Raids on I. W. W. and radicals sweep Pacific coast
Police and mobs raid radical centers after four former servicemen were killed in Centralia Washington. In Los Angeles, I W W headquarters are attacked. in San Francisco police raid the people's institute and I W W HQ with five men held on vagrancy charges.
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San Francisco
Industrial Workers of the World
Centralia
Wash
Pacific Coast
Radical Order
Los Angeles
Industrial Workers of the World Headquarters
Silk Mill Predicted To Surpass Red Cross Drive Target
Local Red Cross workers predict Siebhli Silk Mills will exceed the 300 percent goal in High Point membership drive. Miss Ber Nichols is praised for district work as the city seeks to reach its 2,500 member quota, with current totals under 1,500.
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Siebhli
Red Cross
High Point
Ber Nichols
Bolsheviks Take Omsk As Kelchak Forces Retreat East
Moscow dispatch says Omsk, capital of the all Russian government, has fallen to Bolsheviks. Kelchak forces are retreating in an easterly direction as the situation develops.
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London
Omsk
Moscow
Dr Weist Preaches To Large Audience At First Reformed
Dr Weist delivered a strong sermon on neglect and the penalty for neglect at the First Reformed church drawing a large attentive crowd. He will speak again tomorrow at 11 am and 7 50 pm with public invitation extended. Evacuation of Omsk by most forces cited after Bolsheviks captured Petropavlsk and Ishim, reshaping government location. An insurgent army of 70 000 seized the eastern Black Sea coast from Yelenzhik to Spechy threatening Gen Denikine forces.
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Omsk
Kolchak
Petropaviosk
Ishim
London
Black Sea
Yelenzhik
Spechy
State colleges clash in hard schedule showdown
Norfolk Virginia scene hosts a meeting of state colleges of Virginia and Carolina. The event is billed as one of the hardest struggles on the schedule with teams vying for top honors.
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Norfolk
Navy
Virginia
Carolina
Major Higginson Dies at 84 Founder of Boston Symphony
Boston November 15 Major Henry L Higginson banker and founder of the Boston symphony orchestra died at Massachusetts General Hospital after an operation. He would have been 85 if he had lived until Tuesday.
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Boston
Henry L. Higginson
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Massachusetts General Hospital
Moonshiners rounded up as seven stills seized in Kentucky
In Laurel and Letcher counties southwest Kentucky revenue agents destroyed seven large stills and arrested twelve alleged moonshiners following a mountain operation reported today.
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Louisville
Laurel and Letcher
Kentucky
Child Labor in U S Drops Over Forty Percent
Washington reports child labor in the United States has fallen more than 40 percent since the child labor tax took effect. The tax added ten percent to the net earnings of plants employing children under fourteen.
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Washington
United States
China Plans Large Aerial Transport System
China seeks an aerial transport network and borrows funds at 7 percent to finance it. It ordered many Vickers commercial machines and authorized 7,560,000 dollars in 7 percent bonds at 98, redeemable in ten years to cover costs.
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China
London
Navy
Vickers Manufacturing Company
Chiefs Levy Tax On Wives In South Africa
South African chiefs plan to replace the bachelor tax with a harem tax of ten dollars for each wife after the first, suspending the five dollar bachelor tax. J T Gumede reported to London after a tour with native chiefs.
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London
South Africa
J .T. Gumede
Fire alarms as Western Union telegraph office fills with smoke
A blocked flue in the Western Union telegraph office on Main Street caused smoke to fill the building early today and prompted a call to the fire department.
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Western Union Telegraph Office
Main Street
Miners and Operators Reach Partial Wage Agreement
In Washington on November 15 representatives of coal miners and mine operators agreed to tackle settlement terms for labor conditions in the central competitive district after failing to fix a national wage scale. Secretary Wilson summoned the central wage scale committee to meet at 2:30 p.m. to pursue a new agreement. outside districts will decide if it forms a base for their contracts.
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Washington
F. W. Lukings
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators
Lewis
William Green
United Mine Workers
Wilson
Green
the Central Field
Italian Poet On New Expedition Lands Near Bara
Nov 15 report says Gabriel D'Annunzio who left Fiume on a new expedition has been landed at Bara on the Damlatian coast per news received here last night.
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Triest
Gabriel D'Annunzio
Fiume
Bara
Damlatian
Cotton market slips after opening rally in New York
New York November 15 cotton futures show continued activity with early gains for December but overall weakness as prices fall across the board. December closes at 6.35 cents, January 34.78, March 33.00, May 32.03, and July 31.30.
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New York
No Truth in Rumor of Diamond Slump
London dealers deny a New York report that pear demand is dumping diamonds on the American market and causing a price drop. They note America has long bought about 75 percent of world diamond output worth roughly a billion dollars annually.
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London
New York
America
Chicago Dealers II Rum Prep for Large Celebration
Chicago Friday reports hundreds of saloon keepers applied for renewal of liquor licenses as preparations for a celebration were made in anticipation of a favorable decision by Federal Judge Carpenter and Judge Henry in the Peoria and Chicago liquor dealers injunction case. District Attorney Clyne warned there would be no celebration even if the decision favored the government. if the injunction is issued it would apply only to the one concern involved.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Henry
Peoria
Clyne
Temperance Union Proposes Global Health Campaign
At St Louis on November 15 the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union urged a worldwide drive to teach the bad health effects of alcohol and tobacco. Speakers denied that prohibition caused labor unrest.
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ST. Louis
National Woman's
Carolina Favorite Wins In Annual UNC Davidson Game
Heavy Davidson lineup faced by favored North Carolina in a brisk football clash at Winston Salem. A large crowd attended as enthusiasm ran high and the day’s weather favored play.
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Winston-Salem
University of North Carolina
Davidson
Carolina
Davidson’s
Settlement of Dispute with Railroad Brotherhoods Dims
Washington nov 15 hope for quick settlement of demands of four great railroad brotherhoods faded as sessions between Director General Hines and union leaders were postponed.
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Washington
Great Railroad
Hines
Harvard Professor Shot in Hunting Accident
Cambridge Mass November 15 Professor Roger B Merriam of Harvard was wounded in a hunting incident at Lake Winnepesaukee. A companion, aiming at a bird, fired near Merriam's face and buckshots struck around his eyes. He is home under doctor care and his sight may be impaired.
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Cambridge, Mass
Roger B. Merriam
Harvard
Lake Winnepesaukee
Merriam
First Lynx in Years Shot in Adirondacks
Tupper Lake New York November 15 the first lynx taken in the Adirondacks in years fell to J C Edgar of Kildare. He was hunting between Crystal and Half Moon lakes when the animal sprang. Edgar fired with bird shot and downed the lynx which measured four feet two inches long and weighed forty pounds.
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Tupper Lake
N. Y
Adirondacks
J. C. Edgar
Kildare
Edar
Crystal
Half Moon Lakes
Edgar
Open Bird Hunting Season Begins With Reports Of Abundant Game
The article notes opening day on November 15 when hunting laws relax and many High Point hunters prepare for an afternoon outing. Several plan to harvest birds for tomorrow’s noon meal as the region reports an abundance of game this year.
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Ing
High Point
Miller Named Manager for High Point Furniture Makers
Dick Miller, a top minor league player, is appointed manager of the High Point Furniture Makers for the 1920 Piedmont League season. He gains full control of team hiring and firing, with club officials handling finances, as High Point continues its strong local baseball promotion. Miller previously played in the Pacific Coast League and for Reidsville, earning a free agent status before joining High Point.
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Lo‘o
Miller
Manaver
High Point
North Carolina
Reidsville
Arthur Lyon and
Mace
Senate Cloture Enacted To Limit Debate On Peace Treaty
The US Senate votes 78 to 18 to impose a one hour limit on each senator’s debate as part of the first cloture use in Congress. Amandate reservation tied to article 22 passes. Hitchcock’s substitute rejected 52 to 43. Monroe Doctrine reservation approved 95 to 85. Cloture remains in effect until treaty action or presidential decision.
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Senate
United States
Germany
Congress of the
Hitchcock
Assembly
Council of the
League of
League of Nations
Marshal
Jim Crow Cars Kept In Use Despite Rail Bill Vote
Washington Nov 15 By a vote of 142 to 12 the house refused to add a provision to the railway bill that would force abolition of Jim Crow cars on southern railroads used to separate negroes from whites. The amendment was offered by Representative Madden Republican of Illinois.
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Washington
House
Madden
Illinois
Five Year Sentence In Wexford County Beating Case
In Cadillac Michigan Judge Lamb in District Court sentenced Joseph Clark of Yuma Tonia to five years in the State Reformatory after Clark pleaded guilty to beating Russell Walker an orphan. The judge called the crime among the worst in Wexford County history. the child was tied to a post stripped naked and a halter placed about his neck during the betting administration.
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Cadillac
Mich
Lamb
Joseph Clark
Yuma
Tonia
Russell Walker
Clark
Wexford County
State Reformatory
Daily Mail Denies U S Firms Backed by Boycott Claims
The Daily Mail says American companies are not being boycotted in securing cargo insurance after checking with London and Liverpool sources.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Liverpool
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