Governor asks federal troops to impose martial law in Mingo County
Gov J J Cornwell asked federal troops be sent to Mingo county West Virginia to restore order after weeks of violence and shootings. He urged President Wilson to declare martial law while permitting the circuit court to proceed with trials. A provisional battalion of 400 infantry has moved from Camp Sherman to Williamson for strike duty in the coal district.
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Camp Sherman
Western
Union News Service
Charleston
W. Va
Govv
J. J. Cornwell
Mingo County
W. Vi
Wilson
Mingo
Bulley
Blankenship
Bishop
Bronson
Bailey
Byonson
Thave
Tteed
Tudge Bailey
Chillicothe
Ohio
Williamson
Tornado Hits Port Arthur Texas Causes Fatality and Damage
A tornado lasting about two minutes struck Port Arthur and Beaumont Texas causing one death another person missing and about 100000 in property loss. Shed demolitions occurred at Port Arthur canal and dock companies. Wireless operator M. B. Goss coordinated ambulance calls while local lines failed. The storm’s center was three miles from Port Arthur. In Paris former President Poincare awarded Montyon medals to Edith Wharton and Mrs Hoyall Tyler for war relief efforts in Franco American homes for convalescent soldiers.
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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
Millionaire oil magnate Diea dies after mystery shot
Ardmore Oklahoma reports Jacob L. Hamon a wealthy oil magnate and Republican backer dies at Hardy sanitarium from heart failure. He had been wounded by a gunshot since last Sunday and walked to the sanitarium claiming an accidental discharge while cleaning a gun. County officials indicate Clara Bmlth shot him.
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Diea
Ardmore
Okla
Jacob L. Hamon
Hardy Sanitarium
Hamon
Clara
Riots at Ball Game In Dublin Killings Scene
Fourteen people died and many were wounded in a pre arranged attack on officers during a Dublin football match at Croke Park. Black and tans attacked the crowd. shots and looting followed as authorities reported multiple killings and widespread panic across the city.
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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
Kaiser Cannot Leave Holland to Corfu
An inquiry into reports of Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Corfu finds he cannot leave Holland without allied consent. The Dutch government assures guards for Count Hohenzollern at Doorn, while villa repairs on Corfu were noted as possible but not imminent.
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William
Germany
Corfu
Count Hohengollern
Doorn
Loot Exceeds 3.6 Million In Omaha Robbery
Reported in Omaha Nebraska, the loot from a Burlington railroad mall robbery last Saturday night rose by 650000 on Sunday. It is now established that three shipments of Liberty bonds and cash were missing. The total loss is expected to exceed eight million dollars and may reach five million.
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Omaha
Neb
Burlington Railroad
Mexican Strikers Return Mines In Mexico
Eagle Pass Texas. Striking coal miners in Coahuila have turned the mines back to owners after a Mexican government demand but refuse to return to work. The situation was reported quiet after the failed effort to operate seized properties. Miners have been on strike since October 1 demanding a 100 percent wage raise.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Coahulla
Traffic in Contraband Smuggling Alleged in Germany
In Sterlin Nov 24 report former German chancellor Hermann Mueller claims Crown Prince Cecille and other nobility helped move 250 million marks abroad through the Cruiser and Phillipson bank. Finance minister Wirth says probes into Sinner Burghland Co. show banks aiding smuggling. Hohenzollern family accounts cited. govt demands security from Cruiser customers.
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Sterlin
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
W. H. Crumb Dies In Saw Mill Accident Near Tacoma
Word reaches Tacoma that W. H. Crumb a noted Pacific Northwest wrestler and football player was killed when he fell into a lumber mill saw at Morton nearby. The death ends a career known across regional sports circles and local communities mourn the longtime athlete.
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Tacoma
Wash
W. 12. Crumb
Pacific Northwest
Morton
Here
United States Prisoners Retaken in Cherbourg
Only one of seven American army court martial prisoners from Coblenz who escaped the Pocahontas remains at large. Robert J. Watson, now under life sentence, formerly was attached to the Cherbourg base and knows the area well. The escapees were recaptured by a posse of American soldiers and French police.
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Cherbourg
Coblens
Pocahontas
Robert J. Watson
Irish violence plot foiled and Dublin turmoil follows
London reports a plot to assassinate Premier Lloyd George tied to Irish violence, with documentary evidence found and arrests likely. Dublin quieted after weekend bloodshed that killed thirty three, as troops considered for Ireland. Meanwhile Lieutenant Moseley won the Pulitzer trophy race at Mineola aboard a Verville Packard plane, averaging about 178 mph over 182 miles.
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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 jade theft warrants from Shanghai
Robert L Ward of Decatur US was held on warrants by the United States attorney at Shanghai charging robbery forgery and embezzlement Federal officers who arrested Ward on arrival there found forty two pieces of Jade and other jewelry alleged stolen in China Ward claimed service in Admiral Kolchak army and denied the charges
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Seattle
Wash
Robert L. Ward
Decatur
United States
Shanghai
Ward
China
Admiral Kolchak
Colby notes U.S. will not be excluded from mandates
Washington informs Britain it will not accept exclusion from rights and privileges under postwar mandates. Colby’s memo, dated Nov 20, rejects the view that mandates and treaties are limited to League members. It asserts U.S. participation in World War I confers a stake in Near East mandates and equal treatment for all nations.
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Washington
Great Britain
Colby
Near East
League of Nations
United States
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Council of the
Reward Offered for Wall Street Bomb Mystery Solve
New York offers 70500 dollars for solving the Wall Street bomb explosion that killed about forty people on September 16. William J Burns International Detective Agency adds 50000 dollars for information leading to convictions, with confidentiality promised. The agency acts for Wall Street financial interests as official investigations continue to stall.
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New York
Wall Street
William J. Burns
Burns Agency
Gaston Chevrolet Killed in 250 Mile Race Crash
Gaston Chevrolet died near race end at the Los Angeles speedway when his car crashed as he led late in the 250 mile event securing the 1920 national driving title on a points basis. Roscoe Sarles won the race with Chevrolet’s mechanician Lyall Jolla dead and O'Donnell severely injured. Brescohan survived 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 Fraud Conspiracy Case
Four Pittsburgh businessmen including Parelarkin and Taylor, president of the Pittsburgh Sheet and Tinplate Co of Maarletta Ohio, are indicted by a federal grand jury for defrauding investors in the stock sale of the firm. Taylor allegedly sold large blocks of stock totaling up to 2 million dollars in a company assessed at about 800 thousand dollars by federal investigators.
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Pittsburgh
Parelarkin
Taylor
Pittsburgh Sheet & Tinplate Company
Maarletta
Ohio
Wing the Muds
Brief News Notes From All Parts of Wyoming
Arapahoes chief Lone Bear died on the Wind River reservation from pneumonia after exposure at a Crow Creek encampment. Douglas district ships 211 carloads of livestock east via the Northwestern to Omaha. A first Indian citizen papers case occurs in Lander District Court. Roy Freel is guilty of manslaughter. his brother Earl is acquitted. Yee Geow, Chinese, in Cheyenne on two federal officer murders, ends hunger strike and requests more food. Congressman Mondell returns to Washington on crutches. Cheyenne-Douglas Coal Co forms to develop Sheckler mine near Douglas. Crosby mines worker Joseph Hanoski dies from cable accident. US Forestry Service windstorm signal system proposed to aid air mail pilots after Woodward crash. Wyoming oil output for eight months in 1920 totals 11,060,000 barrels. Peter Bodjec pleads guilty to felonious assault. Burnoff Galinski and Eli Svilar plead not guilty. One payroll guard wounded. cocaine prisoner John Pirtle escapes Basin. Sugar beet acreage rising. 1021 expansion eyed along Platte. Great Western Sugar Co. pays farmers $6–7 million in 1920, up from 3.5 million in 1910. Cheyenne grand jury returns eighty indictments. ducks out of season charges lead list with George Kates of Worland among those charged.
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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
Joseph Hanoski
Crosby
Thermopolis
Hanoski
United States Forestry Service
John T. Woodward
Laramie Range
Cheyenne Forestry Bureau
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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Cornwell
Anya
Kaiser
Europe
Bills Island
UN Tintgea
Ron Amen
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