Revolt by Owner Over Wilson Plan in Coal Talks
Terre Haute report outlines operators stand on wage dispute and Wilson style mediation. Phil H. Penna says operators will honor the presidential arbitral commission but criticizes details and says consultation should have occurred. Palmer’s push for government inquiry is met with readiness for a full industry review.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wilson
Phil H. Penna
Mr. Penna
Penna
Coal Operators
Congressional inquiry to probe radicals moves forward
Washington December 24: Senate and House leaders announce a general congressional inquiry into radical activity. The hearings will resume after holidays at eastern ports, with a sub committee led by Senator Moses to probe Ludwig C A K Martens and Russian propaganda. Deportations of Berkman Goldman and others get official notice to foreign capitals.
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Washington
United States
Senate
House
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
New York
Soviet Russia
Department of Justice
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
Russia
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
Berkman
Goldman
State Department
United States of America
Buford
Soviet
Anthony Caminetti
Commissioner of Immigration
Europe
Immigration Service
Record Christmas Jewelry Sales In Chicago
In Chicago this Christmas a pearl necklace sold for 275000 and other gifts ranged from 10000 to 100000 with rings and jewelry priced from 3000 to 5000. The most costly piece featured a center pearl worth 40000 and buyers include first time purchasers and former low spenders now buying diamonds.
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Chicago
Somerville Votes Wet to Join State Trend
Somerville Mass voters approved liquor sales by 2777 to 2301, making the city the last in the state to adopt local option. It marks the first time Somerville has gone wet since the local option system began.
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Somerville
Mass
Jersey City Police Union Disbands Amid Affidavit Claim
Jersey City public safety commissioner announces the demise of the Police Union after all officers signed affidavits stating they were not members of any organization affiliated with the AFL. The Firemen's union had already disbanded.
Government ships sail dry in South American service
Washington decreed that government owned passenger ships in the South American service must be dry. A bar is aboard the Moccassin, while Munson Steamship lines await official guidance. The ruling may hamper American ships against British liners as six more ships prepare for the Munson fleet and Leviathan shifts to Atlantic trade.
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New York
Washington
Payne
United States Shipping Board
F. Tc. Munson
Munson Steamship Line
Treaty Conferences Continue Tuesday
Washington December 24 Republicans and Democrats held their Senate conference on peace treaty reservations but made no concrete progress. Leaders voiced confidence that once the holiday recess ends January 5 a basis for agreement will likely be reached. Drafts by Senator Lodge and Senator La Follette were discussed. no final phraseology was set.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Learvot
Wisconsin
Safe Passage For Deported Russians On Buford
The state department cabled assurances of safe conduct and humane treatment for 249 radical Russians aboard the transport Buford as they pass toward Soviet Russia. Commissioner Caminetti said the deportees are to be delivered to Soviet Russia, with destination to be governed by conditions on arrival and en route. Christmas shopping traffic set a New York holiday record with 3,208,486 riders on elevated and subway lines, about a half million more than last year.
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Washington
Buford
State Department
Soviet
Russia
Europe
Anthony Caminetti
Neay York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Kansas district to meet on Howat strike end action
In Pittsburg Kansas Alexander Howat district president who was imprisoned in Indianapolis was released and a Kansas United Mine Workers of America meeting was called to plot steps to end the Central Coal and Coke strike. William Green ordered the union to return to work and hearings against officials continued.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Kansas District Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
Central Coal and Coke Company
Alexander Howat
Suistrict
Pittsburg
Kansas
Howat
A. B. Anderson
William Green
International and District
Anderson
A. Dorchy
Dorchy
Mother Jones Denied Address to Steel Strikers in Joliet
Sheriff Newkirk and Mayor Barber refused permission for Mother Jones to address the steel strikers on Thursday. Jones criticized officials as hired tools of the steel corporation and argued the labor cause was harmed by their actions.
Pershing Visits Boyhood Home in Laclede Missouri
General John J. Pershing returned to his boyhood home in Laclede Missouri on December 24 featured by a medal presentation a loving cup and two apples. He spoke tenderly of his parents teachings patriotism and duty and expressed sorrow for a soldier’s family as he toured the old house met relatives and friends and recalled his early lessons.
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General Pershing
Laclede
Missouri
John J. Pershing
Pershing
May Pershing
al Warfield
Lincoln
Negr
Frederick D. Gardner
Warren
France
G. A. Smithy
Chillcothe
West Point
Opera House
America
Police Track Flats Robbery Suspects in City Wide Fallout
New York police seek links between two men arrested for attacking and robbing a Dallas couple at the Knickerbocker Hotel. The duo allegedly looted over 4000 dollars, tied the wife, knocked down the husband, and fled via a fourth story window amid a crowd and gunfire. Authorities say the pair may be tied to other recent heists totaling more than 100000 dollars.
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New York
Knickerbocker
Aloysius Broderick
Dallas
Texas
Broderick
Orders Testimony Of Cleveland Man Taken
New York court granted the New York American League club’s request for an open commission to Cleveland to take oral interrogatories. It will question James C Dunn president Walter Mc Nichols secretary and E S Barnard business manager about stock allegedly owned by Ban Johnson in the Cleveland club. The commission is empowered to question without limit.
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New York
Supreme Court
Vo Hl. Davis
American League Baseball Club
Cleveland
James C. Dunn
Cleveland American League
Walter McNichols
E. S. Barnard
Ban Johnson
American League
Harvest Wages Jump Over 1913 Kansas Scale
TOPERA Kansas Dec 24 An increase of 225 percent in Kansas harvest wages in 1919 over pre war 1913 levels, per Edward C Paxton US Bureau of Crop Estimates. Harvest laborers averaged 5.42 dollars per day with board in 1919, vs 4.14 in 1918 and 2.14 in 1913, while ordinary farm labor rose from 1.53 to 3.71 with board. The report notes hours were ignored in cost of production and farm hands worked longer in 1913.
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Topera
Kas
Kansas
Edward C. Paxton
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
Clemenceau Upheld By Deputies Vote
Paris December 23 The chamber of deputies voted confidence in the government 153 to 71. Clemenceau announced Allied resolve to crush Bolshevism and praised Anglo Franco American pacts while predicting a solution to the Fiume issue. He said Wilson and Lloyd George offered military pacts and urged hard work with limited talk.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
Chamber
Fiume
Lloyd George
Great Britain
M. Clemenceau
Wilson
Great Britaan
Army Offering Pork Shoulders at 17 Cents a Pound
The United States Army quartermaster department placed four million frozen pork shoulders on sale in Chicago at 17 cents per pound. Meat will be sold in carload lots with strict limits on resale and storage. Municipalities, institutions, wholesale jobbers with quick turnover, and restaurants will receive preference for immediate consumption.
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Chicago
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
J. P. Castleman
Awards Clash Over Navy Decorations At Daniels Washington
Discontent over how war decorations are awarded surfaces as Admiral Sims declines the Distinguished Service Medal under Daniels revisions. Page and Lufkin seek reports, while Sims seeks explanation and upward revision for some officers. The dispute centers on whether sea duty or shore duty holds greater value in awards and how this affects high honors.
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Washington
Navy
Daniels
Admiral Sims
United States Naval Forces
Congress
Page
Senate Naval Committee
Lufkin
Massachusetts
House Naval Committee
Thelouse
Seimels
Navy Department
Sims
Naval War College
Newport
R. I
Admiral Sing
Ilis
Senator Page
Admiral Sins
London
Berlin
Agai
North Sea
Board of Awards
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U. S
Washinton
Palmer
Executive Committee
Illinois
Frank Farrington
Illinois Miners
Farrington
Bay State
Shipping Board
Muzzle Mother Jones
Columbia
Uncle Sam
J.C. Leyendecker
the Whig
Quincy
THE
Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Naval Row
Admiral
St. Sims
Army
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