Sympathetic Walkout Threat Moves Union Lines
United Press reports a threatened walkout by the Big Four railroad brotherhoods, involving thousands of workers. Guards threats, equipment dangers, and potential paralysing action amid Rock Island Joliet turmoil prompt leaders to seek orders and caution members to avoid unsafe work.
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United Press
Big Four Transportation Brotherhoods
Atrikine
Danly
Bit Four
Filgin, Joliet & Eastern Raiiroad
Rock Island Railroad
Joliet
Rock Island
Cummins Bill Seeks Presidential Control Of Transport
A draft prepared by Senator Cummins Iowa would empower the president to take full control of all transportation systems during a strike emergency. The measure is expected to be introduced when Congress reconvenes next week with assurances from both parties that relief for the strike crisis will be expedited.
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United Press
Washington
Cumming
Iowa
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Congress
House
Feade
Harding
Conrtess
Chaplain Pleads for Conciliation in Joliet Strike
Chaplain Captain Jack O'Donnell preached at the grave of slain striker Frank Lavino calling for conciliation after rioting that left a railroad agent dead and a sheriff wounded. He urged friendship as 1207 Elgin Joliet & Eastern workers remain off the job under guard while officials and strikers plan talks to withdraw troops.
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Br Associated Press
Joliet
Lavino
Crogde
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
O'Donnell
Flyer Plows Into Waiting Train Killing Thirty In Collision
A flyer plowed into the rear of a waiting passenger train, killing thirty and injuring over fifty. The impact demolished cars and caused extensive damage to the second train. Rescue efforts were launched as emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Effic
Rail unions threaten Joliet riot danger halt
Illinois Central and Rock Island workers faced protests as threats of a strike spread along major lines. Chicago leaders urged members not to operate switch engines in Joliet amid violence from coal striker sympathizers, delaying nonessential services while officials sought safety.
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United Press
Cleveland
Rock Island
Chicago
Joliet
Brotherhood
D. H. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive
ILL. Central
Sinois Central Railroad
Tilgn, Joliet & Fastern
Thingis Central
United States
Tllinois Central
Stone
Noti
Kentucky
Warren la Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomtive Engineers
J. B. Robertson
Rail Strike Saga Stirs Transport Hubs as Trainmen Walkout
Associated Press reports a 1390 men walkout disrupting service with rail guards active in many sections. Striking shop chiefs discuss President Harding’s peace proposal and plan a reply early next week. State executives meet in New York to discuss the plan.
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Associated Press
Hig
Joliet
Harding
Sta
New York
Woman Confession Clears Up Mystery of Body in Basement
Detroit police report a written confession from Thyra Lindgren linking a murder in a basement to a troubled relationship with her lover and her husband. The lover allegedly attacked Adom Enger with a hatchet after a dispute over fidelity and hid the body beneath rags. a second attempted murder of Mrs Enger followed.
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United Press
Detroit
Thyra Lindgren
Adom Enger
Gaim
River
Lindgren
Lindgren Isld
Vallege
Jana
Storjee
Enger
Yaaterday
Hundreds of Corn Acres Ruined by Hail Storm in Minnesota
United Press reports a heavy hailstorm last night wrecking about 3,000 acres of corn in Manaoka and Fox Lake townships Fairmont Minnesota. Experts estimate 13 percent of cropland damaged over a five by seven mile area with total losses around 3100 dollars. The storm shattered hundreds of windows and killed much poultry.
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Minnesota
United Press
Fairmont
Winn
Manaoka
Fox Lake
Paultry
Hearing in Assault Case Postponed for Alden Powers
Alden Powers of Belett Wisconsin faces an assault case tied to the Miseillen Horigan incident. The state's chief witness Miss Horizon cannot appear, leading to a postponement. Powers is released on five thousand dollar bail.
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Py Associa Eae
Alden Powers
Belett
Wis
Miseillen Horigan
Old Frem Te Horizan
Milig
Ie du Chien
Mies Horizon
Mill
Powers
Government Seizure of Mines Urged at Northwest Conference
Governors from seven northwest states urged federal seizure and operation of all coal mines to end the coal shortage. Minnesota Governor Blaine called for federal action as industries and homes face fuel shortages, with current demand outstripping supply and a large coal deficit for August.
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Associated Press
St. Trail
Minn
Alvine
Northwest States
J. AL OF
Julie
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ami Minera
Blaine
Edward Nordman
Cceit Schueler
Statisti
Rafinay
Milwaukee
Ivan Bowen
Miners and Operators Meet in St Paul for Arbitration
Reported talks in St Paul aim to avert a strike as miners and operators plan arbitration after a Cleveland dispute. The situation follows occupation actions at a strip mine by state troops amid tense coal labor tensions.
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John L. Lewis
Operatora
Cleveland
Hilnore Operatora
Muaran Avernors of
Geen Worth
St. Paul
Miners to Work Week as Wage Talks Initiate
The United Mine Workers policy committee votes to negotiate a wage scale with operators in Ohio Western Pennsylvania Indiana and Illinois for a joint conference aimed at ending the soft coal strike. President Lewis says 75 percent of bituminous miners on strike will sign and return to work within a week once a scale is agreed. Settlement in the anthracite regions would follow negotiations, though no date is set.
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Associated Preas
Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Wh- Nels
John J. Lewis
Lewis
Minera
Indiana and
Clindy
Lachamadd
Fiea
Manslaughter Charge Ahead for Auto Driver in Fatal Crash
Herman Rosenow of Fond du Lac faces manslaughter charges over a highway 15 crash that killed John A. Hess and another passenger and injured four. District Attorney James Murray says witnesses and investigators found Rosenow drove at excessive speed on the wrong side of the road before the collision. William Ferguson’s attorneys seek damages after his wife died in the same crash.
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Semedet
Vetera
Fond du Lac
Herman Rorenow
North
Ford du Lac
Highway 15
James Murray
Murrey
Frank Candish
Rosenow
Two New Three Million Dollar Passenger Boats Planned
The Detroit and Cleveland Navigation company plans to build two 3 million dollar passenger steamers for the Buffalo Detroit division. A spokesman said construction hinges on Washington modifying the La Follette act to allow certified seamen and adjusting lake crew rules. The ships would be the largest on the Great Lakes at 559 feet long and 100 feet wide.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
Buffalo- Detroit
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company
Washington
la Follette
Bouta
Lower Lakes
A. A
Tower Lakes
U.S. Steel Reports Rise in Unfilled Tonnage
U S Steel Report shows unfilled tonnage rising by 160.4 in the period ending July 31 1921 with total unfired tonnage measured against June 26 figures and reaching 4 550 924 tons.
Ohio primary shapes upcoming state election
Voters chose gubernatorial hopefuls and party tickets in Tuesday's primary. Carm A Thompson of Cleveland won the Republican nomination for governor with Harding administration backing. The wet dry issue largely settled, revival sentiments may surface in the senatorial race as Senator Alice Morris faces Congressman Simeon B. Fess with city group backing. National administration policy may influence the contests though prohibition remains a factor.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Carm A. Thompson
Cleveland
Kavernur Oan
Harding
Questone
Aliee Pormerene
Madison search for three Balzer heirs after brutal farm slayings
Authorities in Sauk County and local citizens hunt a pair of unknown assailants after Julia Balzer 80 and her sister Mary and their brother William are found bludgeoned at a Castle Prairie farm eight miles west of Sauk City. The victims lie in a weed thicket and garage. Sheriff Tettzel and Judge Andre lead the investigation which suspects robbery as motive.
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Ifty
Madison
Wis
Julia
Mary Balzer
Wiliam
Castle Prairie
Sauk City
Sauk County
TH. C. Tettzel
Adolph Andre
Harahan
Byohn Meng
Thes Balters
Sun Yat Sen Leaves Canton for Shanghai Amid Turmoil
Sun Yat Sen, deposed Canton leader, arrives from Canton harbor aboard the British gunboat Mourhen and sails on the Empress of Russia to Shanghai. The move suggests a temporary abandonment of his Canton government bid as Gen. Chen Chiang Ming holds the city, with Wing Fung Cruiser and supplies smuggled to Sun Yat Sen.
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Associated
Fress
Hong Hong
Sun Yat Sen
Zembije
Canton
Canton Harbor
Stanghai
Fone Kong
Bun Yat Sen
Seth China
Sun Yo Sen
Hia Cruider
Wingfung
Hia
Chen Chiang Ming
Sun
Phey
Shopworker recounts beating and unconsciousness after strike incident
Superior Wis Larkin Bankur a shopworker testified he was beaten slugged and left unconscious on Pedlond track by striking workers who seized him and two others Ben Smith and Jan Jenes Bryan. He said guards forced them to Labor temple and a Mack train later fled. Bankur denied union ties and said he worked for the railroad. Authorities await charges.
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Superior
Wis
Larkin Bankur
Jeff
Vino Lence
Ben Smith
Jan Jenes Bryan
Bangor
Pont Hall
Panger
Wendy
Tennet
Paemscor
Heck
Ada Union
Wages Raised for Kaukauna and New Holstein Mill Workers
The Thilmany Paper Company of Kaukauna and the Kimberly Clark Company of New Holstein announce raises for all workers whose pay had been cut on March 1. The minimum wage will now be at least eight.
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Aweiquated Press
Appleton
Thilmany Pay& Paper Company
Kaukauna
Kimberdy-Chirk Comreine
New “Nah
Incr
Brother to sail to be with John Woolley III
G Woolley III reports his brother Fitt G Woolley of Petrait Michigan is to sail from New York to join John Woolley in Granada Spain. Woolley cites the intertia from a cerebral attack and notes his brother is in frail health.
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John
G. Wolley, III
Associated Press
Madison
Wii
Ohe
G. Woolley
Prohibition
United States
Granada
Spain
Rea Woolley
Woolley
Fitt G. Woolley
Petrait
Michigan
New York
Fort Spain
Fran
Blaine urges federal takeover of coal mines and rails
Governor Blaine of Wisconsin and Gov. Preus of Minnesota call for federal control of coal mines and railroads during the fuel crisis. They seek immediate importation of coal into the northwest and warn profiteering must end before lakes freeze. Other northwest governors are expected to join, with a Hardin g administration takeover possible if talks fail.
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United Press
St. Paul
Governor Press
Minnesota
Gay
John J. Blaine
Wisconsin
South Dako
North Dakota
Iowa
Blaine
Northwest
Harding
Negotiations Halted Over French War Debt Funding
Reports from Washington indicate talks on funding France’s World War debt to the United States were halted awaiting Paris instructions. Jean Parmentier met with the American debt funding commission but no final plan could be advanced without clearer French government guidance. Progress was described as contingent on further communications.
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Associated Press
Washington
1. C
United States
Paris
Jean V. Parmentier
American
Hepsi
Wis
Rotary Medion
Seede
Parmentier
Franer
Syas
Weather Brief for Wisconsin Measures Rising Friday Temperatures
Fragmentary report notes a Friday temperature rise in Wisconsin. Observations mention specific locations and a forthcoming warm spell but lack precise figures or times.
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D. B. Robert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineere
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Sulphur Springo
Missouri Pa
Matthew W. Gi
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Marinette
Delia Johnson
Andrew McAllister
Quinlan
Cire Court
Ira
John Uelman
Niagara
Marinette Ceunty
McAllistec
Johnson
Iron Mountain
Mich
Allister
Claim
McAllister
North Fond du Lac
Julius
William
Otanghai
Army Q. M
Willam H. Hart
William H. Hart
President Harding
Army
Herbert B. Little
Conference of Governors of the
J. A. O. Preus
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