Revolt in Austria Hungary Grips Vienna and Budapest
A general revolution rocks Austria-Hungary with Vienna and Budapest in civil warfare. Rebels seize government buildings, crowds sing the Marseillaise, and an armistice appeal is sent by Emperor Charles to the pope. Deserters loot towns, railways fail, and troops fracture as Bratislava and Klagenfurt report unrest.
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Vossische Zeitung
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Huns Give Up Big Fortress in Belgian Front
Belgian dispatch reports Ostend to Zeebrugge road as a continuous fortress with gun emplacements. The German line near Zeebrugge expands as fortifications rise, including an unfinished concrete blockhouse. Blankenberghe is largely undamaged but deserted with copper and iron stripped.
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Ostend
Zeebrugge
Brugge
Blankenberghe
Zeebringge
Ovtend
Empress Said to Press Abdication of German Emperor
Paris dispatch reports the German empress is “very tired and weak” and haunted by thoughts of the Russian revolution. She is said to insist on the abdication of Emperor William, amid news of Kaiser William owning an estate at Molde Norway.
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William
Molde
Norway
Paris
Berne
Peru
War Dept funds six projects for housing 9000 at Kearney Cal
Washington November 1 The War Department approved six construction projects totaling 2000 088 dollars. Among them new buildings at Kearney California costing 1 104 907 dollars will house 9000 additional men as part of wartime mobilization.
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Washington
War Department
Fire Drives 100 From Fort Porter Army Hospital Roof Blaze
A fire in the main hospital building at Fort Porter Buffalo caused 100 patients to be hurried to the streets The blaze was confined to the hospital roof and later subdued by firefighters.
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Army Hospital
Buffalo
Fort Porter
Austrians Beg for Truce as Italian Front Breaks
Austrian commander in Italy solicits armistice from General Diaz but Italy rejects the offer as too late. Italian success expands from the Stelvio pass to the Adriatic, with 50,000 prisoners and 260 cannons captured, breaking Austrian forces on a 180 mile front and threatening two Austrian armies cut off.
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Landon
Diaz
Exchange Telegraph Company
Austria
Haly
Soeidhers
Lewlen
Stelvio Pass
Adriatic
Liftian
Lomdon
Ponte Delle Albe
Belluno
Wesenge
Rome
Austrian Empire Split into States
Berne Nov 1 The Hungarian diet at a joint meeting adopted a note stating that Hungary Dalamatia Slavonia and Fiume have ceased to exist as relations. Austria the German state created by the council notes its claim to German majority territories and seeks admission of its representatives to peace talks. The note declares severed Croatia Austria relations and sets a Hungarian constitutive assembly to determine a new constitution.
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Fiume
Buncanion
Austria
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Wilson
Coun Eil
Old
Vienna
Moravian
Silesia
Croatia
Front line advances in Venetia as Allied forces push reaches
Allied troops press in the mountain regions of Venetia driving enemy forces from passes and passes toward the Tagliamento. Twelfth army seizes Ceseme heights while Eighth army controls Serravalle ridge and Ve Viave valley. Tenth army lines Livenza with Third army advancing amid bitter resistance. Czecho-Slovak troops participate as Grappa area gains include Col Caprile and Mount Spinoncia.
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Livenza
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Prasseolan
Selaro
Spinoncia
Nidteau
Asiage
Continental policy of German Empire Collapses says Vorwaerts
Berlin dispatch reports Czech Slovaks cutting all rail links from Berlin to Vienna via Bodenbach and Oderberg. Communications between Agram Budapest Fiume Vienna interrupted. Hamburg Baghdad line reduced to Hamburg Iodentach road. Details from Vorwaerts and Journal Berlin Paris dispatches.
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Berlin
Vienna
Oderberg
Bodenbach
Agram
Budapest
Fiume
Basel
Hamburg-Bagdad
Hamburg-Iodentach
Paris
Bohemia
Elbe River
U S Refers Plea to Allies Over Turkish Armistice
President Wilson forwards a peace appeal to the Entente as Germany faces imminent capitulation. Turkish plenipotentiaries sign an armistice at Mudros, allowing free Dardanelles passage, repatriation of British prisoners, and fortifications occupied to permit Allied naval passage. General Townshend is freed. Turkey’s offers follow Bulgarian collapse and recent defeats in Palestine and Mesopotamia.
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Bosphorus
Macksem
Townshend
Kut-Al-Amara
Home Secretary
Aegean
Calthorp
Bulgaria
Turkey
Nemles
Palestine
2Nd Mesopotamia
Dutch Deny Neutral Inquiry into German Retreat Zone
The Dutch legation issued a statement denying articles from German areas claiming a neutral committee of Spanish and Dutch representatives in Brussels was formed to probe devastation in the German retreat zone.
Allies weigh terms after Bulgaria's collapse and Turkish surrenders
The piece notes British involvement in Ottoman collapses and expected unconditional terms for Turkey, with rumors of concessions over Armenia and Dardanelles. It reports Turkey's appeal to Wilson for an armistice, dispatched October 14 via Spanish envoy Jean Riane, and the broader push to present proposals to allied powers at war.
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Bulgaria
Great Britain
Turkey
Russian Wehr Fate Reports Mass Executions in Don Region
A Russian wireless dispatch reaching here claims 25 000 Russians executed amid the Don region crisis surrounding General Krasnofl, a Cossack leader and former Kerensky staffer, while 27 000 persons have been shot in the same area.
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Krasnofl
Alexander Kerensky
Don
Wilson Terms To Be Peace Basis At Versailles
The British delegates push for 14 points as the framework for a peace pact while Allied talks in Paris move forward. Bonar Law travels to France by air as armistice terms discussions loom, with officials cautious about timing and scope.
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Copenhagen
Paris
Andrew Bonar Law
France
Dutch Mutiny at Hartskamp Barracks Alarms Gelderland
Dutch soldiers encamped at Hartskamp near Apeldoorn mutinied over food conditions. They reportedly looted canteens and set fire to barracks. Reports say several men were killed or wounded in the ensuing fighting.
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Hartskamp
Apeldoorn
Gelderland
Telegraaf
Chancellor seeks abdication letter for Kaiser signature
A document titled Abdication is prepared as the Chancellor intends to ask the Kaiser to abdicate. The plan focuses on obtaining the Kaiser’s signoff on the formal abdication.
Austrians Flee to Italian Camps as Abdication Sent to Kaiser
Special report from Copenhagen notes former German vice chancellor Dellrueck heads to the front to deliver an abdication document to the Kaiser. Insiders believe the Kaiser will sign without lengthy negotiations.
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Copenhagen
Dellrueck
Germany
Front
Austro Hungarian Front Collapses in Monte Grappa Sector
Rome report states the Austro Hungarian front in the Monte Grappa sector has collapsed and all artillery captured. Diaz notes prisoners flocking down mountain slopes as the British occupy Sacile, fifteen miles from the Piave.
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Evening Journal
Rome
Monte Crappa
Diaz
Mmountain
Sacile
Piave
Revolution in Budapest Turns Government Over to National Council
Special to Evening Journal reports Budapest under control of the Hungarian national council with Count Karoly claiming the takeover. Count Tisza, former premier, is reported killed by a soldier. London dispatch notes Italian forces crossing the Isonzo river advancing toward Tagliamento.
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Budapest
Hungarian National Council
Count Karoly
Count Tisza
Evening Journal
London
Livenna River
Tagliamento
Hughes Reports Aircraft Program Exceeds Expectations
The Hughes report released at the White House confirms the $691,351,866.47 raised for the aircraft program has not been squandered. It states only $134,044,398.27 has been spent so far with results described as splendid by nonpartisans.
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Washington
Charles E. Hughes
White House
Rush Guns Workmen Urged as War Remains Our Task
Major General Williams head of ordnance urged munitions workers not to slow their pace even as peace talks begin. He warned that Allied troops in France depend on continued production and that the ordnance department has no role in peace negotiations. The war's responsibilities remain paramount.
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Ordnance
Washington
William
France
Ordnance Department
Roosevelt to Stay Navy Post Denial Cleared
Washington reports Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frank D. Roosevelt planned to resign to enlist in the Navy. Roosevelt denied the claim. Representative Garrett of Tennessee was elected speaker pro tem so Speaker Clark could return to Missouri for the election.
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Tennessee
House
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Missouri
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