Western grain rate ruling upheld by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected 11 state requests to lower western rail rates on grain hay and grain products. It found current railroad earnings fair and western farmer conditions improving, while minority voices urged rate cuts to reflect lower grain prices. The decision affects wheat rates across the Mississippi Missouri valley, with dissent over the majority view.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kansas
Inter- State Commerce Commission
United States
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Texas
McChord
McManamy
Eastman
Campbell
Lewis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Illinois
Oklahoma
Missouri
Minnesota
Louisiana
Kansan
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas Public Utilities Commission
Weston
Western Railroad
Baby saves her family in Toledo blaze
Virginia Marzec, 2, woke her mother for water and alerted the family as a fire broke out in the upper part of their home. The husband carried out the children while embers rained down. the family fled into a driving rainstorm.
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Toledo
Virginia Marzec
Mullen Receives Life For Clintonville Bank Killing
Robert Mullen of Newport pleaded guilty in Bourbon Circuit Court to the murder during a Clintonville Farmers Bank hold up. Prosecutor Victor Bradley urged mercy due to his testimony, while three other gang members were sentenced to death and one to life. The four will be formally sentenced Saturday at 10.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Paris
Robert Mullen
Newport
Bourbon Circuit
Ben Williams
Frank Buchanan
Clintonville Bank
Clintonville Farmers Bank
Richard
Dick") Newhouse
Elmer
Hall
George
Newhouse
Band
Mercy
Mullen
Victor Bradley
Tsourbon
Stephens Blakely
Covington
Bradley
Williams
Bridge Builders Hire Laborers At Subunion Wages
The Walsh Construction Company hires unskilled labor for the Hilliard Avenue bridge job at about 40 cents an hour, less than half the Cleveland union rate. Picket lines of 27 men guard the site at both ends while unions build shelter for West end pickets. Labor comes from several states and Walsh headquarters are in Davenport Iowa. The move marks a major open shop development in the metro area, drawing attention from both employers and unions.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, CO
Walsh Construction Company
Hilliard Avenue Bridge
Cleveland
Building Trades
Rocky River
Lakewood
Walsh
Walsh Company
Big Four
Sidney
Walsh Employment Agency
Walsh Agency
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Kentucky
Davenport
Hilliard
Ars
Clem Shaver Favored To Head Democratic Committee
NEW YORK July 17 Clem L Shaver of Fairmount West Virginia is favored to head the Democratic National Committee and run John W Davis s presidential campaign. Davis left for Maine after a busy day at temporary HQs in Locust Valley LI and with leaders including Senator Walsh King and attorney general Palmer.
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Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Davis
Associated Press
New York
Clem L. Shaver
Fairmount
W. Va
John W. Davis
Isleboro
Long Island
Maine
Wheeler
Montana
Walsh
King
Headquarters
Mr. Davis
Far West
David Ladd Rockwell
William G. McAdoo
John Foster Dulles
George W. Olvany
Tammany Hall
Joseph Guffey
Pennsylvania
A. Mitchell Palmer
Wilson
Thomas C. Chadburne
James M. Thomson
New Orleans Item
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edward Goltra
St. Louis
Missouri
George L. Berry
Pressmen’s International Union
Medal for Modesty in Women's Clothes Awarded by Pope
Rome July 17 Pope Pius offers a medal to the Catholic Women's Diocesan Clubs for the most attractive modest fashion. The contest has two sections: a theoretical demonstration that immodest dress is silly and barbaric, and a practical design section for tasteful fashions.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pope Pius
Dredge to recover items in Covington murder case
Sheriff Peter P. Thiel and Covington police order lake dredging at Devon Park to locate a shoe and the pistol tied to a woman shot at Pigeon Point. Detectives query a Railroad shop worker about July 8 disturbing noises as investigators pursue the victim’s identity and links to Grace Pollock and Bertha Tyree theories.
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Devon Park
Law
Peter P. Thiel
Kenton County
Covington
Pigeon Point
West Covington
Thiel
James Higgins
James Mullins
Montclair Street
Southern Railroad
Mullins
Higgins
Miss Hillen
Swetnam’s
Grace Pollock
Batavia
Bertha H. Tyree
Chicago
Ohio Commission approves Cincinnati telephone rate increase with refund order
The State Public Utilities Commission affirmed higher rates by Cincinnati and Suburban Bell, while ordering refunds of ten cent tolls charged to Cincinnati area subscribers up to May 1 1923 and excess tolls to outlying exchanges. The decision cites a 5.72 percent net annual return and details on valuation and rate bases.
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Columbus, O
State Public Utilities Commission
Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone Company
Cincinnati
Vicinity
State Supreme Court
Telephone Company
Hamilton County
Supreme Court
Bayard L. Kilgour
Saul Zielonka
Child's Night Adventure Sparks Safe Return at Baby Camp
Four year old William Bonzar wandered from the Columbus baby camp in the dark seeking his mother. A forlorn Airedale's howls woke Mrs Richman who found the boy on her porch in a nightgown. Officials notified of the safe ward. The mother reportedly is hospitalized locally.
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Associated Press
Columbus
William Bonzar
William A. Richman
Ohio farmer ends life after storm losses
W. J. Graves, 53, Townsend Township, a farmer in Ohio, killed himself amid ill health and financial losses from a tornado two weeks earlier. His body was found in a granary by his son with a revolver nearby. The coroner ruled death by self inflicted. Graves left a widow and three sons. his barn and most crops were destroyed by the storm.
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Fremont,. O
W. J. Graves
Townsend Township
Dean
W. H. Booth
Fremont
Graves
Fifteen Thousand Dollars Alleged to Fix Federal Jury
Government officials allege fifteen thousand dollars changed hands to fix the federal jury in the Dean O Bannion and Danny McCarthy beer king case. A witness overheard a local attorney discussing the fixing with another lawyer. The Chicago jury deliberated eighteen hours and stood ten to two for conviction.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dean O’bannion
Danny McCarthy
Chicago “Beer Kings
Edward L. Weisle
O’bannion
Dawes Plan Scrutiny Underway as Experts Gather in London
Tokyo report states British aviator A Stuart MacLaren, who had been missing since Wednesday morning, has been found. The bulletin, released to the Associated Press at 2 10 this morning, confirms recovery of the flyer during the round the world attempt. Kellogg expressed satisfaction with progress.
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DAWES
London
Kellogg
Tokyo
A. Stuart MacLaren
Associated Press
American World Flyers Begin Plane Overhaul at Brough England
American aviators en route on a round the world cruise arrived at Brough England and began overhauling their planes under Lt Lowell H Smith to install new motors. The crew reported their 18 800 mile flight left planes in good condition with varnish intact. Destruction of route supplies and quick change bases were planned with destroyers stationed from Orkneys to Indian Harbor. A report of British flyer Stuart MacLaren missing prompted cautious remarks from Smith who believed he was safe. The six men awaited continued support and planned to depart for London the next day.
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Associated Press
Brough
England
Croydon
Lowell H. Smith
Kirkwall
Orkneys
Indian Harbor
Greenland
Catelli
Haseen
Stuart MacLaren
Far East
Smith
MacLaren
London
French Aviators Break World Duration Flight Record
In Chartres France on July 17 Coupet and Drouhin flew 38 hours to set a new world duration record. They surpassed the 37 hours 15 minutes 48.8 seconds by Lt Lowell H Smith and Lt J P Richter set on August 27-28 1923 using a DH 4 and air refueling.
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Chartres
France
Coupet
Drouhin
Lowell H. Smith
J. P. Richter
Democrats Calm as Wheeler Shifts Affiliation in 1924 Race
National Democratic leaders in New York downplay Wheeler switching to La Follette, while Republicans see gains for La Follette. Democrats anticipate further defections to the progressive banner as East Coast battle lines form. Debs endorses La Follette, and Means faces new conviction in federal court.
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Wheeler
la Follette
East
Eugene V. Debs
Gaston B. Means
Senate
Means
Atlanta
Coolidge
Republica
Dawes reparations plan moves through critical committee phase
In London on July 17 the Dawes plan debate advances as Committees One and Two draft an international loan framework and a mechanism for German defaults. Amb Kellogg and Col Logan report progress while Britain France and Belgium push to keep reforms on track for a workable scheme.
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Associated Press
London
Dawes
Downing Street
America
Kellogg
James A. Logan
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Germany
MacDonald
Reparation Commission
Herriot
Foreign Office
Bankers
Colonel Logan
Logan
Washington
U. S
Ireland
Canada
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Mr. Roosevelt
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Lake Bottom
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Andrews
W. N. Plenderleith
Atlantic
Wisconsin
Robert T. Small
Burton K. Wheeler
Senator la Follette
Brookhart
Norris
Ladd
Frazier
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