Big Packers Agree to Sell Off Railroads and Yards
Washington December 19 Attorney General Palmer announced that the five major packers their main subsidiaries stockholders and managers surrendered to government demands to curb monopolistic growth and unrelated holdings They must sell public stock yards railroads and terminals disassociate from the retail meat business and other lines within two years a decree to be secured soon ends suits.
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Washington
Palmer
Federal Trade Commission
Chicago
Grant
Packing giants face decree to loosen meat controls
Justice Department describes a sweeping decree against 86 defendants. It requires sale of public stockyard holdings and railroad interests under court supervision, disassociation from retail meat and many unrelated lines, and perpetual court oversight to prevent monopolies in food.
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Department of Justice
United States District Court
Berlin food strike closes hotels and eateries for two days
Berlin officials vow a two day halt on all dining services as a protest against new food purchase regulations. Hotels and restaurants will shed 20 000 jobs and guests rush to stock up while authorities seek to curb the so called sneak trade.
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Berlin
Dee
Bristol
Transatlantic Flyer Dies in France After Ocean Flight
In France Captain Sit and his crew were killed when their Atlantic crossing plane crashed near Cottevrard as he described the perilous descent. Captain Alcock with Lieut. Arthur W. Brown previously completed a Newfoundland to Clifden Ireland flight of over 1900 miles in 16 hours 12 minutes, the first nonstop Atlantic crossing.
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Ouen
France
Cottevrard
Department of Seine-Inferiure
Normandy
Alcock
Arthur W. Brown
Newfoundland
Clifden
Ireland
Atlantic Ocean
Lady Howe Peetoes in a vise as four extend my one fre
Fragmentary OCR notes show a scene with Lady Howe Peetoes in a vise followed by four others extending a single fre. Limited readable context prevents full reconstruction of event or identities.
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Peetoes
Reds Deported From America Amid Protests
A crowd aboard the US transport Buford carried 247 deportees amid shouting critics led by Emma Goldman who warned of the end of the United States. In Chicago the Federation of Labor opposed deporting aliens who belong to AF L affiliated unions urging protection for union members from banishment.
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United States
America
Buford
Emma Goldman
Aga A Teta Alent
Federation
The
United
Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Chicago Federation
Operators Balk at Wilson Plan End to Coal Strike Peace Bid
President Wilson creates a three member commission under Palmer’s plan to arbitrate differences between bituminous miners and operators. Operators deny agreeing to the memorandum cited by the president and refuse to accept terms without consultation.
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Washington
Wilson
Palmer
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
PL White
Rembrandt -Peale
Pennsylvania
Executive Committee
Messrs
Messrs. Robinson, White and
Palmer at H C S Conference Targets High Cost of Living
Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer spoke in Chicago urging action against profiteers and pledging strict enforcement of existing food laws. He said the department would push legislation to empower stronger measures and highlighted the fair price committee plan as a step toward relief.
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Chicago
A. Mitchell Palmer
Ilinois
Lowden
Palmer
Fair Price Committee
United States Attorney’s Office
Blast Fatal to 43 Germans at Mariensiel Depot
Forty three workers, men and women, were killed and more than one hundred injured when an explosion struck the Mariensiel ammunition depot near Wilhelmshaven as shells were being unloaded.
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Wilhelmshaven
Berlin
Mariensiel
Bury Sea Mine Victims on Island
The Hague dateline reports Chief Engineer Weston and three sailors from the American Liberty Glo buried on the Isle of Tuist after their vessel struck a North Sea mine.
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The
Hague
Weston
Liberty Glo
North Sea
Isle of Tuist
Berger Wins in Wisconsin Defeats Bodenstad for Seat
Victor L. Berger Socialist is re elected to the Fifth Wisconsin district seat, defeating Henry H. Bodenstad fusion Republican 4806 votes. Berger totals 24367 to 19561. about 9000 abstentions in a 53000 registration.
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Milwaukee
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Henry H. Bodenstab
Berger
Bodenstad
Carney
Stafford
Washington
House of Representative
Dallinger
Massachusetts
Elections Committee
Mr. Dallinger
Attempted assassination of Viscount French in Dublin
At about 1 AM a shot was fired as Viscount French drove near Phoenix Park. A nearby civilian was killed, a policeman wounded, and Lord French escaped unharmed. French had led police actions after the Sinn Fein suppression proclamation.
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Dublin
Viscount French
Ireland
Lord French
Ashton Gate
Phoenix Park
Vice Regal Lodge
Lord Prench
Sinn Fein
Judges Balk at Sentences in Sinn Fein Fund Case
Dublin December 22 four Sinn feiners were sentenced to prison for soliciting funds for the Irish parliament in Burnfoot Donegal. Magistrate Porter denounced the sentences as savage and threatened to resign his commission. Magistrate McLoughlin protested and was removed from the court.
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Dublin
Sinn
Senate Deadlock Over Peace Efforts and League Covenant
Senator Knox urged the Senate to ratify the peace treaty with Germany by restoring peace, sidetracking the League of Nations. Objections by McKellar and Nelson blocked unanimous consent and the measures were referred to the foreign relations committee.
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Washington
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
Germany
League of Nations
United States
McKellar
Tennessee
Nelson
Minnesota
Foreign Relations Committee
Bolsheviks Break Through Near Narva and Raid Kremena
Soviet government reports severe fighting near Narva on the Esthonian front with wire defenses breached and several villages captured. Bolshevist cavalry conducts a raid on Kremena Spaskaia taking numerous prisoners, while on the eastern front cavalry occupation occurs at Ust Kam enokusk in Russian Turkestan with three Cossack regiments captured.
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London
England
Narva
Moscow
Bolshevist
Kremena Spaskaia
Ust Kamenokusk
Russian Turkestan
68,000 U S girls missing in past year
York December 17 More than 68,000 girls have disappeared or run away from their homes in the United States during the last year according to an estimate by the Travelers Aid society. The society has cared for about 60,000 young men and women who have flocked to this city in the last 11 months.
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U. S
York
Dec
United States
Travelers Aid Society
Maynard’s words juggled over aviation liquor remarks
Lieut Belvin W Maynard known as the flying parson said a prior statement on alcohols effect on aviators was misrepresented by the Anti-Saloon league and press. He insists many aviation accidents result from excess alcohol and warns flyers need clear minds, not liquor dulled.
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Washington
Belvin W. Maynard
Air Service
PAYS $15 FOR SEAT AT END IN CLEVELAND
Charles Johnson a 65 year old farmer from West Salem traveled to Cleveland to see a staged end of the world spectacle and paid 15 dollars for a front row seat. He believed his religious group would gather for the event. Nearby in Miami Oklahoma several mines closed as workers refused to descend underground amid doomsday fears.
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Cleveland, O
Charles Johnson
West Salem
Cleveland
Minscaen
Miami
Okla
British government lacks power to bar exports says judge
Justice Sir John Sankey of the king's bench division declares the government has no authority to prohibit imports, deeming its proclamation invalid. The ruling is viewed as a major limit on government power, marking a landmark decision.
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High Court
London
John Sankey
King’s Bench Division
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