Japan Delays Reply as China Proposals Weigh
Washington nov 15 japan’s ambassador baron shidehara’ illness delays a reply to china’s settlement proposals for the far east. critics say openness of commitments could reveal secret treaties with france britain and others while japan weighs how to fit american agenda with china proposals in conference talks.
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Washington
Baron Shidehara
Great Britain
Japan
Admiral Kato
China
Tokio
American State Department
Asia
France
England
Old Controversies Reopened By Twenty-One Demands
The text revives past disputes by highlighting the twenty one demands and states their terms be treated as settled. It notes published instructions to the Japanese delegation urging other powers to accept the facts and avoid reopening the issue.
Prospects of Peace in Ireland Not Changed by Ulster
In authoritative circles the Irish peace situation is not worsened by Ulster cabinet adhering to its prior stance. The Liverpool Unionist conference vote shows broad support for government policy, seen as improving chances for continued peace talks, though a Lloyd George or coalition resignation remains a possible but unlikely scenario.
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Ireland
Ulster
London
Unionist Party
Liverpool
Lloyd George
River Steamer Chile Sinks Near Ohio Dam No. 85
The river steamer Chile bound from Cincinnati sank after hitting a dam projection near New Richmond Ohio. Thirty people including two women were saved by the boat and riverbank craft. initial death reports were false as a full check showed everyone accounted for. The vessel valued at 15000 dollars and its freight cargo were lost.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Chile
Government Dam No. 85
New Richmond
Ohio
Young ex service man confesses 18 murder
Richard Champlain a 22 year old ex service man confessed to killing his step mother Mrs Adram Champlain and claimed he shot his father and step mother in the afternoon and burned the house that night to cover the crime The father was not charged due to lack of evidence
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Saginaw
Mich
Richard Champlain
Adram Champlain
Charles Hodges
John J. Land
Clara A. Humbert
Champlain
Union Miners Told to Avoid Violence in Walsenburg
Robert Foster, national organizer of the United Mine Workers, urged striking miners to shun violence as wage cuts of about 30 percent took effect across southern Colorado. Reports indicate roughly three fourths of miners did not report to work, though no disturbances were reported in the district.
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Wallenburg
Colo
Robert Foster
United Mine Workers of America
Walsenburg
Colorado
Arbuckle Case Jury Ready as Trial Opens
San Francisco November reports complete jury drawn for the Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle manslaughter case over Virginia Rappe death. Fatty appears cheerful in blue as Mrs Arbuckle smiles. District Attorney Brady says Mrs Delmont will be a principal witness. Autopsy doctor Shelby Strange set to testify first on cause of death with other medical testimony to follow.
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San Francisco
Cal
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
Fatty
Red Cross
Mrs. Arbuckle
Brady
Shelby Strange
Virginia Rappe
Zey Prevon
Alice Blake
Great Britain Halts Warship Construction Orders
London reports the admiralty ordered cessation of all work on four Hood type battleships and instructed contractors to avoid new naval liabilities until further notice. Glasgow confirms suspensions of three super Hood type ships and affects steel works. Washington notes Japan’s proposed naval armament modification seeking a slightly higher tonnage ratio and defensive vessel types in line with the U S proposal.
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London
Admiralty
Glasgow
Clyde Ship Yards
Washington
Japan
Charles E. Hughes
The
International
Baron Kato
United States
Great Rodentia
Toner
Navy yards and towns hit by armament limits
Washington reports that a scaled back naval program would shut most U S navy yards and related industries, with only minimal activity kept at a few yards. About 60,000 workers face cuts as $22 million armor plate plant in Charleston may be idle for a decade.
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Washington
America
United States Navy Yards
Representative Kelley
Michigan
Naval Appropriations Committee
House
United States
Navy Yards
Navy Yard
Washington Navy Yard
Dahlgren
Charleston
W. Va
Major Coal Property Sale By Central Railroad of New Jersey
The Central Railroad of New Jersey plans to sell its coal holdings in Lehigh Valley and Wilkesbarre to a syndicate tied to Lehigh Valley, with local partners, for about 82.5 million dollars. The deal may yield roughly 118.50 dollars per share and prompt a cash dividend to stockholders described as a melon. This sale marks one of the last major coal land disposals after federal orders to separate coal lands from railroads, a process ongoing since 1913 amid legal delays.
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New York
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Lehigh Valley and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Pennsylvania
United States Supreme Court
Central Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Lehigh Valley
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Explosion at Diana cafe kills manager in Rockford
Fire marshal and local authorities probe a mysterious explosion and blaze at the Diana cafe in Rockford Illinois. Night manager Evans Svolos died at a hospital after the blast. he was the nephew of Stephen KE Chapin the cafe owner. Svolos was apparently alone in the cafe at the time.
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Rockford, Il
Diana
Evans Svolos
Stephen KE. Chapin
Svolos
Freight rate cut seen as limited aid for Indiana farmers
Franklin Indiana November 18 farmers get only partial relief from a 10 percent freight rate reduction on farm products. W W Suckow Indiana Millers Association says rates on inputs stay high, limiting real benefit. He urges a broader cut across all merchandise and backs a credit plan to open export markets via the armament conference.
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Franklin
Ind
New York
American Railway Executive Association
Indiana
W. W. Suckow
Indiana Millers’ Association
Seaboard
Weather report shows rain likely tonight and Saturday
A weather bulletin warns of rain likely tonight and Saturday with colder temperatures. Temperature drops and steady precipitation expected as a frontal system approaches.
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