Government Won Coal Strike Victory Through Court Action
Washington reports Attorney General Palmer said the government won its battle in the coal strike, not a settlement, with court injunctions aiming to separate strikers from union funds. He cited ongoing grand jury probes and negotiations involving Secretary Wilson, Garfield’s failed wage proposal, and talks with John L Lewis and miners’ leader William Green.
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Dynamite in Cow's Diet Triggers Congressional Smirk
Washington December 19. A cow that ate sixty dollars worth of government dynamite in Willard Washington did no harm to people but nearly toppled Congress. The house paused other business as lawmakers debated the incident attributing the accident to road builders negligent in leaving sticks of dynamite where cattle could reach them.
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Anti Bolshevik Plot Reported in Petrograd
Helsingfors dispatch reports discovery of an anti Bolshevik plot in Petrograd. Nine hundred persons, including several French and English citizens, have been arrested. Three hundred fifty executed after trial by a revolutionary tribunal.
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Associated Press
Helsingfors
Petrograd
al Revolutionary Tribunal
Gas that could be deadly buried at sea says Northwestern
Chicago report states Northwestern University holds a formula for a highly deadly gas. The small amount produced was buried at the bottom of the sea. Professor Lewis of Northwestern is credited with the invention through the university.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Lynn Haryd Hough
Prof. Lewis
Northwestern
Bonillas Signals Candidacy Grip With Platform To Follow
Washington reports Ambassador FYgenaco Bonillas accepted the Mexican national civilian party presidential nomination and asked for its platform. General Pablo Gonzalez also accepted the Democratic league nomination and will retire from the army to run as a civilian candidate. Obregon supporters press an anti Carranza drive amid campaign tensions.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Fygenaco Bonillas
Washington
Mexican National
Pablo Gonzales
Democratic League of Mexico
Obregon
Traveling Christmas Tree Pageants Aided By Doughboys
New York on Christmas Eve and night will see traveling pageants in Greater New York aided by the army and doughboy chauffeurs. Each truck carries an illuminated tree with town criers, mayors, and city fathers aboard as neighborhood residents sing along.
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New York
Greater
Courier delivery deadline and reprint policy notice
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5:80 o'clock. If you fail to receive by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 8830 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the offices before 6:30 p.m.
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Big Five Giver Up Lines Unrelated to Meat Product
U S G avoids unrelated lines as five large meat firms Swift Armour Morris Wilson and Cudahy agree to two year compliance decree. They must disassociate from livestock marketing and meat retailing and abandon non meat substitutes. collaboration prohibited. Public notes stress legality and economic impact with rising prices debate.
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Millerand to Succeed Clemenceau as Premier of France
Paris reports Alexandre Millerand former war minister and Alsace governor will replace Georges Clemenceau as prime minister and possibly also assume the foreign affairs portfolio Stephen Pichon may retire for health reasons. echoed by Echo De Paris dated December 19.
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Paris
Havas
Alexandre Millerand
Alsace
Georges Clamagneau
France
Hecho de Paris
M. Miller
Will
Stephen Pichon
Christmas Fund Grows Beyond One Thousand Dollars
A Good Fellows drive in the city sees donations surge past the $1,919 goal, with Litchfield Manufacturing adding $82 and its management matching $82 more for a total of $164. Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co. contributed $27, plus other sizable gifts, while individuals supplied toys, dolls, and clothing to aid needy children this Christmas season.
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Desperate Baltic and Arctic Naval Losses Reported
Soviet and western dispatches reveal heavy fighting near Narva as Bolsheviks breach lines and seize villages while Denikin’s forces claim a Volga valley victory with 10 000 prisoners and five cannon. A Baltic freight steamer Manxman sinks with 43 crew lost. survivors aboard the British steamer British Isles await New York arrival.
Insanity May Save Mother From Murder Charge
Atlantic City New Jersey December 19 Mrs Esther Mill Blake faces murder charges for throwing her husband James Blake into the sea. A grand jury action hinges on a court appointed alienist deciding her sanity after a governor's jury verdict.
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James Blake
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Kentucky Liquor Insurance Claim Leaves 35 Million Gals Uninsured
Louisville reporters note that no plan exists to profitably dispose of 35,000,000 gallons of liquor before the January 16 deadline. Connecticut Mutual Insurance Co branch here announces it cannot extend coverage for whiskey liability, citing no applicable vacation on unsellable liquor.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Kentucky
Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company
Supreme Council Not Sitting Today Hears Germans Tomorrow
Paris dispatch reports the supreme council did not meet today and will convene tomorrow afternoon due to the French cabinet’s morning session. German experts Majors Von Michaelis and Von Botticher are expected tomorrow to discuss evacuation measures under the peace terms, with the rest of the German mission arriving in Paris Sunday. Whisky valued at $20,000 was destroyed in Kansas City after being taken in, poured into the street by Roy Hubbard, assistant attorney general for Kansas.
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Northwestern fast mail train wreck injures dozens near Missouri Valley
Sioux City South Dakota line passenger train was struck from behind by fast mail No 9 west of Missouri Valley causing a telescoped Pullman. Over 20 people were injured and rushed to hospitals in Council Bluffs and Omaha.
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Delta Phi Alpha organized at Carnegie Institute
A merit based honor fraternity named Delta Phi Alpha has been formed at the Carnegie Institute school of life insurance salesmanship in Pittsburgh. It aims to elevate members who show merit and oppose agents lacking cooperation and selflessness needed for proper insurance practice.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Delta Phi Alpha
Carnegie Institute
Bavarian And German Ministers to Vatican Return to Rome
Herr von Berger and Herr von Ritter, German and Bavarian ministers to the Vatican, returned to Rome from Switzerland for the first time since the war. A grande state banquet for newly elected cardinals will be hosted by Cardinal Gasparri, with heads of diplomatic missions and sacred college members attending.
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Associated Press
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Herr von Berger
Herr von Ritter
Home Brew Not for Minnesota Prohibition Ruling
Massachusetts Representative Richard Olney urged President Wilson at the White House to proclaim demobilization, aiming to fit the wartime prohibition ban. Minnesota’s state supreme court upheld the 1919 prohibition law, deeming manufacturing of intoxicating beverages illegal even for personal use in decisions filed today.
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Washington, D. C
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
White House
Wilson
St. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
State Supreme Court
Battle-Swept Areas Returning to Normal
Soissons reports gradual revival of northern France battle zones as old industries reopens, new ones start, and modern equipment arrives. Large flocks and herds return to support local domestic needs amid postwar reconstruction.
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Associated Press
Soissons
France
President Wilson Enjoys First Snow of Winter at White House
President Wilson spent an hour on the south portico of the White House in a worn fur coat as the first real snowstorm of the season swept Washington. Earlier he walked about his room and adjacent corridors for a short time, according to Rear Admiral Grayson, his physician.
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Washington, D. ,C
Wilson
White House
Grayson
Standard Cloth to Cut H C L Scheme of Figg
Assistant Attorney General Figg announces a January conference on curbing rising clothing costs. The effort aims to produce standard quality cloth and garments at reasonable prices, with a commission from producers and a 17-member panel to be named after Christmas. A push to shift production toward necessities could lower prices from current levels, though no public uniform is planned.
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First nonstop Atlantic aviator Alcock dies in crash
Rouen France Dec 19 Capt John Alcock the first aviator to fly nonstop across the Atlantic died here this afternoon from injuries sustained in a plane crash yesterday near Cottevrard Seine Inferieure Normandy He was flying a waterplane and aimed to land opposite the Grand Palais for an aviation exhibition
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Rouen
France
John Alcock
Atlantic
Cottevrard
Department of Seine Inferieure
Normandy
Alcock
Grand - Palace
Corn Borer Not Exterminable, Is Houston's Idea
Washington Dec. 15 Secretary Houston said eradicating the European corn borer is probably out of the question and urged congress for an additional 500000 for immediate use to halt its spread. Infested areas include wide regions in New England and New York. The borer arrived in the U S in 1908 via broom corn from Hungary and was distributed by midwestern factories.
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New York
Hungary
Middle West
Scapa Flow Dispute Divides Allied Reparations Demands
Allied experts clash over German reparations for the Scapa Flow sinking with divisions on whether to accept new German ships or demand immediate delivery of light cruisers. In Paris the commission on peace treaty terms begins work, but no meeting with allied representatives occurs. Christmas tree prices tumble from two dollars to six for eighty five cents as demand wanes and freight surcharges drive changes.
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Paris
Germany
Scapa
Matin
Scapa Flow
Commission of Marine Experts
Clemenceau
Ministry of War
New York
Assassination Attempt On Viscount French In Dublin
A dramatic midafternoon attack near Phoenix Park aimed at Viscount French and his party left a bystander dead and a policeman wounded. French escaped unharmed as assailants fired from a field. one gunman was killed, and another assailant fled. Reports vary on numbers, with some saying 5 to 20 attackers. Authorities confirm the incident amid Ireland’s volatile political upheaval led by Sinn Fein and Eamon de Valera.
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