Senate Adopts Amendments to Bonus Bill amid Coal Strike
Edward W. Pickard reports rising coal prices and fuel shortages amid a nationwide strike. Senators propose return-to-work terms, with operators dropping arbitration demands while miners press for maintained pay and conditions. Government aims to speed coal movement and potentially seize railroads and mines if Congress approves.
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Pennsylvania
Goodykoontz
West Virginia
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Kentucky
Newton
Minnesota
Mondell
Wyoming
Benneford Plans Dearborn Plant Shutdown Over Coal Prices
Benneford announces the Dearborn Michigan plant will close September 16 amid coal shortages and profiteering concerns. He says he would pay higher prices for coal but will protest extortion publicly, while Detroit Mayor Couzens pledges city support. Opposition claims bluffing or political motives, which Lord Earn denies.
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Dearborn
Mich
Caun
Couzens
Detroit
Wind
Lord
Inn Wall Street
Tord
Violence and threats mar railway shopmen strike progress
The strike saw repeated attacks and vandalism as trainmen were tied up on Alton routes at Roadhouse Tl. Bombs and dynamite were used in several states while wrecking attempts targeted Missenger trains with rail spikes. Arrests in Michigan Central cases reveal a planned climax aimed at the Twentieth Century Limited near Elkhart Indiana.
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Roadhouse
Florida
Alabama
Uliness
Michigan Central
Gary
Ind
Century Limited
Elkhart
Railroad workers seek living wage despite board rejection
EI Grable of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railroad Shop Laborers petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to set a living wage for railway workers. The board rejected the idea, deeming just and reasonable wages as a living wage. Grable wired Senate committee chair Cummins urging amendments to ensure railroad employees receive a minimum living wage.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate Passes Soldiers Bonus Bill With Two Amendments
The Senate approved the soldiers bonus measure and adopted two amendments. McNary of Oregon calls for 350 million dollars to reclaim arch and swamp lands for ex service men farms. Shim mons of North Carolina directs interest on the foreign debt to fund the bonus. The Simmons amendment clashes with administration wishes, and Harding is expected to veto if conference fails to resolve the dispute.
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Oregon
Republian
Shimmons
North Carolina
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Simmons
Harding
Treasury Mellon
Washington
California primary draws national attention in election notes
In incomplete returns Senator Illram Johnson appears to win renomination in California while incumbents are renominated. Governor contenders include F W Richardson over Stephens and T L Woolwine for Democrats. Montana and South Carolina races hint at runoffs and future primaries. European distress and union talk also feature in brief notes.
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Illram Johnson
C. C. Moore
F. W. Richardson
W. D. Stephens
T. L. Woolwine
Montana
W.D. Rankin
Itata Sinks Off Chile Coast With 222 Onboard
The Chilean steamship Itata, 2200 tons, foundered near Coquimbo with 150 passengers and 72 crew lost. First reports said the vessel sank rapidly. details were sparse amid a news week of European tensions and economic debates.
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Reparations Moratorium Hoped For Amid Bank Plan Debate
The Allied reparations committee faced a confusing week with multiple proposals from Belgium Germany France and Belgium Belgium proposing a temporary compromise plan involving short term notes backed by big German banks and large gold transfers as security for payments while a November premiers conference would reconsider reparations and war debts.
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Catters
Fortien
Disasters Mark Week With Shipwrecks and Mine Fire
A Chilean ship sank near Coquinbo with 316 dead and six survivors. The Japanese cruiser Nikka was lost in a typhoon, with heavy loss feared. In Jackson California a gold mine fire trapped 47 miners in lower levels, and no rescue believed possible at this time.
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Sweden Prohibition Vote Defeats Liquor Ban The People Decide
Despite reform efforts, Swedish prohibitionists lose as a national plebiscite determines wet or dry status. Cities swing heavily toward wet, while rural areas favor prohibition. The vote ends with a clear urban victory for liquor permissiveness.
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Army officers to be relieved from active duty nationwide
Washington reports over fifty officers on active duty at colleges and schools will be relieved from further active duty. The American Legion and Hanford MacNider express confidence President Harding will not veto the bonus, noting Senate adherence to veterans' pledges.
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Political and crime brief roundup of early 20th century notes
The item lists diverse stories including forgery trial of Hudson Jr. in Jacksonville. a government test using airplanes to spread poison on cotton fields in Scotts Mississippi. the Canadian dollar at parity in New York. Georgia Governor Hardwick weighing a death sentence commute. Sloss Sheffield Steel raises pay. a man arrested beside his wife. Coca Cola declares a $10 quarterly dividend. a national Forget-Me-Not day moved to November 4. a race between an army dirigible and a De Havilland plane planned for September. Michigan prison outbreak. a lethal mine fire at Argonaut mine in California with 75 entombed. arrests in Denver. a deadly auto truck crash near Baltimore. anti radical arrests tied to a Gary railroad wreck. a Kentucky tornado damages property. a Leavenworth escape plot thwarted. inquiries into a movie star’s murder in New Jersey. widespread Communist convention warrants in Michigan. a Warren Ohio study on diet. Chicago votes for alcohol referendum. a family tragedy where a father dies saving his daughters.
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Bridgman
Tanine advertises relief for indigestion and dyspepsia
An advertisement touts Tanine as an instant aid for indigestion and allied stomach troubles. It cites Mrs. W. H. Hocker of Clifton Forge Virginia and claims Tanine cleanses the system, purifies blood, and restores health with continued use. The piece ends with a wedding anecdote from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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Rose Aven
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