Great Britain Refuses Demands for Blockade of Neutral Ports
The British note to the United States defends continuing the Orders in Council and a wide blockade, arguing it is a lawful extension of blockade principles. It cites Belgian atrocities and German actions, discusses civil war precedents, and insists on neutral protection while noting economic gains from wartime trade.
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Great Britain
Sir Edward
Belgium
German
Africa
Flanders
Lusitania
United States
Rotterdam
Germany
British West Indies
Confederate States
Supreme Court of the
Amy Warwick
United States Supreme Court
Zamora
Neches
England
Mayor Curley Attacks Finance Commission Action
Mayor Curley denounces the Finance Commission's methods and declares he will not allow city employees to testify as witnesses without counsel and a legal summons. He offers to confer on a settlement, asserts hostile press and officials aim to discredit his administration, and insists witnesses deserve proper legal protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Finance Commission
Commission
Curley
Law Department
Great Dam
Sion
Bar of Justice
Appeal to America by London papers on war neutrality
The Morning Post in London appeals to the United States urging a tolerant view of wartime disruption to neutral commerce. It argues Britain has interfered with American trade as an incident of war to prevent the enemy from obtaining articles essential to the war effort.
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Commission
Italy
Commis
London
United States
America
The
Morning Post
Mrs. Somerville Sues for Divorce for Desertion in Dedham
Mrs. Caroline F. Somerville of Brookline has filed libel for divorce in Dedham courts against Alfred A. Somerville a wealthy State street businessman alleging desertion and unknown whereabouts for months The case marks a second court appearance in a decade for the Somervilles once involved in a 190? robbery case at Cambridge residence and with connections to a Chicago heiress and a Dorchester lineage.
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Caroline F. Somerville
Beacon Street
Brookline
Dedham
Alfred A. Somerville
State Street
David A. Smith
Sommervilles
Charles Street Road
Cambridge
Lower State Street
Chicago
Somerville
Mr. Somerville
Charles River
Melrose Moves to Remove Poles in City
Mayor Charles H. Adams and the City Planning Board launch a drive to make Melrose poleless. The mayor will begin removing surplus poles from highways to reduce clutter and improve streetscapes.
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Melrose
Charles H. Adams
City Planning Board
Burk Temporarily Barred From Pittsburg Club
Sanford Burk pitcher for the Pittsburg Federal league club was today temporarily restrained from playing for the club while Indianapolis based American Association club seeks injunctions. Judge Ambrose B. Reed granted the orders in Common Pleas Court.
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Pittsburg
Sanford Burk
Federal League Baseball Club
Burk
American Association Baseball Club of Indianapolis
Ambrose B. Reed
Common Pleas Court
B N A I B R I T Protest Russia Jewish Plight
Atlantic City council of the B N A I B R I T reports Jews in Russia remain hard pressed despite wartime concessions. They accuse Jews of being used as shields in trenches and plan to protest to the State Department if investigations confirm the charges. The group appropriates 40000 dollars for Jewish charitable work next year.
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Atlantic City
N. J
B’nai B’rith
Russia
State Department
Washington
Boston Weather Brings Cool, Rain Expected
Records show a seven degree drop day over day as a brisk Atlantic east wind gusts to 28 mph. Cool temperatures return with rain predicted today and again Thursday with strong northeast to east winds.
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Greater
Boston
New England
Atlantic
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Modernen Naturwissenschaft
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