Cities Join Bremen and Other German Areas in Revolt
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Bremen Schwerin and Dig have joined in the German rebellion. Berlin revolts claim Lancesbure and Olden Sure area have fallen to revolutionaries with red flag raised. The Trord infantry is said to control the airfield near Kesseldorf and Blankenstein joins the revolt.
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London
Bremen
Schwerin
Dig
Copenhagen
Te Exchange Peetrap
Karl Lieprecut
Breme
Loncesbure
Swijesaig
Flenshure
Ex‘vanke Telegraph Company
Trord
Olden‘Sure
Holstein
Blankenstein
Wetpale
Kesseldorf
Lightning Strikes Damaru Steamship. 42 Perish
Four survivors reached Honolulu after the United States shipping board steamer Damaru was struck by lightning and set afire October 16. The men were plucked from a life raft 200 miles from Guam and endured severe hardships. They are the sole known survivors of the Damaru’s 46 crew.
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Honolulu
United States Shipping Board
Op Igneru
Guam
Damaru
Yank Victory as British Drive at Sedan Wins Fierce Fire
Allied forces push toward Sedan on the Meuse front with American units securing Vilesnes Sivry and other towns. French and British reinforcements press toward Liart Mezieres Frenois while remnants of the German line crumble after intense combat and bridge losses are mitigated by rapid American repairs.
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Yank Victory
Sedan
Vilesnes
Sivry
Meuse
Lion-Desant-Dun
Murvaux
Fontaines
Itras
France
Beaumont
Mezieres-Metz
Boureonene Wood
Seon
Inoz
Marlincourt
Remilly
Ailicourt
Paris
Wer
Jeceyy
Liart
Retpe
Ingis -Iess
Mezieres
Frenois
Germany
Armistice Delegates Arrive For Foch Conference
German armistice delegates reach the designated meeting place under Marshal Foch. If credentials pass, they will be briefed on terms and granted two hours to respond. Paris reports an 11 oclock Monday deadline for the German reply with an American and a British representative present.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Hamburg and Bremen Ports Seized by Revolutionary Forces
Report from Hamburg indicates revolutionaries hold the port with red flag at harbor ships. Soldiers council occupies port command after clashes with machine guns. Bremen revolution swift, marines win over soldiers, leading to a local democratic republic. Women join marines at police stations as order is restored.
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Hamburg
Amsterdam
Alltoona
Cologne Volks Zeitung
Bremen
Revolt by Sailors Spreads Across German Fleet
The Hague reports a sailor revolt beginning in Kiel on November 3 with sailors ashore aided by workers seizing forts and the arsenal. By November 4 a general strike spread to warships, Wilhelmshaven and other ports, mutineers controlling most ships while officers are powerless and submarines remain unaware of any armistice proposal.
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Hague
Kiel
Toadstead
Wilhelmsice
Kaiser’s Brother Shot at Copenhagen
Prince confirms an incident in Copenhagen where Kaiser’s brother was ambushed and shot. Reports indicate a violent encounter near Pare Calumn 65, with details limited and no confirmed motive or suspect identified at this time.
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Kaiser
Copenhagen
Prince
Plan to suspend big draft for November
Washington reports Provost Marshal Crowder convened leaders to consider delaying the November draft calls, as advisers weigh withdrawing the November draft if armistice terms are agreed. With nearly 5 million U S troops already under arms, officials assess future need and possible halt of mobilization as armistice progress unfolds.
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Associated Presse
Washington
Crowder
Army Camper
General Staff
Fraice
Germany
Boy killed and five hurt in premature peace celebration
In New Castle Pennsylvania a 14 year old boy died and five men were hospitalized after a noise bomb exploded during a peace celebration. A foreman, Jack McDonald, was attacked and shot by a crowd who mistook him for a foreigner accused of defiling an American flag.
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New Castle
Hositals
Jack McDonald
Consistory Possible Cardinals Named in Rumors
Reports mention Archbishop Bonzano the papal nuncio at Vienna and another nuncio in Madrid as possible cardinals. Also cited are archbishops of Warsaw Prague and the bishop of Breslau as potential new cardinals with no fixed date for the consistory meeting.
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Bonzano
Rome
Washington
Vienna
Madrid
Warsaw
Prague
Breslau
Multiple Fronts Reported From War And Politics Across North America
The dispatches note field marshal Mackensen arriving in Budapest for talks on Romanians border passage, unrest near San Andres Chihuahua with Enriquez supporters, Truman H Newberry winning Michigan's U S Senate seat by about 9000 votes, a deadly celebration in Adelphia after Germany's armistice claim, and Rose Pastor Stokes charged over illegal registration with a magistrate ruling no guilt proof.
Lull on U S Front With the American Forces
The American front remained inactive in infantry terms while the enemy moved units and artillery. Artillery and machine gun fire, especially near Sedan, continued. roads from Sedan Stenay Conflans and Longavon were crowded with cannons and vehicles heading toward Metz. The southern Sedan area Stenay Mouzen towns were on fire and an American division east of the Meuse faced intense gas and high explosive bombardment.
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Sedan
Stenay
Conflans
Longavon
Metz
Mouzen
Meuse
Mother and child killed in Yonkers armistice revelry
Mrs Louise Thompson widow of former AP correspondent Howard N Thompson and her daughter Margaret aged 10 were struck by a car during Yonkers celebration of a false armistice and hurled under a trolley car.
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Associated Press
New York
Louise Thompson
Howard N. Thompson
Paris
Petrograd
Margaret
Yonkers
German Atrocities Reported In Belgian Looting
Dispatches describe organized pillage and arson by German troops in West Flanders near Ghent notably Deynze with Bavarian forces under Gen Von Ostrowski taking souvenirs and burning houses. The account notes cruelty during retreat and widespread destruction.
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Belgium
West Flanders
Giltert
Deynze
Ghent
Igid
von Ostrowski
Serbians Enter Hungary Across the Danube
Serbian troops crossed the Danube into Hungary amid official statements from the Serbian war office on Thursday noting the crossing was greeted with enthusiasm by Hungary.
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Hungary
London
Danube
Serbian War Office
Italians Occupy Zara Rome Warships Enter Port
Trieste dispatches report Italian warships entering Zara port and Captain Deboccard raising the Italian flag as military governor. Crowds topple monuments to Francis Joseph and Baron Tegetthoff. Occupation of Laanea? also announced.
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Zara
Rome
Trieste
Deboccard
Francis Joseph
Baron Tegetthoff
Laanea
Italans
Zara and Lussinpiccolo Seaports in Dalmatia Region
Zara is a seaport in Austria Hungary and Dalmatia's capital. Lussinpiccolo is a town on an island in the crownlands of Istria, serving as the principal seaport of the Quarnero island group between Istria and the Croatian coast.
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Zara
Austria-Hungary
Dalmatia
Lussinpiccolo
Istria
Quarnero
Mexican Soldier and Texas Ranger Killed on Border Clash
Elzie R. Perkins a Texas Ranger and an unidentified Mexican were killed early today in a clash across the river from Fabens Texas. Rangers patrolled the line while a U S cavalry troop was held in reserve and did not fire. The firing began as mounted Mexicans appeared to approach the border.
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TEXAS
Associated Press
Fabens
Tex
Elzie R. Perkins
Texas Rangers
United States Cavalry
Railway Telegraphers to Get $30 a Month Raise
An order will be issued within days by Director General McAdoo granting railroad telegraphers a general wage increase averaging about $30 per month. The move comes from the Railroad Administration and reflects efforts to raise pay for key railway workers.
Abdication of Kaiser Set For Tomorrow
Berlin parties hold final talks on Emperor William II and press for abdication. A Copenhagen dispatch via the Exchange Telegraph reports the abdication is likely to occur tomorrow.
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Kaiser
I Ondon
William
Berlin
Copenhagen
Campbell Maintains Lead By 326 Votes In Arizona Governor Race
Reported returns from Arizona counties show Tom Campbell ahead of Colter by 326 votes with roughly 250 to 400 votes still uncounted. Statewide totals indicate Campbell about 2,607 to Colter 2,390 in final tallies, with several counties delaying counts and some precincts not yet heard from.
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Tom Campbell
Arizona
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Collier
Campbell Colter Spathe
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Ceoroning
Ciimhat
Maricona
Mohave
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Agmeche
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Cianato
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Sukachuki
Olter
Coconino
Maricopa
Dowell
Yavapa
Rae
Colter
Virna
Alimo
Swansea
Norton
Cibola
Thee
Indian Wells
Huge Fraud Unearthed in Government Aid for Troops Dependents
Washington reports thousands of fraud cases in wartime aid for soldiers and sailors dependents. Investigators of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance announce a large prosecution and recovery drive. About one third of the 400000 dependency claimants will be dropped for lack of true dependency before service.
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Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Oliver Injured En Route To Federal Court Hearing
William J. Oliver, prominent Sioux manufacturer, was struck down by an automobile while en route to a federal court hearing on an indictment alleging graft in producing defective shells for the government. The accident occurred in Knoxville Tennessee as Oliver traveled to face the charges.
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Knoxville
Tenn
William J. Oliver
Siiens
Albert Robinson, Former Mexican Central Railroad President, Dies
Albert Robinson, a prominent railroad executive and former vice president of the Santa Fe, died at his Topeka home aged 74. He served as president of the Mexican Central Railroad from 1893 to 1906.
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Mexican Central Real
Topeka
Kans
Albert
Robinson
The
Santa Fe
Fie
Mexican Central Railroad Company
German Armistice Delegates Arrive at Foch Headquarters
London reports that German armistice delegates reached Marshal Foch's headquarters at six this morning and formally demanded an armistice. The allies read their terms and refused a bid for immediate cessation of hostilities, with a 72 hour window to answer.
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London
Marshal Foch
Associated Press
Paris
Alarshal Foch
Foch Rejects German Armistice Proposals
Marshal Foch rejects the German demand for immediate provisional suspension of hostilities. German plenipotentiaries were given 72 hours to accept or refuse armistice conditions, with the deadline 11 o clock Monday French time. A courier will deliver the conditions to Spa, headquarters of the German High Command in Belgium near Liege.
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Allied
Allied Gentral
Marshal Foch
Spa
High Command
Belgium
Liege
Barshér
Prussia
la Capelle
Armistice Talks Open As Foch Receives German Delegation
The German armistice delegation met Marshal Foch at 9 A M Paris time with the Allies denying any compromise. Berlin must decide within 72 hours after possible referral, while Wilson signals will announce armistice signing in France if it occurs.
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Washington
Marshal Foch
State Department
Berlin
United States
Envo
France
Wilson
German Delegates Cross Allied Line for Armistice Talks
German delegates were sent to the French front to receive armistice terms from General Foch. They crossed the Allied line near La Capelle under guard, then moved to a meeting place in the Aisne fixed by Marshal Foch. Foch will discuss only armistice terms with Admiral Sir Roslyn Wemyss and General Weygand, with limited amendments from the Inter Allied Council.
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Paris
Foch
la CapeHe
Department of the Aisne
Marshal Foch
Roslyn Wemyss
Great Britain
Maxine Weygand
Echo de Paris
Inter-Allied Council
High Command
Teslere
Eva
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