Russia Sinks Three Turkish Vessels Near Bosphorus
Associated Press reports Russian torpedo boats sank a Turkish torpedo boat and destroyed two Turkish steamers and a naval battery at Inada Bay near the Bosphorus. Premier Kerensky says Russia bears the war burden as Allied forces share the strain and questions where the British fleet stands with the German fleet out of the Baltic. A German warship reportedly sinks in the sound after striking a mine, with rumors confirmed by a Malmö dispatch of mine damage to a destroyer and recovered bodies.
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Associated Press
Perograd
Inada
Bosphorus
War Office
Russia
Kerensky
Balth
Copenhagen
Didence
Malmoe
Sweden
Palmer extends reporting deadline on enemy property
Washington November 1 1920 an order from alien property custodian A Mitchell Palmer moves the filing deadline for reports on property of enemies or allies of enemies from November 6 to December 6. The order clarifies who must file and by when.
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Washington, D. C
A. Mitchell Palmer
Hertling Accepts Chancellorship and Prussian Premiership
Amsterdam dispatches report Count von Hertling has accepted the imperial chancellorship and the office of Prussia's premier. Karl Helfferich would be interior secretary and vice chancellor, Waldow resigns as head of the German food regulation board. Vice chancellor and other posts discussed amid cabinet reshuffles.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Herlin
Cologne
William
Count von Hertling
von Hertling
Prussia
Karl Helfferich
Interior
Herr von Waldow
Germain Food Reglation Board
Friedrich von Payer
Reichstag
Chiancello
Hertling Chancellorship Viewed With Skepticism in Press
Danish press survey notes Count von Hertling's appointment as chancellor is viewed skeptically by all except his Center Party allies. Radical and metallist outlets suggest the move may not end the crisis but could revive it soon.
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Copenhagen
Surevey
Count von Hertling
Senators Kendrick and Kenyon Survive London Night Air Raid
United States Senators William S. Kenyon and John B. Kendrick endured a German night bombardment in a London hotel top floor suite. They awoke to the attack, watched the firing with caution, and said the experience hardened resolve for their forthcoming wartime duties. They later met with Lord Rhonda to discuss food supply and toured northern shipyards.
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London
United States
William S. Kenyon
Iowa
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Secon
Athenaeum Club
Kendrick
Kenyon
Associated Press
France
Belgium
Senator Kendrick
Rhonda
England
Mob Attacks Raise Tension Over Pacifist Preacher
Across several cities reports highlight unrest linked to antiwar sentiment. Senator LaFollette denounces a Cincinnati preacher’s mob assault as a threat to civil liberties, while federal court sentences twenty-nine draft registrants in Oklahoma for August disturbances. A Carmi pastor recants antiwar remarks after public shaming, and a German national narrowly escapes violence from workers at a nearby depot.
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Ardmore
Okla
Ralph E. Campbell
H. H. Munson
H. @. Spence
J. L. Benefield
Seminole
Pontetoc
Hughes Counties
Leavenworth
Congressmen place wreath at LaFayette tomb
Paris November 1. An American congressional delegation touring England and France visited Picpus cemetery and laid a large wreath on the tomb of LaFayette, gaining firsthand war information.
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Paris
England
France
Picpus Cemetery
LaFayette
One Egg Every 3 Weeks to Each Berliner
Berlin residents face severe coal shortages and heating struggles as full coal deliveries miss promised dates. A scant ration and long lines persist, with some items costing high prices and officials urging quick consumption. In Amsterdam, Adam Stegerwald is appointed to Germany’s Prussian diet upper house, noted as a landmark labor representation amid reform debates.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Adam Stegerwald
Christian Trades Union
Stegerwald
Christian Trades Unions
British Admiralty to Reform With Civilian Officers
London report on Sir Eric Geddes plan to reform the admiralty by adding civilian officers to handle administration while naval leaders focus on strategy. He notes need for a civilian lord, reveals October merchant losses not publishable, submarine warfare rising, and 225 drydocks available for merchant ship repairs amid wartime strain.
Draft man wounded in hunting accident before departure
Louis A. Delap, drafted with the last increment, was hospitalized at St Johns with a severely wounded foot after a hunting accident. Doctors reported an operation and amputation of two toes, with Delap claiming the self inflicted wound occurred during a hunt. He had passed the physical and was certified for service.
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Louis A. Delap
St. John’s Hospital
Delap
Bailey Arrested on Federal Bootlegging Charge
Glen Bailey proprietor of the Dyer hotel was arrested last night on a federal bootlegging charge by United States Attorney I Rigdon. He faced a previous interstate bootlegging charge in Fort Collins and is now in federal custody.
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Glen Bailey
Dyer Hotel
United States District Abormey
I. Rigdon
Fort Collins
Transport Provid Torpedoed but Reaches Foreign Port
A U.S. transport Provid was torpedoed while returning to the United States but managed to reach a foreign port safely. The incident occurred off the coast with no further details on casualties or the ship’s condition provided.
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Washington
Kansas Miners Strike May Tie Up Whole Region
Pittsburg Kansas November 1 The strike by Crawford county coal miners inflates to 5000 workers in protest of Fuel Administrator Garfield s wage order and auto penalty plan threatening a district wide shutdown The situation is described as serious by miners and operators with no mines to close pending penalty settlement.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Crawford County
Garfield
Kansas City
Quincy
Mase
Great Fore River
San Francisco
Macfie Telphone & Telecraft Company
Portland
Northowestern
Verner v. Reed
United States
Modiares
Cadorna Foils Invaders Plan At Tagliamento Front
Reports from Washington describe Italian defense at the Tagliamento as strong with General Cadorna’s troops holding their line. Allied aid boosts morale though German forces press on in the river corridor as bridgeheads are captured and anticipation grows of a major open battle in Friuli.
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Cadorna
Associated
Presa
Tagliamento
Teutonic
Gereman
Cydonna
Friuli
France
Belgium
Petrograd
Riga
Ironc
Second Group of Sammices Advances to Firing Line
Second Group of Sammices advances to the firing line as American forces in France endure harsh conditions. The report notes heavy shelling of approach trenches and cautions about morale while describing fatigued troops returning from the line after brief rest and medical needs.
Race Riot Trial Involves Troops at Fort Sam Houston
The court martial of 64 enlisted men from the Twenty fourth Infantry charged with mutiny and murder began at Fort Sam Houston. The Houston riot on May 23 is the case basis. Colonel J. A. Hall conducts the prosecution with Major D. J. Stutphin assisting. Defendants are represented by Major Marty S. Grier.
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San Antonio
Texas
Twentyfourth Infantry
Houston
Fort Sam Houston
Col
J. AL Hall
Maj
D. J. Stutphin
Mag. Marty S. Grier
U-Boat Losses and Atlantic Shipping Decline Cited
Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, told the House of Commons that 40 to 60 percent of German submarine activity has ceased in the North Sea Arctic and Atlantic since the war began. He reported merchant output in early 1917 nearly 2 percent higher than the previous year and said four new national shipyards would be essential. A British naval officer in Atlantic ports disputed Allied submarine casualty claims as inflated.
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London
Mpritain
Admiralty
Howe
Eric Geddeer
John Jellicoe
Francis Hopwood
Sir Eric
High Seas
Hy Assoeciaced Presse
Notta Sea
Arctic
Atlantic
Eric Gheaddew
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Ill
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U.S
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