Absolute Surrender Seen As Wilgon's Reply To German Offer
Washington reports Oct 15 that Field Marshal von Hindenburg pressured Germany to accept Wilson's terms and seek armistice. Military officials say only unconditional surrender can halt invasion, with German forces cut by attrition and morale decline. A supreme Versailles council would set terms, with Foch and senior commanders to be consulted. German lines may shorten to bolster defense as reserves prepared for a scientific retreat.
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Teebrigge Quits By Hun Troops For Germany
German torpedo boats left Zeebrugge with soldiers aboard during a stormy night en route to Germany. Evacuation of Ostend also reported. Belgian troops near Menin and Courtrai push to within artillery range of Lille Thorout line, threatening the Lille to Ostend railway link.
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London
Germany
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Amsterdam
Ostend
Lille
Menin
Courtrai
Thorout
Christmas Packages for Siberia Yanks Should Start Early
The War Department urged sending Christmas packages to American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia by October 25. Each parcel must include the soldier’s name and regiment and the label American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia, weigh no more than seven pounds, and multiple packages per soldier are allowed.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department Today
Delivery Notice by Phone for Missing Paper
If the paper is not delivered due to carrier error or other cause readers should call 3336 before 6:30 p.m. and a copy will be sent.
Wilson reply spurs immense World War Loan drive
Liberty bond subscriptions rise after President Wilson's reply to the German peace note. Treasury reports from loan committees show nearly half of the $6 billion total still to be subscribed with five campaign days left. Subscriptions across 12 Federal Reserve banks reached about $2.80 billion, with unreported sales pushing the total toward $3 billion. A daily rate near one billion is required to meet the goal.
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Washington, D. C
Liberty
Wilson
Treasury
America
Federal Reserve
Chicago Faces $110 Million Liberty Loan Gap
Officials said the Fourth Liberty Loan drive had $142,000,000 in subscriptions to date and that half a million Chicago residents had purchased bonds. A $110,000,000 additional amount was needed by campaign close Saturday midnight. Reports from the seventh federal reserve district were mostly satisfactory with other areas moving toward their goals.
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Germany Aaks No Shelling of French Towns
Berlin proposes to France a mutual pledge to avoid bombarding northern French towns and allow some Valenciennes residents to pass into French lines, citing inability to stop eastward flight due to allied fears of bombardment. The offer, made through the Swiss government, follows France’s request for restraint. Private Layton James faces death for murder at Camp Upton. President Wilson disapproves due to insanity.
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Deatu Baltis
Washington, D. C
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367Th Infantry
Michael Maloney
Rose Harrity
Camp Upton
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James
Transport Sinks At Hoboken Troop Loss Denied
Reports to the navy say the America carried about 300 soldiers along with the crew and that all but five were accounted for. An official Navy note states none of the known personnel are missing. The vessel, once the Hamburg American line Amerika, sank at Hoboken pier while under interior repairs. The cause remains unknown. Red Cross aid arrived as troops scrambled ashore in their berths.
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New York Harbor
St. Paul
Old Sick Starve in Germany That War May Go On
Christiania reports Gustaf Josefen, after 15 years in Germany, warns the war will not end soon as misery deepens hunger and famine. He cites old men dying, sick persons starved, and families deprived of rationed food under strict censorship. He calls the eastern provinces emancipation scandal.
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Gustaf Josefen
Gothenburg
Ukraine
Ostend Falls Into British Hands Report
The Associated Press reports British, French and Belgian forces breaking heavy resistance in Flanders on October 14. German coast batteries largely silent as retreat begins. prisoners include a regimental staff and a battalion commander. Rumors of British naval presence off Ostend unconfirmed. British forces push past Roulers toward the east. War size advertisement follows.
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Raulers Road
Yank Repulse for Effort to Raid Positions
North west of Verdun on October 15, units of the second United States army under Maj. Gen. Robert L. Bullard repulsed a German raid while tanks attacked west of Romagne to clear enemy wire. Early reports said American progress was satisfactory despite stubborn German resistance and heavy artillery.
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Verdun
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United States Army
Robert L. Bullard
Romagne
Americans Chop Fresh Notches In German Line Northwest of Verdun
American forces press the enemy from the Meuse eastward to Romagne and west of it during a hard fought engagement. Gas shells, heavy machine gun fire, and rain impede movement while U S airmen attempt support from above. The Sunken Road fortification east of the Meuse yields only to direct artillery and silencing of machine guns.
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Grim Minnesota fire toll grows as 606 dead
Reports from Moose Lake Cloquet and Carlton detail a grim sequence of mass graves and rescues after northeastern Minnesota fires. A single coffin held all four Polinskyi family members. 20 died in a house near Moose Lake. 30 bodies arrived in Carlton from a destroyed school. relief trains move in from Duluth as death toll reaches 606.
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Moose Lake
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Lawler
Carlton
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Automoba
Clinton Stops Gatherings to Gut Down Flu
Clinton Ia October 15 city council orders quarantine due to Spanish influenza. Schools churches theatres pool halls lodges and public funerals banned. In St Louis 13 more deaths and 130 new cases in 24 hours. Paris report notes the influenza germ is too small for microscope but identifiable through reproduction in a monkey and a human.
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Clinton City
St. Louis
Paris
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Pasteur Institute
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Isihie
Five Socialist Leaders Condemned to Death at Helsingfors
Stockholm dispatch reports five Socialist leaders Aronen Hermac Kujala Lankila and Nacke laine condemned to death at Helsingfors on treason charges. Others tried with them received sentences from two years to life penal servitude. Ad appears for smoke Reynaldo 2 for 25c.
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Submarine Threat Spurs U S Destroyer Push
Secretary Daniels urged shipbuilders in Washington to speed destroyer output to counter Germanys growing submarine program. He conferred with builders while plants run near capacity and plans to lay down additional vessels were discussed. Daniels announced Eagle No 1 submarine fighter trials were successful.
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