Preparations to Halt Threatened Rail Walkout Concluded
Chicago and Cleveland reports say unions and railroads completed peace efforts ahead of a major conference with the labor board. Leaders of the Big Five and eleven shop crafts groups prepare for a possible end to the threatened general strike on October 30, with mixed signals from both sides and talks continuing in Chicago.
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Associated Pree
Chicago
Associated Prem
Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
W. S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
W.S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
T. Cashen
Switchmen's Union of North America
E. Pr. Curtis
Order of Railway Conductors
Cleveland
Miget
Conductors’ Organization
Bob Jewell
J. C. Smoek
Maintenance of Way Union
Shop Crafts Executive Council
O. Dunn
Railway Age
Rail executives deny need for wage slash amid high rail costs
The Association of Railway Executives led by Thomas DeWitt Cuyler says rail road managements reject wage cuts and won’t burden labor alone. It notes rail owners have sacrificed and public is the real paymaster as present costs push rates. A digest shows 1621 earnings would yield a deficit over 70 million dollars for January to August without cutting maintenance spending.
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Labor Board
Leselly
Washington
New York
Association of Railway Executives
Thomas DeWitt Cuyler
Italian General Diaz Welcomed by Roaring New York Crowd
General Armando Diaz of Italy arrived in America to a throng of cheering Italians and locals. A parade along the harbor featured the Giuseppe Verdi and Lexington with six destroyers, Fort Jay cannon salutes, and the Maryland dipping its colors. Diaz planned a wreath at Theodore Roosevelt’s grave in Oyster Bay before sightseeing.
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New York
Armando Diaz
Italy
America
Diaz
General Diaz
Giuseppe Verdi
Lexington
Fort Jay
Maryland
Diag
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Weather Forecast for Denver and Southwest Details
Weather view from Denver dated Oct 19 notes New Mexico fair and warm in the northeast, slightly cooler in the southeast, warmer east of the mountains. Arizona shows little temperature change Thursday and Friday. Local report covers the past 24 hours with highs around 83, humidity at 28 percent, and light to moderate winds from the north.
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Denver
New Mexico
Writley
Fair
Hursday
Arizona
Freemasons Warn Against Ku Klux Klan Membership
Las Cruces New Mexico grand master Francia K. Lester issues a two page letter to Masonic lodges warning of KKK recruitment within the jurisdiction. He argues that secret punishment and mob rule violate Masonry and democratic law and urges Freemasons to uphold lawful government and fair trials.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Ku Klux Klan
Francia KK. Lester
Mesila Park
New Mexico
Las Cruces Chamber Targets Advertising Fakers
The Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce announces a vigilance program to curb advertising fakers. A new resolution empowers the publicity committee to endorse only properly investigated proposals from recognized media. Endorsement signals legitimacy. lack of endorsement implies scrutiny and potential rejection.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Paris Reception Honors General Pershing With Oak Planting
About 1,500 people attended the Paris city hall reception for General Pershing. Notables included France's military leaders and embassy representatives, plus a large American colony presence. Pershing helped plant an oak at Trocadero gardens and cast French soil as American soil due to American blood shed in battle.
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Paris
General Pershing
Associated Press
France
Trocadero Gardens
Pershing
Leitch Sets Course Record at Belleclaire Links
Miss Leitch, holder of British French and Canadian women's golf titles, set a women’s course record of 76 at Belleclaire links in New York while winning her club invitation match 5 up 4 against Mrs. M. Heckcher. The record beat the previous mark by two strokes and was three over par.
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New York
Caei Leitch
Belleclaire Links
M. Heckcher
Miss Leitsa
French mother allowed to pin medal on son at ceremony
Mme Outim a chevalier of the Legion of Honor was granted the rare right to decorate her own son with the Croix de Guerre. The ceremony occurred at Landernaux a channel port of France.
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Mme. Outim
Legion of Honor
Landereneaux
France
Croix de
Uerre
War ren Stone Defends Rail Workers Against De Frees Remarks
President War ren Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers issues a signed statement denouncing Jos H Defrees speech for the chamber of commerce as biased toward the millionaire element and unjust to railroad workers. He cites wartime service and warns Defrees to review facts about labor boards and railroads before commenting.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Jos H Defrees
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington
United States
Defrees
Chamber of Commerce of the
Congress
Detrees
United States Railroad Labor Board
A. B
A. M
N. A
Erie
Pennsylvania
Gambling raid targets Wisconsin justice of the peace
Milwaukee reports Walter Koenig justice of the peace of Wauwatosa and five young members of prominent families were arrested in a raid on his home. Koenig faced charges of conducting a gambling house in his judicial chambers and was released on 10 dollar bail. The others were charged as inmates.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Walter Koenig
Wauwatosa
Wis
Justice of the Peace
Koenig
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Shifts HQ to Chicago
Headquarters of E. H. Fitzgerald grand president and G. S. Levi grand secretary of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Freight Handlers Express and Station Employes will move from Cincinnati to Chicago Sunday officials announced tonight.
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Shipt Treadquarters
Cincinnati
E. H. Fitzgerald
Levi
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Chicago
Bomb Wounds Ambassador Herrick's Valet in Paris Attack
A package labeled perfume exploded at the home of American Ambassador Myron Herrick in Paris, seriously injuring his English valet Walter Blanchard. Herrick arrived seconds after the blast as police and Paris detective services launched a manhunt for the perpetrator amid amid suspicions of a Communist link to recent Sacco and Vanzetti protests.
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Associated
Paris
Associated Press
Myron T. Herrick
Ambassador Herrick
Massachusetts
Gift Package Found at American Embassy in Paris
A small oblong package wrapped in white paper tied with a cord marked perfume lay on a table in the American embassy in Paris. Addressed to Ambassador Myron T Herrick it had been delivered by registered post and drew the attention of secretary Lawrence Norton as a possible gift.
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Hotel Crifton
Pershing
Orvice
Paris
P. W. Herrick
Associated Press
Myron T. Herrick
Lawrence Norton
Madame Melba Returns Home After Long Tour
World renowned soprano Mme Melba arrives at Coombe Cottage Goldstream near Melbourne Australia after an extended concert tour. A recent photo captures the singer back at her residence marking the end of her travels.
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Madame Melba
Mme. Melba
Coombe Cottage
Goldstream
Melbourne
Australia
Howat Calls Kansas Miners to Stand Firm in Jail Appeal
Alexander Howat president of the Kansas Miners' Union urges immediate working class support to win their fight in industrial court. He vows to return after jail, denounces dual organizations, and attacks Governor Allen United Mine Workers leaders and coal operators while praising district 14 miners.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Kans
Alexander Howat
Kansac
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Allen
George S. Peck
Kansas
District 14
Trainmen on Pennsylvanian lines ordered to strike
Pittsburgh and Erie based train crews on Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh were ordered to strike by RF A Knoff head of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen West. The move followed a reply to east line chairman C B Musser and dismisses rumors of secret pledges not to strike.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Erie
RF. A. Knoff
Brotherhood of Railroad
Pennsylvania Lines
C. B E. Musser
Brotherhood
Communists Protest Sacco and Vanzetti Conviction in Brussels
Belgian Communist meeting denounces a Massachusetts court verdict convicting Nicolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti of first degree murder. About 200 protesters marched to the American Embassy and demonstrated before police dispersed them.
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Herrick
Italy
Sacco
Venzetti
Massachusetts
France
Italian Socialst Congress
Milan
Massachusetts Court
Rome
Associated Press
Brussels
Oct
Nicolo Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
New Pro Officer Appointed in Arizona
Koenix Arizona October 19 R K Parsons formerly chief clerk in the office of the collector of internal revenue and later auditor of a local theater today assumed duties as assistant prohibition director for the state of Arizona.
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Koenix
Ariz
R. K. Parsons
Collector of Internal Revenue
Arizona
Compromise tax bill debated in Senate opposition and support
In Washington the compromise tax revision bill faced sharp Senate scrutiny with Democratic Senate Leader Underwood denouncing it as the worst presented to Congress. Republican Senator Moser attacked amendments while Senator Lafollette opposed foreign trade tax provisions. A King Utah amendment sought federal state tax cooperation and inheritance tax alignment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Underwood
Alabama
Congress
Treasury
Ploe
Moser
New Hampshire
Kenton
Iowa
Capper
Kansan
Supreme Court
Nelson
Minnesota
Lafollette
Wisconsin
United States
McCumber
North Dakota
Finance Committee
King
Utah
Soldiers with rail experience listed at Nogales
In Nogales Arizona Oct 19 The Associated Press reports at Camp Stephen D Little the Tweny fifth Infantry will be checked for soldiers with railroad operating or related experience Instructions from Eighth Army Corps Fort Sam Houston Texas were received and will begin the search in the morning Camp has few motor trucks for freight should a railroad strike occur and many trucks were handed to the Arizona state highway department
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Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
Camp
Stephen D. Littlehere
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Eighth Army Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Arizona State Highway Department
Sport promoter George Kenned y dies in Montreal
Montreal report states George Kennedy sport promoter and former Canada lightweight wrestling champion died after a long illness. He wrestled under the name George Kennal.
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Montreal
George Kennedy
Canada
George Kennal
Harding Receives Degree From Second Oldest College
At Williams and Mary exercises the president is installed and Harding is awarded a Doctor of Laws degree during the ceremonies.
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Harding
INU
Williams and Mary
Williamsburg
Lane
College of William and Mary
J. A. C. Chandler
Ameran
Harding Delivers Address From Yorktown Spot
President Harding attends William and Mary exercises in Williamsburg and delivers a Yorktown speech from the Cornwallis surrender site praising Franco American aid and calling for worldwide amity. He tours campus with Mrs. Harding and visits Jamestown and Yorktown landmarks.
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Yorktown
Cornwallia
Anstro
United States
Great Britain
France
William and Mary
Alten B. Parker
Davis
Virginia
Harding
Wrenn
Cornwallis
Government officials urge fixed return ban at railroads
Des Moines Iowa October 19 governors conference urged repeal of Bech Cummins act clauses to fix rail rates for an eight percent return. They call fixed returns unwise and uneconomic and back substantial rate reductions, state control over state rates, lower federal reserve rates, and annual interest on foreign loans. Governors Kendall and Mecheivie push disarmament and loan collection measures.
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Asso Des Moines
Bech-Cummins Transportation Act
Interstate Commerce Commission
Conference of Middle
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Blaine
Wisconsin Evernot
Congress
Mecheivie
Nebraska
War Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve
N. EB. Kendall
Iowa
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Rail Aad Labor Board
Bost
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J. C. Smock
Maintenance of Way
Jewell
Cuyler
Alan
Francis E. Lester
Chamber OF Commerce
Miss Leitch
Uefrees
Finndiers
B. of
L. E
Bombalast
Envoy
Walter Blanchard
Blanchard
Vansetti
Mme.Melba
Hio
Pennsy
U.S
Lord Cornwallis
Inspects College Grounds
Lee Hall
Mr. Harding
Chandler
College
Governor's Conference
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