Tennessee Governor warns coal strike heads to crisis
Governor Roberts declares state resources will be used to mine coal unless the strike ends promptly. He states mine owners cannot block production at public cost while workers’ right to strike is not absolute. The address in Knoxville was attended by miners and operators, with Attorney General Thompson and Adjutant General Sweeney present.
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Tenn
Roberts
State Way
Rober
Thompson
Sweeney
Kansas Volunteers Push Coal Output Across States
The Associated Press reports Kansas mobilizes volunteers to mine coal with clear plans. Missouri and Oklahoma aim to start by night and early next week respectively as states enforce coal production. Arkansas also signals early mining. Local efforts also extend to securing cord wood. Major General Dickman ordered soldiers to harvest wood from military forests if needed. Kansas volunteers expected in mines today after twenty one cars were moved last night.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
San Antonio
Dickman
War Department
Katsas
Man who killed czar Nicholas executed in Denmark
Dispatch from Kovno reports Roe viet authorities punished by death the man blamed for ordering the 1818 execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family at Vekaterinburg. Pravda in Moscow is cited as the source, naming M. Johantonoff as the Soviet official condemned and executed for the act.
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Asociates
Copenhagen
Formr Czar Nicholas
Vekaterinhurs
Kovno
Bolshvik
Pravda
Moscow
M. Johantonoff
Navy ready for any emergency says Daniels
Secretary Daniels stated the navy remains ready for emergencies despite postwar demobilization. He announced eight Atlantic fleet dreadnoughts and about 100 destroyers would depart Guantanamo for winter maneuvers, with ships adequately manned though not at full war strength. He noted navy personnel exceed 100000, nearly double prewar levels, and training of recruits proceeding well.
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Washington
Daniels
Guantanamo
Cuba
Atlantic
Chinese Pioneer of Wazetable Fibre Paper In Early Strips
The Chinese inventor of wazetable fibre paper first wrote on bamboo strips and later, around 300 B.C. to 100 A.D., used a preparation made from ailir waste.
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B. C
Jenkins case bail release denial from State Department
Washington reports the U S government maintains its stance in the Jenkins case and did not aid in a consular agent’s bail. J Walter Hasen is said to have supplied a 600 dollar bond for Lewis Curena of Carranza’s cabinet. Officials await official embassy reports from Mexico City on Jenkins’s release and the agent’s liberation details.
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Washington
Jenkins
Lansing
Io State Department
Mexico City
J. Walter Hasen
Lewis Curera
Carranza
Onbernet
State Department
ACA
Doctor Dercum Says Wilson Still Improving
Dr F X Dercum the Philadelphia neurologist visited the White House and said President Wilson's condition remains good He would not issue a statement as Senator Lodge had done The president carried out official business signing a foreign warrant and a bill to boost police pay in DC using an indelible panel due to a declining position This marked the first time a national document of this kind was signed without ink.
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Asocintat
Washington
Dev. G
F. X. Dercun
Philadelphia
White House
Toda
Wilson
Pail
New Mesiou
District of Columbia
Train Schedule Cut Back Due to Coal Shortage
Train services across Frisco and Katy lines are severely reduced amid a coal shortage. The southbound 12 49 p m and northbound 4 a m on the Frisco will be discontinued, Katy trains from Oklahoma City at 10 15 a m and 5 a m removed, leaving only two Katy trains daily and ending night service on the Frisco.
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Mianish
Katy
Oklahoma City
Ada
Frisco
Mobilization of Czech Slavic Troops Reported
An Associated Press despatch from Copenhagen states the Czech Slavia government ordered mobilization of three military classes. A Prague dispatch reports 21 divisions moving toward the Hungarian frontier amid Hungarian frontier activity and recent monarchial developments after Budapest’s evacuation by Romanian forces.
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Copenhagen
Vienna
Prague
Hungary
Budapest
Prague Ane
Seed Situation Will Be Serious Next Season
Ada Oklahoma county agent J. J. Hill warns farmers that seed may be in high demand due to damage to cotton and bot seeds from unfavorable fall weather. He urges using well matured seed now for planting purposes, as a large area faces shortages and seed quality will matter at planting time.
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Ada
Okla
J. J. Hill
Durant Citizens Rally to Chop Wood for Fuel Relief
In Durant Oklahoma volunteers gathered at woods near the city to cut over 100 cords of wood to ease a fuel shortage. The mayor called for more helpers as students from the Southeastern State Normal joined, about 1,000 men went to the woods, and wood would be hauled to the town wood yard for distribution.
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Durant
Okla
Southeastern State Normal
Benplaces
Sarkol Square
Carranza Troops Fire At Obregon Supporters
Reports from Mexico state Carranza forces at Pachica Hidalgo engaged Obregon followers during his public addresses promoting his presidential bid. Details remain scarce. A separate note mentions discoveries in aluminum substituting for copper in cookware and other shavings about material substitutions in steel and wood uses.
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Varranza
General Oblegon
Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Pachica
Hidalgo
Obregon
Extreme Cruelty And Non-Support Alleged By Wife
In district court yesterday Carter versus Carter, Mrs. Mary Carter seeks a divorce from Ernest Carter of Colorado. Attorney Barton represents the plaintiff. She alleges seven years of separation, no children, and extreme cruelty including mental humiliation and neglect. She claims the husband failed to support her despite being able to work, and asks restoration of her maiden name Mary Jobsem.
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Carter
Mary Jobsem
Angry Wife Fires at Rival in Ada Gun Incident
Police report a confrontation in Ada where Mrs A T Atkins drew an automatic on Nettie Owens in a pursuit to find her husband Claude Jones. The pistol snapped, Atkins was disarmed by officers, and she paid 24.75 in police court for carrying a gun. Atkins and Owens face associate charges with trial set in Dolico court.
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Nettie Owens
A. T. Atkins
Rebee
Claude Jones
Atking
Matthawa and
Goatcher
Owen
Dolico
Ada
Missing Boys From Missouri Arrive in Ada
Two boys from Mountain Grove Missouri Lewis Foster and Chester Carroll arrived in Ada driving across the country toward Ross. Sheriff Duncan’s office had printed inquiry cards to notify the public and gather information after the boys had been missing for several days. Local family had feared for their safety as officers prepared to mail more notices.
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Evening News
Mountain Grove
Missouri
Ross
Ada
Lewis Foster
Chester Carroll
Oil producers prosecuted as price hikes cited
Attorney General Palmer ordered prosecutions of Western oil producers for profiteering after Senator Capper reported prices rising from 1.00 to about 4.50 per barrel since the strike. Rail embargoes were set to curb fuel oil shipments west of St Louis and Chicago to conserve coal and push use of fuel oil.
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Washington
Dee
Palmer
Capper
Kangay
Railroad Administration
St. Louis
Chicago
Mississippi River
Senator Capper
West
Cupper
Department of Justice
Four Die In Upper Michigan Deer Hunt Toll
Four fatalities marked Michigan deer hunting season in the upper peninsula ending November 30 amid about twelve thousand hunters. An estimated 1,000 hunters crossed the straits from the lower peninsula and neighboring states joined the hunt. Ideal weather produced a heavy deer slaughter prompting sportsmen to push for a closed season to protect the herd, with petitions circulating to pause until 1921.
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Calumet, Mich
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Straits
State Game Commission
Secrecy Surrounds Note to German Government
Paris December report says secrecy surrounds the note unanimously adopted by the council. It is firmly worded to press Germany on putting the treaty into effect and freeing German prisoners immediately. The council warns that failure to sign will trigger coercive military measures. Puestres will hand the message personally to Germany’s head diplomat.
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Paris
Utinog
Cdn
Germany
Nolte
Puestres
Governor Robertson Opens the Mines at McAlester
In McAlester Oklahoma on December 5 Governor J B A Robertson and John A Whitehurst led volunteer miners in removing coal from a strip pit six miles south of McAlaster. Cameras captured the event as Robertson shoveled coal wearing rubber boots and a woolen fatigues outfit. Whitehurst and others joined in with picks and shovels while a mule cart carried them to the pit driven by a convict driver who appealed for a pardon and was told to write a letter.
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McAlester
Okla
J. B. A. Robertson
John A. Whitehurst
State Council of Defense
Remo
McAlaster
Robertson
Whitehurst
George Clark
Warden Switzer
State Penitentiary
Booze Flows Freely in St Louis After Restraining Order
In St Louis barkers and drinkers moved freely as a Federal Judge lifted enforcement, restraining the U S District attorney and the Internal Revenue Service. Thousands of gallons of whiskey and wine were sold, with whiskey wholesaled at 31 to 2 a gallon and bottled goods at about 10 a quart. People carried jugs and bundles of quart bottles on streetcars in a scene of widespread sale and consumption.
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Associated Press
Army Tank to Aid Keweenaw Snow Roads in Winter
Keweenaw county plans to use army tanks to pack deep snow on public highways during winter helping the snow removal task. The project, proposed by the county highway commission, would employ tanks with their own power driven by local veterans previously in tank service. Government surplus equipment may supply several tanks and caterpillar tractors to Michigan for road work.
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Associated Press
Houghton
Mich
Dee
Weweenaw County
Michigan
Keeweenaw County
Keweenay County
Keweenaw
Road Commission
Whit Hyden Dies From Gunshot Wounds
From Saturday's edition Whit Hyden died last Friday night from gunshot wounds. He was shot yesterday morning on Rast street and died last evening after suffering. Witnesses describe the weapon as a modern Savage firearm. Funeral services for Hyden will be held at Oak Avenue Baptist Church tomorrow at 3 PM under Woodmen and Odd Fellows auspices.
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Whit Hyden
Ussuery
Ussitery
Mr. Hyden
Oak Avenue
Woodmen and Odd Fellows
Enrollments Rise at Normal School Amid Farm Student Interest
Winter term enrollment reached 267, up 18 percent from last year on the close of business yesterday. Many young men from farms join for double work in agriculture and English. Agriculture courses are a major draw, with wide spread information about them. Seventy two new students enrolled this term, comprising 25 percent of total enrollment.
Government blocks coal price rise for miner wage hike
Fuel Administrator Garfield stated no coal price increase would be allowed to fund higher miner wages even after reports that Ohio Governor Cox proposed a 26 percent pay rise for miners. He said objections would arise if wage hikes could not be funded without higher coal prices. The report also mentions parrot capacity for speech in unrelated text.
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Associated Press
Washington
Garfield
Cox
Ohio
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