League of Nations Postpones Elimination of Article X
The assembly postponed consideration of an Argentine proposal to admit all sovereign states and sent Doherty’s amendment to remove Article X to a committee. Lord Robert Cecil condemned restricting the assembly's powers while a heated debate over council relations, disarmament, and mandates followed.
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Geneva
Der
Associated Press
League of Nations
Assembly
C. J. Doherty
League
Rene Viviani
France
N. W. Rowell
Canada
Council of the League
Paul Hymans
Senor Puevyrredon
Robert Cecil
Union of South Africa
Robert
Argentina
Lord Robert
Hjalmar Branting
Sweden
Doherty
Council
A. J. Balfour
Great Britain
Bishop Clune Aims for Early Peace Talks in Ireland
Dublin reports indicate ongoing negotiations for an early Irish peace, led by Rev. Patrick Joseph Clune who Lloyd George asked to gauge Sinn Fein sentiment. Clune hopes a truce and settlement basis emerge before Christmas, with discussions covering finance, customs, and prisoner releases.
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Patrick Joseph Clune
Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Associated Press
Ireland
Perth
Australia
Monsignor Clune
County Clare
England
Arthur Griffith
London
M. Fogarty
Killaloe
Ennis
Coalition
Arthur Henderson
Irish Republic
Montjoy
Griffith
President-Elect Harding Foresees Senate Cooperation
President-elect Harding tells the Senate he expects friendly relations between the White House and Congress. He aims to preserve the Senate’s responsibilities while pursuing executive cooperation and a nonpartisan path during his forthcoming administration.
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White House
Congress
Washington, D. C
Harding
Senate
Senate Chamber
U S Supreme Court Rules Lehigh Valley Railroad Case
The government won its anti trust suit against the Lehigh Valley Railroad and affiliated companies. The Supreme Court upheld monopoly and Sherman act violations tied to the commodities clause in forming the Lehigh Valley coal sales company. Redistributing stock was ordered to dissolve the restraint on trade. Justice McReynolds and Brandeis did not participate.
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Washington, D. C
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Clarke
Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Company
Lehigh Valley Company
McReynolds
Brandeis
Start of Federal Grand Jury Examination in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis Indiana on December 6 the federal grand jury began examining 500 witnesses asked to testify about alleged violations of the prohibition law.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Man Convicted in Burlington Mail Car Robbery Sentenced
Keith Collins, linked to the Burlington mail car robbery at Council Bluffs, Iowa, pleads guilty and receives a fifteen year federal term. He was moved from Des Moines to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in federal custody for serving the sentence.
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Des Moines
Keith Collins
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Collins
Wilson May Not Address Session In Person
President Wilson met with a congressional committee in the Blue Room and indicated he would communicate with Congress tomorrow rather than appear in person. The officers described him as in very good spirits, with a cane and a slight limp, while observers noted a quiet, formal reception.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congressional Committee
Congress
Champ Clark
Underwood
Alabama
Senate
White House
Lodge
Mondell
Fordney
Clark
Representative Mondell
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Mr. Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
Mason Contractors Meet Opens Eleventh U.S. and Canada Convention
Means of reducing building costs tops discussions as the eleventh annual convention of the Mason Contractors' Association of the United States and Canada opens in Detroit. The gathering runs through Wednesday with delegates from the United States and Canada in attendance.
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Mason Contractors
Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Mason Contractors’ Association of
United States
Canada
Bread Price Cut One Cent In Cleveland Market
The Associated Press reports a second bread price reduction in two weeks. Pound loaves now sell for 12 cents and 16 cent loaves for one and a half pounds, each down by one cent.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Montgomery Ward Sales Show Slump in November
Montgomery Ward reports November 1920 sales fell 22.69 percent from November 1919 to 19 883 596 dollars. First eleven months total 102 295 244 dollars, up 7.5 percent from 1919, while November 1920 declined compared with the prior year.
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Montgomery-Ward
Chicago
Ill
Montgomery-Ward and Company
Exports to Japan Britain Fall in October
Washington reports that Great Britain and Japan were the only large countries to take fewer U S goods in October than in the same month last year. Germany Canada Mexico Chile and the Dutch East Indies were the few nations from which the United States received more goods than in October 1918.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Germany
Canada
Mexico
Chile
Dutch Fast Indies
Unsettled Weather Drops Rain Across Iowa and Illinois
Iowa stays unsettled tonight with rain in the southeast. Tuesday improves to generally fair with little temperature change. Illinois also unsettled tonight with rain in the south and central portions. Tuesday brings rain or snow in the north and rain in the south, with little temperature change.
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Iowa
Illinois
North Dakota Townleyism Crisis Ties to State Bank
Fargo report shows the radical initiative and referendum tools backfiring on Townleyism as a Bank of North Dakota crisis looms. The Boss notes state bonds funded bank operations, deposits from public funds and some so-called individual deposits, wounding the league's program.
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Fargo
N. Dak
North Dakota
League
State Bank
State Bank of North Dakota
State Bank of
Court overturns Hearst injunction on Ship Board powers
Washington December 6 the district court of appeals set aside the injunction that barred the sale of former German passenger liners. Congress later authorized sale, making the issue moot and leaving the board's powers unchallenged.
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Hearst
Ship Board
Washington, D. C
The
Shipping Board
District Supreme Court
William Randolph Hearst
District Court of Appeals
Congress
Holt dies inventor of Caterpillar tread for tractors
Stockton Calif Dec 6 Benjamin Holt inventor of the Caterpillar tread applied to tractors died at a hospital after brief illness He born Merrimac County New Hampshire in 1849 Survived by four sons and a daughter
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Associated Press
Stockton
Calif
Benjamin Holt
Merrimac County
New Hampshire
Nine Billion Dollar U S Budget Requests Revealed
Washington reports show the army and navy seeking the largest shares as the 1922 fiscal estimates total about 4.65 billion dollars. The war department requests 2 million for Mississippi river improvements and a wave of salary increases at the Fairport biology station.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
War Department
Mississippi River
Missouri
Minneapolis
Fairport
Bureau of Fisheries
Houston
Army
Navy
Naval
White House
Judicial
Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
Postal Service
Hoover to Visit Des Moines Tuesday
Herbert Hoover, renowned Iowan and wartime relief figure, will visit Des Moines Tuesday. He now dedicates his full efforts to the American Relief Administration, uniting groups aimed at aiding starving Europeans.
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Hoover
Des Moines
Herbert Hoover
Belgium
American Relief Administration
Europe
Plan Inter Allied Conference Set for Paris
The Matin reports the next inter Allied conference will be held in France in about twenty days, with plans proceeding from Paris on December 6.
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Paris
France
Ex-Ruler Constantine Poised to Regain Greek Throne
Plebiscite returns from Greece indicate a large majority supporting former King Constantine’s return, with estimates claiming up to 800,000 voters. Celebrations erupt in Athens as supporters push for reinstallation, while allies demand treaty modifications and financial aid questions loom.
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Athens
Associated Press
Greece
Constantine
Switzerland
Venizelos
Place de la Constitution
King’s Palace
Patrie
Brindisi
Serres
Turkey
Christopher
W. RB. Leeds
Tatoi
Saloniki
Nicholas
Italy
Corfu
Lucerne
Britain
Great Britain
Earl Granville
George Rhallis
Troops Patrol Virginia Town After Jail Riot
Wise Virginia December 6 national guard detachments from Roanoke and Lynchburg arrived to back county officials who faced a mob that stormed the jail seeking lynching. Sheriff Corder and deputies held the jail with gunfire exchanged killing alleged mob leader Tate Blondell and delaying further violence. A machine gun was mounted on the rail and defenders were ordered to shoot to kill.
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Associated Press
Wise
National Guard
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Corder
Tate Blondell
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