Radicals Plan Invasion of Spokane and Widespread Arrests
American Legion members sworn as special policemen to meet an expected influx of 1000 to 2000 Industrial Workers of the World visitors from Montana and the northwest. Fort George Wright officers arrange arms for Legion deputies while guardsmen may be mobilized. Cumberland reports I W W posters and many outsiders arriving. suspects to be arrested under an agreement among public safety officials, the police, and the Legion.
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Spokane
American Legion
Industrial Workers of the World
Montana
Northwest
Fort George Wright
Thomas G. Ashton
National Guard
Adjt
Moss
Cumberland
Washington
Tacoma
Tilsley
Department of Public Safety
Weir
Reid
Wife of Tolstoi Dead in Exile at Yasnaya Poliana
London reports Countess Leo Tolstoi widow of the Russian novelist died November 4 at Yasnaya Poliana per Krasnaya Gazette via Daily Mail dispatch from Helsingfors. Before marriage Sophie Behrs, she had 16 children with Count Tolstoi who faced a wanderer’s life and illness before his death in 1910. The countess joined him in exile only the night prior to his death.
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London
Leo Tolstoi
Widdow
Yasnaya Pollana
Daily Mail
Helsingfors
Krasnaya Gazette
Tolstoi
Sophie Behrs
Moscow
Count Tolstoi
Yasnaya Poliana
Countess Tolstoi
US rejects any compromise with Bolshevik Russia
Washington states there will be no deal with the Bolshevik government in Russia. The State Department confirms the stance mirrors last year after Secretary Lansing urged civilized nations to outlaw the Bolsheviks. Officials cite recent radical outbreaks in the United States as largely due to Bolshevik influence.
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Washington
Russia
United States
State Department
Lansing
Romania to Sign St Germain Treaty Entirely
Paris reports by Presse de Paris say Romania will sign the St Germain treaty in full with no reservations. Victor Antonesiu, Romanian minister to France, and General Coanda, former premier, relayed the decision to the French foreign office after a Supreme Council session.
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Rumania
Paris
Presse de Paris
Supreme Council
Victor Antonesiu
France
Coanda
Romania
Increase for Street Car Men in Des Moines Strike End
Arbitrator approves a 10 cent per hour rise for street car workers in Des Moines, totaling 67 cents, and ends strike negotiations as the dispute concludes.
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Des Moines
Miners Recall Recall Order After Federal Challenge
Indianapolis November 12 United States District Judge A B Anderson approved the United Mine Workers officials recall of the October 15 strike order following a long miners general committee session. William Green and John L Lewis signed the recall note while Lewis urged negotiation and praised the government.
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Indianapolis
United States District
A. B. Anderson
United Mine Workers of America
Anderson
Sirs and Brothers
United States Court, District of Indiana
William Green
John L. Lewis
Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers’ Representatives
Federal
America
Dan W. Simms
United States
Simms
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Federation Council
Eli Searles
United Mine Workers’ Journal
United States Court
Union
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Washington War News and Labor Strikes Reported
Washington reports include President Wilson sitting up after illness, major coal releases planned, House excluding Victor Berger, steel strike causes cited by Senate committee, and raids on radicals. Other items note treaty reservations, Chicago street fares unchanged, mob killings, and martial law in North Dakota. Local violence and indictments follow in Arkansas and Ohio elections.
Webster City moves toward municipal gas plant
Reports show Webster City Council backing a municipal gas plant. N A Wright of Linden, champion corn husker, husked eighty bushels in five hours. Marshall County Sunday School convention set for November 18–19 in Laurel.
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Webster City
N. A. Wright
Linden
Wright
Mason City
Iowa Baptist Hospital
Sioux City
Fort Dodge School Board
George M. Bechtel & Company
Davenport
Marshall County Sunday School Association
Laurel
Marion County
Committee On Agriculture
The
Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Butter Makers’ Association
Dubuque
H. C. Ladage
Strawberry Point
C. J. Melire
Waverly
Albert Finger
Whittemore
Roy A. Trebil
Manly
Peter Berg
Berg
H.R. Wilson
Benton County
Farm Bureau
O' Brien
Dickinson
Emmett
Humboldt
Cerro Gordo
O’brien
Poland
Story City
Story County
John Clarke, Jr
Des Moines Township
Boone County
Trent
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RED Army
Germany
Lfe
Mine Workers’ Organization
Mine Workers of Miners
Henry Warrum
Warrum
G. L. Grant
Fort Smith
Ark
Pf, Co
Huebner
Albia
Associated Counsel
Palmer
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
Railroad Administration
House of Representatives
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
American Federaton of Labor
Senate Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Illinois State Public Utilities Commission
Ints
Chicago
Centralia
Wash
Seattle
H. O. Eviston
Kansas City
Ohio
Columbus
Cleveland
San Francisco
Minneapolis
IL. J. Frazier
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
J. M. Jackson
Philips County Circuit Court
Helens
Little Rock
Youngstown
Department of Justice
Jordan Jameson
Greer
Columbia County
Magnolia
Iowa State
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