Striking Rail Labor and Executive Clash on Seniority
Six Southern Railway shop craft unions and management press for a seniority settlement guided by President Harding’s proposal. Washington talks with H W Miller as bodies weigh wage and seniority terms. Violence linked to the strike reported in Edgemont and Chicago. incidents include a guard shot and a foreman beaten.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Railway
H. W. Miller
Harding
Miller
Associate Press
Chicago
Harding Withegard
Raiload
Edgemont
8. D
Burlington and Quincy
Waco
Tex
Misari
Kansas
Texas
Union Pacific
Las Vegas
Nev
National Guard Deployed to Earlington Amid Shopmen Strike
Kentucky National Guard troops moved to Earlington today as a serious standoff developed between striking Louisville and Nashville workers and replacement hires. Troops arrived from Madisonville in motor trucks to maintain order.
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Associated Press
Madisonville
Kentucky National Guard
Earlington
Louisville
Nashville
Giant gas gasser blocks Oklahoma rail traffic
A Bristow Oklahoma gas well about 1,500 feet from the tracks releases a vast gas plume estimated at 30,800,000 feet, halting all passenger and freight trains on the St Louis and San Francisco between here and Kellyville and delaying Tulsa to Oklahoma City service. officials fear ignition while oil men expect control soon and traffic to resume today.
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Associated Press
Bristow
Okla
St Leuis
San Francisco
Here
Kellyville
Tulsa
Ok City
Ca Ritory
Continental Pool
Thousands Engage In Forest Fire Fight Across West
Spokane reports thousands of men battle forest fires from the Rocky Mountains in Montana to the Columbia River in Washington and up to 100 miles from the Canadian border. The dry hot weather has made conditions critical with more fires sparked by lightning. Assistant State Forester Moodyear says Washington is practically helpless before the menace as calls for aid often go unheeded and wardens fight the worst blazes while others are left to salvage what they can.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Columbia River
Washington
Canadian
Olympia
Theodore (Oodyear
Encampment to Bring Together Louisiana Baptists in Monroe
The Louisiana Baptist Summer Encampment will convene in Monroe on August 10 for a nine day session. It promises a large gathering of religious educators and an elaborate program featuring 21 departments, devotional studies, B Y P U training, and daily sessions led by noted speakers. Notable participants include Stanley Armstrong, H L Strickland, and E E Lee with sermons by M K Dodd and C W Daniel.
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Monroe
J. B. Moseley
Stanley Armstrong
Mansfield
H. L. Strickland
Nashville
Tennon C. W. Daniel
Atlanta
Lillian Sims
New Orleans
Louisiana Baptist
E. D Solomon
Dallas
Tex
H. Frazier
Homer
T. W. Talkington
Bogalusa
L. Strickland
Tenn
Clear
Texarkana
Lillian Forbes
Emmett Moore
Montgomery
Ala
E. Godbold
Shreveport
A. H. Autry
Alexandria
E. D. Solomon
Allas
F. Katz
Pineville
H. L. Winburn
Arkadelphia
Ark
Brazil
Juliette Mather
Birmingham
Y. P. Uy
EB. E. Lee
Mabel Elrod
Bryan
Margaret Jordan
Daddy” Flowers
Louisiana Baptist Orphanage
Lake Charles
L. L. Holmes
New Testament Church
W. L. Sloan
Bastrop
W. M. A. Manual
Georgia Barbette
M. EK. Dodd
C. W. Daniel
John Ramond
The
Baptist Church
Louisiana
E. E. Lee
Munsey Charged With Selfish Aims In Tariff Fight
Washington August 4 Frank A Munsey publisher of the New York Herald is charged by Senator Gooding Idaho with opposing the administration tariff bill to protect European investments. The Idaho senator cites Munsey interests in steel plants mines glass and pottery factories woolen mills and many beet sugar factories abroad. He calls for broader investigations into metropolitan newspapers and asks if some lawmakers vote against tariff rates due to stockholding in related firms. The resolution was rejected by the Senate expenditures committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pfrank
Munsey
New York Herald
Enale
Ciwoding
Idaho
Europe
Senator Gooding
America
Chicago
New York Tribune
New York Times
Cleveland Plain Dealer
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Minneapolis Tribune
Senate Finance Committee
Gooding
Calder
Senate Expenditures Committee
Bell to be buried atop Bevnn Breagh Mountain
The body of Alexander Graham Bell will be buried this evening from his Bevnn Breagh Mountain home where he spent 35 consecutive summers. At sunset the interment will take place in a granite tomb blasted in the mountain summit, with the Bell estate’s state bearers. The service includes a simple ceremony and the singing of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Requiem.
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Sydney
N. S
Alexander Graham Bell
Bevnn Breagh Mountain
Bell
Nova Scotia
Robert Louis Stevenson
Ouachita Gas Well Hit by Lightning Burns
The Ouachita Natural Gas Co's Cole No. 1 well near Perryville in section 14-20-4 was struck by lightning Thursday night and is burning with an open flow capacity of 17,500,000 cubic feet.
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Ouachita Natural Gas Co
Cole No. 1
Perryville
Whiskey Theft Probed at Dedman Distillery near Lawrenceburg
Prohibition agents in Kentucky investigate a multi‑barrel whiskey theft at the Dedman distillery. A check by Jerome Tartar found 325 barrels stored with 34 emptied and 291 holding five to ten gallons each. About 250 cases of bottled whiskey remained intact.
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Associated Press
Lawrenceburg
Prohibition
Dedman
Here
Jerome Tartar
Tartar
Reed Wins Coveted Seat in Senate on Last Vote Face
St. Louis reports United States Senator James A. Reed leading Breckenridge Long by 6 887 votes as 3 629 of 3 848 Missouri precincts reported. Reed 189 821 Long 182 434. Observers deem it virtually impossible for Long to overcome the lead with remaining precincts.
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Reed
Senate
Associated Press
St. Louis
United States
James A. Reed
Breckenridge Long
Long
Missouri
R. R. Brewster
William Sacks
Walton leads Oklahoma Governor primary in unofficial count
Final unofficial returns show Mayor J C Walton leading Oklahoma City by more than 30 000 votes for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Walton held 90 846 to R H Wilson 68 779 with 60 percent of precincts reporting, while Republican John Fields is set to face Walton in November. seis of eight Oklahoma congressmen expected to be renominated.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
J. C. Walton
Oklahoma
Walton
R. H. Wilson
Empire
Wilson
Thomas H. Owen
John Fields
Manuel Herrick
Perry
McKellar Wins Tennessee Democratic Senate Nomination
McKellar leads in Tennessee Democratic primaries with about 46 485 votes to 26 263 for Fitzhugh and 4 727 for Cooper. Peay leads for governor with 36 124 to McMillin 32 468 amid other results as contes move toward November.
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McKellar
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Kenneth D McKellar, Jr
Tennessee
Gus T. Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh
Noah W. Cooper
Nashville
Austin W. Peay
Clarksville
Benton W. McMillin
Guatemala
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Peay
McMillin
Harvey W. Hannah
L. E. Gwin
Covington
Cabinet Deliberates Rail and Coal Strike Issues
President Harding’s cabinet met to review the coal and rail strike reports from the respective departments. Secretary Hoover said federal emergency coal distribution has begun pending full committee organization and orders. Attorney General Daugherty arranged deputy marshals for Des Moines amid rail strike disturbances. Weeks noted officials deny large scale work stoppages. A conference to settle the Southern railway dispute based on the president’s proposals is anticipated. New priority orders from the Interstate Commerce Commission to classify fuel for manufacturers with railways and utilities are pending.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Hoover
Federal Emergency Control Committee
Daugherty
White House
Des Moines
Department of Justice
Weeks
Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coal Committee
Automatic Rifles Break Out in Staunton Mine Skirmish
At Staunton Indiana on August 4 state troops faced a small attacking party guarding mines. Automatic rifles were used by both sides and shots continued for about an hour with one report of a possible injury. Commanders called the event a minor skirmish and quiet returned by daybreak.
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Associated Press
Staunton
Ind
Aera
Robert Tyndall
Central competitive coal field foresees limited Ohio turnout
A canvass of central field coal operators shows only district 8 of Ohio, about 5 percent of total tonnage, will attend the wage conference in Cleveland called by John L. Lewis. Local coal circles doubt a wage agreement, urging state agreements instead. Meanwhile Governor McCray plans to start production in the martial law area as troops remain on shafts.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ohio
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
Associated Press
Stanton
Dnd
McCray
Britain Not Trying to Dodge Debts Says Treasury
London reports the US Treasury says the Balfour note will not affect American policy on war debt payments. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer adds Britain plans no change to US financial obligations. Editorials shift to hope for an inter allied debt settlement via upcoming conferences.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Treasury Department
House of Commons
Great Britain
Hope
Paris
France
Daily Telegraph
Labor Party
Rail clerks vote strike across Yazoo, Illinois Central divisions
Clerks of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley rail road begin a strike vote with a returnable date of August 8. Illinois Central Springfield division clerks also vote, returnable August 15, as unions back federated shops workers. A wreck on Louisiana run No 38 at St Maurice injures Fireman Preston Smith.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Brotherhood _+ Railway and
E. H. Fitzgerald
Clinton
Springfield
Illinois Central Today
R. J. Conroy
Division
Federated Shops
Illinois Central System
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Montgomery
Ala
Louisiana Railway and Navigation
Shreveport
St. Maurice
Preston Smith
Appeals of O Sullivan and Dunn Fool of Death Sentence Dismissed
London court of criminal appeal dismissed the appeals of Joseph O Sullivan and Reginald Dunn who were condemned to death for the assassination of Field Marshal Wilson. The appellants were not present at the hearing.
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London
Court of Criminal Appeals
Joseph O'Sullivan
Reginald Dunn
Field Marshal Wilson
Jasper Court House Destroyed By Fire
The court house at Jasper in Marion county Tennessee burned early today inflicting about 50 000 dollars in losses. All records were destroyed except those in two safes in the register's office. The fire is believed incendiary. Election returns in the building were saved.
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Court House
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jasper
Marion County
Register
Governor Receives Baker Resignation at Governor's Office
Baton Rouge August 4 The resignation of Associate Justice Joshua G. Baker of the Louisiana Supreme Court was received at 10 o clock today. The governor will likely call a special election for November 7 to fill the vacancy. Baker retires under Article 7 section 5 of the new constitution, allowing a judge who has served twenty years to retire at 70 with two thirds pay.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Joshua G. Baker
Louisiana Supreme Court
Baker
Orleans Parish
Parish
Supreme Court
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