US Railway Labor Board grants 21 percent wage rise
The United States Railway Labor Board awarded about six hundred million dollars in pay increases to the nations two million railroad workers, roughly 21 percent overall, retroactive to May 1. The award excludes strike demands, boosts back pay, and ties future rates to freight tariffs, with referendum votes expected among union members.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Sim
Interstate Com Merce Commission
Observations on Labor Board Wage Decision for Railroad Workers
The board struggles to set fair wages amid high living costs and calls for a balance between decent pay and public service needs. It notes long railroad employment and aims to motivate workers to improve efficiency and service while offsetting wage increases. It urges cooperation between workers and managers to ease the burden of higher wages on the public.
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Tule Railrroad
Tig
Chicago Yard men’s association delegates protest board decision
The Chicago Yard men’s association delegates criticize a board ruling as discriminatory, noting their 300,000 affiliated members. The new railroad unions plan a referendum among members after breaking from brotherhoods, with John Grunau as president of the Chicago Wardmen’s association announcing radar.
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Chicago Yardmen's Association
John Grunau
Chicago Wardmen’s Association
Three Negroes Sentenced to North Carolina Penitentiary
Associated Press reports a Graham mob attacked the county jail as three Black men accused of assaulting Mrs. A. A. Riddle were moved by train to Raleigh for safekeeping. Militia and gunfire halted the attack. one man was killed and two wounded.
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North Carolina
Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Graham
State Penitentiary
National Guard
Durham
Almanac County
Walted Press
A. A. Riddle
James Ray
Tyo
Iregroes
Henry at La Crosse Opens State Labor Meet
C McHenry mayor of Oshkosh and Republican senatorial candidate urged beer and light wines for workers at the opening of the Trades Union Liberty league meeting preceding the state federation of labor convention in La Crosse. William Coleman Milwaukee organizer and socialist candidate for governor cautioned delegates against self seeking politicians as about two hundred delegates attend.
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Ores
la Crosse
Wis
C. McHenry
Meyor
Oshkosh
United States
Trades Union Liberty League
State Federation of Labor
Wiliam Coleman
Milwaukee
Federation
Hanson Takes Stand in Communist Trial
Former Seattle mayor Hanson testified for the defense against William Bross Lloyd and nineteen others named as leaders of the Communist labor party charged with plotting to overthrow the government. He described Seattle's January and February 1919 general strike and radical speeches around the event. The state aims to finish its case tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Olei Hansonis
Seattle
William Bross Lloyd
Communist Labor Party
Anaterial
Hanson
Marvin
Barnhart
El Reno Man Assumes Mississippi Barge Line Command
Louis-Col. G. Be. Bumphrer of El Reno Oklahoma named manager of the Mississippi section of the government barge line on the Mississippi and Warrior rivers. He succeeds TL T Kavanaugh who was drowned in the Mississippi at Memphis last April.
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Associated
Louis
Col
G. BE. Bumphrer
el Reno
Oklahoma
Tod
Mississippi
Government
Warrior Rivers
TL. T. Kavanaugh
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
Bolivian revolt prompts moratorium talk in Lima
May declare moratorium looming as new Bolivian government formed after Guerra overthrow considers pausing banks and merchants. American sanitation contracts likely honored but a planned $10 million loan talks may drop. Fighting rages at Sucre with 20 killed as Guerra shifts to safety under American flag.
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Associated Pro
Lima
Peru
Sucre
Guerra
Riots and Military Control in Cork After Civilian Attacks
A Dublin dispatch reports Cork under military control after riots injuring soldiers and civilians. At least three killed, streets patrolled, and two motor lorries blown by demobilized soldiers injuring 60 to 70. Sinn Fein links noted. Stores looted. raiders set fire to supplies near military barracks. Nearby Tuam sees two constables shot dead and town burned.
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Cork
United Press
London
Tuam
Gaiwas
Dublin
Cofftcal
Sinn Feinets
Outrane
Iowa Caucuses Name District Committeemen
By ta ted Press Des Momenta District caucuses named state committee men at today's Republican state convention session. Listed: W. W. Copeland Burlington. Alfred C. Mueller Davenport. Carl F. Bladine Cedar Falls. L. P. Barth Howard County Firth. William G. Dows Cedar Rapids. Charles Kedham Poweshiek County. Charles Rawson Des Moines. Avid Denning Senterville. Willis T. Steen Logan. B. B. Burnquist Fort Dodge. A. T. White Storm Jake.
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W. W. Copeland
Burlington
Alfred C. Mueller
Davenport
Carl F. Bladine
Cedar Falls
L. P. Barth
Howard County
Firth
William G. Dows
Cedar Rapids
Bixth
Arles Kedham
Poweshiek County
Charles Rawson
Des Moines
Wirth
Avid Denning
Senterville
Willis T. Steen
Logan
B. B. Burnquist
Fort Dodge
A. T. White Storm
Jake
Kvale Disqualified From Seventh Minnesota GOP Nomination
Benson Minnesota Associated Press reports that Kvale, the Republican candidate for Congress in Minnesota's Seventh District, was disqualified in a decision by District Judge Albert Johnson. The ruling also names Congressman A J Volstead as the duly nominated Republican candidate, following a June 21 primary defeat. Kv was endorsed by the Nonpartisan League.
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Associated Pre
Benson
Winn
Nev
J. O. Kvale
Congress
Minnesota
Albert Johnson
Kvale
A J. Volstead
Frepublican Party
Mr. Kv
Nonpartisan League
Veteran Conductor Dies at Ashland Home Neenah
Ashland, Wis. veteran passenger conductor on Wisconsin Central and later Soo Line, John McKie, died at his home from blood poisoning. He had worked in northern Wisconsin, lived in Ashland, and for fifteen years ran Minneapolis and Southern Wisconsin routes. His son is an army officer and West Point graduate. he was twice married with burial to be in Stevens Point.
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Asso Tad Press
Ashland
John McKie
Wisconsin Central
Nah
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
West Point
Iia
Stevens
Writ of Ampara Against Death Penalty Filed
By Associated Press Mevion City July 19 General Pab In Gongiles, convicted and charged as head of a gang, faced a writ of amparo against the death penalty. The extraordinary court martial at Monterey heard the case and will hold a hearing in early August to decide if the decree should become final.
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Associated Press
Mevion City
Pab- In Gongiles
Seventy Three Liquor Indictments by Milwaukee Grand Jury
United Press reports seventy three indictments returned by the federal grand jury in Milwaukee. Most charges allege liquor law violations and arrests are expected within the next day or two.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Clothing prices to come down declares commercial expert
Chicago reports A. G. Blackmore of the Retailer Commercial Union says prices will soon drop as buyers from small towns in twenty two states hold back orders. He notes buyers order a few items now and repeat later when reductions are available and that current buying has been light due to anticipated price declines.
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Associated Press
Chicago
A. G. Blackmore
Commercial Unien
Cooperation Aids Wheat Harvest Across Rail System
Washington reports say railroads and three federal agencies cooperate to speed wheat harvest. About 226 million bushels already harvested, 40 thousand rail cars moving west under government orders. More than 1.0 billion dollars available for western bank loans. labor is plentiful in the wheat belt. Farmers urged patience as the harvest proceeds.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Agriculture Department
Federal Reserve System
Reserve Board
Rail Executives Propose Freight and Passenger Rate Hikes
Railroad leaders met in Washington to draft proposals for spreading added wage costs from the labor board’s award. They aim to raise rates to cover about 600 million in new expenses, with freight and passenger charges under review. The interstate commerce commission considers a 1.017 billion annual freight increase, excluding wage advances, and the exact allocation between freight and passenger rates is still to be decided.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Railroad Labor Board
Railway Executes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Western plans by Republicans at Frisco
National committeemen and state chairmen from Oregon Washington Idaho Nevada Arizona and California met in San Francisco today to map western campaign plans. They discussed inviting Senator Harding to campaign on the Pacific coast and outlined efforts to open western Republican headquarters on April 1.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Calif
Oregon
Washington
I Iaho
Nevada
Arizona
California
Harding
Pacific Coast
Five Men Rob Bank of Oberon North Dakota
Five men robbed the Bank of Oberon near Minnewaukan North Dakota early today escaping with 320 090 in cash and liberty bonds. The vault was wrecked and the robbers fled east in a large automobile. Town residents were cut off preventing reporting until noon.
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Associated Press
Minnewaukan. N
Bank
Oberon
X. D
Paderewski Named Polish Delegate to Paris Council
Ignace Paderewski former premier is appointed to represent Poland in the council of ambassadors at Paris. Official notification of the appointment was received from Warsaw via the Polish minister to the United States.
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Associated Prove
New York
Ignace Paderewski
Poland
Council of Ambassadors
Paris
Warsaw
United States
Drygoods District in Baltimore Threatened by Fire
A blaze broke out at 2 1 percent in the center of Baltimore's drygoods district triggering a general alarm. The drygoods section was seriously threatened as flames raged, according to a United Press report from Baltimore Maryland.
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United Press
Baltomire
Not So Easy to Secure Olympic Boxes in Antwerp
Antwerp prospects for foreign spectators to obtain boxes for the Olympic games look bleak as Box reservations are limited. Subscriptions to the millen franc Belgian Olympisd fund and commitments to house visiting athletes gain priority, with all requests due by August 5 and accompanied by payment. Applicants must attach a small photograph of the intended occupant, as seats are non transferable.
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Associated Press
Antwerp
Survey Shows Food Budget Variations Across 39 Cities
An Associated Press report from Washington details a June survey by the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Labor, showing price increases in 39 observed cities and decreases in 12. Detroit leads with a 14.9 percent rise, Springfield and Charleston show notable gains, while Houston records a 5 percent drop and several cities post modest changes.
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Peoria
Pittsburg
Portland
Maine
St. Louis
St. Paul
Cleveland
Columbus
Fall River
Minneapolis
Newark
New York
Providence
Birmingham
Butte
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Houston
Texas
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Mardle
Charleston
Cincinnati
Little Rock
New Orleans
Norfolk
Dallas
Philadelphia
Savannah
Springfeld
Parzent
D. C
Detroit
Chemicals Are Needed Urgently for Water Purification
Washington reports the nations water supply for over 30 million people faces imminent disease risk due to shortage of purifying chemicals. Emergency appeals have come from ten states and many city health boards for railroad priority on moving alum and chlorine used to rid water of disease germs.
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Washington, D. C
Public Health Servicer
Coal Shortage Hearings Opened By Committee
Associated Press report from New York states that railroad executives coal operators fuel administrators and Interstate Commerce Commission representatives testified as the special senate committee on reconstruction and production opened hearings. Topics include transportation difficulties caused by car shortages export levels and coastal shipments due to docking facilities. Senator William M Calder of New York chairs the committee.
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Associated Press
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Special
Senate Committee On Reconstruction and Production
William M. Calder
Indictments Drawn in Abyssinian Riot Case
A grand jury returned indictments charging two counts of murder against eight African American men in the Abyssinian riot of June 29 in which sailor Robert L. Rose and cigar clerk Joel Hoyt were killed. Names listed include Grover C. Redding James Briggs Oscar McGavick Anderson McGavick Alfes V Fauel Tappe Henry Lee Falward Ruah and Dennis Brown.
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Reg Prena
Whiergo
Grand Jury
Robert L. Rose
Joel Hoyt
Grover C. Redding
James Briggs
Oscar McGavick
Anderson McGavick
Allies v . Fauel Tappe
Henry Lee
Falward Ruah
Dennis Brown
Pennsylvania Railroad Stands by Award Under 1920 Act
The Pennsylvania railroad will stand by the wage award as required by the transportation act of 1920. It also expects the literature commerce commission to consider the wage increase in pending rate cases to allow railroads to meet the higher pay.
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Ay Associated Press
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Today
Railroad Labor Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fardaner
Literature Commerce Commission
Harding Campaign Boosted By Front Porch Pace
Warren G Harding wins early praise for his front porch campaign as Republican supporters in Marion express confidence. He defies fears of a tame rollout, while Cox faces early pressure to respond to GOP attacks. Meantime, Harding, refreshed by golf, plans a steady post nomination routine and to resume speaking schedule.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Cox
Ohio
Athin Asia
Republichi
League of Motions
Associated Brass
Marton
Levitor Harding
Onto
Bryan boom dominates Prohibition convention in Lincoln
Early arrivals at the Prohibition national convention in Lincoln discuss William J. Bryan as potential leader of the prohibition ticket with Rev. Sunday as running mate. Delegates named include Virgil Hinshaw, Daniel A. Coling, Charles H. Hanslatt, and Canton N. Howard. Leaders expect messages from Will Hays and Cox or Harding on law enforcement before deciding on active campaign. The committee announced Agron S. Watkins as keynote speaker.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Prohibition Party
William J. Bryan
Prohibition
William A. (Holy) Sunday
Sunday
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Pregad
Hinshaw
Bryan
Agron S.watkins
Germantown
Ohio
Johnson Comes Across to Stand Trial in U S
United Press reports John Johnson a pugilist crossed the international remitery line and was placed under arrest on a white slavery charge. Sheriff John Cline of Los Angeles County aided the arrest as Johnson walked onto United States soil. He was jailed in San Diego County and expected to be arraigned. He faces transfer to Fort Leavenworth after Chicago custody.
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Seern Pugiliet
Sam
United Press
San Diego
Jauck Johnson
Johnson
John Cline
Los Angles County
United States
George Cooley
San Dien
Chicago
California
Fort Leavenworth
Caetriet
Charles F. Cline
Pennsylvania Railroad to Dismiss 12,900 Eastern Division Workers
Pennsylvania railroad officials announce plan to dismiss about 12,900 workers in the eastern operating division to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Officials say most roles will be reassigned to other divisions, despite anticipated unrest among employees who blame the move on an outlaw strike.
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Eastern Pennsylvania
United Mreway
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fiere
Bids Opened for Sale of 78 Sea-Going Tugs
Washington January 1 Associated Press reports bids opened today by the Shipping Board for the sale of seventy eight sea-going tugs. Terms require 26 percent of purchase price on delivery of the grasp, with the remaining balance paid in semiannual installments over three years. Twenty ten tugs operate on the Atlantic coast, twenty four in the Great Lakes, and others operate between gulf and Atlantic ports or in shipyards under construction.
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Associated Presa
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Gulf
Withdraws Complaint Against Wisconsin Rent Statute
The complaint filed by Missann on behalf of a rent operator was withdrawn after an agreement over disputed rentals. The move ends the effort to declare the new Wisconsin rent regulation law unconstitutional following a special session action.
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United Prix Milnenaker
Wisconsin
Missann
Shamrock and Resolute Clash in Gree Inter national Yacht Race Heat
The second heat of the international yacht race saw Shamrock leading early after the first mark while Resolute moved ahead to take a growing lead. With winds light at five knots, the start was postponed then resumed as officials tested sailing conditions and course directions.
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Shamrock
Remoluto
Hinsta
Thomas Fipton
Shamrock TV
Steantute
Resolute
Leewar
Actasty
Resoluté
Brogstree
Burton
Arie A. m
Shamrock IV
Ater
Daiis Ternngular Courage
Necth
France Receives Wheat to Ease Bread Prices Hopeful Harvest
France will import 280000 tons of wheat under government contract to lower bread costs. Wheat priced at twenty pesos per kilo will be bought by Are rentige through the export tax plan, netting about 56000000 pesos for the government. Paris reports a good harvest may improve bread quality but labor shortages hinder gathering, with talks for immigrant help from Italian, Czecho Slovak and Polish workers.
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Hu AgSvuleneu Press
Srance
Arerentige
Aupertax
France
Paris Trance
Bandits Hold Up Cashier At Borden Plant
Three armed men held up the cashier of the Borden Condensed Milk company in front of its West Street office today and escaped with about 20000 dollars in cash. Police pursued the trio but details of arrests were not immediately available.
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Associated Press
Borden Condensed Milk Company
France Will Aid Polish Defense In Moscow Armistice Row
Paris reports Premier Millerand told the chamber of deputies France will honor its pledge to aid Poland if efforts to secure a pacific solution fail. He said France will not mix with Germany’s internal affairs, will support Wrangel’s government conditionally, and urged disarmament as required by the treaty.
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London
Great Britain
Pokand
Russia
Moscow
Paris
Lloyd George
Poland
Millgrand
United Press
France
Soviet
Millerand
Chamber of Deputies
Milerand
England
Mesopotamia
Syria
Soviela
Wrangel
Germany
Democrats Seek Tennessee Ratification And Plan Chair
The Democratic national committee moved to urge Tennessee to ratify the woman suffrage amendment and then formed a 15 member subcommittee to confer with Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt on the national chairmanship. Ed H. Moore, Cox convention manager, was named head of the subcommittee and is expected to report at four.
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United Press
Columbus
Democratic National Committee
Tennessee
Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Committee
Ed H. Moore
NOME FLIGHT PLANE GETS STUCK IN THE MUD
Erie Pa The first army air plane attempting the Africola Alaska flight from Erie bogs down in soft mud after starting. Plane No 3 under Lieut C C Crumrine was readied then stuck. Captain Street leads hope the group will reach Grand Rapids this afternoon.
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Nome Flight
Associated Press
Erie
Srief
C. C. Crumrine
Captain Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
Babe Ruth Hits Another Homer in Season End Game
In New York, Babe Ruth of the New York Americans belted a home run in the final game of the season against Chicago. The shot came off pitcher Fager in the first inning, sending the ball to right field for a notable major league mark.
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Associated Press
New York
Babe” Ruth
Fager
Chicago
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