Public Men Call For Fair Play
A group of prominent leaders disassociated from coal and railroad interests urged common sense and give and take after the Interstate Commerce Commission declared a national emergency. William Jennings Bryan urged resume of work. Judge Ben Lindsey called for wartime patriotism. Abbott Favors Commission. Lyman Abbott supported a non partisan panel and worker management cooperation. Irving Fisher urged respect for government and the rail labor board. Continuous appeal for solution through investigation and compromise with public backing.
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United Press
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
William Jennings Bryan
Ben B. Lindsey
Paul Voorman
Abbott
Lyman Abbott
Irving Fisher
Rail Labor Board
Ben Lindsey
Rail Strike Developments Prompt Government Action
Movement of coal trains placed under emergency priority by the government. President Harding discussed the situation with Hoover and Atterbury as California fruit growers urge 45000 to 50000 new refrigerator cars. Santa Fe and Southern Pacific report 1000 shopmen at work. Burlington cites a 9.2 percent freight rise in the first 21 days of July. Denison Texas shops under martial law. Forty women attack non union men in Toledo shops. Two pickets shot at Preston Iowa by guards. Troops mobilized at Birmingham Alabama for possible strike duty. Talks continue between Baltimore and Ohio officials and strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Hoover
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania
California
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Railroad Labor Board
Burlington
Denison
Texas
Toledo
Ohio
Preston
Iowa
Birmingham
Ala
Baltimore and
National Emergency Powers Given to Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission declared a national emergency amid rail and coal strikes, taking control of railroad rolling stock and directing food and essential commodities distribution. President Harding plans a presidential committee with I C C and federal departments to issue priorities and curb profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fuel and Food Administration
Commission
State
Public Utilities Commissions
Harding
Harding Today Or Tomorrow Will Appoint A “Prsidntial
Departments of Commerce, Justice and Interior
Commrce Commission
Commerce Commission
China feels effect of arms conference in interior policy
In Peking, July 26 The Washington conference on armament limits prompts provincial military governors to offer to abandon military power and help disband China 1,500,000 soldiers. Some Chinese press doubt sincerity yet view this as beneficial amid civil strife and economic disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Associated Press
Washington
China
Southern Pacific Reports Record Rail Revenue In June 1922
Southern Pacific earned 27,998,826 in railway operations for six months ending June 1922, up 5,014,210 from a year earlier. First half net railway operating income reached 17,042,524, rising 3,663,104 versus 1921. June net operating revenue was 6,934,609, up 2,017,512 from June 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Coal Strike Developments Across Regions
Government plans set to issue priority orders for coal movement while Iowa miners reject a separate state conference. Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas miners discuss a district conference invitation from operators. John L. Lewis and sub district leaders review the strike, with Illinois miners meeting in St Louis. Indiana Michigan governors weigh steps to reopen mines as troops are sent to Fonde Kentucky after a non union attack. Western Kentucky coal prices retreat from last week highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Illinois
St. Louis
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
Fonde
Western Kentucky
Illinois mine wage talks urged after strike
Springfield Illinois July 26 Acting Governor Sterling proposed immediate work resumption at current wages and a governor appointed three miner three operator and three impartial persons tribunal to settle Illinois wage terms. If no settlement occurs the tribunal would rule for a period agreed by both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illin
Illinois
Sterling
Frank Farrington
T Illinois Mine Workers
Meeting Aims to Ease Coal Strike in Philadelphia
John L. Lewis calls a hurried meeting of mine district presidents in Philadelphia to chart a favorable path toward settling the coal strike. Anthracite leaders Thom Kennedy Harlton William J. Brennan C. H. Golden John Brophy and Lee Hall expected to attend as Lewis condemns the government reopening effort and plans to travel to Washington afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Thom Kennedy
Harlton
William J. Brennan
Scranton
C. H. Golden
Shamokin
John Brophy
Johnstown
Lee
Lewis
Washington
Plans Started For Argentine Stock Breeders
Buenos Aires July 26 The Minister of Agriculture has submitted a bill to President Irigoyen authorizing congress to empower the executive to rent purchase construct and expropriate meat packing and freezing plants. The government would thus control stock sales and act as intermediary in markets both at home and abroad, with euthanizing portions of ranch stock where market is lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Vargas Gomez
Irigoyen
Congress
Argentina
Strength Tests Of Wool Rates Expected Today
The senate was to take up the Lenroot tariff proposal to cut duties on coarse wool and manufactures. Republicans and other opponents expected a safe majority against it, while Democrats backed the Lenroot plan. If rejected, Lenroot would amend the second raw wool paragraph covering finest and lowest grade wool used beyond carpet making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lenroot
Republican Agricultural Tariff Bloc
Army officers indicted for fraud in Camp Kearney sales
Major Max Elser and Captain Frank Tingley of the U S Army were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles for conspiring to defraud the United States government by manipulating sales of camp supplies. Six dealers, Daniel Joe and Ike Greenberg Ben Sugarman Ed Hirsch and Allan Harris, face charges related to the scheme. The case centers on cast off supplies at Camp Kearney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Max Elser
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
Frank Tingley
Army
Camp Kearney
Daniel
Joe
Ike Greenberg
Ben Sugarman
Ed Hirsch
Allan Harris
Elser
Tingley
United States District Attorney's Office
Perkhouroff
State guards deployed to quell mining clashes in Fonde
State guardsmen arrived in Fonde Kentucky to assist county officials after reports of minor scuffles between striking and non union miners. No serious injuries were reported as guards prepared to restore order in the area.
Police Plan Storm Maniac’s Rendezvous in West Virginia
State police prepared to assault a locked house in Hintonville after a maniac shot four attackers and killed a deputy sheriff. John Fredeking has held a lone vigil for eleven days as authorities seek to arrest him, a court order delaying capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hintonville
W. Va
John Fredeking
Fredering
Artists to Move Against Fake Works
New York reports the League of American Artists will press criminal action against art dealers forging works of living American artists. Julian Bowers says the league will present dealers' names to District Attorney Jacob H. Banton to seek prosecutions for forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
League of American Artists
Julian Bowers
League
Jacob H. Banton
Europe
Mr. Bowers
American Stage Names Czar To Rule Legitimate Theater
Augustus Thomas named executive council head of the manager’s association in New York to oversee policy in American stage production. He will wield broad authority akin to a czar with power to set salaries and production policies. The move comes as producers including A H Woods push for cost cuts and lower salaries facing a fall of up to thirty percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Augustus Thomas
Legitimate Theater
Landis
W. H. Hays
Thomas
Manager's Association
America
A. H. Woods
Overman Attacks Economy Claims as Unfounded
In Washington on July 26 Senator Overman of North Carolina challenged Republican claims of big savings in federal appropriations. He argued that current costs exceed wartime levels when adjusted and blamed shifts in army navy and postal funding to peacetime reforms. He contrasted 1923 appropriations with 1915 and asserted overall legitimate expenses rose, while Warren Kellogg and Smoot defended reductions and noted interest on the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Overman
North Carolina
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Harding
Warren
Madden
House
Republic
Soa
Overman
Republican Committee
Congress
Warrene
Appropriations Committee
Kellogg
Minnesota
Smooth
Utah
Smoot
Producer Seeks Wage Cut From Actors
New York July 26 A H Woods producer issued an appeal through the Actors Equity Association asking performers to accept wage reductions to restore pre war levels He warned that without cuts next winter would be lean with reading actors earning 100 to 250 dollars a week and stars from 300 to 400 dollars a week Equity officials agreed some reduction was necessary
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New York
A. H. Woods
Actors’ Equity
Equity
Southern Paper Mill to Open in Chattanooga
Chattanooga Tenn July 26 The Southern Cotton and Paper Company plans to open a plant by September 1 to manufacture bond paper from cotton linters the first experiment of its kind. Blotting paper has been made from linters but finer qualities will be produced with a new method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Cotton and Paper Company
Lorimer Undergoes Eye Operation in Chicago
Former Senator William Lorimer lies in a Chicago hospital with eyes bandaged awaiting an operation to restore his fading eyesight. Doctors said results likely won't be known for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Lorimer
Bradford Youth Found Ill After Mercury Poisoning
19 year old Lewis Bradford disappeared from Mobile after leaving a note to his employer. He was found at Flomaton Alabama in serious condition from bichloride of mercury tablets. He is at his mother’s home in Pensacola and talks are limited as doctors give poor prospects of recovery. He once lived in Pensacola and his family is locally prominent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Bradford
Mobile
Flomaton
Bradford
W. H. Bradford
Pensacola
B. G. Green
New Era Grocery Company
Dauphin Street
Ala
Has
Jacksonville Wife Fires in Self Defense After Quarrel
Mrs. Marie Carballido, 21, is held by police after a shooting that left her husband Tony Carballido, 33, with two bullet wounds. He is hospitalized at St Luke's, and police say the quarrel began over dancing with another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Marie Carballido
Tony Carballido
St. Luke's Hospital
Carballido
Rothschild Sued for Breach of Promise in New York
Baron James Henry De Rothschild heir to vast fortunes was sued for 500000 damages for breach of promise of marriage by Mlle Porquet in the supreme court. The Baron reportedly is not in New York now though they had been in the United States since spring. He came in April to study American banking for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Henry de Rothschild
Paris
Henri de Rothschild
Mlle, Porquet
Supreme Court
Mile
Porquet
Baron de Rothschild
United States
Japanese Withhold Arms Ratification
Tokyo reports Japan will not ratify the Washington disarmament treaties until other powers act. Officials cite uncertainty over France's ratification and potential reservations benefiting Japan. The regent’s summer return delayed any scrapping program steps until France's verdict is known.
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Tokio
Japan
Washington
Fort Worth Faces Census Drive After Suburban Annexation
Fort Worth in Texas plans a special federal census to lift its population count. The Greater Fort Worth Association led the drive following a suburb annexation vote at the weekend, aiming for a census figure around 140 000 to 150 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ftf. Worth
Tex
Fort Worth
Greater
Joplin Hit by Severe Wind Storm
A severe storm in Joplin Missouri caused likely fatal injuries to a resident, widespread power and telephone outages, a thirty minute delay for streetcar service, and property damage estimated in the hundreds of dollars from a fierce wind rain and lightning.
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Joplin
Continued Rise In Steel Again Features Matt
New York and New Orleans market wires describe steady stock activity with continued rises in steel, auto and oil shares. Curb heavy losses hit Mexican Seaboard Oil and Certificates while U S Steel slipped slightly and several rail and industrials rebounded early gains.
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Matt
New York
Crucible Steel
United States Alcohol
Studebaker
Mexican Petroleum
Lakawanna
Bethlehem
Midvale Steels
U. S. Steel
General Motors
St. Paul
Chicago
Rick Island Pacifica
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
People's Gas
American Smelting
Pierce-Arrow
Pierce-Arrow Preferred
Chandler Motors
Cotton futures open steady in New York and New Orleans
In New York futures open steady with October at 21.20 and December 21.15, January 21.02, March 21.00, May 20.89. In New Orleans the market starts steady with October 20.70, December 20.60, January 20.56, March 20.43, May 20.23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
City Discusses Paving Change From Warren Bitalithic to Asphalt
City engineer Wright Smith told City Commissioner Hartwell there was no outside influence in selecting asphaltic concrete for downtown resurfacing. The change was believed cheaper and preferred by most property owners, while bids for Water Royal and Government streets were rejected, delaying work as new bids are sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Smith
Hartwell
City Commission
Smith
Rules Driver Must Stop Car After Accident
A driver was fined $10 for reckless driving after Bodden failed to stop and identify himself when a collie dog was killed. The court found no evidence of reckless driving but upheld the rule that a driver must stop and provide name and license number when injury to person or property occurs.
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L. A
Two Arrested In Seizure Of Four Thousand Worth Liquor
Dan Jemison and Geronimo Perez of Mobile face government warrants charging ownership of a four thousand dollar consignment of imported liquor seized by federal officers in a Moffat road barn. Preliminary hearings are set for Saturday at 10 AM. The haul included high grade foreign brands, mainly Scotch whiskey, described as the most valuable imported liquor seizure in the area by federal prohibition agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Jemison
Geronimo Perez
Mobile
Moffat Road
Birmingham Pastor III in Infirmary
Rev. J. A. Bryan pastor of the Third Presbyterian church of Birmingham is ill at the Inge Bondurant Infirmary, Birmingham. He was brought here Saturday for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Bryan
Third Presbyterian Church of
Birmingham
Magic City
Trea
Sheriff candidate Mrs Emory Thomas Injured In Auto Crash
Mrs Emory Thomas wife of S Thomas a well known sheriff candidate sustained injuries when a car turning on the Coden road between Delchamps and Coden overturned. Six others suffered injuries some serious while most escaped with minor bruises. The party was en route to Coden for a pleasure trip.
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Emory
Thomas
Org
S. Thomas
Coden
den and
O’c
Pr Dence Infirmary
Nellie Penny
Uel Street
Jeannette Milstead
Penny
Mobile
Reac
Delchamps
Jury Trial Demanded in Affray Case on Royal Street
The affray between R. L. Holcombe president of City Ice Company and C. Hub Turner ship broker following a sonar encounter on Royal Street near the Battle House on June 30 led to Holcombe demanding a jury trial. Turner's bond was set at 200. Assistant Solicitor Jack Courtney requested case nol pros, but Acting Judge Outlaw ordered the dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. ‘Holcombe
P Dent
City Ice Company
C. (Hub) Turner
Royal Street
Battle House
Ateraeum
Shueua
Agal Turner
Holcombe
Jack Courtney
Turner
Outlaw
Government job exams announced for medical officers and coast survey
Local representatives of the Civil Service Commission announce examinations for junior medical officers and for geodetic survey positions. An examination for computer is set for August 9 and 10. Applications for junior medical officer may be made at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ct Service Commission
Bonomi gives up cabinet selection in Rome
Former Premier Bonomi informed King Vittorio Emanuele that he would not form a new cabinet to replace the one headed by Signor de Stefanis, who resigned last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Assocciated Press
Bosnomi
Vi Emmanuel
Signor de
Where They Play Baseball Schedule Snapshot
National League action features St. Louis at New York and Pittsburgh at Brooklyn with clear conditions. American League games include New York at St. Louis and Boston at Chicago, both on clear days with early starts.
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St. Louis
New York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Weather forecast for Florida Alabama and Mississippi
Washington weather bulletin notes extreme western Florida expecting local thunderstorms tonight or Thursday. Alabama and Mississippi see partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with scattered thunder as a possibility.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
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