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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1918
Page
8
Across fronts in late 1918 news wires report German Chancellor Maximilian urged unity while armistice terms reach a decisive moment. U S forces report aerial action and munitions captures as Washington and Paris await Marshal Foch's response by Monday morning.
Washington, Nov 8 AP Gen March said the fall of Maubeuge marks the last German outlet in the west front sector and hinders a German counterattack. American divisions with the British in Flanders are the 37th Ohio and 91st Pacific Wyoming Montana Nevada Utah. Allied gains: Germans driven 64 miles from Paris, occupied area in France reduced to 2300 square miles. Stevedores delaying shipments after false peace tale disrupted army food deliveries. Army will be in France for some time even after peace.
Three men Lucian M. Simpson Vicennes Clarence I. Hogue and E J Coner were indicted in federal court on conspiracy charges tied to the aircraft inspection service. The Chicago office defendants and others are named in the action filed as the trial proceeds.
Gorky, once seen as hostile to the Soviet regime, has become a Bolshevik supporter and will edit an 2080 volume anthology of eighteenth and nineteenth century literature. His wife, actress Andre Verna, will manage the Bolshevist People’s Theatre in Petrograd.
Chicago November 2 A man who admits having married six times and who is jailed on a bigamy charge plans a stage comeback. He says his play finish will explore marriage and that five of his wives have agreed to appear with him on tour.
Kington D C November 9 fires to mark war work will be lighted next Monday night in park near the White House as a feature of the United War Work drive in Washington. The fires will be lighted by women war workers from each state, members of the United States training corps.
Paris dispatch reports that on November 3 Marshal Foch hosted German armistice delegates in a railroad car serving as Allied HQ. Erzberger announced Wilson’s message and plenipotentiaries to review terms, while Foch spoke each word of the demands. Delegates sought a ceasefire for humanity, which Foch refused.
Western women fared poorly in national races but scored in state and local contests. Jeanette Rankin and Anne Martin led U.S. Senate bids, while Nevada and Utah elected several women to legislatures and county offices. Most victors are Democrats, with California and Oregon also reporting women in leadership roles.
A traveler from Vienna reports chaotic Austria with crowds boarding trains and ejecting nobles like Count Leopold von Berchfeld and Prince Schoenhurs. Soldiers block cafe entrances as villages are pillaged, farms looted, and deserting troops sack estates amid fear of broader unrest and calls for Allied intervention.
The Swiss federal council cuts all relations with the Soviet Union after accusing the Russian delegation of revolutionary propaganda. Swiss officials ordered the Russian delegation to leave Swiss territory, citing their involvement in propagandist activities during a period of unrest.
Washington November D C The Navy Department ordered the suspension of all Sunday work in navy yards and shore stations until further notice effective tomorrow Secretary Daniels cited a seven day week strain and current production excess as the reason and said the order could be countermanded if increased output becomes necessary.
Reports from Copenhagen and Amsterdam describe a naval mutiny across northwestern Germany beginning Kiel on November 3. Sailors and workers seized ports, with revolts spreading to Wilhelmshaven Borkum Cuxhaven and possibly Hanover Oldenburg and Hamburg. Wireless cells hold contact. officers weakened. some units remain loyal.
Prisoners brought in by the Americans express discouragement and a belief that Germany will quit the war. They question the value of continued resistance as armistice delegates appear, but American operations continue on the Sedan Front.
Archangel dispatch reports peasants terrorized by Bolsheviks across Dvina and Vaga fronts. Villagers recount executions, graves made to test shooting, and threats against aiding Allied transport. Peasantry pleads for Allied forces to end Bolshevik repression.
Rockfort Illinois November 9 Scores of electives at Camp Grant are home called today for mental and physical examination and told to ready themselves for overseas service in the event reconstruction army which will aid in the rehabilitation of Europe Quebec stops gun fitting Ottawa orders halt gun fittings and quarters aboard ships for gun crews received by imperial munition board representatives supervising wooden steamer construction.
Food Administrator Hoover will leave soon for Europe to direct preparations for feeding the people of northern France and Belgium and aiding in preventing starvation in Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey.
Nov 9 reports say Allied troops have entered Sarajevo in Bosnia per an official statement from French headquarters. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand there sparked the outbreak of war. Deputy U S Marshal A P Houston will hold office hours in the federal building at 5 am Sunday for permit interviews, with travel and restricted-area approvals emphasized. He will stay in Waterloo Monday before enforcement actions for noncompliance.
London reports a wireless message stating the Kaiser and king have decided to renounce the throne. Kurt Hisner leads a Bavarian revolutionary movement calling for a Bavarian republic, with a workers soldiers and peasants committee akin to a soviet. Eisner, once a noted socialist speaker, is not in office and was jailed briefly for publishing mobilization news.
The United States protested to Germany over the treatment of American prisoners of war. The State Department, via the American ambassador in Berne, asked the Spanish embassy in Berlin to press a vigorous protest on three points: forcing ill prisoners to work, forcing prisoners to labor in mines, and making civilians perform work for care or upkeep. The U S demanded an end to parcel theft and rejected excuses blaming parcel losses on external agencies.
Weather predictions issued today for the week ahead indicate rain or snow in the northern Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys around Thursday with warmer and cooler periods elsewhere. Temperatures are expected to fluctuate daily across the region as the forecast tracks a mix of rain and snow events throughout the week.
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