Wood and Pershing Considered for Secretary of War
Washington dispatch reviews four names Gen. Leonard Wood Pershing Julius Kaha and Senator George Chamberlain as possible secretary of war assessing Wood as best situated to unite factions yet questioned for one man control and potential clash with civilian cabinet norms and army high command dynamics.
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Mark. Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Leonard Wood
Gen
Pershing
Julius Kaha
California
George Chamberlain
Oregon
Wood
Shim
Roosevelt
Gen. Wood
Harding
Chicago
Lowden
Philippines
Cuba
Yosts
Tegard
Italian Ambassador Ricci Seeks Trade Ties with US
Senator Rolandi Ricci, newly named Italian ambassador, arrived in spirit to accelerate commerce between Italy and the United States. He plans practical export plans via Italian chambers of commerce, explores an Italian American association to unite capitalists and exporters, and will visit major Italian immigrant centers in America, stressing nonpolitical diplomatic aims focused on business.
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Associated Press
Rome
Rolandi Ricci
United States
the Tribuna
Italy
America
Ricci
Milani Chamber of Commerce
Near East
Balkans
Haly
Washington
Lincoln
Mazzini
Three Men Held For Plainfield Bank Robbery
Three men were taken into custody for investigation in the September robbery of Farmers State Bank of Plainfield. Leys Warner of Charles City was arrested at a Waverly sugar beet factory. two others were located in Charles City. Sheriff Gray said suspects are held for investigation with evidence linking them to the crime not yet strong.
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Plainfield
Waverly
Charles City
Farmers State Bank
Leys
Warner
Fa. Navy
Gray
Two Survivors Found After Barge Pirrie Sinking
Indian searchers near Cape Johnson found two crew members alive from the missing barge W. J. Pirrie and recovered a body after the vessel sank in a storm. Telegrams report the survivors said they came ashore Friday night on Pirrie lumber and that Capt. Alfred Jensen and the first mate were seen alive but later details on the others were unclear.
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Seattle
Wash
W. J. Pirrie
Cape Johnson
Washington
Clallam Bay
Seattle Merchants Exchange
Pirrie
Cant
Aifren Jensen
Mailcar Bandit Bound Over On Bond At $50,070
Keith Collins arrested in Oklahoma in the Burlington mail car robbery was arraigned before United States Commissioner W A Byers and bound over on a $50 070 bond. He remains under guard and taken to jail. Postal Inspector W M Coble said Collins led officers to a cache in Council Bluffs where $23 890 of the loot was recovered.
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Associated Press
Council Binfis
Keith Collins
Oklahoma
United States
W. A. Byers
Collins
Omaha
W. M. Coble
Counc Bluffs
Arkansas Governor's Party to Visit Ames
Governor-elect T. W. McCrea will head a 77 member Arkansas legislature delegation and a bankers and businessmen committee on a Midwest college tour. They will inspect the Missouri College of Agriculture and on Wednesday visit the Iowa College of Agriculture in Ames Iowa to seek ideas for Arkansas agricultural schools.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
T. W. McCrea
Arkansas Legislature
Middlewest
Arkansas
Missouri College of Agriculture
Ames
Iowa College of Agriculture
Bolling On Stand Denies Graft In Ship Board Job
R W Bok Jing treasurer of the United States Shipping Board testified before the Walsh committee accusing no graft. He described a settlement over house extras and a $40 000 loan deal involving Sands Connolly and Roberts with Bolling saying he lost his share to settle a dispute.
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Associated Press
New York
R. W. Bok Jing
United States Shipping Board
Wilson
Walsh Congressional Committee
Shipping Board
iTucker K. Sands
Washi Lington
D. C
Bolling
Downey Ship Building Corporation
Bester Sisler
The
Alonzo Tweedale
Boalling
Tode
Sands
Mr. Bolling
F. A. J.connolly
H. W. Roberts
Health officials to survey housing needs nationwide
Public health representatives from major cities met in Detroit for a two day conference on how congested housing affects health. A survey report will go to Senator Calder of New York to aid proposed housing regulation. Dr Royal S Copeland organized the meeting, with Detroit showing higher tuberculosis, infant mortality and influenza in crowded districts.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
William M. Calder
New York
Royal S. Copeland
Henry F. Vaughn
Vaughn
Ponzi Swaggers Into Jail Term
Boston, Nov 30 Charles Ponzi promoter of the get rich quick scheme pleaded guilty to using the mails to defraud in federal court. He received a five year sentence to Plymouth county jail on counts of the indictment. Ponzi faced 85 federal counts and is to answer 11,000 creditors on Dec 8.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Charles Ponzi
Plymouth County
Hale
Ponzi
Daniel H. Coakley
Finagcler
Jil
Canada
Cambridge
Plymouth
Unofficial American Officials to Obregon Inauguration
Washington report says George T. Summerlin American Charge at Mexico may attend Obregon’s inauguration unofficially. The state department instructed acknowledgment without official attendance. A U S governor asked about propriety and recognition status. no ruling given and unclear if he traveled to Mexico.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
George T. Summerlin
Mexico
Obregon
State Department
Summerlin
United States
Court urged higher Des Moines streetcar fares and service
Special masters told Judge Martin J Wade that carfare should rise to eight cents for adults and four cents for children, with a 40 percent service increase. The city opposed any hike beyond current rates and no change will occur until Judge Wade acts on the recommendations.
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S Norv
Des Moines
Adul
Special Masters
Martin J Wade
United States Distiet Court
Wadej
Weather Summary for Iowa and Nearby Cities 1920
The report covers Charles City and nearby towns with cloudy to rainy conditions. Des Moines and Mason City show rain and mud with slippery highways. forecast calls for rain in the east and central areas tonight and Wednesday.
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S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algerns
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
Mit
Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Motown
New Hampton
Postloo
Watelio
Sumumar
Dog in Play Kills Hunter with Accidental Rifle Discharge
In York Me on a November day a hunter named Herbert E. Ware was killed when his dog, in play, jumped on him and stepped on the rifle trigger. The weapon discharged a bullet into Ware’s right eye as he leaned on the rifle in the woods.
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Dog
Hunter Master
Associated Press
York. Me
Herbert E. Ware
Ware
Wilson accepts mediation task over Armenia conflict
President Wilson, replying to the League of Nations council, offers his personal mediation to end hostilities against Armenians. He requires moral and diplomatic support from major powers and defers any use of U S military forces or material aid until Congress acts.
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Associated Press
Wilson
League of Nations Council
League
Paul Hymans
League Council
United States
Armenia
Congress
Sixteen Arrested in Building Trust Probe in New York
Sixteen of twenty members of the Employing Metallic Furring and Lathing association were arrested in New York on charges of destroying evidence in the Building Trust investigation. They pleaded not guilty at arraignment in General Sessions Court and were held on $1,000 bail each.
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Associated Press
New York
Building Trust
General Sessions
Referendum Not Necessary on Iowa Constitutional Convention
Ottumwa attorney John W. Lewis argues that Iowa's constitutional convention may have full authority to draft a new basic law without a referendum. He contends the omission of a referendum provision from the current constitution is an oversight, since the prior charter required one, and warns a later convention could render its work final without public vote.
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Ottumwa
John W. Lewis
Iowa
Lewis
London Braces for Attacks as Sinn Fein Fears Rise
London and major English cities shore up defenses amid Sinn Fein threats. Fire stations prepare, doors lock at dusk, and public buildings are guarded while bombings and arson rage in Ireland. Police report arrests in Liverpool as bomb discoveries surface near Marshfield and Rumney.
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London
Loondon
Downing Street
England
Sinn Iein
Thames
Parliament Buildings
Sinn Fein
Old Swan Lane
Scotland Yard
Liverpool
Ireland
Lat Macroom
Dublin
Freeman’s Journal
Glasgow
Clyde
Sinn
Bank Closures Hit North Dakota and Colorado
The Farmers Nationals bank of Sterling Colorado was closed by national bank examiners for being short of lawful currency and may not reopen soon. Separately the Farmers & Merchants bank of Cogswell North Dakota shut its doors, cited temporary reasons from depleted reserves, marking the seventh North Dakota bank closure recently.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.D. C
Farmers Nationals Bank of Sterling, Corp
National Bank
Fargo
N. D
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Texson
Western Union Injunction Suit Under Advisement
The District of Columbia Supreme Court heard arguments on Western Union Telegraph Co. request for an injunction to stop Secretary Daniels from interfering with laying short cables across Biscayne Bay in Miami Florida. The court took the matter under advisement after the hearing.
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Associated
Washington, D.C
Columbia Supreme, Court
Western Union Telegraph Co
Daniels
Biscayne Bay
Miami, Fla
Chicago War on Illegal Liquor Selling Agencies
Chicago authorities move to close 45 saloons and drugstores charged with illegal liquor sales. Attorney General Brundage targets black and tan cafes and cabarets, aiming to curb disguised outlets and stop drugged drinks as part of a broader drive to enforce liquor laws.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Brundagy
Illinoia
Brundage
Altormacy General
Nq Juor
Higuera
Landis
Cuban Vets Oppose Interference by U S Government
Havana reports the national council of Cuban war veterans passed resolutions against seeking foreign interference in Cuba interior affairs. The vote was unanimous. The Liberal party executive committee also decided to send a Washington committee to urge the U S to annul recent Cuban elections and oversee new ones.
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Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
National Council of Veterans of
Liberal Party
Washington
United States
Russian Kills Japanese MAN in Moline with Sword
Japanese YMCA case proprietor George Nakoyama was pierced through the heart by Russian Andrew Postelnyi in Moline near noon today. Postelnyi pursued Nakoyama, but bystander Sophie Turcott confronted him, he surrendered the weapon, and he was taken to jail.
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Associated Press
Moline
George Nakoyama
Andrew Postelnyi
Nakoyama
Nakayama
Poste- Inyk
Sophie Turcott
Bien
Trim Dividends and Salaries Not Wages at Firestone
Akron Ohio November 30 Directors of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company informed common stockholders that the dividend payable December 30 would be reduced to a lower rate and that all salaries would be cut 10 percent effective immediately. Factory wage scale remained unchanged.
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Associated Press
Akron
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Today
Gas Main Leak Found With Lighted Candle
In Dubuque Iowa a gas main leak was located when a caretaker lit a candle to search for a leak at Bennet Undertaking establishment. Three fire companies responded to a general alarm and the fire was extinguished with slight loss.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Bennet Undertaking
Governors Converge at Annual Contab Meeting
Harrisburg November 20. Governors and governors-elect from states arrived for the annual conference opening tomorrow. Fifty four state executives will attend. Gov Sprout and Mrs Sprout host open house at the executive mansion tonight. Changes include Gov Campbell of Arizona delivering the welcome and Gov Allen from Kansas speaking on industrial justice. Gov Sproul to discuss state income taxes.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William C. Spront
Thomas KK. Campbell
Arizona
Sprout
Beidleman
Thomas KE. Bickets
North Carolina
Wenty J. Allen
Kansas
Sproul
Japanese Delegation Delays Racial Equality Proposal at League Assembly
At the Geneva session Viscount Ishii announced Japan would not press the equality before the law proposal and would withdraw protests on annual meetings, preferring infrequent, emergency-focused assemblies. He argued the league should consolidate its organization before broad changes, while reaffirming Japan's intention to pursue its demand in due course.
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Geneva
Assembly of the League For Natlots
Viscount Ishii
Japan
Alboit
League
Executive Council
Stheas
Sembly
BP Ad Oerrt
Ishii
A.J. Balfour
Pon Narciso Garay
Panama
Ferraris
Tiairy
Assembly
U. Sy
Council of the League
Manates
Regard Tower
Danzig
International Commission On
Poland
Russia
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Wieringen
Amsterdam
Normer
Augusta Victoria
Doorn Castle
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Associates Press
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Cork
Thomas Ashe Linn Fein
Charlotte Quay
Colorado National Bank
W. U
Smoke la Azote
Girard, Barrester
U.S
Drop Rage
Glaing
Jandon
League of Nations Commission of Control
Lithuania
ZeUzouski
Vilna
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