8000 Men to Strike July 17 After Referendum
Chicago and Dennison report a nationwide strike call by 8000 stationary firemen engineers and oilers authorized by a referendum showing 88.6 percent for action. Strikes chilled by federal and state officials, with troops discussed for Katy railroad protection and peace efforts continuing.
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Timothy Healey
I F. Grable
Mainenance of Way Men
Harding
Neff
Katy
Chicago
Associated Press
Aken
Healey
How Pickpocket is a Speculator
New York report describes the pickpocket as a speculator who hides small bets for large returns. The thief targets a potential victim and drops a coin to trigger a reaction, then distracts the stranger to lift the wallet from the hip pocket.
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New York
Associated Press
Fountain
Soviets Publish Details of Church Jewel Loot
Dispatches from Helsingfors report the confiscation results in thirty provinces including 800 pounds of gold and 126 tons of silver. Jewels total 600 pounds with incrusted stones and vast emeralds sapphires rubies and amethysts. Diamonds number is too large to count and weigh. some diamonds reach fifty carats.
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London
Helsingfors
Former Congressman Matrin Dies After Surgery
Matrin Dies, former congressman from Texas Second district, died at his Kerrville home at 3 AM after an operation last Saturday. Born March 13 1870 in Jackson Parish Louisiana, he moved to Texas in 1876 and served first term in the sixty first congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Weather outlook for Cenana and Chicago area
Weather notice indicates fair conditions tonight and Saturday with probable Sunday. Warmer temperatures expected tonight and in eastern and southern portions on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Quakers Plan Plowing for Russian Communal Groups
The American Friends Service Committee will send tractors to the famine areas in Russia to plow for district communes. They will work at each stopping place for at least a fortnight on a single large plot, focusing on areas remote from rail lines with high animal deaths and scarce food.
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New York
Associated Press
American Friends Service Committee
Friends
Mine train hits dynamite trap in West Virginia
Whitesville July 14 One man is killed and ten are injured when a mine train near Mordue runs into a dynamite trap and is destroyed. The mine has been operating under federal protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
W. Va
Asociated Press
Mordue
Romania to Send Refugees to United States
In Bucharest on July 14 Associated Press reports a high Romanian official sought guidance from an American diplomat about relocating 5000 impoverished Jews from Kishineff and nearby areas refugees from Russia. The aim is to move them to the United States quickly.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Associated Press
United States
Recenty
Legation
Kishineff
Russia
Three Nurses Will Become U. S. Citizens
Iowa City July 14. Miss Helena Graf a Iowa City nurse and her sister Marie born in Maisprach Switzerland applied at the courthouse for first papers to become American citizens. They said their younger sister who has arrived here recently will also apply for papers.
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Iowa City
Helena Graf
Towa City
Marie
Maisprach
Switzerland
Deputy Marshals Sought for Northern Ohio Strike Duty
Toledo July 14. Attorney General Daugherty is asked to furnish 1400 deputy U S marshals for duty in the northern Ohio district to handle the strike situation. The request signals federal action amid labor unrest in the region.
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Toledo
Associated Press
Daugherty
United States
Ohio
Palestine’s Jewish development surges with licenses and growth
Jerusalem reports rapid industrial progress in Palestine under Jewish leadership. In the last year 4,000 new trades licenses were issued, doubling prior 1921 registrations, with capital ranges from 2,000 to 50,000 dollars. Major ventures include Silicate of Jaffa at 500,000 and Standard Oil exploiting the Dead Sea Basin. Tel Aviv rises as a bustling seaside town with 12,000 residents, a brick factory, and planned financial institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Associated Press
Palestine
Silicate Company
Jaffa
Standard Oil Company
Dead Sea
Bottle Blowers Back Light Wines and Beer at Convention
In Bellaire Ohio on July 14 the national Bottle Blowers association adopted resolutions favoring the manufacture of light wines and beer and an old age pension plan for all states.
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Bellaire
Associated Preas
The
Bottle Blowers Association
Five killed as train strikes automobile in Hartford
Five persons were killed and three seriously injured when a Pennsylvania railroad train hit an automobile at a crossing near Hartford Connecticut this afternoon. The collision occurred at the crossing close to the city, and the victims were all occupants of the car. Emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Hartford Conn
Associated Press
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Tiny Bible Display at British Museum
A Bible on show at the British Museum measures one inch in length and two fifths of an inch in width, highlighting the museum's collection of miniature religious artifacts. The exhibit focuses on the craft and historical context of such diminutive texts.
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British Museum
Used Hammer and Rock To Kill Woman Is Charge Against Another Woman
Sheriff W S Traeger and associates travel from Los Angeles to Tucson to extradite Mrs Clara Phillips on a charge of slaying Mrs Albert Meadows. Meadows was found with fifty hammer marks on head and face and a rock imprint on the shoulder in a badly mutilated corpse. Identification followed A L Phillips naming his wife as the suspect.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
W. S. Traeger
Tucson
Arizona
Clara Phillips
Albert Meadows
A. L. Phillips
Meadows
National Airgratt for Service II Negessary
One thousand commercial aircraft in aviation stations nationwide ordered held for immediate service after Secretary Work accepted help from the National Aviation Association. He called it proof that the United States is one big union, with the Stars and Stripes as its emblem.
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New York
Associated Press
Work
National Aviation Association
United States
Stars and Stripes
Costs to Seed Oats in Iowa Highlighted by Class Experiment
Missouri Valley Iowa July 14 costs averaged 2.46 dollars per acre to seed oats and 4.04 dollars per acre to seed spring wheat in Harrison county during 1922. The Missouri Valley high school farm crops class under Prof Darwin A Van Cleve, in cooperation with the farm bureau and Ames College, conducted experiments on farm costs attracting wide attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Harrison County
Misssouri Valley
Darwin A. van Cleve
Farm Bureau
Ames
Twelve Deaths from Heat Wave Sweeping the East
Heat across the East causes twelve deaths today with Pittsburgh recording five fatalities. Cleveland Philadelphia and New York report two each while Columbus Ohio reports one. High humidity and prostrations mark the hot wave with fifteen cases noted in Philadelphia.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Columbus
Harding May Have Rail Men For Work
President Harding believes he could operate the coal mines in an emergency as chief executive, according to White House reports. No current emergency is asserted, but drafts of railway workers could occur if needed, though expected to be unlikely.
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Washington
Associated Press
Harding
United States
White House
Avoca Mourns Sanders Former Schools Chief and Penitentiary Warden
Flags fly at half mast in Avoca to honor James C. Sanders who led the Avoca schools for three years and later served as warden of Fort Madison penitentiary for several years.
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Avoca
Associated Press
James C. Sanders
Fort Madison
Lineman Killed at Grand River After Contact with Live Wire
Clyde Newcummer lineman for Lamoni Electric company died instantly at about 4 o clock yesterday while repairing weather-damaged light wires near Lamoni Iowa. He was married with several children and lived in Lamoni. The accident followed recent storms and occurred at Grand River.
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Grand River
Clyde Newcummer
Lamoni Electric Company
Lamoni
Fintelman Denied Guilty by Foster and Weisgerber
Sheriff reports letters from Foster and Weisgerber absolving William Fintelman of murder at Murray bank raid. Iowa officials doubt pardon prospects while Fort Madison and Mt Madison cases draw renewed attention. Foster and Weisgerber claim another man misidentified Fintelman. Potts seeks pardon based on affidavits.
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Foster
Weisgerber
Fintelman
N. F. Collings
Ed West
Osceola
Clarke County
Fort Madison
Frank Foster
George Weisgerber
William Fintelman
William Finterman
Murray
Charley Jones
Kansas
Mt. Madison
Topeka Journal
George Welsagerber
Eddie Adams
William R. Fintelman
Charles W. Jones
Iowa
Dempster O. Potts
Wichita
Potts
Sheriff's Posse
Jones
Dyer
Sheriff West
Ft. Madison
Protest cancels grain freight rate protest from Sioux City
Washington July 14 The railroad rate schedule for grain from Sioux City to Texas and Louisiana points, higher than rates to the south from Kansas City and Omaha, was cancelled after protest by Kansas City shippers who argued it favored Northern Iowa shippers.
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Washington
Associated Presa
Sioux City
Texas
Louisiana
Kansas City
Omaha
Iowa
Slays Friend As Wife Looks On In Holuca Cafe Kill
Thomas Murphy, a restaurant keeper, stabbed to death George A. Nichol, 45, lifelong friend, in the doorway of Nichol’s Holuca cafe last night as his wife watched. A brief argument preceded the killing. Murphy is jailed.
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Peoria
Thomas Murphy
George A. Nichol
Holuca
Here
Murphy
Nab Boys on Way West to Become Cowpunchers
Madison police detained Eugene OMalley 14 and Dominic Joy 13 of Elgin Illinois as they prepared to depart for Montana to become cow punchers. The youths were picked up at the city station before leaving Madison.
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Madison
Wis
Eugene O’malley
Dominic Joy
Elgin
Wil
Montana
Lewis expected to reject terms offered
Washington reports on July 14 that John L Lewis, head of the miners, is negotiating with the government but preparing to reject the terms offered to miners in the coal strike settlement attempt by President Harding.
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Lewis
Washington
John L Lewis
Harding
Mr. Lewis
Youth Quizzed About Double Murder Near Sammere
Fresno police questioned two youths last night in connection with the slaying of Misa Irene M Ross and Alex Winter whose bodies were found near Sammere California last Sunday night officials said.
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Fersno
Cal
Asselated Press
Misa Irene M. Ross
Alex Winter
Sammere
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