Stormy mutiny talk from far north troops and officers
Reports from London describe British troops returning from Russia spreading Bolshevik ideas among soldiers in Plymouth and cities like Strand and Y M C A huts. Officers hasten to scatter regiments abroad as mutiny fears grow while prisoners relay notes arguing over why they fought.
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London
Plymouth
North Russia
Russia
Strand
Aisia
Hense the Offiers
America
George
War memoir reveals shift from bluff to harsh truth
A veteran recalls Nazi, Bolshevik, and allied brutality, noting initial disbelief and later acknowledgment that atrocities occurred on all sides. He describes prisoners killed and wounded bayoneted and left to die, and the group’s later change in tactics and framing of mutiny as a cessation of hostilities.
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Tains
Barracks Proposed for Deputies Homeless in Paris
In Paris on November 24, officials consider erecting wooden barracks in the chamber courtyard to house the hundreds of newly elected deputies who are wandering the city without lodging.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
U. S. Supplies Pillaged by Arrested Gang at Saint Sulpice
Bordeaux report says police captured a gang of 20 men including five French soldiers after raiding American stockpiles at Saint Sulpice. The group faces court martial. Goods valued in the thousands of francs were looted but partially recovered.
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Bordeaux
Saint Sulpice
Besa
Mexico Aims to Keep Gold and Silver Money Local
El Paso, Nov 24. Mexican customs guards along the border ordered travelers crossing into the United States to exchange coins for currency. The move from Mexico City seeks to retain precious metals within the country.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Mexico City
United States
Vienna Starving Makes an Appeal
Chancellor Renner appeals to the Austrian parliament to awaken neighboring states and the world to Vienna s hunger crisis. He describes 2 000 000 residents enduring unheated rooms and bread shortages as coal and grain supplies fail, with rising deaths and growing funeral lists. Rations listed include 150 grams of bread daily and 1000 grams of meat weekly.
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Berlin
Renner
Austria
Partioual Assembly
Vienna
Stelarmark
Tyrol
Saleburg
Ua- Hlondl Assembly
German four masted ship in distress off Halifax
The German four masted steamer Paul, en route from Hamburg to Philadelphia, is in distress several miles off the coast. Rescue efforts are being rushed to the vessel as sailors brace for the worsening conditions.
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Halifax
Hamburg
Philadelphia
Ex-soldier wounded as Bogalusa clash erupts in violence
In Bogalusa Louisiana three alleged agitators die and at least one ex-soldier is wounded after Law and Order League members confront a crowd protecting a black labor organizer. The confrontation centers on Sol Dakus and a parade down Columbia Street with Williams exposing the fugitive. Police hunt radical leaders thereafter.
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Bogalusa
Law and Order Magne
Law and Order
Jules Leblanc
Lum KB. Williams
Central Trades and Labor Council of
Walter Bouchillon
Williams
Thomas Gains
Willams
J.rourke
Sol Dakus
Dakus
William Rather
Begro
Columbia Street
Bonehillonn
O'Rourke
Homer
Darius
Willis
Law and Order League
Wil Lams
Williams and posse clash ends in multiple deaths
In a tense confrontation inside an office Williams and companions refuse to surrender. Officers press in and a shootout erupts with high powered rifles. Three agitators die and another is dying as the clash concludes.
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Williams
Leblanc
Lake vessel Myron sinks off Whitefish Point in storm
Eighteen crew members of the steamer Myron are feared lost after a northwest gale drove the ship to foundering a mile and a half off Whitefish Point. Coast guards patrol 45 miles of shore. the U S subchaser 438 and passing steamers search for survivors as lifeboats drift ashore.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Myron
Lake Superior
Whitefish Point
United States
Calumet
Mistee
Munising
White Fish Point
Lamber
Berlin wartime relief cuts force court firings and prisoner releases
Berlin No 24 reports that wartime coal shortages at Weimar have halted court firings, left jake without heat, and led to the release of prisoners serving nail sentences while others face alternative confinement.
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Berlin
Weimar
Acceptance by Miners of 31 Per Cent Offer Falls Short
Chicago reports indicate many plants in Illinois and Indiana will close or suspend operations as coal strikes press on. A survey shows nonessential manufacturers hold only three days to one week of supply, with ten days needed for coal to reach affected regions after resuming work. Numerous facilities including Railway Steel Springs and Illinois Brick anticipate immediate closures, despite Wilson’s compromise offer.
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Bolos
Brotherhood of Man
Bolshevists
Croiselles
Bapeaume-Caubrai
Gallipoli
Wilson
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Downstate
Railway Steel Springs Company
Weightis
A. HM. Abarows Company
Twenty-second
Fisk Streets
Coal Products Company
Joliet
Gumbrinsk Bros
Illinois Brick Company
Interstate
Iron & Steel Company
Calumet
James BS Kirk
Chi
Cup
Autthcan Ghie Sompans
Planta
Hammond
Des Moines
Fidiasapolis
Millstadt Milling Company
Millstat Hl
Alton Brick Company
Alton
Cadahy
Ab Wisocnent
Romnold
Hminais Operators” Association
Maid
Miners Reject Wage Offer Over Eight Hour Day Stand
Doctor Honnold reports wage scale talks with miners and operators. Miners accept only a seven hour day basis and oppose an eight hour plan. proposed increases would raise coal price from 45 to 50 cents per ton, or 14 per ton under a 31 percent rise. Government action could force acceptance.
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Doctor Hoennoeld
Washington
Doctor Honneld
Wilson to submit Versailles treaty again to Senate
Information from Washington to Paris indicates President Wilson will again submit the Versailles treaty to the U S Senate at the opening of its next session. French officials believe a compromise between opposing factions will yield a ratification resolution acceptable to the allies.
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Paris
White House
Washington
Foreign Office
Wilson
Senate
Vrench
Antwerp Replaces Brest as American Embarkation Port
Beginning December 1 Antwerp will supersede Brest as the American port of embarkation and the United States postal service will move from Paris to Coblenz on the same day.
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Paris
Antwerp
Brest
United States Postal Service
Coblenz
American peace team in limbo after senate defeat
Paris reports the American delegation led by Henry White and Frank Polk awaits Washington guidance as the US Senate adjourns without ratifying the German peace treaty. Allies press for post armistice positions while Washington mulls options and concerns over future occupancy.
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Paris
United States
Senate
Henry White
Frank Polk
Tasker H. Bliss
Lansing
American Commission
White
Washington
Supreme Council
Germany
Coal Men to Leave It to Uncle Sam
A brief notice states coal miners will defer action to the federal government as the administration takes charge during the crisis.
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Uncle Sam
Mexico to Explain to U S in Jenkins Case
The report indicates Mexico will probably make a satisfactory reply to the note from the United States regarding the Jenkins case. Special to Evening. In Washington D C November 22 coal operators await government action to settle the wage dispute between miners and operators.
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Washington, D. C
Mexican government vows quick reply to U S demand
(Special to Evening Journal) Washington November 24 The Mexican government believes it can respond soon to the note from the United States demanding the immediate release of the American consular agent. The embassy statement here said a reply would be forthcoming.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
U. S
Para Iis
Supreme Court Rules on War Time Prohibition Validity
Special to Eveningerg reports the Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Volstead act wartime prohibition, sustaining federal power to enforce liquor bans during the war period. The decision clarifies scope of prohibition and its legal backing amid wartime conditions.
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D. C
Supreme Court
25 Die In Dance Hall Fire at Platteville
A deadly dance hall fire in Platteville, Pine Prairie, La, trapped patrons on the second floor. Reports say 25 killed or injured as a crowd surged toward the stairs and flames swept through the building. Mayor Vigrine is among the injured.
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Pine Prairie
Platte
Hell
Kno
Vigrine
French Lottery Authorized in Paris with 4 Franc Stakes
The finance minister approved a planned lottery of 4 francs units totaling 8800,000,000. It will issue bonds of 3100 francs each on December 10, yielding 5 percent and redeemable at 600 francs. Prizes include a 1,000,000 franc top prize, a 500,000 franc second prize, five prizes of 100,000 francs, and ten prizes of 10,000 francs.
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Paris
Inter-church World Movement claims broad church support
Secretary State Laveing bie accepted chalplary ship of the general committee of the Inter-church World Movement of North America. In a letter to Willian H. Foulkes he pledges to do his part to aid the cause appealing to those seeking a new age founded upon the unity.
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New York
Laveing Bie
Inter-church World Movement
North America
Willian H. Foulkes
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