World News Roundup From The South Segment
Dramatic dispatches cover battleships launched by Britain, debates over ex Kaiser in Holland, Fiume clashes, Dalmatia talks, and Versailles protocol shifts. Reports from Washington to Meridian floods, coal policy, and military plans accompany political tensions and notable deaths.
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Dr. Sannes
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Fiume
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d’Annunzio
Italy
Dalmatia
Germany
Versailles
Supreme Council
United States
Scapa Flow
League Tribunal
Gustav Noske
Noske
Mantua
Henry Clay Frick
Fifth Avenue
New York
Commission to Determine Wages and Conditions Focus of 1920 Labor Debates
The labor strike ended with miners accepting a 14 percent wage rise and a government backed plan to appoint a three member wage commission, including an operator and a miner, to set future increases and working conditions. Officials warned it will be months before full production resumes while rail and fuel plans aim to prevent public shortages.
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Wilson
Garfield
Palmer
Indianapolis
Washington
Fuel Administration
Garfield's Papers Wanted in Coal Strike Inquiry
Washington reports show 80 percent of striking miners returning to work as the railroad administration distributes supplies. The congressional committee resumed hearings and may request documents from Dr. Henry A. Garfield or call Attorney General Palmer and others. R B Norris of the fuel administration testified on Garfield's wage increase proposal while coal operators note slow returns in several fields. Indiana reports nearly full resumption, Illinois and Pennsylvania fields lag.
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Edward W. Pickard
Garfield
Wilson
Lewis
Green
Washington
Railroad Administration
Henry A. Garfield
Palmer
R. B. Norris
Fuel Administration
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Iilinoty
Franklin County
Leaked Supreme Court Decisions Probed by Justice Dept
Washington reports that the Department of Justice announced an investigation into alleged leaks of Supreme Court decisions. The leaks were said to have enabled speculators to profit from stock market moves ahead of public releases.
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Washington
Department of Justs
Supreme Court
Quick Legislation Urged For Railroads In 1910 Congress
Washington warned that without quick action to protect railroad properties, two thirds of lines could fall to receivers within 30 days. Senator Cummins, drafting the railroad bill, said the Senate must not delay amid President Wilson’s move to end government control at the start of the new year.
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Theouthern Regional Coal Committee
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Sewanee
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Mississippi River
Mayer
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Russia
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Puebla
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Ransdell
Gay
McNary
Sugar Equalization Board
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Tanssig
Taussig
New Industrial Conference
Washington
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Committee
News Print Conditions Urged to Be Remedied
Washington reports 2500 to 100 small newspapers may suspend or fade unless newsprint supply improves. Representative Anthony of Kansas urged the House Post Office Committee to back a bill limiting daily newspapers and second class periodicals to 24 pages to preserve the press.
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Washington
Anthony
Kansas
House Post Office Committee
Wartime Prohibition Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled wartime prohibition constitutional in a unanimous decision, ending hopes for a wet holiday period and affirming ongoing restrictions amid the wartime emergency.
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Washington
Supreme Court
End of State Loan Era Says Paris Mission Returnee
Eugene Schneider reports from a U S mission that Paris France must spend three million francs in the United States next year on wheat cotton oats coal and machinery. He quotes the Journal noting the American state cannot and will not advance this sum. The day of state loans to the state is over.
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Paris
France
United States
Eugene Schneider
Prisoner Freed After Villista Kidnapping Near Musquiz
Paso manager of the J. M. Dobie rauch near Musquiz Mexico was released by Villistas who had held him for 10 dollars ransom with no payment made. Several prominent Mexicans seized with Hugo during a raid on Marquis were also freed without ransom.
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Paso
J. M. Dobie Rauch
Musquiz
Mexico
Villistas
Hugo
Marquis
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