Ford Newberry contest set aside in Senate clash
In Washington on November 21 the Ford Newberry Michigan senatorial contest was set aside as the Senate moved to revenue bill work. A heated clash between Senators Williams and Watson erupted over Ford, with Williams denouncing Watson’s charges as Ford’s allies faced allegations of war material pay issues and blackmail. The controversy paused with no vote date fixed, likely resuming in December.
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Washington
Ford
Wiliams
Watson
Senate
Newberry
League of Nations
Williams
Sons of
Georgia
Capitol Site Decision Near as West Virginia Moves
Charleston WV November 21 The state capitol building commission held final discussions on choosing a site for the new West Virginia capitol. Architect Cass Gilbert of New York arrived to present specifications and recommendations. Secretary Houston G Young said the panel aims to reach agreement before the meeting ends.
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Charleston
W. Va
Capitol Building Commission
West Virginia
Capitol
Cass Gilbert
New York
Gilbert
Houston G. Young
Commission
Sixty four Moplah prisoners die in transport
A Daily Mail despatch from Madras reports sixty four of one hundred Moplah prisoners suffocated while moved in a closed railroad wagon from Tierur to Ballary in the Madras district. The government ordered an inquiry as Mohammedans telegraphed to the government and to Earl Cromer.
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London
Tierur
Ballary
Madras
India
Daily Mail
Earl Cromer
Prince of Wales
Surrender Arms Ordered as Colorado Rangers Enforce Martial Law
Walsenburg Colorado November 21 The region under martial law posts notices demanding residents surrender arms to the rangers within two days Col Patrick Hamrock adjutant general reports progress in the coal strike at Colorado Fuel and Iron Co with wages cut by 30 percent An Oakview shooting leads to further investigations while non union homes reportedly shot at Military officials aim to identify and prosecute those responsible Coal mines in districts with sympathy strikes are closed indefinitely by company order
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Associated Press
Walsenburg
Colo
Huerfano County
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co
Patrick Hamrock
Colorado
Oakdale
Hamrock
Arbuckle Trial Opens New Angle With Prime Witness
In San Francisco on November 21, Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle’s manslaughter trial heard Zeb Prevost recount Miss Virginia Rappe’s party involvement and her collapse after Arbuckle allegedly locked her in his hotel suite. Prosecutors added motive testimony from Jesse Norgard about Arbuckle offering money for a key to Rappe’s room, which he refused.
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San Francisco
Roscoe Co
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Zeb Prevost
Arbuckle
Miss Rappe
Miss Prevost
Jesse K. Norgard
Norgard
German Official Quarters Silent On Armament Curtailment
Berlin reports 21 German official quarters remain silent on Washington armament curtailment talks as German sentiment resists being labeled a future world threat. Tageblatt editor Wolff ridicules claims of using French troops and jokes about a French plan to limit German births and send allied midwives to oversee birth control.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Navy
Washington
Germany
Herr Wolff
The
Tageblatt
Rhine
High Waters Threaten To Move Many From Taylorsville Area
Flooding along the Wabash River near Terre Haute grows as the river rises toward a twenty foot stage. Officials warn water will reach Taylorsville, prompting evacuations of several families from their homes tonight and into the morning.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Taylorsville
Chinese student among Beaux Arts medallists at Penn
Philadelphia reports that Pin Chau an architectural student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Fine Arts has won a Beaux Arts first medal for a naval pantheon design. This marks the first time a Chinese student is among the competition winners.
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Philadelphia
School of Fine Arts
University of Pennsylvania
Pin Chau
Briand urges arms restraint as France warns of perils near
Premier Briand appeals at the arms conference for security while warning that seven million French troops remain at risk of attack near Germany and Bolshevik Russia. Balfour promises British support, Kato voices Japan’s sympathy, and leaders hint at limited future arms reductions amid unsettled European threat.
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France
Russia
Associated Press
Washington
Aristide Briand
Europe
Germany
Mr. Briand
Arthur J. Balfour
Great Britain
United States
Hughes
America
Italy
Belgium
Baron Kato
Japan
Briand
Mr. Falfour
Storm warnings issued for east Florida coast disturbance
Weather bureau ordered northwest storm warnings along the east Florida coast for a disturbance east southeast of New Providence in the Bahamas. The storm appears to be moving northwest, and the outlook for Tuesday shows unsettled weather over much of the country.
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Washington
Florida
Weather Bureau
New Providence
Bahamas
Thirteen Yankees Ready For Work in Germany
Berlin reports the American consular office set up outside the building for the first time since the break in relations. Thirteen provisional consuls have taken oaths as Coffin and staff prepare to relieve Spanish representatives and resume routine business. Consulates reopened include Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Bremen, Koblenz, Stettin, Breslau and Koenigsberg. Ellis Loring Diesel serves as chargé d affaires.
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Shields American
Germany
Berlin
United States
William Cofffin
Munich
Hamburg
Dresden
Leipzig
Stuttgart
Bremen
Coblenz
Stettin
Breslau
Koenigsberg
Coffin
Ellis Loring Diesel
Shade Defeats Shade by Referee Decision After Injury
Mickey Walker of Elizabeth New Jersey earned a victory by decision over Dave Shade of San Francisco after Shade broke a bone in his right hand in the fifth round at Newark New Jersey.
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Shade
Newark
N. J
Mickey Walker
Elizabeth
Dave Shade
San Francisco
Definite Progress Toward Naval Limitation Accord Reported
Washington action signals progress toward a US plan for naval reductions. The big three Hughes Balfour and Kato met in Hughes office with their naval experts, discussing tonnage and other American plan points. Informal heads of delegation meeting suggests an early conclusion may be near.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secretary Hughes
Arthur J. Balfour
Baron Kato
Hughes
Mohawk trial opens in Greenbrier Circuit Court
Six defendants from McDowell county face charges of shooting and trying to kill R. J. Bowen at Mohawk mine headhouse after venue change. Jury empanelled, three witnesses testified, ten more expected. G L Counts assists prosecution.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Greenbrier
McDowell County
Mohawk
R. J. Bowen
Steve Collins
Walter Asbury
Bill Estep
Walter Cline
W. B. McGrath
Cal Houchins
Austin
G. L. Counts
West Virginia Battleship Launch at Newport News
The West Virginia, a mighty battleship, was christened at Newport News with Miss Alice Mann as sponsor amid a sunny November ceremony. Governors, naval officials, and dignitaries attended as the ship slid into the sea on a day of bright waters and cheering crowds. The vessel, oil-fired, carries an estimated cost of 25 million dollars, reflecting evolving naval fuel strategy.
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Alice Mann
West Virginia
Newport News
Isaac T. Mann
Bramwell
Eleanor Williams
F Baltimore
Mary Hellen
Washington
West
Vember Day
Morgan
Goodykoonts
Echols
Fire on Tanama Still a Mystery
New York November 21 The fire aboard the steamship Tanama which carried Governor E Mont Reily home from Porto Rico remains unsolved despite federal agents and ship officials investigations The governor and crew received threatening letters suggesting incendiary origins and Unionist opposition to his policies in Porto Rico Three arrests were expected but not yet made and Captain Herbert Hudson said crew examinations failed to reveal the source of the blaze Reily planned to confer with President Harding and expected to return after addressing reforms and personal business
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New York
Tanama
E. Mont Reily
Porto Rico
Robert H. Todd
Herbert Hudson
Reily
Hudson
Mr. Todd
Harding
Supreme IS the Presidential Thanksgiving Turkey
A 39 pound turkey named Supreme IS wore a black and gold sweater with a pink bow and rode aboard an air mail plane from Checkerboard Field bound for Washington. The Morris and Company Harding Girls Club presented the bird, which will be killed for President Harding’s Thanksgiving dinner. Marines accompanied the departure as the plane was altered to fit the crate. arrival in Washington is expected tomorrow.
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Chicago
Checkerboard Field
Washington
Harding
Morris and Company
United States Marines
Pittsburg Railways Reorganization Referred to Committee
Pittsburg city council on Mayor-elect W. A. Magee’s request referred the plan to reorganize the Pittsburg Railways Company back to committee and agreed to confer on the proposal tomorrow with Magee, Mayor E. V. Babcock and other officials to hear municipal concerns in company governance.
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Pittsburg
W. A. Magee
Pittsburg Railways Company
Magee
E. V. Babcock
Railways Company
Attitude of Illinois Miners to Be debated by board
Springfield Ill Nov 21 The Illinois mine workers convention stance on disassociating from the international union and backing the outlawed Kansas strikers will be discussed when the international board meets in Indianapolis next Monday, President John L. Lewis indicated.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Mine Workers Convention
International Union
Kansas
International Board
Indianapolis
John L. Lewis
Resolution Adopted Unanimously by Pacific and Far Eastern Committee
Washington November 21 A resolution to defend China’s territorial and administrative integrity was adopted unanimously by the conference committee on Pacific and Far Eastern questions. Drafted by Elihu Root the measure marks the armament limitation conference’s first concrete action. The eight powers signed the agreement though China did not. The pledge affirms sovereignty independence and equal opportunity for commerce and industry across China. It vows to avoid special privileges and actions hostile to other states.
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Associated Press
Washington
China
Conference Committee
Elihu Root
Baron Shidehara
Meda
Italy
Root
Men Kini
United States
Japan
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