Governor calls for federal troops in Mingo county strike zone
Gov J J Cornwell asks President Wilson to declare martial law as he requests federal troops return to Mingo county W Va. to quell coal mine district disorders. A 400 man provisional battalion from Camp Sherman heads to Williamson for strike duty amid ongoing violence and weak state police capability.
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Western
Union News Service
Charleston
W. Va
Govv
J. J. Cornwell
Mingo County
W. Vi
Wilson
Mingo
Bulley
Blankenship
Bishop
Bronson
Bailey
Byonson
Chillicothe
Ohio
Camp Sherman
Williamson
Tornado Wreaks Havoc in Port Arthur and Port Arthur Area
A two minute tornado struck Port Arthur Texas near Sabine lake causing one death and a missing person. Property losses reached about 100000 with sheds at the Port Arthur canal and dock companies destroyed. Wireless operator M M Goss alerted ambulances from the steamer New York while the town’s telephone system failed. The storm hit three miles from Port Arthur. Meanwhile Paris honors Edith Wharton and Mrs Hoyall Tyler with medals for wartime relief efforts and convalescent homes in France.
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Texas
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Sabine Lake
Goss
New York
Paria
Poincare
French Academy
Montyon
Edith Wharton
Weiter
American Hospital For Refugees
Hoyall Tyler
America
Ardmore Oil Magnate Jacob Hamon Dies in Sanitarium
Jacob L. Hamon a millionaire Ardmore oil magnate and Republican national figure died at Hardy Sanitarium after an acute heart condition. He had been nursing a gunshot wound since last Sunday and reportedly walked there saying he accidentally shot himself while cleaning a gun. County officials say Clara Smith shot him.
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Diea
Ardmore
Okla
Jacob L. Hamon
Hardy Sanitarium
Hamon
Clara
Riots at Croke Park Kill Dozens in Dublin
Fourteen killed and thirty wounded as black and tans attack a football match between Tipperary and Dublin at Croke Park in Dublin. Auxiliaries surround the stadium, firing on crowds while officers and others are slain in their homes across the city. The Irish office links the killings to the recent Sinn Fein crackdown.
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Union News Service
Dublin
Tipperary
Croke Park
Witzgerald
Karlsfort Terrace
Pembroke Street
Secret Service
Hampton Street
Lower Mount Street
Donald MacLean
Smith
Caldown
Donnybrook
MacLean
Baggot Street
Newbury
London
Sinn Fenners
Anya
Kaiser Cannot Leave Holland
The former German emperor William cannot depart Holland without Allied consent. An inquiry notes reports of villa repairs on Corfu and possible imminent travel. The Dutch government assures the Allies Count Hohenzollern will be guarded at Doorn.
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William
Germany
Corfu
Count Hohengollern
Doorn
Loot Exceeds 8 Million After Burlington Heist
Omaha reports show loot from mall robbery risen to over 8 million with $650000 added on Sunday. Three shipments of Liberty bonds and cash now confirmed missing, increasing total losses beyond 5 million and possibly 8 million.
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Omaha
Neb
Burlington Railroad
Mexican Strikers Return Mines in Coahuila Standoff
In Eagle Pass Texas Mexican strikers in Coahuila have kept mines closed after seizing properties and resisting a government demand to hand them back. The strike began October 1 with demands for a 100 percent wage increase despite a quiet scene after a failed effort to operate seized mines.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Coahulla
Traffic in Contraband Smuggling Ring Rocks German Nobility
In Sterlin on November 24, Hermann Mueller, former German chancellor, alleged a vast contraband network led by Cruiser & Phillipson bankers moving 250 million marks out of Germany. He named Crown Princess Cecilia and several princes as having accounts or ties as officials and investors. Finance minister Wirth confirmed ongoing investigations and seized books while promising action against those smuggling capital, noting millions flowed to Amsterdam through intermediaries.
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Cecille
Hitel Friedrich
August Wilhelm
Joachim
Count Radolin
Wanda Radziwill
Holland
Hermann Mueller
Reichstag
Cruiser & Phillipson
Germany
Schlesinger, Trier & Co
Sinner, Burghland & Co
Wirth
Sinner, Borghland & Co
Crusser & Phillipson
Amsterdam
Ano
Hohenzollern
Cruiser Bank
Pacific Northwest Wrestler W. 12. Crumb Killed in Mill Accident
Word reached here that W. 12. Crumb a noted wrestler and football player in the Pacific Northwest was cut to death when he fell into a lumber mill saw at Morton near Tacoma Washington.
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Tacoma
Wash
W. 12. Crumb
Pacific Northwest
Morton
Here
United States Prisoners Retaken in France
Only one of seven American army court martial prisoners from Koblenz remains at large after escaping the Pocahontas transport by breaking a porthole. Robert J. Watson, now under a life sentence, formerly served at the Cherbourg base and knows the area. A posse of American soldiers and French policemen recaptured the escapees.
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Cherbourg
Coblens
Pocahontas
Robert J. Watson
Plot to assassinate Lloyd George amid Irish violence
Dublin quiets after weekend battles in Ireland with 33 dead as Irish officials reveal a plot to kill Premier Lloyd George. Sir Hamar Greenwood described documents found and possible arrests. In London, speakers clashed in Parliament over Ireland as troops were considered. A nurse’s car near Sligo was found to carry rifles and ammunition. An air race winner, Lieut Moseley, triumphed in the Pulitzer trophy race at Mineola running about 178 mph.
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Union News Service
London
Lloyd George
Dublin
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
House of Commons
Joseph Devlin
Devlin
Major Wilson
Wilson
Deviin
Sinn Fenners
War Office
Linda Kerins
Sligo
Hamar
Sir Hamar
England
Mineola
N. Y
G. ©. Moseley
Seattle man held on warrants for jewel theft in China
Robert L. Ward of Decatur Illinois was held under arrest on warrants signed by the United States attorney at Shanghai charging robbery forgery and embezzlement. Federal officers who arrested Ward on arrival in Shanghai found forty two pieces of jade and other jewelry alleged to have been stolen in China. Ward claimed to have served in Admiral Kolchak's army and denied the charges.
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Seattle
Wash
Robert L. Ward
Decatur
United States
Shanghai
Ward
China
Admiral Kolchak
Colby objects to British mandate exclusion in note
Washington says the United States will not accept being barred from rights under the postwar mandates. Colby’s note dated Nov 20 rebukes Britain’s view that mandates and treaties are for League members only. U S insists on equal treatment and participation in Mesopotamia and Palestine mandate terms.
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Washington
Great Britain
Colby
Near East
League of Nations
United States
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Council of the
Reward Offered to Solve Wall Street Bomb Disaster
New York sums reach 70500 for solving the Wall Street explosion that killed about forty people on September 16. William J Burns International Detective Agency adds 50000 for information leading to convictions, promising confidentiality and claiming to act for Wall Street financial interests.
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New York
Wall Street
William J. Burns
Burns Agency
Tragic Finish at 250 Mile Race Claims Gaston Chevrolet
Gaston Chevrolet was killed near race end at the Los Angeles speedway after his car failed late. Roscoe Sarles won the race on a point basis with Chevrolet’s death coming as the field finished. Lyall Jolla, O'Donnell's mechanic, was killed and Eddie O'Donnell was seriously injured. Brescohan escaped with minor injuries.
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Los Angeles
Gaston Chevrolet
Los Angeles Speedway
Roscoe Sarles
Chevrolet
Lyall Jolla
Eddie O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Brescohan
Pittsburgh Men Indicted in Stock Fraud and Conspiracy
Pittsburgh business figure Parelarkin and Taylor of Maarletta Ohio, president of the Pittsburgh Sheet and Tinplate Company, and four associates were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to defraud in stock sales. Taylor allegedly sold large quantities of stock valued up to two million dollars in a company federal investigators said was worth about eight hundred thousand.
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Pittsburgh
Parelarkin
Taylor
Pittsburgh Sheet & Tinplate Company
Maarletta
Ohio
Wing the Muds
Wyoming News Notes Report From All Corners
Western Newspaper Union News Service records Arapaho chief Lone Bear dies on Wind River reservation from pneumonia linked to exposure at Crow Creek encampment. Douglas district ships 211 carloads of livestock east to Omaha by the Northwestern. First Indian citizen papers granted in Lander District Court under federal law. Roy Freel convicted of manslaughter. brother Earl acquitted. Walter Simms charged but escaped jail. Yee Geow, Chinese, jailed in Cheyenne for murder of two federal officers. requests more food after a hunger strike. Mondell returns to Washington on crutches. coal company formed near Douglas to develop Sheckler mine. Crosby mines worker Joseph Hanoski dies from cable accident. forester storm signal system discussed for air mail pilots. Wyoming oil output eight months to Aug 1920 totals 11,060,000 barrels. Peter Bodjec pleads guilty to felonious assault. Burnoff Galinski and Eli Svilar plead not guilty. Narcotics stock theft leads to federal prisoner John Pirtle’s escape. Sugar beet acreage expanding across Wyoming. possible sugar factory near Torrington or Wheatland if field contracts succeed. Great Western Sugar Company pays farmers $6-7 million in 1020 crop. Grand jury at Cheyenne delivers eighty indictments. first duck shooting convictions in years. Kates of Worland indicted for killing and possessing game birds out of season.
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Union News Serviee
Lone Bear
Arapahoes
Wind River
Crow Creek
Douglas
Omaha
Denver
Lander
Roy Freel
Newcastle
Earl Freel
Fred Walker
Osage
Walter Simms
Yee Geow
Cheyenne
Congressman Mondell
Washington
House
Congress
Wyoming
Cheyenne-Douglas Coal Company
Wyo
Sheckler
Peter Bodjec
Poposia Coal Company
Burnoff Galinski
Eli Svilar
A. BE. Roedel
John Pirtle
Basin, Wye
Sugar Company
Platte
Wheatland
Torrington
Great Western Sugar Company
Platte Valley
Tri-State Canal
Grand Jury
United States District Court of
Bndleting
Man
George Kates
Worland
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Crosby
Thermopolis
Hanoski
United States Forestry Service
John T. Woodward
Laramie Range
Cheyenne Forestry Bureau
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