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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1919

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Kansas Miners Hold Fast in Strike Defiance

Frenva Sick, Ind. Jere. 11. Attorney General Palmer in Indianapolis reports ministers of labor returning to work as Kansas miners resist Anderson injunction and Wilson proposal. Howat asserts district 14 strike persists at select mines, sparking fuel concerns. Lewis urges DOJ restraint while local disputes play out.

Palmer Indianapolis Lewis Washington A. F. of L George K. Rothwell Brown The Washington Post Co Frenva Jere Kansa Anderson Wilson Central West A. Mitchell Palmer Indiana Illinois Kansas Kansas City Alexander Howat District 14 Ious Howitt Howat United Mine Workers Andersen John L. Lewis Department of Justice Nve Uite Tews Kangas

Stores to Remain Open Nine Hours on Saturday

All Washington stores will be open for nine hours tomorrow from 9 am to 6 pm under fuel administration rules. Merchants and Manufacturers Association officers held a conference to adopt the hours as best for shoppers and employees. The regulations extend light and heat from the former six hours to nine hours on Saturdays for retail outlets.

Washington The Fuel Administration Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association Unb

Garfield's Resignation Over Coal Strike Proposal

Associated Press reports Dr. Garfield quit last night to President Wilson over principle objections to the government and mine workers settlement. He opposes a three member commission with power to raise coal prices, urging a review body without price-setting authority, and his aim to protect consumers from higher costs.

Garfield Wilson Povernment

Wilson Outdoors in Cold Despite Freezing Temperatures

President Wilson spent an hour yesterday on the south portico of the White House. He wore the fur coat he used at the peace conference last winter as a bright sun shone and the wind was light.

Wilson White House

Ask Truce Between Capital and Labor

Religious conditions in rural communities temperance work and enforcement of the prohibition amendment and evangelism were among decisions at the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America executive committee session in Baltimore. A Washington presbytery resolution urged a three to six month labor capital truce to ease disturbance and stabilize production and prices. A committee was appointed to study the proposal with a decision expected before adjournment. Rev. Charles Goodell reported on federated evangelism campaigns yielding 16,000 new church members in Pittsburgh, 4,500 in Buffalo, and at least 30,000 in Chicago before Easter.

Associated Press Baltimore Nec Executive Committee Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America Presbytery Washington Federal Council Charles Goodell New York Commission On Evangelism Federated Evangelism Pittsburgh Buffalo Chicago

Jury rejects blue laws in Jaffe Sunday sale case

Baltimore December 11 A criminal court jury acquitted confectioner Benjamin I. Jaffe after disapproving the blue laws enforcement. He had been indicted for selling cigars and soda water on Sunday.

Baltimore Criminal Court Benjamin I. Jaffe

Hays Maps Program for Women Role in 1920s

The Washington Post reports Chairman Will Hays guiding the Republican national committee toward a domestic policy focus. He plans women’s increased influence in convention, campaign funds, and state representations, while avoiding foreign questions like Mexico. A new policies and platform committee may grow to 50 to 80 members to shape the Chicago platform.

Trish Committee On Policies Illinois Congress Indorse London Indiana Robert T. Small Washington Post Co Republican National Hays League Republican Party Free Ireland National Committee Mexico Rio Grande and Means Ways and Means Committee Mr. Hays Almirman Hays Chicago District of Columbia Alaska Hawa Philippines Porto Rico Washington

Taft Praises Frick Gifts as Merited Tribute to Colleges

Taft lauds Frick donations as fitting recognition of colleges usefulness. He argues wealth should share with eminent professors whose training of youth demands sacrifice of wealth and comforts. The president also expresses confidence in the executives handling Mexico and international issues.

Taft Frick

Frick gifts praised as proper use of wealth for education

William Howard Taft lauds university professors for sacrificing wealth for service and training youth. He commends Henry Clay Frick’s generous endowments to Princeton, Harvard, MIT, and others, praising trust in university administrators and warning against dead hand restrictions on funds.

Frick Mr. Frick Great Britain Princeton Harvard Massachusetts School of Technology the Public Ledger Co

Ambassadors’ Views on Fall Resolution Reflected in Hearing

In testimony before the foreign relations committee, Ambassador Fletcher stated the State Department approved the first part of the Fall resolution but not the section calling for withdrawing recognition or severing relations with Carranza. He emphasized his role as a representative of Lansing and the department, not a personal decider.

Jenkins Senate Fletcher Albert W. Fox Washington Post Co Lansing Wilson Mexico Carranza Henry P. Fletcher State Department Mr. Lansing CIA Senator Fall Jralt Fall Secretary of State United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee Fail Puebla Lanning An|sing Foreign Relations Committee Ambassador Fletcher

Home Rule Deferred as Dublin Raids Suppress Fair

London and Dublin report Irish bill introduction delayed amid debate on coercion and conciliation. Sinn Fein MP Thomas Kelly arrested as Mansion House searches target Christmas fair suppression linked to Gaelic League activities. prisoners moved to Kingston and ships bound for England.

Count Plankett Sinn Fein M. P England Dublin Associated Press London House of Commote Andrew Bonar Law Ansfo Clemenceau Oreter Lloyd George Woul House of Commons William Redmond Waterford Bonar Law Thomas Kelly Sinn Fein Count Funkett Kelly Kingston Wormwood Scrubbs Mansion House Gaelic League Déxon Dechin

Peace treaty debate ends with partisan blame in Senate

In a first open discussion this session on the peace treaty during a railroad bill debate, Lodge Lenroot and Underwood clash over responsibility for inaction. Underwood says the treaty could be revived by a majority vote, while Lodge and Lenroot blame Democrats and the President. Borah voices satisfied pessimism, predicting the treaty will remain dead until voters decide in 1920.

Underwood Borah Senate Associated Preas Congress Seruitar Lodge Lemrool Thomas Thet Lodge Lenroot Alabama Hitchcock Wisconsin Lnderwood Senator Lodge Senator Borah

Colorado House Ratifies Woman Suffrage Amendments

Denver Dec 11 The Colorado House of Representatives unanimously adopted a resolution ratifying the federal constitutional amendments granting women suffrage. The state senate is expected to act tomorrow on the measure. winter weekends at The Greenbrier resort White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Kill tuberculosis help the other fellow and protect yourself.

Denver Colo House of Representatives of the Colorado Segigrature Senate Greenbelex White Sulphur Springs W. Va

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