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Newspaper
Oklahoma City Times
Location
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
1
Four railroad brotherhoods in the Pacific coast strike set a Saturday deadline to return to work or support federal action to operate federally controlled rails. The Associated Press reports Washington officials stating the time to end the walkout is Saturday morning.
Since January 1, thir teen banks have been robbed, netting about 109572 dollars in cash and securities. Burns detective agency representative Squires cites multiple gangs active in the region with nine arrests to date and plans to move on Guthrie to question three Meridian robbery suspects.
The itinerary lists stops in Oklahoma City Denver Kansas City Louisville Portland Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles and other cities. Accompanying the president are Mrs. Wilson Admiral Jon Secretary Tumulty and other aides. The tour aims to discuss the treaty with named locales and dates in varied states.
President Wilson will visit Bahoma City as the second presidential guest to address the nation from the presidential hall. Roosevelt visited twice after the Spanish American War and Taft toured the west. preparations for Wilson’s reception are underway with Young Men's Democratic club and Chamber of Commerce coordinating plans.
DAN I KANUISCU reports that a strike by yard and switchmen in Oakland, California, has ended and trains are departing on normal schedules while a larger strike elsewhere continues. The United States railroad administration announced the partial resolution today.
At Los Angeles a night session of four railroad brotherhood leaders announced that strikers will receive orders from their chiefs to return to work and then act on individual obedience. Montgomery, VP of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, said the plan aims to prevent service delays as crews are called back.
Minneapol is Aug 22 Julius H Barnes head of United States train corporation announces a new scale for the lower grades of wheat for the 1920 crop. The trading floor of the local chamber of commerce posts the scale to take effect September 2. Washington Aug 28 under the new scale the guaranteed price is maralls for cn we he are No 2 2182 54 No 210 No 5 por pow wheat 645 48 pound wheat 201 47-pound wheat 198 46- Board wheat 1981 4S-pound wheat 9245
In Washington on August 2 the House passed a bill authorizing the president to confer on Gen John J Pershing the permanent rank of general for his war service. The measure now goes to the Senate.
A Tulsa woman died and another was injured in an auto crash near the city. The victims were rushed to a local hospital where their conditions were reported as serious but stable. Police investigated the collision and its cause remains under review.
Commissioner Patterson describes plans to turn the city reservoir into a scenic park with a twenty foot water fence, a fifteen mile circumference driveway, planted embankments, and wildlife areas. The project, shown to reporters, imagines a major public recreation zone around the existing water works despite current neglect and weeds.
Post office bacon sales surged after Claude Weaver announced a minimum purchase option. Over fifty orders were recorded, depleting remaining supplies at the pace, with a price of 433 dollars per can.
An American financial convoy arrived in Warsaw to establish branches of American banks across Poland. The Polish publicity bureau announced the plan as a move to counter German financial monopoly in Poland.
FE O Bittner has served as chief clerk of the Frisco division passenger offices in Frisco for nine years. He departs for Tulsa to take charge of the Frisco ticket office September 1. Bittner began with the Frisco in 1908 as a stenographer and has held the chief clerk role since then.
Bulletin from San Pedro reports the German submarine UB-06 seven days overdue, possibly reaching Ben Diego port late today or tomorrow. Washington dispatches reference a large European property or wartime asset transfer involving the French government and an agreement with held back portions of assets for repayment.
New York August 28 Andrew Carnegie died leaving a fortune between 25 and 30 million dollars. The will provides annuities to friends and relatives including 10000 to Taft and 5000 to Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Preston. The Carnegie Corporation of New York is residuary legatee. Public bequests include Cooper Union and Pittsburg University among others.
A garbled early report indicates alleged bandits are due to plead today in connection with a robbery case. Details are unreadable. authorities and exact charges are not disclosed in the fragment.
London dispatch reports Montenegro in upheaval as nationalist and pro Serb factions clash. Serbian forces reinforce efforts to quell the revolutionary government while Montenegrin partisans resist, threatening a new push for union with Jugo Slavia. Sharp political divides over King Nicholas and Montenegrin assembly actions fuel disorder and guerrilla fighting in the mountains.
In Washington the executive council urges acceptance of President Wilson's proposed four cent hourly increase as the government trims living costs. In Reading four thousand shopmen show favorable sentiment but delay final action after a later meeting. In Marshall Texas one hundred shopmen vote for a strike on September 2 to demand higher pay from their union.
More children of illegitimate parentage were born in this city during July than in any month since April 191? From seven illegitimate births in June the total leaped to twelve for July. For the first seven months of 1918 sixty-five illegitimate births occurred, compared with sixty-four in the same period this year. Of the sixty-four illegitimate births this year, thirty-one are white males, twenty-eight are white females, three are negro males and two are negro females. The birth rate has been higher during the last two years than in prior years, attributed to war conditions and expected to decrease.
Hundreds of fish from minnows to five pounds swim in the basin beneath the elevated fish ladder as water from the bypass is released. Observers say the event drew concentrations of fish in the basin during the festival as fresh water flowed in from the bypass.
Patterson and Holtman announce a forecast of a near six to ten cent jump in seven cent cigars with wholesale prices rising from 85 to 10 per thousand and possible retail increases. They cite higher wages for cigar makers and rising tobacco costs as drivers, noting small retailer profits may force price passes to customers.
Oklahoma Good Roads association to raise members from 800 to 1,000 to fund route marking from Wichita to Oklahoma City and other cities. R A Singletary to supervise a 3,900 mile drive marking routes Dodge City Prahoma City to Oklahoma City and Fort Smith Wichita Falls paths through chambers, retailers and civic groups.
Washington reports United States Steel will likely strike within days after management accedes to key demands. John Fitzpatrick, head of the steel workers unions committee, announced the development in a letter to the company directors this afternoon.
Princess Tarhata Kiram niece of the sultan of Sulu and Carmen Aguinaldo daughter of General Aguinaldo visited the wheat pit at the Chicago board of trade and compared it to cockfights in Manila saying they felt more at home there than anywhere else. The visitors intended to enroll at the University of Illinois and observed the lively excitement around the trading pit.
Washington, President Wilson requested additional appropriation to cover the commission in Paris up to 1,250,689 dollars, with year end estimates reaching 1,506,706 dollars. Prior appropriations included 14.96 dollars for something and 13,000 dollars for expenses of the intougher.
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