Wages Cut Plan Affects Million Rail Workers
United States Railroad Labor Board announces downward revision in wages for about 60 000 unskilled workers with decisions to be made public June 1. Hearings on road proposals to cut more jobs and further reductions for skilled workers to follow, potentially impacting around two million railroad employees nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Railroad Labor Board
Butte
Miss Shearer Hands
Associated Press
Chicago
Butte Teachers Protest Superintendent Resigns
Butte school board hears praise for the superintendent as Miss Elga M. Shearer submits her resignation. Trustee Barney Lindsay cites Maddock’s work while noting the district faces an executive vacancy next September unless a replacement is named. Board members react with tense silence during the resignation reading.
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Barney Lindsay
Butte School Board
Elga M. Shearer
Lindsay
Maddock
Miss Shearer
Butte
Belle M. Scofield
Mliss
Belle’ M. Scofeld
Wages of Lumber Workers Reduced by Board Action
The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen voted wage cuts effective June 1. The May 17 decision lowers base rates by a fraction, with higher paid workers seeing smaller cuts while camp and railroad workers face steeper reductions.
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Teotors
Loyal Legion of” Loogers
Cascade
Allen
Ranch Hold Up Tale Told At Butte Rearing
Three men descended from Canada recount a December theft at a Saskatchewan whiskey cache. They describe the raid and its aftermath, detailing how the incident unfolded and affected local residents.
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Butte
Canada
Saskatchewan
Three defend in US border town whiskey holdup case
Hearing before United States Commissioner Van Etten in Butte continues May 31. Three men alleged in a Canadian border town raid were arrested in Billings after a multi state chase. Extradition talks target George Green Hoban and Enright alias Reimers. Witnesses include Andrist Ledahl and local police officers.
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Butte
United States
van Etten
Billings
James "M. Baldwin
George Green
Chub" Hoban
William Enright
Wiliam Reimers
H.C. Crippen
Tom Walker
Reimers
Or. Enright
Green
Hoban
Alleged Caveman Methods Used In Forcing Marriage
Irene Lind charges abduction from Sheridan Wyoming to Hardin Montana where John Lind allegedly forced her to marry. She seeks annulment, restoration of her maiden name, and damages. The suit says she was coerced after an assault and threats, arriving in Sheridan later and filing for annulment with a restraining order issued.
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Associated Press
Sheridan
Wyo
Hardin, Mont
John Lind
Irene Lind
Irene Dana
Sait
Iit
Hardin
Lind
Chief Justice White Dying After Health Decline
Washington May 17 Chief Justice White of the United States Supreme Court is not expected to live through the night physicians say His pulse is weak and his heart is bad Dr J Hag ner reported after visiting the bedside at Garfield hospital He recently underwent bladder surgery and had improved before a late relapse He is 16 years old in the OCR text but the report notes a four month illness and refusal to leave work as he faced treatment
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Associated Press
Washington
White
United States’ Supreme Court
Brands J. Hagner
Garfield Hospital
Fr Fay
No Compromise Between World Sin and Religion, Minister Says
The Rev D B Baker of Walier Mont told the Montana Baptist Ministers union that religion cannot compromise with worldly sin. His remarks were a feature of the State Baptists association meeting at the First Presbyterian church as women and ministers held sessions, with Miss Ruby Norton detailing Crow Indian work and Mrs Rathbone presiding over the women's division.
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Women’s Baptist Missionary Society OF Montana
First Baptist Church
D. B. Baker
Walier
Mont
Montana Baptist Ministers’ Union
Mr. Baker
State Baptists’ Association
First Presbyterian Church
Baptist State Missionary Society
Mary Sundell
Montana
James A
RR. Rathbone
Baptist Sociation
Missing Navy Vessel Adrift Reported Found Near Coast
Adrift rowboat tied to missing navy vessel reported found by Captain Sohst aboard the steamship Senator of the Admiral Tine. Also notes the death of Leopold Flatow, longtime Helena merchant, with a Denver connection and past mining work in Butte.
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Associated Pree
San DieGo
Sohst
Tine
Butte
The
Associated Press
Helena
Leopold Flatow
Denver
Quiet on the Tug River as Mine District Leader Takes Charge
On May 11 the Tug River area along the West Virginia Kentucky border reported only scattered shots in the Kentucky hills opposite Merrimac. Sheriff A P Pinson of Mingo County said no further firing occurred since Monday night. Frank Kenney of United Mine Workers District 17 arrived to oversee Williamson headquarters and dismissed plans of planned trouble by the union.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W.va
West Virginia-Kentucky
Tug River
Mingo
A. ©. Pinson
Mingo County
Kentucky
Merrimac
West Virginia
Pinson
Frank Kenney
United Mine Workers of America
Nominations For Ambassador to Italy and Minister to China
President Harding nominated Washburn Child as ambassador to Italy and Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman of New York, former Cornell president, to be minister to China. Both nominees were sent to the Senate for approval.
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Washburn Child
Harding
Tealy
Senate
Jacob’ Gould Schurman
New York
Ot. Cornell
Univer ‘Sity
China
Montana cinema groups set to reshape local theaters
Rumors of major changes in Montana theater management gained substance as Rialto in Butte joined a regional moviemaking group. Claude Jensen and Von Herberte, key Northwest operators, were in town for talks and left after discussions with local figures.
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Montana
Severa
Butte
Rialto Theater
Jensen and
von Herberte
Northwest
Snd
Great Falls
von Herbers
Beatile
Claude Jensen
Portland
Mother of Two Slackers Fined $7000 in Draft Evasion Case
Emma Bergdoll was fined 7000 for her part in draft evasion tied to sons Grover and Erwin Jeredoll. If unpaid, she faces one year and one day in a federal prison in Atlanta. Co defendants Charles Braun, Albert Schuh, and Harry Schuh each faced fines or six months in Mercer jail. Bail set at 10000 for all. appeal pending.
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Associated Pres
Philadelphia
Emma ¢. Bergdoll
Grover
Erwin Jeredoll
Dickinson
United States District Court
Federal
Atlanta
Charles P. Braun
Albert
Harry Schuh
Trenton
Bergdoll
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ORVE
Railroad Labor Board
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
J. E. Byram
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Association
Miss Lynch
Indorse
Simmen
Andrist
Ledahl
Hobana
Noonan
N. D
Mina Lucius Olnon
Oldhorn
Supreme Court
Dublin
Freeman
Esidenes
Italy
State
Coast Syndicate
Ama
Pres
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