Wilson replies to German spokesmen on armistice terms
Washington reports President Wilson’s reply to German notes, stating no armistice or peace with the Kaiser while autocrats remain in power. Allies, led by military advisers under Foch and Petain, to draft concrete terms at Versailles for fortresses bases and dismantling munitions.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Naucp
Europe
Berlin
Washington, D.C
Germany
Frederick Orderlin
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Marshal Foch
Petain
Hais
Pershing
Diaz
Gillian
Army
Rea
Naval
Supreme War
Hamburg Scouting Units Armed With Machine Guns
Report from Verdun area dated Oct 24 states Boy Scouts in Hamburg and other German cities are being armed with machine guns and used to quell strike outbreaks, per information from the American intelligence department.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Hamburg
American Intelligence
Nutrition in French Cereals Beans and Potatoes Falls Of
Washington Oct 24 Despite higher wheat output the food value of France 1918 cereals beans and potatoes is lower than last year French food controller M Baret told the chamber of deputies The maize barley oats and legume crops are smaller this year The potato crop will not exceed 7 500 000 long tons Despite the shortage France must feed Allied troops including English and American forces as their numbers grow
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Associated Press
Washington, d. C
France
M. Baret
Chamber of Deputies
M. Boret
Liebknicht to Be Free After Treason Conviction
London reports Dr. Karl Liebknicht a former Reichstag member convicted of attempted treason will be released in a few days. Dispatches quote Berlin advices via Copenhagen stating he was arrested in Berlin in connection with May Day celebrations on May 31, 1816.
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Associated Press
London
Karl Liebknicht
Reichstag
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Earl Lietkpieht
Waterloo Receives 20000 Doses Serum Amid Flu Fight
Waterloo reports 20000 vaccine doses from Mayo Laboratories to immunize up to 20900 people. Local health authorities note 35 new influenza cases and 2 deaths as of this afternoon. Vaccination will be free for the needy with a small charge for others via physicians.
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Huntcon
Board of Health
Presbyterian
Mayo Brothers’ Laboraatories
Rochester
Minn
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S. H. Arkelian
Waterloo Medical Society
Waterloo
Chicago
Czech Slovak Council Backs English as Official Tongue
The Czecho Slovak Council in session today decided to use English as the official language of its sessions. A telegram to President Wilson noted appreciation for support of oppressed European nations. They planned an English inscription on the Liberty Bell for the new declaration.
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Philadelphia
Europe
Wilson
Czechokk Council
America
Wilson's Reply Framed After Sounding Allies
Washington reports President Wilson agreed to transmit Germany’s armistice plea to the Allies but warned there can be no armistice that would permit renewed hostilities. The note, framed with Allied coordination, awaits Allied reply as observers expect terms harsh enough to ensure German demobilization, naval surrender, and power checks.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Germany
Berlin
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America
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Hunteeth
Germans flood area to hinder British advance near Valenciennes
Allied dispatch reports British troops reached nearly the canal bank northeast of Valenciennes. Germany breached banks and opened sluice gates northeast and southwest of the city flooding vast tracts to slow the Allied advance. The marshy lands east of the canal near Raisnes forest resemble a large lake.
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Associated Press
France
Belgium
Canal
Valenciennes
Raisnes Forest
Yank Flier Downed German Plane North of Verdun
Sidney White of Elizabeth City New Jersey shot down a German two seater and repelled five attacking enemy aircraft northwest of Verdun. Lieut. Wier Cook of Anderson Indiana shot down a balloon. Harvester Mild Havana 10c cigar.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Sidney White
Elizabeth
Wier Cook
Anderson
Ind
Havana
Belgium Devastation Probe Proceeds Under New Director
Brussels residents commission to investigate German retreat devastation in Belgium will be overseen by Baron Von Der Tancken civil governor of Brussels. French parliament debates reparations as senators call commissions to assess damage in liberated regions Lille workers report plundered factories and copper.
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London
Montreal
Daily News
Brussels
Belgium
Baron von der Tancken
Bruss
You der Tanck
Edith Cavell
Lancken
Amry Whitlock
Paris
France
Antonin Dubost
Stephen Piehon
Wilson
Delobry Arcuses
Lille
M. G. Delort
Ctime
Frante
Delory
Belgians and Neutrals Pardoned by German Governor General
Amsterdam reports Baron von Falkenhausen, governor general of Belgium, has pardoned Belgians and neutral residents condemned by military tribunals or commanders under his jurisdiction except those convicted of common crime. He also ordered the release of Belgians and neutral citizens interned in Belgium or Germany.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Baron von Falkenhausen
Belgium
Destam
Brussels
Bunals
Verdun Front News Recaps Gains and Losses In October
American forces punch forward north of Verdun and seize Bantheville with a ridge left held. Fifteen enemy planes and one observation balloon shot down. over 100 prisoners taken, Bois Bellen and Bois D Etrayes targeted. Grand Pre area deep patrols report limited change as moonlit bombing behind German lines yields heavy impact. wartime harvest of prisoners and machine guns noted.
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Seven Pines
Washington
Verdun
Pershing
Meuse
Bantheville
America Ling
Bois Bellen
Bois D’etrayes
Bois de Wavrille
Meuse Bantheville
Grand Prc
U. S
Gay
Grand Pre
Bois de Barricourt
Bois de Folie
British Night Battle Near Valenciennes Gains Report
Allied dispatches describe a prolonged British night assault near Valenciennes with steady gains. British units execute varied infantry thrusts, encircling Pomereuil wood and capturing field positions as German resistance collapses under sustained fire and air observations.
Epidemic influenza shows decline in army camps
The Surgeon General reports weekly influenza cases and deaths falling for the week ending Oct 18. Death rate drops from 206 to 180 per thousand and disease admissions from 4 760 to 2 914. Pneumonia cases fall from 17 882 to 11 013. Decline strongest among captains, with three camps still epidemic: Lewis Wash Kearney Cal McClellan Ala.
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Pacific
Lewis
Wash
Kearney
Cal
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