Inquiries At Vienna To Ask If Ancona Warned Was Warned
Ambassador Penfield in Vienna to press Austrian foreign office for full details of the torpedoing of the Italian liner Ancona in the Mediterranean last week with American lives lost. The inquiry seeks whether the submarine fired a warning shot and how long passengers had to escape, plus submarine activities during unloading. Officials expect time to gather facts and note Germany’s potential role.
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Tropedo
Austria
Penfield
Vienna
Foreign Office
Ancona
Mediterranean
Lanning
Ambassador Penfield
Berlin
Iérard
Kesa
Nhat
Senfeld
Sienna
United States
Italy
Count Macchi di Vellere
Ambaassanire
Loss of $800000 on the Ancona in San Francisco waters
The Ancona sank after a submarine attack near San Francisco causing a claimed loss of 800000 dollars in gold. Washington Post Rome reports the money was to be deposited in the San Francisco subtreasury to cover certain expenses. The notice confirms the event and location of the tragedy.
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Italy
Washington Post
Rome
Noyle
San Francisco
Ancona
Bryan not to fight Wilson over renomination letter to Ohio congressman
William J Brain states he will not oppose President Willison's renomination. In a letter to Representative I R Sherwood he says the stance is not personal against the President's army and navy program.
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Ohin
Lote de Ohio
William J Brain
Willison
I R Sherwood
Bryan
Hindenburg Recalled From Russian Front To Western Drive
The Morning Post reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg has left the Russian front to join the western theater. London sources say his recall signals a shift in German strategy as tensions mount in Europe.
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London
Morning Post
Kerne
Switzerland
Saya
von Hindenburg
Systern
Doctor Will Let in Babe Die with Mother's Assent
Chicago reports a newborn baby at German American Hospital deemed a nature’s blunder. Dr Haiselden refuses operation citing ethics and parental assent. The mother agrees to let the child die to avoid further suffering, drawing Humane Society court action threats.
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Washington Post
Chicago
H. J. Haiselden
Dr Haiselden
Itda
Hlinda Humane Society
Tortured Americans Death Near San Blas Described in Mexico
Reports from El Paso detail Joseph W Tays and three other U S men murdered after being stripped and forced to walk across a desert to the Villa Indians camp near San Blas Mexico Protest that Tays was a U S citizen is said to have been ignored Father of Tays says body not recovered as Bachomo Indian leader warns of further searches Three more Americans Maurice Free Charles Goldsborough and W Windham killed in Log Mochis Quimi Chis areas as Carranza troops dispatched to Yaqui valley for protection Also coverage of Washington political maneuvering around Justice Hughes and 1920 Republican convention plans.
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Joseph Tays
U. S
Fil Paso
Tex
Joseph W. Taya Ia
San Bilas
Mexico
Tays
Los Mochis
Villa
Bachomo
Taya
Als
Topolobampo
Sinaloa
San Francisco
Log Mochis
L Maurice Free
Charles Goldsborough
Bateva
W. Windham
Quimichis
Teple
Carranza
Yaqui Valley
Taft
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Weeka
Lodge
Hughes
Nebraska
Root
New York
Whitman
Roosevelt
John W. Weeks
Ohio
Jher Burton
Hia
Myron T. Herrick
Burton
Churchill Off To Fight From London Front Line
Special Cable reports Winston Churchill preparing to cross the channel tomorrow toward the British fighting front. Once harshly criticized in England, he is now seen as popular, a subordinate officer in a fine regiment. His Commons speech is viewed as vindicating his record. He blamed higher government figures for past mistakes.
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Washington Post
London
Winston Church' UT
England
House of Commons
Bis
Allies Must Ask Peace, Says German Paper Vossische Zeitung
A cable from Berlin via London reports that Germany warns the Allies must request peace terms. The semi official Vossische Zeitung notes Germany is ready to seek an end to hostilities, framing the move as contingent on Allied initiative.
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Washinton
Berlin
London
Navy
Germany
Vossische Zeitung
No Law for Plotters U S Urges Expanded Federal Powers
Attorney General urges Congress to amend the Sherman Act to apply to conspiracy cases like ship sabotage and munition plant strikes. Proposes neutrality law codification and enlarged Secret Service powers to counter war plotters amid wartime disruptions and foreign interference. Congress may revise anti trust enforcement and expand federal reach beyond state courts.
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Congress
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Gregory
Department
United States
Lanyera
Foreign Service
Medical Supplies Held Up in Germany Britain Blamed
The North German Gazette mocks Britain's refusal to allow medical shipments to leave or enter Germany. It notes Britain's ban on American Red Cross hospital supplies and rubber goods arguing they could aid military use. Miss Mabel T. Boardman said the issue was taken up with the London foreign office via the British embassy, with assurances from Ambassador Gerard in Berlin that the rubber items would be used only in hospitals.
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England
Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Gasette
Germany
Great Britain
American
Red Cross
Austria
Mabel T. Boardman
The
London
Gerard
Tuckerton
N. J
Maj Moraht
Ericit
Cerna River
Gradiace
Cerna
Maj. Moraht
Serbia
Persepe
France
Egypt
Ententa
Italy
Asquith Hopes to Avoid Conscription in UK
London November 16 Premier Asquith said in the house of commons that he remains hopeful the voluntary recruiting system will succeed. He expressed belief coercive measures will not be needed and that patriotic duty appeals by Lord Derby's committee will gather an adequate response, especially from young unmarried men, noting no decision on compulsory enlistment will be made without Parliament's consent.
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London
Asquith
United Kingdom
Louse of Commons
Lord Derby
Mr. Asquith
Serbia
Greece
Patras
Venizelos
Gounaris
Chamber of Deputies
Saloniki
Ministry of War
Borah declares for national prohibition as Republican option
Portland Oregon November 16 Senator Borah of Idaho a leading Republican prospect has publicly backed national prohibition He writes to R P Hutton superintendent of the Antisalon League that the only effective way to handle the liquor question is by action of the national government The move places Borah among early candidates for the GOP nomination next year
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Washington Post
Portland
Oreg
Borah
Idaho
R. P. Hutton
Antiseloon League
Boreh
Hutton
Fourteen? No. Explosion Traps 34 in Washington Mine
Thirty four men were trapped by a coal dust explosion at Northwestern Improvement Company's Ravenedale mine in Washington 85 miles southeast of Seattle. Four men were rescued by U S Bureau of Mines. One laborer died. others revived. Rescue teams work to reach the remaining trapped men in the main slope.
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Washington State
Seattle
Wesh
Northwestern Improvement Company
Ravenedale
United States Bureau of Mines
Gold shipments arrive in New York from England
Gold to the amount of about four million dollars was received in New York from England and deposited in the assay office. The major portion was consigned to the Guaranty Trust Company, with parts shipped to the National City Bank Mechanics and Metals National Bank Canadian Bank of Commerce and American Express Company.
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New York
Washington Post
England
Guaranty Trust Company
National City Bank
The
Mechanics’ and Metals’ National Bank
Canadian Bank of Commerce
American Express Company
MUST HAVE DEFENSES FUNDS
James Hamilton Lewis Democratic whip in the United States Senate spoke at a Cook county real estate board banquet and criticized the Presidents defense funding plan. He urged better business and administrative methods and highlighted the need to show how money would be raised to meet defense costs.
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Chicago
James Hamilton Lewis
United States Senate
Cook County Real Estate Board
United States
Russia to Present 1916 Budget Amid War Loans
Petrograd reports that when the duma opens the next session the minister of finances will present the 1916 budget. Expenditure is set at 3,174,000,000 rubles with revenue at 2,914,000,600 rubles. War has required two foreign and two internal loans and the ruble has fallen about 50 percent in value.
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Washington
Petrograd
Duma
Russia Lifts Fur Embargo Shifting Trade Flows
Russia has ended its fur export ban, releasing shipments worth millions bound for the United States. The move was reported by Commercial Attache Baker in Petrograd and released by the Department of Commerce.
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Russia
United States
Baker
Petrograd
Department of Commerce
Russian Embassy Denies Involvement in US Purchases
The Russian embassy released a statement saying neither the embassy nor any officials were connected to buying supplies in the United States for the Russian government.
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United States
Greece Pressured to Declare Policy as Serbs Feared
London reports Greece urged to guarantee allied protection for Serbian and Allied troops in Greek territory. King Constantine wary as Venizelist factions clash in Patras and Saloniki. Lord Kitchener and Denys Cochin travel to Athens to clarify the complex East Balkan crisis and possible Greek concessions.
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Greece
London
Paris
Lord Kitchener
Aegean
Denys Cochin
Athens
Roosevelt dream of 12000 cavalry for war shatters
London dispatch from Nov 16 reports Sydney Brooks describing Col Roosevelt's plan to raise a 12 000 man cavalry brigade for service against Germany and the disappointment at the missed opportunity after Lusitania sinking. Brooks says generals colonels and captains were selected and Roosevelt believed his forces would reach Flanders within three months of war declaration.
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Siqoc Utriity
Weehington
London
Roosevelt
Germany
Sydney Brooks
New York
Daily Mail
Lusitania
Mr. Jevelt
Bis
Flanders
Mr. Brooks
U-Boat Base Discovery Reported on Craigin Coast
Turin reports via Gionale that two submarine bases supplying Austro German forces have been found on Craigin coast one on the northwest and one on the southeast coast of the island Hace Meet Warrenton Va advertises a round trip fare by Southern Railway with dates November 7.
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Bypestzl Gable
Washington Post
Turin
The
Gionale
Craigin
Hace
Warrenton
United States Asks Ancona Facts Amid Turmoil
United States seeks official facts from Ancona amid reports of wartime tensions and diverging narratives. Coverage notes alleged abuses, shifting alliances, and diplomatic pressure as nations react to recent events.
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United
Ancona
Greece
Shah
Bulgara
Mrs. Guggenheim
Jack Munroe
Bishop
Rosebery
Shah Flees Teheran as Allies Move to Rule Persia
Imperial news from Petrograd reports the shah’s flight from Teheran with ministers as German and Turkish influence grows. Russian troops pursue pacific aims while British and Russian diplomats anticipate handling the government. Cossacks assert control. Englishmen face attacks across Persia as turmoil spreads.
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Persia
Teuton
Teheran
Middle East
Transcaucasian
Asia Minor
Caucasus
Nicholas
Petrograd
Iapahan
Mexico City Bank Closed by Huerta Government
A dispatch reports the voluntary closing of Banco Nacional de Mexico in Mexico City, ordered to protect the currency during the Huerta regime. Jeas G. Garcia, a Mexican donor here, says the de facto government ordered the move to safeguard the paper currency and reserve requirements.
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Banco Nacional de Mexico
Huta
el Paso
Tex
Mexico City
Jeas G. Garcia
Huerta
Bulgars Push Back French Near Greece
News from Saloniki reports Bulgarian forces reinforce and push the French lines in southern Serbia near Gradisce and Babuna Pass. Serbian counteractions recapture Kalkandelen as Austrians cross the River Lim, while projections cite Entente troop hopes and Italian strain amid Balkan warfare.
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Balkandilen
Lim
Maj. Moraht
Saloniki
Bulgare
Tentons
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Tensa
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Saroniki
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Tine
Skouloudla
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Corriere Della Sera
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Tifa
Ispahan
Robert Cecil
Robert
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Albania
Salomiki
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Perlepe
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Kalkandelen
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