Peace effort abandoned as rail strike escalates
The big five brotherhoods end peace talks and rail executives vow victory in a week. Carmen’s leader Ryan says the fight will last three weeks or three months, while Jewell predicts a rapid victory for the unions. Street rail traffic stalls as Chicago and Alton clerks walk out and trainmen refuse to operate. An Orient railway engineer Clement Hambright dies near Blackwell in a presumed fall from his locomotive. Missouri Pacific trainmen also walk out at Nevada, Missouri.
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New York
Ryan
Carmen’s Brotherhood
BR. M. Jewell
Jewell
Roadhouse
Ill
Chicago & Alton Railroad
San Angelo
Texas
Clement W. Hambright
Orient Railway
Blackwell
Here
Sweetwater
Mystery Heiress Captive Stirs Federal Narcotics Probe
Federal agents faced the case of Mabel Howard Rockwell Schaeffer, reputed heiress and captive held after a raid on a dope den. She claims a fortune squandered on drugs and hints a wealthy candy magnate protects her interests. Authorities seek her origins from the manufacturer she names.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mabel Howard Rockwell Schaeffer
Fuel bill blocked in senate intersta te commerce panel
Action on the administration bill to curb coal profiteering by extending interstate commerce powers and creating a fuel distribution agency was blocked in the senate interstate commerce committee. The subject goes to Monday as hearings may be held with mine owners and workers getting a chance to express views before any final action. Henry Ford announced Ford plants in Highland Park Dearborn and River Rouge suburbs will close September 16 due to coal shortages affecting about 100000 workers and 85000 Ford employees nationwide. Alabama coal miners will see a 20 percent wage increase starting September 1 following a statewide meeting with nearly all operators represented. about 26000 men will be affected.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Pomerene
Ohio
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
Dearborn
River Rouge
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Ford
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Federal move to end coal and rail strike today
The federal administration plans an early culmination of the anthracite coal and rail strike by taking over anthracite mines and some railroads if needed to protect the public welfare. A White House conference is anticipated.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Klan Members Freed by Jury After Inglewood Raid
Thirty five alleged Ku Klux Klan members were acquitted on felony charges related to the April 22 Inglewood raid. They had seized 48 alleged bootleggers and released them after authorities refused to jail the men. Inglewood Constable M. I. Mosher was killed during the raid which the trial linked to Klan planning. After acquittal G W Price said the organization will remain law abiding as before.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Inglewood
Fidel and
Matias Eldungen
M. I. Mosher
Ku Klux Klan
G. W. Price
King Xleagle
Calfornia
Cox Breakfast Visit Ties Europe Crisis to US Role
James M. Cox former Democratic candidate for president was hosted by Prime Minister Lloyd George in London for breakfast. He issued a statement on Europe’s economic plight and cited German chancellor Wirth warning that without US involvement soon Germany and Central Europe face total loss.
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Associated Press
London
James M. Cox
Lloyd George
Europe
Dr. Wirth
Berlin
United States
European
Germany
Governor urged to probe insult claim in Corpus Christi incident
Governor Neff received a request from the state department secretary to investigate an alleged insult to Mexican Consul Lisandro Pesia of Corpus Christi. Pesia had traveled to Charco in Goliad County to inquire into the reported kidnapping and whipping of Juan G. Sanchez, a Mexican national. Neff made no statement.
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Austin
Texas
Neff
The
State Department
Lisandro Pesia
Corpus Christi
Charco
Goliad County
Juan G. Sanchez
Largest cotton seed sale seals deal in Texas
San Antonio reports the largest seed purchase in the industry as Pat S. Grogan of Corpus Christi bought 15 cars of Kasch ped reed seed from B. A. Stufflebeme of San Marcos for 42000 dollars. The seed will be used by Nueces county farmers.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Pat S. Grogan
Corpus Christi
B. A. Stufflebeme
San Marcos
Nueces County
Foreign gunboats ordered to exterminate bands along Yangtze
Foreign powers led by the United States through the Isabel under Admiral Bullard dispatch gunboats to the Yangtze gorge district with orders to neutralize bands of disorganized soldiers firing on foreign merchant ships and end attacks.
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Peking
U. S
Isabel
Bullard
Yangtze Gorge
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