Prague Sees Bohemia, Teutons Stripped of Symbols
The Prague turmoil ends as Czech authorities seize control, tear down imperial symbols, and place the armed forces under the Czech national committee. Reports say local government power shifts occurred after a revolution outbreak, with proclamations removed from key buildings.
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Associated Press
Goveshagen
Ional
Ris
National Tidende
Rvs
Prague
Azech National Committee
Flu Shutdown In El Paso Ends After Three Week Quarantine
El Paso schools and theaters plan to reopen after a three week influenza quarantine. The city health board reports the outbreak abated with only a few cases in hospitals, mostly pneumonia complications from influenza.
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Associated Presse
el, Paso
Moving Picture Theaters
City Board of Health
Pershing Reports Victory Amid Verdun and Piave Battles
General Pershing’s communique notes heavy artillery and machine gun actions north of Verdun, eighteen enemy aircraft downed, and several American losses. Italian front reports Austrians retreat under pressure near Conegliano with 20,000+ prisoners captured as Italians and British forces push across the Piave and secure bridgeheads.
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Verdun
Aingreville
Pershing
Washington
War Department
Piave
Italy
Conegliano
Rome Ca
Vittorid
Sacile
Nervesa
Tonegliano
Como
American Red Cross
Montello
Leon
Valdobbiadene
Piave Front
Debeny's Army Advances Near Guise in WWI Action
Paris war office reports General Debeny's first army widening the encirclement of Guise. North of Guise they occupy Beaufort farm and advance along the Peronne river. South of Guise they push east of Mondeau Le Neuf and take prisoners.
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Debeney
Guise
War Office
Beaufort Farm
Oise
Peronne
Monceau-Le-Neuf
Kaiser shorn of powers as armistice terms near
A German note to Washington claims the Kaiser has been deprived of any power to wage war or negotiate peace and that the Reichstag has assumed government authority. It notes constitutional changes and points toward an imminent allied armistice terms announcement via Paris.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Wilson
Reichstag
Parix
Supreme War Council
Frederick Oederlin
State Department
Lansing
Count Andrassy
Wilson Works On Austrian Note For Armistice Sake
President Wilson drafts a reply to Vienna's note accepting all conditions and seeking armistice and peace terms. The expected message will state that the Austrian request is referred to allied governments and that harsh terms, including independence for subject nationalities, are anticipated. Officials foresee surrender as the best guarantee of fulfilling promises.
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Vienna
United States
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Austrian Fleet Concentrated at Fiume Amid Hungarian Demand
A Rome dispatch to Temps reports the Austrian fleet hastily concentrated at Fiume. Only a few ships remain at Pela while others at Cattaro have left. The move is said to be demanded by Hungary.
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Czecho-Slovak Council Names Pressburg Wilsonstadt
The council of state proposes Pressburg as the capital of Slovakia and to honor President Wilson by renaming it Wilsonstadt. Pressburg sits on the Danube 34 miles northeast of Vienna and was home to 11 557 people in 1900.
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Paris
Czecho- Slovak Council of State
Vpressburg
Slovakia
Pressburg
Danube
Vienna
Carpathians
Hungary
Boson
Hungary Autonomy Talks Between Switzerland and Hungary
Count Michael I and the radical Socialist Party reach a Budapest conference plan for Hungary held autonomy within a federation. The program calls for war termination with home return of troops, German alliance dissolution, direct secret ballot elections, press freedom, and recognition of new states including Poland Czecho Slovakia and South Slavs. Karolyi and Count Batthyany attend.
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Hungary
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Switzerland
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Radical Socialist Party
Budapest
Ingary
Pgp
Krajne
Poland
Czecho
Slovakia
D F Johnson Stock Deals Investigated
Phoenix report says D F Johnson and other officials of General Securities and Investment and its subsidiary are under investigation by parent authorities for alleged mail improper use. The firm sold Cotton City stock and other securities amid flashy literature. Johnson later withdrew from the company.
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Phoenix
D. F. Johnson
General Securities and Investment Company
G.H. Bolin
Johnson
F. A. Jones
Corporation Commission
American Tanker Outfights U Boat in Atlantic Engagement
An American tanker, a British freighter, and a Norwegian freighter were attacked by a German submarine about 700 miles from the French coast. The tanker halted to engage and reportedly outfought the U-boat as the other ships scattered and the submarine submerged.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
World War Turmoil and Naval Rescue Reports
AP dispatches from various cities recount a German abdication note for the crown, Norwegian sailors rescued after a torpedoed ship, Austrian military authority fading in name, Hungarian foreign minister talks with Czechoslovak leaders, and Turkey starting peace talks with the Entente as delegates depart Istanbul.
No Slow Up for U S Army Across Verdun Front
American troops north of Verdun follow Germany's peace notes with keen civilian insight while awaiting orders. The bulk of the American army remains disciplined and ready to accept an armistice if declared, otherwise to continue fighting as transports relay developments to brigades.
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U. S
Verdun
Germany
Wilson
Yankee Airmen Advance in Meuse Region
American bomber units pressed operations on a clear day over the Meuse area. They bombed crossroads and railway junctions behind enemy lines and moved north of Aimcreville to secure a new ridge line.
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Verdun
Meuse
Aimcreville
Cancel Contracts For 60 Million New Troopships
Washington reports that contracts for constructing troop ships at 60 million dollars by Bethlehem Union yards in Alameda California were canceled three weeks ago. The Shipping Board says extra ships to move troops from Europe after the war were unnecessary as plans to convert large steel freighters into transports progress. No new contracts will be signed unless completable by end of 1919, though future awards may run through 1920 based on postwar cargo carrier needs.
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Washington
Bethlehem Union Shipyards
Alameda
Cal
Shipping Board
Europe
Italian Forces Claim Gains on Piave Front in War Dispatch
Rome reports a two day advance along the Piave and Treviso Oderza railway with the left bank of the Piave in allied possession. The Twelfth army seized Val Dobbiadende and Mont Poniar while Colfosco heights and Susegana fell. Prisoners number four thousand with many guns captured.
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Susegana
Monticono
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Ornic River
British Take Prisoners On French Front
Field Marshal Haig announced no major operations in France today. He said patrol encounters yielded some progress and a few prisoners as the only reportable activity.
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London
France
Haig
German Forces Repel British Detachments Near Valenciennes
From Berlin via London October 36 the German high command reports repulsing emergency detachments attempting to cross the Scheldt northwest of Conde. South of Valenciennes British efforts are said to have disrupted the German lines.
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Berlin
London
Valenciennes
Scheldt
Conde
Western Flanders Intact Amid Belgian Army Entry
Oct 30 report notes Western Flanders remains largely intact north of the Lys and east of the old Ypres battle line. Villages west of the front show ruin from German shelling while areas east remain lush and liberated. Poison gas left barren ground and trees in the war zone.
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Belgium
Albert
France
Lyz
Nieuport
Ypres
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Pervyse
Ramscapelle
German Troops Halt Allied Advance on Eleven Mile Front
Berlin reports German forces repelled enemy lines along an eleven mile front between Nizy le Comte and the Aisne as announced today by the general staff. London dispatch notes the action occurred yesterday and marks a setback for Allied advances in the region.
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Berlin
London
Nizy-Le-Comte
Aisne
Liberty Bureau Chief Convicted as Draft Law Slacker
Roger Nash Baldwin, head of the National Civic Liberty bureau in New York and an officer of the American Anti Military Union in Washington, pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the draft law by failing to submit. He was sentenced to a year in the penitentiary, minus 20 days already served at the Tombs.
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Liberty
New York
Roger Nash Baldwin
National Civic Liberty Bureau
American Anti-Militarist Union
Washington, D. C
Tombs
German War Minister Groener Joins Front as Ludendorff's Successor
General Groener, new Prussian war minister, after meeting the emperor, has left for German headquarters to assume the post formerly held by General Ludendorff who resigned recently. The report comes from a Copenhagen Central News dispatch.
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London
Coant Andrassy
Italy
Austria
Vienna
Copenhagen
Ludendorff
Groener
House Holds Extended Conferences in Paris
Col E M House special representative to European governments has held lengthy talks with Premier Clemenceau Haig Viscount Milner William Graves Sharp Venizelos and Tasker Bliss. The inter allied council discusses armistice terms to be submitted to Germany amid strict censorship and cable congestion.
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United States
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Washington
Europe
Inter-Allied Council
Germany
Inter-Allied Conference
Terms to Make Germany Helpless
The Evening News reports that allied powers will demand surrender of the German fleet and submarines and the occupation by allied troops of Rhine fortified towns as part of the armistice terms. It questions whether the premier will pursue peace that aligns with major power wishes.
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London
Evening News
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