Strike Front Presents But Strike Front Presents But
Chicago reports a nationwide railway shopmen strike with injunctions, deputy marshals, and state troops increasing at shops. Railroads claim readiness to resume full operation while strike leaders say suspensions are near total. Bloomington and Beomninanens see heightened military presence as imported workers are expected.
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Chicago
Federal Railroad Labor Board
Beomninanens
Chicago and Alton
Bloomington
Striking workers hold 100 percent in several C B and Q locals
Galesburg Illinois July 11 AP the strike committee of the U B B Q shop federation says Plattsmouth Nebraska St Joseph Missouri Quincy Illinois Aurora Illinois Mc Cook Nebraska Hannibal Missouri remain out 100 percent Monday Telegrams from Plattsmouth and Hannibal report stationary firemen brass moulders and laborers walked out Sunday Local organizations foresee no break in the strikers of the C B and Q system
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Galesburg
Plattsmouth
Neb
St. Joseph
Quincy
Ill
Aurora
McCook
Hannibal
Plattemouth
Gure
Signalmen Decide Not to Strike for Now
The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen will not strike at present, says D. W. Helt president. After a conference with the railroad board, the group will seek separate settlements on all disagreements and resume with the labor board if no understanding is reached.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
D. W. Helt
Union
Railroad Board
Government ready to curb railway shopmen strike
Washington July 11 The government stood ready to aid in suppressing any disorders from the shopmen strike that could interfere with mail transport or interstate commerce. Deputy marshals were appointed as authorized by Attorney General Dan.
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Washington
Dan
Boise Strikers Stand Firm As Walkout Enters Week Second
Boise union men say none of the 12 men who walked out last Saturday have returned and the strike remains 100 percent. Trainmaster W T Ennis of Nampa says seven Boise strikers have come back. Oregon Short Line officials in Nampa report trains running smoothly with some strikers returning and more expected in days.
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Boise
Idaho
Boise Union
W. T. Ennis
Nampa
E. C. Manson
R. E. Titus
Oregon Short Line
Striking Craft Leaders Report Early Picket Success
Leaders of the shop strike say early reports show strong participation with messages from east St. Louis and Denver. W. E. Walters, chairman of the joint crafts at the former city, cites about 2300 men out on the first day as details arrive at union headquarters.
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Chisago
Tragic Station Agent Kills Parents in Law Then Suicide
Eureka California July 11 A station agent Lee Smith shot and killed his wife’s parents Mr and Mrs M Kimmons during a divorce dispute then shot himself as police arrived He died from the self inflicted wound though earlier reports indicate he survived briefly.
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Eureka
Calif
Lee Smith
M. Kimmons
Coal Prices and Wage Plan Discussed by Hoover in July
Washington reports on the coal strike talks as operators and miners weigh President Harding's arbitration wage plan. Nonunion operators face scrutiny for price hikes beyond voluntary caps, with Hoover noting smaller operators in western Kentucky and Pennsylvania as the chief offenders. A meeting with nonunion groups is planned for the late week to decide on enforcement or government action.
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Washington
Harding
Hooover
Hoover
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Chile and Peru Reach Broad Arbitration Protocol
In Washington July 11, a general protocol toward arbitration of disputes over article three of the Ancon treaty nears completion. A supplementary understanding will have the force of treaty and be sent to Chilean and Peruvian congresses for ratification, signaling the conference's near end.
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Washington
Oil Development in Russian Fields
Henry Meron Day of New York head of Barnesdall Corp arrived in The Hague for talks with Leonid Kragsin on developing Barnesdall properties in Russia. A preliminary agreement will lead to a Moscow negotiation with M. Krasein for joint operations by the American company and the Soviet government. The plan includes oil development in the state controlled Baku region.
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The
Hague
Henry Meron Day
New York
International Barnesdall Corporation
Leonid Kragsin
Huassia
M. Krasein
Moscow
Baku
Edge demands elastic rates in tariff dispute
Washington July 11 AP Senator Edge Republican New Jersey argues the administration tariff bill is rigid and would cost the nation its trade if not revised. He warns a hard and fast measure without elasticity could prove a national calamity despite need for higher rates for farms and factories. Yokohama Tokio chambers to oppose Fordney tariff by memorializing American and Japanese officials.
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Washington
Senator Edge
New Jersey
Senate
Edge
Ees
Yokohama and
Tokio Chambers of Commerce
Congress
American Chambers of Commerce
Tokio Chamber of Commerce
Aesanufacturers
Tradtor
Mexico City Conflicted Reports On Tampico Bandit Activity
Reports from Tampico oil region claim renewed bandit Gorozave activity but come without confirmation in Mexico City. Officials and oil-company observers disagree, noting tranquil districts while federal forces fight to quell unrest. A. Bruce Bielaski faces Cuernavaca court over kidnapping as preparations to depart for the United States proceed.
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Mexico City
State Department
Tampico
Gorozave
Bruce Bielaski
Cuernavaca Court
Bielaski
United States
Brotherhood Protest Moves Grow as Shopmen Strike Looms
AP reports Brotherhoods plan protests tied to the shopmen strike, signaling coordinated action as labor unrest expands. The move follows intensified strike activity by shopworkers and signals broader labor support.
PULLED GUN ON STRIKE PICKET IN OGDEN
A warrant was issued for Sam Bullough a Southern Pacific shop employee charged with carrying concealed weapons. He allegedly pointed a pistol at strike picket Robert Austed who jumped on Bulloughs car to urge him to join the strike. About 500 strikers demonstrated near the shops before union leaders restrained more radical elements.
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Ogden
Utah
Sam Bullough
Southern Pacific
Robert Austed
Austed
Ranin
Bullough
Publicity chief leaves city during strike proceedings
C. C. Blake chairman of the publicity committee for the strike organization was called out of the city on important business yesterday and he expects to return late today. The report notes the fourth and four weeks and three casts on the sixth district with the local publicity efforts and no men returning to work.
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C. C. Blake
Cit
Kansas Wheat Crop Slumps in June Heat
Topeka July 11 AP Kansas wheat crop shrank by about 8 000 tushels in June as extreme heat shriveled rain. Edna Co Paxton federal crop statistician released figures placing the June 1 condition at 75 percent of normal, dipping to 72 percent by July 1 with an estimated total yield of 109 447 000 bushels.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Edna Co. Paxton
Salt Lake Flier Dies of Injury
Reconstruction J Ginn, 21, a Utah air force pilot from Salt Lake City, died from injuries after his plane crashed near Salt Lake. He learned to fly at Mather Field, California, and had prior service in Oregon and forests of California.
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Salt Lake
Utah
J. Ginn
U. A
Pena
Ginn
Matherfield
Guerania
Californ
Oregon
Desolation and Ruin In Wake of Tornado In Middle States
Destruction follows a tornado in the middle states with widespread damage. The War Finance Board reports extensive loans issued since January 1921, totaling hundreds of millions to support exports and agricultural and livestock sectors, alongside bank and exporter finance.
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Middle States
WAR Finance Board
Counfry
Tiss
iSry
Antennae of Cockroach Was Way Ahead of the Invention
In Rochester on July 11 AP reports attorney George D. Forsyth defended himself in a breach of contract case over a cockroach electrocution device. The trial featured "electric chairs" and alleged a roach felt a tickling shock when touching live metal. The design planned to lure the roach with celery juice.
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Rochester
N. Y
George D. Forsyth
Elephants Used to Clear Train Wreckage on Strike Day
Elephants pressed into service as a wrecking crew aided a stalled train site during a shopmen strike. Attaches rounded up choice elephants from corn fields and within less than 30 minutes the overturned cars were removed and the track cleared.
Railway Mail Service Disrupted by Strikes Reports Reach Postmaster General
The Department of Justice today failed to curb a flood of reports to the Postoffice Department about mail service interference. G. Chrisler, superintendent of railway mail at St. Louis, said 3000 miles of Wabash railway mail were not operated due to coal and fuel shortages. C W Galloway of the Baltimore and Ohio described the Timore and Ohio line halting its Flora Ill to Shawneetown Il service because strikers blocked trains. Inspectors found reports overstated in Missouri and Louisiana, and the Postoffice Department delayed drastic action until facts are verified. The Postmaster General planned to present a full cabinet briefing on alleged mail interference.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Postoffice Department
G. Chrisler
St. Louis
Wabash Railway
C. W. Galloway
Baltimore and Ohio Company
Timore and Ohio Railway Company
Flora, Ill
Shawneetown
United States
Lora
Secon
Missouri
Louisiana
Peaheas
Sun Yat-sen Factions Clash Outside Canton
Followers of Sun Yat-sen and troops loyal to Yip Kuo clash on the outskirts of Canton as Sun vows he will not lose Canton. Reports indicate Sun’s forces were instrumental in the overthrow of Chen Chiung ming’s detachments.
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Canton
China
Sun Yat-sen
South China
Yip Kuo
Chen Chiungming
Sun
Reparations Talks Hint at Temporary German Payment Moratorium
Paris reports a meeting among French officials and the German war debts commission to discuss the reparations crisis. A tentative plan favors a temporary moratorium on cash payments for the rest of the year, with a possible later moratorium if no loan to Germany is feasible. The discussion included U S representative Roland W Peppern and Dr Fischer. London sources note debates between Poincare and Lloyd George on the issue and British lessons on the German debt.
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Paris
The
DuBois
Commission
Poincare
Roland W. Pepaen
United States
Germany
Fischer
Caine
London
France
Great Britain
Paria
German War Debts Commission
Germany to Pay 32 Million Gold Marks Next Saturday
The reparations commission decided Germany will pay 32,000,000 of the 50,000,000 gold marks due to the Allies next Saturday. Germany is relieved of the remaining balance through deliveries to the textile alliance and coal to Luxembourg.
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Germany
Textile Alliance
Luxembourg
Sun Yat-sen Sails into Canton Harbor After Bombardment
Sun Yat-sen, deposed president of South China, entered Canton harbor aboard the gunboat Whoatans, escorted by two cruisers and a destroyer following bombardment of the Macao forts two miles below the city. He vowed not to again bombard the city proper.
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Canton
China
Sun Yat-sen
South China
Canton Harbor
Whoatans
Macao
Sun
Devastating Midwestern Tornado Strikes South Dakota and Nebraska
A major tornado caused extensive destruction across Charles mix and Knox counties in Nebraska and in South Dakota’s St. Charles area. It left hundreds homeless, destroyed buildings, and residents fear higher losses. In Creighton Nebraska injuries were reported for about twenty five people. Rescue teams from Sioux City and Norfolk are aiding cleanup efforts as livestock losses mount.
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Ben Rm Lee Eday
Associated Press
Charles mix
South Ota
Knox County
Nebraska
St. Charles
South Dakota
Tom Rose
Sioux City
Norfolk
Creighton
Nebrask
Rain storm has abated in midwest
Chicago July 11 AP officials of the United States weather bureau say a long overdue downpour that flooded city streets and country fields has worn itself out. Local thundershowers may occur tonight and tomorrow over Indiana and Illinois but no storms are likely in the northwest or Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region through week’s end.
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Chicago
Middle West
United States Weather Bureau
Indiana
Illinois
Northwest
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Wilkerson named to replace Landis as U S judge
President Harding nominated James H. Wilkerson to be federal judge for the northern Illinois district following Judge Kenesaw Landis's resignation to lead baseball arbitration. Wilkerson, a Chicago lawyer and former Illinois official, has prosecuted major cases including the Standard Oil rebating case and anti trust actions.
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Washington
James H. Wilkerson
Harding
Ilinois
Kennesaw M. Landis
James H. Wilkergon
Jud Landis
Chicago
Memer
Illinois
United States
Brandagee
Savannah
Missouri
Depauw University
Greencastle
Indiana
Landis
Standard Oil
Wilkerson
N ‘Mall
Heflin Attacks Reserve Board and Governor in Senate
Senator Heflin of Alabama accuses the federal reserve board and its governor W P Harding of being influenced by Harvard University during ceremonial exercises that granted a Doctor of Laws to an unnamed figure to aid Wall Street in securing the governor's reappointment.
Navy Recruiting Resumes After Break
Washington reports recruiting for the Navy will resume after orders published today. Sixty five men will be required to enlist, continuing the service’s manpower intake.
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Washington
Navy
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U. S. Senate
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B. C. Hooper
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Wisconsin League of Women Voters
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Peru
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Gerharterman
Hoeptness
Great Ebertoes
Constan
Capitol
American Committee On Relief In
Near East
Ee Tee Natan
Figence Corporation
Arererek
Heflin
Reserve Board
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