Termination of coal strike hailed as government victory
Palmer told a senate committee the coal strike ended in a government victory as miners returned to work under the government's terms while leaders and funds were kept apart by an injunction. He noted a 14 percent wage offer was accepted over a 31 percent demand. White and Peale to join a wage commission to study prices and wages. General convention set for Columbus in January to hear details. Production was at 79 percent of normal. Cle Elum and Roslyn strikers doubt the strike is over and refuse to return.
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Ciated
Senate Today
Palmer
United Mine Workers
Ecretary Green
Columbus
Ohio
Ellensburg
Wash
Associated Press
Cle Elum
Roslyn
Frame-up claimed in court-martial of Captain Detzer
In New York on December 19 the Associated Press reports the court-martial of Captain Detzer, charged with cruel treatment of military prisoners, is expected to rest today. The defense contends that Detzer is the victim of a frame-up by fellow soldiers.
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New York
Associated Press
Captain Detzer
Detzer
Justice department to convene clothiers on price curtailment
The department of justice calls a meeting of clothing makers in January to discuss lowering costs of woolen mills. A plan to produce standard quality cloth for garments at reasonable prices aims to curb extravagance. Assistant Attorney General Figg notes some believe men’s suits now at 55 dollars could drop to 25 with agreed standards.
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Figg
Deschanel Re-elected President of Chamber of Deputies
Paris report notes Paul Deschanel was unanimously re-elected president of the chamber of deputies. The decision followed standard procedures with no opposition recorded in the session.
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Chamber OF Deputies
Paris
Associated Press
Paul Deschanel
Premier Borden to Take Long Vacation
Ottawa reports Premier Arthur Borden will remain in office but will take a lengthy rest. The announcement clarifies he will continue as premier while on extended leave.
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Borden
Ottawa
Associated Press
Arthur Borden
Anti-Japanese Agitation in China Increases
Tokyo reports that China is seeing a rise in anti-Japanese agitation. A cabinet meeting decided to send a protest as men women and children are said to be molested in the area.
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China
Tokio
Associated Press
Wobblies Sentenced to Federal Prison Terms
Twenty seven defendants nicknamed wobblies were found guilty of violating the espionage act. They were sentenced yesterday to federal penitentiary terms at Leavenworth Kansas ranging from three and a half to nine and a half years.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Railroads Delayed Return to Owners After January First
Unofficial reports say President Wilson will postpone returning railroads to their owners beyond January 1. The plan had originally set the date for January 1, but delays are suspected.
Millerand to Succeed Clemenceau as Premier
The Echo de Paris reports Alexandre Millerand former war minister and current governor of Alsace will replace Clemenceau as premier. Millerand's ascent follows Clemenceau's resignation, signaling a shift in wartime leadership and governance.
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Alsace
Clemenceau
Paris
Associated Press
Echo de Paris
Alexandre Millerand
Director of Chicago Opera Company Dies at 67
Cleonfonte Camarini director general of the Chicago Grand Opera Company died in Chicago today from pneumonia.
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Chicago Opera Company
Chicago
Associated Press
Cleonfonte Camarini
Chicago Grand Opera Company
No Hope for Enactment of Oil Land Leasing Bill This Year
Washington December 19 Associated Press reports action on the coal oil and phosphate land leasing bill is postponed until next month. The measure has been in conference for weeks and was expected to pass before Congress adjourns for Christmas.
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Washington
Associated Press
Congress
Viscount French Targeted in Dublin Attack
A shot was fired at Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland, as he rode between Phoenix Park and the vice regal lodge. A civilian was killed and a policeman wounded. Lord French was unharmed. Attacker fired from ambush, one assailant killed. bombs and pistols found on the attacker. A volatile Ireland crisis backdrop follows the assault.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Viscount French
Ireland
Phoenix Park
Woman Believed Lost From California Coast Steamship
Mrs. Helen Louise Ferrera a noted guitarist and vaudeville artist is believed swept from the deck of the steamship President off the California coast during a gale last Friday. Her body has not been recovered. She performed on phonograph records as Helen Louise and was the daughter of Albert Greenus of Seattle.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Helen Louise Ferrera
President
California
Portland Firm Buys Large Batch QF Equipment
M Bearde & Sons, a wholesale machinery firm in Portland, bought at public auction in Philadelphia all steel plates anchors bars chains and related gear left over from the steel shipbuilding campaign. The price ranged from eleven to twenty one million dollars.
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Portland
Associated Press
M. Bearde & Sons
Philadelphia
Ukrainian General Petlura Flees to Poland
Moscow wire dispatch reports Ukrainian General Petlura has fled to Poland and most of his forces have dispersed, signaling a retreat amid shifting command.
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Poland
London
Associated Press
Petluras
Moscow
Chinese Coolies Returning Home From West Front
Fifteen hundred Chinese laborers sailed from the west front aboard the Empress of Japan, beginning their return to China. The departure was confirmed as the Chinese workforce ended their services on the front.
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Victoria
B. C
Associated Press
West Front
Prison Terms Meted to Wobblies Arrive for Deportation
Seven Seattle radicals linked to I. W. W. and Bolshevik activity were sent to New York for deportation. Leon Martin, a Russian emi, and Albert Emil Heitmiller, a German who admitted involvement in I. W. W. plots, traveled with the group arriving at Ellis Island yesterday. Other Pacific coast reds were part of the party.
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Seattle
Leon. Martin
Albert Emil Heitmiller
New York
Ellis Island
Pacific Coast
Restaurants of Gay Berlin Are Closed
Berlin reports every restaurant cafe and bar along with kosher kitchens have been shut in retaliation against new food ministry regulations aimed at stopping illicit trading in foodstuffs. Hospitals remain the only public food service as the measure draws sharp denunciation.
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Food Ministry
Snowstorms Roar Across Mid Atlantic and Midwest
Snowstorms sweep the Middle Atlantic states Ohio and the upper Mississippi valley. Temperatures have moderated as storms continue to rage across the region.
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Washington
Associated Press
Middle Atlantic
Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Seattle Ball Team Plans Spring Training in Hanford
The Seattle team of the Pacific Coast Baseball League will train at Hanford California next spring.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Pacific Coast Baseball League
Hanford
Cal
Senate Rejects Anti-Strike Cut From Cummins Railroad Bill
Senate votes 46 to 25 to keep the labor provision including the anti strike clause of the Cummins railroad measure. Senator McCormick of Illinois proposed a Canadian plan to delay strikes for sixty days after arbitration board rulings, but the amendment failed on a tie. The same session sees a housing corporation report accusing wartime agency waste and a defense bill passage funding employer compensation and public health service needs.
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Senate
Cummins
Washington
Associated Press
McCormick
Illinois
Arbitration Board
Housing Corporation
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
House
Employer’ Compensation Commission
Public
Cuban Vessel Turns Turtle Off Virginia Capes
A Cuban schooner Sunbeam capsized near the Virginia capes with five Chinese crew and fifteen stowaways aboard. The cutter Manning rescued the captain and two crew members and brought them to Norfolk. the fate of the others remains unknown.
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Virginia Capes
Norfolk
Anti Bolshevik Plot Reported in Petrograd
A reported anti Bolsheviki plot in Petrograd leads to 500 arrests including French and English nationals. Three hundred fifty are reported executed as of December 19, according to the Associated Press.
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Hellingfors
Associated Press
Petrograd
Lodge Will Preside At National Republican Convention
Washington Dec 19 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts is the tentative choice to act as temporary and permanent chairman of the Republican national convention next July.
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Lodge
Washington
Associated Press
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Wilson seeks $25,000 for industrial conference costs
Associated Press reports President Wilson asked Congress to appropriate 25,000 dollars to defray expenses of the second industrial conference now in session.
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Wilson
Washington
Associated Press
Congress
Pryor Sworn In as British Columbia Lieutenant Governor
Colonel Pryor was sworn in today as the lieutenant governor of British Columbia in a ceremony reported by the Associated Press. The event marks a key constitutional milestone for the province as Pryor begins his official duties.
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Victoria
B. C
Associated Press
Pryor
British Columbia
Army Demobilization Urged by Officials
Representative Richard Olney of March White House press room today urged President Wilson to proclaim immediate army demobilization to lift wartime prohibition. Former Senator James Hamilton Lewis says he will ask the President for the same action as Massachusetts officials weigh their options.
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Ard Olney
White House
Wilson
James Hamilton Lewis
Achusetts
Japanese Envoy Denies Mexico Negotiations
Dr Shidtra the Japanese ambassador told the state department that Japan has not opened talks with Mexico about special privileges or territory.
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Ciated Press
Shidtra
State Department
Mexico
Heavy voting reported in Berger-Bodenstab race in Milwaukee
Voters in Milwaukee cast the heaviest early ballot in the district's history for the Berger-Bodenstab election. Ballots were tallied rapidly with precincts reporting about one vote per minute in some locations.
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Milwaukee
Associated Press
Judge Wilson to preside over Armistice Day murders trial
Governor Hart appoints Judge John Wilson of Thurston and Mason counties to preside at the trial of the wobblies charged with the Armistice Day killings at Centralia.
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Tacoma
Associated Press
Hart
John Wilson
Thurston
Mason Counties
Centralia
Two Americans Held in Mazatlan Jail in Sinaloa
H. V. Leonard and H. O. Martin, crew members of the American submarine tender Pocomoke, have been in Mazatlan jail since November 12, according to Americans arriving at the Nogales border.
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Nogales
Ariz
Associated Press
H. V. Leonard
H O. Martin
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
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