Colby proposes US Mexico commissioners draft treaty
Secretary Colby suggests appointing commissioners from both the United States and Mexico to draft a treaty to resume full diplomatic relations. The proposal was sent to Mexico City as part of the exchange over recognizing Mexico's new government. Obregon says Mexico will not seek League of Nations membership unless invited. The interview highlights oil, reconstruction, and pacification as key future issues. The overall tone notes improving US Mexico relations and a move toward formalizing understandings.
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Washington
Colby
United States
Mexico
Roberto V. Penquiera
State Department
Pesqueirra
Obregon
Pasquiera
Pesquiera
Mr. Colby
Associated Press
Mexico City
League of Nations
League
Alvaro Obregon
The
Republic
de la Huerta
General Obregon
Chapultepec Castle
Congress
Harding Arrives in Kingston with welcome from Jamaica
Senator Warren G. Harding arrived in Kingston aboard the Pastores and was greeted by the mayor officials and citizens. A West Indies regiment formed a guard of honor while a band played The Star Spangled Banner. He reviewed the troops praised their appearance and toured the King's House reception site amid ovations and decorations.
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Associated Press
Kingston
Jamaica
Warren G. Harding
Pastores
Canal Zone
West Indies
Harding
King’s House
Amercan
Governors Conclude Arrival for 12th Conference in Harrisburg
Governors and governors elect from across the nation arrived in Harrisburg for the twelfth annual conference to begin a three day session at the state capitol tomorrow. Governor Sproul welcomed guests and said the meeting would be the most beneficial ever held with sessions opening in the senate chamber and an address by Governor Thomas E Campbell of Arizona.
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Harrisburg
State Capitol
William C. Sproul
Capital
Executive Mansion
Sproul
Senate Chamber
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
John M. Parker
Louisiana
J. B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma
Simon Bamberger
Utah
Labor Federation Plans Nationwide Campaign
St. Louis report notes the American Federation of Labor will launch a nationwide drive to organize office help. Grand president Mr Fitzgerald says organizers will recruit commercial stenographers, bookkeepers and clerks, who constitute most unorganized workers bearing postwar abuses. Frank Giles will lead the effort.
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St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
KB. H. Fitzgerald
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship
Fitzgerald
Frank Giles
Stecher Defends World Heavyweight Title in City Bout
Joe Stecher world heavyweight wrestling champion retained his title at Kansas City defeating Salvatore Chevalier of France in straight falls. The first fall lasted twenty four minutes forty seconds via a head scissors and the second seven minutes forty seconds with a body scissors and arm hold.
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Stecher
Chevalier
Kknsas City
Joe Stecher
Salvatore Chevalier
Robbers Hold Up Messengers for Liberty Bonds Haul
Four bandits ambushed two messengers from Kean Taylor & Company in Brooklyn this afternoon. They seized a package claimed to hold 467000 in liberty bonds, fired many shots, and escaped. The bonds were in 5000 and 10000 denominations, with all but 60000 negotiable.
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New York
Manhattan
Kean, Taylor & Company
Brooklyn
Alleged Radicals Arrested in Chicago Raid
Chicago police raided the I W W headquarters and arrested thirty eight alleged radicals. Several thousand pamphlets of a revolutionary nature were seized. Thirty men were released after questioning while eight with prior police records were held.
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Chicago
Moss Reaches Philadelphia After Pittsburg Arrest
Jack Moss, arrested in Pittsburg for the killing of Henry T. Peirce, a manufacturers’ agent, was brought to Philadelphia tonight and locked up at the central police station for cross examination by detectives.
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Moss
Philadelphia
Jack” Moss
Pittsburg
Henry T. Peirce
Central
Self-Ongatfice Day In League Of Nations Assembly
The League of Nations assembly saw Spain drop its bid to make Spanish an official language while Japan's Viscount Ishii urged equality before the law and deferred broader questions. George Nicoll Barnes of Britain postponed his interpellation on the Polish Bolshevik conflict. Japan signaled restraint for now, seeking later action on equal opportunity and treatment. The U S was invited to name a representative to sit on the commission, with ratification likely by the council.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Spain
M. Viviani
Viscount Ishii
Japan
League
George Nicoll Barnes
Great Britain
Great Peace Organization
Military Commission
United States
Washington
Cable
Fiume Surrounded as Troops Exchange Fire
London reports Fiume surrounded by three battalions of Carso troops and sporadic gunfire between regulars and Gabriele D Annunzio's Legionnaires. General Caviglia vows to minimize bloodshed as Milan dispatch notes.
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London
Fiume
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Legionnaires
London “Times
Milan
Caviglia
Fire damages Avila refinery. $300,000 loss
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed part of the Union Oil Company refinery at Avila, California. Two large tanks of high grade distillate were drained into the ocean to check the flames, causing an estimated loss of about $300,000.
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San Luis Obispo
Cal
Union Oil Company
Avila
Oregon vote canvass records Harding and Cox tallies
Official canvass of November 2 results in Salem shows Harding receiving 143,392 votes for president and Cox obtaining 80,069 for governor.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Warren G. Harding
James M. Cox
Final Army Casualty Figures Published From World War Data
Washington reports Surgeon General Ireland’s annual World War casualties show 34 249 killed and 224 089 wounded. Mortality from gunshot wounds was 8.26 percent, lower than Civil War rates, with 6.34 percent of wounded saved by improved surgical methods.
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Washington
Ireland
France
Signal Corps
Immigration laws unenforced along the Canadian border
Representative Isaac Siegel of New York, member of the house immigration committee, said that immigration laws go unenforced on part of the Canadian border and cannot be carried out rigidly until inspectors and other staff are adequately paid and bolstered.
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New York
Isaac Siegel
House Committee On Immigration
Government seeks trustee to seize stockyard properties of big five packers
Washington reports the government asks the district supreme court to appoint a trustee with power to take possession of and sell the stockyard properties held by the big five packers. The petition contests the packers plans and sets December 14 as the return date for a decree to appoint trustees to divest and auction ownership interests.
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Washington
District Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Packer
United States
Military authority tightens grip as coal strike violence erupts
In Mingo County Virginia West Virginia renewed unrest prompts martial law. Two deputies are wounded at Baranshee while a mine motorman is shot at Borderland. Troops guard Matewan Nolan and Chattaray as civil authorities operate under military direction.
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Rose Siding
W. Va
LL. B. Armentrout
Borderland
Williamson
Colonel Hall
Armentrout
Kentucky
Baranshee
William Frances
Everett Dotson
Frances
Ame
Freeburn
Nathan Beaver
Wilson
Beaver
Welch
E. L. Brine
Provisional Battalion
Hall
Cornwell
Nolan
Matewan
Brine
Chattaray
United States
J. R. Brockus
State Constabulary
Mingo
Brockus
Confidence Vote Backed Government in Paris Debates
Paris November 30. The chamber of deputies backed the government’s bill to resume relations with the Vatican with a vote of 387 to 1. The approval strengthens the government's stance in the ongoing diplomatic effort.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Vatican
Plymouth Rock lowered to shore level and canopy removed
The Pilgrims Tercentenary Commission awards contract to lower Plymouth Rock to shore level and remove the canopy. A guard will watch the exposed rock around the granite base, with bones inside the canopy to be removed and returned to Cole's Hill burial ground.
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Plymouth Rock
Boston
Pilgrims Tercentenary Commission
Town Square
Pilgrim Hall
Plymouth Harbor
Plymouth
Cole's Hill
Naval court wraps Haiti hearings. testimony on bandit killings
In Port au Prince Haiti the naval court of inquiry finished hearings with Lt Col Hooker testifying bandits killed thousands and with Dorcas Williams Marines sergeant denying guilt in Garnier Jean death. Admiral Mayo said proceedings resume in Washington.
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Associated Press
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Naval Court of Inquiry
Hooker
Euaeau
Dorcas Williams
Garnier Jean
Jean
Maissade
Williams
Henry T. Mayo
Court
Washington
English export coal to enter world markets unrestricted
London reports English export coal will again enter world markets without price, quantity, or direction restrictions following talks between British and French coal controllers. Officials hope the move will hasten Britain’s pre war economic status and exports to South America are expected to resume, avoiding ballast ship voyages.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
South America
England
Jailer fatally shot at Shelby County Jail during escape bid
Memphis Tenn Nov 30 jailer George Meeves was shot while trying to stop the escape of Clyde Hamilton and two other prisoners held on robbery charges. Hamilton and the two men fled the scene after the shooting and Meeves died soon after at the hospital.
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Memphis
Tenn
George Meeves
Shelby County
Clyde Hamilton
Hamilton
Reeves
Shortage of Homes Threatens Health and Social Order
Detroit, Nov 30. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, New York City health commissioner, warned that without government relief to housing in large cities, socialism could prevail. He urged capital to fund home building to meet demand and improve public health and morals.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Royal 8
S. Copeland
New York City
Health Department
Copeland
Weight woes threaten Bob Martin title in Terra Alta
Bob Martin heavyweight champion of the American expeditionary forces may lose his weight advantage. Once 195 pounds at the interallied victory, he now weighs 175 and plans to remain at Terra Alta until his weight improves.
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Bob Martin
Clarksburg
W. Va
Martin
Terra Alta
Bids Open for Camp Custer Sale near Seattle Creek
Bids for the sale of Camp Custer near Seattle Creek Michigan will be received by the war department in Washington on December 22. Major General Leonard Wood announced at sixth army corps headquarters that everything at the camp except land and underground improvements will be sold.
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Camp Custer
Chicago
Seattle Creek
Mich
War Department
Washington
Leonard Wood
Sixth Army Corps
Relief Funding Sought for Refugees in Constantinople
The American Red Cross announced a $400000 appropriation to aid 129000 south Russian refugees in Constantinople. The grant follows a cable from Rear Admiral Bristol who called the situation catastrophic.
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Washington
Constantinople
American Red Cross
Bristol
Dry Law to Stand Unchanged for Now
Washington reports that the prohibition enforcement law will likely remain as is for the present. Representative Volstead, Republican of Minnesota and author of the act, said he has no plan to alter it.
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Washington
Representative Volstead
Minnesota
Wilson Offers Personal Mediation Through a Representative
At Washington on November 30 President Wilson said he would pursue mediation through a representative to end hostilities in Armenia. He seeks moral and diplomatic support from major powers and asks for suggested channels and recipients for conveying the offer. Near East Relief notes his leadership could aid global peace and cites 500 workers aiding Armenia and Turkey as moral support.
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Washington
Wilson
Armenia
Paul Hymans
Council of the
League of Nations
Assembly of the League
Geneva
U States
League
United States
Congress
P Prinerpal
Henry Morganthau
Turkey
League Assembly
Rene Viviani
France
New York
The
Near East Relief
Near East
Paris
Keane Appointed Federal Receiver for Standard Steamship
Theodore J. Keane was named federal receiver in equity for the Standard Steamship Company Inc on application by Carter Weeks Stevedoring of West Virginia. The company shows a claim of 32 liabilities and total stated liabilities of 657268 with assets not estimated. The assets are said to include vessels bought from the government with payments completed.
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Steamship Company
New York
Theodore J. Keane
Standard, Steamship Company, Inc
City
Carter Weeks
West Virginia
Ste Company
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South
USTY
Labor Federation
League St Nations Assembly
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Otogeyard Properties
Mingo County
Naval Court
Dr. Copeland
Henry Morganthaun
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