Mediation Moves in Coal Strike Amid Production Rise
Washington Nov 7 government and industry circles press informal mediation led by Bernard Baruch and Frank Lane to reach a basis for ending the strike. Officials warn communities will not be cut off from fuel as West Virginia and other districts show rising output. Federal troops are positioned in West Virginia as authorities prepare for possible disorder.
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Moy
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W. PF. Harrell
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Congress
WETS LEAD ON 4 QUESTIONS IN PROHIBITION REFERENDUM
The article reports on wet supporters leading in four questions as return ballots await Tuesday elections. It details a statewide liquor referendum with 279 percent beer proposal and 29,105 votes for repeal of statewide prohibition, while anti prohibition forces show 0 in the ledger.
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Federa Taw
Senate Adopts Lodge Preamble In Treaty Reservations
Washington Nov 10 The Senate approved the first clause of the foreign relations committee reservations as a preamble requiring three other powers to accept them. The 48 to 40 vote showed a near solid mild reservation bloc in favor. Senators McCumber and three Democrats joined Republicans, supporting the preamble amid ongoing efforts to amend after defeat of the King amendment.
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Country wide raid on Redi inmates sparks city by city
A chaotic report details a nationwide police sweep involving about 600 suspects across twelve cities including Epes and Tis Wor. It describes masked individuals entering a bank, robbing a vault, and fleeing as authorities confirm coordinated raids amid anti Redi movement tensions.
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Washington
Averyvilla
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BR. Horan
Sys
United States
Washington braces for rail guaranty plan and holidays
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee backs temporary legislation sustaining government guarantees to railroads after private control on January 1. Proclaims Thanksgiving for Nov 27. Reports cover sleeping sickness in Portland, G A R encampment dates, German arrests, Kentucky dry victory, and other 1919 era items.
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Washington
Congress
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Heavy losses reported as Bolsheviks claim prison deaths and retreat
A Nov 8 dispatch from Helsinki notes Bolsheviks report 2080 inmates died of starvation in Kresty prison Petrograd. Bolshevik claims say General Yudeniteh’s forces suffered heavy losses and were partly cut off near Gatchina and Luga by Bolshevik cavalry. Thousands of fugitives reach the Finnish frontier from River Besnn north of Kiev as fronts shift after Donkrine forces. An official northwest army communique says troops have moved north from the Sjelt and concentrated near a counter track west of the Gatchinn railway.
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Trotzky
Government Appeals Wet Decision From Kentucky War Prohibition
Washington reports the government appealing to the Supreme Court from Federal Judge Evane of Kentucky who ruled the wartime prohibition act unconstitutional and ordered release of bonded distilled spirits in Louisville. A move to advance the case for early hearing is planned.
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Supreme Court
Evane
Kentucky
Louisville
Coal mine protection sought after operator talks with official
Kentucky operators conferred with Fuel Administrator Gerfeld seeking federal troops to guard coal mines. Threats against continuing operations prompted protection to ensure continued production.
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Kentucky
Washington
Gerfeld
Berlin Reds in Plot Warned by Newspaper
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports a planned communist uprising to depose the German government. Investigators say Bolshevik officers would guide the Ruhr district start, with subcenters in Munich Brunswick and other cities. Spartacists and communists allegedly armed nationwide.
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National Defense Army
Red Army
Wife and infant slain in Illinois barn fire murder case
Bejiford Indiana November 8 a seventeen year old wife and her six week old son were murdered and their bodies nearly burned in a fire that razed their home shortly after midnight The husband and father John Bailey Blak is being sought in connection with the killings The Blairs lived in a small frame house six miles from the city in a lonely cornfield
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Bolsheviki Press On Omsk
Omsk reports Admiral Kolchak orders a preliminary evacuation by the American hospital and nonessential departments due to Bolshevist advance. The government seat may move eastward.
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Kolchak
Court Orders Strike Ended Union Plea Denied to Postpone Hearing
Indianapolis November 10 The United Mine Workers were ordered to withdraw the strike order that caused 400000 men to quit work November 1. Judge A B Anderson ruled the strike violated wartime food and fuel laws and warned that noncompliance would bring contempt of court. The decision directs union leaders to cancel the strike by Tuesday 10 am and notify all locals by 6 pm. Telegrams summoned district presidents to meet Monday to prepare withdrawal for Judge Anderson’s approval.
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All Figured Out in Paris Peace Ratification by Novem ber 20
Paris dispatch reports a strong expectation that the United States Senate will ratify the peace treaty by November 20 and that the exchange of ratifications will occur on that date. La Liberte quotes a source close to Premier Clemenceau noting President Wilson’s stance against Senate opposition and predicting ratification with no comprom ise.
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Gompers Appeal Meets Firm Federal Stand
The government rejects labor leaders plea to drop the coal strike and proceed to peace talks. Gompers and Stone urge injunction vacation while operators defend actions and dispute labor claims amid widespread strike impact and Massachusetts election fallout. Public mood shifts as Coolidge gains and treaty action nears.
Seek to End Bolshevism greens in Russia warned by experts
London reports say the greens of Rusgari are a force to reckon with. Russian experts at the British foreign office cite a series of evacuees who studied conditions in bolshevik Russia. Most greens are Bolshevik deserters, with others from almost every non Bolshevik faction. They have no government plan and would aim to kill Bolsheviks and Jews if they gain power. They take no prisoners and may help some wounded enemies.
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Deserter bands rise as peasants clash with greens
A fragment describes 50 percent of Bolshevik soldiers deserting and forming guerrilla bands. Peasants oppose the Bolsheviks, aiding the greens through raids and hostility, with greens expanding during the summer amid ongoing trouble.
French Army to Scrap Red Trousers in 1914 Uniform
The French minister of war Clemenceau decreed most of the 1914 army uniform should be suppressed leaving only the cap. The red trousers long worn by infantry will not return and horizon blue is rejected in favor of a steel blue. The note recalls the origin of red trousers tracing to Maximilian’s era and a large cloth order from France. The piece ends with a historical note on Boston's old Statehouse built in 1713 and its first floor housing the merchant's exchange.
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