League of Nations Accepts Wilson as Armenian mediator
The League of Nations accepts President Wilson as Armenian mediator after a decade of conflict. Peace is reported to be nearing in Mexico with Obregon. Seventy five iron men disappear at Cop headquarters in a separate incident.
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League of Nations
Wilson
Mexico
Obregon
Cop
Geneva
Switzerland
Associated Press
Armenia
Spain
Brazil
Council
Washington
Europe
A. J. Balfour
Austria
Commission For
Assembly of the League
Bulgaria
Serbia
Greece
Romania
Obregon Inaugurated President Seeks Peace for Mexico
Reports from El Paso and Mexico City describe General Alvaro Obregon's inauguration as president and his pledge to establish peace across Mexico. The new regime worked to pacify factions including Pelaez, Zapata, Villa, and the Yaquis, with indemnity paid to Britain for a prior killing and a focus on stabilizing the oil region and northern fronts.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
California
General Obregon
Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Obregon
de la Huuerta
Pelaez
Zapata
Morelos
Pancho Villa
Velaez
Tampico
Villa
Zacatezaez
Benson
Senor
Roberto V. Pesqueira
United States
de la Huerta
Brazen theft at police headquarters locks money from Mungo’s locker
The city reports another bold theft at police headquarters where dollars vanished from Desk Sergeant Mungo’s locker after bank closings. The lock was intact when the thief struck late Monday night or early Tuesday, suggesting an insider intruder familiar with the building.
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Mungo
Hense
Former express agent arrested on charges of false entries
Benner 8S. P., former local express agent, faces a preliminary hearing Tuesday before United States Commissioner W. G. Brown after a Monday arrest by Deputy Marshal C. T. Roane. Bond set at $1,000. Prosecutors allege false entries occurred between November 1, 1919, and February 25, 1920 while he served as agent.
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P. Benner
Express
United States
W. G. Brown
Benner
Marshall C. T. Roane
Greensboro
High Point
Express Office
Express Company
Independent showing grows in North Carolina votes
Raleigh dispatch notes an uptick in independent voting from state canvass figures. Overman leads Cox 81 161 to 73 600, sparking analysis of voter shifts. Separate items report Graves family court appearance, stock sales suffering from falling prices, and political appointments in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
James M. Cox
United States
Lee S. Overman
State Board of
Overman
Cox
Gaston
Halifax
Pitt
Secotland
Cabbarrus
Durham
Warren
Vance
Stanly
Orange
Solomon Graves
Leon V. Graves
Henderson
Henry G. Connor
Graves
Williamsburg
Kans
Connor
State Department of Insurance
Bickett
Pennsylvania State Capitol
Penn Harris Hotel
Woodus Kellum
Wilmington
Homer L. Lyon
Eighth Judicial District
Kellum
New Hanover County
General Assembly
Great Fire Devours Central Block in Jaspar Alabama
A early morning fire in Jaspar Alabama destroyed Crawford Mercantile and damaged 20 business houses and 10 residences. The blaze, fanned by a brisk wind, wiped out the principal business block and parts of three other blocks with losses around 500000. Property of Southern Bell Telephone Western Union Telegraph First National Bank and Southern Hotel burned.
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Jaspar
Ala
Crawford Mercantile Company
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
First National Bank
Southern Hotel
Three Injured When Scaffold Fails at Cotton Mill
Dan Cole and N H Ward white men are in High Point hospital after a scaffold collapse at Pickett Cotton mill. Cr S Wilson former police member also injured. Falls from about 20 feet. Cole with multiple broken ribs and bruises, Ward hip injuries.
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Dan Cole
N. H. Ward
High Point
Pickett
Cr. S. Wilson
Collidge Takes Pinch of Snuff at Banquet
Boston gathers for the Scots Charitable society banquet as anti prohibition fare is replaced by snuff. Governor Calvin Coolidge, guest of honor and vice president elect, samples the snuff from a silver horn, triggering sneezes across the table as the horn circulates.
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Boston
Scots Charitable Society
Calvin Coolidge
Halt All Immigration Proposed in Senate Bill
Senator King of Utah on a six month nationwide immigration halt while Congress drafts a general law. He argues admissions must be made more difficult and states a ban on aliens from countries deemed to have red tendencies.
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Washington
Congress
King
Utah
Senate Immigration Committee
United States
Cotton Prices Rise Early In Liverpool Led Market
Firmer Liverpool cables and improved goods trade reports push cotton futures higher in early trading. Prices rise about 40 to 6 points from last night, with December at 15.70 and January at 15.70 as March 15.90 May 16.00 and July 16.05.
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New York
Liverpool
Southern
High Point Court Fines Speeding Defendant and Others
In municipal court Judge Kirkman fined Floyd Teague twenty dollars and costs for speeding and warned of harsher penalties on repeat offenses. Teague pleaded guilty to violating a traffic ordinance. R A Robertson paid ten dollars and costs in two cases for disposed mortgaged property. Vester Coltrane was found not guilty of larceny and Clyde Gillon was not guilty of vagrancy.
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Kirkman
Floyd Teague
White
High Point
Teague
R. A. Robertson
Vester Coltrane
Clyde Gillon
Revolt by Chink Troops in I Chang Mutiny and Looting
Reports received by Roberts Dollar and British American Tobacco say troops in I Chang Hupeh mutinied seized, set fire to the city, looted foreign banks and businesses. The city with about 40 000 population suffered a blaze and disruption as fore’s general in the city numbered about 100.
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Shanghat
Associated Press
I-Chang
Hupeh
Roberts Dollar Company
British-American Tobacco Company
Georgia farmer sought by cops in Whitman case
Moultrie Ga Dec 1 Charged with assault with intent to murder James Baker a wealthy young man and Croix de Guerre recipient is said to have attacked the daughter of a prominent Whitman Ga woman while she rode with him. The case has caused a sensation among local residents.
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Moultrie
Whitman
James Baker
Baker
France
Slayer of Wife Hangs Himself in Jail Cell
Raleigh December 1 Charles F Davis a prominent Wake county farmer who shot and badly wounded his wife causing her death yesterday hanged himself in his Wake county jail cell last night using the two sleeves of his undershirt tied to the bars and his neck.
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Raleigh
Charles F. Davis
Wake County
Barkeep Shot After Near Beer Sale Sparks Shootout
In Passaic New Jersey two men died and a police officer was wounded after a saloon dispute over near beer. Grant Watoweky, shot in the neck, said a man known only as Steve asked for whiskey but was refused, prompting the mob to return with a revolver. Anthony Gronitz died of a heart wound and Andrew Carensky was shot through the head. Paduch was arrested near his home porch.
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Passiac
Mia Dee L
Grant Watoweky
Steve
Anthony Gronitz
Andrew Carensky
Paduch
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