Ottawa bank vault opened after night work
National City Bank of Ottawa officials and local authorities forced open a six inch steel vault door to search for Francis J. Carey a teller missing since supper and believed locked inside by robbers. No one was found inside and sixty thousand dollars taken from the safe was recovered when a man dropped a package nearby.
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Associated Press
Cutlawe
Canada
National City Bank of Ottawa
Francis J. Carey
Carey
Berlin Unemployed Storm City Industries
Three thousand unemployed men in Berlin stormed the Lion Metal Works and drove out proprietors and the engineer, extinguishing furnaces. In the north side a gas plant workers ousted the industrial council and set up a political soviet.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Lion Metal Works
Mayor Hylan testifies before committee on building contracts
New York, Nov. 11 Mayor Hylan appeared as a witness before the joint legislative committee investigating the building trust. At his own request and with counsel Samuel Untermyer present he said he has gotten his own way this time and read a lengthy statement to clear up any implication that he was dilatory in administering contracting matters.
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Associated Press
New York
Hylan
Joint Legislative Committee
Samuel Untermeyer
Note at American Legion HQ Warns Veterans Parade
DoJ operatives seek clue to authors of a warning note left at American Legion headquarters in Columbus Ohio. The message warned ex soldiers not to join the Armistice Day parade run by veterans of three wars.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Department of Justice
American Legion
Fourth Army Corps to Move Headquarters to Fort McPherson
The War Department announced that the headquarters of the Fourth Army Corps Area will move from Charleston, D. C., to Fort McPherson near Atlanta on November 15. Washington reports the relocation details.
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Fort Mcpherson
Washington, D. C
Fourth Army Corps
Charleston
D. C
Atlanta
War Department
Three bodies found in El Mundo hold after hull explosion
New York reports three bodies recovered from the hold of the Morgan liner El Mundo. Nine men were seriously injured when a fuel tank exploded while the ship was tied at the Hudson river pier. Earlier reports said no deaths.
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el Mundo
Associated Press
New York
Hudson River
Mills Increase Capital Stock at Spartanburg
Spartanburg South Carolina November 11 The Spartan Mills board voted to raise capital stock from one to three million dollars and declared a four percent regular dividend. Whitney Mills followed with a four percent regular and a six percent extra dividend and increased capital stock from three hundred fifty thousand to one million five hundred thousand. Pacolet Mills declared a four percent regular dividend and a six percent special dividend on a one million capital stock.
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Spartanburg
Associated Ress
S. C
Sparten Mills
Whitney Mills
Pacolet Mills
Armistice Day Quiet as Baseball Owners Prepare Board Vote
Kansas City November 11 Armistice Day finds rival major league club owners resting on arms ahead of a peace conference of sixteen clubs in Chicago tomorrow. Federal Judge Landis is expected to be unanimously chosen as chairman of the new board of control with a $50 000 annual salary, likely ratified by the American League loyal five after the meeting.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Chicago
Landis
Board of Control
Fort Worth Banks Subscribe 3 Percent to Export Corporation
Fort Worth banks at a meeting subscribed 3 percent of their capital stock to the Southern Export Corporation recently organized in New Orleans. The action was reported from Fort Worth Texas on November 11.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Banks of
Southern Export Corporation
New Orleans
Shipping Board Declared Clean in Congress Hearing
Commander A B Clement testified the United States Shipping Board was not corrupt but faced criticism for lack of perfect coordination among departments. He spoke during a Walsh committee hearing in New York on November 11.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Shipping Board
Walsh
A. B. Clement
Bengon
Clement
Red Cross Calls for New Members Tomorrow
In a call to service, the Red Cross urges city residents to join by paying one dollar tomorrow. The volunteer drive features ladies canvassing neighborhoods and encouraging public support as a gesture of humanitarian charity.
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Red Cross
Armistice Day Observed Across Nations with Silent Tributes
London and Paris held solemn ceremonies marking the second anniversary of the WWI armistice. An unknown British soldier was buried in Westminster Abbey, while France interred a Verdun grave occupant under the Arc de Triomphe with President Millerand and three marshals present. In Britain the crowd kept two minutes of silence as the Union Jack was lowered from the cenotaph, the hymn sung, and The Last Post sounded, with King George leading the funeral procession to Westminster Abbey.
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England
Westminster Abbey
United States
Arlington
Associated Press
London
Paris
Verdun
Millerand
Marshalls
Joffre
Foch
Petain
Great Britain
Whitehall
Parliament
George
Canterbury
Wall Street Explosion Solved by Labor-Driven Plot Claim
New York November 11 the Evening World publishes a three page article claiming the September disaster on Wall Street was not anarchist but a labor driven revenge plot against Robert Brindell, president of the building trades council. The piece argues a time bomb was sent to the Stock Exchange annex, with laborers blamed for the explosion and for silencing eyewitness Raymond Clark.
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Associated Press
New York
The
Evening World Today
Wall Street
Building Trust
Robert Brindell
Building Trades Council
Brindell
Exchange ‘Building
Broad and
Wall Streets
Evening World
Stock Exchange Annex
Medals Awarded Worldwide on Armistice Anniversary
Washington observers marked Armistice Day with the distribution of nearly two thousand medals and letters of commendation for valorous wartime service. Secretary Daniels announced honors by radio and telegraph to commanding officers worldwide, though Admiral Sims did not receive a forwarded Distinguished Service Medal as others did.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Marine Corps
Daniél
Woman Workers Beaten at London Communist Paper
In London on November 11, girl employees at Sylvia Pankhurst's Worker's Dreadnaught were assaulted as an angry crowd opened the offices. The party claims the employer mocked a two minute silence with song and clanging tins.
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Associated Press
London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Naval Seaplane Lost With Three Aboard
Naval seaplane with three men aboard is reported missing after disappearance near Chicago on November 11. Rescue and search operations are underway as officials investigate the incident and its circumstances.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Armistice Day Observance Burials in Arlington Cemetery
Washington marked Armistice Day with the burial of 12 officers and enlisted men in Arlington cemetery. A detachment of blue jackets and marines formed a guard of honor.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Blue Jackets
Veterans refuse to pass mayor at Program Tag Day review
In Pittsburgh on November 11 scores of overseas veterans protested the reviewing stand to oppose Mayor Babcock's presence during a city issued permit for what they called Program Tag Day. The marchers declined to pass the stand until the mayor departed.
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Pittsburgh
Babcock
Bride weighs 725 pounds in Santa Anna wedding
In Santa Anna California on November 11 a bride weighing 725 pounds was brought home by John H Hamilton who weighs 155 pounds. The bride formerly Miss Alma Selm of Venice California. Her sister Mrs L C Kring who attended the wedding weighs 420 pounds.
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Associated Press
Santa Anna
Cal
Selm
Venice, California
Her
Lost on the lakes left training station team member feared missing
A trainee left the training station yesterday morning and is believed to be missing somewhere on the lakes. Local authorities and the team are coordinating search efforts as weather conditions allow.
Turks and Armenians Sign an Armistice
An armistice has been signed between the Armenians and the Turkish Nationalists. The agreement gives the Turks control of Alexandropol fortress and railway station and surrounding districts. It also guarantees safety of residents and maintenance of order during peace talks.
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Associated Press
London
Alexandropol
Atlanta to Host Next National Railway Convention
Washington November 11. The National Association of Railway and Public Utilities Commissioners unanimously chose Atlanta to host the next annual convention, which will begin on the second Tuesday in October.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
National Association of Railway and Public Utilities Commissioners Today
Robbers Take Express Messenger Safe Near Sharpe Station
Train robbers held up an express messenger on Southern Railway train No 36 and dumped the safe near Sharpe station about 15 miles from Columbia. The safe carried about sixteen thousand dollars, but a freight crew found and recovered it before the bandits could return.
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Southern Railway
Columbia
Associated Press
Columbia, 8. C
Charlotte
Sharpe Station
Sweet potatoes sell at low price in Macon
Macon readers report sweet potatoes sold on streets for 50 cents per bushel, a price level not seen since 1914. Officials cited an unusually large crop as the reason for the drop in price across the city.
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Macon
Associated Press
Jacksonville Terminal seeks renewal of notes for $735,925
Jacksonville Terminal Company of Jacksonville Florida applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to renew for two years its outstanding notes totaling 735,925 dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Jacksonville Terminal Company
Jacksonville, Fla
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Polish peace envoy depart for Riga in peace talks
Warsaw reports the Polish delegation left for Riga to finish terms with Soviet Russia. Observers expect weeks or months of discussions ahead as talks proceed.
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Riga
Associated Press
Warsaw
Russia
Harding to Speak on Armistice Day in Texas
President elect Harding will interrupt his vacation at Point Isabel to address a large crowd in Barwnsville Texas on Armistice Day. He plans an informal message of goodwill to Mexico reflecting the presence of many Mexicans in the lower Rio Grande valley audience.
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Associated Press
Barwnsville
Tex
Harding
Point Isabel
Rio Grande Valley
Republic
South
Thomasville Tops Red Cross Roll Call Again
Thomasville North Carolina led the Southeast for a second year by reporting 1018 enrolled members of the American Red Cross by 7 a.m. from a town population of 3800. Atlanta dispatch notes the achievement and praises local efforts.
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Thomasville
N. C
RED Cross
Associated Press
Atlanta
American Red Cross
Austria Seeks Admission to League of Nations
Vienna reports Austria has asked to join the League of Nations after discussions with Entente powers regarding its acceptability. The move is noted in newspapers across the city.
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Austria
League OF Nations
Associated Press
Vienna
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