Mediation Talks Underway in Coal Strike
Washington reports informal mediation by Franklin K. Lane and Bernard M. Baruch aims to end the coal strike with a basis for honorable negotiations. West Virginia production rises as more mines reopen while union splits widen and federal troops prepare for any situation.
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Washington
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Bernard M. Baruch
West Virginia
Railroad Administration
Department of Justice
Hines
Charleston
W. Va
W. N. Vanderpool
W. N. Vanderpool, President of the Local Union of
Mine Workers
South Carbon
Kanawha
Adj
Omas Davis
W. F. Harrell
Wets Lead On Four Prohibition Questions
Columbus Ohio reports practically complete returns from 59 of 88 counties showing wet majorities on all four prohibition questions. The 2.75 percent beer proposal leads by 14,328. repeal of statewide prohibition by 728. against ratification of the federal prohibition amendment by 29,105. and against the Crabbe state prohibition enforcement act by 50,675.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Secretary of State
Auto Bandits Rob Banks in Averyville Heist
Five masked men robbed the Merchants and Mechanics State Bank of Averyville, taking $20,000 to $60,000. They forced Cashier H. E. Reese and staff into the vault, locked it, and escaped in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria, Til
Merchants and Mechanics’ State Bank of
Averyville
H. E. Reese
Finns to Aid Russ Anti Reds
Stockholm reports Finnish citizens across several regions voted to intervene in the anti Bolshevik campaign against Petrograd according to advices from Helsingfors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Finland
Helsingfors
Petrograd
Bloodiest Battle of the Great War at the Marne
Paris reports the Marne battle as the war’s bloodiest clash with official tallies showing heavy losses. The figures list dead and wounded totals reaching hundreds of thousands, underscoring the fierce combat and high human cost.
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Paris
The
Marne
Bolsheviks claim heavy losses as Gdov surrenders and Kresty inmates die
Reports from Helsingfors and Reval detail Gdov’s surrender to Bolsheviks cutting contact with General Yudenitch’s army, while Kresty prison losses total 630 deaths from starvation. Also noted are 8000 fugitives at the Finnish frontier and Bolshevik claims of a Besna river capture near Kiev.
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London
Gdov
Helsingfors
Yudeniteh
Esthenian Bureau
Gatchina
Luga
Yudenitch
Kresty
Petrograd
Tchernigoff
Besna
Kiev
Denikine
Russian Northwest Army
Steltsja River
U S Appeals Wet Decision Rules in Supreme Court
The government appeals to the Supreme Court from a Kentucky federal judge ruling the wartime prohibition act unconstitutional and ordering the release of bonded distilled spirits in Louisville. A request for an early hearing is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Evans
Federal Court of Kentucky
Washington
Supreme Court
Evans
Kentucky
Louisville
Kentucky Seeks Federal Troops to Guard Coal Mines
Kentucky coal operators met with Fuel Administrator Garfield and requested federal troops to protect ongoing mine operations amid threats to shut down, aiming to secure continued production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kentucky
Garfield
Country wide raid on Reds nets about 600 suspects
Washington reports government agents conducted coordinated raids in nine cities across the United States last night and captured about six hundred people described as radicals malcontents anarchists and foreign born suspects in the Red rally crackdown the operation targeted radicals and I W W members and others involved in a nationwide crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red
United States
McAdoo Warns of 50 Percent Tax Hit if League Fails
Fort Worth Texas November 8 1919 William Gibbs McAdoo former secretary of the treasury and director general of the railroads says defeat of the League of Nations would bring a 50 percent tax increase in the United States his warning tied to international policy and fiscal policy at a time of postwar adjustment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
League of Nations
United States
William McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Railroads
Prominent Germans Arrested in Coal Hoarding Ring
Berlin reports twenty two persons including high officials and bankers arrested at Carlsbad over a coal hoarding conspiracy. The case involves ten thousand wagonloads of coal and a large network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Carlsbad
Senate Adopts Lodge Preamble Amid Treaty Debate
The Senate approved the first clause of the foreign relations committee reservations by 48 to 46 after failed amendments. The mild Republican faction joined Democrats to back the preamble requiring three great powers to accept the reservations. President Wilson supported reservations that interpret the treaty without nullifying the League of Nations covenant.
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Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
McCamper
North Dakota
Reed
Missouri
Gore
Oklahoma
Walsh
Massachusetts
Ashurst
Chamberlain
Culberson
Dial
Fletcher
Gay
Garry
Harris
Harrison
Henderson
Hitchcock
Johnson
S. C
Tones
N. M
Kendrick
King
Kirby
Meixellar
Myers
Nugent
Overman
Owen
Phelan
Pittman
Pomerone
Bamsdell
Robinson
Sheppard
Simmons
Smith
Ariz
Swanson
Thomas
Trammel
Underwood
Mont
Williams
Wolcott
McCumber
Utah
United States
League
Colorado
Congress
Wilson
Nebraska
Borah
Idaho
White House
Bomb Hurled at Street Car Injures Steel Workers
A second bombing in two days injures several steel workers when a street car in Donors, Pennsylvania, is struck and derailed by dynamite. The attack follows a prior bombardment in the same area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donors
Prohibition Amendment Narrowly Ahead in Kentucky Returns
Unofficial results from 90 counties in Kentucky show a statewide prohibition amendment ahead by 4,509 votes, with early figures indicating the amendment had won. final tallies awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drys
Kentucky
Louisville
Berlin Reds in Plot Against German Government
Berlin based Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports investigators claim a planned communist uprising to depose the government, modeled on the Russian plan. The outbreak, led by bolshevists, is said to begin in the Ruhr coal region with subcenters in Munich and Brunswick and arms distributed to spartacists and communists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essen
Germany
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Berlin
Ruhr
Munich
Brunswick
Wife and baby slain in Bedford arson fire
A seventeen year old wife and her six week old son were murdered and burned in a Bedford Indiana home. The blaze destroyed the house shortly after midnight. Husband John Bailey Blair is being sought in connection with the killings. The Blairs lived in a small frame house six miles from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
John Bailey Blair
Blairs
Bolsheviki Press On Omsk Evacuation Ordered
Owing to the menace of Bolshevist forces, Admiral Kolchak orders a preliminary evacuation of Omsk by the American hospital and nonessential government departments. The seat of government may be moved eastward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kolchak
Omsk
Keep Up Rail Guaranty Plan
Washington reports the senate interstate commerce committee advanced temporary legislation to extend government guaranteed rail returns after private control resumes January 1 until permanent law is enacted. President Wilson proclaimed Thanksgiving Day as November 27, expressing hope for peace and national recompense.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wilson
Sleeping Sickness Claims Two in Portland Week
Two deaths in Portland this week due to sleeping sickness are reported with another suspected case under observation. The outbreak prompts medical officials to monitor activities and advise vigilance among residents.
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Portland
Ore
G A R Encampment Dates Set for Atlantic City
Atlantic City announces the 1920 Grand Army of the Republic encampment will run from September 26 to October 2. Commander in Chief Daniel M. Hall confirms the dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Grand Army of the Republic
Daniel M. Hall
Father of slain son dies by own hand in Payson
In Quincy Illinois, November 10, reports say Loren Peters son of Theodore W. Peter, a Payson resident, was killed in action in France. Grief over his son's death is believed to have driven Theodore Peter, aged fifty, to kill himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy, Ill
Loren
France
Theodore W. Peter
Payson
Publisher’s Diplomatic Dinner With Duchess Named Kelly Angus
A Los Angeles publisher abroad joined a dining party with a duke and duchess bearing a double last name. He wrestled with how to address the hostess and finally, to ease her, grasped her hand and quipped that all like good home cooking. The duchess apologized for the modest meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Kelly Angus
Salmon in the Bowl Triggers Unexpected Domestic Row
A husband confesses to his wife that a goldfish died while she was away. He tries to soften the blunder by buying a new fish, but she discovers the replacement is a salmon. The exchange unfolds with humorous regret.
No, It Is Not Healthy to Kiss Spinsters, They Say
A provocative claim argues kissing spinsters is unhealthy, reflecting social attitudes of the era. Experts dispute the stance, urging caution and better understanding of affection's harmless nature.
Forsyth man Uses Quadruplets for Quick Cash
Andrew Johnson of Forsyth Georgia father of quadruplets three boys and a girl markets the newborns as a side business. The day after the babies arrive a sign goes up on the cabin door offering admission to see the children with prices for adults and children and spectators pay to view the infants. Johnson says he needed money and would take the children as they come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Johnson
Forsyth
Andrew
Outguessed Him in Salary Dispute at Engagement Inquiry
Pauline Lord visited William Harris Jr to discuss an engagement before his European voyage. Harris asked for her salary and, after considering the figures, admitted he didn’t think she valued herself yet. She replied with a sharp retort exposing the expected pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Lord
William Harris, Jr
Europe
Harris
Miss Lord
Frustrated Lawyer Advises Weeping at Young Jurors
A fiery lawyer counsels a defendant to use emotion in court, telling the client to weep when facing a young juror and to flirt with an older juror, reflecting a sharp debate over courtroom strategy.
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Watson
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