Miners Stand Firm On Eve Of Labor Conference
On October 21 1929 John L Lewis acting UMWA president said the strike planned for November 1 would not be rescinded unless operators meet all demands including a five day workweek. Thomas T Brewster coal operators chair warned negotiations would not occur unless the strike order is withdrawn, signaling futility of today’s conference.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas T. Brewster
Coal Operators Committee
Miners and Operators Meet as Strike Looms at Winter Start
Secretary Wilson mediated as miners and operators each with thirty two members urged unity though views remained split. President Lewis pressed for no concessions on wage issues while warning that a nationwide strike could halt bituminous mining at month’s end unless an intervention averts disruption.
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Wilson
Lewis
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Bolsheviki Driven From Kiev Last Week
London October 20 war office brief says Denikine forces expelled the Bolsheviki from Kiev which they had held briefly. Cossacks on the south Russian front routed the fourteenth division with 5000 prisoners and 27 guns. An enemy column near Orel Kursk was enveloped and largely destroyed. Volunteers retook most of Kiev by the 17th, with fighting continuing in western suburbs.
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London
Denikine
Kiev
War Office
Khoper River
Orel
Orel-Kursk
Kroma
Trains To Run Alaska Railroad By Nineteen Twenty Two
Seattle. Oct 18. Assistant Secretary of the Interior John W. Hallowell predicted trains would run on the Government railway in Alaska by 1922 or 1923 after inspecting the route from Seward to Fairbanks. A Senate bill would provide 17 million dollars for completion, having just passed the House, though peace treaty delays action.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
John W. Hallowell
House of Representatives
Hallowell
Sinn Fein founder cites Dublin Castle espionage texts
Arthur Griffith reads two secret Dublin Castle documents at a Manchester rally for Irish self-determination. One orders detectives to search crews of vessels arriving in Ireland from the United States and the other declares American sailors aboard ships entering Ireland to be treated as suspects. Griffith asks what America will say.
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London
Manchester
Daily Herald
Ireland
Arthur Friffith
Sinn Fein
Dublin Castle
United States
Griffin
America
Noted Swindler Seeks Poorhouse In Dariese
Alonzo J. Whitman, 61, once a famed American swindler, applied for admission to the Dariese poorhouse near Rochester. A Hamilton College graduate, he built a Minnesota lumber business, became a state senator, and earned notoriety as a bold confidence man, with multiple prison terms and a dramatic escape from a moving train in custody.
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Rochester
N.Y
Alonzo J. Whitman
United States
Dariese
Hamilton College
Minnesota
Tie
New York Maid Arrested Over Jewels Theft
Mrs. Tisutse Armstrong, a former maid for Mrs. Leyla Brandes in New York, was arrested after being indicted in the theft of jewelry valued at $100,000 from TIHW Brandeis, Omaha merchant. None of the jewelry has been recovered and other indicted individuals remain at large.
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New York
Tisutse Armstrong
Leyla Brandes
Tihw
Brandeis
Omaha
Italian envoy dies in Washington hospital
Count V. Macchi Cellere, Italian ambassador to the United States since 1913, died in an emergency hospital in Washington on Monday as he was about to undergo an operation after several days of illness.
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Washington
Count V. Macchi
Cellere
United States
Tie
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promised to Cure
An advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and insists Hall's Catarrh Medicine, taken internally, purifies the blood to affect the mucous surfaces. It touts tonics and blood purifiers as the effective combination and offers testimonials from Feeney & Co. of Toledo, O.
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Hall
Pilots battle for third in army air race
In Chicago on October 21 Captain J O Donaldson arrived in New York on the second lap of the army air race but finished second to Lieutenant B W Maynard who completed the 5402 mile trip on Saturday. Captain Lowell H Smith nears third place, Reno to San Francisco leg 336 miles left. Lieutenant Earl Manzelman reaches Cleveland with 503 miles to Mineola field. Captain Alex Pearson, delayed by a broken motor at North Platte, reaches Rock Island 965 miles from New York.
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Chicago
New York
J. O. Donaldson
B. W. Maynard
Lowell H. Smith
Smith
Reno
Nev
Cheyenne
Wio
San Francisco
Earl Manzelman
Cleveland
Mineola Field
Alex Pearson
North Platte
Neb
Rock Island
Paris Silver Money Shortage Forces Stamp Payments
Paris reports a silver money shortage causing restaurants to require customers to give postage stamps in place of small change. Tomorrow the Official Journal will publish a law imposing 10 days to six months imprisonment and a 100 to 5,000 francs fine for melting or demonetizing French silver, with metal confiscation. Authorities attribute the shortage to speculation and silver used for industrial purposes.
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Associated Press
Paris
Official
Smugglers Tunnel Found on Swiss Border
A 700 yard tunnel beneath the Swiss Austrian border near Kreuzhinzen was found by police. Reportedly linking an ancient Augustinian abbey to the outside, the route served years as a conduit for contraband. A shorter border tunnel was also recently discovered.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Polive
Kreuzhinzen
Lake Constance
Morningstar Edges Schaefer In Balk Line Opener
Morningstar of San Francisco defeated Jake Schaefer of the same city 400 to 395 in the balk line billiard championship opener. Morningstar posted a 129 high run and 211.9 average. Schaefer's high run was 91 with a 2015-19 average.
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New York
Ora Morningstar
San Francisco
Jake Schaefer
Morningstar
Schaefer
George B. Sutton
Chicago
Slosson
Gosten
Sutton
Slousson
Spanish King Calls On French Notables
King Alfonso of Spain arrived in Paris from Madrid and began his brief stay in the city. He visited President Poincare Premier Clemenceau and Foreign Minister Pichon, was cheered by a large crowd, and expressed pleasure at the Parisians reception before continuing to England.
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Alfonso
Spain
Paris
Madrid
England
Alfonzo
Poincare
Clemenceau
Pichon
Iowa Operators And Miners Agree To Meet
Coal miners and operators in Iowa will meet Governor W L Harding on Tuesday afternoon to discuss arbitration of the November 1 coal strike. J C Lewis of Des Moines head of District 13 of the United Mine Workers of America and D C Cushing of Interville represent the sides in the conference. The meeting aims to settle the strike in Iowa and Putnam county Missouri, with telegrams sent to other governors urging a general conference on the situation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. L. Harding
J. C. Lewis
District 13
United, Mine Workers of America
D. C. Cushing
Interville
Putnam County
Missouri
Reed Ready To Quit If Opponents Agree
Paterson New Jersey October 21 United States Senator Reed of Missouri spoke at a Paterson Irish Freedom meeting denouncing the League of Nations as binding Columbia to British empire chariot wheels He said he would stop fighting if the other side did too while the president battles illness and believes the dollar would be placed above the flag in the league plan
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Paterson
N. J
League of Nations
Columbia
United States
Reed
Missouri
England
Prisoner Eats His Way Out Of Prison
Harvey Martin held on non support charges was released on own recognizance after an unusually large jail meal. He ordered a hamurder steak sausage eggs and incidentals totaling about 64 cents and remarked that he and his wife had good appetites.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Harvey Martin
Warsaw News Highlights Local Visits And Socials
Warsaw residents note visits and travel as Mr and Mrs Jeho Lewe depart for Chicajra while Mr and Mrs Deen host a government shave tas at the shoe factory. Relatives call, Alfred Tavier and Geo Taylor family share time, and Keo kuk Torrence corps entertain with a luncheon. Mrs Pell returns from Kansas, Herman Morganthaler heads to Chicago to see daughter, and John Taviar Sr with Carl McMahan visit Meckunk. W T Wallace arrives from St Louis for a week with parents.
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Jeho Lewe
Mane
Chicajra
E Peas
Resit Meyers
Mes
Alfred Tavier
Geo
Taylor
Jon. Bennett
Perry
Mattar
WRCL
Keokuk Torrence Corps
S. M. Pell
Kansas
Warsaw
Herman Morganthaler
Chicago
al Sacre
Prairie View
John Taviar
Carl McMahan
Gren
Meckunk
W. T. Wallace
St. Louis
PL Wallace
New York Bookkeepers Organize And Strike
About 6,000 bookkeepers stenographers and other clerical workers of the Torden Condensed Milk company went on strike in New York City and suburbs. They recently formed the Bookkeepers and Accountants union 12648 American Federation of Labour seeking a 40 percent wage increase and shorter hours. some strikers reported earning as low as 13 dollars a week.
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New York
Torden Condensed Milk Company
New York City
American Federation of Labour
Pile Sufferers Read Of Great Home Cure Claim
An Ohio chemist promotes Miro Pile Remedy as a flawless internal cure for piles, claiming rapid relief and permanent healing within days even in long-standing cases. The ad states the remedy works internally, bypassing digestion, with a promise of no charge unless it conquers the worst piles and notes availability through Brown not Mays Drug Co and other druggists nationwide.
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Miro
Brown
Mays
Hat Jae
Fles
Purify Blood to Cure Skin Troubles Claims
An advertisement extols blood purification as the proper treatment for pimples boils and scaly skin. It claims external salves fail while a vegetable blood purifier reaches the bloodstream to cleanse and improve the complexion, urging readers to seek medical advice and order the product.
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Geog
Ataita
Gaj
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