Rail union chiefs seek White House conference on railroad strike
Three of the four railroad brotherhoods urge a conference with President Harding to present their views on the shop crafts strike. Telegrams from leaders Stone Robertson and Lee request immediate action as complaints rise about dangerous working conditions and assaults on members by guards. continued on Page Two.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington
Harding
Warnh & Stone
Sheppard
H. J. Wille
Aiineers
J. J. Lovell
Mek
W. N. Doak
Tralinmean
L “Cleveland
Stone, Lee and Robertson
Brotherhood
Brothershood
FE. Wills
Arthur J. Lovell
Weather Forecast for Denver and Southwest Regions
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in New Mexico and Arizona with unsettled skies in northern areas. Highs around 95 with little temperature change expected. winds light to moderate and humidity around 29 to 37 percent.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Arizona
Railway Clerks Win Favor in Board Decision
The United States labor board ordered railroads to continue sick leave and paid vacation gratuities pending dispute settlement. Board Chairman Fen W. Hooper noted railroads had abolished these practices without sanction, while urging amicable agreement between management and employees.
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Chicago
United States Labor Board
Labor Board
Fen W. Hooper
Coal operators propose plan to reopen Illinois mines
Illinois coal operators meeting in Chicago refuse to attend the union and operator meeting in Cleveland called by John L. Lewis. They submit a proposal to Frank Farrington to reopen mines and maintain the oil wage scale through March 31 1923 to avert production disruptions as coal stocks may run short this fall and winter.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Associated
Illinois
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Frank Farrington
Illinoia
Funeral for Col J W Willson Held at New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell New Mexico August 4 funeral rites for Col J W Willson who died Tuesday after a paralysis stroke were conducted in Lea Hall at the New Mexico Military Institute and burial followed at South Park cemetery. Dr A D Crill led the service with hundreds of Roswell residents joining cadets alumni Boy Scouts and former cadets from across the state in attendance. A guard of honor and firing squad formed by former cadets accompanied the interment.
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Roswell
Institute
Leahall
Boy Scouts
Willson
Boy Scout Council
New Mexico
Salt Lake Bees eye Denver club as farm team
H. W. Lane, president of a Salt Lake City Pacific Coast Baseball league club, said he likely will purchase the Denver Western league team to use as a farm for Salt Lake. He also disclosed paying $5,000 cash for Dick McCabe, the Buffalo pitcher set to join the Bees next week.
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Denver
San Francisco
H. W. Lane
Salt Lake Club
Pacific Coast Baseball League
Salt Lake
Dick McCabe
Buffalo
Bees
Mungey Opposes Pending Tariff Measure in Senate
The New York Herald owner fights the tariff bill in the Senate, arguing the proposal harms his European investments and interests. His charge centers on protecting trade and financial stakes abroad.
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Mungey
Senate
The
New York Herald
Bill
Europe
Senate Debates Tariff Bill and Gooding Investigation
Washington August 4 The Senate wrangled over Senator Gooding s resolution for a broad inquiry into interests behind the tariff bill defeat with action postponed. Debates centered on the Wood Flong mat monopoly and the proposed 35 percent duty, with a 25 percent substitute rejected 28 18 and a final vote delayed after committee amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Gooding
Lodge
Massachusetts
Spencer
Missouri
Frank A. Munsey
The
New York Herald
Europe
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Harrison
Mikwissippi
McCumber
North Dakota
Simmons
North Carolina
Walsh
Montana
Wood-Flong Company
New York City
Lang not the train bandit said Tucson expert
Hutchinson Kansas August 4 Arthur Lang Lane county prisoner charged with bank robbery denies connection to the train bandit. C J Huss who knows Winkler from Arizona states Lang is not the train bandit after fingerprint examination and prior identification efforts.
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Associated Press
Hutchinson
Kans
Arthur Lang
Lane County
Reno County
Edward J. Winkler
Arizona
J. Huss
Winker
Lang
Huss
Tucson
Winkler
Brennan Arrives to Pick Training Camp in Michigan City
Bill Brennan, Chicago heavyweight, arrived in Michigan City to select a training camp for a Labor Day ten round no decision bout with champion Jack Dempsey. Promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons leased an exclusive Lake Michigan cottage for Dempsey’s training quarters ahead of the title fight.
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Associated Press
Michigan City
Ind
Bill Brennan
Chicago
Jack Dempsey
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Lake Michigan Beach
Dempsey
Mapping Aviators Arrive At Fort Sill
Lieutenant Virgil Hines and Lt Charles Weber, army aviators, arrived at Fort Sill Oklahoma while mapping an air route for the air service. They left Muskogee yesterday on a return flight to Rockwell Field San Diego with plans to proceed to Texas and then to the Pacific coast covering over 6000 miles.
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Associated Vess
Muskogee
Okla
Virgil Hines
Charles Weber
Air Service
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Calif
Texas
Pacific Coast
Father and Daughter Win Unique Car Contest in South
An 111 year old father Auguste Jeansonne and 91 year old daughter Jeane Baptiste Fruge won a unique contest in Opelousas Louisiana. They arrived in the oldest moving automobile before the judges, driving a Ford dating back about twenty years.
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South
Opelorsas
Mobile
Auguste Jeansonne
Jeane Baptiste Fruge
Jean Baptiste Fruge
Boy Fatally Shot by His Own Brother in New Mexico
Ramah New Mexico August 4 Henry Nicoll eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Nicoll was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon by accident Arthur Nicoll the older brother after cleaning an old gun laid it on a barrel and went to fix a saddle while he was gone younger boys played the gun discharged Henry stood in front of it and died about 30 minutes later.
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Ramah
N. M
Henry Nicoll
Frank Nicoll
Arthur Nicoll
Henry
Flood waters of Fall River recede after 16 foot rise
Hot Springs South Dakota reports flood waters of the Fall River receding after a cloud burst caused a 16 foot rise. Damage details from near Buffalo Gap include 14 railway bridges washed out and lines down. A concrete retaining wall saved the town with one section collapse and no fatalities reported.
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Hot Springs
Fall River
Buffalo Gap
Governors seek federal rail operation to relieve coal routes
New York August reports governors of Great Lakes states push for federal control of railroads hauling northwest coal. In response, three detachments of shop mechanics from Erie Lackawanna Lehigh and others join Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk and Western Virginian lines to move repairs and coal trains to Lake Erie ports.
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New York
Great Lakes
Northwest
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Erie
Hornsell
Lackawanna
Lehigh
Chesapeake and Ohio
Louisville and Nashville
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
L. I. Loree
Eastern Railway Conference
Lake Erie
Delaware and Hudson
Loree
Richmond
Preus
Minnesota
St. Paul
Mr. Binkerd
Congress Deliberates Coal Strife as Cleveland Talks Loom
Washington Aug 4 President Harding may delay naming a federal arbitration commission until after the Cleveland conference of miners and operators. Officials expect the outcome to shape the national fuel policy while Congress plans await the result. Supplemental ICC orders grant priority coal to households and food and medicine manufacturers as regional committees organize distribution. Rail reports show slight gains in car loadings across producing districts.
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Washington
Harding
Cleveland
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Interstate Commercce Commission
Central Distribution Committee
Giant Gas Well Delays Traffic Near Bristow
A Bristow gas well is venting at about 30 million cubic feet per hour and sparking oil flow, blocking trains on the St. Louis and San Francisco line between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Gas fills a valley over a mile, prompting fears of ignition. workers rush to shut in the well while motor traffic is halted in several towns. The wildcat well, located over a mile northwest of the Continental pool, was reported to come in last night.
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Associated Press
Bristow
Okla
St. Louis
San Francisco
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Wild Cat
Continental Pool
Iowa Negro Outlaw Slain in Corn Field
In Cherokee Iowa an unidentified outlaw negro who shot three men in 48 hours was killed after a battle with 800 armed men in a corn field. He wounded one, then fell to bullets fired by Henry O Neil and John Stiles, a post office employee, late today following a prior shootout at Illinois Central railroad yards.
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Associated Press
Cherokee
Iowa
Lfe
Henry O'Neil
John Stiles
Illinois Central Railroad
Mother dies saving baby from Cheney house fire
In Cheney near Spokane Mrs Gay N Stroup perished attempting to rescue her 17 month old child as flames engulfed their home. Neighbors restrained the husband while the body was found clasping the infant.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Gay N. Stroup
Cheney
Reed leads Missouri Senate race by almost 6000 votes
At 11 30 p m after reports from sixty eight precincts United States Senator James A Reed held a 5972 vote lead over Breckinridge Long for the Democratic nomination. The tally showed Reed 192566 Long 186594.
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St. Louis
United States
James A. Reed
Breckinridge Long
United States Senate
Reed
Long
Reed Leads in Missouri Democratic Senate Race
United States Senator James A. Reed held an early lead by 8 790 votes over Breckenridge Long in Missouri the Democratic nomination race with only 1 precinct heard. Long gained 500 votes across 60 to 76 precincts in St Louis County but observers doubt the remaining rural precincts will overturn Reed’s margin. Republican totals show M T. Prewster leading with a 30 000 plurality over five opponents.
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St. Louis
Reed
Washington
League of Nations
Policy Toward Mexico Unchanged Yet In Doubtful Recognition
Washington reports five opinions from the Mexican Supreme Court on fiscal provisions but no clear signal of policy change toward recognizing the Obregon government. Officials say the rulings may help clear barriers, yet pledges of unmistakable American titles and a favorable treaty of amity are still sought before recognition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexican Supreme Court
State Department
Obregon
Department
Mexico City
Supreme Court
General Obregon
Amity
Governor commutes Fort Worth man's death sentence
Austin Texas August 4 Governor Pat M Neff commuted the sentence of Ernest Vickers of Fort Worth who was sentenced to hang tomorrow morning to life imprisonment.
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Austin
Tex
Pat M. Neff
Ernest Vickers
Fort Worth
Body of Bell Laid to Rest in Rock Tomb
Villagers of Baddeck mount Reinn Bhreagh to honor Dr. Alexander Graham Bell at sunset as his casket is laid in rock above eastern Nova Scotia. The burial draws relatives, U S visitors, and workers who paused telephones nationwide. The Rev. John McKinnon leads prayers as the casket rests in the mountain crypt.
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Haddeck
Baddeck
Reinn Bhreagh
Alexander Graham Bell
Nova Scotia
Beas D'Or
Dr. Bell
John McKinnon
Greenwood Presbyterian Church
Nova
United States
Canada
Legion of Honor
American Telephone Company
Hector McNeill
Funeral Services Set For Famous Football Star Donnelly
New York reports funeral services for Benjamin Donnelly known as Ben Sport to be held today in New York. The Princeton end from the 1890s died after a yearlong illness and had moved here from Chicago. He was a celebrated football figure and later a trap shooting enthusiast, a U S team member who helped win the all around championship at the last Olympics. He was credited as the originator of the talking player.
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Associated Press
New York
Benjamin
Ben Sport
Donnelly
Princeton
Chicago
United States
May End Strike Of Traction Lines In Chicago
Chicago union officials and executives reached proposals that could end the four day strike of surface line and elevated employees if accepted by the workers. A 70 cent maximum wage would replace 82 cents while the eight hour day and overtime after eight hours stay in effect and working conditions prior to the strike would be restored. Ratification could allow cars to resume operation by Sunday or Monday, extending the strike into its sixth or seventh day.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Bell to be buried silent nationwide telephones
New York August 3 1909 every telephone instrument in the United States and Canada will be silent for one minute tomorrow during the burial of Alexander Graham Bell announced by the American Telephone and Telegraph company exact time to be determined later
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New York
United States
Canada
Alexander Graham Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Next Peace Move Up To Government In Railroad Strike
The fifth week of the railway shopmen strike ends with both sides ready to stand firm while awaiting government action. Union leader BR M Jewell cites no reply to President Harding's proposals, as railroads report near normal conditions and workers returning. A possible plan to recall 100 shopmen to test seniority rights is discussed but not confirmed.
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Associated Preen
Chicago
Associated Press
Washington
BR. M. Jewell
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
Jewell
Remarkable Displays of a Veteran Sculler Win Crown
Hil ton Belyea, 17, of St. Johns Canada, won the association singles crown at the national regatta on the Schuylkill River. He defeated rivals in a mile and a quarter straightaway course and looms as a challenger to Walter Hoover. Tomorrow Costello and Zoha race for the singles title while Hoover sits out to regain condition.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Hilton Belyea
St. Johns
N. B
Association
National Association of
Schuylkill River
Belyea
Walter Hoover
Paul Costello
Vesper Boat Club
This City
Louis Zoha
New York
Hoover
Reduction in Crude Oil Prices Announced
In Dallas Magnolia Petroleum cuts Oklahoma crude by 15 cents per barrel and other crude by 26 cents with new prices set for Electra Burkburnett Moran and other districts. In Findlay Ohio Ohio Oil notes a 20 cent cut for six Wyoming crude grades including Grass Creek Elk Basin and Lance Creek at new levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Electra-Burkburnett
Henrietta
Moran
Ranger
Stephens
Strawn
Thrall
Augusta
Kansas
Yale
Comanche
Cushing
Duncan
Cement
Findlay
Ohio
Ohio Oil Company
Wyoming
Grass Creek
Elk Basin
Big Muddy
Lance Creek
Rock Creek
Mule Creek
Mrs. Debouchelle to wed Asa G. Candler in August
Reports confirm engagement of Mrs Cnze mina Debouchelle of Reno Nev to Asa G Candler Atlanta manufacturer. Telegraph confirms approaching marriage with Reno wedding planned mid August and honeymoon in Honolulu. They will reside in Atlanta.
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Associate Press
New Orleans
Cnzemina Debouchelle
Reno
Nev
Asa G. Candler
Atlanta
Debouchelle
Adolph Rocquet
Asa G
Mathilde McCormick Refuses Talk on Engagement
Cherbourg August 4 Misa Mathilde McCormick daughter of Harold McCormick refused to discuss engagement to Max Oser Swiss riding master after arriving on the Majestic saying she wants to be left alone and free like other women.
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Associated Press
Cherbourg
Misa Mathilde McCormick
Harold FP. McCormick
Max Oser
Majestic
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