Wilson weighs German peace note amid high Washington alerts
President Wilson has mapped a decisive course after meetings with Lansing and officials. He plans a public reply late today or tomorrow designed to isolate German attempts to mediate between Germany and the Entente. Officials say the German note is a stopgap and expect Wilson to demand open admission of military defeat.
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John Edwin Nevin
N. 5
Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Germany
Maximilian Harden
Frederick Oederlin
State Department
Frederick Ederlin
Slock
Inerson
Geran
Wnallen
Foch
Hig
Verdun
Bomre
Fspeech
Copenhagen
Aes Gertian
President Wilson strolls through capital streets
Washington Oct. 22 President Wilson walked along Pennsylvania avenue at noon, unaccompanied except for secret service. Dressed in a blue serge suit, Oxford grey top coat and grey fedora, he carried a cane and appeared relaxed despite the German peace note speculation.
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Washington
Wilson
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Secret Service
Chancellor's Reichstag Speech Expected on Peace Overtures
A Berlin dispatch says the German chancellor is anxiously awaited to outline a broad program of internal and foreign affairs in a Reichstag address, following Wilson's reply to German peace overtures. The cablegram notes the speech would be in Berlin today with subsequent political debate.
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Reichstag
Wilson
Berlin
Wheat Growers Urge $2.46 Minimum Price for 1919
Washington reports the National Wheat Growers Association urged President Wilson to set a minimum price of $2.46 per bushel for No 1 Northern spring wheat based on Chicago delivery for 1919. They argue higher costs of production and reduced acreage justify the boost and cite regional abandonment percentages and Agriculture Department figures supporting the need.
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Washington
Chicago
Wilson
National Wheat Growers Association
Association
Texas
Wisconsin
New Mexico
Kansas
Michigan
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
Mine Barrage Bottles Up German U Boats in North Sea
Dell Edwards reports the American navy completed a 250 mile mine barrage from Scotland to Norway to trap German U boats. Thousands of TNT laden mines form a dense barrier patrolled by US ships with British aid. A tortuous English Channel lane remains as the Germans’ only exit.
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Dell Edwards
North Sea
Scotland
Norway
English Channel
Ninety Lives Lost On The Ticonderoga
A War Department release lists two lieutenants and ninety nine privates killed when the Ticonderoga was torpedoed on September 30. Navy records add eleven officers and 102 enlisted men dead, with several saved or captured. among the Pennsylvanians named are John J Heisel Ross V Douglas Leroy E Gardner John P Keith and Fred Warbeck.
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Washington
Ticonderoga
War Department
Navy Department
John 3
Heisel
Grams
Ross V. Douglas
Eric
Leroy E. Gardner
Milton
John P. Keith
Greenville
Fred Warbeck
Knoxville
Allies Near Border of Herzegovina
London October 22 An official dispatch reports Serbians and French advancing toward Herzegovina near Montenegro and Serbia. The Austro German commander on the Serb front pushes to concentrate troops while many Austro Hungarian and German soldiers desert, hampering the movement.
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London
Herzegovina
Montenegro
Servia
Major General Haan Narrow Escape At Front
West of Verdun on October 22 an American lieutenant was wounded when an enemy shell hit a dugout adjoining that of Maj. Gen. William G. Haan of Indiana commander of the Thirty Second Division. Haan was uninjured but the dugout was destroyed and a horse was killed.
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Verdun
William G. Haan
Indiana
Haan
Riots in Sofia Bulgaria Kill Thousands
London dispatch reports about three thousand deaths in riots in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria. Bolsheviki agitators are blamed for the deadly unrest.
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Bulgaria
London
Sofia
Copenhagen
German Troopship Sunk By Mine Off Riga to Danzig
One hundred German soldiers died when a German troop ship hit a mine while sailing from Riga to Danzig. The vessel sank rapidly, panic overtook the crew, and many perished in the disaster reported from Copenhagen on October 22.
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Copenhaen
Riga
Danzig
European press reacts to Germany latest note
London reports reflect mixed views on Germany’s position after its note. The Daily Post calls it paltry and useless, while the Telegraph labels it vague and protracted. The Post notes ongoing sea warfare and Ostend aid theft as contemporaneous events. Lord Northcliffe urges decisive peace and German collapse after recent devastations.
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London
Dundarth
Trish Sea
Ostend
Germany
the Post
Lord Northcliffe
Chronicle
The
Telegraph
Daily Post
Flu situation improves as city reaches crest in pneumonia deaths
Chicago officials say the influenza pneumonia epidemic has crested and relief is in sight. Yesterday's toll reached 375 deaths with 12,020 new cases reported as authorities note the turning point in the outbreak.
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Chicago
French Reach the Danube and Pressure on Constantinople
From New York to the front, Frank Charlton reports the French have reached the Danube near Vidin cutting another line between Germany and Constantinople. Serbian advance toward Belgrade weakens German control as Allies press from three directions, with revolts aiding from the Arab world.
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Frank Charlton
New York
Get
Nilkey
Balkan
Danube River
Constantinople
Nish
Orient
Germany
Danube
Black Sea
Russia
Vidin
Bulgaria
Roumania
Kragujevarz
Belgrade
Servia
Albania
Orjient
Adrianople
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Persia
Palestine
Balkans
Arabian Desert
Senate Abandons Alternative Profits Tax Plan in Favor of One Tax Scheme
Washington Ott 22 The Senate finance committee abandoned the alternative profits taxation of the revenue bill and adopted a plan to achieve the same result with a single tax. Treasury Secretary McAdoo pressed for the change and the committee reduced the excess profits tax rate. The treasurymen say the new method yields slightly less revenue than the House alternative, with the 20 percent tax on net income replacing the 35 percent rate and adjustments to exemptions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Pa House
Secretar
Treasury
McAdoo
Senate Committee
House
Allied Push on Western Front Gains Momentum Near Valenciennes
Allied forces press the offensive across northern France, with British advances toward Valenciennes and surrounding pockets. French and American troops push along the Serre and Lys corridors, while German defenses weaken at key positions as retreating German guns are abandoned on the Belgian coast.
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Frank Charlton
Valenciennes
Tournai
la Sentille
Conde Sur Escaut
St. Amand
Fscant
Lys
Escaut Canak
Scheidt River
Audenarde
Thiant
Denain
Cambrai
Ahnoye
General March
Verdun
Flanders
Serre
Barres
Balkan
Serbia
Danube River
London
Esmut Canal
Scheldt J
Lys River
War of Five
Belgian
Dunkirk
Escaut
Elchin
Paris
Vervins-La Fere
Assis-Sur-Serre
St. Jacques Farm
French War Office
Gise River
Serre River
Assis- Sur-Serre
St. Jacques ‘Farm
Tardonne Farm
Prigonera
Bonhomme Pass
Vosges Mountains
Separation of Hungary Under Way
Dr. Wekerle, the Hungarian premier, arrived in Vienna to settle Hungary's separation from Austria. Some Hungarian districts have halted food exports to Geneva. The German population in Vienna has been without bread for days, and Vienna's mayor has appealed to Emperor Karl to intervene.
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Wekerle
Vienna
Hungary
Austria
Geneva
Carl
First Flat Iron Building in New York Burns Down
Troy N Y Oct 22 hall s tol first Hal from building erected in New York state l was partially destroyed by fire last night in a spectacular blaze. The damage is estimated at 75000 dollars. Soldiers from Watervliet arsenal were called upon by Troy authorities to police the vicinity around the blaze.
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Troy
N. Y
New York State
Watervliet Arsenal
Weather Forecast for Washington in Oct 8 PM Update
Partly cloudy and warmer in the evening. Tonight and Wednesday likely rain and warmer conditions.
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the Weather
Washington
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