Collision Kills Hundreds as Otranto Sinks Off Scottish Coast
British and American troops aboard the transport Otranto perish in a collision with the Kashmir amid a gale off the Scottish coast. Survivors include 300 U S soldiers and 30 French sailors landed in Northern Ireland. more than 200 bodies recovered. Otranto wrecked near Islay.
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AN Trish
Kashmir
Scotland
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Islay
Washington
Young Men's Christian Association
Brown
London
Scottish
Liverpool
Otranto
Armied
Ernest Davidson
United States
Mounsey
Preventive and Cure of Spanish Influenza Found
Dr. George Baer at a homeopathic hospital in Tietsurgh announced a cure and preventive for Spanish influenza. He described a non secret mixture of iodine and creosote as the treatment.
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Tietsuurgh
George Baer
Homeopathic
President Wilson Leads Liberty Day Parade in New York
President Wilson marched at the head of the American division along Fifth Avenue to the Altar of Liberty. A man named H J Boone attempted to shake his hand, was restrained by secret service, and held for disorderly conduct after a gun was found. The president continued the procession toward Washington Square.
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Associated Presa
New York
Wilson
72Nd Street
Fifth Avenue
Madison Square
Secret Service
Oue Secret Service
H. J. Boone
Altar of Liberty
Washington Square
Carrie Everhart Dies of Spanish Flu in Alamogordo
Mrs Carrie Everhart long time New Mexico resident and wife of M Everhart died after contracting Spanish influenza in Alamogordo while accompanying her brother Jack Fall who had died of pneumonia. The news item also notes German abdication rumors and France plans railways control in wartime and postwar period.
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EL Paso
CARRIE_EVERHART
A. B. Pall
New Mexico
M. Everhart
Carrizozo
N. M
Alamogordo
Jack Fall
Italian Infantry Break Through Austrian Lines at Cima Terpezz i
Italian infantry parties at the confluence of the river Assa with the Ghelped yesterday broken into Austro Hungarian trenches on Cima Terpezz i. War Office states Italians inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.
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Rome
Assa
Cima Terpezzi
WAR Office
Germans Grow Anxious Over British Flanders Front Activity
The British Army on the Flanders front reports German anxiety evidenced by increased low flying aircraft. The Germans appear concerned about British intentions and movements.
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Flanders
German reply to Wilson note reportedly sent in Berlin
The Wolff Bureau cites a Frankfurter Zeitung dispatch saying Germany sent its reply to President Wilson last night and that the reply is in a sense an acceptance. The report from Berlin notes the move as a step toward addressing President Wilson’s note.
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Germany
Berne
Switzerland
Wolff Bureau
Frankfurter Zeitung
Berlin
Wilson
Germany Yields to President Basel Peace Note
The Frankfort Gazette reports Germany has completed an answer to President Wilson likely sent Friday night and indicates adhesion to Wilson's demands. It notes armistice reasons remain decisive for the government while Vienna papers say Germany and Austria agree on evacuating occupied territory and a conference for twenty deputies at the imperial palace follows Wilson's note.
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Basel
Switzerland
Frankfort Gazette
Wilson
Germany
Vienna
Austria
Imperial Palace
Charles
Far Reaching Advances in German Note to Wilson
The North German Zeitung reports Germany’s answer to Wilson’s note is ready and handed to Switzerland. It says the reply will make far reaching advances and hopes for durable world peace. The war cabinet, including the chancellor and vice chancellor, carefully considered the note after a conference with the supreme military command.
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Copenhagen
North German Zeitung
Wilson
Germany
Note May Reach Wilson Tomorrow From Germany
Washington expects Germany's peace reply to President Wilson by tomorrow night if sent as Switzerland dispatches indicate. The first note reached Wilson in 48 hours via Berne and a similar delivery is possiblely faster. Officials doubt any direct German surrender. suspicion grows of misdirection to delay peace talks and public opinion.
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Washington
Prince Maximilian
Wilson
Germany
Switzerland
Legation
New York
Berne
State Department
Turkey
Austria
Madrid
Constantinople
Torin
Constanle
Berlin
Maximilian
Germany to swap evacuations with colonies and Turkish lands
Paris dispatches report semi official German press comments showing Berlin will demand evacuation of occupied areas in exchange for withdrawing German colonies and Turkish territory. Prince Maximilian may announce adherence to Wilson program with limits while Alsace Lorraine gains a liberal governor and martial law relaxes.
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Paris
Germany
Maximilian
Wilson
Alsace Lorraine
British Troops Advance Toward Douai Near Sensee River
British forces continued an advance north of the Sensee river with Field Marshal Haig reporting capture of Hamel Brebières and Cuincy near Douai. The advance extended east of Henin-Lietard and reached the outskirts of Ennay as they pressed toward Douai.
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Associated Prees
London
Sensee River
Haig
Douai
Hamel
Brebieres
Cuincyv
Henin-Lietard
Ennay
French Armies Burn Towns South of Laon in Champagne
On Oct 12 Venizieres and Guise plus all villages south of Laon are burning. General Gouraud’s troops crossed the Suippe river along the 20 mile front from Bertricourt to Bettencourt ville. The Germans hold Boult sur Suippe bridgehead as they retreat toward the Retourne for a possible further withdrawal.
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St. Juvin
Cunel
No Man’s Land
Valenciennes
Douai
St. Souplet
St. Souple
Laon
Champagne
Venzieres
Guise
Gouraud
Suippe
Bertricourt
Bettenville
Boult-Sur-Suippe
Retourne
French Continue Gains Paris Front in Champagne
The war office reports progress along the Champagne front. French forces penetrate the railway town of Vouzieres and hold lines to Pauvres and the Retourne. Prisoner reports show enemy orders to resist on the Suippe front to the 12th, while Germans retreat to a new Lille Maubeuge Sedan Montmedy Metz Diedenhofen line as strategic positions shift.
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Paris
Champagne
War Office
Vouzieres
Retourne
Pauvres
Suippe
Goureud
Mezieres
HMNS
Amsterdam
von Liebert
Taegelisch Rundschau
Berlin
Lille-Maubeuge
Sedan- Montmedy-Metz
Diedenhofen
Yanks Rome Rhine Roads Basel Travel Report
Travellers arriving from Germany report heavy bombardment by French and American guns along rail routes to southern Rhine cities, creating considerable risk for travel through Basel Switzerland and nearby areas.
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Rome
Rhine
Basel
Switzerland
Germany
British Raid Austrians East of Asiago Front
British on the northern Italian front raided Austro-Hungarian trenches east of Asiago last night. Thirty five prisoners and a number of machine guns were captured, an official statement said.
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London
Asiago
Orders Against Rescue in Belfast Collision
The Telegram reports that under orders from the Otranto flagship of the convoy, the steamer Kashmir after colliding did not attempt any rescue of passengers from the battle damaged Otranto.
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Belfast
The_ Telegram
Otranto
Kashmir
Americans Closing On Don Sur Meuse In France Front
Americans press toward Don Sur Meuse as a left wing nears Buzancy within five miles. Marcel Hufin of Echo De Paris notes the fighting could bring changes to the Woevre front and warns of forthcoming events that may alter the battle's course.
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ST. Juvin
Cunel
Don-Sur-Meuse
Paris
Buzancy
Marcel Hufin
Echo de Paris
Woevre
Germans retire behind Sensee canal near Douai
London dispatch reports German troops withdrawing behind the Sensee canal with British forces two miles west of Douai. Haig’s men expected at the canal edge and near Douai by morning. Germans fall back from Laon toward the Chemin des Dames as French advance rapidly in Champagne and beyond Voueres.
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HMNS
Sensee Canal
London
Douai
Field Marshal Haig
Laon
Chemin Des Dames
Champagne
e—Voreteres
Allied Drive Gains On Douai Salient In France Front
The report notes German attacks slow Anglo American progress by destroying bridges across the Selle at Le Cateau and fortifying high ground east of the river. British and French forces push along the Oise canal and Scarpe, with patrols near Longchamps and Donati as the Douai salient looms as a German risk.
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Vvalenciennes Front
Valenciennes
River Selle
France
Selle
le Cateau
St. Suopelet
Oise Canal
Longchamps
Scarpe River
Donati
Douai Salient
TN Dou
Trvine
Douai
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