Landis Accepts Head Of Baseball Board At $50 000
Federal Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis agreed to chair the new baseball tribunal representing both leagues. He will receive a $50,000 annual salary plus $10,000 for travel, while remaining on the federal bench. The move ends wartime tensions as 16 clubs back the appointment at a Chicago meeting led by Ban Johnson loyalists.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Shorty
New York
Boston
Ban Johnson
Judge Landis
Contro
National Leaguers
American League
America
Landis
William Veeck
Cubs
Clark Griffith
Washington
American League Club
Federal Building
Congress Hotel
National League
Bod
Yin
Textile mills trim hours in Holyoke factories
The Lyman mill and Farr Alpaca company in Holyoke Mass announced shorter work weeks. Lyman mill with 1200 workers will drop from 48 to 30 hours per week. Farr Alpaca, employing several thousand, will cut from four to three days a week.
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Holyoke
Mass
Lyman Mill
Farr Alpaca Company
Lyman Mills
Tax framework advances at Illinois constitutional convention
Springfield Ill Nov 13 The majority report of the revenue committee which would leave the legislature free to enact such enactment mandatory was adopted by the constitutional convention.
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Springfield
Ill
Revenue Committee
Constitutional Convention
Revolt Plot Foiled in Peru Targets President at Dinner
Lima officials announced a discovered revolutionary plot with reach in Madre de Dios Huallaga Lambayeque and the cities of Cuzco Arequiva to attack President Leguia during a Union club dinner. About 30 persons are said to be implicated including Senator Gran Garces Lastres Colonel Cesar Pardon and Colonel Lanfranco.
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Lima
Peru
Madre de Dios
Huallaga
Lambayeque
Cuzco
Arequiva
Leguia
Union Club
Gran
Garces Lastres
Cesar Pardon
Lanfranco
Editor Injured in New Hampton Altercation
In New Hampton during a poli tics dispute W G Shafer a New Hampton banker struck editor Eugene Fueling of the New Hampton Tribune and president of the Iowa State Press association breaking his nose.
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Mason City
New Hampton
W. G. Shafer
Eugene Fueling
New Hampton Tribune
Towa State Press Association
Mildred Chaplin Wins Divorce From Charlie Chaplin
Mildred Clarris Chaplin was granted a decree of divorce from Charlie Chaplin in Los Angeles on November 18, marking an end to their marriage.
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Chaplin
Los Angeles
Cal
Mildred Clarris Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Monarchists Plot to Open War Causes Berlin Crisis
Berlin reports a monarchist plot to start a war as confidential letters reveal Bavarian militia receiving 125000 rifles and 50,000 birch trees. Instructions show money handling and storage plans while Petzold in Plauen Ruhr district may hold weapons. Publicity of arms sparks fear of government action and French intervention.
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Berlin
Benes
Czecho-Slavia
Miitia
North
Germany
Endres
Petzold
Plauen-Ruhr
Orgentch
France
Agreement Reached on Adriatic Settlement
Rome reports Italy and Jugoslav delegations reached a complete text for a Adriatic treaty at Santa Margherita. The Italian chargé d affaires in Washington says the American government will approve a direct Italy Jugoslavia settlement, but no details have been received. Washington has not approved the pact.
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State Department
Rome
Italy
Jugo Slav
Santa Margherita
Adriatic
Count Sforza
Washington
Jugo-Slavia
Stefani
Cortere Della Sera Sys
Austria-Hungary
Popolo D'Italia
Popolo Romana
Serbia
Paris
London
Popolo Romano
Belgrade
de Agates
Officials in Rome Weigh Adriatic Question and Declarations
Telegrams report Italy and Slavia have not approved a direct Adriatic settlement. An unnamed American noted the issue and awaited a united stance. In science news, Charles Ed Breteull of Sweden earns a physics prize for work on nickel alloys.
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Charles Ed Breteull
Ena of Weights and Ay
Nofor
Acady
End of Cork jail strike outlined in Griffith message
A letter from Arthur Griffith founder of Sinn Fein was read by Lord Mayor O Callaghan stating Irish prisoners in Cork jail have shown devotion and should live for Ireland. The message followed Bishop Cahalan of Cork calling for the strike to end to aid the prisoners, with MacSwiney’s hunger strike seen as drawing global attention.
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Cork
O'Callaghan
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Griffith
Cghalan
MacSwiney
Coal Prices Driven By Foreign Demand Report Says
A commerce commission report prepared for the Senate finds foreign demand helped push Atlantic coast coal prices higher in early 1920, while overall domestic price increases were driven by stronger demand. It notes nine months of 1920 exports of 23.56 million tons and bunkers and foreign shipments totaling 8.5 percent of production, with New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Charleston handling over half of such shipments.
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Washington
Ndv
Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Charleston
Coal Prices and Railroads Face Upward Pressure in 1920 Ports
The commission argues railroads serving those ports were forced to buy spot coal at inflated port prices, due to foreign buyers outbidding. It notes July 1920 mine contract coal averaged $3.25 per net ton versus $2.47 in July 1919, while spot coal rose to $6.01 from $2.38 a year earlier.
Reduction in Rail Shops at Altoona by 1305 Workers
The Pennsylvania Railroad says 1305 Altoona shop employees, about 15 percent of the workforce, will be dropped from payroll after a five day notice. The permanent layoff affects all departments except iron and brass foundries, due to reduced repair work. The move aims to align operations with efficiency.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Altoona
Federal agents seize stills in Chicago Heights raid
Prohibition agents recovered a complete contraband liquor operation in Chicago Heights after a tip from local police. Five stills were found in operation at 1601 East End avenue, with three hundred gallons of moonshine stored in the house.
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Plete Outfit
Chicago
Chicago Heights
East End Avenue
France Opposes German Admission to League Now
Paris reports the French government remains unalterably opposed to admitting Germany to the League of Nations at this time citing potential drastic consequences. Britain has shifted to the French viewpoint while discussions with Austria Hungary Bulgaria are viewed differently. French premier Leygues is said to have urged withdrawal of delegates if Germany gains entry over French protest.
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Switzerland
League of Nations
Austria
League
Paris
Germany
Foreign Office
Brita
Assembly
Hungary
Bulgaria
Georges Leygues
Assembly of the Toague
France
Wrangel Fleeing In Crimea Near Lupshun Line
In Sebastopol on November 18 Gen Baron Wrangel head of the anti Bolshevik government withdraws his forces toward the Lupshun line south of Perekop. Bolsheviks press strong attacks on both wings with artillery and civilians may be moved from the city as the situation becomes critical.
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Sebastopol
Crimea
Baron Wrangel
Lupshun
Perekop
Bol
Viki
Vran
Germans Win in Czech Diet After German Party Amendment
In Prague on November 13 the German party secured adoption of an amendment to the state employees bill, prompting reports that the cabinet may resign. The measure would add 2,000,000,00 crowns to government expenses as interpellations triggered a storm with the party singing "Wacht am Rhein."
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Mrs Muriel MacSwiney to Testify in U S Hearings
The Irish question committee accepts the offer of Mrs Muriel Rae Swiney widow of the late lord of Cork to travel to the United States to testify in hearings planned to begin November 17. She is asked to arrive by December 6 if possible.
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Washington
One Hundred
Muriel Rae- Swiney
Lord of
Cork
United Sta
Mra. MacSwiney
United States
Kilpatrick Alive Prisoner In Russia Report Confirmed
Paris dispatches confirm a telegram from Sebastopol stating Capt. Emmet Kilpatrick, American Red Cross worker captured in southern Russia, is alive and being held prisoner rather than killed by Bolsheviks. The telegram dated November 8 quotes escaping Russian officers.
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Red Cross
Paris
Washington
Emmet Kilpatrick
South
Russia
American Red Cross
Sebastopol
Reds
Four Men Abandoned From Tug Nellie Off Buffalo
Capt. Harry Colter of the tug Nellie rescued Colborne after a collision left two derrick scows stranded off port in a storm. All men aboard were from Cleveland and feared to have capsized near Colborne.
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Lake Erie
Buffalo
Harry Colter
Nellie
Colborne
Bart
Cleveland
Eight Yank Guards Help Protect 40000 in War-Torn Caucasus
Telegraph from Nov 13 reports eight American guards at Kars shield 40000 people as turmoil spreads. Stores in Ali andropol reach 25000 amid panic. Georgian national guard and mobilized army total about 50000. The sickened assembly sets war footing to support Armenians in fighting Turks.
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Constantinople
Ernest Yirrow
Turkey
Armenia
Caucasus
Kars
Aliandropol
Gnard
Ecnketh Assembly
Victory for Italy in Rome diplomatic settlement
Rome reports a diplomatic victory as Italy settles the dispute with Yugoslavia. Newspapers across Rome agree on the success of the settlement and its implications for regional peace.
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Italy
Rome
Iplomacy Ip
Jugo Slavia
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