Trolley Firm Weighs Zone Fare Fate At Hearing
Officials silent as Connecticut trolley firm contemplates stance on zone fare. Alderman McManus and fellow committee members expect no fight to abolish the zone system if a flat eight cent rate is allowed. John Colton says action is premature before Public Utilities Commission testimony.
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McManus
Lala Nevore
Public Utilities Commission
Jconnecticut Company
John Colton
Storra
New Haven
Commission
Bridgeport Soneki
Connec RS
Reyaion
Toublic Utilities Commission
Connécticut
Aeqro
Winter Gale Suspends Open Water Traffic
Harsh winter weather caused high seas and strong winds to halt open water traffic. Tugboats and loaded tows could not move into the harbor. only the George McCaffery with three boats managed a short eastbound movement before anchoring. Temperatures fell to 22 degrees in the city with 30 degrees at midnight. forecasts call for continued gale conditions with some moderation later.
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McCaffery
George “McCaffery
Jane Sound
Fayerweather
Housa‘tonic
Fairfield
Southport
Westport
British Dismayed Allies Seek Peace Amid Bolshevik Claims
A Bolshevik wireless message from London says British bourgeoisie are dismayed and seek a peace conference allowing Soviet Russia and its white guard enemies to participate. It claims Red armies prepared ground for diplomacy after driving Kolchak east and Denikin south, and says negotiations with Soviet Russia may warm in allied circles as the entente convenes a conference.
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White Guard
Soviet Russia
Red Armies
Kolchak
Demstine Southwart
Yudenitch
Entente
No Relief from Dry Spell Until Treaty Is Signed
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson will not rescind the wartime dry act until peace is declared. Supreme Court arguments over wartime prohibition continued as talk of lifting the ban faded with Senate delay on the Versailles treaty. Justices hear cases from Kentucky and New York challenging wartime and enforcement measures amid debates on Congress power and war.
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White House
Supreme Court
Washington
Ward
Wilson
Senate
Congress
Elihu Root
King and
Willam Ly Emierson
Kentucky
New York
Dryfoos, Blum
Bond
Jacob Ruppert
Root
Ruppert
Rye Against Scotch Is a Whiskey War Starting for European Booze Control
PARIB Nov. 20 A whiskey war is forming in Europe with rye and bourbon opposing Scotch. Samuel J Taylor Michael OG Nealy and Walter J Burns head the American Whiskey company of Hilrope arriving in Paris after planning to set up distilleries to challenge Scotch whiskey Cognac and other spirits. They claim to educate Europe’s taste to American whiskeys and will bring over entire distilleries from the United States. They foresee America staying dry while Europe remains wet for centuries.
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PARIB
Europe
Prand
Samuel J.taylor
Michael Og, Nealy
Walter J. Burns
American Whiskey Company
Hilrope
Paris
England
Firat ‘Dlatillery
France
Germany
Taylor
United States
America
Bridgeport Man Urges Y M C A Extension Plan
Detroit November 20 I Kingsbury of Bridgeport Brass spoke at the international Y M C A convention as industrial leaders backed a campaign for one million members and hundreds of new branches in 250 industrial centers and rail terminals. Delegates heard welfare work by Y M C A will curb industrial unrest reduce labor turnover and keep religion in daily life. Kingsbury said wider Y M C A programs in industry will bring closer ties between employers and employees.
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Detroit
Kingsbury
Bridgeport Brass Company
Young Men's Christian Association
Palmer Reported On Verge Of Breakdown
Washington November 20 Palmer Attorney General Palmer was said to be near a nervous breakdown and ordered by his physician to rest for a week. The doctor warned that failing to stop work could have consequences though he is not described as seriously ill. He planned to attend cost of living meetings but was advised against travel. No location for rest was given.
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Washington
Palmer
Department of Justice
Columbus
Ohio
Red Army occupies west bank of the Irtish River
Novo Nikolayevsk reports that the Red Army has seized the west bank of the Irtish River opposite Omsk. Deputy General Salchakov remains in control of Omsk, directing forces and artillery. The brief dispatch notes scarce corroboration and hints at ongoing operations with limited details.
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RED Army
Irtish River
Novo Nicolaevsk
Pyesey
Tha Sted
Irtish
Omsk
Jon, Kappell
Midar
Salchayolf
Coal Conference Deadlocked After New Offer
Operators and miners remained at impasse in wage scale talks over a proposed 15 cent per ton rise and 20 percent for day workers. John Lewis called the offer inadequate but both sides saw it as a break. Government stayed hands off as Fuel Administrator Garfield offered no rationing.
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Washington
John Lewis
Mine Workers of America
Garfield
Lewis
Tomas Y. Brewster
W. T. Guthrie
Western Pennsylvania
George B. Harrington
Illnois
Guthrie
Wilson
Colorado miners blocked from strike in Danver
Danver Nov 20 A restraining order halted a planned strike by Colorado coal miners. District Judge Morley district president Johnson and secretary Stewart plus other union officials are barred from acting on the strike. The order was issued at the request of State Attorney General Victor E Keyes just before six o clock.
Paper delivery notice from Bridgeport POST PUBLISHING CO
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Bridgeport Telegram
Evening Post
Sunday Post
Post Publishing CO
New Industrial Conference Aims to Help People Across Nation
Washington on November 20 announced a new conference of former federal and state officials business leaders and economists to seek industrial peace. It will meet December 1 in Washington with no labor or capital representatives, headed by Secretary of Labor Wilson and including former officials and governors. The group will decide its procedures and aims to improve work conditions profits and public welfare.
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Washington
Whic
White House
Congress
Justice For al
Wilson
Labor
U.S
George Winckersham
Togmet Wood
Arbert Bloover
Commerce
Oscar S. Straus
Henry M. Hobison
Pasadena
Calif
Frank W. Taussig
Tariff Committee
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Martin A. Glynn
New York
Henry C. Stuart
Virginia
W. O. Thompson
Ohio
Claim Father Unfit To Care For Daughter
In Superior court Edward B Thiesen sues for custody of his five year old daughter Dorothy. Since the mother's death the child has lived with her grandparents and Thiesen, who has remarried, seeks custody amid allegations from the grandparents that he is unfit to care for her. The trial proceeds next Tuesday morning.
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Otto Thiesen
Edward B. Thiesen
Dorothy
Thuesen
Reverend J G Murray Named Auxiliary Bishop
Rome announces Rev John P Murray of Hartford Conn will be auxiliary bishop. His holiness will bid farewell to Rt Rev John P Farrelly of Cleveland as he departs for the United States.
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J. G. Murray
Rome
Pops Benedict
John P. Murray
Hartford
Conn
John P. Farrelly
Cleveland
United States
JAP BOYCOTT IN CHINA BRINGS FATAL RIOTS
Amoy China November 20 There have been serious boycott outbreaks in FueChow. Seven Chinese students have been killed and three wounded by Japanese subjects. Markets and supplies are disrupted. The situation throughout Waklenia is serious.
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Amoy
China
FueChow
Waklen Ia
Treaty Friends Seek Ratification With Senate Compromise
Officials weigh possible reservations acceptable to the Entente as White House stays silent and the administration signals patience. Eighty senators favored ratification in some form while sixty were needed, with bipartisan hopes for a compromise to begin December 1. The delay affects war laws, prohibition, and political calculations for 1920 amid ongoing diplomacy.
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White House
Washington
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Hitchcock
Underwood
Alabama
League Will Lead World From Darkness to Light
Louisv ille Ky Nov 20 Acceptance of the league of nations would open one of the great epochs in world history, says Newton D Baker secretary of war and president of the National Consumers league. He argues the league benefits the masses, but questions if humanity is virtuous enough to embrace it, and to emerge from darkness to light if enacted.
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League
Baker
Louisville
League of Nations
Newton D. Baker
National Consumers’ League
Czar Oat
Russia
Leagues of Nations
Antil Bolsheviki claim victories along Murmansk front
Archangel Nov 20 The general headquarters issued a summary detailing an uninterrupted offensive along the Murmansk coast over the past fortnight. Troops defeated the enemy and advanced along the eastern shore of Lake Onetsky and Chaulysky peninsula while repelling Motila attacks. the claim that the Bolsheviks planned a retirement from the Murmansk front is dismissed.
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Antil Bolsheviki
Murmansk
Archangel
Lake Onetsky
Chaulysky
Rigobelsky
British Diplomats React to U S Peace Pact Speech
London reports show British public figures criticize the U S Senate for the peace treaty, arguing America treats it as domestic politics. Lord Robert Cecil and Gen. Jan Smuts defend the League of Nations stance, while debates focus on America’s role, two thirds rule, and the risk of a world arms spiral if the United States stays out.
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London
Appoals Wted Press
United States Senate
Robert Cecil
Jan Christian Amutse
League of Nations
Geneva
Smuts
America
House of Commons
Robert
Washington
Congress
Germany
United States
Train bandit sends thanks after heist in Wyoming
Casper Wyoming November 86 W i llam Carlisle the train bandit walked into a Western Union office as armed posse hunted him. He telegraphed the Union Pacific in Cheyenne thanking them for the money taken from passengers aboard the Los Angeles Limited near Medicine Bow Tuesday night. Carlisle wore a soldier’s uniform and was identified by Western Union officials. He handed the clerk a telegram, then left, leaving a half dollar to cover the toll.
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Casper
Wyo
Willam Carlisle
Western Union
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
Los Angeles
Carlisle
R. H B. Forbes
Telegraph Office
Forbes
Qcarliste
Dreadnaught California Crashes After Brakes Fail
In Vallejo California on November 20 the super dreadnaught California failed braking as it slid from Mare Island yard. The momentum brake gave way and the vessel struck water, tearing away piling and causing damage.
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Vallejo
Cal
California
Mare Island’ Navy Yard
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Storrs
J. F. Kingsbury
Knappen
Colorado
U. S
Frank 4. Morley
Sec. Wilson
Edward Thiesen
cAnother
William Carlisle
Railroad
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