Strikers Seek Grand Jury Indictment Over Riot Clash
In Chicago on July 11 a grand jury was urged to indict the slayer in a riot at the Corn Products Refining plant in Argo. Strikers accuse a plant employee. officials say strikers were responsible for the violence. Funeral processions for John Wou teek and Michael Marchut drew many, including former soldiers, as a Russian priest denounced capitalists and urged justice.
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Chicago
Grand
Corn Products Refining Company
Argo
Joseph Kanas
Nes
Joseph Sprisician
Exan
Cleim
Perato
John Woeuterk
Michael Marchut
Wouteek
France
Rescind Camp Orders for Fifth to Seventh Infantry Reserves
Springfield dispatch reports Adjutant General Dickson announced rescission of encampment dates for the fifth sixth and seventh infantry reserve regiments. Units will be assigned to the rifle range in Springfield as needed through October 31, with calls possible anytime. Down state regiments will be moved with minimal disruption to crops and movements.
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Springfield
Ill
Dickson
Traction Line Near East St. Louis Sold
East St Louis area rail line sale details are unclear in the fragment. The text notes a traction line near East St Louis and mentions passenger transport, with garbled phrases indicating a sale or transfer involving local transit infrastructure. The readable bits point to a transport line sale near East St Louis.
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East ST Louis
Southern
Passeng
New Tax Commission Holds First Meeting
Springfield Illinois July 11 the offices of the new state tax commission will be opened soon and a statistician will be appointed within days. The commission met Thursday to outline organization and work to be carried on by the commission. It supersedes the board of equalization and is chaired by Frank F Nelemat with Colonel James B Sanborn and CC Craig as members.
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Springfield
State Tax Commission
Commisson
Award Contracts For New State Aid Roads In Illinois
Springfield July 11 contracts for concrete brick and gravel roads totaling over 1 million dollars were awarded by the division of highways. Notable awards include 5143 feet of concrete roadway in Stephenson County for 19017 and 4910 feet of common earth highway in Jo Daviess County for 6308. No bids were received for roads in Lee and Morgan counties. Bradford tornado kills two and damages dozens of structures as a narrow storm wrecks homes and carries a dwelling a quarter mile.
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Springfield
Division of Highways
Stephenson County
Jo Davies
Lee
Morgan Counties
Torn4sdo
Bradford
Reed Warns Atlanta Against League Policies
In Atlanta Missouri Senator James A. Reed urged southerners to oppose the league of nations, arguing it would surrender national rights to foreign rulers. He claimed propaganda behind the league is funded by international bankers and Taft supporters, and warned abandoning Washington era practicality for Wilsonian dreams risks national ruin.
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Atlanta
League of Nations
James A. Reed
Missouri
League
Foner
Taft
Reed
United States
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
Mexican policy made known to protect Americans
Washington July 11 Representative LaGuardia urged a definite State Department statement on how the government will protect American citizens and property in Mexico. He asked for all communications between the United States and Mexico since January and between the department and army officers. He said Carranza should be informed that friendship and aid cannot continue without action, and that armed intervention is not needed.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
Representative LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
Carranza
Quote from LaGuardia on Mexico policy sparks debate
In a fiery remark, Mr. LaGuardia said we should go into Mexico with beans in one hand and hand grenades in the other. He warned that if Mexico refuses our friendship, may God help them. The comment drew sharp criticism from opponents and supporters alike.
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Mr. LaGuardia
Mexico
Escaped From Sheriff In Chicago Captured After Two Months
CHICAGO June 1 John Keating who escaped from a deputy sheriff and a companion after being brought from Des Moines Iowa to Chicago on the claim that loot from the Iowa State Bank robbery was hidden here was arrested Thursday. Released from Joliet penitentiary in December 1918 he joined the army and was sent to Camp Dodge Des Moines where he married a country girl. The May 1 bank robbery yielded 43000 and led to the arrest of Keating and four others. He slipped past the deputy at his brother's front door then the back door was found open by the deputy. Two detectives who had seen his picture in the rogues gallery arrested him.
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Chicago
John Keating
Des Moines
Iowa State
Joliet Penitentiary
Camp Dodge
Keating
Rogues
Child Drowns at Quarry as Playmate Watches Nearby
In Kankakee Illinois on a Thursday afternoon four year old Harold Clarke son of Mr and Mrs Paul Clarke plunged into ten feet of water at the old city quarry and drowned despite efforts to save him His companion Leonard Holoveck aged five sat on a ledge nearby recalling the last words Goodbye Leonard Ara planned to jump in with him but did not.
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Kankaree
Leonard
Harold Clarke
Paul Clarke
Old City
Leonard Holoveck
Hurley Leaves Ship Board as Payne Is Named
President Wilson accepts Edward N. Hurley’s resignation as Shipping Board chairman effective August 1. John Barton Payne of Chicago, general counsel of the railroad administration, is named to succeed him, with Hurley to become a business adviser after a three month vacation. Hurley had led the board since 1917 and praised the President for leadership and support.
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Washington
Wilson
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Hurley
John Barton Payne
Chicago
Railroad Administration
Senate
Bel
Federal Trade Commission
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Henry G. Garretts & Sng
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Fletcher
Castoria
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Blue
Worth
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