Many Railroads Agree To Settle Strike on Jewell Willard Plan
Secretary Davis announced a near settlement of the rail strike affecting 65,000 to 85,000 workers and involving major lines including Seaboard, Southern, B and C, Chicago Northwestern, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, with Rock Island likely to join. The plan, from Jewell and Willard, envisions most strikers returning to work while seniority questions and other issues are addressed later.
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Washington
Associated Press
Davis
Chicago
Seaboard
Chicago, Northwestern
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul
Rock Island
B. M. Jewell
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Roade
Associated Prose
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Davit
Calkins
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Deace
United States Railroad Labor Board
Daniel Villara
Weather Forecast for Chicago Tonight and Thursday
Chicago weather indicates a partly cloudy south portion and cloudy unsettled conditions in the north tonight and likely Thursday with little temperature change.
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Chicago
Weather Observations for September Dates
Local observations by Dr H M Stanley show rainfall totals for several days with highs and lows. Sept 7 .89 inches with 71 high 41 low. Sept 9 .89 inches with 60 low. Sept 11 .72 inches with 44 high 52 low. Sept 12 .68 inches with 53 low. Sept 13 .73 inches with 58 low. 1 PM temperature today 77.
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H. M. Stanley
Indian Barnett Returns Home After West Tour
Jackson Barnett the wealthy Muskogee Indian arrived home with his wife and stepdaughter after a six week west tour. He called the Pacific Ocean a pretty big river and said of the Grand Canyon that he could see the other side. He enjoyed California beaches and visit to movie studios, claiming smiles from famous stars.
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Muskogee
Okla
Jackson Barnett
West
Pacific Ocean
Grand Canyon
Retired Pastor Issues State ment of Creed
Omaha report states Rev. J. D. M Buckner, retired by the Methodist conference after 38 years in the pulpit for alleged liberal leanings, issues a creed noting belief that not all Bible portions are equally inspired and that salvation depends on personal goodness. He urges his former Aurora congregation to support the conference decision and welcomes his successor.
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Omaha
J. D. M Buckner
Methodist Conference
Aurora
Seventy Percent of Corn Safe From Frost
Des Moines reports that heat accelerated Iowa corn maturation and seventy percent of the crop is now safe from frost per state bureau Director Charles Reed. Premature ripening in northwest and eastern counties may have shortened the crop.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Iowa
Chas. Reed
State Bureau
Dallas Mother Given Severe Caning by Local Committee
Mrs. J. C. Tatum of Dallas was lured from her home by a civic committee and whipped with a cat o nine tails for allegedly neglecting her daughter. The daughter’s education by the church was demanded. the mother lies in a hospital in serious condition.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Associated Press
J. C. Tatum
Dallas
Gerd
Merger of West Coast Steel Interests Formed
Atlantic La Sept 3 Word received here is that a giant merger of steel interests on the west and west coast, organized to combat an eastern corporation, has been effected Arch Millerson of the late Stanley Miller and a former Atlantic boy is named prime mover and head of the new Delaware filed corporation.
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Atlantic
Arch Miller
Stanley Miller
Ford says Inter State Commerce action aids coal profiteers
Henry Ford issued charges from Detroit offices that the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered car action aids coal profiteers, arguing the move benefits coal interests and harms public welfare.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Henry Ford
Atlantic Girl Stranded Chorus Girl Kidnapped at State Fair
Miss Bille Watson, a stranded Atlantic chorus girl, was abducted and brutalized in a deserted shack at the state fair grounds. She is hospitalized with a broken jaw and serious injuries, naming her attacker but declining to press charges as her troupe moves on to St Paul.
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Des Moines
Bille ‘Wietson
Miss Watson
St. Paul
Atlantic
Sophia Foster
Burlington Farm Couple Probe After Head Shot Murder
John V. Schurtz a 43 year old farmer was found shot in bed at his Burlington Iowa home. The top of his head was blown off with a shotgun while his wife and a 15 year old son slept in the same room. they heard nothing and the gun is missing. Authorities plan to question both relatives as the investigation continues.
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Burlington
Associated Press
John V. Schurtz
Schurtz
Eleven Injured in One Million Fire at Hominy Plant
A gas explosion and boiler blasts sparked a $1,000,000 fire that destroyed the American Hominy Company plant in Terre Haute Indiana. Eleven workers were injured, none seriously, and no fatalities were reported as firemen fought flames threatening nearby buildings.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Associated Press
American Hominy Company
Unemployment Returns To Normal Says Davis At Conference
Secretary Davis announced unemployment has returned to normal in the U S after a severe downturn. He spoke at the 10th annual meeting of public employment services as officials from the United States and Canada discussed cross border concerns. Lima orders municipal markets established.
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Washington
United States
Davis
Labor Department
International Association of Public Employment Services
Canada
Haraing
Thirty Women and Children Lost in Ammonia Sinking
Gibraltar reports thirty women and children drowned as two small boats capsized near the ill fated Hammonia off Vigo Spain. Coruna records 554 aboard on Friday departed for Vigo with 363 passengers and reports the ship grazed a rock at the harbor. Australia faces a coin shortage though it produces 10 900 pence weekly.
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Gibraltar
Associated Press
Vigo
Spain
Coruna
Hammonia
Eight Miners and Policeman Die in Silesia Riot
Berlin dispatch reports eight miners and one policeman killed in a riot at Bismark Hutte Upper Silesia after miners objected to Polish marks for wages. Police were overpowered, soldiers with machine guns fired, and reinforcements restored order.
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London
Bismark Hutte
Upper Silesia
Berlin
The
Times
Mili
Lights on horse drawn vehicles improve road safety
The article argues that horse drawn wagons and buggies without lights after dark endanger drivers and passengers. Automobiles travel fast and hazards occur when a hill hides a team ahead. Equipping wagons with lights costs little and could prevent expensive accidents and loss of life.
Federal Court Docket Opens September 19 in Creston
Incident to the convening of the Federal Court in Creston on Tuesday September 19th, the docket lists numerous United States criminal actions from prior terms. Cases include Adaly, Napier alias Lewis, Brown, Harp, Waxline, Thompson, Cole, Still, Cummings, Marsh, Davis, Boggs, Sparks, Kesinger, Swindell, Vanderpool, Kinzer, Lewis, Houstoun, Livengood, Parenti, Hemstreet, Tucker, Gibson, and others under various Violations and the Selective Service, Prohibition, and Interstate Freight theft provisions.
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Creston
United States
Jack Adaly
Grant
Napier
J. D. Lewis
Ira Brown
Harvey Harp
William Waxline
Fred Thompson
Russell K. Cole
Charles O Still
William
Clyde L. Boggs
George A. Sparks
Fred Kesinger
Everett
Swindell
United States Va
Harry Vandlerpool
Hiram Lovell
Elmer Kinzer
Murderer Attempted Suicide After Daughter Tragedy
Tony Dinello, a confessed killer of his two daughters, is in a Kansas City hospital with a deep throat wound after a self inflicted cut in a suicide attempt. He revealed how he threw the bodies from a bridge and spoke of money in his box car home before injuring himself. Police have not filed charges. Dinello is expected to live.
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Kansas City
Associate
Tony Dinello
Glover
Dinello
Mrs. Harding Shows Early Signs of Improvement
Washington September 13 The president’s wife Mrs. Harding shows rapid improvement in health. At 8:00 a.m. her temperature is slightly above 95 and she had a comfortable night, sleeping without interruption as physicians issue bulletin.
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Washington
Associated Press
Harding
Passenger Travel in Huge Slump
Commercial reports show freight revenues for June at 331 million dollars while passenger revenues total 96 million. The Interstate Commerce Commission notes a roughly 10 million dollar rise in freight and about 4 million decline in passenger earnings from June 1921.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Republican Senators Win in Primaries
Chicago reports that Republican senators won their primaries with large margins. Senator Townsend of Michigan led Baker by 18 878 votes and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts defeated Wolker by about 126 000 votes.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Townsend
Michigan
Baker
Lodge
Massachusetts
Wolker
Gada Zig Men to Conduct Work Classes in Creston
Potentate Thos Gada Recorder Jolly Jones and maker P W Pletcher with other prominent Gada Zig men plan to conduct classes in Creston this week ahead of the meeting set for October 6.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Thos
Gada
Jolly Jones
P. W. Pletcher
Creston
Slayer of Student Still Kept in Secret Jail
Laporte Indiana September 13 Fort King confessed slayer of Parr and Reighard the 19 year old university student is still in jail at a police fifty miles from St Joseph Michigan where he was spirited to escape threatened mob violence. Word from Chicago indicates King may be the man wanted for the Bernstein Kimball murder in that city. Chicago authorities say his description tallies with the man sought.
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Laporte
Ind
Fort King
Parr
Reighard
St. Joseph
Mich
Chicago
King
Bernstein Kimball
Gridgman
Ku Klux Klan Threat Warns Alabama Officials
In Jasper Alabama on September 13 a letter signed Ku Klux Klan threatened state Senator M J Leith Circuit Judge T L Sowell Circuit Solicitor J M Bennington and thirteen other county leaders demanding silence or face deadly consequences.
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Jasper
Ala
Associated Press
M. J. Leith
T. L. Sowell
J. M. Bennington
County
Mgr. Leith
Ku Klux Klan
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Lima
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