Noske Defies Peace Protocol in Interview from London
German Defense Minister Noske vows not to sign the entente peace protocol and to urge the government to resist. He claims the treaty prolongs war, accuses Britain and France of planning Germany's destruction, and says allies seek to cripple Germany with dock and harbor demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gustavy Noske
Defense
Great Britain
France
Germany
Noske
Scapa Flow
Tuga
Frick Leaves Vast Public Bequests From Estate
New York industrialist Henry Clay Frick leaves public bequests totaling 117 million dollars to charities and educational institutions after setting aside 25 million for his widow and children. An additional 151 acres in Pittsburgh are left for a public park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Clay Frick
Pittsburgh
Public Health Service seeks $6 million for war risk patients
Washington reports Surgeon General Blue asked Congress for a deficiency appropriation of 6 million dollars to supplement the 4 million granted for the year ending next July. He said the existing grant would be insufficient to treat war risk insurance patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Congress
Blue
Armenian Republic Receives U S Recognition Plea
James W. Gerard former U S ambassador and head of the American committee for Armenian independence spoke against an American mandate, calling it Turkish in origin. He urged U S recognition of the Armenian Republic to help feed and clothe about one million starving Armenians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
American Committee For the Independence of
Armenia
Republic of Armenia
Mgr. Gerard
United States
Widow Dies In New York From Fear For Husband
Senora Felipe Angeles, wife of the Mexican revolutionary leader recently executed by Carranga troops, died in New York without being informed of his arrest or death. She had come from El Paso three months earlier, suffering nervous exhaustion from fear for his safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senora Felipe Angeles
Carranga
el Paso
Sudden Release Puzzles Washington in Pueblo Jail Case
The mystery surrounds the sudden release of William O. Jenking, American consular agent, from Pueblo jail after government efforts appeared to fail. The State Department and Jenking began investigations to determine if outside influences helped secure the bond accepted by the Mexican government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William 0. Jonking
Pueblo
State Department
Jenking
Train bandit Carlisle shot and captured in Wyoming
William Carlisle, a train bandit who escaped from a Wyoming prison on November 1, is captured after being followed by a posse near Laramie peak. He tells Union Pacific officials he rode east on an eastbound freight posing as a train inspector, robbed the Los Angeles Limited on November 18 near Medicine Bow, and fled west before being traced to a cabin and finally arrested. He says he escaped for a “good job” and plans to return to Rawlins as a prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Douglas
Wyo
William Carliste
Wyoming
Suwling
Rawlins
J. Archer
Laramie
Los Angeles Limited
Medicine Row
Carlisle
Laramie Peak
Laramie Peak District
Irwin
Carisle
Rawling
Farmers Rose to Emergency in Secretary Houston Report
Washington December 6 In his annual report Secretary of Agriculture Houston says farmers helped win the war by greatly increasing food production Wheat for 1919 is estimated a million bushels above 1918 corn 300000000 bushels higher meat milk eggs and poultry also set records Crop yields per acre rise due to better methods and machinery He urges credit unions farm market facilities federal road participation stricter stockyards and packing house controls safeguards against adulterated feeds rural schools sanitation and medical improvements in rural districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Farmers of America
Government to widen probe into coal strike actions
Indianapolis reports the government will broaden prosecutions tied to the miners strike. Investigations will cover alleged violations of the Lever Fuel Control Act and the Sherman anti trust law by miners operators and others following contempt proceedings against United Mine Workers officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Three Die in Bus Fire Near Muscatine Iowa
A fire destroyed a motor coach of the Muscatine Burlington and Southern railroad three miles south of Muscatine. Three persons were killed and eleven others were in critical condition after the coach jumped the track and burned.
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Muscatine, In
El Monte Boy Awakens After Thirty-Six Days Asleep
A 16-year-old El Monte resident, Robert Carr, awoke from a 36 day coma at a Los Angeles hospital when his mother lifted his eyelids. He could not speak but recognized her, ending a long period of unconsciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Robert Carr
el Monte
Northwest Coal Supply Assured Amid Fuel Crisis
Louis W. Hill president of the Great Northern railway says after a conference with railroad and fuel administration officials that assurances were given coal in the Northwest would not be disrupted. He notes the region currently has about 30000 tons of coal sufficient to handle traffic if the Great Lakes shipment resumes in spring under current conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway System
Northwest
Sons of Coal
Great Lakes
Coal shortage hits over a million workers nationwide
More than one million workers are idle or working part time due to the coal shortage. The estimate, called extremely conservative, comes amid reduced railroad service and widespread layoff impacts, including many women. Production nears 50 percent of normal thanks to nonunion workers, with fuel measures under government control and potential extensions after peace. A separate incident in New York saw a sewer gas explosion in White Light district causing panic and evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. D. A. Morrow
National Coal Association
Railroad Administration
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Central Coal Committee
The
Geological Survey
Garfield
Williamstown
Mass
Ames
White House
Hines
Middle West
General Conference of
Searles
Tillnois Coal Operators’ Association
Haugen
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Justice
New York
White Light District
Navy Chief Daniels Reports on World War Navy
Washington December 8 Secretary Daniels submits a long, chatty annual report praising U S Navy efficiency in world war and post armistice demobilization The document highlights troop transport, minefield cleanup, unity of organization and readiness for future crises It notes manpower losses to merchant marine wages and urges Congress to raise pay to lure skilled sailors back to the service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniels
United States
Europe
Naval Aviation
Numchers
Navy
Congress
Naval Service
Jenkins Released After Puebla Detention
American consular agent William O. Jenkins prisoner at Puebla Mexico has been released. The American embassy in Mexico City confirmed the release in an official dispatch to the state department. A $500 deposited with Puebla civil authorities was reported in Mexican wires.
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Washington
Wiliam O. Jenkins
Puebla
Mexico
Mexico City
State Department
Ratification Plea Seeks Prohibition Amendment Stay
Robert A. Widermann of Stony Point New York petitions the District Supreme Court to mandamus Secretary Lansing to cancel a state department proclamation announcing ratification of the prohibition amendment. He argues ratification by the required number of states is not complete because some states reserved a referendum.
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Washington
Madamus Proceedis
Lansing
State Department
District Supreme Court
Robert A. Widermann
Stony Point
New York
Federal Trade Commission charges Big Five meat packers
Formal complaints accuse Armour Morris, and other major Chicago meat packers of violating the Clayton anti trust act through control of thirty one corporations supplying foods and related products. Responses due in forty days precede a public hearing by the FTC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Chicago
Wldel
Congress
United Dressed Beef Coming
Western Meat Company of
San Francisco
Nevada Packing Company
F. Edson White
Armour and Company
Edward Morris
Morris & Co
Avenge Death of Angeles
In El Paso Texas news comes word that 1000 Villa troops attacked the Eightieth federal regiment at Jincho Espajno near Santa Rosa Iti Chihuahua killing nearly all but two. The informer Dr L M Gomez a former American aviator in France reported the event.
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el Paso
Texas
Felipe Angeles
Francisco Villa
Jincho Espajno
Santa Rosa Iti
Chihuahua
L. M. Gomez
France
Fire Out at Homestake Mine After Flooding
The fire burning in the Homestake mine since Sept 25 has been extinguished by flooding to the 4 foot level. The property is being unwatered and mining and milling operations are expected to resume soon. Homestake, a Hearst Hagan property operating since 1877, has produced about 160 million dollars in gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestake
Hearst-Hagan
Passenger Service Cut Ordered Across Eastern Railroads
Regional Director Hardin ordered drastic reductions in passenger service on about 150 railroads from the sea board to St. Louis and Chicago to conserve fuel and speed coal transport to the West amid an acute shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seaboard
St. Louis
Chicago
Hardin
No Volunteer Labor to Run Iowa Mines Says Operators
Des Moines Iowa operators announce no attempt will be made to operate the Iowa mines with unskilled or volunteer labor due to natural conditions preventing such operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Steer Brings Fancy Figure at International Live Stock Show
The grand champion steer, Junior Lad, chosen by Judge Crician, will not be used for Christmas beef. Junior Lad sold to Malcolm Tiros of Cambridge, Nebraska, for $2,020 per hundred pounds, weighing 1,025 pounds, setting a record price for the grand champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Junior Lad
Crician of
Nagland
Malcolm Tiros
Cambridge
Neb
Wyoming Brief News Notes 1919 Events across the state
Wyoming brief notes report Red Cross Christmas drive across the United States December 1 to 10 1919. Sentences for Kemmoever murder, Fort MacKenzie potential War Department officer training site, Cheyenne tax office creation, Denlo Milling expanding after Sheridan fire, robberies near Thermopolis and Lusk, Cheyenne job efforts for veterans, Western Sulphur’s Hellfyre fertilizer, Denlo damage claim against railroads, new U S internal revenue office opened, game warden move to Cheyenne, liquor seizure case petition to Wyoming Supreme Court, Casper taxi fare cut, Wind River train robbery and whisky theft at Burlington split.
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William Sewell
Joseph J. Tolinson
Fot Kemmoever
Stummer
Winslow Brothers
J. B. Kendrick
Washington
Fort MacKenzie
Sheridan
War Department
Wyoming
Department
Cheyenne
Colorado
Internal Revenue
Daniel C. Roper
J. W. Denle Milling Company
Covercut
Thermopolis
Joseph Relaso
Delasco
al Robbins
Lusk, Wye
Robbins
Western Sulphur Company
Wyoming Sulphur Company
American Sulphur Company
Denlo Milling Company
Walter D. Hines
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
United States Internal Revenue Office
District of Wyoming
Leste A. Miller
Citizens National Bank
W.T. Judkins
Lander
State Game Commission
Careylis
Theodore Peterson
Wyoming Supreme Court
Peterson
Muy Point
Cuisper
Burlington Fraight
Wind River
Casper
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Favora Armenian Republic
Rawlins Hotel
Tamines
Belgium
Sambre
Idaniels
Jenkins
Angeles
Waper Union News Service
Red Cross Christman
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