Rail unions press action on wage award at U S board
Warren S. Stone and other railway union leaders urged the United States Railway Labor Board to create national boards of adjustment to settle disputes beyond wages. They warned conservative leadership may resist without a broader plan, as wage decisions from last July remain unsettled with most railroads not signing agreements. An executive hearing was set to consider the request.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Warrens. Stone
Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Railway Engineers
Mr. Stone
Stone
National Boards of Adjustment
United States
E. H. Fitzgerald
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Emotion
Fitzgerald
W. G.lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Lee
Lynn
Mass
Joint Council
United Shoe
Workers of America
Grand Trunk Seeks Writ Against U S Treasury Over 500000 ICC Certificate
The Grand Trunk Western Railway files suit in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to force payment of an Interstate Commerce Commission certificate for 500000. The case questions Treasury practice on advancing carrier payments before final settlement. Justice McCoy set an order for December 7 requiring Secretary Houston to show cause for granting the writ.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
District of Columbia
Association of Railway Executives
Comptroller of “the Treasury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Treasury Department
Grand Trunk Western Railway Company
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railroad
Comptroller of the Treasury
Walther Thornton to face court over in-law marriage defiance
Paducah Ky November 29 Walter Thornton who wed his wife’s mother Mrs Effie Hale in defiance of Kentucky law will appear in court tomorrow to hear County Judge Lang’s verdict. Thornton had married Hale after obtaining a divorce from her daughter violating a state statute forbidding such marriages.
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Paducah, Ky
Walter Thornton
Effie Hale
Kentucky
Lang
Thornton
Hale
Comptroller Williams Reports Ryan Loans Well Collateralized
Washington November 29 Comptroller of the Currency Williams announced that no loans to Allan A Ryan of New York or his firm held by banks under supervision appear inadequately collateralized. He noted Ryan owes little to national banks and that no further conference with Ryan is expected.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Williams
Allan A. Ryan
New York
Comptroller
Ryan
Hte
Financier Allan A. Ryan Seeks Untermyer Aid
Allan A. Ryan announced in New York that he conferred with Samuel Untermyer to discuss hiring the lawyer to manage a readjustment of his finances amid his past involvement in a Stutz stock corner. Untermyer asked for time to decide and would reveal his decision later the day.
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New York
Allan A. Ryan
Samuel Untermyer
Ryan
Untermyer
Testimony cites graft in Shipping Board repair bills
New York November 29 testimony before the Walsh Congressional Committee accuses 10 percent of the 7 million repair bills in the South Atlantic district of graft. Charles Banzahf, a traveling auditor, said lack of inspections and overcharges enabled the graft and cited a repair engineer who approved bills without inspecting work.
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New York
Shipping Board
South Atlantic
Walsh Congressional Committee
Charles Banzahf
General Comptroller of
Board
Six Die in Oklahoma Auto Train Collision Near Onapa
A car carrying six adults and a sixteen year old boy was struck by a train near Onapa Oklahoma. One woman and five men died at the scene and the teenager was seriously injured. Investigators say the wreck happened late tonight and details are scarce.
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Oklahoma
Muskogee, Ok
Onapa
Judge Anderson Urges Rail Wage Reform to Save Railroads
Boston November 29 Federal Judge George W Anderson urged changes in railroad administration at a conference to press the Interstate Commerce Commission to act. He attacked uniform wages across regions and called for real cost accounting and remedial action to prevent financial disaster. Percy R Todd warned of receiverships as New England lines struggle, noting only one road paid a dividend last year.
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Boston
George W. Anderson
Joint
New England Commission On Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United Action
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Labor Board
Massachusetts Public Service Commission
Judge Anderson
Anderson
New England
National Wage Board
Judge Andersen
Percy R. Todd
Bangor and Arcostock Railroad
Milwaukee WW II hero seeks divorce from Russian Princess bride
Captain Wallace Schutz, Milwaukee engineer and World War II hero, filed for divorce in Green Bay. He had married Nadejda Troubetz key, touted as Europe’s most beautiful Red Cross nurse, after learning her former husband Victor A. Turin, once said dead, is alive in New York.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wallace Schutz
Nadejda Troubetzkey
Red Cross
Europe
Green Bay
Victor A. Turin
Iinal Russian Guard
New York
Nitro Cocktails Rise As Bronx Substitute In Prohibition Era
Boston reports suggest nitro cocktails grow popular as a substitute for the Bronx since Prohibition began. William S. Barry of the State Department of Drug Control notes a surge in sweet spirits of nitre sales and warns the drug carries alcohol sodium nitrate and sulfuric acid making it a solvent of metals.
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Boston
Bronx
William S. Barry
State Department of Drug Control
Midnight Hold-up on Street Car Ends in Escape
Motorman William Jones on the Union Station line and conductor Harry Wilkens were accosted by a masked youth who demanded cash. The robber fled after a brief chase, firing four shots that hit a telephone pole. Police found no suspects.
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William Jones
Dana Avenue
Union Station
Mulberry
Sycamore
Harry Wilkens
Sherman Avenue
Norwood
Wilkins
Wilkens
Sycamore Street
Tpassersby
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Geiger Case
Fred Geiger 47 years old longtime Parkway Apartments foreman was found guilty of murder in the case involving his first wife. The jury asked for testimony on alibi and actions after a runaway party before the verdict. Bond was raised to 10000 for the convicted case and remains 5000 in the separate appeal, with sheriff escorting Geiger to jail.
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Sherman Palmer
Criminal Court
Fred Geiger
Parkway Apartments
Geiger
O'Connell
Louis Capelle
Fricke
Lee
Frank Cook
Garland Declines Million Dollar Inheritance For Moral Reasons
Charles Garland, 22, disavows his claim to his father James A. Garland’s $1,000,000 legacy. He argues a system that feeds the hungry and aids the needy is not served by wealth, saying he could do more good without the money and will seek work while his wife supports their infant. His brother and mother weigh similar views, with Harvard ties and family dynamics noted.
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Buzzards Bay
Mass
Associated Press
Charles Garland
James A. Garland
Boston
Young Garland
Garlanu
Christ
Garland
Marie Tudor Green
Harvard College
England
Francis C. Green
Hamilton Garland
Charles
Hamilton
Speeder Smith Fined in Cincinnati Court Fight over Speed Law
Charles H. Smith of 946 Windsor Street was fined $10 and costs by Judge Fox after being stopped by Campbell County traffic scouts on the way to Newport. Judge Moore added $5 to Fox’s ante as Smith commented they played both ends. Readings note two more auto deaths in Hamilton County since Saturday, totaling fifty-nine. Others convicted include Thomas Henry $25 and costs. George Wakeman $25 and costs. Adam Pope $10 and costs. Garfield ler $? and costs.
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Charles H. Smith
Windsor Street
Mr. Smith
Newport
Smith
Cincinnati
Moore
Fox
Hamilton Unty
Thomas Henry
Erie Avenue
George "Wakeman
Harrison Avenue
Adam B
Pope
Drake Avenue
Garfield Mer
Valley View
Wilson to Deliver Farewell Address Questioned by Congress
Washington November 29 Congress faces December session but President Wilson may skip an in person farewell at the Capitol. Doctors warn risk to his health. aides discuss postponing until March. Debate centers on tariffs taxes and possible emergency measures with Republicans seeking compromise.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Capitol
White House
Warren Harding
Houston
Treasury Department
Harding
Stimulating Public To Buy Again Problem of Business
Cleveland reports the Federal Reserve Bank review says the main issue is restoring public buying. Psychological reluctance and price stability concerns slow demand across industries. The piece notes potential labor share in readjustment, credit demand easing slightly, and iron and steel activity tapering. Richmond plant cuts wages, shoe firms push for wage bonus abolition to cut costs and reopen shops.
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Cleveland
Monthly Business Review
Fourth Federal Reserve Bank
Meat price cuts sweep Cleveland retail market
In Cleveland on November 29 a broad price cut across retail meat shelves emerged, lowering prices by 3 to 11 cents per pound and moving closer to normal levels after weeks of decline. Bacon dropped from 46 to 35 cents a pound as prices trended downward citywide.
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Cleveland
Independent Managers Break Away From Old Theatrical Syndicates
Chicago November 29 A third theatrical combination is forming as independent producers Sam H Harris Edgar Selwyn Archie Selwyn and Arthur Hopkins move to detach from Klaw Erlanger and the Shuberts. Rumors add Comstock Gest Hammerstein Golden and others may join. The goal is complete booking independence and open production alliances.
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Chicago
Kiaw & Erlanger
Shuberts
Sam H. Harris
Edgar
Archie Selwyn
Arthur Hopkins
Klaw & Erlanger
Harris
Selwyns
Hopkins
Comstock
Gest
Arthur Hammerstein
John Golden
Winchell Smith
Killings of Fifteen Cadets at Kilmichael Ambush
Fifteen auxiliary police cadets were killed and another missing after an ambush near Kilmichael County Cork. The attackers numbered 80 to 100, wore khaki and helmets, and fired from both sides. Lorries were burned and arms looted as the bodies were desecrated.
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Macroom
County Cork
Ireland
Associated Press
Assaitigae Police
Kilmichael
Here
Drake
London
Hhouse of Commons
Hamar Greenwood
Ecorpses
Gunmen reported in Londonderry and Dublin tensions rise
American gun men allegedly appear in Londonderry and Dublin stirring security measures. Sinn Fein leaders and police discuss England developments at a Lloyd George conference. Incendiary fires flare in Liverpool as a lumber yard thwarted by a policeman leads to arrests and searches for Irish league literature. Parliament galleries close amid security fears.
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London
Londonderry
Ireland
Dublin
Liverpool
Sinn Fein
England
Metropolitan Police
Scotland Yards
House of Commons
Finsbury
London Bridge
William Robinson
Robinson
Lowther
Commons
Houses of Parliament
House
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Mandamus
Secretary of Treasury
Grand Trunk
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
L.E. Shepherd
Railroad
U. S. Treasury
iThief
Geiger Gage
David Lawrence
Richmond
Richmond Cedar Works
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Milk Producers’ Association
County
Cork
U. S
Sinn
Fenners
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