Allies reclaim miles in week as forces push on Asiago
Washington reports Allied forces reclaimed four hundred square miles of Belgian and French territory in the last week. Since July 18, total gains exceed 7,000 square miles as Italian French and British units push on the Asiago plateau and capture 5,900 prisoners in two days. The German defense holds between the Oise and Selle rivers along the Hunding-Brunhilde line, with strong American involvement. Gen. March notes five American generals honored with rest but ready to assist future armies, and lists unit positions east of the Meuse including the 83rd 84th 314th 38th 319th 40th 311th 33rd and 222nd artillery units along with infantry actions near Vesle and Cambrai.
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Washington
March
Och
Marne
Asiago
Belgium
Douai
Valenciennes
France
Oise
Selle
Hunding-Brunhilde
Metz
Omar K Lundy
George Cameron
McMahon
Buck
Bundy
Camp Pike
Duncan
Western Front
Woh Eld Artilery
83Rd
84Th
79Th
Meuse
319Th Infantry
311Th Field Artillery
Lne
222Nd Field Artillery
32Nd
Argonne
58Th Infantry
Vesle
106Th Infantry
Cambrai
104Th
105Th Field Artillery
Turkey reportedly offers immediate surrender to Britain and France
Unofficial Washington reports say Turkey sent a communication to British and French ministers via the Turkish ambassador in Switzerland proposing surrender at once. Some reservations suggest further negotiations, but there is no official confirmation in Washington.
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Washington
Turkey
Switzerland
Ella Flagg Young Dies From Spanish Flu in Washington
Mrs Ella Flagg Young noted educator and former Chicago schools superintendent died in her Washington apartment from influenza after serving in the Fourth Liberty Loan drive in Idaho Wyoming Utah and Colorado. She fell ill in Cheyenne and returned to Washington where her condition worsened and she passed away as reports from Chicago confirm.
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Washington
National Womans Committee
Eberty Loan
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Chatham Courts
Columbia
Chigago
Washington, D. C
Young
Laura Drayton
Wabash Professor Dies by Self on Train
A 26 year old Wabash University faculty member from Crawfordsville Ind. slashed his throat with a razor on a New York Central train about sixteen miles west of Buffalo and died shortly after at the Emergency Hospital. He had been suffering a nervous breakdown and was en route to Daytona Springs New York, accompanied by Dr. P J Barcus. The professor was left alone briefly before the act.
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Frost. Ng
Wabash University of
Crawfordsville
Ind
New York Central
Baltalo
King
Diton Springs
N. Y
P. J. Barcus
Dr. Barcus
Prof. King
Army aviation carnival at Belmont Park draws crowds
New York October 26 more than a thousand men and hundreds of planes join the army aviation carnival at Belmont Park. The War Department event funds athletic goods for American fliers at home and abroad. A notable feature is a plane race circling the Statue of Liberty.
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New York
Army Aviation Carnival
Toiay
Belmont Park
War Department
Belmont Pa
Bak
German Cabinet Leaves Armistice Terms to Entente
Berlin reports the German war cabinet after a long conference will not answer President Wilson. It will leave it to the Entente powers to state the terms of an armistice. The dispatch comes from Zurich.
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London
Berlin
Wilson
Zur
Wilson Letter Fires Up Political Debate Across Nation
President Wilson’s appeal for a voter mandate to back his war management sparks sharp partisan contention. Republican leaders denounce the president’s stance, vow to challenge his claims, and prepare a concerted response as Democrats mobilize late October efforts nationwide.
Bank theft arrest in Kansas City tale unfolds
New York reports detectives arrested eighteen year old Frederick Byron Frank, a former receiving teller at Stock Yard National Bank, for stealing fifteen thousand dollars in cash and ten thousand dollars in liberty bonds on September 25. Accomplice Estelle C Lerch, a wealthy widow from Lockport New York, is held as an alleged conspirator while Frank admits the theft but protests the arrest.
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New York
Stock Yard National Bank
Kansas City
Frederick Byron Frank
Estelle C. Lerch
Lockport
N. Y
Frank
Demobilization Plans Reported for Austro-Hungarian Armies
Vienna dispatch states preparations are under way to demobilize Austro-Hungarian forces. A Berne report notes Count Karolyi urged immediate peace after a Budapest conference. The dispatch adds the German alliance was denounced and calls were made for Hungarian independence, woman suffrage, and a national Hungarian council.
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Copenhagen
Vienna
Berne
Karolyi
Budapest
Hungary
German Fleet May Try To Escape From Scarcely Hidden Refuge
The German battle fleet may dash out soon as Allied and American officers expect a spring showdown. If a full-scale breakout occurs it could involve up to 2,000 ships and perhaps 3,000. Admiral Beatty and other officials foresee a move within the next month or risk staying in haven until spring. continued on page two.
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D. M. Edwards
Scoti
Admiral Beatty
North Sea
Yanks Repulse Feeble German Counter Attack
American troops northwest of Verdun report slight progress and repulse feeble German counter attacks near Banthaville as they hold the ridge in Burgundy woods amid mist. A German order instructing troops to stop the Americans was captured. Loyal German Americans in the 316th machine gun battalion nearly shot up for speaking German in a front line trench. A heavy rain and darkness caused men to wander into No Man's Land. Lieut John Walters from Altoona aided in preventing a mistaken assault. The Seventy Ninth division, with many Pennsylvanians and Marylanders, includes Germans by extraction and faces tough conditions as the drive between the Argonne Forest and Meuse continues. Tomorrow marks a month of fighting since the start of the American drive, the first major operation since St Mihiel. The Americans have fired about 2,500,000 rounds of artillery.
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Ford
Verdun
D’ormont Wood
Bantheville
Burgundy Woods
Pennsylvania
316Th
T9th
Joan Miller Bonbright
Philadelphia North American
ATS
No Man's Land
Maryland
No. Mann’s Land
John Walters
Altoona
Argonne Forest
Meuse River
St. Mihiel Salient
Battle of the
Argonne
Visit to Zeebrugge Ruins Show Grim Front Line Aftermath
Staff correspondent reports on Zeebrugge ruins, docks, and moles destroyed by the British raid. Describes empty streets in Bruges, shelled stores, and Belgian civilians under German occupation with guards and curfews. Patrols and censorship mark daily life as the Allied push continues in Flanders.
Kaiser's Son Refuses to Congregate With Soldiers on Frontline
In Ort Belgium residents recall Prince Adalbert, the Kaiser's son, who often stayed in the city and spoke English to German officers. On one occasion he entered a dining room and, finding it crowded with German officers, told a companion in English that there were many bodies present before retreating to a private room.
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Ort
Prince Adalbert
British march on Ghent after overcoming resistance
British front reports penetration of the great forest and capture of Engel Fontaine Odomez Maulde and Mont Carmel hill. German counter attacks crushed. French front advances nearly two miles on a five mile front taking several villages. American front steady advance north of Verdun amid heavy resistance. Italian front sees Austrian Hungarian opposition rising as Italian advance continues. Cavalry seizes Beri Palanka on the Sofia railroad. Broad advance on both sides of Valenciennes Mont Carmel Engelfontaine Odomez Maulde captured east of Laon.
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Engel Fontaine
Odomez
Maulde
Mont, Carmel
Verdun
Gallian Front
Stratetic
Beri Palanka
Sofia
Valenciennes
Mont Carmel
Englefontaine
Odomez and
Rome report inspires British push on Western Front
Western Battle Front reports British and French forces advancing on multiple fronts in northern France and Belgium. British troops crossed the Valenciennes railway, reached Le Quesnoy outskirts, and captured Mecon and Seestert amid heavy shelling. Paris and London briefings claim advances near Valenciennes Ghent and Maulde. A new Belgian drive made gains between the Lys and Scheldt, with French forces taking Mortieres and other positions as resistance crumbles east of Laon.
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Johan Terson
1. N.S. Star
Western Battle
Valenciennes
le Quensoy
France
le Quesnoy
Flanders
Mecon
Ghent
Paris
Petit Journal
London
Mt. Carmel
Englefontaine
Odomer
Maulde
War Office
Monmal Forest
Mont Carmel
Engel Fontaine
Lys
Scheld
British War Office
Scheldt
Chateau- Zulle
Blanpoort
Waerghem-Anzhem
Engeghem
Quteghen
Schedlet
Laon
Mortiers
Oise
Serre
Mortieres
Americans Drive West of Meuse Amid Fierce Fighting
Washington reports American forces push west of the Meuse despite stubborn German resistance on the Verdun front. The statement notes gains south of the Coneenvore Tamvillers road and in the Bois de Ormont while repelling multiple German counterattacks. west of the Meuse they advance on slopes northwest of Grand Pre and enter the Bois de Tourgogne.
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Washington
Meuse
Verdun
Pershing
War Department
Belleau Woods
Aey
Coneenvore-Tamvillers Road
Bois de Ormont
Bois de Etraises
Grand Pre
Bois de Tourgogne
Heathered tragedy as influenza claims husband in Ot. 26 headline
Crazed by the death of her husband Mrs Mary R Bustat widow of August Bustat murdered two of her small children and slashed the throat of a third then fatally wounded herself at her George Street home in Stamford. Neighbors restrained her as she tried to harm two more children and herself.
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Stamford
Mary R Bustat
August Bustat
George Street
Weather Overview from Washington (October 26)
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with a chance of rain Sunday. The forecast notes a cooler pattern ahead and a likely rainy period starting Sunday.
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Washington
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