Duffy says sobriety at wedding dispute trial
In Portland, Mrs Julia V Mullane Duffy testified in court that she had not had a drink for three weeks. She answered the charge by William V Duffy that he was coerced into marriage while drunk and sought to annul it. The scene featured rival wives and a packed courtroom as testimony continued.
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Portland
Julia V. (Mullane) Duffy
Supreme Court
William V. Duffy
Portsmouth Naval Prison
Miss Mullane
Muck’s Swiss Citizenship Claim Asserted by Boston Post
The Boston Post reports that evidence from the Department of Justice proves Muck’s citizenship, but he allegedly foresaw a Swiss claim. The Swiss legation granted him Swiss citizenship on June 12, 1916, before internment, according to letters from the Swiss minister expressing surprise.
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Department of Justice
Muck
Washington
Hitchcock Draws Up Treaty Reservations for Senate Vote
President will approve and submit a set of treaty reservations on December 1. Lodge argues the treaty is dead beyond revival, while opposition insists it can still be salvaged through Senate action.
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League of Nations
Coal Shortage Looms as Wage Talks Continue in Central Field
Washington dispatch reports operators and miners in the Central competitive field remained locked all day in wage scale negotiations. Yet prospects for a settlement in the coal strike were brighter by nightfall, suggesting movement toward an agreement after the strike was called.
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Washington
War and Prohibition Tensions Shape Peace Era News
White House signals President Wilson will not rescind the wartime dry act until peace is formally declared. Supreme Court arguments test wartime prohibition as Senate delays Versailles treaty action. Administration officials foresee possible Court ruling to end the wartime ban if treaty delays continue. Elihu Root and Senator Hitchcock feature in the day's legal debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Bench
Wilson
Washington
White House
Supreme Court
Senate
Fire rescues sick woman at Roxbury address
A two alarm blaze at 66 Hammond Street Roxbury drove occupants from a four story brick house. Mrs Wthel Hammill 29 lay ill on a fourth floor bed when Isaac Bailey a Black resident rushed through flames to carry her to safety on the street.
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Hammond Street
Roxbury
Wthel Hammill
Isaac Bailey
Pistol Found Hidden in Knife Handle Endangers Federal Agent
In Fairmont West Virginia on November 20 United States Commissioner Charles N Lilley narrowly avoided injury when a pistol concealed inside a large pocket knife exploded as he lifted the knife during a raid on alleged radical headquarters at the Dakota mines. The incident tore a hole in his sleeve but did not injure him. Three radicals were arrested, bringing the total reported to 49. Federal agents said most remain held for deportation and the rest fall under county and state jurisdiction under the red flag act.
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Fairmont
W. Va
United States
Charles N. Lilley
Grafton
Dakota Mines
Here
Lilley
Department of Justice
Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Forecast for southern New England calls for fair weather Friday and Saturday with rising temperatures and moderate shifting winds turning southerly. The report notes generally high pressure across the eastern half of the country with warmer conditions Friday and Saturday, and winds off the Atlantic Coast transitioning from northwest to variable as fair conditions continue.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Mississippi River
Atlantic States
Florida
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Chief Engineer of Ocean Tug Arrested
Andrew Chapman chief engineer of the ocean tug Sampson was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Ban croft on the high seas for allegedly assaulting crew members Edward Novinsky and Walter F Prill. He was bailed at 500 dollars for a hearing today after pleading not guilty.
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Andrew Chapman
Sampson
United States
Bancroft
Edward Novinsky
Walter F. Prill
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New York
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la Newburg
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