Marine workers accept wage cut as strike nears end
The Shipping Board and Marine Engineers Beneficial Association reach a settlement including a 15 percent wage reduction with working condition modifications. The agreement, retroactive to May 1 and lasting one year, hinges on shipowner concurrence. Officials plan further talks in New York with the American Ship Owners' Association as radio and Seamen's unions align.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shipping Board
Davis
Benson
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
W. S. Jenkins
Marine Engineers
Pacific Coast
Benjamin Beckerman
National Radio Association
Atlantic
Pacific
New York
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Bert L. Todd
Thomas B. Healy
Engineers
Atlantic and
Gulf Coast
Ernest F. Pegg
Winthrop L. Marvin
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Owners’ Association
South Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Rail Unions Set Chicago Conference On Wage Award
About 600 general chairmen from four big brotherhoods and the Switchmen's Union will gather in Chicago on July 1 to review and pass on the wage award from the United States Railroad Labor Board. The move follows a two day meeting in Cleveland where the board's announced wage reductions for unskilled workers, effective July 1, were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cleveland
Big Brotherhoods
Switchmen’s Union of North America
United States Railroad Labor Board
Railroad Brotherhood
Railroad Labor Board
Court Spares Dog Life After Will Decree
In Kansas City Probate Court on May 21, Laddie the Scotch collie was spared from being euthanized after executors sought to override a will clause. The court allowed Laddie to be cared for by Mrs. Carrie Kane for the remainder of the dog's natural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Laddie
Violet E. Metzger
Carrie Kane
Ex-Governor Sidney Catts Arrested in Albany on Peonage Charge
Sidney J Catts former Florida governor was arrested at Albany Georgia on a federal peonage warrant. Bond set at 2500 he was brought before U S Commissioner George White and questioned by deputies at the Union Passenger Station. He claimed no connection and asked for a pastor as officers detailed the case. He displayed a loaded leather billet and said it was a keepsake from a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Sidney J. Catts
Florida
United States
George White
Catts
Union
Jacksonville
James Allen Smith
First Baptist Church
Balloon race begins as Atascadera Cal leads field
The 1921 National Elimination Balloon Race starts in Birmingham with Captain John Berry of St. Louis piloting the Atascadera Cal. The balloon heads west at twenty miles per hour as eight challengers follow at five minute intervals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
John Berry
St. Louis
Advertisements Index Page with Amusements and Goods
A scanned index lists advertisers across categories such as amusements, fashion, home goods, and services. Entries include firms like Colorite fabrics, Shillito’s wedding gifts, Kreimer’s Anniversary Sale, Walk-Over Shoes, Premier Vacuum Cleaner, Oldsmobile, Teasdale Fur Storage, and various banks and mercantile houses. The page also notes motion pictures and wedding Silverware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japp
Klett
Kreimer
Amcs
Sbedtin Bnei
sViecke
Lowry & Goebel
Bugs ‘Lyric Piano Co
Pomc Autilots Oo
Oskamp
Ralph Green
Royal Worcester
Shillito’s
Smith-Kasson Co
Standard Pad Co
Summers Medical Co
The
Bovis-Oldsmobile Co
Teasdale—Fur Storage
Teasdale—Dry Cleaning
Western Tray and Case Co
W. W. Robertson Tire Co
Pope Intercedes For End Of Irish Strife In Vatican Appeal
Pope Benedict writes to Cardinal Logue urging English and Irish to abandon violence. He proposes Ireland’s question be settled by a body chosen by the entire Irish nation and notes a 200,000 fire gift to the Irish White Cross. He urges neutral mediation and a peaceful conference leading to mutual agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duldalk
Ireland
Associated Press
Pope Benedict
Cardinal Logue
White Cross
Holy See
Dublin Constables Shot During Cycling Tour Terror Attack
Two Dublin constables were killed when attacked by armed men during a cycling tour near Longford. A police lorry in Dublin streets was bombed by civilians wounding three. A former soldier died at Jarvis Street Hospital after being dragged from the grounds. Sinn Fein rioters seized a motor car and raided optical shops for telescopes and flash lamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Longford
Jarvis Street
Canada Wife Deserters Immune From Extradition This Year
Ottawa reports that wife deserters who fled to the United States will be immune from extradition for the rest of the year. Parliament postponed passage of related legislation. Justice Minister Do. J. Doherty told the House of Commons ratification depended on a Senate amendment. He withdrew two treaty bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Do. J. Doherty
House of Commons
United States Senate
Doherty
Flypaper Poison Suspect Linked to Idaho Slayings
Twin Falls Idaho May 21 The arrest of Lydia Trueblood also known as Lydia Meyer Southard and Dooley grows from a trail of fly paper poison. Prosecutors say she poisoned four husbands a brother in law and a baby for insurance in Idaho Utah and Hawaii authorities exhumed bodies and found arsenic in their stomachs. She allegedly used common fly paper dipped in water to deliver the poison and is under guard aboard a ship awaiting trial in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Idaho
Lydia Trueblood
Lydia Meyer
Lydia Southard
Los Angeles
Honolulu
High Seas
San Francisco
Utah
Stephan
Herman Harms
Salt Lake City
Edwin F. Rhoppepe
Vincent Southard
United States
Chicago
Hawaii
Southard
Miss Trueblood
Dooley
McHaffie
Lewis
Meyer
Robert C. Dooley
William G. McHaffie
Robert Dooley
Filer
Edward Dooley
Edward
Robert
Lydia Dooley
Twin City
House May Sing National Anthem Daily in House
A resolution to have The Star Spangled Banner sung daily in the House after the chaplain's prayer was introduced by Rep. Appleby Republican of New Jersey. The proposal seeks a nationwide ceremonial practice within the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Washington
Appleby
New Jersey
Worker crushed as elevator descends at packing plant
John Kock, 41, a laborer of 406 Warner Street, was trapped when the freight elevator cab descended on him at the J. F. Schroth Packing Company. He suffered possible internal injuries and scalp lacerations and was taken to General Hospital after first aid at Dr. Altemeier’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. & F. Schroth Packing Company
John Kock
Warner Street
Rock
Kock
C. C. Altemeier
Colerain Avenue
Smith College astronomy professor dies of poison in personal crisis
Miss Mary M. Hopkins associate professor of astronomy at Smith College died in Northampton after taking poison during a personal crisis. The death certificate filed with the City Clerk by Medical Examiner Edward W. Brown states the death resulted from poison taken during a nervous breakdown. She was moved to a local hospital two weeks prior and died last Wednesday after slow acting poison caused the fatal illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mary M. Hopkins
Smith College
Edward W. Brown
Miss Hopkins
Veteran Leads Captive to Jail at Gun Point
In a Central Avenue incident the 75 year old Eleanor Earnshaw Club secretary, Civil War veteran John Lehrriter, used a revolver to detain painter James Gardner at 27 and escort him to police headquarters. Gardner was charged with annoying Sadie Dunigan and released on bond. spectators gathered as the scene drew a crowd of onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue
Eleanor Earnshaw
Hopkins Street
Sadie Dunigan
John Lehrriter
Lehrriter
James Gardner
Painter
Clark Street
Gardner
Police
Miss Dunigan
Mary Gardenn Going Abroad For European Tour
New York May 21 Mary Garden impresario of the Chicago Grand Opera Company sailed today for Europe aboard the steamship Rotterdam Accompanied by her sister Mrs John Walsh she will join her mother at Monte Carlo Miss Garden expects to return next autumn with new recruits for her organization Dr David Jayne Hill mentioned as possible Ambassador to Germany was another passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Garden
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Europe
Rotterdam
John Walsh
Monte Carlo
Miss Garden
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Stillman Divorce Case Could Establish Guy’s Legitimacy
If settlement talks succeed Judge Morschauser may discontinue the Stillman divorce suit. A discontinuance would affirm Guy Stillman’s legitimacy, allowing him equality in the $7,000,000 trust from grandfather James Stillman. The couple married in 1901 and have children Anne 19 James 17 and Alexander 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stillman
Morschauser
Guy
Guy Stillman
Armed bootleggers defend blaze as barn full of whisky burns
Reading Ohio reports a barn one mile east burned on Thursday night amid rumors of stolen whisky poured from Cincinnati warehouses. Guards with rifles kept onlookers back while one truck abandoning cargo fled. a second truck escaped as flames roared. Authorities weigh an official probe once rumors reach police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Cincinnati
Chicago
United States
Peck
Lost fishermen row 120 miles to harbor
Sydney Nova Scotia May 21 Alf Doucette and Emile Muisse Gloucester fishermen landed today at Gabarus Cape Breton after rowing 120 miles in an open dory from Quereau Bank where they were separated from their schooner the Cavalier in a fog Tuesday The Cavalier after days of searching returned to North Sydney last night with her flag at half mast
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Alf Doucette
Emile’ Muisse
Gloucester
Gabarus
Cape Breton
Quereau Bank
North Sydney
Wood Alconus Believed Cause of Sudden Death
George Alberts 40 of 14 West Third street died at General Hospital after his physician Dr. Alvin Renneker suspected he drank wood alcohol. The bottle was found in his room at the rooming house and coroner D C Handley will investigate with hospital staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alberts
West Third Street
General Hospital
Alvin Renneker
West Elder Street
Renneker
Alberts
D. C. Handley
Cooks and Waiters Strike for Union Recognition
In Toronto on May 21 cooks and waiters at the King Edward Hotel the Royal Connaught in Hamilton and the Clifton House in Niagara Falls went on strike after management refused to sign a working agreement recognizing the union. After a parley the cooks returned to work but the waiters remained on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
King Edward Hotel
Royal Connaught
Hamilton
Clifton House
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Whisky Truck Chase Ends With Nine Shots By Constable
Newport constable William Fryer chased a whisky-laden truck through Monmouth Street late last night firing nine times as about a hundred citizens followed. He believed a member of the driver’s entourage was struck and suspected the transport lacked a permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Monmouth Street
William Fryer
Third
Monmouth Streets
L. & N. Bridge
Fryer
Epidemic Typhus Strikes Navajo Indians Near Shiprock
May 21 Santa Fe reports an outbreak of typhus among Navajo Indians thirty miles west of Shiprock Agency. Sixteen deaths and thirty to forty new cases traced by the State Public Health Bureau under Director C Efler. Dr Waller investigates after deaths of Dr E C Davis and Dr J C Griffin. Guinea pig tests confirm typhus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
Shiprock Agency
State Public Health Bureau
C. Ebler
Waller
E. C. Davis
J.C. Griffin
Stillman divorce settlement sought ending sensational case
Lawyers indicate settlement talks would end the long running divorce between James A. Stillman and Anne A. Stillman. The proposed accord would grant Anne a $90,000 yearly allowance, drop the suit, and recognize the child Guy Stillman as legitimate. Hearings had been postponed. negotiations influence case fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James A. Stillman
Anne A. Stillman
Guy Stillman
N. Y
Putnam Courtly
Daniel G. Gleason
Poughkeepsie
John E. Mack
Guy
Mack
Rear Admiral Sims to be Honored in England
London May 21 Rear Admiral William S Sims U S N former commander of American naval forces in the war zone will receive a Doctor of Laws degree from Cambridge University on his arrival in England aboard the Cedric He will be escorted into Liverpool by destroyers and stay overnight Then he proceeds to London Monday with Captain F M Leake representing the Admiralty and Commander Emory S Land at the embassy acting for Ambassador Harvey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William S. Sims
England
Cedric
Cambridge University
Liverpool
Sims
F.M. Leake
Admiralty
Emory .S. Land
Harvey
Polish Cupboard Leads to Polish Drink Death Waits
In Youngstown Ohio on May 21 Jacob Arnold, unable to find liquor, drank a bottle of silver polish. City Hospital physicians say he probably will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Jacob Arnold
City Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Virginia
Dog
Will
U. S
Alms & Doepke
Tee Heeee
Page _ Amusements
Art Museum American Liability Co
Scseeeeeeeers
Financial
A. Lepper & Co
Goldhurst & Co
Central Trust Co
Kriebel & Co
Otis & Co
PAAIT
Consil Oe Ees Purdroming
Necesarvesenses
Burkhardt Bros
Claremont Dansant
Grayure
Commercial Tribune Building
Vebie
Dunlevy Co
Ll Economy Supply Co
Albert G. Otgen & Co
Breed, Elliott & Harrison, Hutton & Co
B. Thomson & Co., Inc
Southern Ohio Savings B. & T. Co
Stanley & Bissel
Peek
Goldenburg School
Pope
Primate
Schroth Packing Plant
Mary Gardenn
New York Times
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