Labor leaders push to curb radicals amid unemployment fears
The American Federation of Labor through its legislative council in Washington seeks to curb radical influence within organized labor and address rising unemployment. Conservatives gained control of the steel workers committee replacing Fitzpatrick and Foster with Tighe and Brown, while Gompers urged restricting foreign radicals and immigrants to curb job competition.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Legislative Council
Council
Labor
Organized Labor
Congress
John J. Fitzpatrick
William Z. Foster
Fitzpatrick
M. F. Tighe
Foster
J. G. Brown
Gompers
Federation
Europe
Asia
Constantine Calls For Plebiscite On Return To Greece
Former King Constantine declares at Lucerne he cannot lead any party and demands a plebiscite for his return to Athens. He says the Greek people must decide and he will return if allowed, unless blocked by force as Athens swells with soldiers and the Venizelos residence is guarded.
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Athens
Associated Press
Lucerne
Switzerland
Navy
Constantines
Mons
Constantine
The
Venizelos
Leading Lady Millicent Hanley Loses Mother Before Play
In Wheeling West Virginia on November 17 Mrs J P Hanley mother of Millicent Hanley the lead actress in Tea for Three died moments before the curtain call from a stroke of apoplexy. The performance was canceled as a result.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Millicent Hanley
J. P. Hanley
Only Six Americans In Prison In Moscow Now
Stockholm reports Washington D. Vanderlip, a California oil and mining engineer, says only six Americans remain jailed in Moscow and about eleven detained in provisional houses or hotels. He cites an American prisoner Kalmatia no in a large cell, noting Kalmatiano is confined only at night and alleging he was a counter revolutionary leader linked to attempted bridge bombings and attacks on Lenine and Trotsky three years ago.
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Stockholm
Washington
Petrograd
Lenine
Trotsky
Vanderlip
Three Haitians Killed by Marine Corp Veteran Testimony
Adolph Bourgot testified before Haiti’s court of inquiry that Freeman Long, a former Marine corporal and gendarmerie lieutenant, executed three Haitian prisoners at Hinche in 1917 after a night attack. Bourgot identified Lang and demanded a white interpreter, prompting court action and Lang’s right to question witnesses.
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Associated Press
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Freeman Long
Marine Corps
Leutenant
Hinche
Adolph Bourgot
Bourgot
Lang
Bourget
Jesse F. Dyer
Los Angeles
Calif
Burgot
South America and South Africa press for league reform
Geneva reports indicate Honorio Pueyrredon of Argentina urged that all recognized nations join the League of Nations and called for US inclusion. He also urged electing all council members by the assembly to curb big power dominance. Lord Cecil for South Africa outlined council report findings.
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Associated Press
Geneva
South America
South Africa
Assembly
League of Nations
Honorio Pueyrredon
United States
Lord Cecil
General Smuts
Coal Dealers Draft Plan to Curb Distributors
In New York on November 17 wholesale anthracite coal dealers adopted a program to remove middlemen and cap gross profits. The plan limits to two the number of middle men between mine and retailer and forbids wholesalers from earning more than ten percent gross profit on any sale.
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New York
Hostile Act Charge Over British Naval Evacuation
M Tchit cherin the Russian Soviet foreign minister warned Earl Curzon that British fleet involvement in the Crimea evacuation of General Wrangel would be a hostile act against the Soviet and breach assurances given to the Moscow government.
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Copenhagen
M. Tchitcherin
Earl Curzon
Veiled Threat of Revocation of Western Union Landing Permits
Washington reports that the government contemplates revoking Western Union landing permits as tensions with the state department rise over rates and government cable messages. The state department cites U S policy on equal privileges for government use and foreign relations control, with historic divergence on executive authority.
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Associated Press
Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
State Department
United States
Western Union Company
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
Harrison
Olney
Gresham
Western Union
Eight American Ships Aid Evacuation From Crimea
Paris reports eight American vessels including a battleship a merchantman and six destroyers aided the evacuation of about 40000 refugees from the Crimea. Most are educated professionals and the relief plan may move refugees toward the African coast possibly Morocco.
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Paris
Crimea
Constantinople
Morocco
Gas Association warns of grave winter oil shortage
The American Gas Association in New York says the industry faces a grave situation with weakened finances and difficulty securing oil. The group notes no assured oil supply for winter and that many members can only buy oil for two to three months ahead at current prices.
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New York
American Gas Association
Red Cross Nurses Seek Federal Aid for Typhoid Epidemic
Sixty Red Cross nurses in Salem Ohio appealed to national headquarters in Washington for aid. Three emergency hospitals are over capacity as the typhoid epidemic continues for about three weeks. Nurses occupied the Elks club rooms to house new patients.
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National Red Cross
Salem
Ohio
Red Cross
National
Washington
Sotey
Elks Club
Exorbitant Charges by Middlemen in Coal Trade
Philadelphia officials and coal operators agreed on measures to curb price gouging and middlemen profits. The fair price committee and federal agents discussed banning sales to unestablished brokers, restricting resale to ensure local domestic use, and preventing further arbitrage in anthracite regions.
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Philadelphia
Fair Price Committee
E. Lowrie Humes
United States
Campbell
Steamship Firms Placed Under Receiver in New York
George W. Sterling named receiver for eight Atlantic steamship companies, including Morse Lines vessels Pawnee Engelwood Galesburg Ascutney Arcadia Atlantic Adriatic. Marsh & McLennan claimed $27,326 in insurance premiums and asserted liabilities exceed $1,500,000 with assets not disclosed.
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New York
George W. Sterling
United States Shipping Board
Atlantic Steamship Companies
Mayer
Marsh & McLennan
New York Insurance
Morse Lines
The
Pawnee
Engelwood
Galesburg
Ascutney
Arcadia
Alasia
Pequot
Atlantic Adriatic Steamship Corporations
Gillen reveals alleged wrecked accounting at shipping board
Martin J. Gillen, witness for the Walsh committee, testifies to a chaotic accounting system in the Shipping Board era. He cites absent balance sheets, missing security records valued at hundreds of millions, and incomplete voucher documentation as of 1919 and 1920, with billions in funds and expenditures unaccounted for.
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New York
Martin J. Gillen
Walsh
Congressional
United States Shipping Board
Gillen
John Barton Payne
Harding
Congress
Senate
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Payne
Secretary of the Treasury
Alonzo Tweedale
Board of Securities
Philadelphia
British Embassy Declines Representation at Irish Inquiry
Washington news reports the British embassy declined to send a representative to the Irish Independence inquiry hearings. John Durham acting mayor of Balbriggan and Dennis Morgan of Thurles were announced to testify, with Dudley Field Malone as attorney for the American Commission on Irish Independence.
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John Durham
Balbriggan
Dennis Morgan
Thurles
Washington
American Association For
Commission of Seven
Committee of One Hundred
Ireland
Dudley Field Malone
New York
Oswald Aorrison Villard
the Nation
Trish
Famonh de Valera
Irish Republic
Friends of Irish Freedom
Irish Inquiry Commission
Labor Party
Arthur Henderson
Robert Smillie
William Anderson
Raymond Robina
Chicaro
Inquiry Commission
Pasquale alias Pasquale to be sentenced next Saturday
Norristown Pa November 17 sentence will be imposed next Saturday on August Pascal alias Pasquale the crank self confessed abductor and slayer of Blakeley Coughlin who pleaded guilty to second degree murder and kidnapping for extortion. The trial before Judge A S Swartz in Montgomery county court without a jury set penalties at up to twenty years for murder and life for kidnapping.
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Norristown
Pascal
Pasquale
the Crank
Blakeley Coughlin
A. S. Swartz
Montgomery County
Gas Supply Depletion Triggers Rate Hikes
Officials from Equitable Gas Co and Pittsburg and West Virginia Gas Co testified before the West Virginia public service commission about alarming gas shortages in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and other states, prompting proposed rate increases.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United States
Public Service Commission of
Equitable Gas Company
Pittsburg and
West Virginia Gas Company
Pittsburg
Leonard Wins by TKO Over Harlem Eddie Kelly
Benny Leonard defended his lightweight title with a fifth round technical knockout of Harlem Eddie Kelly at the Commonwealth Sporting Club in New York. Referee stopped the bout after Leonard landed sustained punishment in the fifth round.
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Kelly
Leonard
New York
Benny Leonard
Harlem
Eddie Kelly
Commonwealth Sporting Club
Fire destroys Wheeling pattern shop in Warwood loss put at
Fire tonight destroyed the Wheeling Steel Castings Company pattern shops and office building in Warwood Wheeling West Virginia. The loss is estimated at about 30000 to 49000 dollars and no precise figure given.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Steel Castings Company
Warwood
Brindell Indicted After Building Trust Probe
Robert P. Brindell president of the building trades council is indicted on extortion charges for allegedly threatening contractors to secure payments. Special DA Richter seeks heavy bail totaling about one million dollars. Brindell pleads not guilty and posts 100000 bail. He spent over an hour in custody before securing the bond and nine days to amend his plea or file motions.
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New York
Joint Legislative Committee
Building Trust
Robert P. Brindell
Building Trades Council
Tebor
United States
Brindell
Ritcher
Criminal Courts
United States delays recognition of Mexico over Article 27
Washington reports the state department will withhold recognition until Mexico clarifies how Article 27 on property will be applied. Officials deny pressure from business groups will force a decision, stating no one will deliver recognition. Government aims to protect American interests as Mexico readies a new administration under Obregon on December 1.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
State Department
Mexico City
Obregon
Harding on Special Train En Route to New Orleans
President elect Harding greeted by crowds at towns along a Gulf Coast voyage from Brownsville Texas to New Orleans on a 24 hour train run. He plans a noon speech for the New Orleans Association of Commerce and a sea passage to the Panama canal zone aboard the Parimamma liner. He may alter plans to visit Mexico.
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Associated Press
Harding
Texas
New Orleans
Brownsville
Tex
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
New Orleans Association of Commerce
United Fruit
Pariamina
Vera Cruz
Parinmina
Panama Canal Zone
Senator Harding
South
Rumors On Miners Strike In Coahuila Reach Mexico City
Unsubstantiated reports from Mexico City claim striking miners near Rosita and Monclova in Coahuila have set fire to mines damaged property and killed several people. No dispatches or official notices have been received about conditions there.
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Mexico City
Rosita
Monclova
Coahuila
Irish Sergeant Shot Dead in Cork Streets
Irish Sergeant O Donoghue of the constabulary was shot dead in Cork tonight as he stood in the street. The assailant escaped and fled the scene.
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Cork
O’ Donoghue
Constabulary
Six Die In Arnold Mine Fire At Earlington Kentucky
The Arnold mine near Earlington Kentucky was sealed after a fire that began yesterday claimed six lives. Rescuers recovered the entombed miners and two men in serious condition were expected to recover. Two escapes via the main airshaft failed, and the group barricaded themselves at the far end before being reached by rescuers with gas masks and fresh air.
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Earlington
Arnold
Senators Seek Action to Revive War Finance Corporation
Southern Senators consider urging immediate legislative steps to revive the War Finance Corporation as the only agency able to provide rapid aid to farmers facing a sharp price drop and a worsening agricultural outlook in Washington.
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War Finance Corporation
Washington
Eight former Rapid Transit workers plead guilty to manslaughter
A subset of eight ex employees of the Rapid Transit Company faced first degree murder indictments for the August death of Ford Wriedman during a B R T incident. This afternoon four pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the case.
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Maaslenehieey
New York
Feroction’ Rapid Transit Company
Ford Wriedman
Shishmanian Not Hanged In Damasus Release
John Shishmanian of Fresno California former Kentucky National Guard member was not hanged and is now reported to be in Damascus according to Near East Relief.
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Shishmanian
New York
John Shishmanian
Fresno
Calif
Kentucky National Guard
Damaseus
Near East Relief
World Oil Problem Discussed by Oil Men
Washington November 17 at the American Petroleum Institute annual meeting the world oil problem was examined. W C Teagle of Standard Oil of New Jersey warned foreign governments block supply development while George Otis Smith cautioned American sources near exhaustion. Richard Airey of Roxana Petroleum denied Britain seeks monopoly as Frederick Kellogg of the Mexican F eum Corporation described Mexican oil concerns and U S participation.
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Washington
America
Mexico
Europe
American Petroleum Institute
W C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
The
Institute
George Otis Smith
United States Geological Survey
Richard Airey
Roxana Petroleum Corporation
Great Britain
Fréderick R. Kelogg
Feum Corporation
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Adelph Bourget
League of Nations Assembly
Gias
Morse
Gillen Startling
Shipping Board
Tweedale
Crank
Arnold Mie
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