Railroads Seek More Wage Cuts and Rate Relief
U S rail executives announce plans to press labor board for a further 10 percent wage reduction and to push for lower freight rates. Union leaders reject five proposed terms and await outcome after a Friday conference. They view the move as pressure from the labor board more than a road decision.
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Earl L. Shaub
Chicago
Callav
Labor Board
United States Railroad Labor Board
Stone
W. 8. Stone
Robert 8S. Binkerd
Executives’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Brotherhoods
Bri
Cuyler
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
United States
Ratn
Ublic
Elkins Urges Harding to Oust Democrats in Posts
West Virginia figure Elkins visited the White House to protest Democratic retention in key federal posts. A coal miner leader proposed a government loan of 2.6 billion to idled workers to revive trade, amid talk of 10 billion to fund European postwar efforts. A Washington dispatch notes 2 million loaned to farmers, described as a start.
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Elkins
West Virginia
White House
Harding
Lewis
Coal Miners, Advocates & Government
Europe
Washington
Kansas Miners Hearings Prolonged in Industrial Court
The report concerns Rebel How9 ousted and the unclear loyalties of Howat whether he served employers or employees, affecting a potential hearing for Kansas miners in the industrial court.
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Kansas
How
Howat
Coal transport system details amid 10 ton per minute flow
An article describes a central coal system moving 10 tons per minute with a 60 ton car loaded and coupled into a train. The line would run to Chicago and New Orleans, with about 7 percent of all bituminous coal used by the system described.
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Wn Mingls Central System
I& Care
Chicago
New Orleans
Diary Tells Trials Of S C Lad Who Had Wanderlust
Oman Neb Oct 16 A Sioux City Iowa 15 year old lad ran away with one dollar capital. He traveled on foot to Omaha then by borrowed bicycle to Blencoe and Missouri Valley selling his coat for 50 cents. He reached Council Bluffs hungry and tired and paid six cents for a bridge, later writing he was jailed for his parents. Detectives Munch and Trapp held him as his diary ends with am now in jail.
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Oman
Neb
Sioux City
Munch and Trapp
Omaha
Blencoe
Missouri Valley
Counsell Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Big five packing firms seek to resume wholesale groceries
Washington reports growing indications that leading packing companies may be allowed to reenter the wholesale grocery trade. A 1930 consent decree bars unrelated lines but growers and canners urge modification. Hearings set for November 25 with a committee to hear both sides.
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Washington
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Pacific Coast
Daugherty
Department of Justice
F Y
Herman J. Galloway
B. T. Haler
Secretary of Agriculture
F.C. Hall
Secretary of Commerce
Cudahy Packing Company
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
Wilson & Co
House Recommits Siegel Increase Bill to Census Committee
Washington Oct 15 The House voted 146 to 142 to recommit the Siegel reapportionment bill raising membership from 435 to 460 to the census committee. An earlier 140 to 123 vote to retain present membership failed as a test of sentiment. Agricultural bloc opponents mobilized before the final tally.
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Census Committee
Fairfield
Indiana
House
Barbour
California
Middle Western
West States
Colombia Senate ratifies treaty to receive US aid
Bogota October 15 The Colombian senate after three sessions approved the treaty with the United States by which Colombia will receive twenty six million dollars. The decision follows a lengthy debate in the chamber.
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Bogota
Colombia
Senate
United States
Man Arrested for Smuggling Bird of Paradise Skins
William Campbell, petty officer on the White Star liner Cedric, was arrested by customs inspectors after being found wearing bird of paradise skins sewn over his underwear. Worth about $10,000, the skins were seized. Campbell was arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Hitchcock on a smuggling charge and said it looks like a cold winter.
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New York
William Campbell
White Star
Campbell
Bird of Paradise
United Staton
Hitchcock
Railroads Promise Lower Rates If Wages Cut Again
Railroad executives pledge lower fre ight rates if workers accept a 4 sen wage cut but previous promises to reduce rates after a 12 per cent cut were not fulfilled. In England legal costs are not recoverable from the court, making a similar stance moot there.
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England
Two Killed in Farmhouse Gun Battle With Allied Officers
Council Bluffs Iowa October 15 Special Officer R T Murray of Chicago and Northwestern killed. Policeman Elmer Lane shot near the heart and cannot live. A woman and four men among alleged gangsters shot or captured as a gun battle ends with several wounded and a large posse searching hills for remaining suspects.
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Council Bluffs
R. T. Murray
Chicago & Northwestern
Norfolk
Nab
Elmer Lane
Lane
Murray
Here
N. W. Morgan
L. Jones
Prohibition
Sumner Knox
Will
George Moore
Lincoln
Neb
Tierney
W. A. Bennett
Bennett
Poindexter in Line to Succeed Knox on Foreign Relations
Washington date Oct 15 A contest over Senate committee assignments following the death of Senator Knox Pas Pennsylvania centers on Senator Poindexter Washington seeking to take Knoxs place on the foreign relations committee Senator Wadsworth New York is also mentioned for the post A second contest centers on the rules committee chairmanship with Senator McCormick Illinois pressing for it while Senator Nelson Minnesota is said to lead but may decline to keep judiciary and open the way for Senator Curtis Kansas to chair rules
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Washington
Knox
Pennsylvania
Poindexter
Wadsworth
New York
McCormick
Illnois
Nelson
Minneasota
Curtis
Kansans
Judiciary Committee
Rules
Wizard Fails to Appear Faces Illness in Klan Case
William Joseph Simmons Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan told the House rules committee he was ill with bronchitis and would not testify as scheduled. Dr W J Manning advised Monday attendance may be possible. Klan literature seeks $10 subscriptions. possible mail fraud case if funds diverted.
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Washington
William Joseph Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
House Rules Committee
Campbell
W. J. Manning
Simmons
Imperial
Will
Te Coones
Andreae
House Co Representatives
Flembowlil
Mint
Banda Win Alot
Two More Women Open New York Modiste Shop
Mrs. Richard Peabody and Mrs. Robert Grosvenor become New York society women who left the tea table for business. They opened a modiste store here on Friday, saying they believe in happiness from earning money and that they need it.
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New York
Richard Peabody
Robert Grosvenor
U S Supports Cuba for Sixty Million Loan
Washington on Friday the White House announced U S government support for Cuba in obtaining a loan from American banks believed to be worth sixty million dollars The government accepts responsibility in the deal The article then shifts to a garbled segment about a shop sale of infants children and school girls clothing.
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Washington
Cuba
White House
Pee
Admiral Dewey
Pauper Thomas Proctor Linked to Lincoln Death Bed
Thomas Proctor, once a respected lawyer, now a pauper on Blackwell's Island, claims to have been in Lincoln's deathbed room after the president’s shooting. He formerly worked as a war department clerk and recalls guiding men carrying the unconscious Lincoln to his room in Washington. A recent photo shows his current appearance.
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Thomas Proctor
Abraham Lincoln
Blackwell's Island
Proctor
War Department
Ford
Washington, D. C
Lincoln
Australian Navy Seagoing Fleet Cut Totals £3,150,000
Melbourne October 14 The navy minister introduced in parliament the commonwealth naval estimates totaling £3,150,000. He announced the seagoing fleet has been reduced to two light cruisers one training cruiser two sloops four destroyers three submarines and a few auxiliaries.
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Melbourne
Commonwealth
Harding’s Practical Aim Outlined by Washington Policy
London Times calls President Harding’s remarks at the Washington conference wise and practical. The article notes his wish for something workable and a real chance to accomplish disarmament, while questioning the timing of universal disarmament.
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London
The
London Times
Harding
Washington
Grand Goblin of the Ku Klux Klan
W. 8. Coburn is named supreme attorney and grand goblin of the Ku Klux Klan on the Pacific coast. The Kansas City welfare board bans certain dances in public halls citing other dances as acceptable. The remark notes this as a kind of relativity.
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Grand Goblin
KU Klux Klan
W. 8. Coburn
Pacific Coast
Kansas City Board of Welfare
Main Street Adaptation Faces Money-Driven Change
The article laments that Sinclair Lewis's Main Street loses depth when turned into a play to fit dramatic unities. It notes the lure of profits as the likely driver, predicting box office success despite mangling the source.
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Sinclair Lewis
Main Street
Pearce Starts Home from Melbourne Flight to America
George Foster Pearce minister of defense and Australia’s delegate to the Washington conference sailed for America yesterday returning from Melbourne.
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Melbourne
George Foster Pearce
Australia
Washington
Americ
Fire Damages Osage Cotton Oil Co in Fort Smith
A fire at 3 am Thursday morning damaged the Osage Cotton Oil Company in Fort Smith Ark. The estimated loss is about 100000 dollars. The cause is listed as unknown.
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Fort Smith
Fort Smitt
Ark
Owl
Osage Cotton Ol Company
No Bomb Found After Overnight Threat on Chicago Federal Building
An all night search in Chicago failed to locate a bomb after a warning claimed to target the federal building at 4 50 this morning. The building, closed overnight with one entrance, later reopened to the public. The warning came in a letter written in a foreign language in red ink. The Board of Waxes and Badenmonte announced a 122 valuation of New York City real and personal property in 10 014 Haus.
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Chicago
Federal
Board of
Waxes and Badenmonte
New York City
Mellon to Resign Over Loan Issue Sparks White House Drama
Washington date October 15 reports widen rift between President Harding and Treasury Secretary Mellon over demand for absolute authority to refund 11 billion war loans. White House says Mellon will send a letter to Ways and Means on the commission plan, while Mellon denies such action. Speculation grows that Harding may appoint Hughes or Hoover to the foreign debt commission.
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Wraashington
Harding
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Treasury
Wall Street
Secretary of
State Hughes
Commerce Hoover
Harding and Gompers Praise Unemployment Conference
President Harding and Samuel Gompers hailed the unemployment conference as helpful with rich rewards for the unemployed. Across 119 cities, chambers report progress and full implementation of emergency measures, with some areas reducing unemployment and others keeping workers fully employed by shorter hours.
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Washington
Harding
Samuel Gompers
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Gompers
Death of Hubby No 3 Probed in Lyda's Case
Twin Falls Idaho October 16 Under court ruling the state examined the illness and death of Harlan C Lewis third husband of Mrs Lyda Southard as part of the trial for her fourth husband Edward F Moyer The testimony aimed to show lack of accident in poison administration and suggest motive Deputy Sheriff Ormsby traced the victims to Honolulu and described the investigation Madame Yajima Japan's Grand Old Lady heads to the armament limitation congress at 64.
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Twin Falls
Get
Lyda Southard
Harlan C. Lewis
Babcock
Edward F. Moyer
W. H. Ormsby
Mra
Madame Yajima
Japan
U S Fleets To Solve Bombing Problems
Washington October 15 the navy confronted a problem of preventing hostile fleets from approaching the Pacific side of the Panama canal to permit bombing aircraft attacks. The issue was officially learned Friday night as part of the maneuvers planned for February March and April 1922 by combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
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Washington
Pacific
Pandma Canal
Cops Test Bulletproof Steel Corsets in New York
New York police tested steel corsets claimed to be bulletproof for danger duty. Ten units were bought for the bomb squad Italian squad and safe and left squads. The report also notes many American draft evaders are being deported by Mexico.
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New York
Mexico
Firemen Discover Wax Dollies in Burning Building
New York firemen found a scene of broken wax doll parts scattered on the floor as they fought a blaze in a story building. They gathered the fragments and moved them to the street, where they dropped them a moment later.
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York
Krouc
Harioke
Cline
Truce for Erin to Be Stronger
London reports progress in Anglo Irish conference as a joint subcommittee proposes measures to curb disturbances in Ireland. Details to be released next week while secrecy remains tight and couriers head to Dublin with dispatches for De Valera. Both sides express satisfaction with progress.
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London
Ireland
Lloyd George
Dublin
de Valera
Lloyd George to Start Golf Practice for Harding Visit
Special Cable Dispatch from London reports Premier Lloyd George will begin earnest golf practice on the Chevy Chase course in anticipation of a possible match with President Harding during his U.S. visit. He reportedly considers the mashie his best shot and has heard the president is an excellent player.
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Special Cable Dispatch
London
Lloyd George
President Harding
United States
Chevy Chase
Unions Pressure Commons as Lloyd George Plans Washington Visit
Organized labor forces in the House of Commons grow frenzied over government inactivity on unemployment. Lloyd George pushes to attend the Washington conference, reserving Aquitania accommodation and aiming to sail by November. Labour opposition vows to challenge the government plan when he speaks, with a final decision on attendance expected by late next week.
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Forbes W. Fairbairn
Special Cable Dispatch
London
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Washington
Heaven
Aquitania
Labor
Universal Service
Lord Lee
Lamont Signals Hurdle in Mexican Loan Talks
Thomas W. Lamont told the Chamber of Commerce that U S recognition of Mexico is essential to the loan negotiations. He backed Mexico's Obregon government and urged cooperation for Mexico's prosperity.
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Universal Service
Special Cable Dispatch
Mexico City
Chamber of Commeree
Thomas W. Lamont Vio
United States
State Department
Mexico
Obregon
Exit Trot And Toddle Verse Describes Converse Over Shoes
A playful column from New York describes skipping certain dance steps and adopting a new talk based routine to save shoe leather. The piece mocks terpsichorean excess and suggests dialogue improvement as a modern daily practice.
Mexico loan proposal and US support questioned
A damaged OCR fragment discusses a 260 000 peso loan from the United States and suggests terms and motives. It mentions Mexico under Obregon, cooperative relations, and imagined large transfers, ending with a jumbled plea to “Love thy neighbor.”
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Mexico
United States
Rio Grande
Obregon
Senate orders probe into federal reserve bank salaries
The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution urged by Senator Overman to have the federal reserve board submit payrolls and expenses of the New York bank and other reserves. Charges allege salaries rising to 50 000 and more, with payrolls from 4 639 273 in 1920 to 2 104 830 in 1918, depriving the Treasury of funds.
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Washington
Oct
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Senate
Overman
North Carolina
Federal Reserve Board
United States Treasury
Ashurst
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Heflin
Alabama
Arizona
King
Utah
Reserve Bank
New York
U S Naval Experts Clash Over Parley Plan
Washington report says naval experts oppose the delegation's plan for arms talks. They warn that banning munitions accumulation and sharply limiting battleship construction would weaken the United States relative to Britain and reduce capital ship strength, urging actual reductions in capital ships instead.
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Washington
Prosrag
Purleys
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Navy
Wealthy Robber Foreshadows Change in Era News
The fragmentary clipping mentions John D. Rockefeller giving two dimes after a singer's voice touched him, and references Ku Klux Klan figures planning regalia shows. It also hints at potential political moves by Nicholas Longworth amid Republican considerations.
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