Fashion Forecast Seeks Shorter Skirts For 1920
The National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Association style committee in Cleveland reports skirts to fall seven to nine inches from the floor for women and about ten inches for misses in 1920. Tunics and plaited skirts return, hip fullness appears, sleeves shorten, three-quarter lengths favored, sport suits advised, with new leather belts and a long rolling collar. Lord Byron and Peter Pan designs gain praise as wraps resemble Roman togas.
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CLEVELAND, O
Dec. t
National Cloak, Suit and skirt Manufacturers’ Association
Michael Printz
Cleveland
style committee
Miners' Union Leaders Meet in Indianapolis on Wilson Plan
High officials of the Miners' Union are summoned to a Tuesday meeting in Indianapolis where Lewis Green and Palmer will urge acceptance of a compromise offer proposed by President Wilson. The attorney general announced an unexpected development in the situation but withheld terms.
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Union
Indianapolis
Pue
Garfield
Wilson
Surprise move by Wilson paves way to coal strike settlement
Washington reports that Attorney General Palmer announced a tentative agreement between the government and United Mine Workers leaders John L. Lewis and William Green. The plan calls for submitting a concrete compromise proposal to the miners at a Indianapolis meeting Tuesday for acceptance.
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John L. Lewis
William Green
United Mine Workers
mine workers ite
Indianapolis
Wilson
Lewis
Green
Palmer
international executive board
Power Cut Orders to Shut Plants Not Essential
Specific orders direct the chairman of terminal operations to cut power to all plants deemed non essential. The directive focuses on reducing unnecessary electrical load while awaiting further bid utilities to supply current.
Stores Adopt Shorter Day Open From Ten To Five
Stores will open daily from 10 A M to 5 P M with Saturdays excluded Buyers urged to save coal as winter supplies tighten and households seek efficiency measures in daily shopping routines.
New Fuel Rules Curtail Power to Nonessential Industries
Indianapolis adopts coal conservation measures as power to nonessential industries is cut starting tomorrow by F N Reynolds. Heat and light will be supplied for essential operations. stores reduce hours to 10 a m to 5 p m while offices close at 4 p m. Merchants plan 7 closing hours and a 6 p m Saturday closing.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
F. N. Reynolds
United States railroad administration
Mr. Reynolds
Cincinnati
Reynolds
H. A. Garfield
United States
L. “CU. Huesmann
coal conservation committee of
Charlies O’Brien Murphy
Merchants’ Heat and Light Company
M. Reynolds
industrica
C. C. Perry
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
John L. Doerr
J. W. Coneys
Pennsylvania Lines
Pitsburgh
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
William E. Balch
Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
coal conservation committee
Vewwet Tiammer by Arthur Brooks Baker
Essay-like column urges perseverance despite discouragement and profiles a persistent mayoral candidate Bookwalter. It contrasts resilience with failed ambitions and notes Baker’s critique of city editors regarding propaganda.
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ARTHUR BROOKS BAKER
eYfresh
Bookwalter
Allies demand German signing of peace protocol
A note from the supreme council requires Germany to sign the peace protocol to implement the terms or face military measures. The note, prepared in secrecy, also mentions immediate release of German prisoners and plans to address Scapa Flow claims in a separate note. It notes possible American participation if needed, given the armistice.
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PARIS
supreme council
Germany
Scapa Flow
Marshal Foch
Ruhr
Frankfort
Strasburg
Rhine
Pastors urged to advertise church closures in news ads
New York December 6 Ministers whose churches face closure due to coal shortages are asked to unite and prepare Christian messages for paid newspaper advertising. Rev. William H. Foulkes, secretary of the Presbyterian New Era Movement, says the campaign aims to bring cheer and guidance to the community during hard times.
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NEW YORK
William H. Foulkes
Presbyterian New Era Movement
Mrs Tabor and Son Held Over Michigan Case
Yreka California December 6 Walter Tabor and his mother Mrs Lester Tabor are held in connection with a body found in Lawton Michigan believed to be Maude Tabor. They refused to be interviewed. He offered to return to Lawton without extradition proceedings, sheriff says.
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YREKA
Cal
Walter. Tabor
Lester Tabor
Maude Tabor
Lawton
Mich
sheriff's office
Iron Master Scatters His Huge Fortune
A prominent iron master disperses a vast fortune across multiple institutions, affecting local finance and philanthropy. The move reshapes regional support for public works and cultural programs, with donations directed to education and community groups.
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IRON
Frick Will Leaves Vast Art Trust As Mansion Becomes Gallery
Henry Clay Frick leaves most of his estate to public and educational uses. Princeton Harvard and MIT receive about 25 million, plus Pittsburgh hospitals and charities gain hundreds of thousands each. The New York mansion houses the 50 million dollar Frick collection and will pass to Mrs. Frick with a trust to keep it public. Helen Frick and other heirs are named in various trust and maintenance provisions.
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New York
Henry Clay Frick
Pittsburgh
Princeton
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard and Technology
Educational Fund Commission
Children’s hospital
Allegheny General Hospital Home for the Friendless
Kingsley House Association
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh Free Dispensary
Pittsburgh Newsboys Home
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Central Young Women’s Christiaan Association
Union
Greensburg
Mount Pleasant Memorial Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Braddock General Hospital
Braddock
Homestead Hospital
Homestead
Pennsylvania
society of the
city of
Helen C. Frick
Frick
Adelaide 3. C. Frick
New York state
New York mansion
public gallery of art
Horace Havemeyer
Fourteenth Ward
Homewood cemetery
Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh
Weather forecast for Indiana and Indianapolis area
Sunday and Monday forecast calls for cloudy and colder conditions with a shift to fair and colder on Monday allow northwest winds. Indianapolis region expected similar pattern with cloudy, colder Sunday and Monday turning fair and colder. The report includes historical temperature and humidity readings and notes on precipitation.
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Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Indianapolis Star
Orad
Mineman s ree nee
Maximoum
Ws cceasann sas iain
Jenkins Bail Mystery Still Unresolved
The Indianapolis Star reports the Dec 6 Chicago Hoosier nominating convention in chaos as Maj Edwin Denby is named candidate for president and a long list of appointments follows. A platform for prohibition is pledged with various honors and diplomatic posts named.
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Indianapolis Star
CHICAGI
Wabash
Edwin Denby
United States
Henry A. Barnhart
Jiod Eller
Landis
Anderson
George T. Buckingham
supreme court of the Indiana society
Wilbur D. Nesbit
West Virginia judge issues restraining order in UMWA case
Judge Benjamin Keller issued a temporary restraining order in Charleston naming 140 miners officials and mine committee members from Districts 17 and 20 of the United Mine Workers of America. The order bars unlawful conspiracy or strike activity as hearings set for December 22. The bill also names two international board members, B. Scott and Lawrence Towyer, as defendants.
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CHARLESTON
W. Va
ming
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Benjamin ¥. Keller
United States District Court
Lou E H. Kelly
international board of the union
B. §. Scott
Lawrence Towyer
international union
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Steel Strike End Likely Vote In Washington
Youngstown Ohio reports say the national strike committees of steel workers will meet in Washington on December 18 to vote on a proposed strike authorization. Presidents of 24 international unions tied to the stoppage will vote directly on the measure, per an organizer’s field report.
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Navy
xin
YOUNGSTOWN, O
Washington
national strike committee
Kansan bill would limit newspapers nationwide
Washington The Republican Kansan Representative announced a bill to curb newspaper and periodical sizes until July 7. The proposal limits daily papers to 24 pages, Sunday editions to 36, weekly and biweekly journals to 75, and monthly periods to 19 pages, with mail bans for violations.
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WASHINGTON
Anthony
Kansay
Crown Prince Renews Lease on Dutch House
The former German crown prince has renewed the lease on his house at Wietingen until next spring in a decision reported from The Hague on December 6.
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THE HAGUE
Wec
Wietingen
Utmost Secrecy Attends Union Heads’ Capitol Trip
Union leaders Mr. Lewis and Mr. Green left for Washington Friday evening under extraordinary secrecy. In Indianapolis officials denied knowledge of their destination, while dispatches from Washington indicated their arrival was not publicly known until after Attorney General Palmer spoke. A contempt citation case for eighty four officers and committee members looms, with a court appearance set for Tuesday, as a possible strike settlement nears.
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Lewis
Mr. Green
Washington
Indianapolis
United Wine Workers
Merchants Bank
intervale
Mills Searles
Mine Workers’ Journal
Leaeis
Green
Palmer
internationl executive board
cate
Andrigon
Wilson
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