Mexico oil policy clash at Washington institute
R V Pesquiera representing the Mexican provisional government told the American Petroleum Institute that Mexico would not confiscate private property. Frederick Kellogg pressed for policy on Carranza era oil holdings while Pesquiera defended Article 27 and urged nationalization concerns be balanced with paying legitimate damage claims. Generous quotes and diplomacy filled the session as other speakers tackled fuel waste and credit needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
R. V. Pesqueira
Provisional Government of
Mexico
American Petroleum Institute
Frederick R. Kellogg
Mexican Petroleum Corporation
Kellogg
Carranza
Pesqueiras
Kelloge
Pesqueira
Pesquiera
Mr. Kellogg
Vesqueira
Doheny Oil
Institute
M. L. Requa
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Petroleum and Automotive
Owen
Oklahoma
Federal Reserve Banks
The
Petroleum Institute
Thomas A. le Bre
Argentina
Victor Murdock
Federal Trade Commission
Pat Malloy
Hne
Western Petroleum News Association
Norman H. Davis
le Breton
Constantine Counted on Sympathy of Italy and Allies
Former Greek king Constantine outlined Greece's future foreign policy to a Petit Parisien representative. He called for peace, Balkan accords with Bulgaria and Serbia, restitution of Asia Minor Greek lands, and cooperation with Romania and Turkey within Sevres constraints. He said Venizelos’s defeat would gain Italy's sympathy and pledged loyalty to France's traditional ties.
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Paris
Constantine
Greece
Petit Parisien
Bulgaria
Serbia
Asia
Turkey
Asia Minor
Romania
Sevres
Venizelos
Constartine
Italy
England
France
Roanoke Police Kill Bank Robber After Gun Battle
Roanoke police killed one of three robbers in a gun battle after a $150000 theft at the Bank of Glasgow. Patrolman O L Hendrix was wounded. two suspects were captured and loot recovered. The dead man was James B Rodgers of Philadelphia. other suspects were Charles Carter of Cincinnati and Wm Porter of Washington DC. The case ties to a suspected cross state bank bandit ring.
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Roanoke
Bank of Glasgow
Glasgow
O. L. Hendrix
James B. Rodgers
Philadelphia
Charles Carter
Cincinnati
Wm. Porter
Washington, D. C
Rigney
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Tennessee
Vaughn
Glasgow Bank
James D. Rodgers
Arch Street
Dr. C. 0
Shoemaker
Dr. Shoemaker
Torres Denial Clarifies Mexico's Position on Obregon Aide
Washington reporting that the Mexican embassy issued a statement asserting General Obregon has denied Elias L. Torres acted as his representative. The embassy cited a telegram from Obregon and noted no one in the United States represents the president-elect, despite Torres meeting Senator Harding in Brownsville.
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United States
Washington
General Obregon
Mexico
Elias L. Torres
Harding
Genral Obregon
Labor Conference Ends with Gompers Pleased
The American Federation of Labor executive council wrapped two weeks of meetings in Washington without a formal statement. Key aims include opposing radicalism, restricting immigration, and closer labor industrial agency cooperation to cut waste and boost production. Gompers praised Hoover talks and urged continuing conferences with industrial experts to shape gradual reforms.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Federation
Ferbert Hoover
Hoover
Harding sails to Panama as weather improves
President-elect Harding and his party leave New Orleans aboard the steamship Parismina bound for Cristobal. The voyage under clear skies is marked by a day of deck games and a matinee as Harding recovers from prior travel woes.
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Associated Press
Texas
Harding
Panama
New Orleans
Cristobal
Red Cross Unit All Safe Except Captain Captured
Washington cable dispatches report all members of the American Red Cross unit to south Russia are safe in Constantinople. Captain Emmet Kilpatrick was captured weeks ago by Bolshevists. Supplies and equipment were saved from capture. The unit will be sent to Paris.
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Washington
Red Cross
South
Russia
Emmett Kilpatrick
Bolshevists
Constantinople
Paris
Trooper Dies of Wounds in Washington County
Bert Gregory of the coal and iron police force died from injuries suffered during a confrontation at Denbo Washington county after attempting to arrest two men on a disorderly conduct charge. The assailants were wounded in the ensuing exchange and remain in hospital.
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Brownsville
Bert Gregory
Coal and Iron Police Force
Denbo
Washington County
Gregory
Ohio Official Count Shows Harding Wins State by Large Plurality
The official Ohio count confirms President-elect Harding carried the state with a plurality of 401,986 while Governor-elect Harry L. Davis trailed by 120,893. Harding totals reach 1,182,022 votes and Cox 780,037.
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Columbus
Navy
Harding
Ohio
Harry L. Davis
Secretary of State
Cox
Bluefield council weighs counsel needs over water rate case
Bluefield council considers retaining extra legal help as the Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Co seeks rate increases and a plant reevaluation before the Public Service Commission in Charleston. The panel votes to have City Attorney Dillard handle the filing for the December 14 hearing while weighing counsel needs.
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Stahlman
Public Service Commission
Charleston
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Rhoads
Troutman
Dillard
Bluefield Water Works and Improvements Company
Mesers
Cole
Phillips
Thompson
Fifteen Bodies Recovered From Chesancook Lake
Bangor Maine November 19 Fifteen bodies were recovered from Chesancook Lake where half of a woodsmen party aboard a Great Northern Paper Co motor boat jumped overboard after a fire. One or two more may have drowned. The dead were mostly foreigners. The blaze started when the engine backfired igniting the gasoline tank and spreading flames through the craft. Survivors clung to the wreck until it drifted ashore, many severely burned.
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Bangor
Chesancook Lake
Great Northern Paper Company
Violators Fined for Selling Substandard State Eggs and Milk
Thirty one alleged violators of state food laws were fined from 10 to 25 dollars by Alder man P. J. Sullivan in Pittsburg for selling state eggs and milk not up to the state standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
P. J. Sullivan
Testimony Demand Follows Shipping Board Inquiry
New York reports that officials and ex heads of the United States Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation may be summoned to testify before the Walsh committee. William Denman appeared and volunteered, with hearings to resume after Thanksgiving holidays as Congress opens. Luckenbach accused foreign interests of favored allocation including Kerr Steamship Company trips. he blamed British subjects for key roles and cited past Dutch ship seizures affecting Australian trade.
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New York
United States Shipping Board
Walsh Congressional Committee
William Denman
San Francisco
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Walsh
Denman
Pacific Coast
Washington
Congress
Edgar F. Luckenbach
Great Britain
Kerr Steamship Company of
Kerr
Clegg
Engineers Inspect Pittsburgh Landslide At Bigelow Boulevard
Carnegie Institute of Technology engineering students and instructors toured the Bigelow Boulevard slide in Pittsburg. They will study and submit recommendations to the city council to halt the slip. General George W. Goethals arrives to help. slide advances about three inches per hour in dry conditions.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Bigelow Boulevard
George W. Goethals
Goethals
Italian poet refuses to recognize Rapallo treaty
Gabriele D'Annunzio told General Caviglia he would not recognize the Rapallo treaty. He said he would not abandon Dalmatia and lamented its reception in Italy. He cited unrest in Jugoslavia preventing ratification.
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London
Gabriele D’annunzio
London “Times
Milan
Caviglia
Julian Venetia
Rapallo
Italy
Dalmatia
Jugo-Slavia
Lang Denies Accusations In Haitian Murder Case
Port Au Prince Haiti November 19 Freeman Lang former American marine faced cross examination denying all charges of killing nine Haitian prisoners He conceded killing one bandit chief with a machine gun at Hindhe while attempting to escape He fired from his own front porch during the escape attempt.
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Lang
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Freeman Lang
Hindhe
Corn and Oats Sacrificed Wholesale in Grain Market
Chicago reports pre war prices appearing in the grain market with corn and oats sacrificed wholesale as prices fell to antebellum values. Wheat saw heavy volume and sharp cuts with December contracts quoted around 1.82 for wheat and broad liquidation amid abundant feed supplies. Bulls and bears debated deflation ending for cereals as farmers hold to selling later and Canada’s supply glut weighs on US demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Canada
United States
Beara
Banks Form Chinese Development Consortium
New York reports formal approval by the United States Great Britain France and Japan of a Chinese development consortium. The agreement, signed October 15 1920, unites four banking groups to aid China in railway and public utilities construction with government support and equal terms for Chinese capital.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
J. P. Morgan & Company
New York City
China
Building Trust Crumbling in New York Construction
Witnesses told a joint legislative committee that the contractor dealer labor combine known as the building trust is disintegrating. They said warfare against these interests has begun and construction material prices have fallen as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joint Legislative Committee
Eye witness accounts in Ireland violence probe
Witnesses describe Balbriggan and Galway killings and arson by the Black and Tans. Francis Hackett says eighty percent support Sinn Fein and uniforms destroy civil authority while Qua rker report cited. He warns conditions intensifying toward massacre as British policy punishes civilians with property assessments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ireland
Committee of One Hundred
Dee
Balbriggan
Galway
John Derham
Wm, King
Ironton
Ohio
Francis Hackett
New York
Quaker Commission
Great Britain
Paul Furnas
Society of Friends
Der
Balbiggan
Cork
Limerick
Dublin
Hackett
New Republic
Dublin Castle
Sinn Fein
Mr. Hackett
Arthur Griffith
Germany
State Department urged to curb European immigration
Representative Welty of Ohio released a letter to Secretary Colby urging the State Department to exercise congressional authority to check immigration. Welty, on the House committee probing Ellis Island, warned that the country could be overwhelmed by European arrivals as steamship lines reportedly seek to transport migrants, suggesting winter reductions to prevent further strain amid industry shutdowns and farm market slack.
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Washington
Welty
Ohio
Colby
State Department
Congress
House
Ellis Island
Europe
Anthracite Negotiations Halted in Philadelphia Conference
Negotiations between hard coal miners and operators stopped in Philadelphia as representatives adjourned without agreement on how to interpret President Wilsons telegram requesting reopening of the US Anthracite Coal Commission award.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
United States Anthracite Coal Commission
Parliament Building Stormed in Prague Riots
Rioters in Prague on November 18 breached the parliament area after three days of clashes. Mounted police held back the crowds while four or five deputations forced entry to back doors, with reports of a deputy speaking disparagingly about the Czecho-Slovak legionaries.
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Prague
Czecho
Slovakia
Asheer
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R. V. Pesquiera
Mexican Petroleum Co
Torres
Obregon
MR. Harding
Cox Atso
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Health Department
Water Company
Fleet Corporation
America
Britain
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