Note on British blockade and neutral cargoes
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing endorsed a new U S note to Britain declaring the blockade ineffective for non contraband goods. The move aims to treat neutral and enemy bound cargoes as immune from seizure, with claims for detentions to be supported by U S diplomacy. Ambassador Page has not relayed British reaction.
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Washington
Wilson
Lansing
United States
Great Britain
Page
Germany
Britain’s blockade policy fuels debate among officials
Speculation in official quarters centers on Britain abandoning pretense of blockade and applying contraband laws versus making the blockade legal on German coasts. The United States would press to protect legitimate neutral trade if interference continues, with attention to the forthcoming American note on contraband.
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Great Britain
Sheriff Quinn Undergoes Appendectomy At Massachusetts General
Sheriff John Quinn was operated on yesterday morning for appendicitis by Dr Daniel Fiske Jones at Massachusetts General Hospital. Last night he rested ably and officials report he rallied but remains in serious condition and confined to the hospital since October.
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John Quinn
Daniel Fiske Jones
Massachusetts General Hospital
Sheriff Quinn
Bay State street railway seeks $1.6 million more in revenue
James F. Jackson, former Railroad Commissioner and Bay State counsel, told the Public Service Commission hearing that the street railway needs at least 1.615 million more dollars to meet total revenue requirements of 10.707 million. He urged six cent fares and said current five cent fares fail to cover rising operating costs. Protests by cities may be scheduled after the company presents its case.
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Bay State Street Railway
James F. Jackson
Public Service Commission
Bay State
Mystery at Dreamwold as valuables vanish in Scituate trust
Oust officers Egypt reports Dreamwold the Thomas W. Lawson summer home valued at about 7000 in jewelry bric a brac and books are missing yet no robbery is known. Chief John F Turner of Scituate may have insight into the disappearance as Lawson asserts he knows where the valuables are.
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Egypt
Thomas W. Lawson
John F. Turner
Scituate
Lawson
Body of Pavolo Scholardi Found in Scituate Swamp
Providence reports identify Pavolo Scholardi a shoemaker of the city as the man found dead in a Scituate swamp last week. He disappeared Sept. 5, the day before Justice Willis S. Knowles was killed in the same town. The medical examiner rules murder but no lead to the attacker. Family notes the victim was lame and could not reach the swamp alone. No link established between the two murders.
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Providence
R. I
Scituate
Pavolo Scholardi
Willis S. Knowles
Scholardt
Nurse Held After Russell House Fire Fatality
In Russell on November 8 a fire at Miss Elizabeth Cannon’s house left Lucille Thomas five dead on a burning bed. Medical Examiner E S Smith ruled poisoning for the child and for Miss Cannon who survived. Miss Cannon, 38, a nurse, was taken into custody and will face Westfield court after police say she planned to end both their lives.
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Pittsfield
Miss Cannon
Guardian stake in custody dispute over Lucille Thomas
A guardian for Lucille, raised since infancy, fears the child's mother may seek custody. Authorities in Bridgeport, Connecticut, know of a near relative, Mrs. Ora Monty, but have not confirmed the parents or current residence.
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Thomas
Lucille
Miss Cannon
Ora Monty
Bridgeport
Conn
Folsom Slayer Mrs Folsom Returns to New Hampshire Insane Hospital
Mrs Mary R Folsom who killed her husband Henry H Folsom and led the Somerville Mass school panel to exile voluntarily surrendered at 8 pm to the New Hampshire State Hospital for the Insane. She wore men's clothes and roamed woods before her weary return and renewed confinement.
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Concord
N. H
Mary R. Folsom
Henry H. Folsom
Somerville
Mass
New Hampshire State Hospital For
Merrimack County Jail
State Hospital
Exeter
Emigration Criticism From John Redmond in Dublin
Irish Nationalist leader John Redmond calls emigration by Irishmen of military age cowardly and says numbers are exaggerated. He doubts conscription exists and predicts the emigration will stop, blaming misapprehension. England’s war leadership shifts to the “big three” with Lord Kitchener to direct Balkans campaign, facing opposition to his return as war secretary.
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London
John Redmond
America
England
War Council
Lord Kitchener
Balkans
Strike Vote Postponed at Watertown Arsenal
Watertown Arsenal machinists and toolmakers one hundred ninety nine workers postponed strike ballots last night awaiting a special meeting set for Saturday or Sunday. They seek higher wage scales and will await a report from lodge representative N P Alfins in Washington who is pushing to win the United States Ord nance Department concessions. General Crozier says workers will receive the average local wage rate for similar work in Boston and vicinity.
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Watertown Arsenal
N. P. Alifns
Washington
United States Ordnance Department
William Crozier
Ordnance Department
Boston
Arsenal
Evening Star Times and Moon Phase for Year End
The report lists moon phases for November and December, notes the 818th day of the year with winter 42 days away, and marks the 446th day of the war with 45 days till Christmas. It records astronomical events including Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars positions and the timing of auto lamps starting at 5:00 PM and 5:30 PM.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
No Answer to Wireless Offer of Aid in Rochambeau Fire
Halifax Nova Scotia reports no word from the steamer Rochambeau of the French Line, still alight at sea. Messages from New York suggest a planned arrival tomorrow as the government marine department radios the captain for confirmation and assistance options.
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Rochambeau
New York
Government Marine Department
Rochambeau Fire Strands French Liner Near Halifax
The French line steamship Rochambeau reporting a coal bunker fire two days from New York for Bordeaux was steering for Halifax at midnight. About 650 people were aboard including 421 passengers and a 230 crew, with a cargo of war supplies totaling 2541 cases of cartridges and 136 bales of cotton.
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Rochambeau
Halifax
New York
Bordeaux
No Immediate Danger From Fire Aboard Vessel
The fire turned the vessel toward Hairfax port and burned in No 5 reserve coal bunker amidships. Officials claimed the ship was not in danger and the situation was not serious.
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Hairfax
Boston Showers Then Fair with Fresh Winds
Showers expected Tuesday for Boston and vicinity with a shift to fair conditions Wednesday. Fresh south to west winds noted. Forecast also calls for New England showers Tuesday and a Wednesday in the same pattern.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Temperature Report From Thompson's Spa Yesterday
A sparse weather snippet reports yesterday's temperatures at Thompson's Spa with hourly readings and averages. The material lists times from early morning to night with values ranging roughly from the upper 40s to mid 50s and notes an average yesterday of 49 degrees.
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Thompson's Spa
Ed Wast
Anniversaries and War News From A Turbulent Era
The item notes a 1872 Great Boston fire anniversary and births of Maud Howe Billings and General Frederick Funston born 1865. It recalls Belgium mobilizing a year ago and Russian bombardments of Turkish Black Sea ports, reflecting wartime tension.
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Boston
Maud Howe Billifott
Frederick Funston
Aguinaldo
Belgium
Black Sea
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