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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1920
Page
1
London reports describe Red troops using dense poison gas against General Wrangel's Crimean army near Sebastopol. Civilians flee as thousands collapse in gas, while Wrangel's small defense dissolves amid rising panic and refugee floods into Constantinople.
A Helsingfors dispatch reports Lenine praising the Bolshevik victory over Wrangel forces in the Crimea. He calls the triumph the most gigantic ever dreamed of and says the victory remains incomplete until all of Europe is revolutionary.
Washington reports a break with Western Union over prepaying messages to the State department. The company claims retaliation for the department's refusal to permit landing of a Barbados British cable at Miami. Navy destroyers were sent to Florida to enforce the three mile limit as tension grows.
Officials question whether reissuing a permit could strengthen a cable agreement involving American and British firms and affecting control of the current British company setup. The fragment notes a contract copy and potential reallocation of rights as a factor in permit decisions.
Five hundred workers at the Chicago mills have been laid off amid a shutdown. The company plans to resume operations if conditions improve, but the plant remains closed and employees are displaced.
Thomas L. Sloan told the Society of American Indians meeting in St. Louis that the federal Indian affairs administration leased tribal lands to private interests and opened Pine Ridge territory to a cattle company. He warned against seeking relief until a new administration takes office in March 1921.
Earlington Kentucky November 17 a fire at the Arnold mine half a mile east of town has trapped sixteen men as the blaze spreads authorities say little hope remains for rescue efforts.
Y Graves a former Omaha, Nebraska clerk, arrested in Henderson New Jersey for stealing registered packages. Inspectors say he hid eighteen thousand dollars in an extra tire on his car, with seventeen thousand in cash and a one thousand dollar Liberty Bond inside the tire.
Three men are under arrest at the detective bureau over the deaths of Maree Ramey and Lillian Thompson. The suspects allegedly spent Saturday night with the actresses on a cabaret tour. Chauffeur Harris, driver of a “wildcat” taxicab, admits taking the women from his cab early Sunday as they became boisterous.
Washington on November 17 reports a revised house tally from the clerk based on unofficial results shows 302 Republicans, 182 Democrats and one Socialist. Earlier estimates ranged to 307 Republicans and 127 Democrats with one Socialist.
Athens troops fire from multiple points to disperse post election trouble makers. Stores theaters and banks closed as soldiers patrol streets. Exchange of fire at Liberal club and opposition HQ leaves bystanders wounded. Gounaris forms new cabinet while Venizelos loses leadership. Entente opposes Constantine return.
Discussion on amending the league covenant rules to permit amendments is uncertain. Doctor Costa notes support but fear of heated debate. An assembly meeting in March may invite American proposals for a new rewrite after negotiations led by Scandinavia, Italy, and France.
The report alleges imprisonment by ungetey officials and claims there is no authority for each option, while criticizing delays in allotments and suggesting officials withheld them.
Miss Jane Zane Gordon of Los Angeles, descendant of the Wyandotte, told a Society of American Indians convention in St Louis that an ancient Indiana League of Nations included the Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Coyuta, Oneida and Tuscarora tribes. She said the league dissolved with white arrival and that women nominated league officers, implying early woman suffrage.
President Hoover, after predicting a hard winter for labor, meets with AFL head Samuel Gompers and other officials to discuss approaches to the industrial crisis. He cites falling exports as a major cause and says unemployment may rise, but he won’t discuss wage cuts.
Paw Paw Michigan reports the manslaughter charge against 82 year old Mrs. Sarah Tabor in the death of her daughter Maude Tabor Virgo will be dismissed, per Prosecuting Attorney Horace Adams.
Dispatches report Wrangel arrives in Constantinople aboard Korniloff with 20 000 troops and wounded on transports. U S destroyers Humphreys Whipple and Edwards bring refugees. Sebastopol evacuated as 100 000 Bolshevik forces envelop Wrangel's anti Bolshevik army.
A major Greek political figure calls for recalling former King Constantine amid elections. The leader of a successful party asserts Constantine is the rightful monarch, framing the issue as a constitutional royal question influencing the post election landscape.
Former premier Gounaris declares the plebiscite will show public support for his return as king. He asserts Constantin is the rightful monarch and expects to be back once the vote confirms popular demand.
Ten miners were rescued from a burning coal mine in Earlington Kentucky today. Five bodies have been recovered.
Charles Tines of the Iowa Railway Light Co. corrects mistaken Riverside date line reports about the death of his half sister Miss Frae Korous found on Salt Lake City lake shore. He notes Y E Korous was held only as a witness with no murder charges intended.
A stunt car at a Waldorf College Luther Academy game in Forest City ended in a nose dive. Amateur driver Carol Otis escaped unscathed while Arch ie Ingelbretson of Ellsworth Iowa sustained internal injuries and Theodore Swasend of Vincent Iowa was only bruised. Three occupants were pinned under wreckage but all survived the crash despite the dramatic scene.
Ottumwa Nov 17 Reverend Cooper, Iowa conference temperance agent for the Methodist Episcopal Church with headquarters at Agency, died at Ottumwa hospital Sunday night. He was 77 and had undergone an appendicitis operation last Wednesday. the case was very serious.
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