in the Co medical department.
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France
Earle C. Butler
Dudley Butler
Senate Debates End With Adjournment Over Election
Washington Oct 31 a Senate session ended without a formal adjournment after S Smith a Democrat moved to adjourn and faced Republican tactics. A quorum was established at 32 members with 21 voting for adjournment and 12 against. The chamber stood ready to reconvene at noon tomorrow as leaders anticipated possible later agreement on election adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
S. Smith
Martin
Senato Smith
Amusements: In Pursuit of Polly at Middlesex Theatre
Admires of Billie Burke will see the photoplay In Pursuit of Polly at the Middlesex this evening. Burke appears as a chauffeur who repairs her car and is found by a millionaire who helps her, leading to marriage. Also Holmes travel and Lyons comedy The Marriage Ring starring Enid Bennett. The Marriage Ring shows at Middlesex Wednesday and Thursday with scenes set in San Francisco and Hawaii.
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Polly
Billie Burke
Paramount
Poly
Burke
Milionaire
Burto
Holmes
Enid Bennett
Thomas H. Ince
Middlesex
San Francisco
Hawaii
Fe Wea x
Miss Bennett
Mertons
Ecards
Army officer transfer and coal barge arrival report
Sergeant Arthur L. Leary, recently at Camp Lee, is transferred to Camp I in New Jersey and promoted to lieutenant. He is a nephew of Miss Margaret Leary of this city. A tug named onrust brought five coal barges, four for Hartford and one for after the C. H. I., arriving here at noon.
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Arthur L. Leary
Camp Lee
Camp I
New Jersey
Margaret Leary
Onrust
Hartford
Electors' Meeting Notice for Middletown 1918
The electors of the Town of Middletown are warned that voting boxes will open November 5 1918 from 6 AM to 5 PM for votes on state officers a senator for the 38nd district a probate judge for Midown county a congressman from the 6th district Middlesex sheriff and two state representatives Also required justices of the peace to which the town is entitled The voting districts and locations are listed Attest Wingate C Howard Town Clerk Middletown October 28 1918
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Ing
Midown
Middlesex
Middletown
Town Hall
North Side
South Side
Smith's
Co East Main and
Wall Streets
South Fourth
Westick
Wingate C. Howard
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TURK
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Norfolk & West
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Republ & S
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St Paul
UN Pac
U S Steel
Utah Copper
Westinghouse 4A
Arnold Umba
Hoke Smith
Koehler
Essex
William Brown
Portland
Colchester Pike
E Shaler and Hall Quarry Co
Bertha
Tryon St
A. F. Rempe
High St
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Mem Tehen Ran
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College St
North High St
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