League approves permanent mandates commission draft
Geneva dispatch reports the League of Nations council approving a five non mandatory and four mandatory powers for the permanent mandates commission. It plans annual meetings to review administration of mandate holding countries and discusses Austria and Bulgaria joining the league amid mixed support.
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Austria
Bulgaria
Geneva
Switzerland
Council of the
League of Nations
Permanent Mandates Commission
Permanent Commission
United States
Reynald Tower
Danzig
Council of
League
Serbia
Roumaniia
Greece
War delegates weigh Greece and Near East crisis in stalled talks
The report suggests Mr Barnes may press the league over its inactivity in the war but delegates prefer to avoid decisive action. European delegates have split focus between the assembly here and Lloyd George and Leygues meeting in London. France and Britain faces decisions on Greece and the Near East, awaited with concern.
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Barnes
League
Lloyd George and
Leygues
London
France
Great Britain
Greece
Near East
Lloyd George
Count Sforza
M. Leygues
Straits of the Dardanelles
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Foreign Office
Turkey
Arnstein Trial Opens In District Supreme Court
The jury for the trial of Jules W. Nicky Arnstein and three co-defendants on charges of bringing stolen securities from New York into the District of Columbia was completed and the trial began in the District Supreme Court.
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Washington
Jules W
Nicky") Arnstein
New York
District of Columbia
Tiletrict Supreme Court
North Dakota Bank Fails for Sixteenth Time in Two Weeks
The State Bank of Tokio in Benson county did not open on Monday, marking the sixteenth North Dakota bank to close due to depleted reserves in two weeks. The cashier said a reopening is expected. Officials anticipate assets will cover liabilities of the failed banks.
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N. D
State Bank of
Tokio
Benson County
North Dakota
Butler urges simple rational teaching method at Columbia
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University in his annual report argues for a straightforward education system. He says liberal mindedness should not shelter freaks oddities revolutionaries or others whose conduct edges toward confinement for social welfare and safety.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
MOVE ON FOOT TO PROTECT FARMERS
Washington reports farmers and wheat growers push for emergency legislation. A general conference plans a program including revival of the war finance corporation, a Germany credit of 1 billion dollars, an embargo or tariff on Canadian wheat, and a 10 percent tax on grain futures trading. Senator Capper contributed to accelerating the drive.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Germany
United States
Congress
Senator Capper
Kansas
Middle West
Fifteen Cadets Slain by Irish in Cork Ambush
Macroom County Cork reports fifteen auxiliary police cadets killed and one wounded when attacked during patrols near Kilmichael last night. Cadet missing. London dispatches say American gunmen alleged in Londonderry and Liverpool as Sinn Fein links eyed. Shortt blames Sinn Fein for dock fires. Commons galleries closed as precaution amid potential disturbances.
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Macroom
County Cork
Ireland
Kilmichael
Here
Drake
U. S
London
Londonderry
Shortt
Sinn Fein
Edward Shortt
House of Commons
Liverpool
Commons
England
Lowther
Incendiary incident amid London government clash
A motorboat with a machine gun fled along the River Thames near the Parliament area as police investigated a high level meeting. Sir Winston Churchill and officials faced an incendiary attack in Finsbury with a petrol-oil trail, revolvers fired, and officers pursuing attackers who fled in wagons. Police recovered gasoline, cotton wadding, and cartridges after quelling the disturbance.
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London
Finsbury
City of London
Railway unions urge restoration of national boards of adjustment
Representatives of sixteen recognized railway labor unions travel to Chicago to press the railway labor board to re-establish national boards of adjustment. The boards Nos 1 2 and 3 were abolished when federal control ended and the four major brotherhoods with twelve other unions back the reintroduction of these grievance settling bodies. The brotherhood chiefs refuse to reveal potential actions if their request is rejected.
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Chicago
Railway Labor Board
French Battleships to Greece as Athens Seeks Allies
Toulon reports French battleship Lorraine, cruiser Ernest Renan, and armored cruiser Waldeck-Rousseau heading to Piraeus with others to join a powerful squadron by December 5. Athens hopes allied backing may favor pro Allied trend amid the Constantine plebiscite and Turkish treaty concerns.
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Toulon
France
Lorraine
Piraeus
Greece
Ernest Renan
Waldeck-Rousseau
Constantinople
Constantine
Athens
Switzerland
Great Britain
Demetrios Gounaris
Venizelos
Bonus Hurts Shoemakers in Lynn Mass
Lynn shoe manufacturers press the abolition of the 12 to 20 percent wage bonus paid for over a year. They argue removal of the premium is essential to cut costs and reopen shops with a profit in a city where about 15,000 workers make women’s shoes.
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Lynn
Mass
United Shoe Workers of America
Hang Slayer of Girl in Beaumont Texas
Wil Johnson a Black man was hanged in Beaumont for the murder of Miss Dot Vaudelot. He killed her in an attempted rape in this city on a night described in a local report.
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Beaumont
Tex
wWil Johnson
Miss Dot Vaudelot
I W W begins to show activity plan to form soviets in the U S
Washington reports the I W W seeks alliance with Russian soviets to drive a peaceful revolution across American industries. William D Haywood foresees 200000 members, 1000 organizers, bread lines and hunger riots as workers gain control of government and industry without bloodshed.
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Washington
Sovi
United States
William D. Haywood
Washington Times
Moscow
Haywood
Russ Na
Riots Rage Otte Quay as Fire Devastates Area
Incendiary riots continue with Otte Quay buildings ablaze causing heavy damage across the district. Fire crews battle flames amid smoke and sirens as residents report extensive damage and evacuations.
Bolling Testifies in Bribery Probe Amid Cork Riots
R W Bolling president of the Shipping Board testifies before the Walsh committee denying taking bribes in war era contracts. The scene includes Cork street riots with city hall set ablaze and extensive damage reported.
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Evening Journal
Belfast
Ireland
Cork
Sinn Fein
Charlotte Quay
Emvening
Washington, D. C
R. W. Bolling
Wilson
The
Shipping Board
Walsh Congressional Committee
Sumemons
Ponzi Pleads Guilty in Mail Fraud Case Here
Boston November 30 Charles Ponzi promoter of a get rich quick scheme pleaded guilty in federal court to using the mails to defraud. He faced charges related to his investment operations that ruined numerous small speculators.
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Ponzi
The
Evening Journal
Boston
Mass
Chas
Russians Push Bolshevik Forces Into Marshes NW of Mozyr
Soviet troops pursuing remnants of Balakovitch forces after the Russo Polish armistice have driven the insurgents into the marsh district northwest of Mozyr, according to Moscow's official Sunday statement received here.
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London
Balakovitch
Antibolshevik
Mozyr
Moscow
Soldiers rule strike area in Mingo county West Virginia
Mingal county in West Virginia was placed under military control by Gov. John C. Cornwell after a miners strike began last July. Col. Herman Hall and federal troops issued a proclamation banning public assemblies outside regular church meetings and forbidding firearm bearing. The governor declared a state of insurrection and ordered citizens to stay in their homes.
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Williamson
W. Va
Mingal County
John C. Cornwell
Herman Hall
Cornwell
Mingo County
Poles Hold Two U S Girls
Two American relief workers in Poland, Miss Martha Graczyk and Miss Mary Wasileyk, of the Gray American Corps, were said held at Kovno on suspicion of espionage. They had been inspecting the child fund and were tested in Vilna before being taken to Kovno for investigation while distributing foodstuffs.
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Poland
Martha Graczyk
Mary Wasileyk
Kovno
Espage
State Department
Gray American Corps
Child Fund
Vilna
Koyao
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Arnstein
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