Palmer in Chicago Seeks Action on High Living Costs
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer visits Chicago to rally mayors clubwomen and officials against profiteering. He urges strict enforcement of food laws and expands fair price committees to curb profiteers while warning that war era distortions in industry credit and taxation drive prices higher. He argues relief is possible if leaders hold line and retailers face public scrutiny.
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Chicago
A. Mitchell Palmer
Hainess
Lowden
Palmer
Department
Fair Price Committee
Pnbie
United States Attorney’s Office
Mie
Ciice
West
Washington
Wilsons call for strong enforcement and fear of punishment
In a conference on fair price enforcement the prosecutor and committee push for a strong criminal-law approach to deter profiteers. Women participate prominently as speakers. A separate Berlin report notes a fatal blast at the Mariensiel ammunition depot near Wilhelmshaven killing 43 and injuring 100 as shells were unloaded.
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Fair Price Committee
Tom
Berlin
Mariensiel
Wilhelmshaven
Man pays $15 for end of world seat in Cleveland
Charles Jonson, 65, bought a reserved front seat to witness doomsday in Cleveland. He paid $15 to two men who claimed all believers would await the end here. In Miami Oklahoma, zinc and lead miners refused to descend as the world was said to crumble, closing several mines.
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Cleveland
Charles Jonson
Farmer
West Selem
Bend
Johnson
Miami
Okla
Reds gain Kiev and seize Kupiansk in Soviet report
A Moscow wireless report says the Bolsheviks captured Kiev and occupied Kupiansk southeast of Kharkov as part of a grand Soviet drive in southern Russia. The message also notes Darnaul in Siberia has fallen, while Lytvinov discusses peace terms with the counter revolutionaries.
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Tanlon
Kiev
Kupiansk
Kharkoy
Moscow
Ukraine
Russia
Denikin
Darnaul
Siberia
Tomek
Copenhagen
Denmark
Prowler Liggad George
M. Litvinoff
William (. Bullitt
Kolchak
Fire destroys four story building in Cleveland district
Firemen fought for five hours to save the wholesale dress goods district as a four story brick building at St Clair avenue and West Sixth street burned. The blaze caused estimated losses of 825000. The structure housed woolen goods wholesalers and a tailor shop.
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Cleveland, GF
Sile
St. Clair Avenue
West Sixth Street
Allies pledge 70 million relief loan to Austria at Paris
The supreme council tentatively approves a relief fund of 70 million dollars for Austria with monthly releases of 8.5 million, while Austria seeks 100 million. The council also agrees Germans may collect customs duties in gold as part of postwar peace terms. A dispute over reparations tonnage at Scapa Flow adds to the discussions.
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Supreme Council
Paris
Austria
Wace Conference
Bhat
Henner
Scapa Flow
Corm Wittee
Cormanders
Swedish Warship Fylgin Arrives in New York After 12 Years
New York reports the battle cruiser Fylgin docking for the first time in 12 years. It will stay through January 3 and then visit the West Indies visiting Havana Colon and Panama. Prince Wilhelm previously sailed aboard during the 1907 visit.
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New York
Fylgin
West Indies
Havana
Colon
Panama
Prince Wilhelm
Britain Cannot Bar Exports, High Court Rules
Justice Sir John Sankey of the king’s bench division ruled the government lacks power to prohibit imports and that its proclamation is invalid. The judgment is described as one of the most important ever rendered against the government.
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London
John Sankey
King’s Bench Division
Five farmers challenge state bond issue in North Dakota
In North Dakota the National Nonpartisan League conducts a test against a state bond issue totaling 817,600. Five farmers of Burke or Leigh county are named in the challenge as part of the constitutional validity inquiry. In another item from New York, restaurants plan a 10 percent price hike starting January 1 to offset losses from prohibition, with higher costs for sugar crockery and laundry also noted.
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Nod
Dee
PRCA
Meade
Phadda Eayvart
North Doeketa i
Furleigh County
New York
Five ships sink in Newfoundland storm reports
Reports from St John s say a week long storm along the Newfoundland coast has claimed at least three lives and five schooners. A tidal wave destroyed a railway pier at Mineentig and the Grand Bank breakwater. Captain Whittle of the Barbary Madonala was swept overboard and drowned. Two crew members of Verna L Adams froze to death.
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Newfoundland
Mineentig
Grand Bank
Portune
Barbars MacDonald
Veron J. Adams
Rose M
Grace Darling
Betty Mac
Phemens Whittle
Beare
Adnans
Loith
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Jenkins to Face Trial in Mexico
Mexican government replies to the second American note on Jenkins the American consular agent at Puebla. It says Jenkins case now has a different aspect since his release on bail and emphasizes Mexican law over U S claims. The note, signed by Telario Medina, reiterates the matter remains a legal issue despite U S belief in Jenkins innocence.
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Mexico City
Willan
Jenkins
Puebla
United States
Telario Medina
Foreign Relations Department
George T. Summertin
Mr. Jenkins
Mexican and U S Dispute Over Jenkins Case Legal Process
The Mexican government rejects entry into a broad debate on the Jenkins dispute while insisting that a full explication of the case justifies its procedure. It argues American testimony lacks sufficient proof under Mexican penal law and rejects trying U S citizens on state department reports or U S recommendations.
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United States
Jenkins
State Department
Gasstrike Plunges Madrid City Into Darkness At Night
Madrid on December 18 faced a power outage as gasfitters and electricians joined a strike движение. The city remained dark after sunset, disrupting street lights and services across the capital.
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Madrid
Strike Probe Opens in Court as Coal Strike Probe Begins
Indianapolis reports the special grand jury, summoned by United States District Judge Anderson, begins examining alleged violations of antitrust laws and the Lever Fuel Control Act by coal miners operators and dealers. The inquiry, nationwide in scope, aims to uncover conspiracies to limit coal production. All Indiana mines are nearly back to work and most restrictions have been lifted.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Anderson
Indiana
Columbus
Ohio
W. LD. McKinney
Southern Ohio Conl Exchange
McKinney
Dover Arsenal Explosion Injures Five in Major Fire
A large explosion at the Platinumny arsenal near Dover New Jersey wounded five U S Marines guarding the site. The conflagration destroyed several buildings and caused an estimated one million dollars in damage as firemen and Dover volunteers battled for hours amid dangerous explosions.
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Dover
N. J
Platinny Arsenal
Faye
Wal
United States
Arsenal
Dogever
Senal
Mae
Mendiactettag Fede
Senate sugar bill sent to conference with amendments
Washington reports Paxenge shows the senate sugar bill with amendments to a conference, lacking expectation of passage before adjournment. The measure: repeals war time powers and curbs licensing control of sugar business and refinery stock requirements. House approved 256 to 4, preserving wartime controls during a transition.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Sugar Equalization Board
House
Women in New Jury Bomb in Murder Trial
Eleven temporary jurors, including two women, are seated as the murder trial resumes in Los Angeles. The case involves Harry New, accused of killing Miss Freda Lesser after a July 4 car ride. Jurors reportedly doubt whether capital punishment applies in all cases.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harry New
Huery
New
Inana
Insene
Lune
Mies Freda Lesser
Lim &Geles
Te Ko Canyon
Lane Plans to Quit Cabinet Says Public Memoir
Washington dispatch reports Bee Lane of the interior department plans to resign from the cabinet. Lane states he would leave without court or favor from the president and believes he can do so without harming the administration.
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Lane
Washington
Bee Lane
Interior Department
Wilson
Last Ships Leave Sea Amid Slow Ice Breakup
Weathered vessels depart Mud Lake harbor as navigation remains hindered by slushy ice and late-season conditions. Officials report minimal traffic, with only a few ships moving through restricted channels as winter gives way to spring.
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Soult Rie
Marie
Mileh
Omier
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