Rail Brotherhoods vote to demand increased wages
Cleveland May 25 Through a referendum vote the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen backed wage increases. A June 2 meeting will set procedures, with no amount disclosed. Switchmen Union also seeks raises and rule changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
A. Johnston
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
D. Robertson
United States
Canada
Johnston
Robertson
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Thomas C. Cashen
Buffalo
Transportation Brotherhoods
New York Conference to Resume June 2 Over Pay Fight
The New York World News Service reports that talks between J G Alber led committees and conductors and trainmen union leaders resume June 2. Workers seek a 20 percent pay increase as preliminary conferences were paused for data. The dispute heads toward the Board of Mediation under the Watson Parker act after President Coolidge's expected appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
J. G.alber
Quoolidge
United States Railroad Labor Board
Serious Charge Against Harris in Atlanta Case
Mrs Eleanor Elaine Lee Harris wife of Beverly Harris faces a case rooted in an affidavit from Hiram Shaw a prisoner at the federal penitentiary Shaw convicts says Harris offered to help him avoid prison if he signed a false statement about his wife character Shaw who is dying in prison hospital reportedly declined the deal The affidavit obtained by former Governor Hugh M Dorsey references a conversation between Shaw and Harris Shaw is said to be the son in law of Mrs H H Harris of New York who was chaperon to the banker's wife during a divorce suit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Eleanor Elaine Lee Harris
Beverly Harris
Hiram ‘Hh. Shaw
Federal Penitenttiary
Harris
Shaw
Jeritza Granted Injunction Against Cigar Dealers
New York May 25. Marla Jeritza Metropolitan Opera soprano won an injunction banning Louis and Isidor Cohen from using her name or picture on cigar bands. She sought 25 000 damages with proceeds to charity, but the court made no ruling on damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeritza
New York
Marla Jeritza
Metropolitan Opera
Louis and
Isidor Cohen
Madame Jeritza
Joyce Hawley
Earl Carroll
Theresa Daughelas
Chicago
Carroll
Commercial Tribune Classified Rental Ads Boost Rentals
The Radio Realty Company touts effective furnished room ads in the Commercial Tribune, reporting quick tenants with minimal effort. Call 6300 and ask for an Ad-Taker to craft rental copy that pays dividends daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio Realty Company
Commercial Tribune
Senate redefines Eagle Lake as a non navigable stream
In a May debate over Coolidge prohibition powers the Senate passed a resolution redefining Eagle Lake as a non navigable stream. The lake lies partly in Warren County Mississippi and partly in Madison Parish Louisiana, and the move upended standard dictionary definitions amid the dry law dispute.
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Senate
Washington
Coolidge
Eagle Lake
Warren County
Miss
Madison Parish
Pioneer poster printer J Hennegan dies after illness
James Hennegan 60 prominent Cincinnati figure in printing and publishing died at home on Madison Road after months of illness. Founder of Hennegan Company with brothers in 1885 and later involved in Billboard Publishing and Veri-Chrome Laboratories, he led poster printers and early film efforts. Survived by brothers, four sons, two daughters, a sister, and five grandchildren. funeral arrangements pending.
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James H. Hennegan
Madison Road
Cincinnati
Mr. Hennegan
Joseph
John Hennegan
Hennegan
Billboard Publishing
Price Hill
Catholic Knights of Ohio
Knights of Columbus
Irish Fellowship Club
Alhambra
Cincinnati Lodge of Elks
B. H. Ott
Paul F. Krieger
Louisville
Paul M
James T
Stanley
John E. Hennegan
Lorena Levyne
Chemist's Wife Seeks Divorce in Reno Case
Mrs. Alicia Amory Maddox Glendenning, adopted daughter of Alfred I. du Pont, sues Harold Sanford Glendenning for divorce in Reno after filing for custody of their three year old son. Glendenning, once Rhodes scholar at Oxford, worked as a chemist at the Du Pont Wilmington plant. The couple wed in London and the divorce papers were ordered sealed.
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Reno
Alicia Amory Maddox
Glendenning
Alfred I. du Pont
Delaware
Harold Sanford
Norwalk
Bridgeport
Plan to enroll women in war on Hyniekasm
Citizens' Republican Committee proposes forming a Woman's Committee in Hamilton County to back anti Hynicka leadership ahead of the August 10 primary. Capt. Victor Heintz says several prominent women are eyed for chair, with a public slate to be announced soon. The group aims to present endorsed candidates to voters and counter Hynicka influence in Cincinnati politics.
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Rudolph K. Hynicka
Hamilton County
Citizens’ Republican Committee
Victor Heintz
Capt. Heintz
Hynicka
Hynickaism
Cincinnati
Heintz
Republican Party
Citizens Republican Committee
Jail sentences promised editors for wartime courtroom photos
In Baltimore on May 25, Criminal Court promised substantial jail terms to three editors and two photographers of the Baltimore News and the Baltimore American for contempt. The papers published courtroom photos of the Whittemore murder trial after Judge O Dunne had forbidden such photography. The second hearing heard defense remarks that readers rely on the papers, with the judge set to decide next Tuesday unless shown cause to change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Criminal
O’dunne
Baltimore News
Baltimore American
Richard Reese Whittemore
Wales
Prince of Wales
Henry V
England
Harold E. Elliston
the News
Harry Clark
Earl O‘c. Deland
The
American
William Klemm
William Sturm
Whittemore
Maryland
Klemm
News
Amer
Esterday
Elliston
Pilsudski Stirs Poland With Armed Move May Become President
In an interview from Warsaw dated May 25 Arno Dosch Fleurot reports Marshal Pilsudski says he entered Warsaw with an armed force as a moral protest against corruption. He denies aiming to become dictator and cites plans to empower a nonpartisan president to root out bureaucrats and profiteers amid Poland’s political crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilsudski
Poland
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Warsaw
Marshal Pilsudski
Warden in Prison Probe Faces Grand Jury
Warden John L. Whitman, blamed by Gov. Len Small for lax prison conditions, will testify before the grand jury and may provide information not yet revealed. Small says reform is needed though he will await the jury report before acting.
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Whitman
Gov. Small
Joliet
Grand Jury
Will Colvin
State Department of Pardons and Paroles
Chauncey Jenkins
Department of Public Welfare
Special Crime Grand Jury
Chicago
Or. Small
Small
Volcano devastation in Hokkaido leaves thousands homeless
The Tokachi Biwo eruption in Hokkaido killed at least 105, injured about 200, and left roughly a thousand missing as lava and mud overwhelmed Kamifurano and Biwo. Warning saved hundreds. a passenger train escaped as lava buried tracks near Asahigawa. Eighteen sulfur miners are dead. doctors and relief workers mobilize for the afflicted district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oland D. Russell
New York World News Service
Okyo
Mts
Tokachi
Biwo
Hokkaido
Asahigawa
Biyei
Kamifurano
Mt. Biwo
Maruyma
Tokyo Meteorological Observatory
Young Men's Association
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Congress in Uproar Over Bribery Claim and Prohibition Probe
Federal prohibition agents face bribery charges after sworn statements allege a $1000 payoff to settle a bootlegging case. Joseph Fast allegedly paid N S Clark and others in Ohio to influence liquor seizure actions from Detroit to Columbus. Officials deny the accusations as agents face grand jury bonds and ongoing inquiries.
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Columbus
Prohibition
United States
Phil S. Bradford
N. S. Clark
Joseph Fast
Fast
Kenneth Tabor
Harry Fast
Elmer Stout
Tanner
Clyde Johnson
Detroit
Ty. B. Williams
Ohio-Michigan
Trainor
Arnstein Returned to Tombs After Bail Default
Jules Arnstein known as Nicky Arnstein was jailed in the Tombs after being arraigned on an indictment from 1920 charging grand larceny and criminally receiving stolen goods as a second offender. The case linked Arnstein and Nicky Cohen to major Wall Street bond thefts totaling millions.
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New York
Jules
Nicky) Arnstein
Arnstein
Nicky’’ Cohen
Wall Street
Thorn in Cupid's Side Alex Runions Breaks From Insane Hospital
Alexander R. Campbell, city attorney of Iton Kentucky, warned women after Dr W M Elliott reported that Alex Runions 24 a Laurel Creek Ky native and famed ladies man escaped the Lakeland Hospital for the Insane by picking locks and chiseling his way out He has married twice before and is known for expensive cars and whispered sweet talk. He is believed to have obtained escape tools with the help of a recently discharged inmate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princes Charming
Alexander R. Campbell
Iton
W. M. Elliott
Hospital For the Insane
Lakeland
Cupid
Alex Runions
Laurel Creek
Clay County
Ruions
Prince of Wales
Anna Collins Meeks
Kentucky Eastern State Normal School
Richmond
Amen
Meeks
Calle
Newport
Mr. Campbell
Runions
Ethel Irene Eugle
Parsons
W. Va
Rachel Cox
Concord
Miss Meeks
Commander Strong Indicted in Seattle Liquor Conspiracy
Lieut Commander James Hale Strong of the U S Navy is indicted in Seattle on liquor conspiracy charges by a Federal Grand Jury. The indictment and warrant were returned in the District Court here today in connection with a last year failed attempt to fly from the United States to Hawaii in the PB 1 airplane.
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Seattle
Wash
James Hale Strong
United States
Hawaii
Death of Ukrainian Leader Petlura in Paris Shooting
General Simon Petlura former president of the Ukrainian Republic died in Paris Charité Hospital after being shot by Samuel Schwartzbar in the student quarter of the city. Schwartzbar claimed revenge for alleged mistreatment of Russian Jews and denounced Petlura as he targeted him in public.
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Paris
Simon Petlurk
Charities
Samuel Schwartzbar
Petlura
Boulevard St. Michel
Schwartzbar
Ukraine
Trident
French to Press Defeated Riffs
Abd-el-Krim offers terms but France ignores the letter. Briand calls him a broken fugitive and insists on unconditional surrender. The French premier says peace was won by arms and a costly offensive will continue. Abd-el-Krim seeks mercy from Saada.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Abd-el-Krim
Steeg
France
Saada
N. Y
Woman leads five mile chase to nab purse thief
Miss Bertha Veith 28 of Oakley commanded an auto and helped police in a five mile pursuit ending when Charles Buck Stegel 22, bookkeeper of 6730 Maple avenue, Mariemont, was captured on suspicion of theft. The incident began at Goldsmith’s Department Store on Madison road.
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Charleston
Bertha Veith
Brazee Street
Oakley
Veit Veith
Henry Gildehaus Company
Vine Street
Sherlock Holmes
Charles Buckstegel
Maple Avenue
Mariemont
Buckstegel
Goldsmith’s Department Store
Madison Road
Mss
Veith
Misses Long
Miss Veith
Miss Long
Oakley Motor Car Company
Arthur Mason
Lee Waller
Bucksiegel
Ballard Avenue
Berwyn Place
Brotherton Road
Erie Avenue
Delta and
Erie Avenues
Senate Votes Inquiry Into State Officers Prohibition Order
The Senate unanimously instructed its Judiciary Committee to probe the legality of President Coolidge’s order allowing state officials to act as federal prohibition agents. In the House Representative Curry denounced the move as unconstitutional while Representative Hill urged a resolution to nullify it.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Representative Curry
Rep
Cal
Representative Hill
Wets
King
Dem
Utah
Walsh
Montana
Ciry
Bingham
Conn
Curry
House
California
Treasury
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Reed
Bruce
Robinson
Arkansas
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Princeton Faculty Votes for Light Wines and Beer
Princeton University faculty cast 42 votes for modifying the Volstead Act to allow sale of light wines and beer amid a 126 vote tally by the National Student Federation. Forty supported repeal, while 24 backed existing prohibition. students already voted for complete repeal.
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James Hennegan
A. S. du Pont
H. S. Glendenning
Ican
Witos
Japan
Crater Lake
Congress
Hearchioan
Sam
Officer
Kentucky Insane Asylum
Chigels
Liberty
Commander Strong
Trails Petlura
RIFFS
Krim
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Andrews
Faculty OF
Princeton
Tion Law
Hawley
Mr. Carrol
Chris Scaife
Miss Hawley
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