Red menace circulars threaten U S steel strikes in Gary
A New York court guard detail shields Justice Weeks and officials after anarchist proclamations in Gary call for arming workers and overthrow of federal troops. The document signed by The American Anarchistic Federated Commune Soviet of New York urges workers to arm and resist police, soldiers and government authority.
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New York
Supreme Court
Bartow S. Weeks
Alexander I. Rorke
Sergt
James J. Gegan
Supreme court refuses review in Lester accident claim
War surgeon policy case ends with denial to review federal rulings that awarded Edith A. Lester 86,500 on the death of her husband Maj. Mary P. Lester Colorado National Guard member killed on duty during the 1913 coal miners strike.
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Washington
Fire at Washington Bureau Injures Clerks
Firefighters rescued several women clerks at the Forestry Bureau building on TE street near the treasury after flames spread rapidly. One woman was overcome by smoke.
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Washington
Piremen
Forestry Dureau
Bureau
TE Street
Treasury
Stoke
British reply on Virellen fate clouds German inquiry
Berlin reports that the British admiralty answered Germany’s inquiry about the submarine Virellen’s whereabouts and fate by saying it knew nothing of Bremén's fate.
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Berlin
Germany
Bremén
Rumors of President Wilson's Health Draw Fire
Dr. Francis X. Deream of Utmost City condemns reports of a cerebral lesion and warns against gossip about President Wilson's condition. Senator Moses of New Hampshire had claimed a stroke. White House aides say no factual basis exists and rumors are circulating widely among anxious circles.
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Philadelphia
Francis X. Deream
Moses
New Tlyrapshire
Wilson
Dercum
Washington
White House
New Haipshire
Meat Shortage Hits Berlin Amid Delivery Shortfall
Berlin reports a million pounds of meat shortage this week as less than one tenth of the contracted supply has been delivered. Officials warn impact on markets and residents while suppliers scramble to meet obligations.
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Berlin
Greater
Americanization push eyed after steel strike inquiry
Senate labor panel returns from western Pennsylvania with a plan to urge rapid Americanization legislation. Senator Kenyon says many mills employ workers who cannot read or speak English and stresses teaching language and U S institutions to foreigners. Two bills on the issue are pending as the committee plans to act this week.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Pennsylvania
Public resolve urged to aid language literacy efforts
An editorial note urges all citizens to address a language illiteracy problem in America. It cites that eight and a half million people over ten cannot speak read or write English and calls for collective action to correct the condition before Congress passes related measures.
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Kenyon
Pittsha
Congress
American Congress
America
Radical education push sparks Prussian budget clash
Berlin reports Herr Haenisch, Prussian minister of worship, urged radical action to rush political agitation among pupils in public schools. He says propagandists target the Hohenzollern regime. In New York, a gallery seat for the Actors' Fund Memorial Day show on December 5 sold for $2,000 to Louis J. Robertson, leather goods executive.
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Haenisch
Prussia
Berlin
Herr Haenisch
Budget Commission
Diet
New York
Actors’ Fund
Bloody fighting erupts as Albanians revolt against Italian troops
La Liberte reports from Annemasse on the Italian position at the Albanian frontier. The revolt spreads violently with hundreds of armed bands attacking supply lines and scouts. Thalían forces retaliate by destroying villages as insurgents swell in number and threaten entrenched camps.
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Paris
Albani
Annemasse
Thalian
Albania
Baltic note delays and Baltic troop movements report
Paris reports accuse Germany of bad faith over Baltic evacuation and promise to enforce coercive measures. Troop movements toward Riga show Estonian and Lettish forces en route to Libau and Liban. A push toward Petrograd follows the capture of Yamburg by Northwestern Army units under General Yudenich with several Bolshevik regiments and staff captured.
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Esthenian
Lettish
Libau
Petrograd
Antibolshevik
Paris
Germany
Baltic
Latvia
Alles
France
Riga
Basel
Sesewold
Higa
Liban
London
Yamburg
Yudeniich
Daily Mail
Clarenapp
Ceneral Glazenanp
Offensive push leaves high casualties and strategic shifts
Reports say 27 killed and 150 wounded as General Vladimiroff failed to halt the Russian northwest army. The statement suggests Colonel Avaloff Bermondt's Riga attack aimed at advancing on Petrograd, opposed by General Yudenitel's northern push.
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Vladimiroff
Ayaloff-Bermondt
Visdimiroff
Reval
Avaloff-Bermwondt
Riga
Petrograd
Yudenitel
Peace basis for France ends siege censorship and shifts police
Decrees in the Journal Officiel end the state of siege and censorship in France and transfer police jurisdiction from the army to prefectures. A treaty text with Germany must be deposited in the foreign office with ratifications from Britain and Italy, then published and go into effect.
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Parta
Officiel
France
Germany
Foreign Office
Poincare
Ebert
Great Britain
Italy
Two Girls and Boy Drown in Fox River Near Elgin
In Elgin Illinois on December 14 a canoe crash on the Fox river claimed the lives of sisters Marjorie Landis eighteen Hazel Landis fifteen and their companion Edwin Howard seventeen all of Elgin. Edmund Grote a high school student escaped after attempting to rescue them in rough water caused by a high wind.
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Elgin
Marjorie Landis
Hazel Landis
Edwin Howard
Fox River
Here
Edmund Grote
Ohio Strikers In Fresh Rioting Reports Surge in Valley
Turbulence marks the Ohio steel region as pits restart with increased strike actions. Crowds stone strike breakers, with arrests amid heightened tensions. Sheriff Morris calls for 100 deputies after an attack on his auto in Poland avenue. Sporadic operations resume at the mills. leaders claim the movement fails to draw workers.
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Youngstown
Ent
Ben Morris
Poland Avenue
Hazleton
Republic Iron and Steel Company
East Youngstown
Grain Dealers Convene in St Louis on National Meeting
Delegates to the twenty third annual Grain Dealers National association convention in St Louis discuss the wheat situation grain trade high cost of living and government operation of public utilities. Forenoon reports on appointing committees were read and the cones on will continue through Wednesday.
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St. Louis
Graig Dealers’ National Association
Long Wanted Bomb Plotter In The Toils
Federal agents close in on a long sought bomb plotter as Gary area authorities step up cleanup efforts amid ongoing investigations and public safety measures.
Preparing for War Soviet Order for Universal Training
Special to Evening Journal Chicago October 14 Anton Gorski a Bolshevist and anarchist with a lengthy U S criminal record has been captured in raids on Red strongholds in Steel City He is accused of placing the bomb that wrecked the Chicago post office north entrance last year and is believed to have targeted industrial and political leaders with bombs on May Day He partially confessed to military authorities at Gary and came to the United States from Russia years ago.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
Anton Gorski
United States
Steel City
Gorski
Gary
Russi
Demand for Arbitration in Steel Strike
Labor calls for arbitration of the steel strike reported by a steering committee to the Industrial Conference. It suggests forming a six member committee from representatives not attending the conference to oversee the process.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Russians Ordered to Train for Immediate Military Service
The Russian Soviet Government has ordered the entire population of Russia to train for immediate military service. The directive was issued as the nation mobilizes for potential conflict, with citizens urged to prepare for conscription and wartime duties.
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Snedal Te Eiventne Journal
Copenhagen
Russia
US asks Mexico to station 400 border guards
Washington reports the United States urges a permanent Mexican garrison of 400 or more at a border post to deter potential attacks. Mexico’s senate voted 26 to 15 last Friday on a per rateum bill from the administration.
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Wshington
United States
Department
Load Arms for Vladivostok
Five core loads of rifles bound for Vladivostok are being loaded onto the steamship Delight in Seattle by 60 former American soldiers. Union longshoremen refused to handle the rifles, reportedly to prevent anti Bolshevik use. One ex-soldier said he was attacked and cut by three union longshoremen as special police guard Delight’s pier.
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Seattle
Wash
Vladivostok
Delight
Sperial
U S May Halt Coal Strike
Washington officials expect possible action by President Wilson or the cabinet to avert the threatened soft coal miners strike set for November 11 as White House officials say the matter requires high level effort to prevent a mining stoppage.
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White House
Washington
Wilson
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