Allies demand German sign of Versailles protocol
Paris dispatch reports the supreme council drafting a note ordering Germany to sign the armistice protocol or face military coercion. The note promises immediate release of German prisoners and defers questions on Scapa Flow sinking to a separate missive, while speculation grows on Allied occupation plans if Germany refuses.
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Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Council
Germany
Scapa Flow
Paul Dutasta
Baron von Lersner
Ciill
Marshal Foch
Rhine
Frankfort
London
Hssen
Washington
Havas
Supreme Council of the
Peace Conference
Excelsior
Berlin
Echo Je
30 000 Beds Need of War Risk Insurance Patients
Washington December 1923 Surgeon General Blue reported that the government seeks 5 million dollars to build and equip hospitals to treat war risk insurance patients. More than 36,000 beds would be needed by July 1 1923, with locations awaiting funds. Legislation for treatment of selectees passed the House, now before the Senate. He urged extending medical benefits to men with under 71 disability to avert future costs.
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Associated Frees
Washington, D. C
Congress
Surgeon General Blue
Public Health Service Today
Surgeon General
House
Senate
Blue
Good Fellows Club Drives 100 Percent Gift Drive
The Fred L. Kimball company led a 100 percent Good Fellows fund drive with over 40 employees contributing at least a dollar each for Christmas gifts to poor city families. Hawkeye Oil Co. and others added to the fund, with a total of 54 donors providing aid as the effort expands to ensure no family is left out this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smuth, Lichty & Hillman Co
Smith, Wuehty & Hillman Co
Hawkeye Oil Co
Hawkeye OW Co
Esa Cae
Lawrence F. Adair
Franklin C. Platt
Waterloo , Reofing & Supply Co
Miss Jennie Bird
Kimball
Fred L. Kimball Company
Good Fellows Movement
William Harriman
Good Fellows
Harriman
Fred G. Latta
A. McCormack
Lysle Jackson
Francis Walken Webb Dungst
J. E. Kavanaugh
Clifford Pratt
C. C. Wright
J. B. McGaughey
Jack Jaqua
O. B. Heninger
BC. Canmity
Phil Schneider
Lynn Sellickt
H. Ll. Mathes
Jagnes Christiansen
C. C. Hartman
John J. Press
Wm. Holmes
W. W. Mahnke
William FH. Redington
A. D. Holmes
13Villiam
Government Blocks Coal Price Rise After Shipping Debate
Washington reports that Fuel Administrator Garfield ruled no rise will be allowed in coal prices under the Lever Act, despite proposed 25 percent wage boosts by Ohio miners. An embargo on west to east fuel oil shipments was also set to conserve coal for the Midwest and encourage fuel oil use. Meanwhile Swedish inspectors warn drifting North Sea mines pose increasing danger to shipping, with 72 mines sighted by one skipper off Jutland.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Garfield
Coy. Cox
Ohio
Iners
Br. Garfield
Railroad
Point
Chicago
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Stockholm
North Sea
Swedish Mercantile Marine
Jutland
Lloyd George rejects renewal of Liberal Conservative parties
Premier Lloyd George told the Reform Club that the time was not ripe for party distinctions between Liberals and Conservatives. He urged unity and spoke on Ireland, claiming Unionists would sacrifice to preserve national interests while criticizing renewed party lines in Britain. The report also notes a separate trial in Berlin where Lieut. Marloh testified about the March executions of 29 sailors and pressed the court for secrecy.
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Manchester
England
Lloyd George
Reform Club
Berlin
Acca
Ireland
Hindenburg
Associated Press
Bertin
Mariah
Lieut
Marloh
von Hindenburg
Davenport Plant Sold to American Cotton Oil Co for 250000
New York December 6 a court order allowed Corn Products Refining Co to sell its Davenport Iowa plant to American Cotton Oil Co of New Jersey for 250000 in the government dissolution suit under the Sherman anti trust law. The Davenport plant has been idle since 1912.
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Associated Press
New York
Corn Products Refining Co
Davenport, Ia
American Cotton Om]. Co
New Jersey
Corn Products’ Company
Davenport
Withered Ex Queen Picks Flowers In Park
Paris report from December describes Eugenia once Empress, now 93, seen in Tuilleries gardens stooping to pick autumn flowers in defiance of park rules. She walks with a lone maid, old friends scarce, maintaining seclusion in her apartments.
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Associated Press
Paris
Tuilleries Gardens
Eugenia
Profiteering in Oil Charged to Producers West
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Palmer ordered federal probes into western oil producers for profiteering amid fuel shortages. Senator Capper charged prices rose from about 1 to nearly 4 per barrel as strikes disrupted supply, urging DOJ to investigate price fixing. Embargo aims to lower costs. refinery shipments in regular channels remain unaffected for plants using oil prior to Nov 1.
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Associated Presd
Washington, D. C
Wise
Palmer
Senator Capper
Kansas
West
Capper
Department of Justice
Tle
Sven Lerma
250000 Idle in Detroit Seen If Coal's Withheld
Detroit December 6 Unless fuel conditions improve more than a quarter of a million Michigan workers may be out of work in the coming days say leading civil ployers Regional Fuel Distributor Mind lay warns no coal will be delivered beyond the first five priorities. Curtailed electric sign and public lighting will begin tonight Heat and gas and electric power users will be affected Gov Sleeper has not acted to restart coal production since miners yesterday refused to return to work under a 14 percent wage increase pending final settlement.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Michigan
Mindlay
Sleeper
Sinc
Yestery Day
Mystery surrounds death of Maud Tabor in Lawton
County Prosecutor Adams seeks statements from Mrs Lester Tabor and Walter Tabor as witnesses in the inquest into Maud Tabor's body found in the family basement. The mother and brother were taken in, tied to a disappearance four years past, as the inquest adjourns without a cause. Tabor claims to know nothing of the death beyond newspaper reports.
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Associated Press
Lawton
Mitch
Dac
Adams
Yerka
Cal
Lester Tabor
Walter Tabor
Maud ‘Tabor
West
Miss Tabor
Sheriff A. &. Calkins
Tabor
Oregon
Women Garb Price Cuts Needed If Labor Prods Rise
Cleveland December 6 The National Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Association heard speakers say lower women’s clothing prices depend on higher labor productivity and reduced demand for finer wool while styles align with fabric supply. A resolution urged cooperation between garment makers and producers to fit styles to fabrics.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' Association
Lawn City Schools Turn Coal To Heat Plant Fuel
Cedar Falls reports the Lawn City Schools handed over twenty tons of coal to the municipal grit plant. After fuel commission closure, schools may reopen if wood is used with coal in roughly a 1 to 50 60 ratio. The board will begin cutting wood immediately to stock about fifty cords.
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Cedar Falls
Fuel Commission
Allies Press German Peace Terms And Gold Trade Demands
The supreme council adopted the German peace mission text detailing allied demands for the treaty protocol. Clemenceau presided as Von Lersner argued Germany would prove permissible forces under the treaty and discuss the issue. The council postponed granting gold payments on land goods, citing delays and economic restrictions.
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Baron Kurt von Loraner
Germany
Supreme Council
Frender Clemenceau
Baron von Lersner
Clemenceau
von Leisner
Germian
Nollot
Entente Reammission of Control
Berlin
Clemencéau
Reichwehr
Imperial Defense Troops
Sicherheitpolizei
Zeit
Carranza volley fired on crowd during public address
Reports from Washington describe Carranza troops firing on a political crowd in Pachuca Hidalgo while Gen Obregon supporters listened to a candidacy speech. Attorneys Mestre and Navoa denied treason charges relating to defending Jenkins against Puebla governor Carbolero. President Carranza called a governors conference in Mexico City for December 20.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Carranza
Pachuca
Hidalgo
Obregon
Eduardo Mestre
Gilleimo Navoa
Jenkins
Gov
Carbolera
Puebla
Mexico City
Relief Measures for Austria and Armenia Considered
Paris dispatch reports the supreme council acted to secure food relief for Austria and Armenia. The meeting referenced resolutions from the supreme economic council concerning the evacuation and relief of these two nations.
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Austria
Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Council
Armenia
Supreme
Eco-Nome Council
Courier delivery times and paper replacement policy
The notice states that the Courier should deliver before 5 30. If the paper is late due to carrier or other errors, call 3350 to obtain a copy. Calls to the office must be made before 6 20 p.m. for replacement.
Stand Unchanged in Jenkins Case Revealed by Lansing
Washington reports the state department made no change in stance on the Jenkins case and did not arrange bail. Jenkins was freed at midnight on December 4, unaware bail was posted, while officials investigate the bond source and possible ties to Luis Cabrera. A Carranza soldier who shot James Wallace, an American oilman near Tampico, has been arrested.
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Rosa
Washington, D.C
State Department
Buellane
Washington, D. C
Janins
Vansing
Mexico
City
Jenkins
J. Walter Wangen
Luis Cabrera
Carrante
Mexico City
Hangen
Hansen
Anid
Companias
Carransa
Wallace
Carranza
James Wallace
Tampico
Mutiny charge at Robins talk on Soviet Russia denied
Madison Wis Dec 6 A speech by Gen Raymond Robins on Soviet Russia at Engineering Auditorium triggered a heated clash as soldiers who served in Archangel challenged his claim that American troops mutinied there Allied mutinies in other fronts were cited by Robins amid demands for proof Five soldiers who served in Russia testified there was no mutiny and Robins agreed to omit the charge pending further consultation of informants
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Ity Tia Associated Press
Madison, Wis
Gol
Raymond Robins
Engineering
Archangel
Kolahovski
Russia
John Commons
Archingel
Col. Robina
Dover
Brest
Genoa
Oreders
Robins
Col. Robins
Niagara of Booze Att. Lou Aa Court Thlts Li
St Louis reports widespread liquor sales after federal judge barred prosecutors from interfering. Thousands of gallons moved, whisky priced 17 to 24 dollars per gallon, saloons served 20 to 55 cents per drink, bottles sold at about 10 dollars per quart. Judge Faria freed 50 786 gallons valued at 475 000 dollars, with 100 360 more gallons owed in bonded warehouses awaiting tax payment.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Warris
United States District Attorney
Collector of Internal Revenue
Faria
Wilson Signs Pardon Warrants and Cops Pay Bill
President Wilson signed pardon warrants and a bill to raise Washington DC police pay. He used an indelible pencil due to his reclining position, the first time a president executed signatures this way in U.S. history.
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Wilson
D.C
Washington, D. C
District of Columbbia
Rain in Kansas Halts Pit Stripping in Pittsburg
Heavy rain across Kansas coat fields hampers strip mining operations. Kansas miners president Mr. Goodin and secretary-treasurer Thomas Harvey and George L. Beck, an international board member, were bound for Indianapolis. A U S Marshal planned to arrest them on contempt warrants issued in Indianapolis.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Mr. Goodin
Kansas Miners
Thomas Harvey
George L. Beck
Internationaloard
Indianapolis
United States
Iowa Mines to Give Non-Union Labor a Chance
Des Moines reports indicate Iowa coal operators may open their mines next week to any competent laborer regardless of union affiliation. Operators prepared to proceed but uncertain about success in procuring coal as most exiled labor is unloaded. They rebut accusations of misleading the public and said union men would likely return if advised by district leaders.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. c. Lewis
Kellogg Attacks Compulsory Regional Rail Bill in Senate
Washington Dec 6 Senator Kellogg Republican Minnesota attacked the compulsory consolidation proposal in the railroad bill. He said the plan is unworkable and destructive to enterprise, urging permissive consolidation to avoid government ownership. Also notes Italy to abolish bread and macaroni cards by Christmas with sugar alone to be dispensed afterward.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Kellogg
Minnesota
Congress
Italy
Rome
Weather Forecast For Week From Washington Bureau
Weather predictions issued today by the weather bureau indicate a unsettled pattern for the coming week. Regions including the Great Lakes upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys may experience occasional snows and rains with low temperatures.
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Washington, D.C
Weather Bureaut
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
Threat to Close Soft Mines Warns of National Coal Shortage
A Dec 6 Associated Press dispatch from Knoxville reports Gov. Roberts warning that state resources will be used to force an end to the miners strike. The piece notes the mine owner’s right to use property and the workers’ right to strike, while Chicago business leaders propose national arbitration and a 14 percent wage increase. It describes railroads withholding and price disputes, West Virginia mines reopening, and widespread fuel conservation measures as the coal crisis deepens across the nation.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Gov. Roberts
Chicago
Washington
Union
West Virginia
Cumberland
Maryland
Piedmont
Hiki
Pittsburgh
United Mine. Workers of America Today
Oiyi
Central
North
Southwestern
Fuel Administration
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Good Fellows Club
North Oth Garfield
U.S
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Wother
Lawn City
America
San Felice
Lersner
Baron
U. S
Lansing
Yank
Roeing
Red
Niagara OF Booze
Lou
Iowa Mines
Rail Administration
Railroad ‘Administration
Apiateag Wholesale, Coal. ‘Association
Rai
Uniblaprica
Garfiel
Kansas Strip
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