Rail conference ends with no settlement on rail strike
Chicago reports the joint Federal Railway Labor Wage Board and Big Five brotherhoods held talks October 21 but failed to reach an agreement to avert the nationwide strike planned for October 20. Board officials said discussions were open and beneficial, yet no definite results.
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Federal Railway Labor
W. G. Lee
W. L. Carter
Cleveland
Lee
Brotherhoods
Railrads
Labor Board
Ohio
Federal Railway Labor Board
Brotherhood of Engineers
Washington
Reall
Rate cuts forecast by Interstate Commission
Washington reports imminent freight rate reductions to be issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Forecasts indicate hay grain feed and lumber rates will drop with further cuts anticipated for citrus fruits vegetables and coal. White House press briefings stress the move aims to influence railroad unions to drop strike plans.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United Press
White House
Hardings Deariout
Dyer Anti Lynching Bill Favored by House Panel
Washington October 21 The House judiciary committee voted to report favorably the Dyer anti lynching bill and press for early action. It prescribes up to five years in prison and a $6000 fine or both for officials who fail to stop a lynching while mob participants face life imprisonment. Counties hosting lynchings face forfeiture of 1000000 to the victim's dependents.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Congress Debates Tax Revision and Key Bills
In the House, tax revision legislation moves forward as committees review measures. The Interstate Commerce Committee considers the maternity bill while the Immigration Committee debates naturalization proposals. The Wage and Means Committee examines a foreign debt refunding bill and the Judiciary Committee discusses an anti lynching bill.
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Interstate Commerce Committees
Immigration
Wage and Means
Judiciary Committee
Immense Concessions to France Reported in Angola Treaty
Special Cable Dispatch from Paris notes immense concessions to France in Angola as part of a treaty with the Turkish nationalist government. The diplomatic circles view the move as a direct slap at Great Britain's peacemaking efforts in the Near East.
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Paris
France
Angola
East
London
Silesian Boundary Decision Divides Poland and Germany
Paris reports the League of Nations council published its upper Silesian boundary ruling. The Oder river line assigns 22 southern communes to Germany and 19 to Poland, with 20 and 21 communes split in the northern sector. An official communique outlines gradual administration over 15 years.
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Paris
Council of the
League of Nations
Poland
Germany
Oder
Nieberschau
Lissau
Anglo Irish Conference Renewed Talks Across Finance Naval Policy Ulster Question
London dispatch reports renewed Anglo Irish conference discussions on financial relations and naval protection. Joint committees reached understandings on station withdrawals and army pullback in Ireland. Sinn Fein demands united Ireland with local and religious guarantees for Ulster, while Premier Craig negotiates terms.
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London
Great Britain
Ireland
Ulster
Sinn
Arrested as Swindler in $100,000 Reading Liquor Case
Los Angeles on October 1 arrested a man identifying himself as Dr. Jacob M. Gartman, 89, a dentist, on a telegraph warrant for felonious ce in connection with a $100,000 liquor swindle at Reading, Pa. He was booked as a fugitive from justice at the city jail.
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Reading
Jacob M. Gartman
Peyote Still Survives in Senate Action
Peyote a beverage from the cactus bean used in Indian religious ceremonies was saved at least temporarily by the Senate on Thursday marking one of the last survivors of the John Barleycorn family. The report from Washington notes the plant known as Indian Hooch remains under protection amid ongoing debates.
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Washington
John Barleycorn
Senate
Senate approves Rio de Janeiro centennial expo aid
Washington Oct 21 The Senate passed a bill providing a 1 million dollar appropriation to fund an American building and exhibit at the Rio de Janeiro exposition next year celebrating Brazilian Independence.
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Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Senate
Senate Wants Accounting From Ship Board and Moat Corp
Senator Underwood declares sinister influences have kept American ships from the seas over a century during debate on Senator Poindexter s resolution for a full accounting by the ship board and the emergency moat corporation The measure was adopted unanimously
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Senate
Washington
America
Underwood
Alabama
Poindexter
Emergency Moat Corporation
Farmer Fred Haupt Ended Life After Loss in Manning Iowa
In Manning Iowa on October 31 Fred Haupt a farmer hanged himself in a cornfield near his wagon his team found nearby munching corn. Authorities cite the death of his two children in an automobile accident as the sole motive for his suicide.
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Iowa
Manning
Fred Haupt
Haupt
Thie
Great Plans for Legion Meeting in Kansas City
Kansas City prepares for the American Legion and Women's Auxiliary national convention attracting about 100000 ex service members. The city cleans up, arranges entertainment, and offers rail one cent a mile rates to boost attendance with special trains from Des Moines Minneapolis Omaha and more.
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The
American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakotas
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Omaha
Legion Convention
Fort Riley
Marshal Foch
Baron Jacques
Belgium
David Beatty
England
Armando Diaz
Italy
Charles Bertrand
Interallied Veterans’ Association
Pershing
Harding
General Pershing
R. E. Coontz
Enoch H. Crowder
Army
Navy
Legion
South Dakota
Montana
Oklahoma
Veterans’ Bureau
Bergdoll
Debs
America
Legion and Foreign Veterans’ Association
New Orleans
Baltimore
San Francisco
Houston
Tex
Chicago man seeks reconciliation after wife found in Minnesota
Frank Marek of Chicago, after a 14 month search, found his wife and three children in Jackson Minnesota living with another man. He refused to prosecute either the woman or Rudolph Raha, the man she lives with, and said he came to reconcile though she would not leave.
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Grant City
Staten Island
Mrs. Levapresto
Jackson
Minn
Frank Marek
Chicago
BE. M. Nicholas
Marek
Rudolph Raha
Football game announced for Legion convention visit
Officials in Kansas City announce a football game between picked Army and Navy teams to be played in the city October 31 and November 1 during the American Legion national convention. A telegram from Theodore Roosevelt confirms the event.
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Kansas City
American Legion
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Army
French Mob Storms U S Consulate in Brest Riot
A mob of over 6,000 in Brest destroyed property at the U S consulate, hurling stones and smashing windows amid anti American banners. Brest’s communist mayor and a wider southern France agitation are noted in dispatches.
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Brest
Broat
Nee
Socen
Lade America
United States
France
Italy
Letters to Ambassador Harvey Over Sacco and Vanzetti
London reports letters similar to those sent to Paris ambassador Herrick urging commutation for Sacco and Vanzetti awaiting death in Massachusetts. The communists threaten no violence but promise broad support if demands persist, with Scotland Yard prepared for protection during a planned London demonstration. The envoy plans a golf trip and ignores the pressure.
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Ambassador Herrick
Rue Pontoise
Notre Dame
Marcel Cachin
Humanite
Sacco
Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Wagram Hall
Communist Party
Harvey
London
Herrick
Braintree
Mass
Ambassador Harvey
Universal Service
United States
England
Vansett
Sylva Pankhurst
America
Scotland Yard Lea
Federal Judge Arrested in Pasadena for Alleged Hit-and-Run
Federal Judge Page Morris of Duluth Minnesota was arrested in Pasadena California for allegedly failing to aid Mrs Elizabeth Holmes after her car was struck by the judge’s vehicle. The incident occurred Thursday and prompted an official inquiry.
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Cal
Page Morris
Duluth
Minn
Mra
Eilzabeth Holmes
Debated Sales Tax Urges Congress to Act
Senator Edge of New Jersey pressed for a general sales tax as the solution to economic ills. He argued it is a voluntary, equitable tax on expenditures, opposing a higher surtax and urging repeal of damaging business taxes while maintaining government revenue. The finance bill faced a setback as sections exempting foreign traders were removed with bipartisan votes.
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Washington
Congress
Fidge
New Jersey
Senate
Fulge
Tam
Edge
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Finance Committee
Agricultural Bloc
Re elect Williams Press President at World Congress
Walter Williams of the University of Missouri journalism school was re elected president of the press congress of the world by acclamation. The congress passed a resolution urging President Harding to allow press representatives at the disarmament conference deliberations.
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Special Radio Dispatch
Honolulu
Walter Williams
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Press Congress of the World
Congress
Harding
Coolidge Sees Turning Tide in Business Activity
In Boston on October 21 Vice President Calvin Coolidge said there is a definite turning in the business and industrial activities of the country. He cited banks railroads post offices mills and farms as signs of rising economic momentum and urged optimism and forward looking confidence among business leaders.
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Boston
Calvin Coolidge
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Coolidge
Bill would abolish U. S. Shipping Board
Washington October 21 The United States Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation would be abolished under a bill to be introduced in the House Friday by Representative Sweet Iowa All power and property of the board and the corporation would pass to the Department of Commerce and be merged into a bureau of American merchant marine A director would be appointed at ten thousand dollars a year
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Sweet
Iowa
Department of Commerce
Bureau of American Merchant Marine
Howat Aid Rumor Denied by Illinois Miners Leader
Reports from Pittsburg Kansas claimed Illinois miners withdrew support for Alexander Howat former Kansas district president and followers in the fight over the Kansas industrial court. Walter Nesbit of the union secretary treasurer said the reports were false and pledged continued aid if needed.
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Ill
Pittsburg
Kan
Alexander Howat
Kansas District
Kansas Industrial Court
Walter Nesbit
Hiinoie
Howat
Funeral held for bandit Thomas Emmett King
Thomas Emmett King was buried after funeral services in Council Bluffs Iowa where Alice King claimed to be his wife and attended the burial unguarded. The mourners included only the widow amid the quiet ceremony following last Friday's battle near the area.
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Council Bluffs
Thomas Emmett King
Here
Alice King
Fan
Sur
Shipping Board to face congressional probe into Green Star deal
Washington Oct 21 Congress to investigate the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation over war contracts that cost taxpayers millions. A Senate resolution requests a full report on indebtedness claims employment payrolls and salaries as part of a broader probe. Details emerge of Green Star line purchases refunds and alleged mismanagement linked to ex board members.
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Green Star Line
Shipping Board
Senate
Poindexter
Congress
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Green Star Company
Mortgue
Green Star Inc
Martin J. Gillen
Green Ling
Associated
Equitable Trust Company of New York
Gillen
Green Star
Tte
Lasker
Elmer Schlesinger
Knoxville News to Start as Daily Afternoon Paper
Announcement states the Knoxville News will launch in Knoxville Tennessee as a daily afternoon newspaper. It will be the fifth Berippa McHae paper, joining the Birmingham Post Norfolk Fort Worth Prose and the Washington D C Daily Nowa published since January.
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Tenn
Got
Scorippa-Mchae
Knoxville
Knoxville News
Berippa-McHae
Birmingham Post
Norfolk
Fort Worth
Texas
Prose
Washington, D. C
Dally Nowa
Senator Sterling III Collapse During Senate Session
Washington Oct 31 Senator Bring of South Dakota prohibition leader fainted while presiding for Vice President Coolidge. He was assisted from the chamber as doctors addressed a serious episode of vertigo.
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Washington
Bring
South Dakota
Dent Coolidge
Senate
Plans to avert food shortages completed
Washington reports federal and state cooperation to distribute food and essentials by motor truck in case of rail strike. A national survey of reserves is underway, with industry and state plans to mobilize trucks and Army transport if needed. Relief remains largely with state authorities unless shortages persist.
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Washington
Vari Lous
Department of Ecommerce
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Japanese man admits killing countryman over English
Balto Talso, 24, a Japanese national, confessed in New York on October 21 that he killed Nitari Yasuhara, 32, his countryman, after an argument over poor English. He said he choked Yasuhara during the fight when urged to speak better English or Japanese.
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New York
Japs Will Not Raise Immigration Question at Conference
Tokio reports indicate the Japanese delegation to the Washington disarmament talks will not press immigration when the conference opens, deferring it to Tokyo. Land disarmament discussions have also been deferred, with expectations that France will keep it from the agenda. Maj. Gen. K. Tanaka is described as not authorized to act definitively for the militarists.
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Universal Service
Tokio
Washington
College Disarmament Conference Planned
New York reports a national student convocation on disarmament in Chicago set for November 18 and 14 inviting 700 colleges and 1500 secondary schools. Sponsored by 22 organizations including Protestant church boards and Catholic education officials, the event will be attended by students faculty and alumni.
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New York
Chicago
Board of Education
Methodist Episcopal Church
Boards of Education of Protestant Churches
Bureau of Education
Catholic Hierarchy
Conference of American Habbis
The
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Women's Christen Association
Villisca Bachelor Farmer Ends Own Life
Oct 21 Villisca Ja reports that Tra Stanberry a wealthy bachelor farmer failed to keep an appointment with workers to dig a grave. A search found him dead by his own hand with a shotgun blast to the head and no motive is apparent.
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Villisca, Ja
Tra Stanberry
Villisca
Wirth's Cabinet Expected to Weather Financial Storm
Berlin reports indicate Chancellor Wirth's cabinet would endure current financial troubles and dissent over the Silesian settlement. The government is likely to remain unchanged aside from the resignation of Foreign Minister Rosen, with support from the president and coalition partners.
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Berlin
Wirth
Rosen
Ebert
Democrats
Centriets
Wildcat Oil Well Strikes Near Stephens Arkansas
Pine Bluff Ark Oct 21 a wild cat oil well was struck near Stephens at noon Thursday and reported spouting thousands of barrels of oil. The discovery marks the first major strike in Arkansas outside the prolific fields.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Stephens
Arkansaw
Bildorado
Neff Nominated for I O O F Grand Master
L J Neff of Walnut Iowa was nominated for grand master by the Iowa land lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Des Moines on October 21. The election will be held by subordinate lodges next June, with Sioux City Council Bluffs and Iowa City listed as contenders for the 1922 convention.
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Homie
Lown Land Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Sioux City
Council Tafte
Iowa City
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