Anti Strike Clause Seen Stricken From Railroad Bill
Washington dispatch reports labor leaders expect the anti strike provision in the Cummins railroad bill to be dropped in conference. Brotherhood heads plan a Monday declaration with Samuel Gompers as they weigh public and private rights amid veto prospects and pending wage talks with the wage boards.
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Yy Morning Journal
Washington
Cummins
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Congress
House
Senate
Wilson
Brotherhood
Hellia
Kellogs
Minnesota
Bic
Europe Needs Red Blood More Than Relief Says Mulligan
William J. Mulligan, chairman of the Columbus War Activities committee, says Europe shows red blood needs beyond relief as American aid overshadows reality. He notes Knights of Columbus activities in Europe focus on language instruction and entertainment for remnants of the American army.
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New York
Europe
America
Willam J. Mulligan
Kolwhts of Columbus Committee On War Activities
Ameria
Mulligan
Knights of Calwinbus
Parte
Loom Seeks U S Market After British Setback
C Whatley of Manchester has moved to the United States after failing to persuade English mills to adopt his clumped circular loom. An official of Blackburn Technical School’s textile department says the loom could cut operating personnel costs by about three quarters.
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Manchester
Eng
C. Whatley
United
Blackburn Technical School
Former German crown prince to be listed in wartime records
An official report from a recent meeting of French and Lin officials states Frederick William, the former German crown prince, will be included in the list of persons to be handed over or tracked under wartime justice rules. The report notes the action follows a briefing with high military officials and Vidouard Tenaees Frewen, the secretary for military justice.
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Lonton
Dee
Frederick Wi'ham
Sul
Urlalte
Frenieh — Linw
Vidouard Tenaees Frewen
Weather forecast fragment for Denver and surrounding regions
Fragmentary weather summary notes fair conditions for Sunday and Monday in Arizona with slight warming, and general mild temperatures across New Mexico and Denver. Observations mention 24 hour period ending Monday 6 am with mean temperatures and humidity around mid forties, no precipitation listed, wind light from north.
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Denver
New Mexico
Arizona
Villa letter cites anger over Angles execution and possible reprisal
A Dec 19 1919 Villa letter to the Associated Press denounces the execution of Gen Felipe Angeles by Carranza forces and warns of reprisals against those involved. It praises Angeles as an honorable patriot and claims his crime was not being a Carrancista. The note also records Villa's claim of leadership and mentions Musquiz Coahuila as the writing site.
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OY Morning Journal
el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Associated Press
Carranza
Felipe Angeles
Nilla
Musquiz
Coahula
Plhice Villa
Villa
Angeles
United States
Revolutionary Army
Felipe Angles
Venustiano Carranza
Musauiz
Coahuila
Deceemeber
Prancisco Villa
Chihuahua City
Hie
Chapultepec
Porfirio Diaz
Leeton
Hener
Arizona Receives Silver Service From State Delegation
A silver service of over 100 pieces was presented to the battleship Arizona by a delegation for Governor Thomas F. Campbell. The gift honors Arizona’s citizens and state coal emblem. presentation delayed due to wartime service. Captain J W Mix led the ceremony and conveyed citizens’ best wishes to the ship and the U S Navy.
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Corning Journal Efecial
Hine
New York
Tattleship
Arizona
Arizona State
Thomas F. Campbell
J. W. Mix
Nogales
United States Navy
Mix
Senate
H. F. Ashurst
Admiral Kolchak resigns command of anti Bolshevists
Admiral Kolchak retires from active command of all Russian forces opposing the Bolsheviks in Silenia due to ill health and names General Bernemoff as his successor with headquarters in the Irkatk and Transbaikel districts. The order unites armed forces under the new commander in chief to secure the political organization.
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Ey Morning Journal
GPEC
Vindivostok
Associated Press
Kolchak
Silenia
Bemenoff
Mesenke
Bemenoffs
Omler
Carranza Denies Aiding Radical Propaganda in United States
New York December 27 Raymond P fie Neer Mexican consul general in New York issued a statement denying that Carranza supported radical elements in the United States. He called letters released by Senator Fall of New Mexico entirely fake and said Carranza had no empathy with subversive groups.
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Carranza
United States
New York
Raymond P Fie Neer
Fall of
New Mexico
Currange
Poison liquor deaths surge across northeastern cities
A massive poisoning from wood alcohol whiskey sweeps the region, with seventy eight fatalities in forty eight hours and many more paralyzed or blinded. Investigators seek Adolph Parrnell, a New York importer, for distributing twelve barrels of the toxin. Deaths reported in New York City, New England towns, Hartford, Newark, Chicago, Cleveland, and other cities.
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Morning Journal
New York
Chicago
New Zingland
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Springfield
New England
New York City
Internal Revenue
Department of Justice
Adolph Paranell
Paranell
Bleecker Street
Chicopee
Holyoke
Greenfield
Hartford
Conn
Newark
N. J
Cleveland
Ohio
Federal action rises over wood alcohol whiskey deaths
Federal agents and health authorities coordinate with police in eastern cities to curb wood alcohol whiskey after a string of Christmas poisonings. At least forty one deaths reported in Massachusetts and Connecticut with suspected many more unreported coast to coast. Four men under arrest in Hartford linked to a cross state flow of twelve barrels bought in New York for twelve thousand dollars. A broad scientific campaign targets poisonous substitutes for liquor.
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New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Chicopee Park
Holyoke
Mass
Hartford
Conn
Poisoning Deaths Tap Two in Newark Saloon Case
Newark December 27 two people died at city hospital from wood alcohol poisoning. Three arrested including two saloon keepers in connection with the fatalities.
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Newark
N. J
Government to act on wood alcohol deaths crackdown
Boston reports say all government departments will cooperate in rounding up the guilty after Connecticut valley cities reported about fifty deaths from liquor with a wood alcohol base. United States Attorney Thomas Boynton vows federal help to stop distribution and manufacture of the poison sold as whiskey.
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Oston
Thomas Boynton
United States
Connecticut Valley
Thirteen Die From Wood Alcohol Poisoning in Hartford
Thirteen persons have died in Hartford from wood alcohol poisoning with ten more deaths reported the previous night. Jacob Bronerwine Frank Hose Baul Joseph and Nathan Salsberg are under arrest in connection with the deaths. The first two men owned saloons and are alleged to have supplied the liquor involved in the holiday spree.
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Hartford
Conn
Jacob Bronerwine
Frank Hose
Baul Joseph
Nathan Salsberg
Coroners Cocktail Deaths Rise As Poisoned Drinks Turn Fatal
Four people died today from weed alcohol in Chicago in the latest spate of poison liquor cases bringing total deaths to eight in forty eight hours and thirty four since July 1. Coroner Peter M Hoffman warned against coroner s cocktails and urged action with public officials to stop sale and consumption of poisoned liquors. Wood alcohol drinks were linked to blindness or death and police arrested a store drug department manager who gave away pint bottles of wood alcohol with Christmas candy. The widow of a saloon keeper arrested for mixing wood alcohol with other liquors. the source notes the police investigation and arrests.
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Chicago
Peter M. Hoffman
John Pill
Nolsen
Hartford Poisoning Toll Grows, Eight Dead Reported
Hartford, Conn dew 27. The death is due to drinking liquor said to contain wood alcohol. Deaths total thirteen tonight with no further known cases of poisoning reported. Hospital reports show four persons in serious condition.
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Hartford
Conn Dew
From Stenographer to President at Bantam Ball Bearing
Miss Nellie M. Scott rose from stenographer to president of Bantam Ball Bearing Co Bantam Conn under a profit sharing plan. She became a director and then head of the company, praised for her aptitude in business organization and management.
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Toj
Bantam Ball Bearing Company
Bantam, Conn
Nellie M. Scott
Miss Scott
Jealousy Said to Drive Detroit Man’s Murder
Mount Clemens authorities pursued three suspects in the slaying of J. Stanley Brown, son of a Detroit manufacturer, with two men and a woman detained in Ohio and Michigan. Mrs Lana Bosnett remained in Sandusky. Lloyd Prevost, once a material witness, was released. One suspect reportedly served at Camp Custer and all were linked to Mee Bennett’s courtship, prompting threats. A Battle Creek soldier was to be taken into custody. Mrs Kennett would be brought for examination as the probe continued.
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Mount Clemens
Dee
J. Stanley Brown
Detroit
Ohio
Michigan
Lana Bosnett
Sandusky
Lloyd Prevost
Camp Custer
Prevost
William Caldwell
Mee Bennett
Brown
Caldwell
Kennett
Germans Pouring Into Argentina on Every Ship
Huenos Aires reports a steady influx of German immigrants arriving aboard ships from Holland. A ship carried 400 Germans, with land allotments granted in Misiones northeastern Argentina between Paraguay and Rio Grande do Sul. Colonists work yerba mate cultivation while Paraguay also offers allotments for German settlers. provisions permits allow Misiones settlers to occupy 12 1/2 acre lots.
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Bredtal de
Huenos Aires
Argentina
Holland
Misiones
Paraguay
Rio Grande Do Bul
Brazil
Gierman
Shipping crisis grips England amid port and transport woes
Washington dispatch reports England faces a critical shipping situation despite more ships flying the British flag. Labor troubles and rail truck shortages delay cargo to docks causing ships to linger seven to eight days and incur heavy demurrage charges. the shortage of trucks is estimated at 260,000.
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Washington
England
Port and Transit Committee of London
Department of Commerce
Fire destroys mess halls and barracks at Camp Pike
Fire at Camp Pike near Little Rock Arkansas on December 27 destroyed two mess halls and two barrack buildings. The blaze was brought under control in under an hour by the Camp Pike fire department with no estimate of the loss available.
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Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Pec
Attempt on Parks life sparks Pueblo steel strike unrest
At 6 PM two men shot at Frank Parks manager of the Minnequa plant of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company in Pueblo Colorado. State troops were asked to oversee the situation as violence erupted during mill reopenings. Police reported rioting by hundreds of workers and accompanying arrests and fines.
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Morning Journal
Pueblo
Colo
Dee
Frank FE. Parks
Minnequa
Colorado Muel and Iron Company
Parks
Mr. Parks
Northern Avenue
Mike Studginski
Colorado
Canon City
United States
Manaver Parke le
Farks
Parke
Frisco Housewives Plan Thirty Day Price Boycott
San Francisco housewives league announces a thirty day boycott of eggs and ice cream starting January 2 to curb rising prices. A full city canvass will recruit every housewife, with milk spared for babies while ice cream is restricted to boost milk supply and lower costs.
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San Francisco
Calif
San
Figurewives’ League
League
Launches Boom for Nomination of Gen Pershing
Lincoln Neb Dec 27 Mark W Woods of Lincoln chairman of the Nebraska Pershing for president committee declares no man can say Pershing will not be a candidate. He notes Brig Gen Dawes did not say Pershing would not accept the nomination and predicts a GOP draft if Chicago nominating convention drafts him as leader.
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Y Morning Journal
Lincoln
Neb
Mark W. Woods
Nebraska
Dawes
General Pershing
Mr. Woods
Chicago
United States
Wood nominees must file pledges under South Dakota law
South Dakota Attorney General Payne rules that all presidential and vice presidential candidates must file a pledge to qualify if nominated or elected in order to appear on the March primary ballots. Secretary of State Burkhart says names cannot be placed on the ticket without pledges. Glen Leonard Wood has not yet filed his acceptance but is expected to soon. Wilson, Gerard, and Poindexter also have filed as independents.
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Pierre
Payne
South Dakota
Richards
United States
Burkhart
Glen Leonard Wood
Wilson
Lowden
Illinois
James W. Gerard
New York
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Harvard Football Men Prepare for New Year's Day Game
Harvard’s top squad arrived in California for the New Year's Day showdown with Oregon University. Coach Robert Fisher noted uncertainty on acclimation time while trainer praised Oregon players in peak condition. Harvard practiced signals and line play intensively, with several players practicing barefoot as they work on short passes and buck drills.
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Harvard
OY Morning Journal
Lasadena
Calif
Oregon University
Oregon
Robert Fisher
Great Mexican Theater Nears Completion
Mexico City reports the National Theater, under construction since 1902, will cost at least 20.6 million euros. A formal dedication is planned for September 16 next year, the national holiday, marking the theater as a premier central capital playhouse.
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Momming Journal
Erecial
Mexico City
National Theater
Santa Fe Annexation Wins Big Majority
Special correspondent reports Santa Fe voters approved expansion of the city limits on Friday. Annexationists carried the measure by about 400, enlarging the town to an estimated population of ten to twelve thousand.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
Oul
Poisoned whiskey deaths rise as toll nears sixty
Dozens die and more than a score are sick after consuming wood alcohol tainted whiskey during Christmas festivities. By evening, Chicopee, Holyoke, Springfield and nearby cities report about forty five deaths with Hartford adding thirteen. District Attorney Ely questions saloon and hotel owners as the citywide patrol and Mercy Hospital treat victims, many succumbing before admission.
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Ely
Westfield
Holyoke
Alexander Perry
Chicopee Fally
Viv
Lorney
France Looks Toward New Year With Greatest Hope
Paris reports France will start the new year with greater confidence despite heavy trade deficits and franc depreciation. Elections stabilized politics, boosted capital and labor cooperation, and sparked renewed investment in long term loans and industry. Decentralization of industry, water power expansion, and plans for a large interior loan accompany market optimism amid continuing reconstruction challenges.
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Morning Journal
Paris
France
Versailles
Normandy
Alps
Jiarmony
Raoul Peret
Chamber of Deputies
Associated Press
America
Labor Leader Sentenced in Winnipeg Strike
A two year prison term was imposed today on R. B. Russell, a labor leader in Winnipeg during the recent general strike. Russell, recently of Rosell, pleaded sedition in connection with the unrest.
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Winnipeg
R. B. Russell
Rosell
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