Supreme Court War Time Prohibition Test In Session
The war time prohibition act faces a key test as the Supreme Court hears arguments while the White House signals the act remains in effect until peace is declared. Elihu Root challenges the government on war powers, citing the end of hostilities and demobilization, while the Justices question Congress authority as December reconvenes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
White House
Wilson
Senate
Congress
Root
Elihu Root
King
William Frierson
Kentucky
New York
Dryfoos, Blum and Company
Bond
Jacob Ruppert
Mr. Root
Justice Pitney
Associated Nations
Young Men's Christian Association to widen industrial field
Detroit, Nov. 21 Present industrial conditions require a larger field for the Young Men's Christian Association. Industrial leaders and association secretaries urged a one million member drive and hundreds of new branches especially in industrial centers. Welfare work would curb unrest and labor turnover while keeping religion in daily life. The plan calls for branches in hundreds of small cities, 250 industrial centers and several railroad terminals. F P Speare outlined expansion of the educational department including a correspondence school offering courses in any subject.
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Detroit
Mich
Young Men's Christian Association
F. P. Speare
Boston
Who Killed The Treaty
Washington dispatch reviews the Senate fight that ended in rejection of the peace treaty. It explains blocs and leaders Reed Borah Johnson Brandegee Lodge McCumber and Hitchcock and notes the President’s stance and the missed compromise. The piece also signals continued discussion on December pages.
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Washington
Senate
Reed-Borah-Johnson
Wilson
Butchers Strike Provokes Price War Across Chicago
Chicago November 21 The strike by butchers ended after three weeks with four union run shops in different city districts selling meat at lower prices than wholesalers. Government inspectors and masters accuse these stores of peddling inferior grades while union officials claim actions aim to lower living costs, noting price variation based on demand and location.
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Chicago
Guy F. O'Neil
Want Working Hours For Women Changed
Washington reports the international labor conference recommended revising the Berene convention of 1906 to curb women’s night work. The core agreement is endorsed with updates for smaller industrial employers, but an amendment to start the work day earlier for women was rejected, keeping the 6 a.m. start.
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Washington
International Labor Conference
Louis Guerin
Employers’ Group
Fire at Leavenworth Prison Destroys Exchange Building
Fire at Fort Leavenworth broke out in the exchange building at the federal dissident barracks late Thursday night. The blaze destroyed the exchange and spread to wooden cantonments near the new cell house. Officers and soldiers were ordered out to help keep prisoners under control as flames spread through frame structures housing conscientious objectors.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Dissiolary
Fort Leavenworth
Prince Visits West Point and Theatre in New York
The Prince of Wales spent a largely idle day in New York and West Point. He inspected cadets at West Point before dining aboard the Renown and attending a theatre party. An afternoon inspection and luncheon preceded a New York return and a final plan to wreath Theodore Roosevelt’s grave at Oyster Bay. The royal tour ends Saturday with decorations for 120 American officers and sailors.
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New York
Prince of Wales
West Point
Wer: Point
McArthur
Prince
Royal Visitors
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Tince
America
Kreisler Cancels Louisville Appearance Amid Mayor Pressure
Frits Kreisler, noted American violinist, canceled his contract to perform at a leading opera house in Louisville Kentucky. The move came at the urging of Mayor George W. Smith who requested the cancellation for unspecified reasons.
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Kreisler
Louisville
George W W. Smith
Frits Kreisler
U.S. Warns Mexico Over Jenkins Kidnapping
U S government warns Mexico that further maltreatment of William Q Jenkins American consul at Puebla will strain relations. Jenkins held in custody after re arrest on charges linked to his kidnapping and ransom. His detailed confession describes being overpowered tied and forced to mountains. bandits sought to prove Mexico cannot guarantee foreigners. Advices from Pueblo report bandit Cordova offers to disclose more about the case.
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Washington
Mexico
William Q. Jenkins
Puebla
United States
State Department
Mexico City
Jenkins
Davis
Tennessee
Jenking
David Jenkins
Laredo
Texas
Pueblo
Fredrico Cordova
Cordova
Treaty Fight Puts Capitol In A Study
Washington enters a period of swift speculation after Senate rejection of the peace treaty. Officials expect a long ratification delay with possible modifications. White House remains silent as Democrats and Republicans clash over reservations and political timing for a new session beginning December 1.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Operators Break Ice With Wage Proposal
Central competitive-field talks on a new wage scale for miners progress slowly as operators offer a flat 10 cent per ton increase and a 20 percent rise for day workers. John L. Lewis calls the bid inadequate yet sees it as a possible icebreaker for further bargaining.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Thomas T. Brewster
Woman stalks judge in Chicago court
Mrs. Rose Ganner, who has haunted Judge David M. Brouthers’s courtroom for six weeks, admitted in custody that she planned to kill the jurist after he granted a divorce to her husband. She tried to stab a deputy sheriff with a hat pin when arrested.
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Chicago
Rose Ganner
David M. Brouthers
Snow blocked Berlin streets as removal costs soar
Heavy snowfall traps roam Berlin streets with 18 foot drifts blocking avenues. Removal costs rise from 90 pronnigs per cubic meter in peace to 4% marks during mail disruptions, making the clearing bill exceed 2,500,000 marks.
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Berlin
Paneer Don
Central Leader Groeber Dies After Paralysis Attack
Adolf Groeber, chairman of the center party, collapsed with paralysis while talking with a friend in Berlin on November 19 and died shortly after. The Associated Press reports the sudden death shocks German politics as authorities confirm the longtime party figure’s passing.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Groeber
Center Party
Orders Colorado Strike Stopped
A restraining order stopped a planned Colorado coal miners strike set for this morning. District Judge Frank J. Morley issued the order at the request of state union leaders and the attorney general said a temporary injunction would be sought within five days under state industrial commission notice provisions. The strike was in protest of discriminations against union men seeking to return to work after Indianapolis officials called off the nationwide action.
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W. T. Guthrie
Western
Pennsylvania
George B. Harrington
Illinois
Guthrie
Wilson
Garfield
Urges Seixure
Mines Des Moins
Iowa
W. ©. Harding
Washington
Harding
Towa
Indianapols
IUD
W. L. Harding
James P. Goodrich
Goodrich
Evansville
Indianapolis
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Frank J. Morley
George O. Johnson
H. C. Stewart
State Industrial Commission
Johnson
Pueblo
Train Bandit Rumored To Strike Again In Wyoming
Cheyenne reports Bill Carlisle, famed train robber, remains at large near Casper. Police, detectives, soldiers, and Union Pacific agents fear another transcontinental train robbed after Carlisle taunted officials from Casper. A special armed train stands ready as authorities await his next move. In Chicago, former employer Phillip s says Carlisle is "full of fireworks" and laments his thefts.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Bill” Carlisle
Casper
Union Pacific
Los Angeles Limited
Carlisle
Bill Carlisle
Chicago
All Phillips
Creston
Wva
William Carlisle
Bandit
Bill
Phillips
Tf Bal
Fort Russell
Bloodhounds
Reds Hide Pistol In Hilt Of Large Knife
FAIRMONT W Va November 21 United States Commissioner Charles R Lilly of Grafton narrowly escaped injury when a bullet discharged from a pistol concealed in the handle of a large pocket knife found at a mine raid raided radical headquarters at the Dukota mine near here. Three alleged radicals were arrested bringing the total here to 49.
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Fairmont
W. Va
United States
Charles R. Lilly
Grafton
Vmleged
Duakota
Here
Litiv
World Dry Campaign Aims at China Policy
ST LOUIS November 21 A national temperance drive by the National Women's Christian Temperance Union adopts a legislative program. It urges Congress to curb Americans in treaty countries with extra territorial rights and to block brewers from moving to China under the dry law.
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St, Louis
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Congress
China
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