Notable figures hurt and mourned in a string of incidents
Governor Kendall suffers a fractured sixth rib after an auto accident near Des Moines Iowa when a rear wheel came off. Natchez mayor Benbrook dies at sixty six. Page buried beside second wife in Washington. Mellon bruised in Washington bicycle accident. Cuyler found dead in a private car in Philadelphia. A severe three day storm wrecks in the Rocky Mountains. four killed and many injured. A socialist magazine in Ginard ceases after twenty seven years. The Alton pay dispute is seen as a wedge against the eight hour day. Tornadoes across Kansas and Nebraska devastate towns, with multiple casualties and property loss. Rail accidents and a Sierra Nevada timber outlet project are noted. Kentucky inheritance tax verdict on the Bingham estate. Police warrants upheld in Mich. river steamers destroyed in Cincinnati. A drug store holdup in Chicago wounds three clerks. Furs seized from travelers entering the U.S. from Germany. A Mexican revolutionary leader designated posthumously in a San Antonio document. A Helena Montana basement excavation reveals a promising gold pay streak.
Washington News In Brief From Washington Desk
Navy announces destroyers will not return home before spring. Postal receipts for October show record rise. Commerce reports widening U S trade deficit and gold outflow. Spens urges coal to move through regular channels. Harding assured France will ratify arms treaty. ICC approves NM rail modifications aiding cattle in drought. Treasury to release liquor ships. 1921 auto death toll 10 168 reported by Census Bureau.
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Spens
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Jusserand
France
United States
Miners Feared Dead After Explosive Mine Disaster in Spangler
More than fifty miners trapped in a gas explosion at a Spangler Pennsylvania coal mine are believed dead. About thirty injured were hospitalized, while fourteen others are reported missing as a heavy snowstorm advances across the Dakotas per weather observer R E Spencer.
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Spangier
Dakotas
E. Spencer
United States
Moorhead
Minn
Interallied reparations talks revived by British delegate pledge
In Brussels the prospect of a lasting interallied conference to decide German reparations and debts gains new momentum as Britain agrees to send delegates. Other items report de Valera’s Dublin statement denying talks with the Free State government, a Seoul collision drowning 135 Russian refugees, theft at Rheims Cathedral, and turmoil in Italy Albania and Bavaria.
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Eamon de Valera
Dublin
the Free State
Indiana Senate Race Shifts As Votes Counted In State
Early returns from 1 442 of 3 395 precincts show Ralston leading Beveridge narrowly in Indiana Senate race. Later counts from agriculture districts reduce the margin, with Beveridge gaining in many industrial areas. Moores wins Seventh district seat over Turk, aided by unity of dry voters.
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Bulletin
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Beveridge
Moores
Turk
Merrill Moores
Congress
Joseph P. Turk
Illinois Democrats claim eight congressmen from Cook county
Early returns show a Democratic landslide in Cook County with at least eight Illinois representatives likely to be Democrats. The current 25 member delegation includes only two Democrats, with six of the eight winners in Chicago districts. First downstate precincts favor the soldiers bonus referendum by about 3 to 1 for the $55 million bond and about 2 to 1 for the beer and light wines measure.
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Cook County
Illinois
Lodge Leads Gaston Narrowly in Boston Returns
In Boston mass the Republican Senator Lodge leads Democrat Gaston by 1 589 votes after 966 precincts reporting including 255 in Boston The counted precincts show Gaston 254 223 Lodge 255 812 reflecting a tight race as ballots continue to be tallied across the city and state.
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Boston
Mass
Lodge
Gaston
Election News In Brief Governor Miller Concedes
Miller concedes the election of Smith in New York as New Jersey Democrats lead. Fess, a Republican, leads Pomerene in Ohio's Senate race while France trails in Maryland. Townsend leads in Michigan. In Marion county, three Republicans trail in the latest counts.
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New York
New Jersey
Fess
Pomerene
Ohio
France
Maryland
Townsend
Michigan
Marion County
Indiana State Ticket Leading in Early Returns
Early returns from 885 of 3395 precincts show Republican Ed Jackson leading Democrat Daniel M Link for secretary of state. The Republican ticket, led by Jackson, outpaced Beveridge, with Marion county showing a strong Republican lead. Ralston led Beveridge by about 4,000 votes in Marion precincts.
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Ed Jackson
Daniel
M.link
Jackson
Beveridge
Marion County
Link
Ralston
Smith Regains New York Governorship in Sweep
Ex Governor Alfred E. Smith rides a historic win as New York voters deliver the largest plurality the state has ever given a gubernatorial candidate. Royal Copeland defeats William Calder for the Senate as Democrats claim gains in Congress and the legislature. Returning counts show Smith ahead by 468 763 with 67 districts left to tally.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York City
Nathan L. Miller
Miller
William M. Calder
Senate
Royal S. Copeland
Ann Arbor
Mich
Fess and Donahey Lead in Early Ohio Returns
With about a third of Ohio precincts reporting at midnight, Republican S. D. Fess leads Democrat Atlee Pomerene for U.S. Senate by over 5,000 votes, and Democrat A. V. Donahey leads Republican Carmi A. Thompson for governor by more than 12,000. A beer and wines amendment carries by about 800 from roughly 2,000 precincts.
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S. D. Fess
United States
A. V. Donahey
Fess
Atlee Pomerene
Donahey
Carmi A. Thompson
Kendrick Leads Mondell in Wyoming Senate Race
Returns from 59 of 659 precincts show United States Senator John B. Kendrick leading Frank Mondell by nearly 300 votes. Kendrick 2,075 Mondell 1,798.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
United States
John B. Kendrick
Frank W. Mondell
House of Representatives
Kendrick
Benson minister leads Volstead in Seventh district count
St Paul Minn Nov 8 Rev O J Kvale of Benson leads Rep A J Volstead author of the prohibition enforcement act in the first four precincts reporting in the Seventh district tally Kvale 197 Volstead 126.
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O. J. Kvale
Benson
A. J. Volstead
Kvale
Vistead
Sixty Entombed Miners Dead in Reilly Mine Blast
A gas explosion at the Reilly mine in Spangler Pennsylvania killed between fifty and sixty miners from the Reilly Coal company. About ninety four went underground. rescue teams from nearby pits and the US Bureau of Mines aided in the effort. Dozens survived initially and were treated at a miners hospital while authorities listed bodies scattered over more than five hundred feet of the workings.
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Reilly
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United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Adelphi College Flappers Survey Sparks Colorful Profiles
New York a survey of Adelphi college girls in Brooklyn offers a witty portrait of the modern flapper. The questionnaire labels her as a flashy, self centered type focused on clothes and social life.
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Adelphi College
Brooklyn
Employment Gains in U S Cities Report
Washington November 6 Department of Labor reports employment rises in 56 of 65 leading cities. Timployment shows pickup in all sections and a healthy encouraging condition exists today according to the agency.
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Department of Labor
Washington
Severe storm buries Deadwood with heavy snows
Nearly three feet of snow fell in 24 hours in Deadwood South Dakota paralyzing traffic and blocking trains. Residents recall the worst early season blizzard in the Black Hills.
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Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills
Woman Arrested For Offering Baby In Market For Goose
Budapest police arrest a woman in the poultry market after she tries to sell her six month old baby. She offers the child on her arm for the price of a goose and says someone will pay in poultry for a good healthy child.
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Budapest
Senator Underwood Declines Senate Leadership Bid
Birmingham Alabama November 8 Senator Oscar W Underwood of Alabama said he will not seek the Democratic minority leadership in the Senate after March 4.
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Birmingham
Ala
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Senate
New Jersey Returns Show Edwards Leads Frelinghuysen Early
With about half of the 2464 districts reporting, Governor Edwards leads Senator Frelinghuysen by about 35,000 votes. In the gubernatorial race Judge Silzer trails Runyon by roughly 20,000.
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N. J
Edwards
Frelinghuysen
Judge Silzer
Wiliam N. Runyon
Harding says no post-election statement from White House
President Harding will not issue a post-election statement, citing that ballot box opinions, regardless of nature, require no interpretation from the President. The White House said the decision reflects respect for the voters and the election outcome.
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Harding
White House
Berger Leads in Wisconsin Fifth District Returns
Milwaukee returns show Victor L. Berger Socialist winning 451 votes to 312 for incumbent Republican William H. Stafford in three precincts reporting.
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Wis
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
William H. Staford
Turkish Landing Reported at Gallipoli Peninsula
A Gallipoli dispatch says ten Turkish barges from Lapsaki landed Kemalist soldiers secretly on the Gallipoli peninsula. The Kemalists reportedly plan a raid to occupy Gallipoli when British ships are not patrolling.
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Gallipoli
Athens
Lapsaki
Fire destroys American consulate in Chihuahua
A fire gutted the American consulate in Chihuahua Mexico on November 7 destroying all records and property. The blaze spread rapidly and efforts to save documents failed.
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Ihe
Chihuahua
Mexico
Inter Allied Conference Revival Stirs reparations talks
Brussels Paris November 7. The proposed inter allied conference to settle German reparations and adjust inter allied debts has been revived with Great Britain agreeing to send delegates.
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Paris
Great Britain
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