Strike of Packers Set for Monday in Chicago
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Union announces a strike for Monday December 5 after rejecting the Big Five representation system and wage reductions that took effect that Monday. Packers say the strike would not hamper meat distribution and note the union’s younger status postwar.
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Chicago
Ill
Associated Press
Big Five
Cornelius Hayes
Dennis Lane
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Union of North America
Armour, Wilson, Swift and Cudahy
Morse Says Will Return to America
Charles Morse of New York aboard the steamer Paris at Havre declared he will return to the United States on the next steamer. He said he had no idea his presence might prompt an investigation of his ship contracts. Havre police planned to arrest him on landing, but he was allowed to depart Monday if not arrested.
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Havre
France
Associated Press
Paris
Charles Morse
New York
Morse
United States
Ingram
Charles W. Morse
Enlisted Russian Guard Captain Sues for Divorce
Victor A Turin former captain of the Imperial Russian guard files for divorce from Najeda V Troubetskoy once of Russia now in Providence Rhode Island alleging improper relations with Captain Wallace Strait Schultz. The Schultz marriage in Washington last year was believed invalid after Turin's supposed death in battle before Verdun and was later annulled.
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Boston
Mass
Victor A Turin
Imperial Russian Guard
Quondam Russian
Najeda V. Troubetskoy
Russia
Providence
R. I
Turin
Wallace Strait Schultz
Washington
Verdun
Londonderry Jail Delivery Repulsed in Clash
An attack on Londonderry jail aimed at freeing prisoners was repulsed by police guards. Two policemen were killed and several were injured in the assault reported today.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Londonderry
New Peace Terms for Ireland Reported by Cabinet
London reports that A C Barton of the Sinn Fein delegation carrying new peace proposals from the British cabinet for Eamon de Valera reached Dublin last evening. Intensive cabinet consultations continued all day to find a peace formula acceptable to Sinn Feiners and Ulster Unionists amid unprecedented government activity since the war days.
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London
A. C. Barton
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Eamoon de Vaera
Bowery Hunts N Y s Meanest Thief
Bowery down and outers yesterday searched lodging houses and poolrooms and then dragged before the police a man accused of snatching a $125 stickpin from Herman Muller who was distributing free food.
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New York
Bowery Down
Herman Muller
Weather Outlook for Chicago Next 24 Hours
The weather indicates unsettled conditions with rain or snow on Saturday. Temperatures show little change, with the west portion experiencing the same mild fluctuation.
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Chicago
Temperaure
Weather Summary from Local Observations
Weather summary reports the past 24 hours ending 7 am with highs and lows for several days. Observations show temperatures ranging from the high 30s to mid 50s, with no precipitation recorded. The 1 pm temperature today is 38 degrees.
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H. M Stanley
Germany Seeks 50 Million POUND Loan From Britain
London Dec 2 The former German Minister of Reconstruction Rathenau negotiates with Sir Robert Horne and Bank of England officials for a 50 million pound loan to Germany. A definite answer is expected today, likely negative.
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London
Associated Press
Rathenau
Robert Horne
Bank of England
Germany
Plan Rum Ban at All Embassies
Washington reports the Anti-Saloon League plans aggressive actions after the armament conference. Wayne B. Wheeler urges drying up foreign embassies and establishing prohibition under a separate department with funds. He calls for harsher penalties and impeachment for lax judges.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
America
Auto Bandits Rob Oil Stations in Daylight
Auto mobile bandits robbed two oil filling stations in Des Moines at noon today. A woman accompanied the pair who sat in the car while attendants were held up. The robbers locked Union Stoner in a laboratory after knocking him down. Police pursued the suspects and alerted other stations citywide.
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Des Moines
Union Stoner
Kahn and Schiff Depart From Union Pacific Board
Otto H. Kahn and Mortimer L. Schiff resign from the Union Pacific board amid speculation they left to comply with the Clayton act prohibiting interlocking directorates. The resignations were announced from New York with no official reasons given.
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New York
Otto H. Kahn
Mortimer L. Schiff
Union Pacific Railroad
138 Kansas coal pits operate in Southeastern Kansas
Pittsburg Kansas December 2 138 strip pits and deep mines are active in Southeastern Kansas according to the state mine inspection bureau.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Kan
State Mine Inspection Bureau
Comebacks Prove Lure of Stage Can't Be Denied
The Broadway season features stars who retired to motherhood or quiet life and have returned. Bessie Barriscale headlines The Skirt by Howard Hickman, while Lillian Albertson, in The Circle, and Julia Arthur in The New Magdalen recount renewed stage calls. Virginia Harned resurfaces in special engagements amid a growing list of returns.
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NEA Service
New York
Bessie Barriscale
Howard Hickman
Miss Barriscale
Julia Arthur
Magdalen
Virginia Harned
Arnold Delv
Bessie Barrisdale
Lillian Albertson
Mrs
Lesli
Carter
American Charge Receives Vienna Approval
Arthur Hugh Frazier once American commissioner in Austria is now received by the Vienna government as American charge d affaires. His installation makes him the first American diplomatic representative in Vienna since World War I.
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Washington, D. C
Arthur Hugh Frazier
Austria
Vienna
State Department
Mr. Frazier
Briand Returns To France After Washington Trip
Premie Briand arrived in Havre France today after five weeks abroad where he presented France's views on disarmament and Far East questions at the Washington conference. He was greeted with deference but not enthusiasm upon landing.
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Havre
France
Premie Briand
Washington
Deny Mrs Shonts is Married Again
New York December 2 Rumor that Mrs Milla D Shonts widow of Theodore P Shonts traction magnate remarried was denied by her attorney Oscar G Smith. She was said to have wed Harry Fuller twenty years her junior a business associate of Shonts. Shonts has drawn public attention in her challenge to her husband's will leaving most of the estate to Amanda Thomas.
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New York
Milla D. Shonts
Theodore P. Shonts
Oscar G. Smith
Robinsdale Hold Up Suspect Killed by Justice of the Peace
An unidentified man about fifty was shot and killed by Justice of the Peace Cranda after attempting to escape following a bank robbery at the Security State Bank in Robinsdale, a Minneapolis suburb. He demanded money from two employees and fled with a small amount before being shot on the street.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Security State Bank
Robinsdale
Justice of the Peace Cranda
Widow of Wealthy Banker Admits Residence Robbery
Mrs Belle Heil a 35 year old widow of a Chicago banker was arrested in Los Angeles after reportedly confessing to stealing jewelry clothing and a revolver from a residence where she worked as a maid. She said she had spent her $300 monthly allowance from her ex husbands estate.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Belle Heil
Chicago
Kei
Joseph Heil
Etta Heil
Witness Saw Burch With Gur in Kennedy Murder Trial
Los Angeles December 2 The trial of Arthur C Burch for the murder of J Belton Kennedy resumed with undertaker J W Munceron describing moving Kennedy's body from his Beverly Glen Summer home where he was shot. Porters and others testified Burch traveled from Chicago on July 21 with a shotgun case in his baggage and police noted he claimed no weapon. The DA sought to admit thirty telegrams to imply a conspiracy with Mrs Madlynn Obenchain. senders and recipients were not disclosed.
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Los Angeles
Arthur C. Burch
J Belton Kennedy
J. W Munceron
Kennedy
Beverly Glen
the Glen
J. Sanderson
Busch
Chiago
Sanderson
Burch
Bureh
Madlynn Obenchain
Deer Hunt Tragedy Hits Michigan Killing Ten Hunters
In Michigan the twenty day deer season ends with ten hunters dead and two missing. About 20,000 participated and the total deer killed is estimated at 4,000, limited by the one buck rule and other restrictions.
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Detroit
Michigan
Education Leaders Open Second Day Session in Urbana
In Urbana Illinois on December 2 the conference of country educational leaders began its second and final day at the University of Illinois. Congressman Horace M Towner of Iowa spoke on Federal Aid to Education Its Justification and Methods urging support for federal funding.
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Urbana
University of Illinois
Horace M. Towner
Iowa
Seventh Victim Dies After Theater Fire
John J. Dunn, scorched in the Rialto theater fire on Sunday night, dies today in New Haven. His death brings the death toll to seven as nine hospital patients remain in extremely serious condition, including Tilton F. Doolittle, a Yale student from Spokane, whose twin brother is reported resting easily.
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New Haven
Conn
John J. Dunn
Rialto Theater
Tilton F. Doolittle
Spokane
Waah
Yale
Barred from U S Dance Protest at Border Station
Three Doukhobor men from the Nelson area B C stripped in a waiting room at a Canadian Pacific station and paraded in protest after being refused entry to the United States.
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Vancouver
B. C
Nelson
United States
Special Agent Charged in Chariton Murder Case
Alva Imel fifty thirty years old was shot and killed at Chariton Iowa by Burlington Railroad Special Agent Mullen after a disturbance at the station The agent fired while defending himself and was taken into custody awaiting a murder preliminary hearing The other man Ralph Robinson was arrested and held awaiting further developments in the case
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Alva Imel
Burlington Railroad
FL Mullen
Ottumwa
Charitom
Iowa
Imet
Ralph Robinson
Chariton
Mullen
Imel
Robinson
Special
Hadeen
Sam Imel
Kendall Leaves Governors Conference for Charleston
Dex Moines Ia Dec 2 Gov N E Kendall departed for Charleston South Carolina to attend the annual conference of state governors. He expressed hope a relief measure may be devised at the meeting to aid farmers, though he warned that many tenant farmers are insolvent and many farm owners face bankruptcy.
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Dex Moines
Associated Press
N. E. Kendall
Charleston
South Carolina
Spon
Crest of Ohio River Flood Near Evansville Ind
Ohio River rising rapidly with flood stage expected by Sunday night. Farmers race to save bottom land corn as more rain is forecast. In Louisville the river rose two feet in 24 hours, with a four foot further rise possible if rains continue. Cincinnati reports danger past as weather bureau notes rain will not affect the river.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Louisville
Des &2
Ohio
Cincinnati
Decker Trial Opens in Lovett Slaying Case
Opening arguments were heard in Columbia City Indiana as Fred Decker stands trial for murder in the plot to kill Leroy Lovett. The case centers on Decker's alleged involvement in the planned slaying.
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Decker
Lovett
Columbia City
Ind
Fred Decker
Leroy Lovett
Packer Strike Orders Involving 40 000 Workers
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen ordered a December 5 strike affecting about 40 000 union packing house workers in 15 cities including Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Kansas City Omaha Denver and other locations. The strike targets all packing industry crafts with 45 000 workers in big packers and 10 000 in smaller plants.
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Chicago
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
Cornelius Hayes
Butcher Workmen's
Milwaukee
South St. Paul
Sioux City
Omaha
Denver
Nebraska City
St. Joseph
Kansas Cty
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Albert Lea
Austin, Minn
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Hayes
New Style Naval Practice in Pacific Off Catalina Island
Spectacular naval maneuvers are slated next week off Catalina Island thirty miles from the harbor. The submarine Flotilla of the Pacific Fleet will cooperate with three naval seaplanes in anti aircraft gunnery practice.
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Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Pacific Fleet
Medicinal Beer Fight in Courts
Falstaff Corporation files federal suit challenging antiber law as unconstitutional in St. Louis. The local brewery had received a permit to manufacture medicinal beer on November 5.
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St. Louis
Falstaff Corporation
Injured at Hopping Bee Today Ques
Brandon Iowa December 2 William Evans 50 died from injuries after a tree felled at a chopping bee struck him an hour earlier.
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Brandon
William Evans
China asks withdrawal if troops
The Associated Press reports China requests foreign troops withdraw as a matter before the drafting committee led by Elihu Root. The issue will be revisited tomorrow along with questions of leased territory. Also noted is that women theater ushers were introduced in New York in 1884.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Prasa
China
Elihu Root
New York
Arbuckle May Rag the Verdict Before Night
Roscoe C Fatty Arbuckle awaits the jury verdict in his manslaughter trial over Miss Virginia Rappe's death as defense opens a final time. A letter from the East threatens death to counsel if Arbuckle is acquitted, adding tension to the San Francisco courtroom.
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San Francisco
Calif
Associated Press
Roscoe C “Fatty” Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Milton Cohen
Roscoe Arbuckle
East
Arbuckle
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Ireland
Bowery
N. Y
Kahn and Schiff
U.P
Leslie Curier
Briand
Deny
Gur
Urbana, IL
U.S
Qi Chariton Man
Kendall
HOR Conference OF Governers
Packer
Pacific
Fense
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