President Wilson Urges Miners to Return to Work in Two States
President Wilson through the United Mine Workers appeals Illinois and Indiana miners to end the strike and return to work. He cites wage inequalities and says a joint scale committee would reconvene after the return to adjust disparities. John Lewis will issue a mandatory order to resume mining to restore normal operations. A Department of Agriculture report notes a sharp 17 million pound drop in wool consumption in June.
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Washington
Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Ilinois
Indiana
United Mine Workers
Tudinnapolis
John Lewis
Girike
Tidinia
Findls
Unita Mine Workers of America
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
New Officers Elected at National Federation Convention
In St Paul Minnesota Mrs Lenn Lake Forrest of Detroit Michigan was elected president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women Gludant succeeding Miss Gail Laugh lin of San Francisco. Also elected were Mrs Lota Kelly from Ta ten New Mexico as vice president.
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St. Paul
Chamber of Commerce adopts open shop platform
Washington report notes an overwhelming referendum vote by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States backing no formal platform on industrial relations and endorsing open shop operation with employers legally responsible for conduct of their agents. It also supports banning strikes in public utilities by law and creating tribunals to fix wages and working conditions for utility employees.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission to rule on railroad rate hikes
The Interstate Commerce Commission is expected to issue a decision early next week on US mail rate applications seeking freight increases about 40 percent and passenger fare rises around 30 percent. The decision has been sent to the printer and will be printed for distribution shortly.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
US Mail
British Catholic Leaders Toast Irish President at London Meeting
Will Gurprine in London reports the Trish Wighanes Society chair announced Archbishop Mannix of Australia would be accompanied to Britain by a distinguished compatriot. Cheers rose for Ramimon de Valera President of the Irish republic as it was said the archbishop and his companion would land in a manner to astonish the enemy.
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London
Trish Wighanes Society
Bi Croat Rtalin
Mannix
Australia
United States
Ramimon de Valera
Irish Republic
George Tehitcherin
Great Britain
Poland
Lloyd George and Millerand Weigh Russian Conference Terms
Union NewsHerelve reports a conference between Lloyd George and Millerand focusing on limiting the joint conference with the Russian soviet. They also push back on German financial arrangements and set British conditions for recognizing the soviets tied to Poland and broader German reparations.
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Union NewsHerelve
Thussia
Moscow
M. Millerand
Great Britain
Poland
Germany
Spain
France
Aliens to Be Deported From New York
Sixty three aliens charged as undesirables arrived at the Ellis Island Immigration station under heavy federal guard for deportation. They came from Seattle Chicago Kansas City and other West and Middle West points where they were taken into DOJ custody. Immigration officials provided no further details and said none of the radical leaders were among them.
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New York
Fills Island
Seattle
Chicago
Kansas City
West
Middle West
Department of Justice
Iimigration
Navy Oil Dispute Ends with Price Agreement
The Navy Department accepts Standard Oil proposals to furnish fuel oil at 2.0 a barrel for Pacific fleet vessels. Earlier, destroyers seized oil from Associated Oil after it refused the navy price of 1.72 a barrel, ending the dispute here.
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San Francisco
Navy Department
Oil
Pacific
Department
Standard Oil Company
Destroyers
Associated
Ol Company
Navy
Four Men Die As Train Hits Auto at Grade Crossing
Four men, members of a harvesting party from Granite City, were killed when an Alton Granite City and St Louis electric train struck their automobile at a grade crossing near Mitchell Illinois. Joseph H Markethill escaped by jumping from the vehicle. Edward Jansen, owner of the machine, drove the party to Hackethal's farm to thresh wheat.
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Granite City
Alton
Earthquake Opens Two City Oil Wells in Los Angeles
A tremor in Los Angeles caused two municipal oil wells to start producing on city owned property. One well reportedly releases considerable oil while the other makes nearby pavement unsafe for traffic. The board of public works stated the wells would be developed for the city.
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Los Angeles
Colls
Board of Public Works
Paris Receives Photo Sent by Phone from Lyons
Le Petit Journal publishes a photograph sent from Lyons to Paris by telephone using equipment supplied by Edouard Bellu. Both the French and Lyons governments have ordered Bellu apparatus for official use.
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Paris
le Petit Journal
Lyons
Edouard Bellu
Vol Tidlin
Jamestown Judge Outlines Fine for Credit Firm
Judge Jol B. Haxel orders United States District Court action against Hella ble Credit Nothing Company of Buffalo for profiteering. Jury finds the firm guilty on three counts of sixteen in an indictment alleging Lever net violations.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Jol B. Haxel
United States District Court
Hellable Credit Nothing Company
Buffalo
Stowaways Ousted From Army Transport to Antwerp
Ship officers at Hoboken remove sixteen stowaways found aboard the army transport Prince Matelkn bound for Antwerp with Viele Sam's Olympic athletes. The stowaways had tried to buy passage but trains and nets were congested, prompting the foal inspection and discovery.
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Hoboken
N.ja
Prince Matelkn
Antwerp
Viele Sam
Villa surrender ends Mexican civil war era
Francisco Villa, bandit leader, surrenders un conditionally after talks with Gen. Eugenio Martinez. Villa plans return to private life in Chihuahua with an annual government allowance for him and his men. Refugees report killings at Sabinas, though details remain unverified amid wartime negotiations and regional upheaval. St Louis moves to regulate coal deliveries to ease shortages amid strikes.
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Wester
Union News Service
Ingle Pass
Texas
Francisco Villa
Eugenio Martinez
Torreon
Villa
Mexico
Carl Haeglin
Saabinas
Sabinas
Chihuahua
Adrianople Taken by Greeks Reported in Athens
A Greek occupation of Adrianople is announced by Athens newspapers with King Alexander said to have entered the city. The report notes the strategic capture amid ongoing Balkan events and reflects Greek advances in the region.
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Adrianople
London
Athens
Alexander
Billion Dollar Crop Estimate Hits Kansas Markets
Kansans face a crop year with over a billion dollars in farm products. Rail transport woes slow movement to markets amid labor optimism and a near completed wheat harvest. Freight car shortages hinder shipment as farmers push hard work to overcome logistic delays.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kay
Coal Miners Quitting Howatt Claims Half of Kan SAS Field
Territory and Kansas coal fields face broad stoppages as Howat reports half the Kansas district on strike with about 6 000 miners idle. In Terre Haute Indiana unauthorized day laborer strikes paralyze fifty mines while other regions report mixed activity and protests over Saturday fines.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Illinois
Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners’ Union
Howat
Peyton Bank Robbed by Two Masked Robbers
Two men in goggles used revolvers to hold up Peyton State Bank in Peyton. They trapped assistant cashier A. L. Pieper and customer Curtis Walters in the vault, then fled in a high powered car with $16,500 in cash and securities.
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Peyton
Cole
Peyton State Bank
A. L. Pieper
Curtis Walters
Governor Cantu Revolts in Mexico City Open Rebellion
Governor Estaban Cantu, ruler of Lower California, is reported in open rebellion. Gilberto Valenzuela, interior undersecretary, confirms the unrest amid political turmoil in Mexico City.
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Cantu Revolta
Mexico City
Col. Estaban
Cantu
Lower
California
Gilberto Valenzuela
Interior
Resolute Defeats Shamrock IV To Retain America's Cup
The American defender Resolute defeated Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock IV in the final race to keep the America's Cup aboard the United States. The contest was the closest in trophy history, sailed in tempestuous conditions and ending just before the official time limit.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
America
Thomas Lipton
Aod
Wix Houw Chong
Coal Tieup Dims War Effort and Indiana Mines Strike
Warsaw reports Polish forces withdraw along the front near Gralewo and Brest Litovsk as Reds push in the north and center. Paris says France will send munitions via Danzig and station 600 French officers in Poland. Indianapolis notes over half Indiana coal mines idle with 25,000 miners out, threatening industry and rail traffic. Evansville and Terre Haute districts show steep losses. Chicago cites Indiana coal operators declining to join a proposed joint conference to alter the Interstate agreement.
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Warsaw
War Office
Gralewo
Ossovets
Kamienlets-Litovsky
Kobryn
Poland
Supreme Council
Brest- Litovsk
Styr
Sereth
Lemberg
Paris
France
Danzig
Joseph Pilsudski
Indianapolis
Indiana
Terre Haute
Evansville
Southern Indiana Coal Bureau
Princeton
Mother Granted Custody in Marie Osborne Case
Baby Marie Osborne, the child film actress, is awarded custody to her mother Edythea Osborne as the divorce between Edythea and Leon T. Osborne is finalized. The court exonerates all parties from misconduct charges and grants custody of both Osborne children to the mother.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Marie Osborne
Edythea Osborne
Leon T. Osborne
Osborne
Osbornes
Marie
Court Denies Writ in DC Supreme Court Case
Chief Justice McCoy of the District of Columbia Supreme Court dismisses the mandamus petition to force Secretary Colby to proclaim the congressional peace resolution and declare the United States at peace with Germany and Austria as vetoed by President Wilson.
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Washington
McCoy T
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Mandamus
Secretary of State
Colby
Wilson
United States
Germany
Austria
Fortune left to ex wife in Maloney will probate
James Maloney former president of Maloney Belting Company died recently leaving part of his $600 000 estate to his divorced wife. The will filed for probate notes she had remarried William J White of Cleveland and was later divorced from him.
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Fortune
Chicago
James Maloney
Maloney Belting Company
May Recognize New Mexican Government Nearer
Washington observers say U S recognition of the new Mexican government moved closer after Francisco Villa surrendered, signaling a shift in policy and potential diplomatic gains for Mexico.
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Washington
United States
Francisco Villa
Draft Evader Released by War Department Order
Leavenworth Kan breast Don Al d Monson of Chicago serving a five year sentence in Leavenworth federal prison for draft evasion was released by special order commuting the unserved portion of his sentence.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Don Ald Monson
Chicago
War Department
Government Makes Loans to Railroads
Washington announces approval by the Interstate Commerce Commission of three new loans to railroads totaling 15,015,000 dollars.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wyoming Notes: Pioneer Neel Dies at 101 in Guernsey
Obituary notes Bilza Ki. Neel, a Guernsey pioneer, dies at 101, reputedly the oldest woman in Wyoming. Other items report Lower Star Valley Telephone Co plan, a Rock Springs burglary with $1000 loss, oil shipments resumed from Fort Steele, a fossil skull found near Cokeville, Yellowstone Park attendance records, Mondell filing for renomination, and local civic developments in Thermopolis and Rawlins.
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Union News Service
Bilza Ki
Neel
Guernsey
Lower Star Valley
Thurman Toggery
Rock Springs
Fort Steele
Soldier Field
Utah Stefining Company
Ben Griggs
Cokeville
Griggs
University of Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Frank W. Mondell
House of Representatives
Wyoming
Verne L. Wilson
Crook County Monitor
Sundance
Harvey Ordinand
Salisbury- Thompson Telephone Company
Tom Harper
Cook County
Monitor
Walter Berg
Casper
Burlington
Berg
William Krall
Steve Lasich
Lasich
Krall
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