United States challenges British blockade in new note
Washington notes protest British seizure of American trade as unlawful and urges citizens to seek redress through diplomatic channels. The 15,000 word document, delivered by Ambassador Page, cites 35 points on contraband, seizures, and detention and states the U S will defend neutral rights impartially. It notes US will not recognize a legal blockade and urges claims be made to Britain through diplomacy.
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Washington, D. C
Britain
Germany
Austria
United States
Ambassador Page
British Foreign Office
England
France
Applement
Foreign Office
Wu. S
High Seas
Lanning
Baltimore News
New York Evening World
Great Britain
Buffalo Times
Pittsburgh
Chicago Journal
Kansas City Star
St. Louis Times
Lansing
Our Case Against Britain on wartime trade rules note
Secretary Lans ing summarizes the U S protest detailing twelve points against Britain over searches blockades and prize courts. It argues increased neutral trade price changes. It contends searches at sea and in port lack legal basis and threaten American commerce with neutrals while British exports rise. It rejects London blockade claims as illegal under international law.
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State Lansing
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Germany
London
The Press on British Note and U S Responses
The Press on British note and American secretary of state arguments draw praise and varied emphasis. Statements from Indianapolis Philadelphia Galveston Baltimore New York Buffalo Pittsburgh Chicago Kansas City St Louis echo support for the administration’s position and call for clear action and respect for neutral rights.
German officials send regrets to Brand Whitlock
Washington November reports say German military authorities in Belgium regret published accounts of Brand Whitlock leaving Belgium due to German objections. Secretary Lansing stated no official Berlin Washington communications exist on Whitlock's status. Whitlock will sail from Amsterdam Wednesday for a vacation due to ill health.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
Belgium
Brand Whitlock
Whitlock
Berlin
Washington
Amsterdam
Italian deputies to meet in December session opens
Rome Italy Nov. 8 The chamber of deputies will assemble Dec. 1 The session is expected to last a week The chamber probably will extend the government for a further period of full powers to carry on the War.
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Rome
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Tara attacked by German submarines in the Mediterranean
London reports that the British armed merchantman Tara was attacked and struck in the eastern Mediterranean by two German submarines on Friday, according to an official press bureau announcement.
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London
Tara
Mediterranean
Rice youth injured in auto crash near hospital
Harry Rice aged 14 was struck near Walnut and Seventh streets by an car driven by F. E B Carrier of Independence while en route to St Francis hospital to see his father B A Rice, both father and son suffer severe head injuries and the boy remains unconscious. The Rice family has endured multiple misfortunes including a daughter’s death and Mrs Rice’s appendicitis.
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B. A. Rice
Independence Avenue
Harry Rice
Young Rice
Walnut
Seventh Streets
F. E B. Carrier
Independence
Walnut Street
Seventh
Carrier
Rice
Mice
Mice Has Recently Been Removed From the Hospital, While Mr. Rice
Tuiners Central
Mr. Rice
Cartier
Evening Courier
B. N. Diehl
Fairbank
Fourth Street
Quinty
Diehll
Car Ditch Spree Near Waverly Injures Many
A string of accidents near Waverly Iowa left numerous people hurt. Carrie Myers of Waterloo badly injured with a paralyzed side and broken shoulder after a six-occupant Waterloo yard car rolled into a ditch. Ronald Millar of Sumner was unconscious after a crash near Tripoli. Renda Miller and Henry Bettke of Sumner suffered heavy concussion and minor injuries respectively. Rainy roads caused six cars to skid into a ditch near Waverly with no further serious injuries.
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Waterloo
Thomas Price
Dawson Street
Waverly
Carrie Myers
Avon Avenue
Renda Miller
Sunwner
Tripoli
Romaine Clarke
James Biggs
Elsa Pairbank
Mears. Myers
Price
Mr. Price
Tripolt
Renohi Miller
Henry Bettke
Sumner
Miller
Curh Vielence
Bettke
James Biges
Elsa Fairbank
Waverley
Official recount trims Stanley lead in Louisville KY
A recount of ballots from the first eleven wards in Louisville during Tuesday's gubernatorial election reduced the unofficial Democratic lead of former Congressman A. O. Stanley from 658 to 348. An advertisement for Sooke El Verse Havana cigars appears at the end.
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Louisville
A. O. Stanley
Delivery problems prompt redelivery number call
If the newspaper is not delivered by six this evening please call 3330 for a duplicate copy. After six thirty, call 443 for assistance.
British Papers Exprego Surprise At Tone Of Note
London reports surprise at the American note to Great Britain as British papers debate U S shipping policy and neutrality. The Tall Mall Gazette and Guardian criticize American framing while stressing Britain must guard commerce and consider rail routes that link Germany through neutral ports.
Romania Maintains Neutrality Policy Amid Balkan Tensions
Milan dispatch reports Bucharest says no ministerial crisis and opposition agrees war action should hinge on Balkan strategic conditions. public support favors staying neutral to protect Entente supplies path via sea route. Paris signals Premier Bratiano consults parliament on international situation and members endorse neutrality for now.
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Milan
Italy
Paris
Romania
Bucharest
Corritte Della Sera
Balkans
Roumania
Bratalio Jor Roumanis
Small German Cruiser Undine Sunk Off Swedish Coast
Berlin reports the small German cruiser Undine was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine near the south Swedish coast on the afternoon of November 7. Nearly the entire crew was saved.
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Berlin
London
British and French Press Kant NATO Fronts in Balkans War
British and French forces push along the Nish railway front as Bulgarian troops advance into Serbia and threaten Nish and Krivovir. French and British units report steady gains against Bulgarian positions while Greek cabinet crisis lingers. Paris reports Kosjak Babuna heights near Pletvar pass secured with junctions anticipated. fighting remains costly and indecisive near Riga and Dyinsk.
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Macedonia
Babuna Pass
Strumit Jan
Greece
Chamber of Deputies
Skoulotdis
Tonnigues
Riga
Dyinsk
Galicia
Stripa
Paris
Kosjak
Babuna Heights
Pletvar Pass
Perlepe-Karadar
Babuna Range
Monastir
Matin
Prench
Saloniki
London
Strumitsa
Kachaly
Meimisly
Colombo
Krivolak
Gradsko
Thema
Kavadar
Ferman Submarine Sinks Japanese Steamer Near Gibraltar
The Japanese steamer Yasukuni Maru, bound for British government charter, was sunk by a German submarine near Gibraltar on Wednesday. The report from Tokio notes the vessel was on a charter with British interests when attacked.
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Tokio
Gibraltar
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