Rail Strike Ordered by Six Craft Presidents
Chicago June 29 Associated Press strike orders were issued to general chairmen representing 400 000 freight rail and Pullman shop workers authorizing a strike at 0 a m July 1. Letters detailing strike conduct were prepared at headquarters and to be mailed tonight. Union leaders said the issue is definite and that districts can halt the strike before 10 a m. A general committee of ninety chairmen heads home to organize the action.
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Chicago
Associated ‘Press
United States
Cuyler
Distri
Railroad Brotherhoods Promise Normal Duties in Cleveland
Engineers, firemen and trainmen with the railroad brotherhoods headquartered in Cleveland will continue regular duties and not take the places of other railroad workers. The pledge comes in response to the shop crafts strike call for Saturday morning, with chiefs advising members to stay at work today.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
Railroad ‘Brotherhood
Brotherhoods
Maintenance of Way workers threaten nationwide railroad strike
Detroit Michigan June 29 decision on a possible strike by about 400000 railroad maintenance of way employees hangs on a late decision. FE F Grale international president of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employees and railroad shop laborers announced.
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Detroit
Mich
FE. F.grale
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Enrollment highs set at Haskell Institute
Last winter Haskell Institute recorded an average enrollment of 790, a new high for the winter term at the Indian school. Superintendent His Peaks reports summer attendance also exceeding expectations, with enrollment around Ot.
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Haskell
Haskell Institute
Hiis
Harding Accepts Bid for Joint White House Strike Talks
Washington officials say acceptances came from both coal operators and all union officials who responded, for a weekend White House meeting at the Capitol to discuss the nation-wide strike. The invitation from President Harding aims to bring the bituminous and anthracite sectors together for talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Harding
Chinese official Sun Yat Sen ally Chen Chiung Ming assassinated
A sensational cable from Shanghai reported Chen Chiung Ming, linked to Sun Yat Sen loyalists, was assassinated after a coup d etat in south China. Reuters could not confirm the claim.
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Manila
Associated Press
Chen Chiung Ming
Ganton
Sun Yat Sén
South China Republic
Shanghai
Konelipo
Sun Yat.Sen
Reuter
Kansas Forecast Reflects Unsettled But Fair Weather
The Kansas forecast calls for unsettled conditions but generally fair weather tonight and Friday. Temperatures show little change with highs near yesterday and lows around today’s readings. No significant temperature swings are expected.
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Kansas
J. m
Speam
Berlin Student Arrested in Rathenau Assassination Case
Ernest Jerner Taichow of Berlin, a 21 year old student, was arrested near Frankfurt tonight as police declare him the driver of the car used in the assassination of Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau last Saturday.
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Rathenau
Frankfort
Germany
Hythe A. P
Ernest Jerner Taichow
Berlin
Fourth of July Celebrations Feature Machine Gun Demonstrations
Woodland Park hosts a July Fourth program with no horse races due to costs but includes bicycle races and a Browning machine gun firing demonstration by Company H veterans. Ray Hall’s Topeka Orchestra provides daytime and evening dancing, while entry tallies for bicycle races are underway at 944 Massachusetts Street with plans to select relay captains by Saturday night.
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Woodland Park
Ralph Achtung
Topeka
St- Mihiel
The
Argonne
Company HO
Loys
Company H
Ray Hall
Hall
Lawrence
Honey Hanna
Massachusetts Street
Harry
Mr. Hanna
Ree
Japan Ratifies Washington Treaty After Privy Council Review
June 20 Takia Japan’s privy council approved the naval treaty from the Washington arms conference and sent it to the prince regent for ratification. The panel endorsed gas ban and submarine limits, noted Japan’s ship allotment was unfavorable, but found Japanese delegates blameless and urged ratification to support world peace.
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Takia
Associated Press
Privy Council
Washington
Prince Regent
Viscount Ito
Japan
Stolen Buick and Nash Recovered near Lake View
A Buick was stolen from Butler-Sanderson Motor last night around 9 30. Sheriff Johns located the car about five miles toward Lake View this morning. A Nash stolen from Bert Crowder in Topeka last night was also found. Both cars lay in a ditch with two rear tires missing from the Buick.
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Butler-Sanderson Motor, Company
Johns
Lake View
Bert Crowder
Topeka
Coal Operators Accept Harding Invitation for White House Talks
Secretary of Labor Davis announced that bituminous and anthracite coal operators accepted President Harding's invitation to meet at the White House Saturday with United Mine Workers officials to discuss methods to begin negotiations for the coal strike settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis
Harding
White House
United Mine Workers
Boy Shot After Taunt Ends Fatal
In Kansas City two boys aged 9 and 10 allegedly taunted Peter Carraninsa and his younger brother with monkey faces. One of the youths fired a small rifle, striking Peter in the chest. he died within an hour at a hospital. The incident led to the arrest of George Hurlburt and Sherman Hanna.
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Kansas City
Peter Carraninsa
George Hurlburt
Sherman Hanna
Peter
Sparrows Find
Monkey
Psychologist Dr Henry Goddard to Speak at University
Dr Henry Herbert Goddard, director of juvenile research in Columbus Ohio and author of works on feeble mindedness, arrives in Lawrence to deliver a summer season lecture at Fraser chapel after four days of talks at Emporia State Normal School. He will lecture tomorrow night at 8.
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Henry Herbert Goddard
Lawrence
Goddard
Fraser Chapel
Columbus
Ohio
Vineland
N. J
State Normal School
Emporia
Wounds Not Fatal In Bank Robbery Case
Ed Brailstreet a World War veteran and former Lawrence resident was shot Tuesday evening by a fleeing bank robber and will recover, hospital reports say. Bank trio suspects C H Barton and Lang were captured then mobbed at Ness City jail and removed to other towns. Colorado mines reports two mine trips burned one coal mine flooded and two railroad bridges burned in Boulder and Huerfano counties overnight.
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Ed Brailstreet
Lawrence
Scott City Hospital
C. MH. Barten
Taine
Antil
Ness City
C. H. Barton
Ingden
Vrail
Npt Lang
Dighton
Colorado
Denver
Boulder
Huerfano
Colorado State Canny
Patrick J. Hemrack
Examinations Begin Tomorrow for County Teachers
Examinations for first to third grade teaching certificates start tomorrow at eight o'clock in the courthouse. Half the subjects will be taken tomorrow and the remaining half on Saturday.
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Court House
McCumber Leads in Minnesota Senate Primary Totals
Returns from 134 of 2064 precincts show McCumber leading with 12 691 votes, Frasier 6 779, and McHarg 461 in the Republican senatorial race reported from Fargo North Dakota.
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McCumber
Fargo
Frasier
McHarg
Indian School Mixer Scheduled at Hast Kell Home
A mixer and social for teachers attending a Kansas University summer session will be hosted tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the Hast Kell home of Superintendent H. B. Peairs. Dr. Albright, chiropractor, will attend.
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K. U
H. B. Peairs
Hast Kell
Senator Myers Urges Film Industry Censorship Probe
Montana Democrat Senator Myers appealed in Washington for action on a bill proposing censorship and investigation of the motion picture industry. He cited free love dis sipation and drunkenness in Hollywood as grounds for state action.
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Washington
Holly Wood
Myers
Montana
Billy
Mexican president vows no U.S. citizens held by bandits
Reports from Tampico on Americans detained by rebels are denied by Mexican President Alvaro Obregon in a telegram to the San Francisco Chronicle. The State Department cites a separate advisory about rebels seizing workers and ransoming property, with unclear payment details and protection demands from Mexico City.
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San Francisco
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
San Francisco Chronicle Today
Tampico
Washington
Aguada
Cortez Os
Shaw
State Department
Hhe Department
Corona Oil Company
Ameri Hs
Sheshisialeh
Ruta Department
Mexico City
M Hun
Amerie Ehopliyet
State tax contributions rise in recent years show county splits
The state auditor's office reports rising state taxes paid by Kansas counties. Shawnee, Sedgwick, Wyandotte, and Grant counties increased their contributions since 1916, with Sedgwick now the heaviest payer and Wyandotte surpassing earlier totals. The document outlines year by year totals and county shares.
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Fupeka
Kansas
Nort A. Turner
Shawnee
Grant County
Lobe
Sedgwick County
Dotte
Sedgwick
Wyandotte
Tao
Organ Recital Tonight by Harold Geer at Baptist Church
E Harold Geer noted organist will present an 8:15 pm program at First Baptist Church. The recital includes works by Bonnet Wagner Bach Sibelius and others, with pieces such as Variations de Concert and Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Also mentions Emancipation Day event and Chevrolet ads.
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E. Harold Geer
First Baptist Church
Widor
Liebestad
Tristan and Ispide
Wagner
Guilmont
Debusey
Vienne
Sibelius
C. Mansfield
Bielaski Eluded Mexican Captors After Four Days
Bruce Bielaski former head of the U S Justice Department investigation bureau escaped bandit kidnappers in Mexico after four days of captivity. He walked about thirty miles from near Cuernavaca to safety with dust on his clothes and news of his release celebrated by his wife and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Associated Press
Capoirn
Bruce Bielaski
American Department of Justice Investigation Bureau
Bielaski
Teteen
Cuernavaca
Jules LeCand
Hts Bielaski
New York
Belaski
Schweiger to Return to University of Kassay Faculty
Dr Schweger returns to the University of Kassay for fall term after a year at Columbia University where he did graduate work. He plans to complete a PhD this summer and teach mainly in educational psychology with some extension courses in education. Dean R A Kent praises his intelligence, vigor, and potential as a leading educational psychologist.
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AL Schweeter
University of Kassay
School of Education
Alsenen
Roa
Kent
Schwerener
Columbia
Dr Schwegler
R.A. Kent
Schwevler
First Racing Entries for Douglas County Fair Reported
Secretary O J Lane notes early entries for the Douglas County Fair include G T Neff of Bethany Missouri entering horses in the 2:30 trot 2:20 pace and 2 pace and requesting stalls for young horses. The Union Pacific Short Shift Circuit and the Missouri Kansas Grand Circuit plan to send participants.
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Pouglas County
O. J. Lane
The
Fair Association
G. T. Neff
Bethany
Harsee
Kansas
Grand Jury to Probe Herrin Massacre After Widened Inquiry
Marion Illinois June 29 A special grand jury set for July 10 will begin investigation into the massacre last week of non union workers near Herrin by union strikers. Coroner McGowan orders excavation at the Southern Illinois Company strip mine to verify rumors of buried bodies though he doubts any will be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ill
Associated Press
Herrin
Eere
McGowan
Southern Illinois Company
Bids Too High For Topeka Administration Building
The State Board of Administration in Topeka received three bids yesterday that were 100 higher than the estimate. The board said the bidders would be asked to submit alternative estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Administration
Topeka
Vocational Student Freed in Not Guilty Murder Verdict
Earl Gordon of Miami a federal vocational student at Oklahoma A and M was found not guilty of murdering Breeckham Cobb a Birmingham Alabama classmate by a district court jury in Stillwater Oklahoma.
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Stillwater
Okla
Earl Gordon
Miami
Oklahoma A. and M
Breeckham Cobb
Birmingham
Ala
Baldwin Gains Personal Property in 1922 Tax Listing
County records show Baldwin the only municipality in Douglas County to gain personal property value for taxation in 1922. Lawrence Eudora Lecompton and nine townships all fell from 1921 levels, with total county losses of about 1.9 million dollars.
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Douglas County
Baldwin
Lawrence
Eudora
Lecompton
Kanwaka
Willow Springs
Mass
Irregulars Hold On in Four Courts Stronghold
Dublin's Four Courts siege continues as Rory O Connor's insurgent Irish Republican Army group resists Free State troops. Firing and sniping persist, with one blast at 1:15 pm and overall civilian casualties rising to around nineteen. The district sees business closures, halted presses, and irregulars seizing troops and offices.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Rory O'Connor
Wublin
Poor Courts
Evening Herald
Provisional Government
Dominick Street
Public Ku Klux Klan Initiation At Muskogee
Public notice describes the first initiation of the Ku Klux Klan in Muskogee Oklahoma with an estimated attendance between 15 000 and 30 000 people and more than 10 000 automobiles parked nearby. A witness reportedly traveled five miles south to attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Sumi
Ku Klux Klan
Tien
Richards and Weller Wed in Ottawa Probate Court
John R. Richards and Zara P. Weller of Ottawa received a marriage license yesterday and were married by Judge Menger. The report notes routine formalities with no further details available.
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John R. Richards
Zara P. Weller
Ottawa
Menger
Congress to Take a Rest
House adjournment set for August 15 following Senate concurrent resolution. Leaders expect to begin the break Saturday and end a lengthy session.
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Congress
House
Senate
Time saving talk at Kiwanis meeting highlights speed in business
J W Ross district commercial manager of Western Union speaks on manufacturing time and using advertising and telegraph to cut delays. He urges faster transactions and promotes telegraph over mail to reduce hours in business. Next meeting previews reports from Williams and Solon Maery on the Toronto convention.
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Kiwanis 'Club
J. W. Ross
Western Union
Tellgraph Company
Kansas City
Ross
Me Ross
Tulle
Core Tucker
Williams
Solon Maery
Toronto
Library conference in Detroit draws thousands of librarians
The American Library Association hosts a major conference in Detroit with over two thousand delegates from the United States Canada and a few from abroad. Speeches cover library development wartime reading programs and student access as Manchester and KU references appear in discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
University of Kansas
American Library Issation
Detroit
Mar Manehaster
American Library Assocition
Aaenarly
GOO
Fourth a Holiday Observance at University
The university will observe a holiday on Tuesday July 4 with classes canceled. School will be held on Monday, June 3, the day preceding the holiday, and no make up day is required for the Tuesday closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean R.A. Kent
Tmau
Son
Kent
Kansas City Boy Shot in Yard Mystery
In Kansas City Missouri a 5 year old boy, son of grocer Frank Carramusa, was shot to death early today while playing in his yard. A 5 year old brother reported a boy on the street with a rifle fired the shot, but officers have yet to obtain a reliable version of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Meter Carramusa
Frank Carramusa
Carramusa
Peter
Ravel Rush On Western Travel Despite Low Mood
Railroad officials at the Santa Fe station report a surge in Western travel for the summer. Travelers headed to Coloratta Springs and other western points must reserve standard Pullman cars two weeks in advance and tourist berths at least one week ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Culoratta Springs
Twigs
Labor Board Steps Into Threatened Railroad Strike
The U S government moved to avert a planned strike by 409000 shopmen by citing national officers of six shop crafts unions and railroad executives to appear before the labor board. The action follows an earlier move last fall that prevented a tie up. Union leaders planned to strike at 10 Saturday morning if talks failed.
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Chicago
Associated Press
U. Ss
Telay
Railroad Labor Board
Transportation Act
Doard
Kan City
Idea
Grealer Kansa
Martin Ryan
Brotherhoal
Sub -Carmen
SOO
Chicaioy
the Association Press
Ted
Railraad
Toe
Morrean Aefternaan
Gine TweMir
Rom. Jewell
Pullman Aneratius
Ur Sauajuorattan
MEY MESS Tie yY The boys abel town the RoUpis Mine
The text reports on swimming options for summer at the University gym pool for students only and notes missing shower baths, plus a note that the Y M C A cannot reopen soon. It also mentions the Orient to Keep Going line about railroad suspending operations July 1 and an auto tourist camp near the business district with a shelter house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RoUpis
M.C. A
Sheawer
Yes
Chamber of Commerce
Pleasanton Fi
Legion Raises 1700 For Memorial at High Land Cemetery
The Legion raised 1700 for a memorial project at High Land Cemetery. funds were collected to support the erection of the memorial, with the effort described as a focal community initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Legiuw Post
Highland Cemetery
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American Fed‘tion of Labor
Urdinaen
Buick
Nash
Peter Carramus
Monkey Face
University
Bradstreet
Dr. Albright
Chiropracter
U.S
Obregon
BE. Hareld Geer
Baptist Church
Schwegler
County Fair
Judge
Wwe
Clinton Be
AIBA
Kanwaka Jucomptoan
Auib Paluiyra
Wileus
Willow
Springs
Baldwitza
Free State
O'Connor
Tokio
Peking
Chientae
Manchuria
Seoul
Korea
Guentab
Kiwanis Club
American Library Association
Ravel
Labor Board
Union
Jewell
BR OM
Tie Tee
Miky Whawaet
Y. Moc. A
Orient
Nansag City
Mexico and Orient Railroad
W. T. Kemper
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