Compromise May Bring Agreement In Coal Strike
Miners plan a late day proposal seeking about 25 cents more per ton or ten cents above yesterday’s offer as talks with operators continue in Washington. governors debate state seizure of mines while coal supplies tighten and nationwide logistics strain, with Harding urging action and unions weighing new terms.
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Washington
John Lewis
Lewis
Scaled
Wilson
Edward Wallace
Mining Department
American Federation of Labor
Green
United Mine Workers
Middle West
Southwest
Hines
Harding
Iowa
Cox
Ohio
United Press
Cornwell
West Virginia
Sproul
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Black
Kentucky
Arry A. Garfield
United States
Gov- Cox
Gardin
Peace Treaty to Dominate 1920 Campaign
Washington observers say ratification of the peace treaty will be the central issue in the 1920 election with voters deciding on United States participation in the League of Nations and the Lodge reservations. The Senate faces a bitter fight as Republicans and Democrats stake positions in committee and on the floor amid persistent threats of a technical state of war with Germany.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
United States
League of Nations
Senate
Wilson
Lodge
Matechine
Johnson-Borah- Moses-Knox
Germany
Bamator Harding
Ohio
Thes
Tomain
Garfield urges governors on coal price cooperation
Garfield told Harding that he could not grant authority to fix coal prices locally and urged close cooperation with regional coal committees. The state reports an acute coal shortage reaching Cox with smaller industries in some areas reportedly having under a twenty four hour supply.
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Garfield
Harding
Cox
Wilson to veto Lodge plan ends war without treaty
President Wilson can veto a Lodge concurrent resolution ending the war if passed by Congress, officials say. They cite Article 1 Section 7 to assert the president’s power to block the measure, delaying peace until the treaty is ratified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Couch
United Press
Washington
Lodge
Wilson
House
Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
United States
Gillett
White House
Marietta Leads Athens In Early Football Clash
In Athens Marietta leads 13 0 at halftime while Edgar and McKinstry retire with non serious injuries. The scoreboard shows Marietta blanking Athens in the second quarter and the game continues.
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Marietta
Athens
Edgar and McKinstry
Mail Subscribers Urged to Renew Before Price Rise
The Messenger reports newsprint and postage costs will rise, urging mail subscribers to renew now to lock in lower rates. It cautions that mail delivery will cost more and urges immediate full-year renewals to save money. Canton police report that two women were arrested after being found with a shoplifter’s bag and claim they held it for the real owner who escaped.
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Messenger
Canton
Minnesota near Bolshevism says Congressman Bede
Congressman J Adam Bede of Minnesota warns that 1920 will tilt toward Bolshevism or American systems. He claims the Democratic party has no chance in the state and Republicans hold a slight edge. He suggests the next presidency could hinge on electors chosen by the Non Isan League.
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Minnesota
J. Adam Bede
Miller Law Invoked In Toledo Car Service Quarrel
Federal Judge Killits ordered Toledo Railway and Light to appear at 1:30 p.m. to justify withdrawing streetcar service without notifying the state public utilities board. Toledo officials are summoned to explain failure to relay ouster ordinance developments. Voters in Toledo had ousted the company on November 4 after seven years of operation without a franchise. Some claim the Miller law does not apply to street railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, CO
Toledo
Car Company
Prof Jefferson Speaks at Baptist Church Tonight
Tonight at 8 15 Prof Jefferson speaks on Christian Education and Reconstruction at the Baptist church on Carpenter street. Solo by Mrs Lizzie Daniels. Admission is 25 cents.
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Jefferson
the Baptist Church
Carpenter Street
Lizzie Daniels
Foster offers tough bill to curb bolshevism
Congress man Foster of Ohio introduced a measure before adjournment to punish incitement of forcible resistance to government with up to twenty years in prison and fines up to fifty thousand dollars. It would also strip citizenship and deport foreigners involved and impose death for acts causing death. The bill was sent to the judiciary committee.
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Washington
Foster
Ohio
House of Representatives
United States
Judiciary Committee
Ohio Welfare Conference elects officers in Cincinnati
The Ohio Welfare Conference closed its convention in Cincinnati electing Rev. C. H. Leblon of Cleveland as president C. M. Bookman of Cincinnati as vice president Mrs. Dora Sandee Bachman of Columbus as second vice president and H. H. Shirer of Columbus as secretary Columbus will host the next conference.
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Cincinnati
Ohio ‘Welfare Conference
C. H. Leblon
Cleveland
C. M. Bookman
Dora Sandee Bachman
Columbus
H. H. Shirer
Great Salt Lake Saltier Since 1909
Saltier than at any time since 1909 the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Government meteorologist J Cecil Alter said the lake level is now lower than on January 15 1909 and salinity rises as water volume falls though absolute salt amount remains largely unchanged.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Great Salt Lake
J. Cecil Alter
Alter
Sugar profiteers at large in Chicago sales probe
Warrants charging thirty-eight Chicago grocers with profiteering in selling sugar were issued by U S Commissioner Lewis F Mason. Arrests will follow immediately. Sugar was selling as high as twenty cents a pound in Chicago today.
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Chicago
United States
Lewis F. Mason
Eastern Hocking Coal Co Completes Major Ohio Land Purchase
In Columbus the Eastern Hocking Coal Co acquired all lands of the National Hocking Coal Co for an estimated 1.5 million dollars. The tracts cover 202 farms over 29 square miles in Morgan Perry and Muskingum counties along the old Wabash railroad. The deal follows earlier litigation involving J S Jones and George Gould.
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Glouster, CO
Ohio
Columbus
Eastern Hocking Coal Co
National Hocking Coal Co
Morgan
Perry
Muskingum
J. S.—denes
Cannelville
San Toy
Denvertown
Jones
George 8. Gould
Call Off Meet On High Cost Of Living
Ohio Attorney General Price wires state prosecutors to cancel the 2 pm Saturday meeting at the state house. The move follows a message that U S Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer is ill and cannot attend to discuss the high cost of living. Palmer offered to send Judge Charles B Ames as substitute, but officials canceled.
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Columbus
Price
State House
A. Mitchel Palmer
United States
Palmer
Charles B. Ames
Pledges He’ll Keep United States Day
A garbled citation portrays a claim about enforcing law and a pledge by a leader named as America’s first national prohibition commissioner, with unclear wording and fragmented phrases. The readable parts hint at a ceremonial pledge linked to a national day and law enforcement roles.
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United States
America
Suspect Foul Work In Cincinnati Fire
Investigation into a blaze at the B A Kinsey Company plant in Cincinnati is underway after a fire caused about $100,000 in damage. Employees suspect arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, CO
B A. Kinsey Company
Soup Tied to Infant’s Death in Cleveland
In Cleveland on November 21 authorities investigate a canned soup poison claim after the nine month old baby dies and the parents John and Mrs Weiser are seriously ill. Doctors initially doubted recovery for the parents but now hold hope.
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Cleveland, O
John Weiser
Firestone to Build $5 Million Plant in Hamilton Ont
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company will construct a 5 million dollar plant in Hamilton Ontario. President H B Firestone announced the project on Friday. The plant will employ 2,000 people and manufacture about 3,600 tires daily. In Mount Gilead a probate judge appointed commission upheld Mayor G W Chipp as re elected Republican by three votes over Democrat Albert Lemley.
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Canada
Akron
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Hamilton
Ont
H. 8
Firestone
Mount Gilead
G. W. Chipp
Albert Lemley
Sing Sing Prison Fire Tears Through Workshop Shops
Prisoners and guards battled a serious fire at Sing Sing in Ossining New York. The blaze started in a workshop in the prison yard at 7 o'clock and spread to three shop buildings storing cotton and raw materials.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Coal Strike Triggers Wide Industry Shutdowns Across States
Amid the three week coal strike reserve fuel in Chicago area nearly vanished and industrial suspensions spread. Pekin and Argo plants in Illinois close, 3 000 workers affected, trains reduced, packing plants hold two weeks of stock as curtailment rules bar further coal. Cleveland sees looming shutdowns. Harrisburg reports river coal easing shortages. New York manufacturers fear winter fuel gaps though anti smoke laws curb usage.
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Chicago
Ill
Pekin
Argo
Allen Rick Company
New York
Tment House
Sugar Held in Toledo Sugar Market Amid Price Pressure
In Toledo Ohio the Toledo Sugar Company disclosed large stocks of beet sugar held locally while lobbying groups urge the Attorney General to allow a 15 cent per pound price increase. State officials have set 124 1 2 cents. Toledo’s sugar supply is tight as the company coordinates with Detroit outlets and a pending Perry Palmer permit to control price movements.
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Toledo
Toledo Sugar Company
Michigan 64 Combine
Washington
Dillon
Tb Sugar Company
Detroit
Atteeral Palmer
Ilgan Sugar Company
Detr
Tragic Tent Fire Kills Two Bedford Children
In Bedford two young children Robert and Louis ages four and two died in a tent home fire. Mrs. Robert left to fetch mail and returned to find the army tent in ruins with the charred bodies bound together. A spark from a stove is blamed for starting the blaze as neighbors and family rushed to aid.
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Cleveland
Novoner
Robert
Louis
Bedford
Akron-Bedford
Franco British Treaty Effective On Aid In Case Of War
Paris November 21 The Franco British treaty to come to each other’s aid in response to German aggression became effective today. Earle Crewe for Britain and Foreign Minister Pichon for France exchanged ratifications. The pact marked a major step toward a formal peace framework in Europe.
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Paris
Great
France
Earle Crewe
Great Tain
Pichon
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Des Moines
Lowden
Illinois
Roberts
Tennessee
Hitchcock
Congressman Bede
Willsons
Johan Kramer
Great Prison
Cleveland Fuel Committee
Harrisburg
U. K
England
Britain
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