Dutch Vessels Taken by U S and Britain
Holland refuses terms agreed upon prompting President Wilson to issue a proclamation formalizing the seizure of Dutch tonnage.
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Holland
Wilson
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
1
Holland coerced by German threat seizes ships in allied waters
President Wilson ordered all Dutch ships in American waters seized after Holland refused to join a German blocked plan. Britain also took Dutch vessels in British ports, adding about 77 ships to the U.S. merchant fleet and 400,000 tons to allied service, chiefly for food cargoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Holland
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Wilson
London
War Trade Board
Germany
British
White House conference on industrial war production
President Wilson chaired a two hour meeting with heads of six major war agencies to discuss broad coordination of war production. Attendees included McAdoo Hoover Baruch and others with plans for weekly gatherings to share information and ideas on shipbuilding rail transport and coal production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Wilson
Congress
McAdoo
Edward N. Harley
Shipping Board
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Vance CC
McCormick
War Trade Board
Hoover
Garfield Mack
South Dakota Ratifies Federal Prohibition Amendment
The lower house of the South Dakota legislature ratified the federal prohibition constitutional amendment, making South Dakota the tenth state to accept the amendment. The senate had unanimously ratified the measure yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prem. Pierre
South Dakota
South Patota
Senate
Packers Control Cattle Industry and Other Thing
Attorney Heney appears amid astonishing conditions as the Packers control the cattle industry and related matters. The report notes significant influence by the Packers in market practices and policy discussions affecting producers and traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packers
Heney
Big Five Dominance Across Industries Highlighted in Inquiry
Omaha witnesses describe how the Big Five packers control cattle markets and extend influence over railways streets and land ventures. Attorneys press government ownership as a remedy while Sioux City and Omaha firms face testimony of consolidation and community impact through decades of competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Brancis J. Heney
Federal Trade Commission
Oncement
Kansas City
Chicago
Denver
W. H.wood
John F. Roberts
Sioux City
W. L. Frost
Sionx City Real Estate Board
Ibaghera
Stock Yards Company
Verminal Railway Company
Sioux City Traction Company
Sioux City Service and Plectric Company
Riverside Park
Livestock National Bank
Itowa Horse Commission Company
Lattle Loan Company
Yankton (S. C
K. J. Stason
Hurni Packing Company
Swift & Company
Tola
R. Hurni
Hurni
Cuffrage Bill Advances to Third Reading in Senate
In Austin Ter this week the house bill granting women the right to vote in primaries and nominating elections moved to third reading. The bill would tax poll taxes after 1918 and print Women on ballots. Final passage hoped tomorrow. The senate also debated a majority primary bill with an amendment barring enemy aliens from ballots, unless via mandamus to prove eligibility. The amendment, tied to Ferguson, was adopted 20 to 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Ter
Senate
Eupreme
James Ferguson
Hoever
German American Alliance Ends Endorsement Voiced by Hexamer
The German American Alliance repudiates the Kultur endorsement raised by Hexamer and distances itself from the backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kultur
Hexamer
True to American Ideals Organization Defended By Adolph Timm
Adolph Timm of Philadelphia, secretary of the German American Alliance, told the Senate committee that the organization remains patriotic to American ideals and bears no allegiance to the Kaiser. He cited bonds bought by members, registering enemies, and a wartime call to duty while denying links to endorsing Roosevelt or opposing Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Adolph Timm
Philadelphia
German-American Alliance
Senate
Kultur
J. Hexamer
Alliance
America
Timm
Roosevelt
Wilson
Pittsburg
King
Utah
Hexamer
Hlexamer
Chicago
Our Glorious Union
Losses of British merchantmen in last week report
London March 20 The admiralty reports the loss by mine or submarine of 17 British merchantmen last week. One hundred sixty0 tons or more and six under that tonnage were sunk. Two fishing vessels were lost and eleven merchantmen were unsuccessfully attacked.
Old Family Cow Seen In Market Near Brass Horns Mine
ABE MARLIN reports a constable at the mine has set sassafras bundles at a penny each. Villagers inquire about the fate of the horned cow once famed for brass knobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pram
Sassafras
Old Slogans Have No Significance Banquet Speech
Mr Wilson delivered a ringing address to Democrat banquet attendees in New Jersey stressing justice and the emptiness of old slogans. The speech emphasized practical policy over rhetoric and urged unity among party members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Wilson
New Jersey
New Jersey Democrats urged to embrace a new era in war time
President Wilson calls New Jersey Democrats to discard old slogans and serve humanity during wartime crisis. Secretary Tumulty presents a letter urging commitment to disinterested service as Europe and America face revolutionary change and economic upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Wilson
Tuomulty
Ivery Sigw
Europe
America
Democratic Party
War Finance Bill Cleared by House After Edits
Washington March 10 The house finished consideration of the war finance corporation bill after failing to win approval for changes. A final vote is set for noon tomorrow. An amendment by Majority Leader Kitchin to stabilize the dollar passed, authorizing bond issues in foreign denominations at directors discretion. The bill creates a corporation with 100 million dollars capital and authority to issue up to 2 billion in bonds to aid essential industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Finance Corporation
House
Ways and Means
Kitchin
Senate
Banda
Senate Bil
Weather report fragment from 1917 with temperature figures
A partial weather note lists maximum and minimum temperatures with figures such as .78 and .46 for 1917 and an additional reading of 1.34 for Mims. The text is fragmentary and provides limited context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
Mims
Fresh U Boat Campaign of Frightfulness Expected
Article warns that a renewed German U boat campaign may threaten Dutch and Allied vessels. It predicts seizure of Holland ships could provoke intensified Allied resistance and prompt strategic response.
American and British Seize Dutch Ships For War Use
The United States and Great Britain seize Dutch merchant ships in allied ports after failed talks with the Netherlands. The seized vessels will be used to supply the war effort and provide compensation to owners, benefiting Holland through food imports and colonial trade protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Oas
Navy
Navy Department
Shipping Board
United States
Germany
Little Kingdom
Holland
Daniela
Netherlands
Great Britain
Global War Fronts Show Escalating Pressure and New Tactics
Reports detail German U boat threats and intensified Allied defense, with fierce infantry and artillery fights on the Western Front. French forces face the worst assaults in Lorraine while American troops counter with gas shells and a controversial mustard gas drop. Russian fronts still threaten Petrograd and Kharkov as Moscow’s fate rumors persist. British shipping losses for the year are contested, with mines and submarines sinking eleven merchant ships over the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Lorraine
Toul
Baker Haa
West Ono
Lake Garda
Piave
Venice
Russia
Petrograd
Kharkov
Moscow
Admiralty
German Offense May Be Delayed Says Swiss Dispatches
Swiss wartime dispatches quote German sources suggesting a major west front offensive may be delayed to unsettle Allied predictions. They cite Gallwitz and Ludendorff, note a 356000-strong Verdun-Luneville force, and point to intensified artillery activity as a sign of forthcoming attack. continued on Page Seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Lindenburg
Ludendorff
Wieo
Trent
Herlin
Tasser Nachrichten
Gallwitz
Albert of
Italy
Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
England
Central Board OF War Control
Voblems
German American Alliance
State Alliance of
I Unsylvania
Abe Marlin
Amerwan
Tour Division
Switzerland
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