Rail managers seek early ruling on wage cuts
Western group railroads meeting in Chicago decided to post notices of 10 percent wage reductions across all departments and seek an early hearing before the labor board. The plan involves Santa Fe Great Western Rock Island Northwestern Union Pacific Northern Pacific Great Northern and targets wage and rate reduction synchronization. The National Industrial Traffic League will push for wage cuts tied to shipper rate reductions as meetings are held today and tomorrow.
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Chicago
Western Group of Railroads
Santa Fe Great Western
Rook Island
Northwestern
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Labor Board
National Industrial Traffic League
League
Election violence reported at Kentucky polls near Breathitt county
In Breathitt county near Jackson Kentucky six men were killed and five wounded in a clash at the Clay Hole voting precinct in Troupe Creek shortly after polls opened. The incident occurred as election work proceeded with several men under arrest in Louisville and elsewhere. authorities investigated the shooting and sought to restore order at the precinct.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Jackson
Clay Hole
Troupe Creek
Breathitt County
Tod
Gunfight Ignites Court as Ohio Preface to Demands Becomes Mayhem
The report describes a chaotic affray at a polling place with shots fired amid political tensions. Ex Combs, uncle to the Comba brothers, supported a Republican nominee for county judge amid a heated clash that sent a special train and physicians to the wounded. The piece also covers a Beverly Glen murder case and ongoing insanity defense motions in Los Angeles.
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Cleveland Comba
Leslie Combs
Ephera Alle
George Allen
John Roba
George McIntosh
William Barnett
Fd Davis Will Davis
French Combs
Tom MacIntosh
Jackson
Ex Combs
Comba
Republcan
Combs
Beemo
JS Angeles
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Beverly Glen
Here
Sidney N. Reeve
Bureh
Reeve
Burch
Chicago
Kennedy
Madallyne Obenchain
Kronstadt Mutiny Report Highlights Sailor Football Interest
A correspondent cites Bolshevist sailors claiming 6000 Soviet deaths at Kronstadt last March and notes mutineers escaping. Sailors describe a Baltic base visit, recount a soccer team victory over British ships, and host a banquet where a dancing girl received a champagne bath.
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Weers
Tira Icky
Trusela
Banqguet
Natrona Stockmen Push Public Lands Sale for Grazing
Natrona County Stockgrowers at Casper adopt resolutions urging Wyoming lawmakers to push a bill allowing the sale of remaining vacant unoccupied land to stockmen at 1.25 per acre on a twenty year plan, to fund soldier compensation and aid grazing interests. They also seek higher federal funds for predator control and an assessment on sheep to finance the biological survey.
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Wyoming
Natrona County Stockgrowers’ Association
Casper
Congress
Moenatora
Natrona County
United States Biological Survey
Adequate Protection Urged for Sheep Industry in Tariff Measure
Senate Finance Committee heard sheep growers urge adequate protection before permanent tariff revisions. Idaho Wool Growers Dr W Mclure, Arizona association head Hugh Campbell, and American Farm Bureau official C J Fawcett warned that insufficient protection would hamper irrigation development and leave sheepmen in perpetual loss. Senator McCumber proposed extending the Fordney emergency law until a new tariff law is enacted.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
W. McClure
Nampa
Idaho Wool Growers’ Association
Hugh Campbell
Arizona Association
C. J. Fawcett
American Farm Bureau Federation
McCumber
Vet Freed From Barracks After Desertion Sentence
Leavenworth Kansas November 2 veteran Harry W Haley released from federal disciplinary barracks under a war department order after serving part of a six month sentence for desertion. He had used the name Jones to repay a debt to his lifesaver and fellow AEF member Thomas G Jones who saved his life in France. Authorities seek Jones who supposedly is married and living in Canada. Haley left the barracks without the usual railroad fare and small compensation.
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Leavenworth
Kans
Harry W. Haley
Lberty
War Department
Thomas G. Jones
Buddy
France
Maley
Tk Barracks
Jones
Canada
Haley
Five Soldiers Pardoned Reenlisted After Germany Court Martial
Five former American soldiers condemned in Germany by a court martial for murdering Captain Gilbert Lanceflela of the British Army were pardoned by the president. They left Leavenworth Federal Prison for the Disciplinary Barracks where they reenlisted in the Army and were honorably discharged backdated to their arrest in Germany.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Coblepa
Germany
Gilbert Lanceflela
United States
Fort Leavenworth
Tey
Fire destroys St Stanislaus Jesuit college in Macon
Detailing the blaze that tore through St. Stanislaus Jesuit college in Macon Georgia last night. The institution drew students from many nations and remains a shell with jagged blackened walls.
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Jesuit College
Macon
St. Stanislaus Jesuit College
Louisville Mayoral Candidate Arrested on Election Day
Democratic nominee W Overton Harris and sheriff candidate H E Mechting were arrested early today on charges of resisting officers. Five others tied to alleged attempts to “repeat” in the election were detained. Reporter James Dixon of the Courier Journal faced a disorderly conduct charge as police acted to maintain order. Republican officials allege the arrests were proper enforcement of duty rather than a manipulation.
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Louisville
W. Overton Harris
H. E. Mechting
Mechlings
Harris
James Dixon
Louisaville Courier-Journal
Fall elections sweep nation with Virginia governor race
New York dispatch notes legislative and local contests across the country on election day November 8. Virginia stands alone with a gubernatorial vote while supporters of Democrat E Lee Trinkle and Republican Henry D Anderson claim gains as results roll in.
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New York
Virginia
E. Lee Trinkle
Henry D. Anderson
Train Bandits Wound Four In $100000 Mail Robbery
Paxton Illinois reports a dramatic New Orleans Limited robbery as 10 armed bandits dynamited the mail car door and set fires after looting two sacks of registered mail. Four crewmen wounded, several injured, bandits escape in two autos amid a large posses hunt.
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Illinois Central
Paxton
Ill
New Orleans Limited
Middle West
Tilinola Central
New Orleans
Here
Arthur Moon
Chicago
Champaign
Ben Bovinette
Thomas Baker
Carbondale
J. W. Herron
Mead sued over five year day covering contract
Rawlins Wyo November. The Leo Sheep company was awarded damages of 2500 in a case seeking 20000 against W H Mead for alleged breach of contract in the purchase of day covering five years. A jury deliberated six hours before verdict.
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Rawlins
Wye
Leo Bheep Company
W. H. Mead
Oil firms raise crude prices in Wyoming markets
Midwest Refining and Ohio Oil boost crude costs for major Wyoming fields. Increases range 45 to 50 cents per barrel across Crass Creek Eth Wasio Lance Creek Rock River Mule Creek Greybull Torchight Cat Creek and Salt Creek areas. Market opens today with higher wholesale prices and potential rise in purchase volumes.
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Midwest Refining Company
Ohio Oil Company
Wyoming
Rock River
Mule Creek
Crass Creek
Big Basin
Wasio
Lance Creek
Rockiver
Big
Greybull
Torchight
Cat Creek
Midoweat
Ohio Oloom
Salt Creek
Midwest Company
Way
Charred Body of Summit County Assessor Found
In Breckenridge Colorado the charred body of William T. Keough longtime Summit County assessor was recovered this morning from a house razed by fire. The blaze at 11:15 last night left the building destroyed and Mrs Hello Murphy under arrest as the proprietor. Detected in the burned bed, Keough lay face down. Denver reports a separate theft of morphine valued at 175 dollars from Dr T G Sarkisian’s office.
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Breckenridge
Colo
William T. Keough
Summit County
A Froman
Frank Richards
Hello Murphy
Keough
Denver
T. Gsarkisoan
Turks to Float Loan in France 10 Million Turkish Pounds Authorized
Angora reports the national assembly has authorized the finance minister to contract a loan in France of 10,000,000 Turkish pounds to fund army requirements following ratifications of the France Turkey treaty. The Turkish pound is valued at about 4.99 in common exchange.
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Angora
Nov
Associated Press
France
National Assembly
Notre Dame routs Rutgers 48 to 0 at Polo Grounds
Notre Dame stunned Rutgers 48 to 0 at the Polo Grounds with quick end runs and forwards. Rutgers defense showed vulnerability as Notre Dame dominated the game from the start.
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New York
Notre Dame
Rutgers
Polo Grounds
Armistice Day Street Dance Is Prohibited
Denver officials announce a citywide ban on any public street dance on Armistice Day November 11. Mayor Dewey Batley states no permits have been issued and police will stop any street dancing if attempted after ministers urged restraint.
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Denver
Streem
Dewey C. Batley
Death Rate in Denver Is Lower
Denver records show 243 deaths in October, 48 fewer than a year earlier. Florence Leitch of the vital statistics bureau reports 22 violent deaths, including four murders, seven personal crisis cases, and 11 accidental deaths. Thirty infants under one year died.
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Denver
Florence Leitch
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Independent oil men meet to form region wide association
Independent oil producers from the Rocky Mountain area gather at the Henning hotel to organize a group to protect producers interests, discuss a potential independent refinery and pipeline, and study price differentials with midcontinent and eastern districts. The meeting may include Midwest Refining and Ohio Oil as speakers.
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Rocky Mountain Region
Henning Hotel
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University of Iiola
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