Submarine Sighting Off Savannah and Washington Clash
Reports of an unofficial submarine near Lybee bar off Savannah surface while Navy officials deny any American presence. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing discussed German submarine attacks on the New England coast at Shadow Lawn, signaling concern and caution over nearshore warfare and adherence to international law.
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Savannah
Lybee Bar
Custoim House
Customs House
Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Lansing
Shadow Lawn
New England
Lave
United States
Germany
America
Polk
State Department
Washington
Secretary Lansing
Gerard
New York
James W. Gerard
Berlin
Great Britain
Jules Jusserand
Carranzas
Mexico City
Japan’s Terauchi Says No War Unless Vital Interests Threatened
Premier Terauchi in New York states Japan will not act aggressively while its vital interests and dignity are intact. He vows friendly ties with the United States, follows outgoing policies on immigration, and cautions against warlike misimpressions while stressing prudence in future Orient policy.
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Tokio
United States
China
Buesday
Count Seiki Terauchi
Associated Press
Japan
Marshal Terauchi
America
Korea
New York
Baron Sakatani
Jan
Russia
Great Britain
Far East
Philippines
Neutral Waters Open Tenor of U S Reply
The memorandum replies to allied demands on neutral ports for submarine treatment. It cites dangers of belligerent subs using neutral waters and restocking points. The United States affirms existing rules of international law and reserves liberty of action toward war and merchant submarines. The U S also urges belligerents to distinguish neutral from belligerent submarines and warns against consequences of neglect. In a separate note, officials assess U S policy on U-boat actions near New England, stressing passenger safety and possible diplomatic issues if life protection is seen as lacking.
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Ashington
United States
France
Great Britain
Russia
Japan
American
Washington
New England
Germany
Raider Ties Up Ocean Shipping
Boston dispatch notes tension in Atlantic shipping as U boats loom off New England. Tug report of a U-boat sighting raises alarms though few vessels known to be attacked since Nantucket torpedoings. Kansan cleared for Genoa with horses. Prince Arthur passenger sailings canceled. Canopic and Adriatic awaiting arrivals and departures amid submarines fear.
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Boston
New England
Kansan
Genoa
Italy
Yarmouth
Governor Cobb
Canopic
Azores
Hull Withdraws as Progressive Governor Candidate
Chicago October 11 Morton D Hull filed with the secretary of state his withdrawal as Progressive nominee for governor of Illinois His name appeared on ballots in the September primary and the action ends his bid for the office.
Policy of Wilson Is Arraigned
Charles E Hughes assailed Woodrow Wilson’s trade abroad policy in Baltimore, condemning no armed intervention to protect American commercial ventures and criticizing dollar diplomacy. He warned Americans of neglecting lives and property abroad, urging a self respecting peace and defense of international rights. The talk followed an earlier Hagerstown address focusing on tariff, the Adamson law, and criticism of the administration’s extravagance.
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Baltimore
Charles E. ST Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Eliot
Mr. Hughes
Tuin
Hughes
Hagerstown
Interstate Fair Grounds
War Prize of Bovent and Somme gains
French troops south of the Somme captured Bovent and adjacent Chaulnes wood, taking about 1200 prisoners. British front activity remained limited north of the Somme as German forces faced Romanian retreat in Transylvania and other fronts saw arming and bombardments. German, Bulgarian, and Turkish actions across Galicia, Crete, and the Murman coast continued with several vessels sunk and towns changed hands.
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Somme
Bovent
Ablaincourt
Chaulnes Wood
London
France
Tovent
Chaulnes
Transylvania
Kronstadt
V Ilace
Herbutow
Narayavka
Struma River
Demir-Hissar
Macedonia
Chavdar Mzh
Ormanli
Haznatar
Seres
Kalendra
Homendos
Berlin
Cerna
Christiania
Arctic Ocean
Murman
Seize Files In Mayor's Office In Chicago Raid
Oct 11 detectives under State's Attorney Hoyne seized files from Mayor Thompson Chief Healey and Deputy Funkhouser to probe vice and gambling. Healey objected to private papers until subpoenas were reviewed. Funkhouser and Thompson cooperated. Records to be produced at the State's Attorney's office after counsel review.
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Chicago
Hoyne
Thompson
Healey
M. L. C. Funkhouser
Coreporation
Funkhouser
Howe
States Attorney's Office
Western manager makes Wilson claims
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, manager of western Democratic national headquarters, issued a statement declaring Democrats are confident of carrying Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Montana, Colorado, Nevada and Arizona and have grounds to hope for success in Bindy Wisconsin Washington Oregon Utah. The Wilson contagion is in the air.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Walsh
Democratic
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Kentucky
Missouri
Nebraska
Montana
Colorado
Nevaska
Arizona
Bindy
Wisconsin
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Walsh
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Navy Department
Count Terauchi
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Frank Masters
Iso
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