U S Watching One Big Union Plan in Chicago
The United States monitors a call published in the Butte Bulletin for a June 29 Chicago convention to form a one big union of railroad workers. The move aims to organize labor power, with warnings about suppression of the effort and the role of the Railroad Labor Board.
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Chicago
Washington
Butter Mont
Depar
W. W. Publi
Department
Ze Clough
Butte
Ld Whichi
Railroad Labor Board
Rotary Convention Opens With Pageant of Nations
The seventh annual convention of the International Association of Rotary Clubs opens in Atlantic City with delegates from seventeen nations. About 1,000 delegates attend as the hall at Steel Pier Conven tion Hall is decorated in Rotary colors and flags. Mayor Charles H. Godfrey welcomes visitors, with remarks by Rev Thomas Fryon and A C Krumph replying. More than fifty bands accompany delegations touring hotels and serenading. The New York delegation sets up HQ at Llewellyn Park Place and Pacific Avenue.
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Atlantic City
Tribune Atlantc
Ventnor
Roary Club
Thomas Fryon
St. Rose of Lima
Chester
A. C. Krumph
Cleveland
New York
Llewellyn Park Place
Pacific Avenue
Smallpox on Caronia causes seven hour quarantine
The Cunard liner Caronia from Liverpool was halted at quarantine for seven hours. 628 steerage passengers were moved to Hoffman Island for observation after two passengers developed smallpox. All remaining passengers were vaccinated and the ship fumigated before continuing to discharge passengers for Canada. Gerald Fefert met Benjamin G worth at the pier amid the shore visit.
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Cunard
Caronia
Liverpool
Tman Island
Allant
Halifax
Gerald Fefert
Woodhaven
L. I
Benjamin Gworth
Dilworth
Isis
Scotland
Henry Lacombe
United States Circuit_ Court
Lizabeth Marie Roberts
Howland Roberts
Jailbreak Houdini Murphy Escapes Local Jail
Sampson Murphy, known as Murph, escaped from a Steubenville jail by smashing interior walls and removing sections of masonry. He left the building in orderly condition and reportedly encountered two men before departing, ending his confinement late at night.
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Traputen
Tribune
Steubenville
Ohio
Sampson Murphy
Murph
Murphy
Parker Gilbert Jr Named as Leffingwell's Successor
ASHINGTON June 21 Press reports Parker Gilbert Jr. is named to succeed Leffingwell as head of the office. Details on appointment and potential changes were not immediately available.
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Parker Gilbert Jr
Leffingwell
Ashington
Press
Rail Strikes Hit Northeast Routes Amid Yard Turmoil
North Jersey and New Haven area rail workers walked out affecting the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania lines. Management in New York and New Jersey reported few walkouts locally while embargoes on shipments were placed on the Schuylkill division. The Pennsylvania Railroad listed 185 strikers, mostly yardmen and switchmen, with a handful of engineers and firemen. Transportation officials moved to clear city piers of congestion and resume freight flow by truck where possible.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
West Shore
New Haven
Erie, Lackawanna
Lehigh Valley
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Schuylkill
General Managers’ Association of the Railroads
Church Street
J. J. Mantell
Erie Railroad
Managers’ Association
New York
Jersey
Hoboken
Reo
New England
New Ene
Morgan
Frederick Molitor
Merchin
Ocean Steamship Company
Clyde Mallory Line
Morgan Line
International Lungoremen
Fudd Anne Ote
Citizens’ Committee
John F. Kiluy
Major J. Fogarty
Ana Cis
Charles
Rail strike halts city freight as two railroads halt yard work
Awanna and Western railroads began a noon strike. Strikers forecast no yard engine would operate in the city by tomorrow. The strike threatens complete paralysis of freight movement as Delaware Lackawanna and Western and New York Central embargo all but essential traffic.
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Awanna & Western Railroads
Delaware, Lackawanna & Tern
New York Central
Rail Union Leaders May Seek White House Help
WASHINGTON June 21 Heads of railroad brotherhoods may appeal to President Wilson to speed the Railroad Labor Board and end potential strikes. W N Doak vice president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen says delays have caused unrest in cities like Philadelphia and Baltimore. He warns wage disputes since 1919 persist as many workers quit or resign, and union leaders fear wider unrest if action stalls.
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Washingtom Bureau
Washington
Wilson
Railroad Labor Board
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Baltimore
W.N. Doak
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Labor Board
Chicago
Donk
Mr. Donk
Mr. Doak
Sproul May Act For Arbitration
The Tribuna reports rising railroad labor unrest as 1600 workers in Philadelphia and nearby refuse to work while 4000 insurgents loom. Governor Sproul calls for arbitration and convenes State Labor Dept officials in Harrisburg to resolve the strike amid embargoes affecting freight and perishable goods.
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Sproul
State Department of Labor
Harrisburg
Penns Reading
Baltimore & Ghia
Sphia & Reading
Syracuse
York
Rail Walkouts Paralyze Freight Across Northeastern Rail Lines
Strikes by railroad workers cripple freight from Norristown to Camden and South Jersey. Clerks on the Pennsylvania system acted as emergency train crews earning 88 a day extra while 1161 men quit. The Reading and B and C roads report emergency crews and mass walkouts with wage talks fueling the dispute.
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Camden
West Jersey & Seashore
Atlantic City
South Jersey
Pennsylvania
Adala
Reading
Vacatio
Charles H. Ewing
Reading Railroad
George F. A. Koehl
Koehl
Ewing
Labor Board
Mr. Koehl
Break in Strike in Baltimore Area
Baltimore cardmen who went out yesterday began returning to work today. The Baltimore & Ohio reports 50 percent of its normal switching force back and Pennsylvania line says 190 of 250 strikers reported for duty. No interference with passenger service. embargo remains on most freight except coal for utilities and hospital and foods.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tea Aids Mental Effort, Says Harvard President Eliot
Special Dispatch reports from Boston quote President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University arguing tea aids mental work. He contrasts tea with coffee and alcohol, cites long health and exertion, and notes past use of tobacco only rarely between 1854 and 1858 as he recalls routines like horseback riding and summer cruising.
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the Tribune Boston
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard Uni
Ted
Harvard
New England
Salvation Army Cadets Graduate for Hard Tasks Ahead
About two thousand people attended the 1920 class graduation at Memoris Hall for 98 Salvation Army National Training College cadets. Sixty nine girls and twenty nine men were commissioned as provisional lieutenants and captains amid hymns and fervent prayers, with assignments likely abroad.
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Memoris
West Fourteenth Street
Salvation Army National Training College
Easton
China
William Peart
Mil
Court Casts Light on Draft Dodger Escape
Philadelphia June 21 A special Federal grand jury began a probe into Grover Bergdell an army draft dodger who allegedly concealed his escape and benefited from the system Judge Thompson warned that any person regardless of position involved in the Bergdell case would face the bar of justice The investigation focuses on how the escape was aided and the broader scandal surrounding it.
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Dodger
U. S
Philadelphia
Grover Chad Bergde
McAvoy
United
Thompson
Bar of Justice
Bergd
United States
Malta and Gibraltar Troops for Turkey Reinforcements
European Bureau News reports at the British War Office that reinforcements to Turkey will be drawn from garrisons at Malta and Gibraltar. No troops from England are to be sent at present.
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Dunes European Bureau
British War Office
Malta
Gibraltar
England
Actress Sues for 25000 Over Auto Accident
Actress Harriet Pike Rempel files suit in the Supreme Court claiming negligence by silk merchant Arthur B. Lewis after an auto crash on December 6 1918. She was her guest en route to Arrowhead Inn for a real estate deal and a theater engagement in the city.
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Harriet Pike Rempel
Arthur BR. Lewis
Supreme Court
Miss Renone
Lewis
Arrowheld Inn
Fragmentary notice from yesterday morning report
Incomplete OCR fragment notes a morning event with a 34 f meter bon and references to Ching tris moving quickly. Mentions five sutes three children comp Woinen and the pa.
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Woinen
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