Masked bandits whip five near Mer Rouge after Bastrop meeting
Five Met Rouge and Bastrop area residents were attacked by a masked group returning from a good roads meeting. Tot Davenport and four others were whipped and several were reported in critical condition. Telephone lines were cut between Met Rouge and Bastrop, and patrols were set to control traffic on detour routes.
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J. L. Daniels
Wat Daniels
Richards
Met Rouge
Good Roads
Bastrop
Cumberland
Monroe
Collinston
Administration stalls on rail strike after peace conference collapse
Washington August 25 The Harding administration plans no immediate move on the rail strike after the New York peace conference failed. A cabinet member said there will be no action at present.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York
National Army Troopers Take Two Irish Towns
Belfast dispatch says National Army troops captured Kinsale and Dunnaway, ending Irish irregular control in County Cork. The report follows earlier violence in Morehouse Parish where five villagers vanished after a masked raid.
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National Army
Associated Press
Belfast
Kinsale
Dunnaway
County Cork
Great meeting to be held at Shreveport asserts Mr. Watkins
H Watkins secretary of the Ouachita Farm Bureau announces a major Louisiana Farm Bureau meeting at Shreveport City Hall next Monday. He says the conference will decide the organization’s future and urges all planters to attend. The bureau has 150 000 cotton growers in nine states backing 3 000 000 bales. A L Smith Ouachita parish president will call the meeting to order at 2 30 pm.
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H. Watkins
Ouachita Farm Bureau
Lousiana
Bureau
Shreveport
Farm Bureau
Mr. Watkins
Arkansas
Texas
Watkins
A. L. Smith
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Borah Senate Coal Commission Bill Moves Forward
The Borah coal commission bill faces formal call in the Senate Labor Committee while Edge proposes a separate measure authorizing presidential control over coal mines. Administration and Winslow plans press federal distribution and price controls amid winter shortages and labor strikes.
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Washington
Borah
Senate Labor Committee
Coal Commission
House
Congress
Senate
Cummins
Senate Commerce Committee
Federal Coal Distribution Agency
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walsh Ocrat
Massachusetts
Édal
Winslow
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Hoover
Dynamite thrown at engine in Texas and Pacific yards
A stick of dynamite was thrown at an engine in the Texas and Pacific and Missouri Pacific yards in Alexandria last night. The blast caused minor locomotive damage and a ground tear. no injuries occurred. Three workers had left the area minutes earlier. A negro woman reported seeing a burning fuse thrown from between two cabins. A fragment of the stick and wrapper were found.
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Alexandria
Texas and Pacific
Missouri Pacific
New Orleans Banks Safer as Rice Movement Opens
New Orleans and Louisiana banks report strong capacity to meet credit needs as rice arrives for the fall crop movement. Cotton will follow in a month and sugar later, with overall bank obligations shrinking from 59.7 million to 7 million dollars between 1920 and 1922 signaling reduced liquidation of frozen credits.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
State Bank Examiner
Federal Reserve Bank
Wind Storm Strikes Louisville and Jeffersonville Hits City Hard
A violent wind storm killed one person, seriously injured three, and caused estimated property losses from 150000 to 250000 as it battered Louisville and Jeffersonville. In Jeffersonville two American Car and Foundry Co. buildings were wrecked and churches damaged while most streets were blocked by fallen trees and downed telephones and power lines.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Jeffersonville
Ind
American Car and Foundry Co
Bomb Quatraces in Many Cities Mark New Strike Phase
Illinois and Missouri take the brunt as radical actions against rail lines intensify. Indiana's governor faces heightened attention amid the nationwide disruption and security concerns.
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Illinois
Missouri
Striking railroads see more violence as talks stall
As the eighth week of the railroad strike nears its end with talks in New York, bombings and sabotage erupt at Roadhouse Illinois and other points. Guards and federal officials ponder responses while railroads refuse to restore seniority for returning workers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Roadhouse
Ills
Division Point
Chicago and Alton
Shooting rumor sparks roundhouse blast scare
Bloomington Aug 25 officials of the Chicago and Alton say a firecracker discharge near Reedhouse during an electrical storm led to rumors that the round house had blown up. The blasts were mistaken for the explosive event, traced to individuals with leftover Fourth of July firecrackers.
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Bloomington
Round House
Reedhorse
Chicago
Alton
More Rail Leaders Show Fresh Inclination To Mediate Strike
Morehouse Parish hosts a Bastron good roads meeting with S M Collins secretary of the Mo Chamber of Commerce reporting a fine gathering and strong support for a statewide good roads system. Monroe attorney D C Dawkins urged adoption and noted benefits. The assembly was described as a complete success with thousands in attendance.
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S. M. Collins
Cotton Men Prepare for Shreveport Meeting on Monday
Final plans for the Louisiana Cotton Association operation will be laid at a meeting of the state farm bureau federation organization committee led by A. L. Smith of Monroe and Harry F. Knapp to be held at Shreveport city hall auditorium Monday morning August 28 at 10 o'clock. The 32 member committee from 30 parishes will review progress on signing cotton for the commodity contract plan and report to the general farm bureau meeting at 2:30 PM. All farmers are invited to attend to discuss cooperative marketing of other crops as well.
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Louisiana Cotton Association
State Farm Bureau Federation
A. L. Smith
Monroe
Harry F. Knapp
Federation
City Hall
Shreveport
Farm Bureau
General Farm Bureau
Cotton Association
Wallace Reid couple to adopt eight year old Betty Mummert
In Los Angeles on August 25 a court petition seeks adoption of Betty Mummert, eight, by Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Reid. The child’s parents consent to the adoption and Mrs. Reid is known to film fans as Dorothy Davenport.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Wallace Reid
Superior Court
Betty Mummert
Reid
Dorothy Davenport
Bomb Explodes at Atlantic Coast Line Pumping Plant
A bomb tossed from a speeding automobile at the Tar River pumping plant struck the front entrance, blew out windows, and damaged the building. A special company car opened fire on the fleeing machine as it disappeared toward Rocky Mount.
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Rocky Mount
Atlantic Coastling Railroad
Tar River
Carriers' Chiefs Face Talks With Brotherhoods
Mediation by railway carriers' chiefs failed as the New York conference broke up with representatives from about twenty railways. Violence rose with bomb blasts at Chicago and Alton shops in Roadhouse Illinois and a fire at a National Guard target range near Birmingham Alabama. Damages were also reported on Chicago Burlington and Quincy tracks near Spanish Lake Missouri, suspected from dynamite.
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New York
Chicago and Alton
Roadhouse
Ils
National Guard
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Spanish Lake
Railway talks press on to end shopmen strike
Five to five, brotherhood chiefs and railway executives meet again in New York to test settlements with individual lines. The weeklong talks follow a rejection of any deal restoring full seniority rights, as more railroads join the conference and doors stay closed to reporters. Continued on page eight.
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Morehouse Parish
Fred Carpenter
Bastrop
Carpenter
J. L. Daniels
Watt Dan
Associated Press
New York
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
David Williams
Eastern
Association of
Railway Executives
Bats
Brotherhood
United States
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