Train Fight Kills Miner as Co Worker Is Shot
On a passenger train near Chattaray a mine worker, Irvine Elkins, was killed and his brother Joe Elkins wounded in a fight among non union miners from Borderland No. 2 and Nolan. Police seized Taylor Munsey Dutch Frost and Jess Zinks, with Frank Sneed in custody. Munsey fired the shots and later admitted firing. The incident followed a dispute about scab accusations as the train moved toward Williamson.
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Irvine Elkins
Kentucky
Nolan
Chattaray
Joe Elkins
United Mine Workers of America
Nolan Tent Colony
Ervine Fikins
Elkins
Williamson
Mingo County
Tran
Tug River
Ervine Elkins
Munsey
Frost
Zinks
Borderland
Graham
Rush Elkins
Jess Zinks
Union
Chattaray Coal Company
Hatfield
Frank Sneed
Frost and
Associated Press
Charleston
W. A
Burning Creek Coal Company
Kermit
Govof
Thirty two death sentences by army court martial
Washington reports Major General Crowder says last fiscal year saw thirty two army death sentences by court martial but none carried out. Twelve disapproved, nineteen reduced to imprisonment, one pending on review. nine for military offenses, eight for misbehavior before the enemy, one for spying.
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Washington
E B. H. Crowder
Lynching of Negro in Tylertown Court Case
In Tylertown Mississippi on November 23 a mob overran the courtroom during a special term to try an assault case. Harry Jacobs a Black man was dragged from the room after doors were broken down and lynched by hanging and gunfire. One bystander was accidentally shot and placed in critical condition.
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Tylertown
Miss
Harry Jacobs
Ory
Exclusive concession to rich oil deposits in Indies
A Dutch bill grants a Batavia Oil Company subsidiary, part of the Royal Dutch group, an exclusive concession to the Diambi oil fields in the Dutch East Indies. The fields, already partly developed, are projected as highly productive once Royal Dutch operators the project under the new plan. American interests have long sought a share in the area.
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The
Hague
Batavia Oil Company
Royal Dutch Group
Dutch East Indies
Blonde suspect again escapes in Pierce murder case
In Wheeling West Virginia on November 23 the blonde woman linked to the murder of Henry T Pierce an eastern manager at Insley Manufacturing Philadelphia fled with two men in his stolen car. They arrived in Wheeling Monday night and after leaving the car for a new battery at a garage disappeared.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Henry T. Pierce
Insley Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Pierce
Many Marines in Haiti Say They Are Sick of the Job
In Haiti a force of 1300 marines report hardship on occupation duty. They complain of long relocations to mountain posts, lack of ice, and poor hospital facilities including no x ray machine. Naval board inspectors note bad cooking facilities and urge better equipment while noting efforts to curb alcohol among troops.
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Associated Press
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Denver
Naval Board of Inquiry
Washington
George Barnett
Marine Corps
Neville
Further Reductions in Shoe Prices Announced
In St Louis on November 23 two shoe manufacturers announced price cuts. The McElroy Sloan Shoe Company set a ten percent wholesale reduction. Brown Shoe Company lowered men’s calfskins from 7.50 to 5.60 and women's calfskins from 6 to 4, with corresponding retail decreases. Workmen's shoes dropped to 2.00 from 5.85, enabling retail gains to fall to about 4.
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St. Louis
McElroy-Sloan Shoe Company
Brown Shoe Company
Final appeal to Railway Labor Board in Chicago
Heads of four major railway brotherhoods plan a final appeal to restore national boards of adjustment. They say boards 1 2 and 3 ended after federal control and are needed to settle grievances. W G Pye of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen leads the matter, with actions contingent on Chicago talks.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Railway Labor Board
National Boards of Adjustment
Brotherhoods
Labor Board
Boards of Adjustment
W. G
Brotherhood of
Ralil- Toad
Brotherhoods Seek Agency to Enforce Award Fairly
The board handed down the award last July, but Mr. Lee says enforcement has been uneven. He calls on a responsible agency to ensure full and even application of the award.
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Lee
No Amendments Planned to League Covenant
Geneva November 23 There will be no amendments to the covenant of the league of nations at this session if committee one on general organization amendments is approved in full session. Arthur J. Balfour as committee chairman said it was premature to judge the league or how the covenant might be improved. He proposed appointing a special committee to study proposed amendments and report to the next assembly meeting.
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Mingo County
Kermit
Mingo
Norfolk and Western
Chattaroy
Blankenship
Bailey
Mingo Circuit Court
American Legion
Mingo Circuit Grand Jury Circuit Court
John J. Cornwell
Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Assembly
General Organization
Arthur J. Balfour
League
President-Elect Harding Beard Welcome in Colon Harbor
President-elect Warren G. Harding arrived at Christobal Panama on the Parismina at nine oclock this morning and was met by a noisy harbor welcome before going to a hotel.
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Colon
Panama
Warren G. Harding
United States
Christobal
Mr. Harding
Prompt and united action to avert tragedy chosen at relief council
Herbert Hoover chairs the European Relief Council formed by eight major U S relief groups to coordinate child aid in eastern and central Europe. The plan targets three and a half million starving children with funds and efficient administration. James Bryce reflects on global calamity and America’s influential role in aiding Europe amid the Pilgrim tercentenary observance in Boston.
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New York
European Relief Council
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Franklin K. Lane
Hoover
United States
Mr. Hoover
American Relief Administration
American Red Cross
American Friends Service Committee
Quakers
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Federal Council of the Churches of the Churches of Christ In America
Knights of Columbus
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Women's Christian Association
Boston
James Bryce
America
Lord Bryce
Society
Father Witnesses Daughter's Fatal Train Accident
Miriam Walter, fourteen, was killed at North Hackensack station after a failed attempt to board a moving train. Her father Rev. A J Walter witnessed the tragedy from his home porch as bystander a commuter rescued a prior attempt.
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Hackensack
N. J
North Hackensack
Miriam Walter
Rev
A. J. Walter
New York Police Plan Coal Survey for City Needs
The New York police department will survey coal supplies across the metropolitan area to assess fuel needs. Coal yards factories and apartment houses will be visited and the findings reported to Mayor Hylan.
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New York
Greater
Hylan
Hays Seeks Small Gifts to Fill GOP Deficit
Will Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee, appeals to Republicans nationwide to contribute toward a $1.5 million deficit in the campaign fund. He notes the 1920 effort spent less than Hughes in 1916 and urges subscriptions under the $1,000 limit, praising donors and stressing party finance reform. Contributions go to Fredd Upham at 19 West 44th Street, New York.
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New York
Republican National Committee
Will H. Hays
Washington
Hughes
Hays
National Committee
Fredd. Upham
James G. Blaine, Jr
Hepublican National Committee
West 44Th Street
Belgian Pete Guilty First Degree Murder
Albert Smithers known as Belgian Pete was convicted of first degree murder by a Crim inal Court jury in Clarksburg West Virginia after a three state pursuit. The jury recommended a life term at Moundsville Penitentiary for killing John Jones with a knife during a dispute over gambling winnings. Smithers had escaped from custody about ten days earlier with eleven other prisoners.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Albert Smithers
Pete
Smithers
Moundsville
John Jones
France Does Not Wish to Intervene in Greece
Premier Leygues announced in the chamber of deputies that France will warn Greece against restoring former King Constantine. He adjourned the Vatican debate until Thursday and said France will not intervene in Greece’s foreign affairs but will withhold cooperation if a hostile sovereign heads Greece after the war.
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Paris
Leygues
Chamber of Deputies
Vatican
Greece
Constantine
London
France
M. Leygues
Fragmentary Pledge On Foreign Intervention Debate
A partial excerpt discusses whether a government can offer well founded advice about acts that could invite German intervention in eastern affairs, reflecting diplomatic caution and the gravity of imperial relations.
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Germany
Rebels Seize Ramirez Station as Mexican Forces Pursue
Brownsville Texas Nov 23 detachments of Mexican federal soldiers from Matamoros and Andreynosa pursue a band of alleged rebels who captured the Ramirez railroad station twenty miles west of Matamoros. Rebels said to have crossed the Rio Grande from the United States and are led by Marciano Gonzales.
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Brownsville
Texas
Matamoros
Railroads Granted ICRC Loan Flexibility Under Act
Railroads may apply to the Interstate Commerce Commission for loans from the transportation act revolving fund when money market rates are excessive the commission ruled today. The ruling notes the act requires carriers to show inability to fund from other sources but permits loans in such conditions.
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Woskenon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sir George Astley Callaghan Died in London
London reports the death of Sir George Ast ley Callaghan aged 61. An admiral of the fleet since 1917, he led the home fleet at war start and commanded the Nore from 1915 to 1918 at the Thames north bank. He was born in 1862.
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George Astley Callaghan
London
Home Fleet
Nore
Thames
Alleged embezzler arrested in Dallas
Dallas police say they arrested George L. Martin, sought in Louisville for embezzling about 700000. He had been missing since January 1918 and will waive extradition to Louisville where indictments charge him with diverting funds from the German Savings Fund and Building Association and other institutions. Rewards totaling around 10000 had been offered for his capture.
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Dallas
Texas
George L. Martin
Louisville
Martin
Sherif Dan Marston
Louiaville
George L. Mertin
German Savings Fund and Building Association
Total arrests to date in Dublin crackdown
Dublin reports show sweeping action against Republican suspects as authorities tighten the cordon toward the city center. While figures are not released, prisons are full and Castle facilities are used, with Peter Clancy and two others fatally shot in an old detective quarters lumber room.
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Dublin
Dublin Castle
Peter Clancy
Kentucky farmer jailed at Lincoln Nebraska
Nev 23 Obie C Dowdy of Mayfield Kentucky a farmer and tobacco raiser was brought to Lincoln Nebraska by a deputy U S marshal and jailed on information charging him with a Mann white slave act violation He was arrested at Kimball Nebraska days ago on the order of the federal district attorney at Louisville Kentucky The woman with him said to be a Mayfield resident wife and her two year old child were not charged and returned to Kentucky separately
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Lincoln, Neb
Obie C. Dowdy
Mayfield
Lincoln
United States
Dowdy
Kimball
Neb
Louisville
Kentucky
West Virginia to Meet Washington and Jefferson in Football
Twenty West Virginia University players will spend Wednesday night in Wheeling en route to Washington Pennsylvania to face Washington and Jefferson College on Thursday afternoon Thanksgiving day. Coach McIntyre is confident of victory, noting the only weak point is the team’s low punt catching average which W J will likely exploit with a kicking game.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia University
Washington, Pa
Washington and Jefferson College
McIntyre
West Virginia
West Virginia Supreme Court Orders Hearing in Gas Service Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court set aside a Public Service Commission ruling that refused to hear Kelly Axe Manufacturing’s petition for more gas service from United Fuel Gas. The court stated federal injunctions do not bar the commission from enforcing its duties, and directed the commission to hear and decide the case under law.
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Charleston
W. Va
William N. Miller
State Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Kelly Axe Manufacturing Company
Ths
Miller
Supreme Court
Ceres
Commission
United States Fuel Gas Company
Ohio
United Fuel Gas Company
Steptoe
Public Service Corporation
Supreme Court of the United States
West Virginia Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Record Freight Movement on U S Railroads in September
Washington November 23 Freight movement on American railroads in September set records for bulk ton miles. The Executive Association reported total moved reached 40 999 843 000 ton miles, the highest for a single month outside war years, though slightly below August.
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Washington
Executive Association
Pre War Hog Prices Sighted in Chicago Markets
Fragmentary report notes 2g per live hog in Chicago with references to farm receipts and a total figure of 283 pre war prices, indicating market pricing before the war. The text is incomplete but centers on hog price data and farm receipts.
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Chicago
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Parismina
Council
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