Lost Battalion hero Whittlesey reported missing at sea
New York dispatch says Lieut Col Charlies W Whittlesey vanished from the steamship Toton bound for Havana after leaving letters. Officials confirm he was aboard and his relatives and law partners report he appeared cheerful and in good health, though oddly gone. A friend attributes his disappearance to mental strain after Armistice ceremonies.
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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 review of slump in New York theater
William A Brady gathers actors managers and others to examine what ails Broadway. He urges decisive action saying the industry is standing still and needs clear effort to move forward.
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New York
William A. Brady
New Rail Labor Rules Set To Cut Costs And Expand Open Shop
United States Railroad Labor Board issued revised shop rules effective Dec 1 covering about 400 000 workers with broader craft flexibility and wage stability aims. Economies estimated at 50 million dollars yearly as efficiency and output rise. minority grievance representation included. Rules maintain collective bargaining while relaxing some rigid standards to benefit railroads post federal control era.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
France reports 818000 men in army as of Oct 1
Paris reports the army strength at 818000 as of October 1 according to the army commission's tally to the chamber of deputies. The figure accompanies the government's plan to call the class of 1922 into service in two contingents, one next May and the other next November.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Twelve Killed in Bus Crash Near Proberta Crossing
Twelve high school students died when their bus collided with Southern Pacific train No 15 south of here at the Proberta crossing. The bus also carried sixteen children in the automobile. Four injured are not expected to live.
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Ned Bluff
Callf
Here
Proberta Crossing
Southern Pacific
Dynamite Cap Kills Farmer in Texas Farm Accident
Robert Steele, 55, died in McKinney Texas from a dynamite cap exploding in his mouth while he was blowing out tree stumps on a farm near Princeton. He was clamping the cap to the fuse with his teeth when the blast occurred.
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Farmer
McKinney
Tex
Robert Steele
Princeton
Destroyer De Long Goes Ashore Near Half Moon Bay
One officer and three seamen landed safely from the destroyer De Long after it ran aground on rocks a mile and a half south of Half Moon Bay California. The engine room flooded the ship lay broadside to shore as about 100 men remained aboard briefly. Several destroyers and tugs stood by but were hampered by heavy seas and could not reach the vessel immediately.
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San V Francisco
Halfmoon Bay
California
Japs Approve Move in Conference on China Affairs
At the nine powers conference in Washington the Chinese and Japanese delegates debated foreign control and troop withdrawal. Resolutions favored abandoning foreign courts and troops in China, with an international commission to study legal reforms, while discussions on tariffs and revenue continued. Prince Tokugawa signaled Japan’s aim to end Japanese troops’ presence as a satisfactory formula is reached.
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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 Vienna Hotels
Widespread rioting in Vienna harmed Americans staying at hotels. Mrs. Hand and her daughter were robbed of furs and clothing, while Colonel and Mrs. Miller displayed the American flag and spoke English to deter attackers. The New Bristol and Old Bristol hotels were looted to the second floor.
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Vienna
Hand
United States Army
Miller
Bristol
U. S. Wheat Wins 1921 Wheat King Title at Chicago
Walter Krafts of Bozeman Montana captured the 1921 wheat championship at the International Grain Show in Chicago. The contest awarded $10,000 by the Chicago Board of Trade. Krafts dethroned J. C. Mitchell of Dahinda Saskatchewan as runner up with higher test weight 68.6 pounds per bushel to Mitchell's 64.7.
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Chicago
America
Canada
Walter Krafts
Bozeman, Mont
Chicago Board of Trade
Kraft
J. C. Mitchell
Dahinda
Sask
Mitchell
Trains Collide Near Cablo Kills Ten, Injures Sixty
Ten killed and sixty injured in a head on crash involving two Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company passenger trains near Cablo Oregon. Reports to company offices provide the latest toll and details.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Cablo
Wind wrecks Portuguese air fleet near Lisbon
A heavy windstorm tore through the military aviation camp a short distance outside Lisbon destroying a large portion of the Portuguese air fleet. The incident, reported from the air base area, left aircraft damaged and the extent of losses being assessed.
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Lisbon
Homicide totals in U S for 1920 percentile drop noted
U S homicides in 1920 numbered about 9,000 a figure down 500 from 1919 per a Frederick L Hoffman computation. Memphis led with 63.4 killings per 100000 population. Southern states show blacks killed at 3.5 to seven times whites in the tables.
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New York
United States
Frederick L. Hoffman
Memphis
Tenn
Deadlock over naval ratio persists at conference
Washington and London push for harmony with Tokyo on the naval ratio dispute as Japanese plenipotentiaries submit the issue to Tokyo. Britain aligns with Japan’s 10-10-7 demand while the United States opposes a major shift. Secretary Hughes and A. J. Balfour guide conciliation efforts and await Tokio’s guidance as Shantung talks begin in a broader effort to resolve the deadlock.
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Washington
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Tokyo
Baron Kato
Hughes
A. J. Balfour
Balfour
Tokio
Shantung
Famine Spreads in Russia and Riga as Winter Nears
Reported famine worsens in Bolshevist Russia with winter approaching. In Saratov region about 49000 peasants are listed as starving. Children go days without food and some go mad. Dispatches to Rosta News say mothers bathe children in poisonous extract from deepa wool in hopes of death.
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Russia
Riga
Saratov
Rosta
Japan US Near Naval Ratio Accord After Big Three Meeting
Washington reports indicate progress toward a naval ratio agreement between Japan and the United States. After discussions with Secretary Hughes and Admiral Baron Kato, Japanese delegates began relaying a new phase to Tokio. Officials stressed optimism, while Japan signals it will seek adequate national defense and no derailment of talks.
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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
Mrs Peete Seeks Supreme Court Review in Retrial Bid
In Los Angeles a move was filed to send Louise Peete's appeal for retrial to the U S Supreme Court after her conviction for the murder of Jacob Charles Denton. The petition argues she was denied constitutional rights when a juror fell ill and an alternate juror took part without reimpaneling a full 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 to Sail for Washington on Dec 12
London reports Prime Minister Lloyd George plans to leave England for the United States on December 12. He aims to travel to Washington amid the Irish negotiations stalemate, hoping time may ease the impasse while France and Britain work toward a united stance on German reparations.
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Lloyd George
London
England
United States
Washington
France
Great Britain
Briand Returns for Paris After Washington Conference
Premier Briand of France sailed home aboard the Paria from the arms conference in Washington. A city hall reception greeted him before his noon departure for Paris. He stated France could not miss a gathering called by President Harding to ease military burdens weighing on the people after the war.
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Havre
Briand
France
Paria
Washington
Paris
Harding
Wyoming News Notes Itemizes Contracts and Incidents
Key items include Gardica noting a 400000 ton coal delivery contract between Kemmerer Coal Company and Oregon Short Line Railroad. Casper city council advancing a five year water supply deal to Platte river for city and refineries. Sugar production at Worland up over 10 000 sacks. a fatal fire in Gillette caused $15000 losses. Significant court actions include admission of James Mickelson will at Kemmerer and exectrix appointment. Nearby cases cover a Grey bull water pond election dispute and Basin domestic assault parole. Also reported are a Montana death, a rescue on Big Horn River, and a new Wyoming oil field map with 102 anticlines. Casper scout appointment for George B. Nelson. Lovell gas explosion burns.
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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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Western Newspaper Union News Service
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Wester
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International Commission
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Uinhon News Service
U. S
Phillip Millet
Petit Parisien
Kato
Britain
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