Shippers Question Railroads Over Rate Items in Hearings
Western Freight Shippers' association lawyers grilled rail executives in ICC rate increase hearings. Questions focused on ten mile earnings, large advances to Puget Sound lines, car surpluses, and past shortages tied to 1920 and 1922 strikes. Officials cited grain and coal movements as key factors.
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Chicago
Get
Western Freight Shippers’ Association
Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
T. A. Hamilton
New York
International Great Northern
Northwestern Railroads
R. H. Aishton
Washington
American Railway Association
Hamilton
Herman L. Ekern
Wisconsin
Puget Sound
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
John H. Shaughnessy
Nevada
Mr. Aishton
American Railroad
Aishton
Clyde B. Atchison
Shaughnessy
Mr. Atchison
Sam Cowan
Rishton
Peace treaty ends Nicaraguan coup in capital
In Managua on October 27 President Solorzano and General Emiliano Chamorro signed a peace pact after Chamorro’s forces captured La Loma fortress following a Sunday coup. The agreement dismisses liberal cabinet members, shifts support to Solorzano, and provides Chamorro with ten thousand dollars for expenses and a temporary generalship to ensure stability.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Solorzano
Emiliano Chamorro
Loma
Chamorro
Cabinet Split On Capital Levy In French Crisis
Paris reports the French cabinet collapses for the second time in six months as Premier Painleve resigns with Caillaux's capital levy plan at the center. Caillaux refuses to shoulder blame while Painleve seeks to oust leftist critics. The president consults Caillaux after the resignation.
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Paris
Painleve
Doumergue
Elysee Palace
Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
M. Caillaux
M. Painleve
Third Republic
Senate
Chamber
Attorney General Rules FTC May Continue Baking Merger Probe
The attorney general ruled that under its last applicable act the Federal Trade Commission has authority to proceed with its investigation into the proposed baking merger.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Immodesty in Dress Draws Church Comment at Convention
A New York report notes a resolution by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations condemning immodesty in women's dress at synagogue. It praises the Catholic church for barring scantily clad women from services and urges Daughters of Israel to adopt modest attire amid broader remarks on conduct and sacramental wine privileges.
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New York
Union of Orthodox Jewish
Jewish Center
Daughters of Israel
Pope greets news agencies at Rome conference
Representatives of thirty European news agencies met in Rome for their second annual conference. Pope Pius greeted the delegates and gifted silver medals commemorating the holy year, noting agencies as the world’s great voice and stressing their responsibility to provide quick and exact information.
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Rome
Associated Press
Victor Emmanuel
Rty
Pope Pius
Cappalette
Stenfani
Winter adds to Colorado farmers harvest effort
Winter sweeps on the icy mountains as farmers rush to cover crops before snow and frost. Mayor W. Hade leads over 100 business men from Greeley into Weld county to aid potato harvest. Montana reports crop damage and doubtful outlook for remaining fields.
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Denver
W. & Hade
Fall of French cabinet unlikely to delay debt talks
Washington reports diverging views as to how the Paris cabinet crisis will affect negotiations on the French war debt. White House officials say President Coolidge believes the domestic political issues in Paris will not noticeably impact foreign policy or debt discussions.
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Washington
Trench
Rey
White House
Coolidge
Paris
Evacuation Ordered as Greek Forces Withdraw
The Greek government ordered prompt evacuation of Bulgarian territory. Frontier guards began moving back to their former posts as authorities directed a withdrawal.
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Athena
Blockade Possible Next Move by League Over Greeks
Paris October 27 The League of Nations weighs a naval blockade if Greece defies the council order to halt hostilities and remove forces from Bulgarian soil. A Greek Bulgarian accord through Romania is disputed by Sofia, with casualties reported and calls for full reparation and prisoner releases.
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Paris
Athens
League of Nations
Pangalos
League Council
M. Carapanos
Council
Greece
Bulgaria
Romania
M. Morloff
Sofia
League of Nations Council
Austen Chamberlain
Carapanos
Coolidge Declines Vermont Pie for White House Dinner
President and Mrs. Coolidge declined a large Vermont University girls club apple pie offered for the White House Thanksgiving dinner. Officials cite fear of endorsement of the apple week program, noting possible national implications. The telegram said the pie was meant to be part of the apple week program.
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Washington
Coolidge
Girls’ Club of Vermont University
White House
Wells I8 Dead Des Moines Obituary
George A. Wells aged 62 longtime secretary of the Western Grain Dealers association died in Des Moines Iowa on October 7 AP reports.
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Des Moines
George A. Wells
Western Grain [Dealers’ Association
Beer Syndicate Ties Prominent Men Across City and Railroads
Chicago officials from the city and surrounding towns, plus ten police captains and several railroad workers, are drawn into a federal probe of a nine million dollar annual beer syndicate. Probers say forged orders rerouted shipments from a Corning New York brewery to Elkhart Indiana to confuse agents. Federal officials revoked six whiskey permits from doctors and pharmacists and summoned fifty more to explain. A bootleg case saw a death when a liquor-run vehicle crashed while fleeing police.
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Chicago
Joliet
Aurora
Peoria
Il. Eee
New York Central
Harper
Corning
N. Y
Elkhart
Ind
Thomas Eane
E. ©. Yellowly
Prohibition
James Devito
Chinese Seize Japanese Steamer After Desertion Plot
In Tsingtao on October 27, the Japanese steamer Haitunaru carrying stores and munitions for the Chinese squadron was seized. Six Chinese chartered the vessel and were arrested as the ship and its cargo were confiscated. The squadron planned to desert Fengtien and join Yan insurrectionists. the cruiser Hachi guards the channel to stop departure.
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Tsing Tao
China
Hachi
Utah horse racing law deemed unconstitutional by judge
Judge L B Wight ruled the mutual system of the Redd Horse racing law enacted last session unconstitutional. He denied an injunction sought by the Utah State Fair association to stop Salt Lake City from interfering with races. The court found horse racing in Utah to be a mixed game of chance and skill and held the act cannot be authorized.
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Salt Lake City
L. B. Wight
Third
Utah State Fair Association
Wight
Utah
Reclamation Evils Debate Amid Political Ties
Dr. Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation, warned in Chicago that federal irrigation work must be divorced from politics. He said water projects should yield value equal to their cost and cited land speculation as another problem while praising the best irrigation farms near Greeley.
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Chicago
Elwood Mead
Western Society of Engineers
Mead
Greeley
Lothians
Painleve Resigns Cabinet Over Tax on Capital Split
Paris reports Premier Painleve and his entire cabinet resigned after failing to secure a favorable parliamentary majority. The crisis was sparked by radical and socialist demands for a capital levy, with finance minister Caillaux at odds with the left bloc and Briand remaining abroad to lead Locarno talks.
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Nice
Painleve
Eduard Herriot
Joseph Caillaux Painleve
France
Paris
Briand
M. Caillaux
Presidial
Doubergue
Bible Establishes Legal Residence in Sacramento Case
Judge Malcolm C. Glenn ruled Sacramento is the legal residence of Mrs. Eddie Maud Gainsley, who died Feb. 18. The decision followed evidence that her Bible and family album were found in Sacramento, with estate valued over $100,000 and two presumed wills, one in Sacramento and one in Los Angeles.
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Sacramento
Calif
Malcolm C. Glenn
Superior
Eddie Maud Gainsley
Gainsley
Los Angeles
Train wreck near VieT kills scores in Memphis line disaster
A Memphis bound train on the St Louis San Francisco line crashed near Vie T, twenty dead and many injured. The wreck tore through a forty foot trestle after speeds around fifty to sixty miles an hour, leaving three damaged cars and several coaches in heap. Rescue efforts by passengers and relief trains followed as officials investigated causes. Names of dead reported from several states.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Louis
Sanday
Etree
Limane
Zethee Aa
Floyd Wagner
Tupelo
Miss
M. Kern
St. Louise
Portland Club Purchases Couch In Major League Shuffle
The Portland club acquires pitcher Couch from the San Francisco Coast League team. He previously moved to Cincinnati in 1921-22 and has since played for major league clubs, indicating a return to national play as part of the club’s late 1920s roster moves.
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Portland
Thomas L. Renee “Ouiees
Eee Ae
Jorn Purchase
Sane
Goweh
Couch
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Proclamation designates Thanksgiving Day by President Coolidge
President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Thursday November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. The text lauded blessings of safety, peace, health, harvests, productive industries, and rewarded labor. It urged moral progress, charity, and prayer in gratitude across the nation.
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Washington
Coolidge
United States of America
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Wero
Apes Seaae
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