United States demands Jenkins release in Mexican case
Washington demands immediate release of Consular Agent Jenkins held in Puebla, criticizing Mexican justice as biased and incomplete. Rome dispatch notes royal opening of parliament in Italy with King Emmanuel urging peace, reconstruction, and cooperative European governance. In Pittsburgh, first postwar move to operate mines non union aims to resume work amid a 14 percent wage rise, while UMW leader Lewis avoids comment as guards and workers move to hasten coal production.
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WASHINGTON
Jenkins
Puebla
Mexico
United States
Carl Tanga
ROME
Dee
Emmanuel
Helena
Italy
Adriatic
Europe
jtaly
PITTSBURG
Pitlurg
United Mine Workers
Lewis
SPRINGFIELD
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Afr
Kas. Dee
Kansas national guardsmen
Humboldt
Striker Killed in Clash at Benwood Mill Gates
A riot at the Riverside mill gates owned by the tube company at Benwood near Wheeling left a steel striker dead, Sheriff W E Clayton of Marshall county shot and wounded, along with a deputy and another striker. State police were mobilized by order of Governor Cornwell for strike duty after the morning violence.
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WHEELING
W. Va
W. E. Clayton
Marshall county
Roverside
tioned Tube Company
Benwood
CHARLESTON
W. V
Cornwell
Clayton
Missing Girl Found Dead in Trunk in Michigan Home
In Lawton Michigan Dee missing for about three years the body of Maude Tabor is found concealed in a decayed trunk under shingles in a cellar. Her sister Florence Critchlow discovered the remains after a foot appeared as the trunk gave way. The deceased was a University of Michigan graduate and foreign language instructor. investigators seek her mother and brother and another unnamed person to explain the disappearance and possible murder motive.
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LAWTON
Mich
Dee
Maude Tabor
Florence Tabor Critchlow
Lester Tabor
Writer Tabor
West
Miss Tabor
University of Michigan
French Urge Delay as Germany Treaty Still Open
Paris dispatch says French representatives press American delegates to delay homeward until the peace treaty protocol is signed and armistice terms are guaranteed. Germans silent on ratifications. no definite news on whether they will sign. Supreme Council hides details of a note on prisoners of war. French fear German misinterpretation abroad. Oil edition notes Fallen area development in Churchill County Eagle. first Nevada paper to issue a special mining edition with twenty pages.
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PARIS
Germany
supreme council
United States
Churchill County
Fallen
Nevada
the
Eagle
ihe
Kansas City Strike Ends Quietly After Secret Meeting
Kansas City terminals resume normal operation as switching crews return to work after a two day strike. Union leaders implied strike benefits were cut and the move ended with a midnight decision at the Kansas City Terminal Railway office. A separate item notes a German Lithuanian armistice signing via the interned military mission.
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KANSAS CITY
AR sudit
W. M. Corbett
Kansas City Terminal Railway
G. W. Anderson
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Drastic steps urged to avert coal famine in Chicago
December 1. A coal shortage is pushing drastic measures to prevent famine as miners refuse work. Central committee stocks totaled about 22,000,000 tons earlier, with regional bodies distributing coal sparingly and new restrictions to be enacted if local supplies fall short.
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CHICAGO
laay
Washington
central
Commons Is Filed For Lady Astor Ceremony
London December 1 ticket demand for the public gallery at today’s Commons session surged as the first woman member aimed to take her seat. Countess Georgina Markievicz arrived in London over the weekend, sparking talk of a dramatic appearance, but she reportedly went to Manchester and did not intend to share attention with Lady Astor. Duchess of Marlborough, hoping to become a parliamentary entrant at a forthcoming vacancy, is described as influential in housing questions in South London.
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LONDON
house
house of commons
countes
Manchester
Lady Astor
Cliveden
Duchess
Marlhor
orly
York
First German Bark Paul Reaches Halifax in War Narrative
Halifax dispatch reports the German bark Paul arriving with a tale of peril at sea after founderings elsewhere. Capt. Wulff Kreuger commanded amid torn sails and gales as passing ships refused aid until the British steamer Manchester Merchant rendered assistance, saving survivors and signaling the first German ship to enter Halifax since the war began.
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HALIFAX
N.S
Paul
Wulff Kreuger
North Sea
Msgrave
he- bark
Hamburg
Decrease in Passenger Service Ordered by Federal Rail Authority
In St Paul on November 26 officials revealed that the Federal Railroad Administration plans drastic nationwide cuts to passenger train service if coal supplies become critical. The reductions could affect the Twin Cities area, with up to about 100 trains potentially affected.
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ST. PAUL
federal railroad administration
United States
Industrial Conference Starts Consideration of Labor Problem
Washington Dec 1 Seventeen men representing no single group but speaking for the people as a whole met today to deliberate the nations industrial situation President Wilson had named new representatives to ensure just handling of labor and capital aims to spur productive work while assuring fairness and public welfare Labor factions complain no labor representatives were included though other interests are represented The conference includes Secretary of Labor Wilson and various former federal and state officials and economists
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Wilson
new round table conference
Herbert Hoover
Julius Roseswald
Chicago
Oscar Straus
Commerce
William 8. Wilson
Labor
F. W. Taussig
tariff commission
H. 3. Stuart
Virginia
Stanley King
Newton D. Baker
Massachusetts
H. J. Waters
Manhattan Bas
Thomas W. Gregory
W. C. Thompson
Ohio State University
WASHINGTON
sesson
Organized labor
Cette
Prince of Wales Arrives Home After Canada US Visit
The Prince of Wales returned to Portsmouth aboard the British warship Renown arriving at nine this morning. The Renown had left on an earlier voyage in July after visiting Canada and the United States. The harbor welcomed the vessel with a twenty one gun salute in honor of Queen Mother Alexandra's birthday.
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PORTSMOUTEL
gland
Prince of Wales
Canada
United States
Alearius
Forced ten play American Anthem in Detroit meeting
On command by Police Commissioner Inches a large IW. W. meeting audience stood during an enforced playing of the Star Spangled Banner. American Legion members had pre-empted the first ten Jews in the hall after the crowd cheered for The Marseillaise and a Runstan anthem. Four hundred policemen and 500 American Legion members attended. William D. Haywood was forbidden to address the meeting and did not attend.
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DETROIT
Inches
IW. W
American Legion
Wiliam D. Haywood
November court notes show marriages and many divorces
District court records reveal 33 marriage licenses issued on November 1. Ninety seven divorce cases filed and seventy three heard. Judge Mor Moran handled railroad matters while Judges Lunsford Langan and Hart presided. fifty five decrees granted, five cases submitted, two decrees denied, one case dismissed.
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Cupid
Reno
marth
district court
M nm
Nevada Short Line
Lunsford
Langan and Hart
Moran
Case to be appealed from police court
T Richie and John Lewis were found guilty of disturbing the peace by Police Judge Kyson Saturday and each fined twenty dollars. Lewis refused to pay and said he would appeal. They were arrested Thursday after a fight in which Lewis discharged a revolver. Lewis claimed self defense.
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T. Richie
John Lewis
Kyson
Lewis
Presidential candidates to be named in South Dakota
Democratic delegates gathered last night for a conference ahead of the state nominating session. The meeting set tomorrow as the deadline for selecting the party’s presidential contenders to be forwarded to the national convention. Republicans appear split between Maj General Leonard Wood and Governor Frank Lowden of Illinois, with Wood favored.
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PHERRE
United States
Lewis
Palmer
Miles Feindexter
Leonard Wood
Frank Lowden
Ilinois
Congress Meets in Regular Session at Noon
The sixty one congress opened its first regular session at noon with large attendance in both houses. The session proceeds amid uncertainty over President Wilson's upcoming message and possible treaty ratification actions. Republicans push for major reservations while Democrats resist unless changes are made.
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MASTINGTON
senate
house
Marshall
Gillette
Wilson
Misa plin
White House
Congress
Lodge
Enforcing Maryland 1723 blue laws faces stern test
Baltimore, Dec. 1. A stand jury moved to enforce the Sunday observance statute of Maryland’s 1723 blue laws. Over 100 arrests for working on Sunday were recorded, and many shopkeepers were summoned. Dealers in automobile supplies largely refused to sell gas or repair distressed machines, with general violations noted.
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BALTIMORE
slice
Maryland
La Follette Supports Public Ownership Of Railroads
Wisconsin Senator Robert M Follette urged government ownership of railroads as logical and announced a plan to retain roads under federal operation for an experimental period of at least five years. He attacked Cummins anti strike provisions and urged public control in a political address.
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WASHINGTON
Follette
Wisconsin
slavo
Officers elected in San Francisco paper company presidency
Des 7 officers elected in San Francisco. Lan and Ne Poon chosen as president and secretary respectively of the ship company.
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Lan
Ne ‘Poon
Che’ ‘papermen
San
Prine
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