Labor Here Will Strike For Mooney Justice
Jerge Franklin A Griffin urges Gov Stephens to grant Mooney a conditional pardon to win a new trial for the death case tied to Letters as mother at Grayville Ill The Central Labor Committee of Seattle representing 60000 workers calls for a general strike if the request is denied by December 9 They say Mooney was convicted on perjured evidence and demand justice and a new trial
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Jerge Franklin A. Griffin
Thomas J. Mooney
Gov. Stephens
Mooney
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Seattle
at + Wessel
Wilson
California
The War Expert Finds a New Fate After Victory
The piece contemplates the postwar fate of the war expert, suggesting reused weapons and technologies in peacetime and imagining civilian roles for military specialists. It muses on transforming battle gear into monuments and everyday tools while noting the war expert’s singular end as the era closes.
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Achey An
Caer
Clemenceau and Foch Elected to French Academy
Paris reports Marshal Foch and Georges Clemenceau were unanimously elected by acclamation to the French Academy. The remarkable choice follows their long political and military leadership in France.
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Clemenceau
Foch
Paris
Marshal Foch
French Academy
Poindexter to Be Senate President Under Harmony Plan
Washington November 21 The senate Republican leaders aim for unity with a peace program. Senator Poindexter of Washington would be nominated as pro tem of the Senate, a progressive, while Norris Cucamina Kenyon and other progressives would head key committees. Penrose would remain finance chairman. The Norris substitute for seniority rule would be adopted with amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Will H. Hays
National Committee
Norris
Renters Call Mass Meeting In Seattle Tonight
Mayor Hanson and the city council join a mass protest meeting against rent profiteering at the Presa club auditorium 1315 Fifth Ave Friday at 8 pm. Havercamp of the Anti Rent Profiteering league says federal rent commission helps only shipyard workers and families. Landlords and tenants invited.
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Presa Club
Fifth Ave
Havercamp
Local Labor Asks Wilson to Dismiss Kaiser Burleson
Seattle organized labor urged President Wilson to remove Postmaster General Burleson from public service after an enthusiastic Central Labor Council floor vote. The resolutions committee was ordered to draft the request immediately, citing Burleson’s failure to secure justice for post office employees and locked-out telegraphers and his control policies over telephone and telegraph services.
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Wilson
Kaiser Burleson
Burleson
Seattle Organized Labor
Central Labor Council
City and County Public Service Union
Resolutions Committee
Post Office
Senator Spencer Sworn to Fill Missouri Term
Senator Selden H. Spencer of Missouri was sworn in to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Stone. The ceremony occurred in Washington on November 21. Relations between Missouri and national leadership were noted as Spencer assumes the seat.
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Washington
Selden H. Spencer
Missouri
Stone
Seattle Put Forward As North Terminus For Aerial Mail
Seattle is eyed as the northern terminus of a proposed Seattle to Sacramento aerial mail line. A D Penney at Mather Field sent inquiries to California Oregon and Washington for landing site info. Army aviators will begin a national flight series Friday supervised by the War Department.
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Seattle
War Department
University
U S Asks For Prisoner Data From War Department
Washington, Nov 21 The War Department cabled General Pershing ordering rapid submission of names of incoming prisoners with their condition. Meanwhile the State Department will not follow England by notifying Germany of food relief, while prisoners are badly treated.
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War Department
Pershing
State Department
England
Germany
Allied fleet meets German high seas fleet surrender at sea
London reports the German fleet surrendered to the Grand fleet with four hundred allied vessels present including five American dreadnoughts. The ceremony involved the American squadron and French cruisers and destroyers near May Isle off the Firth of Forth. One ship remains en route and total surrender count was unclear.
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Admiralty
Grand Fleet
May Isle
Isle
Firth of Forth
British Submarines Surrender to Escorting Ships Off North Sea
In a quiet act near CRUISER CANALE in the North Sea on Nov 20 German submarines surrendered to a British fleet. The reception group of four cruisers and destroyers prepared to fire if needed while U boats halted under fog. Submarines. surrender. Harwich rendezvous. Dragon signaling surrender. German crews transported to Kiel.
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North Sea
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Dragon
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Harwich
Two Wars Rage in Europe Amid End of Great War
New York reports two ongoing conflicts in Europe after World War I ends. Poland and Ukraine clash over Galicia including Lemberg as Ukraine Army defeats Polish forces and gains claim to Przemysl. Bolsheviks and Allies fight in Archangel region while peace talks proceed.
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Ukraine
Galicia
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Archangel
Lemberg
Przemysl
No Capitalistic Peace Will Satisfy Labor
J R Clynes British food controller declares no capitalistic peace will satisfy labor in an exclusive interview for The Star. The Star previews pages with Vanderlip of National City Bank of New York on the postwar peace outlook and Spillane beginning reconstruction articles.
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The
Star
Interprise Association
George A. Vanderlip
United States
Now Waits on Premier
United Press reports the fate of the peace conference rests with Lloyd George as British elections loom and Wilson plans trips to Europe. Debates on lifting trade bans, potential multi section treaty, and early handling of the League of Nations are discussed along with Jewish protection in Romania and the emerging Russian position at the talks.
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United Press
Washington
Lloyd George
England
Wilson
Europe
Germany
League of Nations
Louis Marshall
New York
Lansing
Rumania
NO SECRECY NO PEACE DEMAND AT PARIS PEACE TALKS
Paris November reports debate secrecy versus open diplomacy at the peace conference. Senator Borah and Wilson favor public oversight while censorship rules vary by nation. Observers worry Germans will exploit any discord and urge interallied agreement on what may be published.
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William Philip Simms
United Press
Paris
Versailles
Borah
Wilson
France
Budapest Occupied by Allies by French Forces
French troops occupy Budapest the Hungarian capital with a division of 8 000 men. Two other divisions will hold key rail heads, per official dispatches from Berne. The occupation aligns with Austria Hungary armistice terms granting access to strategic centers.
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Washington
Budapest
Berne
Austria-Hungary
Allied Forces Defeat Reds in Dvina River Fighting
The war office reports heavy fighting in the Dvina river region between Bolsheviki and Allied forces on Monday and Tuesday. The Bolsheviks attacked on the front and flank, penetrated villages, and pressed toward Canadian battery positions before Allied counterattacks drove them back with heavy losses. Fighting resumed Tuesday with Bolshevik casualties described as great.
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London
Dvinma River
War Office
Turmoil in South Russia as Ukrainians press Lemberg hold
Reports from Vienna via London say bitter fighting rages across southern Russia between Ukrainian and Polish forces. The main battles center on Lemberg now in Ukrainian hands, with combat ongoing at Kolomea, Przemys, and Stanislau. Przemys lies 50 miles west of Lemberg, Stanislau 75 miles southeast, Kolomea 15 miles southeast of Stanislau.
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Vienna
London
Russia
Lemberg
Kolomea
Przemys
Stanislau
Czechs and German forces clash near Zurich battle scene
Field Marshal Von Mackensen’s troops clash with Czech soldiers on Sunday according to the Pester Journal. Czechs demand disarmament, troops retreat, and the Czechs tear up the railway to hinder further German movement.
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Zurich
von Mackensen
Pester Journal
Explosion Kills 200 at Cologne Factory
In Amsterdam on November 21 1920 two hundred people died in a Cologne factory blast after revolutionaries failed to spur a worker strike. The Taglische Rundschau reported the casualty figure today.
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Cologne
Taglische Rundschau
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