Waterloo Coal Board Plans Daily Meetings for Crisis
In Waterloo the fuel crisis prompts daily noon meetings alternated between the Chamber of Commerce and the commercial club. E K MacDonough, secretary of the Greater Commercial Organization, directs affairs from the seventh floor of the First National Bank Building. Coal stocks are dwindling with eight days of supply left citywide, prompting drastic economy and strict enforcement of rationing. Violations are rare but penalties and possible confiscation of coal on hand loom.
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Waterloo Fuck Board
Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club
E. Ik. MacDonough
Greater Commercial Organion of
Waterloo
Wesent
Sirst
National Bankuilding
Ety
Neva
Alsey
Mem
Iowa to receive larger coal allotment in midwest
After a White House conference with Fuel Administrator Garfield, Sen Cummins announced Iowa Missouri Nebraska South Dakota and Kansas will gain a 50 percent coal allotment boost to 1500 cars daily, aiming to avert worsening shortages as winter pressure grows.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Garfield
Cummins
Iowa
Fuel Administration
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Middlewestern
Chicago
New England
Chicago Walls
H. P. ‘Merrick
Washington
U.S. Drops Attempts to Control Sugar Sales
Attorney General Palmer announced the government would abandon its program to control sugar distribution and sale after the sugar equalization card is dissolved. He said the department lacks the power or facilities to regulate purchase or distribution and that profiteering prosecutions would continue only as needed.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Palmer
Mrr
Sirm Palmer
Department of Justice
Villa's Capture for Ransom Not Confirmed
Officials in Juarez Mexico report no confirmation of the claimed capture of Francisco Villa yesterday by his men who allegedly hold him for ransom. Civil and military leaders sought verification through a highly reliable channel after a telegraph tip to P W Caballero, head of the National Railways in Chihuahua.
Sleeping Sickness Fatal In Aurora
Jacob S Kreamer aged 34 died today as the second victim in Aurora of sleeping sickness. Lewis Engle Bracht, 26, the first patient, is reported improving.
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Aurora, AL
Jacob S Kreamer
Aurora
Lewis Engle Bracht
Courier Delivery Timings and Contact Instructions
The Courier will be delivered at your home before F220 o'clock. If you miss your paper due to carrier error or other cause, call 3320 and a replacement copy will be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 6:30 p.m.
Good Fellows Club Helps Christmas Cheer in Waterloo
The Western Auto Specialty Co and local supporters back the Good Fellows club to brighten Christmas for needy families in Waterloo Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. A woman donor cites a $3.10 savings check and a family of 11 children highlights the hardship while other letters urge stockings and happiness for all children this holiday season.
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Western Auto Specialty Company
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Good Fellows
Aitha
Webnerking
Mulberry Street
Good Fellows Club
Welles
Germany urged to abolish new forces in breach of treaty
Berlin reports the Entente notes protest against Germany forming bodies outside the army such as the public security police and citizen guards. The note says these moves may signal intention to ignore treaty terms and calls for abolition or reduction. It denies plans to enlarge the army and notes policing forces remain necessary.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Briely
Germany
Entente
Crowd Fired On By Rome Troops Killing One Workman
Italian soldiers fired on a crowd in Rome after an attack with knives. One workman was killed and 12 people were wounded. Reports say the assailants used daggers and knives during the disturbance.
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Rome
Thei
Nantes
Indicted Michigan Republicans form 135th Club in Grand Rapids
Federal grand jury indictments tied to the 1948 Truman Newberry election keep surfacing as political workers gather in Grand Rapids for arraignment. State Rep George W Welsh sponsors a new group called The 135 Republican Club with members wearing blue buttons declaring I helped keep Henry Ford out of the United States senate.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Federal Grand Jury
Truman HH. Newberry
United States
Michigan
George W. Welsh
Republican Club
Henry Ford
United States Senate
Army Airships to Patrol Border Terrain from El Paso Station
The first U S army airship station will be organized immediately at El Paso Texas by the eighth squadron under Lieut T Burt. A twin engine airship will be deployed once the hangar under construction is finished and border patrol experiments will begin. The station aims to test dirigible operations over terrain similar to northern Mexico with keen interest in the results.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Paso
Tex
Eighth Palroon Company
Mexico
Waterloo Evening Courier Dominates Local Newspaper Circulation
A Waterloo survey shows the Waterloo Evening Courier exceeds all Sunday papers in city circulation. The paper's daily average 7,227 copies reach every Waterloo family, with total monthly paid daily and country sales highest for November 1919.
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Waterloo
Courier
Fiume Proposal Aims to End Adriatic Dispute
London reports a Paris drafted agreement by American French and British peace delegates to satisfy Italy. Frank Polk and Premier Clemenceau signed, with England ready to sign. Italian regulars will hold Fiume and the surrounding territory per the 1915 London Treaty. D Annunzio volunteers to withdraw under a London Paris negotiated accord.
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London
Paris
Italy
Frank L. Polk
Clemenceau
Tingland
England
Wold Fiume
Fiume
France
Russia
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Iowa Offered Nebraska Men to Mine Coal
Des Moines reports no coal relief yet with Iowa mines idle and communities short of fuel. J C Lewis of district No 13 says operators may issue a work order and open mines to outside labor after December 8 if local workers do not return. Gov Harding notes Nebraska offer of 1000 volunteers to assist in Town Mines, seeking experience details.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. C. Lewis
Cnal
Harding
Clive
Nebraska
Mings
Ottumwa Enacts Early Closure to Save Coal Supply
Ottumwa Iowa orders sweeping fuel conservation effective at midnight Saturday. Wholesale and many businesses may operate 10 pm to 5 pm. Drug stores open 9 am to 5 pm. Theatres and entertainment venues close. Churches open for Sunday services only. Streetcars stop after 5 pm. Fuel from nearby wooded districts to be shared for emergency use.
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Ottumwa
Fuel Commission
Soap Creek
Wapeilo
Davis
Mexico Solution for Diplomats by Cabrera
Secretary of the treasury Luis Cabrera says it would be unwise to settle the dispute between Mexico and the United States through a joint international commission. He notes the issue is a diplomatic matter best resolved by separate commissions in each country, with hints that one man commissions appointed by each side could help.
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Mexico City
Luis Cabrera
the Treasury
Mexico
Ile
State Officials Among Newberry Indicted in Grand Jury Case
Grand Rapids, Mich December 4. Indictments released show chief state officials named by the federal grand jury in connection with the Michigan senatorial election of 1918. Included are Richard R. Fletcher Bay City state labor commissioner Thomas W Bigger Marshall state boxing commissioner Dell Delby state utilities commissioner and State Senator Charles J Delands Jackson former finance committee chair. Also indicted is Frederick Cody New York book agent ally of Newberry. Bench warrants brought several others to appear including Carl D Mosher Dowagiac Frank T Bohn Newberry Peter Brady Cross Village William H E Lewis Hart Gledstone Beattie Fay Dunking Hearcy Dotseb and more names reported.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Mich
of Michigan
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Richard R. Fletcher
Bay City
Thomas W. Bigger
Marshall
Dell
Delby
Charles J. Delands Jackson
Finance and Appropriations Committee
Senate
New York City
Frederick Cody
Newberry
Dewitt Brown
R. OG. Terrow
Stevenson
Darling
Harbor Springs
Glenn Williams
Adrian
John
Rittenhouse
Cheboygan
Roger M. Andrews
Germany Should Keep Word Says Scheidemann in Interview
Paris reports former German chancellor Philipp Scheidemann tells Echo De Paris Germany must honor the Versailles terms. He notes prisoner surrender is not irreparable but surrender of officers and men accused of war crimes is difficult. Germany must arrest and deliver them.
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Paris
Germany
Philipp Scheidemann
Echo de Paris
Oklahoma Governor Declines Negro Troops for State
Gov. Robertson canceled a request for troops to protect properties after learning two companies of African American infantry would be sent from Columbus. He told Maj. Gen. Dickman that the troops would cause conflict and confusion and termed the deployment a needless waste and expense.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
San Antonio
Tex
Senate Hearing Reveals Mexico Jenkins Case Details
The Senate foreign relations committee heard Ambassador Fletcher describe Mexican methods to secure witnesses in the Jenkins case. He said peons were questioned under threat and several were shot after answering negatively. Debate focused on whether to sever diplomatic relations and on forming commissions to settle American claims against Mexico.
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Mleteber
Senate Foreign Relations
Jenkins
Watcher
Whenkins
Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Carranza
Lansing
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fall
New Mexico
Wilson
Mexico
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Fletcher
Henry P. Fletcher
Congress
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Mine , Workers’ Journal
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