Senate backs preamble in treaty ratification test
The Senate approved the committee preamble to the reservation plan by 48 to 40 as Republicans stay largely united against major changes. Democrats Reed Gore and Walsh join the majority. McCumber abstains. The administration and President Wilson push for a deadlock to force compromise on reservations.
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Senate
Wilson
Foreign Relations Committee
McCumber
North Dakota
Reed
Missouri
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Wir
Filitehcoek
White House
United States
Extension of Lever act urged to curb postwar prices
Attorney General Palmer urged the House agriculture committee to extend the Lever food and fuel control law for six months after peace to prevent profiteering and high prices. He warned postwar conditions could raise costs beyond wartime levels and noted the fuel and food control powers including possible price fixing. The committee deferred action until Monday on extending the act and funding an education campaign on the high cost of living.
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Palmer
House Agricultural Committee
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Justice
Indianapolis
Palmey
Congress
Hugo Haase Dies After Wounds From Berlin Shooting
Hugo Haase president of the Independent Socialist party died this morning in Berlin from wounds suffered October 8 when he was shot three times while entering the Reichstag building. The incident occurred amid political violence surrounding the parliament.
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Hugo Haas
Berlin
Hugo Haase
Independent Socialist Party
Reischtag
Ohio Vote Count Delays Clear Result On Prohibition Issue
Ohio officials report a razor thin result on ratifying the federal prohibition amendment. With 86 counties tallied, the wet side trails by about 2,169 votes but missing counties could swing the outcome. canvass to begin Monday and may last up to ten days.
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Columbus
Ohio
Smith
J. Mason
Ohio Home Rule Association
James A. White
Ohio Dry Federation
Gibson
White
Justice for both capital and labor urged by Will H. Taft
Will H. Taft, chairman of the Republican national committee, told the Republican Editorial Association of Illinois that exact justice for labor and capital and elimination of force define Roosevelt's square deal. He urged more attention to politics as the science of government and called for a fair balance between production and wages while ensuring justice for all. Continued on Page Three.
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Roosevelt
Pol
Springfield
Will H. Fiags
Republican Party
Republican
Liness Tongies
Join Red Cross Today Appeal Sparks Local Fund Drive
A local Red Cross drive urges residents to donate a dollar and wear the charity badge. Fund collection listed workers include First National Hank Mrs Stringfellow and others from Flat Top Bank Commercial Bank Hluefeld Bank and several test offices.
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First National Hank
P. Stringfellow
A. B. Mahood
Flat Top Bank
J. C. Turley
Lillian Hawley
Commercial Bank
Joe Hoge
Robert Lacy
Hluefeld Bank
Pp.b. Parrish
J. T. Goodykoonts
Testoffice
Wil C. Easley
Mabel Culliney
City Council Debates Street Cars and Tax Report
The council hears a protest by Bluefield Central Labor Union against Appalachian Power Company streetcar operations. Mayor Stahlman refers the issue to the city attorney. Bids for sidewalk work are opened with one bidder, M. E. Long. A State Tax Commissioner report from July 1 1917 to July 1 1919 shows about $40,000 on hand and is added to the city records.
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C. ©. Stahlman
Stahlman
Appalachian Power Company
M. E. Long
Finance Committee
Jallanan
Railroads Need Fully Six Billion Capital for Upgrades
Chicago, Nov. 7. Samuel C. Dunn editor of Railway Age said at least six billion dollars of new capital must be invested in railroad facilities within three years to handle growing commerce. He urged purchases of 600000 freight cars 20000 locomotives and 10000 passenger cars and cited the total cost near 3.5 billion for rolling stock plus vast needs for tracks yards and shops.
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Chicago
Samuel C. Dunn
Railway Age
Dunn
Calling Off Strike Key to Ending Junction Suit
Washington reports intensified efforts by Samuel Gompers to end the coal strike and dismiss injunction proceedings if the strike is withdrawn. Attorney General Palmer refuses comment while a third conference with Gompers and John L. Lewis yields no immediate settlement. West Virginia mines resume operation. union leaders dispute operator claims of non-union mine activity.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
America
Indianapolis
Amerean Federation of Labor
Department of Justice
United States
Miners’ Organization
Palmer
Gompers
White House
Keeney Breaks Ute Relations With Cornwell
F. Keeney, president of UMW district No. 17, said he had broken diplomatic relations with Governor Cornwell after the governor refused to seek a federal probe of non union coal fields in West Virginia. He urged direct federal action to investigate Logan county and other mining areas, claiming state inquiries failed miners. The governor replied federal review could be considered but must cover all recent events, including arms shipments to the fields.
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Charleston
W. Va
John J. Cornwell
F. Keeney
United Mine Workers
Keeney
Logan County
West Virginia
Cornwell
Injunction suit awaits developments as coal strike widens
As the soft coal strike entered its first week production fell across union mines while nonunion fields stay active. About 425000 union miners remain on strike with rail service uncertainties and fuel restrictions expanding. North Dakota lignite miners join, Chicago mills cut output, 300 workers laid off.
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Chicago
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Utah
New Mexico
Kentucky
Middle West
Railroad Administration
New York
Washington
Halifax
Michigan
Miners’ Union
Seattle
Mexico
Texas
North Dakota
Harry Pishwick
Illinois
Frank Parrington
Winds
Springfield
Indianapolis
Prairie States
New York Declared Dryest City in Nation
New York, the dryest city in the country, was declared by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel L. Porter supervising internal revenue agent. He said illicit liquor trade is lower here per capita than anywhere in the United States. Argentine-New York Ship Line plans New York to Argentina service beginning December 15 with the Macassin first and Calloa to follow.
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New York
Daniel L. Porter
Internal Revenue
United States
New York Ship Line
Washington
Argentina
Payne
The
Shipping Board
Ambassador le Breton
Macassin
Calloa
Alabama Coal Output Surges Amid Miner Strike
In Birmingham on November 7, authorities report about 25,000 tons of coal produced daily in Alabama despite the miners' strike. About 14,000 workers are at work across 51 operating mines, according to a statement from coal operators.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Nationwide raid nets hundreds of anarchist arrests
A Justice Department crackdown led by William J. Flynn arrested more than 200 radicals in Manhattan and other cities. Eight women were seized and several held for deportation as authorities seized pamphlets, typewritten literature, and bundles of inflammatory material. The raids targeted radicals linked to the I W W and Russian agitators on the eve of Russia’s Soviet anniversary.
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York
Department of Justice
William J. Flynn
The
Justice
Afty
Flynn
Manhattan
Philadelphia
Detroit
Newark
Jackson
Mich
Campinetti
Russia
Washington
Ansonia
Conn
St. Louis
N. J
Frederick Stone
Archduke Otto Potential King of Hungary
A wireless dispatch from Vienna reports Archduke Otto is about to be proclaimed king of Hungary, a development announced from Berlin on November 7.
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Berlin
Vienne
Archduke Otto
Hungary
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New River
Huntington
Chicago Steel Mills
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