Railroad Presidents Stand Pat on Seniority Issue
Chicago and New York dispatches report American railroad presidents meeting at the Yale Club to decide on a response to mediation proposals amid the nationwide shopmen strike. Carriers reportedly refuse reinstate strikers with full seniority rights while offering counter proposals, with a Grand Central Terminal gathering planned for the mediation committee and executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Yale Club
Brotherhood
Howard Eliott
Northern Pacific
Brotherhoods
Grand Central Terminal
National Horse Thief Sleuths Hold Annual Picnic
The annual picnic of the National Horse Thief Sleuths Association is underway at Wakarusa with a large turnout. Key figures include She, Bango quartet, and Miss Bettie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Horse
Thief Detective Association
Wakarusa
Bango Quartet
Bettie
Indiana Coal Mines Resume Work After Strike
Indiana coal fields began returning to routine work as union miners ended a five month strike. About 10,000 to 12,000 of the state’s 25,000 miners answered the call on the first work day. Miners prepared for blasting, timbering, debris removal, and track repairs while officials estimated output would take weeks to reach normal capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Associated Press
Indiana
Unidiana Mnining
West Terre Haute
Staunton
Bicknell
Sullivan
Linton
Jasonville
Twelve Points
Man Suffered Nervous Shock After Auto Collision on Woodward
Woodson V. BE. Messick suffers nervous shock after being knocked down by an automobile on Woodward Avenue Detroit two weeks ago while attempting to board a streetcar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodson V. BE. Messick
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Typhoid Probe Under Way At Winona Lake
Dr J N Murty state health secretary is in Warsaw investigating a typhoid fever outbreak at Winona Lake reports say more than 80 cases have been reported. No word yet from Dr Hurty on the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurty
Winona Lake
Indeanavolis
Associated Press
J. N. Murty
State Board of Health
Warsaw
Ind
McCumber Demands Soldiers Bonus Legislation
Senate Finance Chairman McCumber urged enactment of soldiers bonus via a loan certificate plan in the amended House bill, arguing the aim is to equalize pay for veterans and criticizing the wartime extravagance. the cash option is largely removed except for veterans owed $50 or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Congress
McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
House
Finance Committee
Sneaze
Senate
Harding
Indiana Weather Report Reflects Unsettled Conditions
Daily weather summary notes temperatures reported from a government thermometer by S. W. Witmer for 24 hours to noon. Minimum around 0 degrees and a likely unsettled pattern through Thursday with light winds and little change anticipated.
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S. W. Witmer
Indiana
Sparks Circus Comes to Town in Goshen Parade
Sparks Circus wowed Goshen with a colorful parade and two hours of novelty acts. The show featured elephants camels horses and aerial performers plus daring feats by Sakata Shaichi and the Flying Walters drawing loud applause.
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Sparks’ Circus
Goshen
Calliope
Sparks
Jack Phillips
Tiebor
Bartett
Hurd
LaVerne Hauser
Beautiful
Snowewhite
Woodford
Minnie Thompson
Madge Fuller
Beatrice J Yng
Sakata
Shaichi
Walters
Winslow Measure On Coal Problem To Be Advanced
Washington August 25 The House Rules Committee reversed to report the Winslow administration bill for a commission of impartial public representatives. An open rule would allow amendments to provide for miners and operators, testing whether such representation should be prohibited as urged by President Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Bland
House Rules Committee
Winslow Administration
Harding
House
Philadelphia
Unvon
Samuel V. Warriner
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miners in Westmoreland and Fayette Face Wage Offer
Forty thousand bituminous miners in Westmoreland and Fayette counties were presented with a wage offer equal to the highest in the industry. The area, long known as non-union, is seeing many workers organize as the strike unfolds, drawing national attention to the central bituminous region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Westmoreland
Fayette Counties
Alleged murderer claims drunken memory lapse in Kendallville killing
Albion Indiana August 23 8 Sheriff says Hugh Postell alias Hugh Davis admits he cannot recall shooting Alexander Thompson after entering a Kendallville hotel room last Saturday night. Postell and witness Glenn Parkhurst deny, while investigators probe alcohol supply and a jewelry-store robbery plan linked to Kendallville.
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Albion
Ind
Alexander Thompson
Sheriff Black
Hugh Postell
Hugh Davis
Kendallville
Postell
Glenn Parkhurst
Elkhart
Thompson
Parkhurst
Beckman
Bryan Urges Return to God at Winona Bible Conference
William Jennings Bryan told about 6 000 listeners at Winona Bible conference that the world must return to God and observe divine law. He blamed lawlessness, bootlegging, profiteers, and the spread of evolution in schools, urging government action against these forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Tad
William Jennings Bryan
Winona
Bryan
Sugar Tariff Increases Cost To American Sugar Consumers
Washington report asserts Senate sugar tariff raises price by about two cents per pound. It claims Cuba, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines benefit from a two cent tariff, shifting nearly one hundred million dollars yearly from consumers to sugar growers and linking tariffs to Republican campaign finance. The piece argues tariffs should raise revenue with minimal consumer burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
DC. C
Senate
United States
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Cuba
Smoot
Phillipines
Army Commander Michael Collins Killed Near Cork Ambush
Michael Collins head of the Free State army was shot dead by ambush near Bandon Cork while traveling with senior staff. Major General Dalton may have been wounded as the attack left several troops dead or wounded and Collins died from a skull wound after the assault. The incident follows a series of IRA raids and attacks on Free State forces in southern Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Associated Press
Michael Collins
Free State Army
Dalton
Macrom
Bandon
Free State
Ireland
Commander In Chiefs Party
Landen
National Army
Mgr. Collins
Dublin
Collins
London
Associated Proess
Bundon
County Cork
Cel- Uns
the Times
Hour
Arthur Griffith
Free States
Puble
Parnell
Redmond
Press Association
Provisional Government
Irish National Army
Stillorgen
Naas
County Kildare
Pastor Schultz Accepts Chicago Call to Dorothea Church
Rev. FE A Schultz, former pastor here and in Madison Ind, has accepted a call to the Dorothea Baptist church in Chicago. He will assume his new position September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. A. Schultz
The
Baptist Church
Madison
Ind
Dorothea Baptist Church
Chicago
Schultz
General Supply Store to Open on North Main Street
Messrs. Carl and Orville Line will open a general supply store at 124 North Main Street in the former Motor Supply location. The store will stock farm merchandise including hay feeds flour tires tubes and accessories. The Line family plans to move to Goshen soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Carl and Orville
Eikhart
Motor Supply Company
North Main Street
Goshen
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Transportation Brotherhoods
Southern Railway
Frei
Chicago and Alton
Venice
Round House
Atchison
Topeka
Santa Fe
San Bernardino
Calif
Michigan Central
Gary
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri Pacific
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Waducah
Spencer and Salisbury
N. C
Princeton, Ltd
Salisbury
Thomas S. Jimison
Lake Sebago
Maine
Underwood & Underwood
Luther Gulick
Lake Seba
Charlotte V. Gulick
Camp Fire Girls
May Elizabeth Cook
Columbus
Oleh
Army and Navy Medical Corps
Chi-Liang Kwei
Shanghai
Wellesley
McUmber
Sparks Circus
Engman-Matthews Range
Winslow
Desporat
William J. Bryan
Wallace Bassford
North Main ST
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