05 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Cordova Daily Times
Location
Cordova, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1919
Page
1
A string of wartime coal and rail directives traces the push for fuel conservation. Railway service trims trains, the Twentieth Century Limited is removed, electric heating is cut, and governors push talks to end Ohio and national coal disputes.
Seattle December report states Dick Gravel also known as Jack Lewis was arrested and taken to Centralia on murder charges tied to the Armistice day parade shooting. He allegedly fired from near the T W W hall at paraders. A state wide search seeks Ole Hansen who remains at large.
Seven Ulster Unionist Council members arrived from Ireland and denounced Sinn Feinn propaganda in the United States likening its methods to Bolshevik tactics. Six of the delegation are clergymen and they spoke to press representatives about their protest.
American consular agent Jenkins at Puebla was freed by a Mexico City judge and returned home. Reports say President Wilson will act after consulting Congress on Mexico policy as Senate members discuss severing diplomatic ties. Mexican air service boasts 24 war planes at Chihuahua with German pilots alleged to serve. Bandits raid a border store eleven miles south of Zapata, binding the owner before fleeing into Mexico.
Philadelphia December 5. The Broadway Limited twenty hour Pennsylvanian train between New York and Chicago will be discontinued December 10 to save coal.
Georges Carpentier stopped Joe Beckett in 1:10 to win Europe’s heavyweight title in London with the Prince of Wales in attendance. Dempsey says he is ready to fight any challenger and promoter Totorich claims a Dempsey-Carpentier contract exists in New Orleans. A London meeting then discussed replacing the Queensberry rules. Pete Herman kayoed Kid Regan in St Louis in the bantamweight bout.
Paris dispatch reports the supreme council will use coercion to compel Germany to sign the protocol to the peace treaty. Marshal Foch attended a secret meeting and plans a plan drafted last June that pressured German plenipotentiaries at Versailles. Rumors say allied troops could occupy Essen and other German cities amid a note that Berlin may seek oral agreement rather than formal signing.
Lieutenant Governor Wallace Crossley Circuit Judge Bur ney and former State Treasurer Deal are charged in a suit here with misrepresentations in connection with oil stock sales. Judgment for 47000 is sought. Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman have left the mainland for Ellis Island to await deportation to Russia after urging overthrow of the U S government by violence.
Seventy six men, believed to be steel strikers, were arrested in Pittsburg after dynamite exploded under the home of Felix Diarkardt, a workman. The incident prompted a broad police sweep as officials pursued those suspected in the attack.
Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts introduced in the house a joint resolution declaring the war with Germany to be ended. The pound sterling fell to a record low of $3.86 as of today.
Federal Trade Commission charges five Chicago meat packers with violating the Clayton act by allegedly purchasing and controlling thirty one corporations handling food products. Packets must file answers within forty days.
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