Centralia Shooting Ties IWW Organizer to Local Bell
In Centralia the search for an armed shooter continues after George Paxton, a former soldier, was fired upon while patrolling a road near the Centralia Chehalis bridge. Authorities link the murdered four Legion members to Earnest Everett, an IWW organizer, through house records and belongings, while 26 suspected IWW members face potential charges.
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Centralia
Chehalis
Paxton
American Legion
Earnest Everett
IL. W. W
No Compromise on Bolshevism. U S Refuses Talks
Washington reports no US move toward conference with Bolshevik Russia as officials reaffirm policy of treating the regime as outlaws. In a parallel note, a Washington miners and operators conference on coal wage talks is planned with Fuel Administration and Secretary Wilson to address wages and consumer prices.
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U.S
Washington
Russia
United States
State Department
Fuel Administration Yarmers
Wilson
Negroes Arrive to Attend North Carolina Conference in High Point
Delegates arrive by train to Morris Chapel M E Church for the North Carolina Negro Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in session. Bishop Frank M. Bristol presides over each session. Dr. Clarence True delivers the inspirational address, with a few seats reserved for white attendees.
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High Point
North Carolina
The
Methodist Church
Morris Chapel
M. E. Church
Frank M. Bristol
Clarence True
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington, D. C
New York Cotton Fueled by Weather Sparks Market Rallies
The New York cotton market showed ongoing activity with sharp swings as Liverpool bought after a local decline. Early futures posted declines across months but a big buying surge and charts showing killing temperatures in western areas triggered rallies with near months leading gains. Prices opened soft with Dec to July ranging from 31.95 to 36.00.
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New York
Liverpool
Dr F R Taylor Returns From Asheville Medical Convention
Dr. F. R. Taylor was among attendees at a medical convention in Asheville and returned to the city today.
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F. R. Taylor
Asheville
Trans-Ocean Fliers Die After Flight Start
Lieutenants R. M. Douglas and J. S. S. L. Ross, Austrian flying corps and navigator, perished when their plane crashed soon after departure from Hounstow on the England to Australia reliability flight for the government prize of 50 000 dollars. The contest requires 11 500 miles in 30 days with several English aviators also entered.
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London
R. M. Douglas
Austrian Flying Corps
J. S&s. L. Ross
Hounstow
Australia
Surbiton
Surry
Douglas
Ross
England
Juniors Attend Reformed Service at First Reformed
A large Jr U A M turnout heard Dr Weist preach A Momentous Question What Think Ye of Christ The evangelist urged tracing Christ claims from eternity through to salvation He cited leaders and scholars who embraced Christ Mrs Coffield and Dr Weist sang Rev Roy Leinbach welcomed juniors Tonight's topic will be Halting Between Two Opinions
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First Reformed Church
Dr. Weist
Christ
God
Weist
H. S. Coffield
Roy Leinbach
Jazz Water Wheels Will Scare Beavers
Denver reports State Game and Fish Commissioner R G Parvin urges ranchers to install jazz water wheels with tinkling bells as scarecrows to deter beavers damaging farm property. He notes the beavers’ skins are valuable this season, explaining requests for hunting permits may stem from that value.
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Denver
Game and Fish
R. G. Parvin
Parvin
Merchants Seek Marginal Profit Plan After Raleigh Meeting
David Harriss Elmer Shields and E C Dowd returned from Raleigh where they represented High Point at a meeting to discuss securing a marginal profit on merchandise. No action was taken yet as a committee will investigate shoe and clothing prices before a definite plan is proposed.
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David Harriss
Elmer Shields
E. C. Dowd
Raleigh
High Point
Gloture Fight Fails in Senate on Peace Treaty Debate
The Senate rejected a cloture bid by 22 Democrats led by Hitchcock to curb debate on the foreign relations committee reservations to the peace treaty. To allow attendance at Senator Martin's funeral in Charlottesville, the Senate recessed from noon today until 10 am Saturday with a special train arranged to transport Senators.
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Senate
Day
Charlottesville
U S 10 Prevent Mexican Arms Sale In Europe
The United States seeks to halt arms shipments to Mexico from Europe. A Belgium order prompted a protest from the Brussels consul while Spain, not party to the arms treaty, also had Mexican orders. Mexican foreign minister Cuantro Aguilar led the European mission. Shipments were arranged via Belgium with space on Holland America Line ships from Antwerp for Tampico Vera Cruz and Puerto.
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Washington
Europe
Belgium
State Department
Brussels
Spain
Cuantro Aguilar
Mexico
Antwerp
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Puerto
Fair swimmers adopt official one piece bathing suits
Berkeley California November 13 175 fair emulators of Annette Kellerman in a playground swimming class vote to wear white cotton one piece suits as official attire. They say the style is sensible and appropriate for married mothers who know best.
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Berkeley
Cal
Annette Kellerman
Schneider
Wasp Sting Near Death For Missouri Farmer
Jefferson City Missouri November 13 A wasp sting near here endangered Jesse Nieaber a young farmer as his tongue swelled preventing speech He was rushed to a physician and is now out of danger
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Jefferson City
Jesse Nieaber
Nieaber
Judge Debow rules storage act unconstitutional in Startman case
Davidson county Judge J D B Debow declared the 1917 storage act unlawful as to liquors in warehouses and ordered 65 sacks of whiskey returned to defendant William Startman. In Hoboken funeral rites for American soldiers killed in northern Russia were conducted with full military honors and international representation.
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William Startman
Louisville Court Upholds Volstead Challenge in Liquor Sale Case
In federal court Walter Evans sustains wartime prohibition unconstitu tional ruling. He grants an injunction restraining the collector of internal revenues and district attorney from interfering with two Louisville distillers selling their floor stock.
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Louisville
Walter Evans
Kansas Stork Strikes Post Armistice Low Births
A Kansas health report shows 2,916 fewer births in the first eight months of 1919 than 1918. In eight months of 1918 24,972 births occurred. in the same period in 1919 the tally was 22,051.
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Peka
Kan
8S. J. Crumbine
State Board of Health
Kansas Stork
Department of Statistics
Kansas
Mrs E T Jones Visiting In City At Mrs Haves Home
Mrs. E. T. Jones of Danville is visiting in the city, staying at the home of Mrs. D. L. Haves on Russell Street.
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E. T. Jones
Danville
The
City
D. L. Haves
Russell Street
Ruth Smith Returns Home From Winston-Salem Visit
Miss Ruth Smith has left Winston-Salem where she stayed with relatives and friends and returned to her home.
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Ruth Smith
Winston- Salem
Four Year Old Twins Claim Wests Youngest Swimmers Title
Emporia Kansas reports Marie and Joseph Wilhite four year old twins born there are the youngest swimmers in the west. They can swim dive and perform stunts older swimmers might fear. Chauncey Hyatt Minneapolis Athletic Club instructor confirms the claim.
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Emporia
Kan
Chauncey Hyatt
Marie
Joseph Wilhite
Car crashes into grocery store on East High street
A southbound Twenty seventh street car jumped the track near Prospect avenue between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets and rammed into a grocery at 2601 East High, stopping amid glass and debris.
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Kansas City
East Highteenth Street
Prospect Avenue
Seventeenth
Mayor D A Stanton Returns From Asheville Visit
Mayor D A Stanton arrives back in the city after a professional visit to Asheville. The trip concluded with official duties and meetings related to municipal affairs.
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D. A. Stanton
Asheville
Lloyd George denies Bolshevik contact on peace talks
In the House of Commons Premier Lloyd George says no one acted for him or interviewed Bolshevik representatives on peace negotiations. He mentions plans for an international conference where Allied ministers would discuss unresolved peace issues, including Russia.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Russia
Columbia Spectator Ad Seeks Local Introductions
A Spectator ad from a Columbia University student offers to meet several men to be introduced to campus functions. The young woman promises to pay all expenses, remain confidential, and notes she is culturally well bred. Several hundred students await replies.
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New York
Columbia University
The
Spectator
Columbia
American shipping combine wins Fiume trade monopoly
Geneva dispatch reports a U S shipping group with 35 million dollars capital has secured a monopoly of Fiume transport to dominate Adriatic commerce. A separate American firm gains 50 year exclusive rail administration for Jugoslav provinces while Standard Oil secures near free access in Czecho Slovakia after Romania’s failed bid.
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Geneva
Gazette de
Lausanne
Fiume
Standard Oil Company
Rnumanian
Drownings in Park Pool Claim Child’s Life
Three year old Joseph Gonsalves drowned in a shallow park pool in Sacramento California on November 13. A playmate alerted a bystander but no help arrived in time.
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Park Pool
Sacramento
Cai
Joseph Gonsalves
Aeaid
Will of Catherine Merritt Filed in Peekskill
Catherine Merritt who died in 1873 in Yorktown, New York, had a will drawn fifty years ago. In Peekskill the will names her husband J. B Merritt as sole legatee, and his heirs have filed it.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Catherine Merritt
Yorktown
Miners Return to Work in Dukoin Illinois District
In Dukuoin Illinois miners and related workers resumed operations after union order allowed hoisting engineers firemen train men mule feeders and other union men to stay at work overnight mine officers and clerks moved to fill posts while an injunction by Federal Judge Anderson loomed as an unsettled issue for operators and miners
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Dukuoin
Ill
Anderson
American Smords as Exchange Medium in Europe
In Europe the American cigarette acts as a highly valued medium of exchange. After two years with the American Doughboy, Europeans crave American cigarettes, using them to procure goods and accelerate aid efforts such as the Budapest Special relief mission. Cigarettes even secured train delays when engines were scarce.
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Basse
Switzerland
Europe
American Red Cross
Budapest
Paris
Hungary
Two Held on Charge of Killing Soldier Near Fletcher
Asheville officials report the arrest of Joe Black and Geordienna Goardaar in Hendersonville on charges connected to the death of L. F. King, found on railroad tracks near Fletcher. Witnesses testified seeing a crowd with King leaving the Gardner home, and she said they were going to kill King.
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Asheville
Hendersonville
Sherif Allard
Henderson
Joe Black
Geordienna Goardaar
L. F. King
Fletcher
King
Gardner
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