Breach widens between miners and operators in coal talks
Washington dispatch reports the wage scale conference between coal operators and miners remains deadlocked as Secretary Wilson proposes a 27 1 2 cent per ton increase for coal and 1 50 per day for day laborers. Progress seen but disagreement persists amid plant shutdowns and fuel shortages across Iowa, Illinois, and other states.
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Washington, D.C
Wilson
Thomas T. Trewster
Operaors
Sesson
John L. Lewis
United Mines Workers of America
Dr. Wilson
Washington, D. C
Ispute
Chicago
Central West
Washington
West Virginia
Colorado
Train bandit Carlisle writes to newspapers from Denver
Denver police report letters and a postcard mailed to papers and Chief Armstrong claim the train bandit Wm Carlisle authored them. He threatens to strike again and says he will be in Texas next, signaling a possible future attack on the Denver Rio Grande line.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Carlisle
Hamilton Armstrong
Texas
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Treaty Ballot 1920: Hitchcock Sees Possible Compromise
Washington November 22 Democratic Leader Hitchcock voiced confidence a compromise could secure ratification of the peace treaty, while Republican Leader Lodge said time for compromise had passed. Officials and politicians debated whether further efforts would secure ratification or push the issue into the 1920 presidential campaign. Berlin reports note US Senate adjournment without a verdict. editors lack authentic news.
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Associated Press
Washington
DD. C
Hitchcock
Lodge
Washington, D. C
Senate
Berlin
Cl Aes
United States Senate
Razing of Old Cedar Valley House Planned Next Week
The Cedar Valley House at 308 Commercial Street, built in 1856 and a landmark for 63 years, will be razed next week after a state housing law ruling. Owner Wenzl Friedl faces costly upgrades or demolition and has not decided whether to build on the lot or sell. The hotel once stood as a social and political center in Waterloo.
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Cedar Valley
Commercial Street
Wenzl Fried
Hitchcock breach denied by secretary statement
Secretary Tumulty denied a breach between President Wilson and Senator Hitchcock. He called Hitchcock's leadership in the treaty fight masterly and satisfactory to all friends of the administration.
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Hitchcock
Associated Press
Washington,d. C
Tumwulty
Wilson
Socialist scare may prompt speech cut in Italy
Rome reports Socialist deputies threaten to boycott the oath of allegiance and possibly force the speech from the throne to be delivered by an official rather than King Victor Emmanuel. Italie notes new demands include army demobilization and replacing war and navy ministers with civilians.
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Associated Press
Rome
Nitti
Victor Emmanuel
Italie
Italia
Milan
Albricci
Admiral Secchi
Italy
Illinois bank cashier missing after $400000 embezzlement
Gust Kracke, cashier at the Illinois State Bank of Crete, disappeared after the bank failed to open and a warrant for embezzlement was issued. Examiners found the vault door jammed and a duplicate vault key access, with Kracke reportedly driving away in a car and not seen since. President Meier suffered a heart attack upon hearing of the loss.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois State Bank of
Crete
Gust Kracke
Othat
Kracke
Andrew Russell
Illinois State Bank
Henry Meier
William Saller
Labor's Hazard and Consumers' League Plan Job Reform
Louisville November 22 The National Consumers' League after re electing Secretary of War Baker as president and naming officers outlined plans to educate the public and direct force toward safer industrial conditions. The group urged increased worker input in industry and supported legislation to advance the program. An eight hour day for women and children was urged by 2000 delegates. A resolution also called for cooperative movement to lower production costs.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Baker
National Consumers’ League
League
Irving
Heavy Sugar Buying Ousts U S Shortage Fears
The report notes wartime sugar restrictions and possible rationing as a response to a U S shortage caused by heavy foreign purchases. It cites that while the United States normally buys 3,000,000 tons from Cuba, European buyers have secured over 1,000,000 tons this year, risking domestic sugar supplies.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Cuba
Co operative movement urged for nationwide workers’ control
Oscar McGill of Seattle told the second day of the farmer and labor conference that a nationwide cooperative system is the next step in U S industrial reconstruction. He said the situation mirrors Europe and that workers seek representation in management after studies in England and France.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Oscar McGill
Seattle
Washington
Farmer and Labor Bodies
United States
Europe
McGill
England
France
British economic mission reports American prosperity and trade edge
New York dispatch notes the British observers return to England after two months studying the United States. They describe wealth abundance, America breaking four walls to compete globally, looming labor difficulties, and the advantage of high exchange for England in world trade. They credit the senate treaty rejection as a personal rebuke to the president.
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New York
United States
England
America
Europe
Senate
Women Delegates Allowed at Illinois National Conventions
The Illinois attorney general issued an opinion allowing women to sit as delegates and vote for presidential nominees at both Republican and Democratic national conventions. The ruling reverses previous precedent and could lead to women securing positions as delegates in the two major parties.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Brundage
Minois
Ilinois
Prohibition Cases Test Constitutional Limits Across States
Federal and state courts issued mixed rulings on prohibition enforcement. Judge Geiger blocked Kissinger Co. from selling liquor pending civil suit. in St Louis beer with 2.75 content sold freely after Judge Pollock issued a temporary injunction. Chicago prepared for a whisky influx of about four thousand barrels from Kentucky if wartime prohibition ends, while transport under low bonded sugar is discussed.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Geiger
Kissinger Co
St. Louis
John Wl. Pollock
United States District Attorney
Collector of Internal Revenue
U.S
W. Theasley
Chicago
Kentucky
Railroads Told to Restore Rate Machinery Before Return
Railroads under federal control were warned by the Interstate Commerce Commission to revive their rate machinery as private operation nears. The notice says roads must prepare and file joint rates classifications and concurrences with other carriers as if no interruption occurred, restoring former regulations.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Interstate.commerce Commission
Federal Farm Loan Banks Post $858 033 Six Month Earnings
Earnings of the federal farm loan banks for the six months ending November 1 totaled 858 033 dollars. This marks a gain of over 250 000 dollars from the prior half year and about 650 000 dollars higher than the same period last year. Since November 1, 1928, banks have refunded 572 569 dollars to the government, reducing government stock to 7 695 240 dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Farm Loan Banks
Farm Loan Board
Lettish forces seize Mitau in Baltic advance
Copenhagen reports Gen von Eberhardt seeks a truce with Lettish commander in the west Russian army. Lettish troops capture Mitau, Courland capital, as they encircle the area and advance toward Riga. The German Baltic commandos retreat toward Germany amid the unfolding armistice talks.
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Copenhagen
Vou Eberhardt
Riga
Germany
von Iyerharat
Col. Bermondt
Courland
London
Mitau
Mita
von Eberhardt
Arloff Bermandt
D'Annunzio Crux Seen With Poet Bent On Winning
London reports a crisis in D'Annunzio's Adriatic campaign as he seeks victory. Jugo-Slavs stand ready to resist while some adventurers seek to make him president. others want Zara and the Dalmatian coast. Divisions grow between nationalist supporters and pacifist Socialists over Italy's drift toward war.
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D’annunizio
D’annunzio
D'Annunsio
Hig
Italy
Dalematin
Zara
Dalmatian
London
Bim
Venice
Kfiume
Istria
Venetia
D'Annunzio
Fiume
Jugo- Slavia
Lkely
Exiled Russians Seek to Rebuild Crimea Homes
Exiled Russians try to re establish old homes in Crimea after bolsheviks left. Nicholas summer palace at Livadia remains intact and furnished as visited by czars four years ago. Yalta town heavily demolished. Crimea hosts refugees from Moscow front with ample food, unlike Vienna, Armenia and Georgia.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Crimea
Nicholas
Livadia
Altho
Yalta
Moscow Front
Vienna
Armenia
Georgia
Courier delivery times and replacement policy notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o clock. If you do not receive your paper by then due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 Pm.
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Koy
Mexico Silent at Jenkins Case Stand of U S
The United States demanded immediate release of American consular agent Wa Jenkins in Puebla. Mexico City press says he remains jailed with no reply to the note. No evidence supports charges of collusion with bandits. Separate note reports Eugene Lick, American citizen shot in Mexicali, deemed unwarranted by Imperial County sheriff’s office.
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Associated
Washington, D
Jenking
Puebla
Mexico City
Janking
State Department
Las Bean
Offciers
Jenkin
Mexican Foreign Office
Eugene Lick
Mexicali
Tack
Lick
Imperial County
Cal
Department
National Labor party convenes to nominate president candidate
Nearly 1 000 delegates including labor leaders and farmers group reps gather in Chicago for a National Labor party convention. Speakers call to weaken the two major parties and oppose the Russia blockade while endorsing free speech and Bolshevik government approval. Gov. Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota is among the announced speakers.
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Chicago
Co-Operative Association
Farmers’ Organizations
League
National Labor Party
United States
John Witzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Democratic Party
Russia
Debntes
Lynn J. Frazier
North Dakota
Body of missing boy Billy Dansey found in swamp
The body of six year old Billy Dansey was found in Folsom swamp Hammonton New Jersey two miles from his home. Coroner Dr. Cunningham said foul play is likely after initial examination. Police nationwide had hunted for him after he vanished six weeks ago and rumors of kidnapping circulated. The body was nude with clothing fragments nearby.
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Hammonton
N. J
Little “Billy” Dansey
Folsom
Cunningham
Charles White
Benny” White
Little “Billy
Dansey
Denikine claims victory as red lines break near Tambov
Svenska Dagbladet reports Gen Denikine claiming to break Bolshevik lines between the Ural and Tambov southeast of Moscow and annihilate thousands of troops. Separately Gen Yudenitch arrives at Reval with staff, with reports of his forces near Yamzburg and orders to disarm if crossing Estonian front.
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Agenciated Press
Stockholm
Denskine
Ural
Tambov
Moscow
Bolshe‘vik
Helsingtons
Svenska Dagbad
Denikina
Denikine
Oral
Wageniteh
Reval
Nicholan Yudenitch
Northwest
Histhona
Yudenitch
Yamsburg
Petrograd
Esthonia
Esthonian
Helsingsfors
Corn Not Fit For Livestock Says U S Official
Chicago nov twenty two chief of the bureau of chemistry Carl L Als berg told the American Corn Millers association that only eight per cent of the world corn crop reaches consumers in natural form. He declared corn is too valuable to be fed to livestock and urged more corn to be consumed by humans in natural form. George H Lewis an Indiana miller and labor authority added that industrial unrest stems from leaders with no allegiance to America.
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Chicago
Carl L. Alsberg
Bureau of ‘Chemistry
United States Department ‘of Agriculture
American Corn Millers’ Association
Congress Hotel
George H. Lewis
Indiana Millereand Am
America
Mott and Baker to Speak at World YMCA Convention
Detroit officials report the fortieth international YMCA convention in session with John R. Mott and others delivering major addresses at the business sessions. Secretary Daniels Maj. Gen. Summerall and war officials to honor YMCA workers with Croix de Guerre for distinguished service during World War I.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
the Navy
Daniels
C. P. Summerall
John R. Mott
International Committee and National War Work Council
Young Men's Christian Association of North America
J Summerall
Maj. Shearer
Marine Corps
Weather Outlook for Week in Midwest and Great Lakes
Weather bureau forecast for the week beginning Monday calls for generally fair skies across the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys and the Great Lakes region with temperatures near normal.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Lakes
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Des Moines
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A. L. Harding
Iowa Packing Company
Marshalltown
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Proberg
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Old ST. Louis
Federal
West Allog Army
Teut Wing
Step
Rhymer
Adriatic
Gabriele D’annunzio
Mexico
Billy Dangey
Ome
San Felice
Svenska Dagblad
Esthenia
Mott and Baker
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