Labor Day Amid Rail Strike Tensions Across Cities
On Labor Day 66th day of the rail strike U S marshals were deployed to enforce the injunctions and guard demonstrations. In Chicago union leaders denied an organized observance while violence and arrests marked the day as efforts to mobilize support for strikers continued. In Port Jervis and Jopeka reports noted train incidents and deputy marshal requests, with guards on duty and police patrolling tracks amid disruptions on the rail network.
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Chicago
U. S
Jhitter
Party of Labor
B. M. Jewell
Boston Central Union
Harding
Chicago Federation of Labor
William Z. Foster
United States
Belinean
Michigan
Port Jervis
N. Y
Cleveland
Erie Division
Wallace
Jopeka
Attorney General
Washington
Fred Fitzpatrick
Kansas District
Kansas
Wabash Road
Government ignores loose talk on injunction against strikers
Attorney General Daugherty said the government pays no attention to irresponsible talk about the Chicago injunction. The New York Herald asked him to respond to charges that lawful acts are prohibited by the injunction and that it violates the Clayton Act.
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Loose Talk
New York
Chicago
Daugherty
New York Herald
Lightning Strikes Morris Home During Sunday Storm
The residence of H. T. Morris was struck by lightning on Sunday morning. The bolt hit the chimney, filling several rooms with soot and plaster and damaging one wall of the house. None of the occupants were injured.
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H. T. Morris
Three Voices on Labor and Democracy from Webster to Bovee
A compact quotation piece highlights views on labor, faith, and self-reliance. It frames labor as central to American progress, linking it to earning, saving, educating, worship, and defending the franchise with Webster and Bovee as anchors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster
Greeks Routed by Turkish Nationalists in Asia Minor
Dispatches from Ankara report Greek Army corps dispersed in Eski Shehr sector as Turkish nationalists advance, with Greeks retreating in disorder. Athens confirms capture of Uekah on the Greco Turkish front and notes Brusa may fall to Kemalists.
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Adan
Asia- Minor
Associated Préss
Eski Shehr
Anzgora
Keamlist
Ismid
Bruss
Athens
Uehak
Asia Minor
Brusa
Fire kills seven at Pittsburgh bunk house
Seven men die and ten are injured in a Pennsylvania system bunk house fire in Pittsburgh. Investigations by railway muni cipal county land federal agents proceed to find the cause with authorities promising action if warranted. George Figgus was arrested near the scene as details point to a waste pile ignition rather than locomotive sparks.
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Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
George Figgus
George McCandless
Public Safety
Police Department
Harry Rowand
Department of Justice
Dyer Introduces Personal Recommendation Plan for Seniors
John R. Dyer dean of men at the University develops a method for seniors to obtain frank opinions from ten named recommenders. The plan, tested with the 1922 class, uses unsigned letters to provide full personal information for prospective employers to assess the graduate.
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John R. Dyer
Will Enter University Freshman Hugh Donly Arrives in Lawrence
Hugh Donly of Hiawatha arrived in Lawrence to prepare for entering the University as a fall freshman. He formerly worked as a clerk in the Dick brothers drug store for several years. Mrs. Carl Boyle visiting her parents in Lawrence plans to return to Emporia at week’s end.
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Hugh Donly
Hiawatha
Lawrence
Donly
Dick Brothers
Carl Boyle
F. E. Butler
Emporia
Boyle
Insurance contracts rise in Japan in five months
Tokio reports life insurance contracts totaled 283 075 600 yen in the first five months, up 35 800 000 yen from the same period last year. In Rio de Janeiro a massive mountain is being removed to spur growth, using high pressure water against the obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan
Rio de Janeiro
Entombed Miners Answer a Signal from Argonaut Mine
Jackson California September 4 rescue workers report two signal blasts from the Kennedy mine 2700 foot level were answered by five explosions from the Argonaut. miners say sounds could not come from falling rock and hearing through stone is unlikely. hope persists among families as efforts to reach the entombed forty seven continue. sixty gallons of whiskey seized in prohibition raids was sent to Jackson to aid rescue workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Cal
Kennedy
Argonaut
Ijjot
Lodz Textile Debts Arranged for 20 Installments
Poland and England reach a settlement over Ł2,000,000 in outstanding Lodz textile debts. Installments will be paid every six months, with option to accelerate if conditions improve. British bankers aid Lodz recovery by aiding collection from Germany and extending credits.
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Warsaw
Lodz
Europe
London
Lod
Gerrmany
Landmark on Santa Fe Trail to be razed for brick block
One of Dodge City’s oldest landmarks on the Santa Fe Trail will be razed to make way for a modern brick business block. The aging structure, long housing a hardware store, served as Dodge City’s first post office and the first Fort County treasurer’s office and U. S. Land Office. It also hosted the city’s first drug store, located on Front Street.
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Dodge City
Fort County
U. S. Land Office
Front Street
Moser Family Reunion At Spring Grove Draws 75 Attendees
Seventy five people attended the Moser family reunion at Spring Grove near here with descendants of Michael and Sallie Moser. The couple settled in Buchanan County Missouri in 1842 ten miles south of St Joseph. An annual gathering is planned for September next year at Krug Park St Joseph. Mrs Charles Oldfield and daughter Marcia have returned from Wichita. George Innes H B Bullene and sons George and Herbert returned from a canal trip through Canada.
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Atchison
Moser
Spring Grove
Michael
Sallie Moser
Buchanan County
St. Joseph
Krug Park
Charles Oldfield
Marcia
Mrs. Oldfield
Wichita
George Innes
H. B. Bullene
George
Herbert
Canada
Summer travelers visit families in town
Mrs. Maude Stevenson returned home Sunday after a California visit. Walter and Alfred Graver of Kansas City spent the weekend with their mother. Miss Violadoy of Buffalo, N C is visiting her aunt Mrs Grace Graves on Jarz Street. Mr and Mrs John DeWitt are two weeks visiting Mr DeWitt’s parents.
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Maude Stevenson
California
Walter and
I Alfred Graver
Kansas City
Violadoy
Buffalo, N. C
Mrs
Grace Graves
Jarz
Fol
John DeWitt
Mr. de Witt
Rose Owen
New York
Mrs. Hazzard
Sarah Owen
Westville
Indiana
I. A. Owen
Nellia Grant
Chicago
Iwan Goff
St Louis, Mo
C. G. Goff
Indiana Street
Quiet Day at Chicago Labor Headquarters
Chicago September 4 muted a nationwide strike as union celebrations were scarce. At the six federated shop crafts HQ one or two minor officials were on duty while Hert M. Jewell’s whereabouts remained a mystery and his representatives stayed silent after the government injunction last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federated
Hert M. Jewell
Celebrated Labor Day Picnics Held by White and Colored Communities
Two Labor Day celebrations took place in Lawrence with separate events. The Douglas County farmers union picnic at Holcom's Grove featured speeches and athletic events attended by many residents. The colored Elks held a picnic at Woodland Park with races and music, including a pirate on Massachusetts Street led by Jackson's 23rd regiment band from Topeka.
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Douglas County Farmers’ Union
Holcom’s Grove
Lawrence
The
Colored Elks
Woodland Park
Colored Eiks
Massachusetts Street
Jackson
23Rd
Warm Weather Persists in Sunflower State Outlook
Topeka reports continued heat with scattered showers possible. Temperatures range 95 to 100 across eastern and western Kansas, with Wichita at 96 for the past 48 hours and Oklahoma City reaching 100. A warm night is forecast and Kaw Valley received 1.40 inches of rain early Sunday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Kaw Valley
Watermelon Feed Draws Crowd At Maple Grove Farm
William Shook known as Watermelon Bed hosted his annual free watermelon feed near Maple Grove cemetery yesterday. Attendance was strong with many guests, especially watermelon enthusiasts, showing the event remains a yearly tradition likely to continue.
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William Shook
Maple Grove Cemetery
Ms. Shook
No Parade At Topeka Amid Labor Day Observance
Topeka marks the twenty fourth annual labor day without a parade due to a strike and plans disruptions. Fair weather prevails across the state as city observances proceed, while a major sugar refinery in Napoleonville Alabama burns, causing an estimated two million dollars in damage.
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Topeka
Sept d
Podig
Liebor
Ger
Big Sugar
Napoleonville
Ala
Acs
Elm Hall
I. Godchaux Sugar Company
League of Nations Assembly Opens in Geneva
The third assembly of the League of Nations opened in Geneva this morning with Demicio DaGama of Brazil presiding before a large crowd of spectators.
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League of Nations
Geneva
Associated Press
Demicio DaGama
Brazil
City Commission to Meet Tonight at City Hall
The city commission will hold its regular weekly session at City Hall tonight at 7:30. Members will discuss agenda items and hear public comments during the meeting.
Seaplane Sampaio Correia I Reaches Key West En Route Brazil
The Sampaio Correia I landed in Key West at 12:35 P M en route to Rio de Janeiro. It will proceed to Guantanamo Bay to resume the charted route abandoned after the earlier wreck off Cuba’s southern coast.
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Brazil
Key West
Sampaio Correia I
Rio de Janeiro
Guantanamio Bay
Cuba
Indian Schools Create Supervisor of Home Economics
Miss Edna Groves is named home economics supervisor for all Indian service schools. The newly created post is shared with Istah Haskell, as Peaks develops a work outline. Groves brings Oregon Agricultural College training and six years in Portland schools plus a Columbia University master’s in education.
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Edna Groves
Indian Service
H. B. Peakrs
Miss Groves
Cie
Istah Haskell
Oregon Agricultural College
Ten flog a priest in Fort Worth incident shocks community
Ten unmasked men abducted and flogged Rev. J. M. Meiser at Olfin parish home in Runnels county. He was accused of being un American and opposing public schools. The priest told the sheriff and a physician that leaders said the beating was due to his alleged un American attitude and past forced departure from a previous parish.
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Fort Worth
J. M. Meiser
Olfin
Runnels County
Father Meiser
Florgers
Monument to Friendship to Brazil Unveiled in Rio Harbor Site
A massive 25 metre monument named Friendship will be dedicated near Rio de Janeiro’s harbor, presented by the U S committee for Brazilian Memorial. Sculptor Charles Keck designs a bronze colossus holding laurel and Brazil and U S flags to symbolize prosperity and peace. The pedestal bears a peace inscription. site provided by Brazil on Avenida Presidente Wilson.
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Washington
Brazil
United States Committee For
Rio
United States
John L. Merrill
Hughes
Askeal
Lin Brionze
Friends Shin
Charles Keck
New York
Avenida Presidente Wilson
Act For the American Chaney of Commerce
Bengil
University Vocational Guidance Bulletins Prepared
University departments prepare life work bulletins for students. Each department head outlines required preparation and past student successes and notes expected average wages after graduation. Distribution after the fall semester may reach two to three hundred copies per bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Riverdale Boy Drowns In River Ninneseah Hole
George Bell age 14 drowned after stepping into a 13 foot hole in the Ninneseah river near Riverdale Kansas while bathing. A Wichita man narrowly escaped a similar fate when he cramps while trying to aid Bell. Bell was the son of Mr and Mrs Geo O Bell of Rivertale.
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Wellington
Kansas
George Bell
Ninneseah
Riverdale
Bell
Geo. O, Bell
Rivertale
Lawrence Public Schools Begin 1422-28 Session
Lawrence public schools opened the 1422-28 term with assemblies at Christian and Methodist churches. Superintendent Smith spoke of a new high school building delays and urged student effort while Principal Olney praised the school. Activities announced include Camp Fire for girls, a Hi-Y carnival, and a revised weekly budget schedule.
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Lawrence Public Schools
Christian Church
Smith
F. H. Olney
WH. Oley
Hi-Y
Mary Sisson
Y. Wo Ocl AL
Grand jury to resume as riot probe extends into Labor Day week
Burglary at a steel pawn shop leads to a grand jury inquiry into the Herrin riots with about 200 witnesses expected as Delos Duty outlines multi week proceedings. Local officials report no immediate fear while Marion observes Labor Day amid widespread investigations and travel to Carbondale.
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Fou
Herrin
Serand
Puby
Billy
Marion
Carbondale
Delos
Tour to Ottawa Thursday by Franklin County business men
Lawrence business leaders plan an annual Franklin county fair visit to Ottawa next Thursday. Van Bruner, president of the Chamber of Commerce, urges broad participation. Members meet at the Chamber rooms at 9 o clock Thursday morning to depart en masse.
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Ottawa
Lawrence
Franklin County
van Bruner
Chamber of Commerce
Couty
Franklin Snl
Bruneris S
Triangle case at Notre Dame in South Bend
Harry Poulin a campus representative charged with fathering a child by Professor Tiernan's wife last November faces a hearing on a wine charge after arrest. Tiernan says the case attacks home sanctity. Augusta Tiernan is prostrated. Poulin claims Tiernan sought a money settlement and blames a twisted mind.
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South Bend
Ind
Harry Toulin
Royal Clothing
John T. Tiernan
Lask
University of Notre Dame
Poulin
Justice of the Peace
Poulins
Joefessor Tiernan
Augusta Tiernan
Tiernan
Toad
Tegal Fostendtar
Termin
Coal Control Plan Discussed by Officials
Washington September – Secretary Sloove expects action to manage the distribution and prices of coal. A conference at the Commerce Department will address emergency measures similar to those used for bituminous coal aimed at prioritizing households to ensure winter supply.
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Washington
Sloove
Philadel
Wits Sal
Conmrerce Department
Oder
Justice Clark Resigns. Sutherland Nominated for Supreme Bench
President Harding accepted Associate Justice Clark’s resignation and plans to nominate former U S Senator George A Sutherland of Utah to fill the seat. Meanwhile Topeka Lawrence stage drivers faced police warnings for blowing horns after night, deemed a disturbance of the peace and ordered to stop.
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Washington
Sept. d
Clark
Harding
White House
U. S
George A. Sutherland
Utah
Supreme Bench
Flight crew advances from St Petersburg to Key West
Lt Walter Hinton and crew of the Sampiao Cor reia IL departed Long Flight St Petersburg bound for Key West at 8 35 this morning on the second leg of their South American journey. Miss Edna Teeter and her guest Mrs Bred Withodox of Seattle traveled to Topeka Saturday evening for the weekend.
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St, Petersburg
Fla
Walter Hinton
Key West
Edna Teeter
Bred Withodox
Seattle
Washington
Topeka
Haskell Institute Starts Term With Expanding Enrollment
Haskell Institute opened the term two weeks early with about 750 students in session. Enrollment fills nearly to capacity, with more expected. Regular classes begin midweek. High school enrollment grows, and a new physical education program debuts led by David Owl with assistors Hanley and Mary McCormick. Laura Koch named music teacher succeeding Gladys Nelson.
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Haskell Institute
Indian Educational Service
Haskell
David Owl
Springfield
Musa
Richard Hanley
Mary McCormick
Laura M. Koch, Jackson
iMich
University of Michigan
Gladys ‘Nelson
Peakrs
Fort Apache to become school for Navajo education
Fort Apache, a former volatile post in the White Mountain Apache country, is being turned into a school for Navajos. The interior department seeks economy by abandoning posts and using them for education. The appointed superintendent will visit Lawrence to discuss equipment and opening details.
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Dons Anl
Old Fort Apache
Penira
Interior Department
Mir Penks
Theaa
Fort Apache
New Mexico
White Mountain Apache
Min
Lawrence
Peaks
Dormitory Reopens as Y M C A Attracts Tenants
After closing on June 1 the Y M C A dormitory reopens and is expected to fill quickly. Mrs Laura Beyer has leased the third floor to rent rooms to several young men. The basement and gymnasium area are under negotiation for National Guard use as an armory and drill space. The first floor may house the Chamber of Commerce, while the gym opens today for city pupils under school supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Beyer
Chamber of Commerce
National Guard
Fire Crews Stop Small Trash Burner Blaze at 2017 Ohio Street
Firefighters quickly contained a small trash burner fire that started Saturday afternoon at 2017 Ohio Street. The blaze threatened a fence but was extinguished with no injuries reported.
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Grags
Amall Russ
Ohio Street
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