Kendall names Webster state fuel commissioner in Iowa
Des Moines reports Gov Kendall designates Chas Webster as Iowa State Commissioner to organize a statewide fuel commission amid plans for equal coal distribution. Webster begins organizing. prior emergency commissions may be revived. Clyde Atchison seeks federal cooperation on Mississippi river coal priorities.
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Cov. Kendall
Chas. Webster
Des Moines
Juyl
Associated Press
Iowa
N. B. Kendal
Hoover
Kendal
Webster
Clyde Atchison
Washington
Mississippi River
Missing Lad Found After Box Car Trip West
Francis Dennison, 14, who fled home and hid in a box car en route west, was located last night in Casper Wyoming after playing with companions in Chicago railroad yards on Saturday. He dared friends to join him, was locked inside, and vanished when a switchman looked away as the car began its long journey.
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Chicago
Francis Dennison
Casper
Wyq
Francis
Conference of Governors on Strike Urged
Gov W T McCray urged President Harding to convene a conference of governors from states affected by the coal miners strike. The aim is to map a united campaign of action to end the stoppage paralyzing coal production.
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Conference of Governors
Indianapolis
Ind
W. T. McCray
Harding
Two Rail Strikers Stabbed in Clash at Detroit
In Detroit on July 27 two railroad strikers were seriously wounded in a clash with Black strikebreakers from Michigan Central shops. Frank Such, 30, and Norman Mauerer, 39, were stabbed while attempting to persuade the workers to quit.
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Detroit
Michigan Central
Frank Such
Norman Mauerer
Weather Indications for Chicago Next 24 Hours
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with probable showers in the west portion. Cooler air to move in tonight across the western portion.
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Chicago
Workers Taken From Pump Jobs
In Muskogee Oklahoma on July 27 the District 21 United Mine Workers of America executive board passed a resolution calling out engineers firemen and pumpmen who had been allowed to work since the national strike began April 1 to keep the mines from flooding in response to threats to resume work on an open shop basis by the Oklahoma Coal Operators Association and the Southwest Interstate Coal Operators Association.
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St. Louis
Associated Press
Frank Farrington
Illinois
Farrington
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma Coal Operators’ Association
Southwest Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
District 21
United Mine Workers of America
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
County to Take Hand to Stop Late Dancing
Waterloo July 27. County attorney W R French met with Mayor E A Gragy to discuss stopping dancing after midnight Sunday at a local amusement park outside city limits. Jurisdiction lies with the county, and officials seek a statute to apply in this unusual case.
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Waterloo
E. A. Gragy
W. R. French
Sawyer stands firm on veterans hospital policy
Brig. Gen Charles E Sawyer, president Harding’s physician and hospital board coordinator, declares he will not be forced to abandon his policy for disabled World War veterans. He cites 10,000 unoccupied government beds and plans for thousands more, endorsing his stance with support from other board members.
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Washington
Brig
Charles E. Sawyer
Harding
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Col
A A. Sprague
Chicago
National Rhabilitation Committee
The
American Legion
Col. Sprague
Gen Sawyer
Gen. Sawyer
Sprague
Salt Lake Tide Twice As Salty As Ocean
The Great Salt Lake in Utah is described as six times saltier than seawater, highlighting its extreme salinity and distinct mineral composition.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Peace Hopes Revived By Meeting In Washington
In Washington, leaders of the striking shopmen and railroad executives gathered as the railroad strike edged toward potential peace. B. M. Jewell and his executive council traveled to confer with President Harding, while W. W. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania system and T. W. DeWitt Cuyler of the railroad executives association were in the capital.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Washington
B. M. Jewell
Harding
W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania System
T. W DeWitt Cuyler
Association of Railroad Executives
White House
T. B. DeWitt Cuyler
Jewell
Cuyler
Lewis Fails to Toss Ciardini in Two Hours
In San Francisco on July 27 Ed Lewis of San Jose world wrestling champion defeats Renato Gardini of Boston by referee’s decision after two hours of clash. The bout stayed slow with Lewis pressing in the second hour but not using his headlock until late. Gardini displays great strength. neither man seemed in danger of being thrown. The crowd favored the result.
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San Francisco
Lewis
San Jose
Cal
Renato Gardini
Boston
Gardini
Iowa miners refuse coal operators scale invitation
Albia July 27. In a telegraphic message President Joe Morris of District No 13 declined to accept the operators invitation to negotiate a scale. He urged action and said Iowa miners will stay out until a national policy is changed and a basis settlement is reached. He criticized operators for publishing the invitation before union officers could acknowledge it.
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Albia
Associated Press
Ed Smith
Iowa Coal Operators
Joe Morris
Three Strikers Arrested on Wade Order Feared Contempt
Des Moines reports three striking shop men were arrested at Fort Madison Iowa for alleged intimidation. Judge Martin J Wade ordered the arrests on contempt of a court restraining strikers from interfering with railroads or workers. The arrestees named are Edmond A Hass Louis Rhode and Leo H Holterhaus.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Fort Madison
Iowa
Martin J. Wade
Edmond A. Hass
Louis Rhode
Leo H. Holterhaus
Florist Leader Killed In Car Accident Near Crystal Lake
James E. Mattewson, 58, a leading Wisconsin florist and former state president, died when a machine driven by Karam Basil of Elkhart Lake overturned twice near Crystal Lake. Basil was thrown ten feet from the car with minor injuries.
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Sheboygan
Wis
James E. Mattewson
Wisconsin
Crystal Lake
Karam Basil
Elkhart Lake
Basil
Man and Wife Slay Attempt in Rock Island
Benjamin Schulmeister killed his wife by slashing her throat with a razor and then cut his own throat and wrist. Both are dying in a hospital in Rock Island Illinois where the incident occurred on July 27 amid marital estrangement and refusal to continue living together.
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Rock Island
Benjamin Schulmeister
Harding Seeks Settlement as Strike Talks Continue
President Harding meets with T B DeWitt Cuyler and with strike leaders including B M Jewell to discuss the rail strike. John L Lewis says miners may confer on the situation as government efforts to boost coal production show higher shipments.
Legal Lights to Meet at Frisco
Lawyers and judges from more than 2000 are expected in San Francisco in August for the American Bar Association National Conference on Uniform State Laws and the California State Bar Association meeting. The program lists Taft Coolidge and other leaders with Lord Shaw and M Aubepin as visitors. Two committee reports on American ideals and law enforcement will be presented by Wade and Swaney.
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San Francisco
Associated Press
American Bar Association
National Conference of Commissioners On
Calliforna State Bar Associaton
National Association
William Howard Taft
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Lucien Shaw
California Supreme Court
George W. Wickersham
Cordenio A Severance
Henry J. Adlen
Kansas
Elihu Root
Lord Shaw
Dunfermline
Bar of Great
Britain
M. Aubepin
Bar
Paris
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
W. B. Swaney
Tennessee
Dies of Fear as Dentist Prepares to Pull Tooth
John Zaner, 61, died in a dentist’s chair at Dr. J. C. Hay’s Silver Lake office ten miles south of Warsaw Indiana. Death was due to heart disease and physicians say fear triggered the attack as the dentist prepared to extract the tooth.
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Warsaw
Ind
John Zaner
J. C. Hay
Silver Lake
Here
Zaner
Bank Official Drowns After Car Goes Into Pond
Adolph Hamachek vice president of the Bank of Algomah drowned when his car drove into a pond in Algomah Wisconsin on July 27 authorities reported the victim was a local banker and community figure seeking assistance at the time of the accident.
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Algomah
Wis
Adolph Hamachek
Bank of Algomah
The Advertiser Describes AP Network Leadership
The Advertiser notes its long membership in the Associated Press and the AP’s global reach with twelve hundred seventy member papers and over one hundred eighty five thousand miles of wires. Telegraph news credited to AP is regarded as the best by readers for prompt and accurate intelligence.
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The
Advertiser
Associated Press
Creston
Telegraph
Big Damages and Voluntary Bankruptcies Filed in Federal Court
A number of suits and bankruptcy petitions are filed in the federal court. Included are a $25,000 damages claim by C Fazio, administrator, for a 13 year old boy killed near a Council Bluffs school, alleged negligence. Also an $8,506 claim against Chicago Burlingtion & Quincy Railroad over a disputed mill creek bridge and land inundation. Two voluntary bankruptcies list debts and assets for John and Lois Lemley of Clearfield, Iowa. All cases slated for the fall term docket.
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C. Fazio
Joseph Fazio
W. E. Zach
F. B
Waugh
Joseph Paso
Council Bluff
F. KE. Cowden Va
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Fremont County
Mill Creek
Plaintiff
Sieper Bushel
Timothy
Clover
John Lemley
Clearfield
Iowa
Lois Lemley
Federala Court
Kidnapings Reported In Burlington Area By Strikers
Galesburg Illinois July 27 Three separate kidnapings by alleged strikers of the C B Q are reported today Two Q employes were taken to a farm seven miles from the city beaten and released blindfolded in a blackberry patch Another railroad employe was beaten his watch and money taken then released Police found another Q employee stripped of clothes and money with only a gunny sack nearby
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Galesburg
Mis
Highway Girl Holds Up Bay in Milwaukee
A 15 year old, described as large for her age, held up Eugene Bailey on his way to a Milwaukee grocery with $4. He resisted and she took the money after a struggle. Police report this is the fourth such incident by a girl of this description in the same neighborhood.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eugene Bailey
Insane man ends 13 day siege in Hinton with surrender
John Fredeking, an insane man, barricaded himself in a house in Hinton West Virginia for thirteen days resisting police efforts. He walked to the door with hands up asking for water and surrendered. One man was killed and four injured during the siege. Fredeking had an arm wound.
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Hinton
W. Va
Jay
Associated Treat
John Fredeking
Cedar Rapids Coal Shortage Surprises Residents
A Cedar Rapids survey finds no domestic coal available for purchase with about 1,000 tons in dealers yards sold in advance. Utilities are generally supplied, though city water works face four weeks of coal. Rail strike delays shipments from Kentucky affecting deliveries to power company Iowa Railway and Light. Food supply remains stable and trucks are not yet used for regional shipments.
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City Water Works
Kentucky Fielda
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Explosion Blasts Irish Town Shanen County Louth
A powerful blast tore through a building in County Louth near Irish Town Shanen. The explosion shook Belfast area residents and damaged part of a premium residential district.
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Shanen
Belfast
Ireland
Associated Press
County Louth
Unmasked Men Rob Ottumwa Leader in Diamond Heist
George McQuade, owner of a pool hall in Ottumwa, Iowa, was held up near a high school by two men in caps who demanded his diamond ring worth 1500 dollars. He suspects the assailants knew him and may be locals frequenting his business. The theft occurred late last night as he walked home.
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Ottumwa
George McQuade
McQuade
Lathrop
Plant closures due to fuel shortages hit two Pollansbee plants
Stubenville Ohio July 27 The Toronto plant of Pollansbee Brothers Sheet and Tin Plate Co closed this afternoon as fuel supply was cut off. The Follansbee West Virginia plant will close for the same reason Saturday, per General Manager William Banfield.
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Stubenville
Toronto, O
Pollansbee Brothers Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Follansbee
W. Va
William Banfield
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