Rail Strike Questioned as Government Ownership Debate Rages
Cincinnati June 20 The Associated Press reports that rail unions expect a strike of about one million workers while spokesmen deny government ownership will be a decisive issue. They urge reforms to curb railroad board powers and press for public control as wage cuts and working conditions drive action.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Byice Associated Press
Oths
Ameran Federation of Labor Avention
Ihe
William Johnston
Maimete Union
Otlers
Jloves Cleveland
Eontion
Railroad
Kinly
Beteen
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Josph Tawnal
Peoria Trades and Her Council
Alexanr Howat
August Dorchy
Kansas
Italian Wizard Marconi Unveils Radio Searchlight Invention
Italian inventor Marconi claims a revolving beam system can act as a radio lighthouse to guide ships in fog. He envisions directing short wave radiation to reveal nearby vessels by reflection, enhancing safety at sea and warning of other ships even in thick weather.
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New York
Guglielmo Marconi
Institute of Radio Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Liquor Smuggling Ring Busted In Artesia Car Jailed
Night Watchman arrests three men Zellex Ward and Williamte in Artesia after a roaming touring car sped off at 4 am. Police uncover over 200 quarts of liquor stored in false cushions beneath upholstery, with cases hidden in tamarack bushes. Carlsbad holds the prisoners and seized liquor.
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Artesia
N. M
Zellex
Ward
Williate
M Stevenson
Stevenson
Pecos River Bridge
Mileseast
Gilbert
Sam Batton
Carlsbad
Irrigation Plan Aims To Transform Farmington Area
Judge S B Davis reports a proposed project could flood irrigate 100000 to 359000 acres south of the San Juan river by diverting water from the Animas and San Juan rivers. Engineers differ on extent but projections show large desert lands near Farmington could be cultivated, with support from local business leaders.
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Farmington
la Platte
S. BR. Davis
New Mexico
Davis
San Juan River
Turley Dam
Reclamation Service
Animas River
Animas
Denver Weather Forecast And Local Conditions For June Twenty
Weather notes for Denver showers in the northeast Wednesday then Thursday partly cloudy fair and cooler in Arizona region. Local report ends 6 p m yesterday with ghost temperature and wind direction details.
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Denver
Colo
Thursty
Fair
Ewe
Breuthwest
House Military Committee Divides on Ford Muscle Shoals Offer
Eight Republican members led by Kearns denounce Henry Ford's plan to purchase and lease Muscle Shoals projects, urging a clear factual statement and criticizing the long term lease and subsidies. The report cites costs totaling over 56 million for Waco, Gorgas, and nitrate plants, and argues the $5 million purchase price plus large taxpayer costs are inadequate.
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Military Committee
House
Washington
House Military Committee
Kearns
Ohio
Henry Lord
Musele Shoals
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Obie
Morin
Crago
Racansley
Alabuma Power Company
Gorgia
War l Department
Mr. Ford
Waco
Gorgas
Ford
Dame
Detroit
Wilson Dam
Congress
United States
Six Auto Tourists Die As Train Hits Car Near Macon
Six tourists traveling by car from Fort Lauderdale Florida to Nicholasville Kentucky were killed when a Central of Georgia passenger train struck their vehicle in Macon Georgia. Only Mrs Lovenia Cox survived and she named her husband Howard Cox as a prisoner in Moundsville West Virginia before she died.
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Macon
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Nicholasville
Central of Georgia
Lovenia Cox
Howard Cox
Mounsdsville
W. Va
Alleged horse thiefs nabbed after chase in New Mexico
In Los Lunas New Mexico June 20 sheriff J J Tondre rounded up two suspected horse thieves Texas Slim and Jack Young after two posses pursued them when cars failed. They are jailed with Lewis and Lester McKinley and a warrant exists for James Collins. Read more on the arrest of suspects linked to the theft of eighteen horses from P A Yeast ranch.
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Los Lunas
N M
Albuquerque Morning Journal
J. J. Tondre
Texas Slim
Jack Young
Ynen
Lewis
Lester McKinley
Tondre
James Collins
M. H. Scott
Nels Fields
M. IL. McCann
Henry Sanches
Jack Evans
Annetto Gurule
Keynes Smith
Raynard Hardin
Sam Garcia
Virgil Harrington
Albert Harrington
P. A Yeast
Leading Figures In Controversy Between Railroads and Unions
Union ballots are being sent after a Cincinnati conference to decide on wage cuts ordered by the federal rail wage board. Bert M. Jewell leads AFL rail division as leaders from Carmen's and Stationary Tire men and Oilers unions appear in the photo. Rail heads say the unions may bluff, and a strike delay is planned if the vote passes.
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Bert M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Leaders plan on marine bill approved by Harding
President Harding formally approves plans for Republican leaders in the House to bring the administration ship subsidy bill to a vote this session after the tariff bill goes to conference. He argues the measure is needed to move ship holdings into private use and to avoid the old subsidy cry.
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Washington
Harding
House
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Life in prison for confessed murderer
George Straub pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Jackson county circuit court and was sentenced to life in Marquette prison with solitary confinement. Alice Mallett, matron at a girls home, was killed in a night attack recalled as axe assault with head crushed and body mutilated near her home.
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Tsociated
Jackson, Mich
George Straub
Sinyer
Alice Mallett
Jackson County
Marquette
Miss Mallett
Miss Anne Martin Declines Nevada Senate Bid
London June 20 AP Miss Anne Martin twice a Nevada senate candidate announced at a Lyceum club dinner that she would not enter the current race. She cited lack of organized support from women labor farmers and other exploited groups and noted they show no signs of life.
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London
Associated Press
Anne Martin
United States Senate
Nevada
Lyceum Club
Rhonada
House of Lords
Martin
Woman Chosen Candidate For U S Senator
In St Paul Minnesota on June 20 the Associated Press reports a historic primary where no major party had previously nominated a woman for the U S Senate. Mrs Anna Dickie Olesen led the Democratic field, defeating two male rivals for the party nomination.
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St. Paul
Minn
Associated Press
United States
Anna Dickie Olesen
Democratic Party
2 Sentenced for Keeping Son Prisoner in Cellar
Syracuse New York June 20 Herbert Vernier was sentenced to five months hard labor in Onondaga county penitentiary after pleading guilty with his wife to imprisoning their five year old son Kenneth for five months in a dry goods box in the cellar. Mrs Vernier received ten days hard labor. The couple, who have 12 children, said the boy's habits made it necessary to confine him.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Herbert Vernier
Onondaga County
Kenneth
Onondaga Penitentiary
Verniers
Tariff Bill Debated for an Hour in Senate
Washington June 20 the senate resumed debate on the tariff bill for a one hour session. Democratic speakers urged further reductions while Nebraska Democrat Senator Hitchcock argued against high rates and touted German competition myths. Ohio Republican Senator Willis defended protecting American manufacturers from German firms.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Naraska Hardware
Hitchcock
Nebraska
West
Willis
Ohio
Germany
United States
Europe
Dog Missing After Taos Car Crash Injuries Narrowly Averted
Special Correspondence to the Journal from Taos New Mexico June 20 Mrs Marie Richeson Meta Berry and F T Cheetham escaped serious injury Friday evening when Mrs Richeson s touring car backed down a hill and upset against the bank The women were thrown out or pinned under the machine and a German police dog in the car fled and has not been found
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Taos
N. M
Marie Richeson
Meta Berry
F. T. Cheetham
Heavy cantaloupes flood market cutting wholesale prices
New York on June 20 reports heavy cantaloupe shipments from California and Georgia, totaling 1,200 cars in three days. Prices collapsed from yesterday’s levels with California crates at 8 dollars falling to 4.50 and Georgia crates dropping from 2.50 to 1.50, some returned to railroads.
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Associated Press
New York
California
Georgia
McCormick Receives Divorce Decree Copy Amid Hospital Stay
Harold F McCormick head of International Harvester receives an exemplified copy of Edith Rockefeller McCormick's divorce decree while recovering from an operation at Wesley Memorial hospital. The records may serve as evidence for future dealings in marriage licenses abroad. Mathilde McCormick plans to wed Max Oser. McCormick's stance and guardian appointment are part of related legal maneuvering.
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Ite Th. Awenerated Press
Chicago
Harold F McCormick
International Harvester Company
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
John PD. Rockefeller
McCormick
Weeley Memorial Hospital
Victor D. Lespinasse
Europe
Mathilde
Edwin H. Cassels
Oser
Oger
Two Oklahomans Sentenced to Leavenworth Prison
El Paso Texas June 20 J Howard Noble former deputy sheriff of Oklahoma City and A D Hughes an Oklahoma grain dealer received five year federal sentences for conspiracy to violate the Harrison anti narcotic act and for importation and possession of morphine and cocaine They were arrested May 19 by Will S Wood agent in charge of the local narcotic office in a case involving Chalk Aultman C W Warden and Pete Castro of El Paso The El Pasoans are free on 7500 bonds and will face trial on related charges in Leavenworth Kans later this week
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el Paso
Texas
J. Howard Noble
Oklahoma City
Okla
A D. Hughes
Gus Hughes
Oklahoma
Leavenworth
Kans
United States
A. H. Woelber
Noble
Hughes
Will S. Wood
H. C
Chalk) Aultman
C. W. Warden
Pete Castro
Wreck injures twenty four on D&RGW eastbound train
Twenty four people were injured when the first section of Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger train No. 2 derailed at Keeldar ten miles from Leadville Colorado. Four were seriously hurt as rails spread causing the accident near Tennessee Pass. Among the injured are Louis Jones Frank Buschan G A Johnegan and two Black unnamed Porters. Three Pullman cars and the dining car overturned and another Pullman veered off the track.
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Associated Press
Leadville
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Keeldar
Tennessee Pass
San Francisco
Sauda
Louis Jones
Wichita
Kan
Frank Buschan
Denver
G. A
Johnegan
W. Ridley
Wabas Railway Orders 12 Million Equipment Purchase
Chicago June 20 The Wabas railway has placed orders for passenger and freight equipment totaling about 12 million dollars President J Taussig announced today.
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Chicago
Wabas Railway
J. &. Taussig
Senate Bonus Fight Delays Tariff Bill Vote Contests Aid Plan
Senate debate on the soldiers bonus bill stretches five hours as charges fly that delay serves to defeat the measure. The vote to set the bonus as a continuing special order followed a 52 to 8 outcome, with further motions altering timing and precedence amid sharp partisan exchanges.
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Phay
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
Watson
Indiana
Borah
Bursum
Calder
Cameron
Capper
Cummins
Curtis
Dillingham
Dupont
Edge
Ernest
Fernald
France
Frelinghuysen
Gooding
Harrold
Jones
Kellogg
Ladd
Lemroot
Lodge
McCormick
McCumber
McKinley
McLean
McNary
Moses
Nelson
Newberry
Nicholson
Norbeck
Oddie
Phipps
Poindexter
Shortridge
Smoot
Spencer
Sterling
Sutherland
Townsend
Wadsworth
Wills
Dial
Giasa
King
Myers
Pomerone
Swanson
Underwood
Williams
L la Follette
Norris
Ayshurst
Broussard
Caraway
Culberson
Gerry
Heflin
Hitchcock
New Mexico
Kendrick
McKellar
Alabama
Nebraska
Robinson
Arkansas
Wall ‘Street
Lenroot
Eee
Wisconsin
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Colorado River and
la Platte River
Santa Fe
Dr. Ford
The
Federal Rail
A. W. Wharton
J. H. Elliott
Samuel Higins
Horace Baker
W. J. McMenimen
G. W. W. Hanger
R. M. Barton
Ben W. Hooper
Rail Wage Board
Hales Holden
CBL & A5
Samuel M. Felton
Chicago and
Great Western
William H. Johnson
Machinists
U. S
Chicago Shrine
Duke City
Wuxtry
Chicago Shriners
Albuquerque
Medinah
Chicag Shriners
EB. C. Zimmerman
Masonic Temple
Albert Hancock
Cormick
Harvester
Mme
Ganna Walska
U. S. Prison
Leavenworth, Kans
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