United States Demands Release of Jenkins in Mexico City Note
Western Newspaper Union reports a U S note to Mexico City demanding immediate release of American consular agent William Jenkins held in Puebla. The note brands Mexico's reasons for detention as mere excuses and accuses Carranza of indifference while Puebla is overrun by bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
Mexico City
William
Jenkins
Puebla
Carranza
United States
Lansing
Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Lynching Near Mavon Ends Quietly After Shooting
An unidentified Black man was lynched near Mavon Georgia after shooting and wounding Hansel Rosler Jr. The mob acted quietly and the victim's body was found hanging from a tree near a church. Rosler was expected to recover per physicians.
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Mavon
Hansel Rosler, Jr
North Dakota Ratifies Federal Suffrage Amendment
North Dakota's legislature approves the suffrage joint resolution after Senate passage, with a 102 to 6 vote in the House. A certified copy will be sent to Washington immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
House
Senate
Washington
Avenge Death of Angeles in Chihuahua Action
Reports from El Paso describe 1000 Villa troops attacking the Eightieth federal regiment at Rancho Espaja north of Santa Rosa lia Chihuahua. After Chapultepec officer was executed by firing squad, the unit was massacred to two survivors. Dr. L. M. Gomez conveyed the account from local sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
Felipe Angeles
Francisco Villa
Rancho Espaja
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Paso
L. M. Gomez
France
Information on American troops kept in Siberia
Washington. Representative Rhodes of Missouri introduced a resolution seeking how long American soldiers would stay in Siberia and whether Japan had defined its Siberian policy. The measure also asks for the strength of British French Italian and Japanese forces in Siberia and whether any selective service men are among the American troops there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Siberia
State Department
Rhodes
Republican
Missouri
Japan
Siberian
Governors Call for Unified Coal Output Drive
At a Chicago conference the seven soft coal producing states agreed to take all possible steps to boost production and urged the federal government to establish a complete fuel administration with a state administrator. They also asked for equitable, uniform coal distribution across states under rigid regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington Mine Workers Leader Faces Fallout After Strike Talks
Washington government mediated talks on the nation wide coal strike collapsed after Miners chief John L Lewis and operators rejected a 14 percent wage increase proposal from Fuel Administrator Garfield. Both sides left embittered, adjourned with no agreement and no clear path forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woatcorn
Union News Service
Washington
Garfield
John L. Lewis
Anderson
William Green
T. W. Guthrie
Pittseburg
Wilson
Hunger Strike at Ellis Island Deportation Hearing Riot
More than sixty radicals awaiting deportation hearings at Ellis Island began two strikes within two hours after demanding removal of a separating wire screen. They refused breakfast, turning down a menu of prunes oats bread with substitute butter and coffee during the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ellis Island
House Immigration Committee
Star Opera Company Bankruptcy Petition Filed in New York
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against the Star Opera Company which aimed to present German opera in New York. Liabilities are about 825,000 with assets around 2,500. Performances were halted by an injunction after rioting for nearly a week, and the petition arose after three singers claimed nonpaid salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Star Opera Company
Socialist Lecturer Escort Stirs Local Stir After Walk Return
Walter Mills, Socialist lecturer and writer, aimed to speak at a grange hall near Prosser, but organizers failed. A group of ex servicemen drove him twenty miles away, then he walked to Kiona, hired a car and came back, completing the episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosser
Wash
Walter ‘Thomas | Mills
Kiona
Yaquis Ambush Mexicans Near Sonora Border
Advices received by Francis J. Dyer, American consul at Nogales, report a Yaqui ambush south of Tonich on the Yaqui river near Onavas, Sonora. Two hundred Mexican soldiers and several high federal officers were killed in the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Onavas
Tonich
Yaqua River
Sonora
Francis J. Dyer
Miners Rescued Alive After Two Weeks entombment
P. P. Grant and Holl Salko, miners, were freed from the Gold Hunter mine at Mullawalnee after being entombed by a wall of earth since Saturday morning November 15. The two men were rescued alive following two weeks of imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Idaho
Mullawalnee
P. P. Grant
Holl Salko
Sale of Formulas Prohibited in Washington
The Bureau of Internal Revenue bans sale of formulas for making intoxicating liquor for home use. Firms or corporations selling such formulas face criminal penalties under federal law, including fines up to 10 000 or up to one year in prison, or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mexico unrest nears breaking point as Americans slain
Washington reports another American killed in Mexico near Tampico amid Carranza fighting and consular tensions. The death of Gulf Refining employee James Wallace follows severe abuses of a ransom hostage, fueling U S pressure. Secretary Lansing and Mexican ambassador Bonillas discussed firm warnings and possible consequences if violence continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
Jenkins
Mexico City
Carranza
Queretaro
James Wallace
Tampico
Wallace
W. M. Wallace
Gulf Refining Company
Jim
Tampicco
Colombia
Gulf Company
Ignacio Bonillas
Lansing
State Department
Bonillas
Puebla
Otto Lund
Mayarit
Plot to murder Greek Premier Venizelos uncovered
Athens authorities report a plot to assassinate Premier Venizelos and overthrow the monarchy, with many arrests already made as investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Venizelos
Fear Anarchy In Turkey
Fear of imminent Turkish chaos and no government to negotiate a peace is cited as motivation for early appeals to the Paris peace conference. The grand vizier also pushes country districts to speed elections so a parliament can convene to discuss peace terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Sublime Porte
Paris
Turkey
Admires Tension Over Dalmatia War Risk In Adriatic
Geneva reports say Jugo Slav princes urge prompt allied intervention to avert war as d Annunzio campaigns raise fears of a broader upheaval. Zara blockade claims and terror reports circulate while Belgrade officials warn of potential conflict with Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Geneva
Berne
Belgrade
Zara
Spain
d'Annunzio
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Paris
Adriatic
Jugo-Slav Bureau
London
Washington
Baltimore Hall Fire Destroys Johns Hopkins Buildings
A major Baltimore fire at McCoy's hall, part of Johns Hopkins University, devastated or damaged every building in the block bounded by Howard Ross Monument and Butaw streets. High winds spread embers miles away, setting roofs and awnings on Lexington market and department stores alight, with employees battling multiple blazes.
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Baltimore
McCoy’s Hall
Johns Hopkins University
Howard, Ross, Monument
Butaw
Lexington Market
Salt River Flood Threatens Phoenix Areas
Flood waters from the Salt and Agua Fria rivers inundated areas near Phoenix after heavy rainfall. The Salt river near central Phoenix was at flood stage and rising about a foot per hour. Deputy sheriffs guarded the concrete bridge at Central Avenue to deter crossings.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt
Agua Iria
Central Avenue
Blunt Notice Warns Coal Miners and Operators
The Department of Justice announced a blunt notice to soft coal miners and operators that interference with coal production would not be tolerated. It warned of legal action and potential troop deployment to protect miners after cabinet deliberations on the critical fuel situation amid a breakdown in negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Strike Ends in Kansas City Rail Switchmen Move Back to Work
Kansas City Dec 1 The rail switchmen strike started Saturday and ended early today after a long meeting. Strikers voted to return to work relieving a fuel shortage tied to the coal miners strike. National officers advised retreat but no word on federal troops. Delegation announced the vote at the Kansas City Terminal Company office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansans City
Brotherhood of Railway
W. M. Corbett
Kansas City Terminal Company
Severe Midwest Windstorm Kills and Wrecks Property
A powerful storm moving from northwest Arkansas across central valleys and the southern lake region caused at least eight deaths and about sixty injuries. It cut communications in northern Arkansas and parts of Missouri and Kansas, with eighty mile per hour winds in Detroit. The gale toppled trees, downed wires, and unroofed homes across central states. Five died in southern Michigan and two men in Indianapolis perished from electrocution and a fall from a ladder.
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Chicago
Arkansas
Lake Region
Missouri
Kansas
Detroit
Michigan
Indianapolis
Hoover report notes $88.75 million to return to U S
The American Relief Administration will return about 88.75 million dollars of the 100 million Congressional relief appropriation to the U S government. The amount will be repaid as treasury notes from European governments involved in the relief effort. The remaining funds financed donated supplies with no reimbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Relief Administration
United States
Congress
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Treasury
Prohibit Liquor Profiteering In New Orleans
New Orleans officials say the Department of Justice is investigating saloon profiteering in liquor sales. District Attorney Mooney reports dealers charging 40 to 75 cents per drink of high grade liquor and vows action. Judge Foster had ruled the wartime prohibition act unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Department of Justice
Mooney
Foster
Government to Take Over Madrid Bakeries
The government will operate Madrid bakeries to resolve the bread shortage caused by the bakers strike. Strikers will be paid the wages they demanded as operations start immediately.
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Madrid
Fire destroys Chandler cotton gin plant
A fire of unknown origin in Chandler Arizona totally destroyed the Chandler gin of the Southwest Cotton Company a Goodyear subsidiary. The loss is estimated at 80000 dollars. Several hundred bales of gin and cotton stored nearby were undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
Ariz
Southwest Cotton Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Germany May Not Pay Demand for Docks and Tugs
Berlin reports in authoritative circles that Germany will refuse to comply with the Entente demand for 400000 tons of docks dredges and tugs intended as compensation for German warships sunk at Sapa Flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Sapa Flow
Women Acquire Roosevelt Birthplace as Debt Is Cleared
The Theodore Roosevelt birthplace at 28 East Twentieth Street in New York is now owned by the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association after a $25,048 payment by treasurer Mrs. A Barton Hepburn clears the mortgage. The association plans restoration and to run the site as Roosevelt House a national center of Americanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association
A. Barton Hepburn
East Twentieth Street
Roosevelt House
The Joy of Motherhood in Ellensburg Washington
A widowed or married woman recalls illness before marriage and, after trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, reports restored health and a newborn. The ad invites other women seeking children to try the medicine and contact Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for advice, citing 40 years of experience.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ellensburg
Ham
Johnson
R. No
Wash
E. Pinkham
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Western Newspaper
Angeles
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Rede
RED Cross
Onorio Ruotolo
Balkan States
Fiume
Gabrielle d'Annunzio
Dalmatia
8. Y. Groulich
Kansas City
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Roosevelt Birthplace
Bayer
Fletcher
Hall
F. J. Jumplatsie, & Co
Toledo, Onion
Mr. Knight
Dean
Thomas A. Ae
East St. Louis
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