Peace and labor tensions shadow White House talks
In Washington and Chicago, coal mine operators and labor representatives meet amid disputes over wage increases. A nationwide strike impact is easing as work resumes in mines except for the BH. He pit, while a commission led by President Wilson probes wages and prices. Secretary Wilson joins, with operators cautious on endorsing any specific outcome.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Kan
Jinusas Field
Washington, D.C
Wilson
White House
Henry Robinson
Pasadena
Rembrandt Peale
Hn P. White
Massacre After Martial Law Backed by General Beynon
Association reports from India detail the investigation into the Amritsar massacre. General Beynon testified in Lahore and supported martial law and General Dyer's actions to disperse natives, stating mobile units were sent to quell unrest.
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Associated Press
Uenton
India
Amsar
Sir William Beynon
Lahore
Dyer
Uniits
Mmiss
World’s Biggest Bible Hand-Written by Eminent Britons
Dec. 17 Associated Press reports the world’s largest Bible is being written by hand in the United Kingdom. Among contributors are King George VI, Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, and cabinet ministers. The text will cover Genesis to Revelation with room for 12,000 handwritten donations.
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Associated Press
Zension
Kigdom
Kingge
Queen Mary
Les
Florida Republicans Seek to Purge Negro Influence in State Council
In Florida, a court filing in Jacksonville seeks to enjoin Joe Lee, a Negro, from serving as new internal revenue collector and to remove him from a state Republican convention, amid efforts to keep the party white. The case notes a move to exclude Black members from party councils in a bid to control the GOP leadership.
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Associated Press
Liami
Fla
Florida
Jacksonville
Joe Lee
Internal Revenue
D. T. Gerow
Ether Highballs in Maine Elevating Sleuths on Trail
In Lewiston Maine December 29 investigators report a new intoxicant trend titled ether highballs. The mix uses ether and alcohol heated to vaporize ether then diluted with water to create a Maine split style drink sold as Jiniment in small bottles. Officials now seize and courts condemn it as an intoxicant.
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Maine
Lewiston
Wats
Publishers Urged to Cut Newspaper Output in Iowa
Des Moines, Dec 29. Twenty seven Iowa daily publishers met to curb newsprint use amid a sub five day supply and a three month drop in production. E P Adler cited voluntary cuts to save about 10 percent over six months and outlined a program to reduce pages, set pricing, and limit premiums while urging cooperation among rivals and Congress.
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Des Moines Club
E. P. Adler
Davenport
War Industries Board
Iowa
Adler
Steenerson
Minnesota
Anthony
Kansas
Tuwa
U. S. Pla
Towa
Congress
Aval Industries Board
Lown
Herman Ternes
Dubuque
Luther A. Brewer
Cedar Rapids
Lafayette Young
A. W. Peterson
Waterloo Courier
MH. B. Lee
Fort Dodge
Frank D. Throop
W. Woodward
Gardner Cowles
W. A. Reed
Waterloo
W. L. Adams
Perry
J. A. Townsley
L. P. Loomis
Muscatine
James Rhodes
Newton
C. ©. Carrell
E. Carrell
Town City
C. A. Roberts
Port Dodge
W. A. Cordingley
John Cowles
Orville Elder
Washington
C. A. Warwick
Keokuk
Charles M. Morgan
Burington
League Meet Day Uncertain While Teats Are Silent
Paris dispatch reports the first meeting of the League of Nations council may be called soon after Versailles ratifications. US ratification absence prompts debate on whether Wilson or Clemenceau will issue the convocation. Berlin reply awaited on reparations questions and light cruiser terms.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of the
League of Nations
Wallace
State Department
Washington
Wilson
United States
Clemenceau
Berlin
League
Germany
Nish
Scapa Flow
Niessel
Baltic
D. C
Shantung
Lodge
Hitchcock
Senate
Wall Street Exchange Shuts After Tube Tieup
A power house accident caused a half hour tieup of Manhattan subway elevated and surface lines delaying thousands of workers and prompting the New York Stock Exchange to close 39 minutes after the opening. It planned to reopen at 10 30.
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Associated Press
New York
Manhattan
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
First woman barrister approved by Lincoln's Inn benchers
London reports that Gyneph Margery Thomson was admitted as a student of the bar, becoming the first woman barrister in the United Kingdom. The benchers acted after royal assent to the bill removing sex disqualification, marking a historic legal milestone.
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Associated Press
London
Gyneph Margery Thomson
United Kingdom
Benchers
Lincoln’s Inn
Courier Delivery Notice With Missing Paper
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 3 30. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call 3820 for a replacement. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 20 p m.
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Koy
Dublin park shooting leaves officer and civilian dead
In Phoenix Park near the vice regal lodge two soldiers on guard patrol killed Lieut Boast and civilian Laurence Kennedy. A jury found the officer was accidentally killed by a bullet from his own patrol while Kennedy, a discharged baker's laborer, was shot by the guard's corporal during a confrontation.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Dee
Ricut
Bonst
Thp Guard
Phoenix Park
Heutenant
Laurence Kennedy
Boast
Kennedy
Woman discussed man suspect in cuing of brown
Mount Clemens Michigan December 29 Macomb county authorities investigate new angle in the slaying of J Stanley Brown, son of a Detroit manufacturer, found in his automobile on the road from Detroit. A Battle Creek woman described by Gladys Summit is said to have been in Brown’s company before his death, borrowing a Camp Custer soldier’s uniform. The informant says the suspect planned to meet Brown to obtain his money and ring, with hints of a murder plot. The case centers on a young woman who left Battle Creek with money and new clothes, and who matched the description of the person seen near the crime scene.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Macomb County
J. Stanley Brown
Detroit
Gladys Summit
Hete
Battle Creek
Summit
Brown
Miss Summit
Camp Custer
Alan Straight
Custer
Straight
Sin
Folly of U S on Pact Smacked by British Premier
London report says Premier Lloyd George defended League of Nations voting plans but warned Britain and the United States would not vote on issues between them. He cited Australia’s equal wartime sacrifice and condemned American party wrangling over the treaty as folly, praising Wilson’s understanding of British claims.
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London
Lloyd George
Llanystymdwy
Wales
League of Nations
Australia
United States
Great Britain
Wilson
America
Thirty Reds Held at Detroit to Be at Sea Soon
Detroit officials announced that thirty of fifty seven alleged radicals detained would be sent out of the country within four hours. Immigration officers received instructions to prepare the men for imminent departure after orders to commence removal procedures.
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REDS
Detroit
Associated Press
Mich
Model state constitution proposed to city workers
Cleveland December 29 radicals propose an ideal constitution at a three day National Municipal League convention. A one house legislature would elect a legislative council whose chairman becomes governor without veto power. An administrative manager would appoint department heads and commissions. The council would prepare bills investigate and supervise the governor.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
National Municipal League
National Association of Civic Workers
American Historical Association
American Political Association
Nebraska
Manyer
Counesl
Labor and Agriculture Problems Considered in Chicago Session
John B. Andrews of the American Association for Labor Legislation said there is no labor revolution looming, only a fight against profiteering, while the senate's failure to ratify the peace treaty hampers international labor efforts. Raymond Olney urged new mechanization to offset high labor costs and worker shortages, backing a congressional bill to create a bureau of agricultural engineering with the Department of Agriculture.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John B. Andrews
American Association For Labor Legislation
United States
Andrews
Senate
International Labor
Washington
Isngland
Raymond Olney
St. Joseph
Mich
Congress
Bureau of Agricultura E Engineering
Department, of Agriculture
Boy Dies While Saving Dog From Icy River
Des Moines reports Lester Wilson, ten, died Saturday after entering the Racoon River to rescue his pet dog during a coast. Two companions fell through ice. they reached shore while the dog and boy were pulled under by the current. Fireworks efforts used dynamite to search for the body today.
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Des Moines
Racoon
Lester Wilson
Wilson
Italy Blames Anglo American Capitalists Over Fiume Policy
In Rome Premier Nitti and French ambassador Barrere conferred as Vittorio Scialoja will depart for Paris. Gen Robilant accused Anglo American capitalists of pressing for Fiume to be a port for central Europe access, arguing the peace conference backs Slav aims and a three-part plan assigning Fiume to Jugoslavia, Danzig to Poland, and Constantinople to Turkey. He warned Italy may face discontent in Fiume while insisting the London Pact reserves the city for Croatia.
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Rome
Italy
Fiume
Robilant
Senate
Europe
Germany
Danzig
Constantinople
Jugo-Slavia
Poland
Turkey
League of Nations
Spime
Wilson
Ciraoto
Italian Red Cross
M. Clemenceau
Alisace-Lorraine
Seven Rob Bank Loots Ottawa Lake Bank for $7000
Seven men held up the People's Bank at Ottawa Lake Michigan and escaped with 7000 dollars in cash and liberty bonds after shooting Harman the cashier. In their haste they overlooked 20000 dollars in currency and bonds. The bandits fled in an automobile.
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Associated Trass
Toledo
Der
People's Bank
Ottawa Lake
Mich
Harman
Fush
Thirsty Worker Not Best View British Brewer Voice
Sir William Barclay Peat warns against William B. Johnson whose prohibition campaign endangers brewing. He fears dry laws would depress workers performance. Bryan plans 1920 issues talk in Omaha on January 12. Epidemic fight and science topics at St Louis AAAS meeting. Fishers join butchery strike in Seville. city short of meat and fish.
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Benton
Dee
William Barclay Peat
England
William EB
Pussy Foot
Johnson
Bryan
Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Wm. Li Bryan
Democratic Party
League of Nations
Rail law meet at capital bids fair to linger
In Washington the senate and house conferees did not reach key decisions on railroad legislation. Discussion focused on the Cummins and sehb bills regulating securities. labor provisions were not resolved and may take weeks. Union officials and AFL leaders planned talks with Hines on wage increases yet to be scheduled.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Cummins
Seh
oMerots
Washington
Samuel Gompars
American Federation of Labor
Hines
French Cotton Mills Retarded As Flax Lacks
Armentieres field report notes recovery of France’s white goods industry is slowed by flax shortages due to isolation of Russia. Only 1,500 workers across three mills remain, vs 16,000 in 1914, with just one mill producing linen or cotton sheeting. Many looms were seized or damaged when the war began.
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Armentieres
Der
France
Russia
Newberry Challenges Federal Election Law Validity
Grand Rapids, Dec 29 The demurrer by Martin W. Littleton challenges the constitutionality of U S election laws in indictments against Senator Truman H Newberry and 134 others arguing Congress lacked authority to define crimes for elections and that the 1910 general election law infringes state rights. The filing seeks dismissal and raises issues of campaign spending and qualifications for Congress members with a January 5 hearing planned.
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Associated Presse
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Truman H. Newberry
Martin W. Littleton
Congress
Congress of
House
Senate
Murder Roundup of Bootleggers Follows Death
A wave of wood alcohol poisonings triggers a major roundup in New England and New York, with Adolph Panarelli, John Romanelli, and Samuel Saleeby held on murder charges. Bail denied. Panarelli fears lynching in Connecticut. Other towns report rising deaths as authorities push anti alcohol prosecutions.
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Associated Press
New York
Daniel L. Porter
Porter
Adolph Panarelli
Manhattan
John Romanelli
Brooklyn
Samuel K. Saleeby
New England
H. B. Dobbs
Panarelli
Romalti
Dobbs
Connecticut
Lotsberg
Hartford
Conn
Ramalli
Dobs
Saleeby
Pandrelli
Chicopee
Mass
Holyoke
Springfield
Hadley
Greenfield
Thompsonville
Newt Jersey
Elizabeth
N. J
Philadelphia
Chicago
Maclay Hoyne
Hoffman
Hoyne
Ayed Charles Simski
West Side
Simski
Corn Jumps as Canadian Wheat Price Is Raised
The Canadian government raised the price of wheat by 50 cents a bushel and allowed U S flour imports, triggering a broad market rally. Corn for December delivery rose to 1.38 dollars in Chicago as traders reacted to the news.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Canada
United States
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