Meet of railroad unions ends without strike vote in Cleveland
Nov 28 meeting of SA general chairmen from four great railroad brotherhoods in Cleveland adopts a resolution to send a committee with the four chiefs to Washington to discuss Director General Hines offer of time and a half for overtime in slow freight service. The panel may accept or reject, with a telegram seeking a conference next Tuesday. The held away from home terminal rule is accepted in principle by most but not all. Voting on the resolution shows engineers, tremoeon, and conductors in favor, while Brotherhood of Trainmen largely against.
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Cleveland
SA General
Great Railroad Brotherhoods
2Ndroads Hines
Washington
Uam
Hines
W. G. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Amceior
Brotherhood of
Agoaiost
Fer
Brotherhood of Raihway
Lake Vessel Toya Aground Near Calumet Michigan
Lake vessel Toya of Superior driven ashore three miles east of Wagle River due to a snow storm on Lake Superior. Hold filled with water. cargo of 111,000 bushels of wheat at risk as northwest winds drive the hull apart. Captain Haynie and 24 crew rescued by coast guards and taken to Fagle harbor to await underwriters' guidance.
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Calumet
Mich
Lake Superior
Toya
Superior
Wagle River
Mi Fe
Hasnie
Coast Wuards
Jandel
Fagle Harbor
Haynie
Removal of Right Eye of Pussyfoot Johnson
London reports the successful removal of the right eye of William Johnson, the anti prohibition activist known as Pussyfoot Johnson. A medical bulletin said the procedure saved his remaining eye after an assault by students on November 15 as he spoke on prohibition, dragged through crowded streets by protesters.
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London
William
Johnson
Shyastefans
Jephnson
NC-4 Stranded After Leaving Cairo
The NC 4 left Cairo at 1 30 am Wednesday and headed for the Ohio river. A later message from Joppa Illinois said the plane had landed temporarily because of engine trouble but was expected to reach Cairo again before dark. It did not indicate whether the NC 4 would continue on to Memphis.
Premier Lloyd George Answers Commons Questions
Lloyd George stood in the House of Commons answering a long list of questions on Europe, economy, and the war aftermath. He said the Paris supreme council favors a large international credit with U S dollars, and urgent representations have been made to Washington. He noted Article V assigns the U S President to summon league meetings, despite the Senate's Versailles ratification, and he denied promising Wilson to settle the Irish question.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Austria
Viscount Curzon
Battersea
South
Supreme Council
Paris
United States
Aciodd
Assembly
Council of the
League of Nations
Senate
Lievd George
James M Hogge
Edinburgh
Lioyd George
Wilson
Coal Operators Granted “Velvet” After 1917 Profits Surge
New York Nov 28 Independent statements by William G. McAdoo say coal operators earned profits in 1917 many times their invested capital before taxes. He notes returns from several hundred coal firms ranged from 15 to 800 and that operators must now be on velvet, referencing treasury data and Senate documents.
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New York
William G. Ate Adoo
Hie
Treasury Department
United States Senate
Rerah
Senate
Rescuers Use Torch To Free Trapped Engineer
Fort Madison Iowa November 27 Rescuers freed engineer Joe Spring from wreckage after a Santa Fe passenger train collided head on with a freight train east of the Mississippi River bridge. He suffered severe leg injuries and exposure, dying in hospital at 11 80 o clock after five hours pinned beneath the cab. Acetylene torches were used to burn away twisted bars trapping him.
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Fort Madison
Joe Spring
Santa Fe
Rabhead J
No. PT
Mississippd River
Spring
Glynote theater fire sweeps Amarillo district
A large fire Thursday night gutted the Glynote theater in Amarillo Texas, one of the city’s largest structures, threatening the downtown block for two hours. Estimated losses reach 150000, but all 2000 theater patrons escaped without casualties.
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Amarillo
Tex
Glynote Theater
Mexico Answers U S Demand On Jenkins Case
Mexico replies to the United States over consular agent William Jenkins held in Puebla. The note argues imprisonment follows Mexican law and that the U S demand lacks international precedent. It calls for the Puebla court process to run its course and warns against further tensions.
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Washington
Mexico
Wiliam
Jenkins
Puebla
el Paso
State Department
Carranza
Jenkin
United States
North Dakota Senate Adjourns to Return for Suf frage Vote
After passing the federal suffrage amendment 43 to 3 the North Dakota Senate adjourned over Thanksgiving until Friday when the house is expected to act on the measure.
Nutmeg Wet Citizen Faces Drought Departure
Drouth-stricken Dantellon resident Louis Gamin, about 58, has shed forty five pounds since July 1 and plans to sail from New York this Saturday to Jamaica. He says the dry conditions in Connecticut force him to seek moisture and a stronger drink in his native land, where he can be comfortable.
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Dantellon
Conn
Louis Gamin
New York
Gamin
Baltic Board Stops Fighting On Frontier
The inter allied Baltic commission halted hostilities between Lithuanians and the Germans and Russians and ordered retreat to the October 380 demarcation line. Lithuania will demand surrender of all German and Russian war and railway material in the Baltic area as a condition. Evacuation of occupied districts will occur under Lithuanian control with a suspension of Lithuanian offensives and guaranteed German and Russian army transport to Germany. The commission will supervise implementation.
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Associated
Tress
Copenhagen
Inter-Allied
Baltic Commission
Kovno
Baltic
Germany
Interallied Commission
Former Minister Ellis of Liberia Dies in Chicago
George Washington Ellis, a lawyer and writer who served eight years as United States minister to Liberia, died at his Chicago home. An authority on the world situation of the Negro race, he toured globally and lectured on African conditions after earlier roles in the census department and other government posts.
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Chicago
George Washington Ellis
United States
Liberia
Ellis
Washington
Liberian
Winisten
Lane Renews Pledge For Americanism At Thanksgiving
Washington speech by Secretary Lane urges pledge to Americanism and choosing the American Way at every turn. He warns of postwar mood, contrasts American resilience and growth with European paths, cites wealth, mobility, education, and democratic virtues as proof of promise.
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Washington
Lane
Mr. Lane
Edward Everett Edale
America
California
U S Demands Jalps Release Jenkins in Puebla Case
Exasperation over the Jenkins consular agent case prompted a U S note to Mexico City demanding William O Jenkins immediate liberation. The note cites arrests and alleged harassment of Jenkins and his wife, and warns of strained relations if not resolved. The dispatch, dated November 20, was released in El Paso with the Mexican reply.
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EL Paso
Texas
United States
William ©. Jenkins
Puebla
Mexico
Andres G. Garcia
el Paz Pollowing
State Department
Mexico City
Hilario Medina
William O. Jenkins
United States of America
Mr. Jenkins
Lis
Mrs. Jenkins
Jenkins
Strete
Synod
George L. Sumerlin
Wattatres
Menxican
Kansas team volunteers for state coal mine work
Lawrence Kansas November 28 Members of the University of Kansas football team after the Ramp here with the University of Missouri Eleven voted to offer their services to the state in dragging coal in the mines. The pie was submitted Attorney General Richard J. Hoping.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
University of Missouri
Geeeral
Richard J. Hoping
Miners and Operators Reject Garfield Wage Plan
Washington Nov 28 An abrupt end came to all attempts to settle the nation wide coal car by peaceful agreement Miners and operators debated government wage increase proposals and rejected them Both sides left the talks with no agreement and resumed uncertain strike conditions Lewis and Green condemned the government policy while operators warned of possible price adjustments and further steps by the government
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Washiington
Garfield
Lewis
T. W. Guthrie
Pittsburg
Dr. Garfield
Mene Warkess
Wilson
Dr. Garficld
Kabinet
United States
National
Green
Aten
Oth
Hing Te
CME. Mail
Whole Country Held In Grip Of Winter Heavy Snow
Snow and cold grip the nation west of the Mississippi with areas from Canada to Texas and New Mexico buried under snow. Lander Wyoming reports twenty below zero and Amarillo Texas six above, while northern Arizona and western Kansas see deep accumulations. Floods threaten parts of southern Arizona as coal miners strike fuels shortages across the central west and south west.
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Chicago
Mississippi River
Lander
Wye
Amarilla
Arizona
Cain
Wilmers
Indiana
Texas
New Mexico
West Ward
Othe Sierra Nevada Mountains
Kansas
Exploitation Charges Against Filipino Workmen Probe
San Francisco dispatch reports charges that about six thousand Filipino youths have been exploited for up to a million dollars in wages this year. Investigations will be conducted by Theodore R. Yangoo, resident commissioner of the Philippines in Congress, into practices by Chinese labor contractors in Portland and Seattle and by Chinese gamblers in San Francisco.
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SAN Prancisuco
Pacific
Portland
Seattle
San Francisco
Theodore R. Yangoo
Philipping Islanda
Coneresa
Italy to enforce Par peace degree amid new Yugoslav issue
From Belgrade on November 23 the Austrian Laibach dispatch reports Italy will enforce Par peace terms. The high government informs that Yugoslav authorities should observe the decision from the conference regarding the Domaiathan territory. No further details on Chabriele IV Annunzia.
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Dre Teast
Belgrade
Laibach
Lupesu
Highan
Lea
Jugo-Shivia
Binty
Busiis Tecee
Remirad
Doaimathin
Weltsell
Spakiwo Bs Chabriele IV
Mexican Paper Sees Designs To Conquer Mexico
Douglas Ariz November 28 reports under a Mexico City date line the recent statement of General March on the probable number of men required to occupy and pacify Mexico. El Tiempo, a newspaper from Canatea claims the US government harbors latent desires to intervene and that action may come soon.
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Douglas. Ariz
Mexico City
Edo
Mexico
el Tiempo
Canatea
Commacuts Editeriiis
United States
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Pussyfoot Johnson
Cairo
Commons
Mpadoc
Gen, Felpe Angeles
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Prancisco Villa
Angeles
Drouth
Baltic Board
Frontier
U. S. Note
John L. Lewis
William Green
Vernmont
Guthrie
Central Field
Italy
PAR
Jugo-Slavs
Spalato
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