Carranza Linked to Red Plot in Senate Debate
Senator Fall charged Mexican envoy offices and consulates in New York and San Francisco with distributing Bolshevist propaganda with Carranza’s knowledge. Ashurst urged protecting Americans at risk, and Fall asked to withdraw U S recognition of Carranza and sever diplomatic ties. Carranza’s government faced a secret session in Mexico City announcing delicate relations with the United States.
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Washington
Fall
New Mexico
Senate
State Department
Jenkins
Carranza
United States
New York
San Francisco
Ashurst
Dem
la Aquizona
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Fail
Senator Fail
House of Representatives
Department of State
Republic of Mexico
Mexico City
Farmers Rose to Emergency War Production
Secretary of Agriculture Houston reports in his annual release that American farmers aided the war effort by boosting output. Wheat for 1919 is forecast 1 million bushels higher than 1918, corn up 300 million, with meat milk eggs and poultry also rising. Yields per acre improve due to better methods and machinery, and he urges credit unions rural marketing aid road building stockyards and packers regulation consumer protection feeds rural schools and sanitary medical improvements.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Farmers of
General Strike in Italy Ends After Parliament Opening
Rome reports the general strike ordered to end after parliament opened has largely ceased with order restored. Mantua saw earlier disorders, but calm returns as compliance spreads.
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Italy
Rome
Mantua
Czech Slovaks Mass Troops at Hungarian Frontier
Vienna reports that twenty one Czecho Slovak divisions are ordered to the Hungarian frontier with six regiments already deployed to the border as part of a large mobilization. The move follows tensions in Central Europe and reflects rising military readiness in the region.
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Vienna
Tee
Jly Swann Pers Adt
Coal rationing hits Chicago lines and miners’ wage deal
Chicago reports cut train service by one third to conserve coal with parlor cars removed and scheduling lengthened. Washington announces miners gain about 11 cents per ton for pick and machine miners, aiming to break holdouts and ease a coal shortage. Chicago also implements fuel orders restricting power to non essential users, risking 150 000 to 300 000 workers losing their jobs as supplies run out.
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Chicago
Northwest
Southwest
United States Railroad Administration
R. H. Rishton
Hale Holden
B. S. Bush
Central West
Washington
Garfield
T. W. Proctor
Surplus Army Stock Sales Bring In 476 Million
Acting Secretary Crowell told Congress that the government realized seventy three to eighty cents on the dollar on surplus army stocks sold in the United States over the last year. Total receipts amounted to 476 million dollars, not counting 61.99 million of stocks transferred to other government departments.
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Washington
United States
Crowell
Congress
Judge Grants Temporary Injunction Against Prohibition Enforcement
In St Louis Missouri on December 8 a Federal Judge in the United States district court granted a temporary injunction restraining the district attorney from enforcing the Volstead wartime prohibition enforcement act.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Oris
United States District Court
Fargo Banker Guilty in False Statement Case
Fargo jury returns guilty verdict against H. J. Hagen, president of the Scandinavian American Bank of Fargo, on charges of making false statements to the state bank examiner.
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Fargo, N. D
H. J. Hagen
Bank of Fargo
United States and Germany differ on Versailles ratification
Paris reports Frank L. Polk urged Kurt Lersner that delays in ratifying the Versailles treaty in Washington would not alter Germany’s obligations. Polk stressed the United States and its allies share binding promises while Britain would carry out tripartite terms with or without US ratification.
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Paris
Frank L. Polk
United States
Kurt Lersner
Versailles
Germany
Washington
Mr. Polk
Herr Leisner
France
Great Britain
U S Quits Sugar Control After Board Dissolved
Attorney General Palmer announced the end of government sugar control as the sugar equalization board dissolves on December 31. Afterward the government will focus on prosecuting profiteering in sugar and will likely limit efforts to securing new sugar imports. The president designated Palmer as food administrator.
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Washington
Palmer
Sugar Equalization Board
Farmer a Great Stabilizer
Gov Frank O Lowden told the United States Association of Fairs and Expositions gathering at the Auditorum hotel that the farmer is the nation’s greatest stabilizer and that 6,000,000 farmers are essential to America's future. He said he would prefer governing a state of farmers only.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
United States Association of Fairs and Expositions
Auditorum Hotel
America
Sow Less Wheat in Kansas Districts
Topeka report from the state board of agriculture shows Kansas winter wheat sowing at 8,951,834 acres this fall, 23 percent below the 1919 record of 11,610,445 acres, a drop of over 2,500,000 acres.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
State Board of Agriculture
British Relief Ship Hurona Foundered Off Psara
Advices from Athens report the British steamer Hurona foundered November 27 off Psara in the Graecian archipelago. The crew were saved and landed at Piraeus by a Greek steamer.
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London
Athens
Psara
Graecian Archipelago
Piraeus
Won't Withdraw the Pact
Senator Hitchcock announced after visiting President Wilson that the president has no intention of withdrawing the peace treaty from the Senate for the present.
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Washington
Dec
Wilson
Senate
Hitchcock
Wilson Delays Mexico Action As Senators Confer
State Department notified as President Wilson met with Senators Fall and Hitchcock in the sick room. Fall asserted evidence of red propaganda by Mexican diplomats in the United States and said the president would not reveal his views on intervention. Jenkins’ release from Puebla penitentiary was reported, aiding the tense congressional briefing.
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Washington
Wilson
Fall of New Mexico
United States
Hitchcock
Capitol
Senator Fall
Fall
Mexico
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Lansing
Grayson
Jenkins
Puebla
Mexico City
State Department
William O. Jenkins
Secretary of State
Hanna
Department
Tabor Family Linked to Maud Tabor Death
Walla Walla Washington December 5 reports say Mrs Lester Tabor and Walter Tabor in Freewater Oregon two weeks ago planned to travel to California. Lawton Michigan police say evidence links the whole Tabor family including mother sister brother and sister in law to Maud Tabor's death.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Lester Tabor
Walter Tabor
Freewater
Ore
California
Maud Tabor
Lawton
Mich
Tabor
British Cabinet to suspend juries in Ireland crimes
The Daily News reports the British cabinet will suspend trial by jury for violent crimes in Ireland and replace it with a commission of three judges.
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Ireland
London
Daily News
Villa Capture a Myth Debunked by Mexican Consul
El Paso Texas December 6 Andrea Garcia Mexican consul received a telegram from military headquarters at Chihuahua stating the report of the capture of Francisco Villa was not true.
Coal Mines May Be Open Friday
U S officials and miners union leaders travel from Washington to Indianapolis to present a revised settlement to the executive council. If approved expectant back to work in 48 hours, with a proposed commission to study living costs and miners earnings. President Wilson may back wage adjustments while Garfield reportedly not told of the new plan.
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U. S
Washington
Indianapolis
Executive Board of Miners
Palmer
Charles B. Ames
Wilson
Lewis
Green
Interior Lane
Garfield
Lewis and Green
A. B. Anderson
Anderson
Johnd. Lewis
William Green
Morgan back from Europe returns to New York
J P Morgan arrived on the White Star liner Lapland with Mrs Morgan after a three months stay in England and France. Morgan said he is in excellent health and declined to forecast the exchange or peace prospects, noting all Europe waits for the treaty.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Lapland
England
France
Morgan
Europe
U. S. Captain Arrested in Limoges Theft Case
London dispatch reports U. S. Army Captain Albert Tannery arrested in Limoges on charges linked to the theft of 200 automobiles stored at an American camp in Finisterre.
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London
Albert Tannery
Limoges
Department of Finisterre
Double Beauty Of Your Hair Promises Instant Luster
An advertisement touts Danderine as a cheap hair tonic to transform dull hair. It claims immediate soft lustrous fullness, dirt removal, and dandruff reduction while promoting longer thicker stronger hair.
Scales the Waiter Sparks Tip Expectation Jest
In a humorous exchange a diner notes a waiter named Scales and jokes that he expects tips from everyone, prompting a lighthearted moment in the restaurant.
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Scales
Pape's Cold Compound Promised Quick Relief
An old advertisement claims Pape's Cold Compound quickly relieves a severe cold. The first dose opens nasal passages and stops runny nose and headaches. It urges taking doses every two hours up to three, and touts low cost and no quinine.
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Grippe
Pape
Unheeded Eloquence and the Senate’s Audience Gap
A dialogue shows Senator Sorghum dismissing old fashioned orators as unnecessary. He says the public now feels capable to speak, but warns that the nation needs more listeners and a larger audience. The exchange satirizes modern rhetoric.
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Senator Sorghum
Dr Peery’s Dead Shot Cure for Worms and Tape Worms
An old fashioned medicine called Dead Shot by Dr Peery claims one dose clears worms or tapeworms. Advertisement notes its simplicity and quick action.
Doctor’s Dreary Diction Amid Looming Epidemic
A veteran physician speaks with grave calm as warning signs rise across clinics. He notes rising patient load, cautious optimism in treatment, and calls for vigilance while public health agencies monitor spread. Many communities brace for impact but seek prudent response.
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Proves Helpful
Sadie Weikel of Gary Indiana testifies that after years of weakness backaches and nervous distress she improved greatly on Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription reporting renewed strength and well being within six months verified by the testimonial.
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Gary
Ind
Sadie Weikel
Penn St
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