Mooney Saved From Death As Governor Commutes Sentence
Thomas J. Mooney, condemned to death, has his sentence commuted to life in prison by Governor Stevens. Mooney refused to accept the commutation and appealed to workers, asserting his innocence and calling for labor solidarity. The governor cited new evidence and presidential requests for clemency.
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Thomas J. Mooney
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Mooney
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Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J
United States
State Supreme Court
Wilson
New England Troops to Be First Home-bound from France
The 76th Division, New England National Army troops, will be the first combat unit to depart France for America. They have been used to replace the 27th and 30th Divisions and are expected to embark next. The 27th is formed from New York, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina units and District of Columbus troops.
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76Th
France
America
New England
New York
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
District of Columbus
Aerial Mail Service To Reach Western Cities Soon
Washington announces expansion of aerial mail to San Francisco and major western cities. St Louis Indianapolis and Pittsburg will join the air loop with aim to extend nationwide. Naval hydroplanes may also be deployed on large inland waterways for mail transport.
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San Francisco
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Pittsburg
Butler says war stimulates better education and needs tougher teacher recruitment
President Nicholas Murray Butler told the Middle States and Maryland college group that the war burned sources of intellectual and social waste and hastened progress toward clearer educational aims. He urged vigorous steps to attract men of high competence to teaching, noting improvements in medicine and tools like new thermometers.
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N. J
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Association of College and Preparatory Schools
Middle States
Maryland
Butler
Postal Telegraph Company to Fight Government Award
Following a government award of 1 650 000 per year to the Postal Telegraph Company MPostmastec General Burleson announced the company will contest the action Clarence H Mackay said the Postal will reject the award and take the case to court
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Burleson
Postal Telegraph Company
Comgreee
Clarence H. Mackay
Women to Plan Peace Conference Next February
Washington Nov 29 A large peace conference of women is planned for February in Holland with international delegates from Germany and Austria. The session would be under the international committee of women for present permanent peace, chaired by Miss Jane Addams of Chicago.
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Washington
Holland
Germany
Austria
International Committee of Women For
Jane Addams
Chicago
Soldier and Officer Die After Fatal Clash in Lima
In Lima, Private William G. Klinefelter, 22, killed Patrolman George Cook, 42, after shooting him in the shoulder. Cook knocked Klinefelter, crushing his skull with a mace during a confrontation at the bride’s home. Both men died at City Hospital.
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Lima
William G. Klinefelter
George Cook
Klinefelter
Cook
Dispute Over Chile Peru Lands Rages On
In New York on November 29 the Chilean consul general Dr. Carlos Castro Ruiz said no amicable agreement between Chile and Peru is in sight. He noted both nations were quiet according to the latest advices.
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New York
Chile
Peru
Carlos Castro Ruiz
England and France to demand Kaiser extradition
London readers were told Premier Clemenceau and Premier Lloyd George will meet on Sunday to discuss pressing Holland to hand over the former kaiser to the Allies. France and England are said to have agreed on the demand and Holland is reported ready to comply. Marshal Foch and Colonel House may attend.
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Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Holland
Express
France
England
The
Marshal Foch
Colonel House
United States Likely To Reject Kaiser Surrender Plan
State Department indicators suggest the United States will not join the Entente in pressuring Holland to surrender the Kaiser. The report cites possible diplomatic limits and questions over the plan's feasibility.
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Washington
United States
Entente
Holland
Kaiser
State Department
Austrian orders ex-Emperor Karl to leave Austria
Copenhagen dispatch reports the Austrian government has ordered former Emperor Karl to depart the country due to anti-revolutionary agitation by conservatives.
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Copenhagen
Karl
Leipzig
Wilhelm Hohenzollern seeks treatment for shattered nerves
Count Wilhelm Hohenzollern will leave Amerongen Castle for a sanitarium near Arghem to treat nerves. Reports say he suffers frequent weeping spells and tremors, and he may be pressed to leave Holland or face expulsion to the Entente. He rarely walks outside the castle, traveling by closed car.
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Amsterdam
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Amerongen
Arghem
Wilhelm
Kaiser
Hohenzollerns
Lloyd George Demands Germany Pay War Costs
Premier Lloyd George declared in London that Germany must bear the war cost to the limit of its capacity and that the loser pays. He insisted peace be sternly just and warned against paying indemnities to flood the nation with cheap goods. He pledged not to lead the government if subjected to old party conspiracies.
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London
Germany
Lloyd George
Allies to Discuss Armistice Matters in Berlin
The Cologne Gazette reports that representatives of Great Britain France and the United States will arrive in Berlin to discuss armistice matters.
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Amsterdam
Cologne
Great Britain
France
United States
Berlin
Allied leaders to probe food in Central Powers
Paris reports tentative plans for Herbert Hoover and allied leaders to travel to Berlin and Vienna to study food conditions in the Central Empires. Hoover reportedly had Thanksgiving dinner in Brussels.
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Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Herbert Hoover
Brussels
General Kraft Von Betsingen Arrested in Ulm
Stuttgart correspondent reports General Kraft Von Betsingen was arrested by the Workmen and Soldiers Council at Ulm after he asked the high command to send two divisions to quell the Bavarian revolution.
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Copenhagen
Kraft von Betsingen
Workmen and Soldiers Council
Ulm
Stuttgart
Deutche Allgemeine Zietung
Belgian Priests Tortured and Executed by Germans
Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, said 48 priests were tortured and killed by Germans during the occupation at Malines. He reported 12,000 men from his diocese were taken to Germany for forced labor, and many other crimes too long to detail.
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Belgium
Gemanas
Cardinal Mercier
Germany
114 German U boats turned over to the Allies
Hoarwich England November 29 reports twenty seven German submarines surrendered yesterday to the allies. This brings the total of German U boats turned over to one hundred fourteen.
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Hoarwich
Eng
Dissolving German Empire Faces Fragmentation Across Regions
Regions in the former empire declare independence or alignment with victors. Northern provinces form a separate entity while Rhineland shows signs of seceding from Prussia. Alsace Lorraine and South German states consider independent government, with East Prussia's Regen now under Polish control and a potential annexation ahead.
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Rhineland
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
Austria
Regen
East Prussia
New
Poland
President's ideas will not rule at the peace table
Coolville Ohio scene reports a young mother burned to death at home as her husband found the charred body after flames. Coroner says clothing ignition from an open fire explains the tragedy. In Washington President Wilson holds final consultations on his annual message and peace terms. The discourse centers on freedom of the seas and the league of nations amid divergent views.
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Forrest Cole
Carthage Township
Coles
Cole
Cale
Johnson
Athens
Robert J. Bender
Washington
Wilson
Congres
McAdoo
Congress
League of Nations
London Burglar Finds Mice Consume Wartime Luxuries
Mr and Mrs Kelewski Lewis returned to London after fleeing air raids to Brighton in 1917. In April thieves entered their home and police found an attic floor covered with flour and sugar eaten by mice. The burglars stole silver. the mice spoiled flour sugar tea and jam worth thousands, and a magistrate awarded $1000.
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London
Lewis
Death of Glenford Dugan in France reported from Athens unit
Dow Dugan of Nelsonville writes that his brother Glenford Dugan of Athens died in action in France on November 8 at age twenty two or twenty three. The Athens Machine Gun unit under Captain Rafel Johnson carried the fallen soldier to his grave with family at his side.
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Dow Dugan
E. C. Dugan
Glenford
France
War Department
Grenford Dugan
Athens County
Athens
Rafel Johnson
Glenford Dugan
Ruth Davis
Rural Schools Closed Indefinitely Amid Flu Hit
Rural county reports show severe flu impact with Lodi township schools closed for an indefinite period. Other towns Carthage Rome Troy and Csnaan also hard hit as residents care for the sick and keep farms running. Northern township schools expected to reopen next Monday.
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Root
Lodi Township
Millfield Boy Wounded in Action
Corporal Gaylord Simpson of the 4th Division was wounded by shrapnel and is hospitalized at the 65th General Hospital Bologna base. Parents Mr and Mrs C A Simpson of Millfield confirmed the news.
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Gaylord Simpson
Camp Sherman
4Th Division
65Th General Hospital
Bologne Base
C. A. Simpson
Tax collection plan under old law to start
Washington Nov. 29 internal revenue commissioner Roper says plans to collect next year’s taxes under the old law will begin because there is concern the new revenue bill may not pass in time to permit printing and distribution of reporting forms by January 1. The filing period will open accordingly.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Roper
Day of Thanks Declared Real in Athens Community
Athens observed a solemn Day of Thanks with services across denominations. Catholic, Protestant, and Christian Science congregations held high mass and union services at St Pauls and local churches. The event featured choirs, sermons, and special music marking a spirit of gratitude and unity.
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M. BE
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T. N
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Is Evans
M, KB
Arie Ortahrd
Etala Allen
Hoover
Charles Schaeffler
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C. L. Strecker
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Trimble
Christian Science Society
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Pat Murphy Passes Away in Kentucky Hospital
Harold T. Murphy known as Pat Murphy died yesterday at 6 p.m. in a Kentucky hospital where he served as an assistant biology instructor at Ohio University. He had recently completed work in the department and was active in Phi Kappa Tau. Funeral and illness details reached his mother in Boat Hill. colleagues praised his polite, genial nature and contributions to campus life.
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Pat” Murphy
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Inine Wenk
Boat Hill
Kem Tuckey
Murphy
Ohio University
W. F. Memcer
University At Louisville
Greer and Ae
Phi Kappa Tau
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