Drastic Indiana coal order amid national fuel scare
Indiana Public Service Commission issues a drastic order halting nonessential fuel use as coal mines stay idle after a prolonged strike. Officials warn of severe shortages, with big mines idle and only small nonunion pits producing, threatening industrial plants and heating needs nationwide.
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Indiana
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Curtailment Orders for Utility Heating and Water Use
Utility directives require lower heating standards and water pressure, prohibit gas heating, and discontinue nonessential water use. If a plant has less than two weeks of coal supply, it must halt services not essential to public convenience.
Huns cry Down with U S in Berlin crowd
After a rally arranged by Finance Minister Mathine Erzberger on League of Nations, hostile crowds gathered at the American embassy and Erzberger’s office shouting Down with Wilson and Down with America.
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Berlin
Mathine Erzberger
Finance
League of Nations
Wilson
America
Erzberger
French Troops Arrive in Paris Amid Strike Turmoil
Paris reports show many French troops arriving over several days with talk of demonstrations and possible riots. Between fifty and a hundred strikes are active in Paris as thousands of suburban factories shut down due to coal shortages.
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Paris
Secret Bolshevik Bureau Allegedly Funded by Spartacists
Copenhagen police state a Bolshevik central bureau in Denmark received 100000 marks for agitation just before arrests of German and Danish Bolsheviks. Hungarian Kramer, a former commissioner under Pela Kun, is accused of personally haining 15 aristocrats including Count Szegtlin, in the seized case.
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Copenhagen
Strike vote to be taken by rail workers
Chicago November 17 The Chicago Federation of Labor endorses a rail worker strike vote as a protest against anti strike legislation. If rail unions reject the plan a nationwide general strike may follow with circulars sent from the International Association of Machinists urging local unions to vote and report to headquarters.
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Chicago Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
International Association of Machinists
A. Fr
Fraenkel
Dieepd Tool Makers
Chicago Federation
Vram Lodge
United States
Helfferich Refuses to Answer Ques tions of Investigating Committee
In Berlin on November 17 Helferich refused to answer questions before a parliamentary subcommittee probing peace efforts, claiming legal rights as a potential accused. He was fined 100 marks and left the room, prompting protests and a resignation by nationalist Wer mut h. Chaos followed as the session adjourned.
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Helfferich
Berlin
Germany
von Hindenburg
Helferich
Gothein
Cohn
Hearings Break Up Amid Nationalist Pressure
The session adjourned amid threats and warnings from Count von Bernstorff and others to avoid exposing Luden dorm and Hindenburg. Maximilian Harden denounced the tactics as aiding nationalists and risking civil conflict as Jewish members faced aggressive interrogation.
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Tein
Count von Bernstorff
General Hindenbirg
Reset
Maximilian Harden
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Berlin
Palmer blasts lax U S laws and urges expanded espionage act
Washington November 17 Attorney General Palmer told the Senate Inquiry radicalism grows from weak federal statutes. He said over 60 000 radicals are under surveillance and urged a law to supplement the espionage act replacing wartime measures with a broad bill to quell sedition anarchy and radicalism while protecting the press.
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Washington
Palmer
Senate
Cloture Adopted as Senate Clears Treaty Reservations
The Senate defeated administration forces and passed ten reservations to the peace treaty amid a cloture vote. A 78 to 16 split shows broad bipartisanship. Provisions bar US mandatory commitments without Congress, shield domestic affairs from league control, protect the Monroe Doctrine, and empower unilateral action on arms and sanctions.
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Senate
United States
Congress
League of Nationa
League
Shantung
Japan
China
Senate votes threaten to kill treaty over reservations
US senators debate ratification as reservations split parties. Underwood expects 30 Democrats to oppose ratification, Borah predicts 15 to 18 Republican votes against it, and Lodge says the treaty is dead. A final vote on the Lodge resolution may come today with prospects of a revived form in deadlock.
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Alabama
Senate
Democrats
Borah
Idaho
Lodge
Lenine to Take Back Reds
L. Martens, representative of the Russian soviet republic in the United States, formally offers transportation for all Russian citizens who wish to leave America or whose presence is undesirable. The offer is in a letter to Secretary of State Lansing and protests perceived persecution and cruel treatment of Soviet citizens.
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Martena
United States
America
Lansing
Washington
Martens
Get More Chicago Suspects
Eighty men were seized in raids by West Chicago avenue detectives and police. Police say at least twenty have criminal records. Raids targeted poolrooms gambling dens saloons and other places where criminals were believed to gather.
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Chicago
Chicago Avenue
Railroad wage compromise offered to enginemen and trainmen
Washington November 17. The railroad administration proposed a compromise wage increase totaling 26 million dollars annually to the four brotherhoods representing enginemen and trainmen. The leaders will review the offer and meet with Director General Hines for further talks this week.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Railroad Brotherhood
Hines
Brotherhoods
Reservations In Possible Will Pocket It
A terse legal notice notes reservations in a possible will and related actions may be pursued. The brief indicates the document’s status and potential probate steps without detailing involved parties or dates.
Senator Hitchcock Confers With President Over Peace Treaty
Senator Hitchcock reports a White House conference on the Peace Treaty with Lodge reservations. He says the President has read the Lodge reservations and deems them nullifying the treaty and utterly impossible.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Hitchcock
Henkes Sentence Commutation Revoked
David Henkes, a former army captain, had his commutation revoked and now serves a full term at Leavenworth disciplinary barracks. An order reduced his sentence by twenty years but no reason was given. Henkes had resigned claiming he could not fight against blood relatives in Germany.
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Jian
David Henkes
Leavenworth
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Henkes
Regilar
Germany
U S Consul Arrested in Mexico City Abduction Case
United States consular agent William R B Jenkins of Puebla was arrested at his home on charges Puebla officials say he aided the abduction by bandit Federico Cordova. Authorities swore Jenkins was seen with Cordova at the time, suggesting involvement with the alleged captors.
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Senate
Germany
Congress
League
Mexico City
William RB. Jenkins
Puebla
Jenkins
Federico Cordova
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Cordova
Baruch Emerges as Possible Treasury Secretary Candidate
Washington rumors on November 17 name Bernard Baruch as leading contender for successor to Glass as Secretary of the Treasury. Other names include Shively, former Kentucky representative, with Baruch viewed as likely if he accepts.
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Glass
Secretary of the Treasury
Virginia
Bernard Baruch
Ecretary of the Treasury
Shovley
Kentucky
Baruch
Steamer Griffin Safe After Lake Storm Arrival
A steam vessel named Griffin arrived at Portage Lake Michigan after a storm on Lake Superior. safety reports indicate the steamer was four days overdue but is now accounted for. A separate item notes Idaho authorities seeking immediate arrest of members of an outlaw organization led by W. W. in Idaho.
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Lake
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W. W. Foise
Robert
Riate
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