Railroad Strike Talks Under Way In Chicago
Chicago July reports say Ben W Hooper head of the U S Railroad Labor Board is guiding peace talks with Big Four Brotherhoods and switchmen unions. Rail managers and workers press for settlement as unauthorized strikes surface in Bloomington Illinois and other places amid troop protection and defective equipment. Violence subsides as negotiations continue through the night with multiple conferences planned.
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Chicago
Big Four
Yolay Ty
Ben W. Hooper
LA. &. Labor Board
Big Four Brotherhoods and
Switchmen
Harding
Wic
Tojlay
U. S. Railroad Labor Board
Hooper
Switchnien Union
Bloomington
Man Shot in Strike Riot at Dennison Texas
July 12 reports say one man was shot and seriously wounded as dozens of others were severely beaten by strike sympathizers in a clash at the voting site between strike breakers and sympathizers. Local authorities reported the violence during the strike action.
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Dennison
Texas
Wis
Early Torday
Batting Averages Show Y. C. in Lead in Valley City League
Batting charts through July 6 place Hart and Wingfield tied for sixth at .345 while OShaughnessy leads Mitchell at .398. Standaert of Watertown rises to second with .380 as Valley City clubs average .294 collectively. The Hi-Liners top the league, with tabulations showing seven players and a strong team batting mark across Valley City.
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Dakota Reacue
Three Valley Ity
Hart
Wingfield
Forgv
Gilbert
Wenz
Dean
Lane
Menne
Carson
O'Shaughnessy
Mitchell
Stundaert
Watertown
AB H Ay. O'Shaughnessy
Mit
Standaert
Watn
Lewen
Cash
Valley City
Shox
Cabinet Heats Budget Report From Washington
Washington reports show a net effect of 425 million dollars for the current year with receipts at 3.074 billion and expenditures at 3.771 billion leaving a deficit of 697 million but a treasury balance of 272 million as of June 30. President Harding and Vice President Coolidge lead a third annual budget meeting with Brigadier General H. M. Lort presenting estimates and a program to cut expenditures amid a near 590 million deficit.
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Washington
Harding
Treasury
Coolidge
Budget Bureau
H. M. Lort
State Fair County Booths Prep Noted At Fair
Barnes county Boys and Girls Clubs prepare county booth exhibits for the State Fair with Miss Helen Noxon arranging baking entries Hulda Lundy handling tanning and tables and Olive Perry overseeing clothing. 1921 entries include several submissions and possible new potatoes.
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Barnes County Boys and Girls Clubs
Helen Noxon
Hulda Lundy
Leal
Olive Perry
Oriska
Flying Circus Impresses 2500 At Rainy American Legion Show
The Flying Circus, delayed by rain, drew over 2500 spectators yesterday afternoon. Gusty winds cut the performance but aviators later flew two planes over the city. Peterson won the first two mile motorcycle race, Spavin second, Strout third. Ed. Kramer led the Ford stock car race in 8 29, Neuberger second, Nelson third. Anderson won the boys race. scruckerjacks prizes awarded. A five mile motorcyclist event ended in a dead heat between Peterson and Spavin, then Spavin won a final mile. The aviators entertained after the final race before rain halted the show. The afternoon was declared a success.
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Art Peterson
Arc Spav
Strout
Johnson
Peterson
Spavin Secon
Bill Kramer
Wm. Messer
Rogers
Oscar Nelson
John Hermes
John Neuberger
Ed. Kramer
Pegg Garage
Neuberger
Nelson
Embertson Garage
Gamble Robinson
Messer
Althe
George Anerson
Ellsworth DuVall
Anderson
DuVall
Valley City Fruit ‘Co. J
Chillwen
Spavin
Hallgren
Omlie
Snyder
American Legion
Federated
Presidential declaration of national emergency cited
Washington officials say President Harding proclaimed a national emergency to curb railroad strikers. The move targets interference with United States mail and interstate commerce and threatens federal prosecution for violations. The sweeping proclamation is said to carry full legal force and to block storms of obstruction.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
White House
United States
Women Lead Rioting at Cleveland Shop Center
Rioting broke out in Cleveland during the shopmen's strike near the Giant Shops of the New York Central. A mob of about 200 led by women hurled bricks and missiles at workers. Police reserves arrived, dispersing the crowd and arresting four women and one man.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New York Central
Tar and feathering of a foreman in Illinois
A mob of about 30 men in Roadhouse Illinois reportedly struck and feathered Fred Dickson foreman at the Chicago and Alton roundhouse. Dickson, nephew of W G Burt Alton railroad president, quit when strikers walked out July 1 and returned on July 8 but did not join the strike and left for Chicago last night.
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Springfield
Fred Dickson
Chicago and Alton Roundhouse
Roadhouse
Ill
Dickson
W. G. Burt
Alton Railroad
Chicago
Food prices rising in 22 cities report says
Washington reports food prices moving up again with figures from 22 cities. Eighteen cities show increases from one to three percent for the month ending June 16. Three cities show fractional decreases and one remains unchanged. Prices in this area are about two percent above June 16 and substantially higher than a year earlier.
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Washington, D. C
Flyers Aim to Cross U S in One Day From Jacksonville
Lieutenants Jas H Doolittle and L S Andrews of Kelly Field plan a cross country flight from Jacksonville to San Diego in one day within days. They recently landed in Jacksonville after piloting a Haviland from San Antonio in 9 hours 60 minutes. If permitted they would depart before dawn, stopping Pensacola Houston San Antonio El Paso and Nogales before reaching the Pacific coast that night. Officials doubt the 21 hour claim.
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San Antonio
Jacksonville
Fila
San Diego
Calif
Jas
H. Doolittle
L. S. Andrews
Kellyfield
Kelly Field
Haviland
Pensacola
Fla
Houston
el Paso
Texas
Nogales
Ariz
Pacific Coast
Holiday Autoists Fined and One Sentenced to Workhouse
In Minneapolis 122 motorists paid a total of 625 in fines in traffic court yesterday for speeding. One man, John Hembre of St. Louis Park, was given 10 days at the workhouse for driving while intoxicated. L A Avington of the Y M C A building and 18 year old Haroll Olson of 2108 East Twenty fourth Street were forbidden to drive until September.
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Minneapolis
Mathiss Baldwin
John Hembre
St. Louis Park
L. A. Avington
Haroll Olson
East Twenty
Liquor Plants Seized in Kentucky Investigation
Government officials seize the T. Hy Bond & Bros. distillery and Pax ton company warehouse at Lawrenceburg Kentucky and contents valued over 1 million as part of an inquiry into thefts of 189 of 900 barrels of whisky from the bond warehouse where John Thomas was found. Police believe the victim was slain during a liquor runner dispute.
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Louisville
Jay
T. Hy Bond & Bros
Paxton Company
Lawrenceburg
Haynes
Bond
John Thomas
Dempsey to Fight Wills in World Championship Match
Syracuse July 8 Jack Dempsey will fight Harry Wills for the world championship within 60 days if the challenger signs papers, said Jack Kearns Dempsey's manager today.
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Dempsey
Wills
Syracuse
N. Y
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Jack Kearns
American is Still Champion
Walter Hoover of Duluth won the Diamond Sculls Trophy on the Thames defeating British champion Jack Beresford to become world champion in the final race.
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Henley
England
Walter Hoover
Duluth
Thames River
Jack Beresford
Hague Conference on Russia Breaks Down in Turmoil
The Hague July 12 The Hague conference on Russia broke town today as Soviet recalcitrance interrupted the gathering. Officials said it was useless to continue under Litinoff’s reply to the Allied proposal. Russia refused to settle prewar debts private property and credits but demanded the Russian Loan be first. French objections were overruled yet Soviet and Allied delegates could not reach agreement. Litnoff returned an unsatisfactory reply to the powers final proposal.
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Hague
Holland
Russia
Genoa
Litinoff
Litnoff
Vocational Training Gains Ground in North Dakota
Fargo reports fifteen schools in North Dakota benefit from the Smith-Hughes vocational education act with more applications expected. Prof. B. J. Jones of the Agricultural College oversees the program, guiding classes in administration, industrial agriculture, and home economics. He highlights national and state laws, course surveys, project supervision, job analysis, and equipment as key topics.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
B. J. Jones
The
Agricultural College J
Smith-Hughes
Jones
Jobs on Increase in June Across 62 Cities
Washington July 10 employment is rising steadily, the labor department reported. Better living of economic conditions is seen in 62 of the 66 leading cities for the month of June, indicating broader hiring gains.
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Washington, D. C
Labor Department
Oldest Man in the World Dies in Kentucky at 133
Greasy Creek Kentucky reports the death of Johnnie Shell claimed as 183 years old born in 1788 Tennessee. He lived on the same Leslie county farm for a century and left multiple children from two marriages. Physicians backed his age estimate despite questions about records.
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Greasy Creek
Anne Johnnie Shell
Tennessee
Leslie County
William
Albert
Shell
Ohio and Harding named as 1924 prospects in Senate chatter
Washington July 7 The senate listened as Senator S M Shortridge of California proposed a second term for President Harding and triggered a wave of projections from Democrats. Shortridge predicted Ohio would provide a future president, naming Warren G Harding, prompting playful remarks from Senators Pomerene King and Ashurst about the coming Ohio presidency and a California mix‑up.
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Washington
Senate
S. M. Shortridge
Rep
Cal
Harding
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Pomerene
Sena
Tor Shortridge
W. H. King
Dem
Utah
Shortridge
Warren G. Harding
H. M. Ashurst
Ariz
California
Germans Present Note on Moratorium to Allied Reparation Soundness
Paris July 12 The German government formally presented to the Allied Reparation Commission a request for a moratorium and relief from the July 15 installment. The note stated the drop of the mark and cash payment inability, asking moratorium until 1923 and suggesting removal from payments in 1923 and 1924, warning that forced cash payment could cause complete demoralization in Serbia.
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Paris
France
Seriany
Child Witness in double murder and suicide in Cleveland
In Cleveland on July 12 a child, Anna Mittenmueller, witnessed the murder of her mother and grandfather by her father John Mittenmueller who then shot himself. Police believe the motive involved alimony and a reconciliation with the former wife Mary Mittenmueller. The father was found dying.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Anna Mittenmueller
John Mittenmueller
Mittenmueller
Mary Mittenmueller
Elks Drum Drill Champs Crowned In Atlantic City
In Atlantic City on July 12 drills from over 200 Elks lodges filled the boardwalk. Teams wore vivid uniforms and drew boisterous applause as St. Paul earned the drum corps championship.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Lodges of Elks
St. Paul
Conference Under Way Between Railroads and Shopmen
In Chicago July 12 steps are being taken to convene a conference between railroad executives and the shopmen's union heads. Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the U S Railroad labor board, meets Bert M. Jewell, president of the Shop Craft Union, with promises that an answer will come later today. Hooper says the proposal does not require surrender of anyone and does not modify the labor board's decision, but hopes the conference will be helpful.
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Chicago
Ben W. Hooper
U. S. Railroad Labor Board
Railroad Executive Association
Bert M. Jewell
Hooper
Labor Board
Trial halted by illness in Obenchain murder case
In Los Angeles on July 12 the murder trial of Mrs. Mardalynne Obenchain was halted as she appeared too ill to stay in court. Judge Shenk adjourned proceedings to tomorrow and prosecutors resumed the testimony read from her first trial where the jury disagreed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mardalynne Obenchain
J. Belton Kennedy
Shenk
Machine guns at Kentucky mines spark strike fears
Madisonville Kentucky July 10 machine guns were mounted on Four Hills commanding Sunlight coal mine after strikers reports of impending violence. Judge Givins said State troops provide protection and conservative union miners warned of a repeat Herrin Illinois massacre.
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Madisonville
Kent
Sunlight Coal
Givins
Herrin
Illinois
Subway disaster in Lexington Avenue crowds flee darkness
New York July 6 a short circuit in the Lexington Avenue subway caused smoke and fire at 12 45 pm trapping over 100 people more than 35 feet below surface. Children and women fled in torn clothing as hospitals filled with injured. Mayor Hylan and 300 police led the response with ambulances and cordons around the district.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
Hylan
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