British And French Make Major Gains On Oise Serre Front
Paris reports say French troops between the Oise and Serre advance eastward capturing numerous villages and 2300 prisoners between Lissonne and Chateau Porcien. British forces seize Averghem near Courtrai as they push toward the Scheldt. Valenciennes front holds.
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Chateau Porcien
Paris
Oise
Serre
War Office
London
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Averghem
Courtrai
German Troop Counterattacks and American Front Struggles
Describes heavy fighting west of the Rhine as American forces hold lines near Belleau Wood and Meuse. Mentions a German Twenty-eighth Division in action and captured documents ordering the river line to prevent crossings. Notes fears Germany’s economic strain from wartime hoarding and a shift to token money.
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St. Mihiel
Meuse
Bellen Wood
Mtraye Wood
Germany
Republicans Poised for House Gains in War Time Vote
A New York Herald canvass predicts the next Senate remaining Democratic with Republican gains, and the House likely shifting to Republican control in a close race. States like New York Pennsylvania Ohio Kansas show varied shifts, liquor issues mixing with war politics as Republicans claim several districts while Democrats defend incumbents.
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New York Herald
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Ohio
L’ennsylvania
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New York City
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John MaccCrate
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
A. Mitchell Palmer
Eugene ¢. Bonniwell
Joseph Guffey
Republica
William C. Sproul
Bonniwell
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Mare
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Wig Meeker
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War time street car fare raised to five cents in District
The public utilities commission granted increased revenue to street car companies to cover war costs and set a flat five cent fare effective immediately. Tickets remain valid through December 1. Transfers between lines to be studied. no universal transfers. Hearings on inter line transfers begin November 7 with further dates to follow.
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District Public Utilities Commission
Capital—Transier
Navy Yard
Capital Traction Company
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Run on Germany's Banks Is Begun
An Associated Press report details a widespread run on German banks as money shortages spread. Public confidence collapses with massive bank withdrawals and plans for anew currency, while the government contemplates war loan coupons and simpler paper money forms amid escalating financial strain.
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Germany
Art
S.man
Berlin
Three American Sailors Lost from Their Ships
Navy Department reports three sailors lost at sea after falling overboard from the U S S Brant on October 22. Wilsie McKinley Rush of Ottumwa Iowa was the ships cook and John I Harwood a seaman from Geary Kentucky. Joseph O Tiogan, a quartermaster from Mechanicsville New York, is reported missing after aiding a relief party to the British steamer Leinstar torpedoed October 10.
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Navy Department
Wilsie McKinley Rush
Tip
Cook
Ottumwa
Towa
John i. Harwood
Gerea
U. S. S. Brant
Joseph «O. Tiogan
Mechanicsville
Leinstar
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American First Army Inflicts 70 600 Casualties In Month
Northwest of Verdun on October 26 the American forces report more than 70,000 enemy casualties since the present battle began. They freed 40 villages and 487 square kilometers of French territory and captured 20,000 prisoners, with numerous German wounded also fallen into their hands.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Italian cavalry reaches Bulgarian border and Serbians seize Kraljevo
London reports Italian cavalry reached the Bulgarian border near Egri Palanka while Serbian troops crossed the Tornitsa River and held Kraljevo. A Serbian official statement notes gains east northeast of Nish as Allied pressure continues on the Serbian front via Salonika. An Austrian superintendent abandoned the Zaytcher gold mine, with machinery intact for transfer to Serbians.
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Associated Press
London
Egri Palanka
Sofia
Kraljevo
Nish
Tornitsa
Saioniki
Serbia
Zaytcher
Austria Crumbling as Berlin Hopes Rise in War Debates
Widespread signals indicate Austria-Hungary is cracking under war strain and may demobilize, Turkey eyes surrender talks with Britain and France, while Germany appears to gain hope. Berlin officials cite Wilson diplomacy as vindicating unconditional surrender and the Hohenzollerns capitalize on peace talks to rally public support. Despair in Berlin contrasts with cautious optimism as events unfold.
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Simeon D. Fess
Republican Committee
Wilson
Washington Post Ca
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
Austria
Lodge
Hohenzollerns
Berlin
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin Sits Awaiting Allies Peace Terms
Fragmented dispatches from Copenhagen and Vienna report Germany awaiting allied peace terms. Turkish peace offers, abdication debates, and Austria’s surrender prospects dominate observations from Berlin, Vienna, and Zurich with mentions of Wilson’s fourteen points and Alsace Lorraine.
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Tenton
Austria
Vienna
Budapest
London
Wilson
Copenhagen
Teichstag
Germany
Germany moves on constitutional changes and surrender talks
Germany to reply to President Wilson outlining constitutional changes. Turkey reportedly offers virtual surrender. Austria braces to demobilize. Dr Solf hints at ceding Alsace Lorraine. German papers discuss Kaiser abdication. Financial strains worsen. Prussian upper house passes three electoral reform bills.
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Alsace- Lorraine
Wilson
W. S. Salf
Reichstag
France
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
Wilsen
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Germany
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