Refuse Wage Demands by Railroads Challenged at Meeting
The Western Newspaper Union report from Chicago states the Association of Railway Executives unanimously rejected proposals for international conferences on wages and conditions. The labor unions were urged to seek national joint talks, while railroads argued for private, independent negotiation to preserve efficiency and curb wage reductions.
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Chicago
Web
Association of Railway Executives
M. Jewell
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Railway Board
Frank P. Walsh
Congress
Labor Board
Wall Street
Bank Bandit Henry Starr Shot in Harrison Arkansas
Notorious Oklahoma bandit Henry Starr was likely fatally wounded when he and two accomplices forced bank officials into the Harrison Peoples Bank vault. An official hiding a rifle fired, killing Starr and wounding another. Starr later rested in county jail, admitting his identity but giving no information.
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Harrison, Ark
Henry Starr
Oklahoma
Peoples Bank of
Harrison
Star
Starr
Jythig
President elect Harris urges business as usual on inauguration day
In Washington on March 4 the President elect told the Merchants and Manufacturers Association he favors business as usual in the District of Columbia. He said it should speed up that day to bolster activities essential to common good fortune.
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Washington
Harding
District of Columbia
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Typhus Cases Rise as Immigrants Enter New York
Health officers report three typhus causes carried by immigrants arriving at the port. New arrivals from Boston were detained after entry. Waterfront precautions increased with 1,128 passengers and vessels examined at quarantine.
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New York
Lee
Boston
Quaran
Harding denies secret Versailles debt cancellation pledge
Statement by Thomas W. Lamont, Morgan banker and peace delegate, refutes a rumored secret agreement at Versailles to cancel the ten billion dollar Allied debt. Lamont says President elect Harding discussed debt plans but there was no commitment or understanding to cancel debts with Wilson's group, and Wilson and advisers opposed any cancellation from start to finish.
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Union News Service
Augusting
Fla
Pet
Harding
WHEA
Hays
Wilson
Versililes
Thomas W. Lamont
Morgan
Peace Commission
Lamont
Paris
United States
Miss Wilson Attacks Congress at Convention
Margaret Wilson, daughter of the President, told the National Woman's party convention that Congress opposed local community center funding to breed unrest. She denied evidence for the charge and said Congress should not supervise speech by citizens.
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Washington
Congress
Margaret Wilson
National Woman's Party
Retail lumber dealers oppose tariff in House hearing
Washington retailers urged the House Ways and Means Committee to reject a lumber tariff, arguing it would burden home builders and curb new homes. BE Hill of Pittsburgh for the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association warned the duty would yield little revenue and harm the home building program.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hill
Pittsburg
National
Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Denied Raise Teachers Quit In New Westminster
The New Westminster Teachers’ Association refused proposed pay hikes after the school board announced no further salary increases. A plan to raise annual salaries by $18,000 was rejected as insufficient, prompting teachers to abstain from duty.
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New Westminster
B. C
Teachers’ Association
Fargo's Check Protested Over Bond and Interest Needs
Fargo officials report a city check for 15875 drawn on Bank of North Dakota against a 101000 deposit was protested. The city said the funds are needed to cover soon due bonds and interest.
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Fargo
Fargo, N. DA
Bank of North Dakota
Woman Chief Arrests Bandits Near Buckner
Buckner police chief Miss Linsie Overturff led a posse to pursue four armed bandits who held up a crap game, wounding a bystander. Two were captured, two escaped, and the two detained were jailed after the chase. The robbery totaled about $700.
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Benton
House in turmoil over Summers Blanton clash in Texas row
Uproar erupts in the House as Representative Summers from Texas reads a clipping accusing Representative Blanton of planning a treasury raid and salary increases. Summers shouts that Blanton's statement was false while Blanton fights to be heard and defend himself amid party clashes and a fury of protests.
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Washington
Representative Summers
Texas
Representative Blanton
Summers
Blanton
Treasury
Mr. Summers
Mr. Blanton
Byrnes
Tennessee
Wood
Indiana
Escape After Short Sentence Shocks St Louis Officials
Harry Moore, just sentenced to ten years for two holdup and robbery charges, escaped from St Louis city jail after handcuffs were removed and he was placed in an elevator to transfer to a cell. The elevator operator mistakenly returned him to the male floor where he walked past guards.
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St. Louis
Harry Moore
Moore
Municipal Court
Piiot
Landis Impeached Over Baseball Arbitrator Role
Federal Judge K M Landis of Chicago faces impeachment in the House on charges of high crimes and misdemeanors for accepting the role of supreme baseball arbitrator while serving as judge. Rep Welty cites Attorney General Palmer’s opinion that the act may violate law. The case proceeds with judiciary committee hearings and potential House action before March 4.
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Union News Service
Washington
K. M. Landis
Chicago
Reprendntate Welty
Ohio
Palmer
Landis
Welty
Dial
South Carolina
Ottawa
Iil
Judge Landis
Department of Justice
Senate
Sherwood
House
Judiciary Committee
Coast Guns Funding for Fortifications Bill
The annual fortifications appropriation bill provides about 8 million dollars to continue the 10 inch gun program for coast defenses in the United States, Hawaii, and the Panama Canal for the coming year. The appropriation is 27.5 million less than asked by the War Department and 10 million more than last year. It is the last of the big supply measures to be brought before the House.
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Washington
United States
Hawaiii
Panama Canal
War Department
House
McLane May Lose Seat Over Fraud Findings
The House elections committee says J. Tt. Parr was elected to the current Congress from Pennsylvania and is entitled to the seat held by Patrick McLane amid fraud findings. It notes McLane spent $748 personally while his campaign committee spent $14,740, challenging his claim of no knowledge.
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McLane
Washington
House Elections Committee
J. Tt. Parr
Congress
Pennsylvania
Patrick McLane
Senate passes Fordney emergency tariff bill amid party splits
The Fordney emergency tariff bill cleared the Senate by 43 to 30 and heads to conference. Four Republicans opposed. nine Democrats supported. Senator Moses derided the measure as “unscientific” and harmful to farmers, while Lodge amendments were defeated. House committee work on permanent tariff revision continues as Fordney plans talks with Harding.
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Washington, Med
Senate
House
Edge
New Jersey
Moses
New Hampshire
Democratc
Senator Lodge
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Harding
St. Augustine
Congress
Wilson
McCumber
North Dakota
New England
Finance Committee
Labor Leaders Seek Delay Before Railroad Board
Labor leaders urged the Railroad Labor Board in Chicago to defer action amid a dispute with railway executives. B. M. Jewell, chairman of the employees committee, said the drive aims to obscure the core issues of open shop policies and efforts to crush organized labor.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Italy proposes two grades of bread under price bill
The government seeks an amendment to raise bread prices proposing two grades. One cheap grade would serve the poor while a luxury bread would cover part of the cheap bread's cost, sharing the burden with consumers.
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Iome
Italy
Brother of girl shoots Black man in Knoxville hearing
A brother of a young woman confronted here shot Arthur Hendrix, one of two Black suspects in a crime. Hendrix was wounded in the arm on the way to a hearing. The trial was waived and the suspects were returned to jail.
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Knoxville
Will Bowing
Arthur Hendrix
Hendrix
Jury of Twelve Negro Women Decides Case in Ind
In Indianapolis a jury of twelve black women, first of its kind, finds Daniel Holt not entitled to damages after a minor collision between his wagon and the car of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rife, both also African American. The decision ends after a brief session in a Justice of the Peace Court.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Daniel Holt
Eugenerife
Justice of the Peace Court
Wyoming Briefs Highlight Legislation and Industry Shifts
Wyoming news items cover proposed constitutional convention questions from the Sheridan county delegation, city manager form bills for Cheyenne, a $100,000 loss in a fire at Parkerton Ohio Oil shops, and calls for a bank guarantee fund. Other notes include tuberculosis tests on dairy stock near Afton, university visits to Cheyenne, new housing contracts in Laramie, a potential new judicial district, a drastic budget bill cut, egg market prices in Sheridan, a Nessy rail prospect, major liquor raids amid Prohibition debate, and livestock value declines statewide.
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Ohio Oil Company
Parkerton
Big Muddy
Wyoming
Industrial Institute
Worland
Rawlins
Star Valley
Afton
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific
Laramie
Cheyenne
University of Wyoting
Paul H. Moore Reality Company
P. H. Grounds Construction Company
Moore Company
Standard and Midwest
Laramie Realty Company
Senate
Niobrara
Converse
William C. Mentier
C. O. Brown
Douglas
Brown
House of the
Sheridan
Commercial Club
Nessy
Wye
Rapid City
Milwaukee Railroad
M. ©. Wachtel
Denver
Tock Springs
Sherdan
Hartville
Evanston
Glenrock
Lusk
Bagin
Lymon
State Senate
Prohibition Committee
H. 8. Kirk
A. C. Fonda
C. P. Meek
Thomas A. Dunn
Rank P. Cranney
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France
Miss Wilson
June Pass
Misscuri van Dyke McCrary
Athiata
Hume
Mia
McCrary
Atlanta
Pass
Buckhead
Wis
Jurist
Union News
Cage
Asilon News Service
Midwest Refining Company
Sheridan County
Cheyenne Lions Club
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