Lost Battalion hero Whittlesey reported missing at sea
Lieut. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey, famed for the Argonne stand, disappeared from the steamship Toton en route to Havana. A captain’s message said Whittlesey left letters and would not return, prompting speculation about his fate amid mental strain and wartime grief.
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New York
Charlies W. Whittlesey
Pattalion
Lings
Toton
Havana
C. W. Whittlesey
Col. Whittlesey
J. B. Pruyn
Captain Grant
The
Talon
Colonel Whittlesey
Mr. Pruyn
Whittlesey
Armis
Washington
RK. F. Little
White & Case
Lila
Arlington
O. W. Whittlesey
Io the Argonne
608Th Infantry
Anén
Brady calls meeting to probe theater slump in New York
William A. Brady summons actors theatrical managers and others to discuss the theatrical business decline. He urges frank talk and action, saying the industry is standing still and a serious assessment is needed to address the crisis.
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New York
William A. Brady
Revised railroad shop rules promise big savings and open shop shift
The United States Railroad Labor Board issued revised working rules effective December 1 that cover about 400000 shop employees and aim to cut costs by up to 50 million dollars annually. The changes expand flexibility, allow minor jobs by different crafts, and preserve collective bargaining while reducing rigid rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
France Fixes Army Strength At Eight Hundred Eighteen Thousand
Paris reports the French army total 818000 as of October 1 in a commission release to the chamber of deputies. The figure accompanies the government bill to draft the class of 1922 in two contingents, one next May and another in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Twelve Killed as School Bus Collides With Train
Twelve high school students died when their bus struck Southern Pacific train No. 15 at the Proberta crossing south of here. Sixteen children were in the automobile. four injured are not expected to live.
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Ned Bluff
Callf
Here
Proberta Crossing
Southern Pacific
Dynamite Cap Fatality Near Princeton Texas
Robert Steele aged 55 died near Princeton Texas from a dynamite cap explosion after placing a cap on a fuse with his teeth while clearing tree stumps on a farm in McKinney. The accident occurred on a farm near Princeton.
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Farmer
McKinney
Tex
Robert Steele
Princeton
Destroyer De Long Goes Aground Off Halfmoon Bay
One officer and three seamen came ashore safely from the destroyer De Long which ran aground on rocks a mile and a half south of Half Moon Bay California. The engine room was flooded and the ship lay broadside against the shore as about 100 men aboard stood by. Several destroyers and tugs assisted though heavy seas prevented lines from being hurled for some time.
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San V Francisco
Halfmoon Bay
California
China Presses For End Of Foreign Courts In China
At the Nine Power Conference the Chinese delegation urged withdrawal of all foreign courts and troops from China and the abolition of foreign telegraph and radio systems. Japanese representatives showed caution citing railroads and telegraph lines. discussions continue with a possible timetable. Prince Tokugawa said Japan will abolish troop presence as a satisfactory formula is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Conference of the Nine Powers
Preiic
Or Eastern Committee
Senator Lodge
International Commission of Juvists
Aother
Hieh “Ten Polnta
Sze
Underwood
Far Eastern Committee
Li. Sze
Prince Tokugawa
Japan
Riots and Looting Hit Viennese Hotels Americans Targeted
Rioting in Vienna attacked many American guests at a hotel. Mrs Hand wife of a US Army colonel and daughter were robbed of furs and clothes. A colonel and Mrs Miller displayed the American flag and spoke English, prompting rioters to withdraw. The New Bristol and Old Bristol hotels were looted to the second floor.
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Vienna
Hand
United States Army
Miller
Bristol
Krafts Wins 1921 Wheat King Title at Grain Show
Walter Krafts of Bozeman Montana won the 1921 wheat king title at the International Grain and Tog Show in Chicago securing a share of 10000 dollars in prizes from the Chicago Board of Trade. He dethroned J C Mitchell of Dahinda Saskatchewan who was runner up. Krafts wheat tested 68 6 pounds per bushel and Mitchell’s 64 7 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
Canada
Walter Krafts
Bozeman, Mont
Chicago Board of Trade
Kraft
J. C. Mitchell
Dahinda
Sask
Mitchell
Trains Collision In Oregon Kills Ten, Injures Sixty
Ten killed and sixty injured in a head on collision of two Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company passenger trains near Cablo Oregon. Reports reach the company head offices summarize the toll and human suffering.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Cablo
Wind Ravages Portuguese Air Fleet Near Lisbon
A severe windstorm battered a military aviation camp near Lisbon destroying most of the Portuguese air fleet. The damage endangers local defense plans and forces a reevaluation of aircraft assets.
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Lisbon
U S Homicide Figures For 1920 Lead Memphis Record
National homicide totals for 1920 reach about 9 000 with Memphis Tennessee topping per capita killings at 63.4 per 100 000. Tables indicate Southern states show higher black mortality ratios compared with whites.
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New York
United States
Frederick L. Hoffman
Memphis
Tenn
Diplomatic Moves Fail to Break Naval Ratio Deadlock
Washington reports that Great Britain side with Japan has signaled support for a 10-10-7 ratio while the United States maintains its position. Baron Kato pressed for increased Japanese strength, but American and British delegations oppose changing the basis of ratio. Talks resume as Tokyo sends new instructions and Hughes and Balfour pursue a broader path toward a fair settlement on naval relativity.
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Washington
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Tokyo
Baron Kato
Hughes
A. J. Balfour
Balfour
Tokio
Shantung
Famine Spreading in Russia Reported by Bolshevist Advises
Dispatches note worsening famine as winter nears in the Saratov region. About 49,000 peasants listed as starving, children without food for days, and some people driven to madness. Mothers reportedly bathing children in poisonous extract from a deepa wool in a fatal hope.
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Russia
Riga
Saratov
Rosta
Japan US naval talks seen edging toward agreement
Washington reports indicate the United States and Japan neared a naval ratio accord after talks at the State Department among Secretary Hughes Admiral Baron Kato and Arthur Balfour. Officials described the meeting as most important with Tokio to decide on fortifications and the Mutsu issue, while stressing Japan will safeguard national defense without wrecking the conference.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Hughes
Baron Kato
A. J. Balfour
Tokio
Arthur J. Balfour
State Department
Pacific
Far East
Great Britain
Peete Seeks U S Supreme Court Retrial
Mrs. Louise Peete moves for a U S Supreme Court appeal to overturn her murder conviction in Los Angeles. The petition claims constitutional rights were violated when a juror was discharged by illness and an alternate juror sat without impaneling a new jury.
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Mrs. Peete
Los Angeles
United States Supreme Court
Louise Peete
Jacob Charles Denton
United States District Court
Pwete
Lloyd George Plans US Departure December 12
London reports Prime Minister Lloyd George intends to sail for the United States on December 12 in hopes time will ease the Irish negotiations. He may seek to align France and Britain on a united policy toward German reparations.
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Lloyd George
London
England
United States
Washington
France
Great Britain
Briand Returns from Washington Conference
Premier Briand of France arrives at Havre aboard the Paria after attending the arms conference in Washington. A city hall reception honors him before he departs for Paris at noon. He praises the gathering called by President Harding to ease military burdens following the war.
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Havre
Briand
France
Paria
Washington
Paris
Harding
Wyoming Briefs Touch Coal Contracts and Water Talks
The Kemmerer Coal Co agreed to deliver 400000 tons of coal to Oregon Short Line Railroad Co in the coming year. Casper city council authorized a five year deal with the reclamation service for extra Platte river water for the city and refineries. Sugar output at Worland plant rose by over 10000 sacks. A fire in Gillette caused $15000 in losses to multiple structures due to faulty wiring. The Kemmerer court admitted the will of James Mickelson, with widow named executrix. A found body of Fred Roots near Evanston followed his release from jail.
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Western
Union News Gardica
Kemmerer Coal Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Platte River
Casper
Great Western Sugar Company
Worland
Gillette
Johnson
Little Daisy
Kemmerer
James Mickelson
Fred Roots
Evanston
Ogden
Union Pacific
Greybull
Caveman
Basin
James Smith
Metz
Smith
State
Glenock
Civic Improvement
Burlington
Ralph W. Barr
Montana
Northern Pacific
Bare
Big Horn
Thermopolis
EM. J. Perkins
Perkins
Wyoming
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Geo. B. Nelson
Boy Scout Council
Nelson
Abrose Hemingway
Gruenwald
Lovell
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PREY
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Hell
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Railroad Labor Board
Wester
Union News Berthe
International Commission
cWeetern Newspaper
Uinhon News Service
U. S
Phillip Millet
Petit Parisien
Kato
Britain
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