Big Four Strike at Joliet Over Troop Presence
About 1,300 locomotive engineers firemen conductors and brakemen on the Elgin Joliet and Eastern railroad walked out in Joliet Illinois to protest troops in railroad yards. The strike follows a fatal riot and soldiers fired at union pickets. six men were detained then released. A funeral for striker Frank Lavino Will be held. coroners inquest for Lavino and Reitz set for Thursday.
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Joliet
Associated Press
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad
P. F. McManus
Chicago
Reitz
Lavino
Newkirk
Troops Search Indiana Homes for Weapons Ordered
State troops stationed in southern Indiana have orders to search all homes for guns after a sentry was fired upon. The action was announced in Chicago on August 9 by the Associated Press.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Indiana
American First in Balloon Race
Geneva Aug 49 The Associated Press reports Major Westover the American pilot covered the greatest distance in the James Gordon Bennett cup balloon race landing near Csperbatnek 90 miles from Budapest after 940 kilometers. Other contestants ranking include Blenaime France 910 km Armbruster Swiss 800 km Labrousse Belgium 800 km Valle Italy 790 km Honeywell US 780 km Guilielmetti Italy 700 km and Lieut Walter Reed United States in tenth place with 475 km.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Major Westover
Westover
Csperbatnek
Budapest
Maurice Blenaime
France
Paul Armbruster
Lieut. Lab
Lander Granted Reprieve Until September 8
Des Moines AP report says William Olander condemned for fort dodge grocer murder was granted a reprieve until Sept 8 by Governor Kendall while his lawyers pursue a writ of error.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
William Olander
Fort Dodge
Kendall
Olander
Weather Indications for 24 Hours in Chicago
In Chicago on August 9 the outlook shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in the eastern portions tonight.
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Cicago
Weather Summary From Local Observations
Local observations by Dr H M Stanley show 24 hour period ending 7 am with highs and lows and rainfall. Temperatures ranged from 54 to 86 degrees with rainfall recorded on several days and a 1 pm temperature around 75.
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H. M. Stanley
Ordered away from work endangers lives in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on August 9 the Associated Press reports that non striking workers including clerks and freight handlers are ordered to stay away from their places of employment due to danger from defective equipment and other hazards. Union headquarters issued the directive warning of risks where employees normally work.
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Cincinnati
Associated Press
Stone Predicts More Big Four Strikes If Conditions Worsen
Warren S. Stone president of the Locomotive Engineers warns that 1,500 Big Four workers who struck at Joliet signal many more such actions. He says about one hundred similar cases would arise nationwide unless conditions improve promptly.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Warren S. Stone
The
Locomotive Engineers
Joliet
Story City Politician Shot by Moonshiner in Hugo Oklahoma
E G Wiggins a noted Story City politician was shot and killed by a Negro moonshiner at Hugo Oklahoma The Indian service employee leaves a wife and family after the fatal incident reported here Aug 9.
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Story City
E. G. Wiggins
Hugo
Okla
Wiggins Haseen
Indian Service
Readiness grows as mines prepare to resume work
In Marion Illinois August 9 Associated Press reports operators began clearing mines building fans and ventilating shafts for a resumption of mining amid coal strike talks. In Harrisburg Illinois fires have been started in every mine and operators anticipate settlement within about two weeks.
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Marion
Lil
Associated Press
Harrisburg
A. C. Honnold
Ilinois Coal Operators’ Association
Annull Trains Account of Equipment
Canton I l Aug 9 Annullment of all Sunday passenger trains on the Toledo & Western from Peoria to Keokuk was announced by local agent Meyers effective August 20 due to inability to maintain proper equipment.
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Canton
I l
Associated Press
Toledo & Western
Peoria
Keokuk
Meyers
Telegraphers Strike Prompts Big Four to Use Phones
Cincinnati August 9 The Big Four officers announce that in case of a strike by 1100 telegraphers on their system trains will be dispatched by telephone with train orders handled solely by phone The Associated Press says E M Costin general manager says management proposed referral to the railroad labor board but the Telegraphers order men refused to consider it.
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Cincinnati
Associated Press
Big Four
E. M. Costin
Railroad Labor Board
Vorhies Claims World’s Tallest Corn Stalks
Shannon City Iowa August 9 Frank Vorhies claims a stalk fifteen feet six inches tall with nine feet to the first ear as the tallest on record He says a whole field nearly matches the height and he can show several stalks taller still suggesting a remarkable corn crop in his region
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Shannon City
Frank Vorhies
Four Die in Boston Basement Fire at Harris Forbes Building
Four men were asphyxiated in the basement of the Harris Forbes building at 28 Federal Street Boston. Painting materials used by the workers exploded and released fumes as they attempted to escape.
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Boston
Associated Press
Harris-Forbes
Federal Street
Byington and C Ash Named by Democrats
Des Moines Aug 9 Associated Press C C Cash attorney and newspaper man and Judge Byington of Iowa City were selected by the democratic judicial convention for the offices of Supreme Court Justices. Resolutions favored reenactment of the non partisan judicial law.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
C. C. Cash
Byington
Iowa City
Democratic Judicial Convention
Supreme Court
Regular Republicans In the Saddle in Ohio Texas Condemns K.K.K
The Texas Republican convention at Fort Worth opened with praise for the Harding tariff and attacks on the Ku Klux Klan. Delegates cheered loudly as speakers urged tolerance and continued party unity while pending votes were awaited tomorrow.
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Ohio
Texas
K.K.K
Fort Worth
Gov. McRea
Arkansas
D. Fess
Atlee Pomerene
Associated Press
Harding
Ku Klux Klan
Teverr
R. B. Cregear
Brownville
Republican Party
Stephens and Evans Win at Judicial Meet
Justice Truman Stephens of Hamburg and Justice Evans of Hampton were renominated at the Republican state judicial convention in Waterloo. Delegates adopted resolutions praising the Iowa Supreme Court for its record.
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Waterloo
Associated Press
Truman Stephens
Hamburg
Evans
Hampton
Iowa, Supreme Court
English Court Denies Wilson Slayers Appeal
London August 9 Associated Press reports the attorney general refused to sanction an appeal to the house of lords by Joseph O Sullivan and Reginald Dunn who are under sentence to be hanged August 10 for the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson.
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London
Associated Press
House of Lords
Joseph O'Sullivan
Reginald Dunn
Henry Hughes Wilson
Armed Bandits Loot $19,000 from Bank in Minneapolis
Three armed robbers raided the Penn Avenue State Bank in Minneapolis as the cashier took lunch. They forced two female clerks to the floor and looted the cash drawer, taking about $19,000.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Associated ~Press
Penn Avenue State Bank
High Tension Wire Kills War Veteran in tragic accident
Glenn Connley a 24 year old World War veteran and line man for Iowa Heat Light and Power in Carroll Iowa died this morning after contacting a 33 000 volt high tension wire in Atlantic. He was unmarried and survived by his parents two brothers and a sister in Carroll.
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Atlantic
Glenn Connley
Iowa Heat, Light and Power Company
Carroll
Extra
Faith in Creston Builds Prosperous Community
Faith in Creston highlights recent home construction and ongoing projects as signs of local confidence. The piece urges residents to invest in the town, even small acts like buying local goods, keeping clean, and boosting community, to enrich and improve Creston for all residents.
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Creston
Couple Hikes from Peoria to Portland in 2 Weeks
Mr and Mrs A G Marshall travel from Peoria Illinois to Portland Oregon and back on foot with rides between Iowa and Nebraska. They spent 2565 dollars for the Portland to Creston stretch and say the trek was largely comfortable and self supported with one hotel stay.
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A. G. Marshall
Creston
Peoria
Ilinois
Portland
Oregon
Afton
Lyman Nisely
Nebraska
Iowa
Mrs. Marshall
Anton
Ius
Haly
Rufus G Newland Dies at 50 in Tacoma Washington
Rufus G Newland died today in Tacoma at age fifty, eight years after leaving farming near here. He served in the First Washington legislature after migrating from Iowa in 1861.
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Tacoma
Wash
Associated Press
Rufus G. Newland
Washington
Towa
Cable Service Disrupted by Irish Seizures
London reports only three of the 1% transatlantic cables are working the Western Union line from Penzance and the seizures by Irish irregulars of the Commercial Cable station at Wattville and the Western Union station at Valentia cut bulk service from Great Britain the Associated Press notes.
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London
Associated Press
Commercial Cable Company
Western Union Company
Great Britain
Western Union
Penzance
England
Commercial Company
Wattville
Ireland
Valentia
Kerry
Personal crisis reports As Her Chum Marries
Miss Mercedes Ramirez Fapinoza, 17 year old adopted daughter of Paulino N. Guerrero customs collector in Juarez, killed herself last night over her adopted sister Mercedes Guerrero’s forthcoming marriage.
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el Paso
Tex
Merecedes Ramirez Fapinoza
Paulino N. Guerrero
Juarez
Mercedes Guerrero
Marshall to Speak at Iowa Platform Chautauqua
Winterset Iowa August 8 Former Vice President Thomas R Marshall will be a speaker at the independent chautauqua beginning August 16 Col Smith W Brookhart the Republican nominee for senator will also address the event
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Winterset
Thomas R. Marshall
Chautauqua
Col. Smith W. Brookhart
Yominee
Hunger strike ends after two weeks in Grand Haven
Arthur McBride of Duluth Minnesota was arrested in Grand Haven Michigan on a vagrancy charge two weeks ago and today completes his fourteenth day of refusing food and water claiming the arrest was unjust.
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Unjust
Grand Haven
Mich
Arthur McBride
Duluth
Minn
Wade
Union Leaders Near Settlement of Soft Coal Strike
Cleveland august 9 union leaders signaled a virtual decision to end the soft coal strike with operators. An Ohio Indiana and other states settlement is expected. President John L. Lewis holds assurance from operators nationwide for a settlement.
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Cleveland, O
Ohio
Indiana
Union Policy Committee
John L. Lewis
Held in Body Snatching Plot In Michigan Case
In Sault Ste. Marie Michigan on August 9 Mrs Ruth Knutson of Boyd Wisconsin and her 17 year old brother Clifford Harrison are jailed on a charge of removing a woman's body from Drummond Island cemetery in 1919. State authorities say they possess evidence of a plot to steal a body burn a house and use the remains as evidence in another murder inquiry.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Ruth Knutson
Boyd
Wis
Clifford
Harrison
Drummond Island
St. Joo
Fara
Long Won't Contest Reed's Nomination in Missouri
Breckenridge Long, defeated by Senator James A. Reed for the Democratic senatorial nomination in Missouri, announced he will not seek a recount or file a protest. He claimed about 40 000 to 50 000 Republicans voted in the Democratic primary and said Reed's plurality was roughly 6 425.
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St. Louis
Associated Press
Breckenridge Long
James A. Reed
Missouri
Long
Reed
Joint Coal Commission Recommends Prices For Coal
The Missouri and Kansas governors coal commissioners in a joint session agreed to propose maximum prices to operators. The recommended f o b prices include 44 dollars per ton for slack 5.26 for mill 5 dollars for mine run and 6 dollars for lump all f o b mines.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Governor’s Coal Commissioners of
Missouri
Kansas
Nine Hurt as Gunmen Try to Kill Joe Masseria
Four young gunmen opened fire in New York attempting to assassinate Joe Masseria. The attack wounded eight men and a girl as the assailants fled through a crowd of striking workers. Two of the injured were expected to die.
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New York
Joe Masseria
Masseria
Woman Fined for Violating Injunction in Lincoln Case
Dr. Charles L. Munson of Havelock was fined 25 dollars by Federal Judge J W Woodrough for violation of a strike injunction. Mrs Munson was charged by Mrs John H Bilson with painting the word scab on Bilson s house.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles L. Munson
Havelock
J. W. Woodrough
United States District Court Today
Munson
John H. Bilson
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