Labor groups urge wage cuts to speed prosperity relief
Washington reports three labor groups coal miners construction trades and railroad workers urged deeper wartime price reductions to hasten nationwide prosperity. The plan would cut rail freight rates and accept leaner profits for retailers while wage scales linger near prewar peaks.
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Colfax
Warden Colpan
Albuquerque Journal
Washington
Harding
United Mine Workers
Tnion
Lewis
Union Coal Fielda
Pershing Honors Unknown French Soldier With Medal
General Pershing laid the congressional Medal of Honor on the tomb of the unknown French soldier under the Arch of Triumph in Paris in a ceremony attended by President Millerand and French marshals. A military review followed as Pershing spoke of shared sacrifice and peace, with the Marseillaise and Star Spangled Banner played.
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Pershing
Assoc Paria
Associated Press
United States
France
John J. Pershing
Millerand
Republic
Unknown Pollu
Tiine
General Pershing
Ambassador Herrick
The
Cobleng
Onsa
Weather Outlook for Denver and Southwest States
Weather note from Denver reports New Mexico and Arizona forecasts. Monday and Tuesday show generally fair skies with cooler conditions in the southeast of New Mexico and warmer conditions in the northern areas and east portions of Arizona.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Arizona
Local Weather Report From University
Conditions for the twenty four hours ending 6 p m yesterday recorded by the university. Highest temperature and humidity readings noted at 6 a m and 6 p m. Precipitation and maximum wind velocity recorded with wind direction from the north. Day described as partly cloudy.
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Peagee
Ten Wounded in Ku Klux Klan Clash at Corona
Waco Texas Oct County Attorney refused a citizen committee's demand to file complaints against Sheriff Buchanan and Deputy for last night's fight at Corona between Knights of the Ku Klux Klan parade and a sheriff's posse. Ten men wounded, three perhaps fatally. Grand jury probe to start anew.
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Sheriff’s Posse
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Grand Jury
Waco
Tex
Flb. Tierey
Lorena
Bob Buchanan
Burton
Corona
Parading Knights of the Ku Kins Klan
Texas
Fifty Fourth District Grand Jury
Here
Knights
Ku Klux Klan
McLennan County
Rh. J. Munroe
Fifty-fourth District Court
F. B. Tierey
America
Buchanan
Tierey
Sherif Buchanan
Lorena Clash Between Klan Parade and Sheriff’s Posse
Fifty fourth district grand jury to probe the Lorena incident where Sheriff Bob Buchanan was severely wounded and about eight others hurt following a Ku Klux Klan parade. Lorena citizens condemned the bloodshed while blaming the sheriff and asked for factual public disclosure.
American Bankers' Association Set for Los Angeles Meet
Delegates of the American Bankers Association gather in Los Angeles for a convention opening tomorrow. Major topics include depreciated foreign currency impact on exchange rates, private hoarding of currency in the U.S., and government expense reductions. Local banker Marco H. Liellman notes the depreciation harms U.S. exports and selling American goods abroad.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
American Bankers’ Association
America
United States
Marco H. Liellman
Washington
Ruth hits 59th homer with two aboard
New York Oct 2 Babe Ruth belted his fifty ninth homer of the season with two runners on against Boston pitcher Fulleron. He surpassed his 1920 world record by five and finished with a grand total of 162 homers in seven seasons, including 119 in 1920 and 1921.
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Associated Press
New York
Babe Ruth
Fulleron
Boston
Yankee
Garer
Capital and Labor Confer to Relieve Unemployment
The article notes a conference on unemployment called by President Harding to relieve the crisis. Delegates were selected as part of the effort to address joblessness and economic stress.
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Harding
Greek Orthodox Church Fighting Ends In Death At Cedar Street
In New York City a Noon service at 155 Cedar Street ended in a free for all fight among the Greek Orthodox congregation. Nicholas Varzakakos, 40, a wealthy fig merchant, died. Priest Kerrido Varzakakos and sexton were summoned to the district attorney. The priest allegedly struck Varzakakos with a candle stick while the boy said the sexton held his father. Doctors suggested a heart attack may have caused death.
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New York
Cedar
Nicholas Varzakakos
George Vareakakes
Dea
Kerrido Varzakakos
Penjamin N. Vance
Sarted Press
Grain Dealers to Assemble in Chicago Today
The Grain Dealers National Association opens its twenty fifth annual convention in Chicago with 2000 of 5000 members expected. Speakers include John B Mailing David R Forgen Joseph P Griffin Warren T McCray Frank Lowden and Asbury Lever. Topics cover class legislation transportation South American trade and unemployment. Special railroad rates have been arranged.
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Chicago
Oct
Grain Dealers National Association
John B. Mailing
New Haven
Indiana
America
Association
Charles Quinn
David R. Forgen
National City Bank
Joseph P. Griffin
Chicago Board of Trade
J. Clement
Waco
Tex
Grain Tealers National
Warren T. McCrayv
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinois
Asbury F. Lever
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Kirke Sets New World Record For Hits In Season
Louisville first baseman Jay Kirke of the 1921 pennant winners tied and then surpassed the all time hits mark with a 282nd hit in a double header against Milwaukee. He added three more safeties in the final games of the season to cap his record breaking year.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Jay Kirke
American Association
Milwaukee
L. A. Miller
Oakland
Kirke
Umea
Denver Post Urges Two Transcontinental Highways
The Denver Post telegraphed to President Harding and Secretary Hoover proposing two hard-surfaced national highways from Atlantic to Pacific and Canada to the gulf. It suggests employing unemployed labor under army engineers and building within two years at an estimated cost of 108.6 million dollars.
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Denver
Colo
Denver Post
Harding
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Army Engineers
Hoover
F. G. Bonfils
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Gulf
Arm Engineers
United States
Congress of the
Body of 14 year old found in closet suicide or murder
The body of Samuel Buffington a 14 year old high school student was found hanging in a clothes closet at home. Police suspect murder though parents believe he died by his own action. The mother said Samuel was in good spirits when she left and the body was warm when she returned.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Samuel Buffington
Samuel
B Buffington
Meeting Place of the League of Nations in Modern Babel
Delegates from about forty nations meet amid language barriers that hinder progress as conversations falter and differences in speech obstruct the League’s business. The assembly seeks clearer communication to advance collective aims.
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THE
League OF Mations
Babel
Human Race Must Find a Common Tongue for Its International Transactions in Order to Save Time
The article argues for a universal language to speed global trade and diplomacy, noting practical benefits for business, diplomacy, and cultural exchange. It cites rising cross border activity and proposes coordinated education efforts and policy support to adopt a shared linguistic standard.
Language a Common World Tongue for Nations
William Bird argues in Geneva that multiple languages hinder League of Nations diplomacy. He mocks reliance on French or English and suggests a universal simple language, even flowers or postage stamps, as possible aids. He notes small nations gain from inclusion but fear elitist club dynamics and wasted time.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Shakespeare
Ophelia
Europe
Lloyd-George
M. Briand
Germany
Briand
League
Aden High Ane
Harding Praises Marines During Wilderness Run Visit
President Harding reviewed a 5069 strong Marine East Coast Expeditionary Force at Wilderness, Virginia, praising the Devils and expressing deep affection for the Marines. He spoke from a chaplain’s truck, met officers, and observed a living silhouette before departing for Washington with Mrs. Harding.
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Wilderness Run
Virginia Hills
Brown
Manever
Harding
Brie
Smedley Butler
Putter
United States Marines
Ten boy pupils guard traffic at North High School
Ten boy pupils at North high school act as traffic officers at dismissal in front of the building. Trained under a police sergeant, two boys control traffic each day as 1,590 students leave.
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Associated Press
Worcester
Mase
The
North High School
Echoe
Secretary Fall To Rest At Home In New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior A. B. Fall arrived at his Three Rivers New Mexico home to rest for two or three days before returning to Washington. He spent the previous two months in the west visiting reclamation projects Indian reservations government forests and national parks under interior department jurisdiction.
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Three Rivers
N. M
Secretary of the Interior
A. B. Fall
Washington
Secretary Fall
West
Interior Department
Fearful suspense fades as Utah quake region quiets
After more than fifty hours of tremors from Richfield Elsinore and Monroe the fear of injury waned as the shocks subsided. No injuries were reported and most brick and stone buildings in Elsinore and Monroe were wrecked with thousands in property damage. Many residents fled and some planned to return once stability returned.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Richfield
Elsinore
Monroe
Elsenore
Here
Propesson Explains Cause Of Earthquake
Dr. Fred J. Propesson of the University of Utah traces the quake to slipping blocks along the Great Sevier fault. He notes ancient thermal springs and says crust movement as small as one-sixteenth inch can topple chimneys, contrasting with the thirty inches in the San Francisco event.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Fred J. Pack
University of Utah
Elsinore
Monroe
Great Sevier
Hie
San Francisco
Peter S Grosscup Dies Aboard Ship
The steamer Carona brought the body of Peter S Grosscup formerly of Chicago who died two days out from New York from heart disease. He was a former United States circuit court judge and national figure after ruling on the Standard Oil case. He was promoted to the circuit bench by President McKinley in 1899 and later appointed to the court of appeals.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Carona
Peter S&s. Crosscup
Chicago
New York
Peter &. Gromcup
Fneyland
Counting of Strike Ballots by Rail Unions Under Way
In Chicago 259 900 union members from four railway unions begin counting ballots with a possible general strike by over 800 000 railway workers over a 12 percent wage reduction. Leaders arrive for tallying by active members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the Order of Railway Conductors the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and others. Count expected by week end as two other unions had voted to strike only if others join.
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Assoc Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engines
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Gine
Switchmen’s Union Orth America
Shop Crafta
Trainmen
David S. Bispham Dies in New York at 64
New York October 2 David Saul Bispham baritone and leading American tenor left the stage after a six week illness dying at 64. He is survived by a wife and two daughters. Born in Philadelphia he debuted in London in 1891 and later joined the Metropolitan Opera. He helped found the Society of American Singers.
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Associated Press
New York
David Saul Pispham
Tyre Artate
Bispham
Pedelphia
London
Metropolitan Opera Company
Society of American Singers
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William Bird
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U. S
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Mrs Harding
White House
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Propesson
Peter S. Grosscup
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