Government and Labor Move to Throttle Looming Rail Strike
President Harding charged railroad labor board chair R M Barton to push negotiations with four brotherhoods and Switchmen's Union to avert the October 30 strike. Proposals include immediate suspension of the strike order, using union influence to deter other walks, and a platform for final settlement with a no strike proviso. Major points center on wage cuts, freight-rate reductions, and working rules.
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White House
Associated Press
Chicago
Harding
Brotherhoods
R. M. Barton
United States Railroad Labor Board
Ine
Barton
Four Brotherhoods
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Walter L. McMenimen
Judge Bareton
Washington
Labor Board
Ian
Toads
Paras Mount
Executions Like Fall of Niagara in Russ Prisons
Captain Emmet Kilpatrick, a Red Cross worker captured by Budenny in 1920, describes brutal Soviet prison conditions after nine months of hard labor. He was released Aug 7 and returned to the U S. He cites thousands of Austro-Hungarian POWs still held, many from 1914, dwindling due to starvation.
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Niagara
Russ
Associated Press
New York
Soviet Russia
Emmet Kilpatrick
Uniontown
Ala
Budenny
Cvn
Bank of North Dakota Barred From Deposits and Bonds
Judge J A Coffey issued a temporary injunction in Jamestown North Dakota barring the Bank of North Dakota from taking private or public deposits and from selling state bonds. The action was filed by local taxpayers seeking reform.
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Associated Press
Jamestown
N. D
J. A. Coffey
Stutsman County Court
Bank of North Dakota
Criminal conditions in training of service men
Washington Oct 18. Director Forbes of the veterans bureau charges that disabled service men have been placed under conditions that are criminal and related to slavery. He censures contracts with 33 schools and individuals for training disabled World War veterans and warns against district political machines while pledging reform on businesslike, transparent operations. He singles out the soldier rehabilitation division for fault and notes a Southern California project as an example of poor training prospects.
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Asociated
Washington
Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Federal Board For Vocational Training
California
Chinese Killings Over Tong Rivalry in Butte
Chon Sing, a Chinese merchant in Butte, was killed while opposing the Hip Sing tong influence. Chin Sing is held by police as the death is linked to a rival organization seeking to affiliate with the Butte group. Investigators report a Seattle liaison and a peace offer with cash for Chon Sing.
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Chon Sing
Arizona
Hip Sing
Butte
Chin Sing
Seattle
Tong
Hip Sing Tong
I Butte
Hom
Keys of New York Presented to Diaz
The New York City Board of Aldermen voted to present the freedom of the city to Gen Armando Diaz of the Italian army as he arrives on the Giuseppe Verdi en route to the American Legion convention in Kansas City. The same day the keys were ordered presented to Admiral Beatty of Britain and Gen Jacques of Belgium.
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Nstacasea Pre
New York
New York Board of ‘Aldermen
Armando Diaz
Giuseppe Verdi
American Legion
Kansas City
Admiral Beatty
Jacques
Haka Hate
Rhealow Coattl
Bond injunction sought too late statement made
William Isarth and his attorney seek to enjoin the school board from issuing about 300000 dollars in bonds while the county treasurer pays the remainder to redeem warrants. The district court action to restrain the board was filed and discussed at the school board meeting. Bonds were signed and receipted for by the Bankers' Trust Company in Denver on October 7.
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William Isarth
Aurney
Denver
Wood
Bankers’ Trust Company
Alleged Slayer Declared Dead by Own Action
In Trenton on October 16, Martin Anderson was found dead near the Peterson home on Sand Mountain with his throat cut. The report notes detectives theorize Anderson killed others before taking his own life, as the foster mother Mrs Peterson identifies the body.
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Trenton Gio
Martin Anderson
Forte
Peterson
Sand Mountain
Anderton
Former King County Sheriff Held for Grand Larceny
Jonn Stringer, former sheriff of King County and last year’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, was arrested on a grand larceny complaint. The charges allege misappropriation of funds received by the sheriff’s office for the Board of Federal Prisoners in the county jail.
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Associated Pres
Seattle
Jonn Stringer
King County
Republcan
Anight
Sheriff's Office
Board of Federal Prisoners
Trapper Boden says he killed Louise Miller in self defense
Virginia City dispatch reports Herman F Boden known as Charles Boden confessed to murdering Mrs Louise Miller near her cabin two miles west of the old Revenue mine. He described years of conflict with the victim and said she first tried to shoot him at his home and later attempted to poison him. He led officers to the burial spot and insisted he acted to shield an innocent neighbor.
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Irginia City
Herman F
Charles
Boden
Louise Miller
Old Revenue Mine
Hungerford
Madison County
Safe Blower Ends Life in Hospital
Wythe Associated Press Chicago Oct. 18 Charles Reiser alleged safe blower died by his own hand in hospital after wounds from a gang feud on Oct. 11. He refused to name assailants. His wife reportedly brought the gun. Reiser reportedly owned about six apartment houses and a fortune of 150000.
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Veiser
Iy Jeiser
Five Union Chiefs To Meet Thursday With Labor Board
United States railroad labor board will meet with five unions on Thursday to avert a nationwide rail strike set for Oct. 30. The American Farm Bureau Federation petitions the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking a 10 to 20 percent wage relief to offset cost of living rises while offering to mediate.
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United States Railroad Labor Board
Harding
American Farm Bureau Federation
Inerstate Commerce Commission
Acco
Federation
Pennsylvanian Trainmen Refuse Order to Strike
B. Musser, chairman of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the Pennsylvania system, said 150 airmen would refuse to obey the general strike order and would keep working if trains run. He noted the union had voted against a strike and stated the fight has been with the labor board, not the Pennsylvania, praising fair dealings and agreements with management. Reports suggest secret agreements and employee pledges are being pursued.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
C. B. Musser
Brotherhood of Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Labor Board
The
Musser
Ite
Missoula Man Aged 103 Dies From Fall
Jean Chabotte aged 103 died in Missoula from a fractured skull after a fall. He was a Hudson's Bay voyageur in the Canadian Northwest and later a plow deer in Alaska. He lived in Western Montana for years and was cared for at the county poor farm.
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Associated Pres
Missoula
Jean Chabotte
Chabotte
Hudson's Bay Company
Canadian Northwest
Alaska
Montana
Treaties of Peace With Enemy Powers Ratified
The U S senate ratified peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary by votes of 68 20 and 66 17 amid a near full chamber The roll call listed Kellogg Nelson Lenroot McCumber Norbeck Sterling Myers La Follette Walsh Norris and others In attendance were paired members and a vacancy due to Senator Knoxs death The action completed the administrations immediate peace program with formal exchanges of ratification pending in Hungary and Germany Austria ratification faced opposition from a few Republicans and some paired Democrats
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Associa Washton
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Senate
Borah
Idaho
la Folette
Wisconsin
Norris
Nebraska
Featie
Kellogg
Nelson
Minnesota
Lenroot
McCumber
North Dakota
Norbeck
Sterling
South Dakota
Myers
Montana
la Follette
Walsh
Knox
Hitchcock
Jones
Washington
Tada
Phi Dds
Colorado
Smith
South Carolina
Stanfield
Repubican
Oregon
Robinson
Arkansas
Swanson
Virginia
Foreign Relations Committee
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Yuma
Dakota Bank
Hades
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Keys OF
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BOND
Interstate Commerce Commission
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W. 8. Carter
Brotherhood of Loco
Uve
Warren A i the Sheppard
Order of Railway Conductors
Tc, Cashen
Switcchmen’s Union of North America
Ben Hooper
Tennessee
Hooper
Ee Ead
Tne Enefy
Penny Trainmen
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