Railroad employes agree to arbitration after White House talks
Washington officials say 9906 conductors and rail workers will submit wage disputes to arbitration under the Clay Newlands act. President Wilson and congressional leaders promise a law, and an armistice halts strikes during a two hour White House conference with railroad executives and Brotherhood of Conductors and Trainmen representatives.
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Washington
Ralomen
Eastern Railways
Eirike
White House
Wileen
Teantine
Thia Victary
White Mouse
Wilson
Congres
Southern Pacific Strike Vote Taken in San Francisco
Nearly 5000 SP railroad workers from Portland to Paonia vote on striking after a deadlock between company officials and the employee general committee. Dispute centers on interchanges of rights with electrified lines and scope of labor agreements, affecting conductors and trainmen.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Portland
Order of Halfway Conductors
Brotherhood of Mailroad
News of the Week and Convention Notes
The piece reports the National Federation convention choosing Saint Paul Minnesota as the 1915 meeting place and Oakton California for 1916. It notes disputes over Sunday overtime at Northern Pacific and rail labor conditions. It cites an Interstate Commerce Commission finding on an inexperienced engineer blamed for a Stamford Connecticut wreck. It mentions religious education in schools being affirmed by a Christian Endeavor conference and a riot between Orangemen and Nationalists at Helfaut.
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National du Ratenal Association
Tott Lab
S T Paul, Minn
Oakton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Waa
New York
New Haven
the Hoyne
Helfaut
Tragic rear end crash injures hundreds in Venice ride
A rear end collision at Vineyard station in Los Angeles injured about 150 and killed 14 as two Pacific electric trains stalled by a broken trolley wire were struck by a following train in darkness. Officials blamed the wreck on signal mistakes and named Conductor Albert Barthalo and Motorman Joseph Forruater as responsible.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Lectric Railway
Sea Shore
Venice
Vineyard Station
Albert Barthalomas
Joseph Forruater
Bank Cashier Paroled Amid Bank Failure Fallout
Oregon notes report James Ferrars farmer and bank director paroled after a bank failure in Philo math. State Superintendent Wright declares no 20 percent dividend, totaling 40 percent for depositors. Bank liability listed at 165 000 dollars. assets expected to cover deposits, but stockholders face losses. Evans, alias Evers, was indicted post-failure.
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Wright
Evers
Evans
cCephier
Portland Forester Aims Open Lands for Settlement Plan
Chief Forester Henry Graves toured Portland to advance a government plan. Forest Service experts will identify fertile parcels within Siuslaw central Oregon Deschutes and Rainier Washington areas suitable for agriculture and list them for eventual homesteading. Land still with timber sales will be included.
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Portland
Ington
Forest Service
Barton Given 1-10 Year Term in Coquille Case
Judge Coke sentenced J. S. Barton to an indeterminate term of one to ten years in the penitentiary for an attack on Miss Madge Yoakum. The case has been appealed and bond furnished. Barton, a Coquille abstractor and Coos county representative in the state legislature.
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Barton
Coquille
Coke
S. Barton
Madge Yoakum
Coos County
Ube
Vale Opens 110000 Acres for Homestead Entries
Government opens land adjacent to Vale for homestead entry promising a wave of settlers. The fertile valley below Bully Creek and Star Mountain irrigation areas allows up to 140 acres per person, with 73000 acres in petroleum reserve and 37000 acres withdrawn for Harper reservoir. Land reopens for selections July 18 at 9 AM, filings from August 18.
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Vale
Bully Creek
Star Mountain
Harper Reservoir
Interior Department
Washington
Yale Land Office
Advertise In the Herald Countywide Reach
Classified ad appeal urging local businesses to place ads in the Herald highlighting its status as the county’s most circulated newspaper and its broad reach for announcements and promotions.
Balkan Situation Not Improved Amid War Moves
The Balkans remain volatile with no peace in sight Greece and Serbia resist armistice. The Turkish army advances from Tchatalja and Bulair aiming to recapture Adrianople and Thrace as Romania moves to claim more Bulgarian lands. Reports from Athens and Salonika recount Bulgarian mass killings and grisly details.
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London
Greece
Bervia
Tchatalja
Bulair
Serba
Adranople
Thrace
Roumania
Athens
Saelonik
G Reek
Idaho Bankers Freed in Unconditional Pardon
President Wilson grants unconditional pardon to Lewiston Idaho bankers William F. Kettenbach and George H. Kester who had been convicted of falsifying First National Bank records. Senators Borah Lane and Kern urged clemency, arguing prosecutors previously employed by the justice department abused privilege. Without the pardon each would have faced five years in prison.
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Washington
Wilson
F. Kettenbach
George H Kester
Lewiston
Idaho
First National Bank
Borah
Lane
Oregon
Kern
Indiana
Department of Justice
Kettenbach
Kester
Italians Return Porter Chariton for Trial in Italy
Two agents of the Italian government left Rome to bring Porter Chariton back to Italy to stand trial for the murder of his wife at Lake Como on June 7, 1919.
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Rome
United States
Porter Chariton
Italy
Lake Como
State Supreme Court
Goff
New York
Charles Hecker
Herman Rosenthal
F. D. Gibson
Denver
National Society of Physical Therapeutics
Francis Bowers Sayre
Jessie Wilson
William A. Huneke
Spokane
Hindley
Fairley
Frank Smit
OW. BR. & N. Fast Mall
Hood River
Counterfeit Half Dollars Circulated in Bandar
Local merchants report receiving counterfeit half dollars believed to have circulated since the Fourth of July. Investigators found about 9250 counterfeit coins in Bandar, linked to the recent celebration.
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Banden
Bandar
Jail Ten W. W. Street Speakers
Portland crowd disrupts Sixth Street rally as Tom Burns is arrested from a soap box after Deputy Sheriff Frank Curtin acts on orders from Sheriff Tom Ward and Mayor Albee. Deputies and patrolmen seize speaker after speaker, ending the unauthorized gathering.
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Portland
Marble Palace
Tom Burns
LW. W. Speaker
Sixth
Washington Streets
Frank Curtin
Tom Ward
Burns
Curtin
Sixth Street
Byrne
Ward
Sergeant Roberts
Albee
Sheriff Ward
Bryan's Says Lecturing To Supplement Income
Secretary Bryan admitted he lectured during vacation to supplement his $12 000 annual State Department salary. He argued a 13 year lecturing career is a natural, legitimate way to meet expenses. Senator Bristow urged the president to set a salary enabling Bryan to live comfortably and focus on public duties.
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Hendersonville
N. C
Bryan
Washington
Secretary of State
Bristow
Senate
Dynamite Plotter Freed From Leavenworth Prison
Edward E. Phillips, convicted at Indianapolis of conspiracy in the dynamite plot, becomes the first of 33 men to leave the United States penitentiary a free man from Leavenworth Kansas. report notes his release marks start of mass parole.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Edward E. Phillips
Indianapolis
United States Penitentiary
Plotters Arrested in Mexico City Plot Against Huerta
In Mexico City authorities thwart a joint plan to assassinate President Huerta and generals Diaz and Blanquet. One deputy and ten others of minor prominence were arrested. details show a targeted political assassination attempt.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Felix Dias
Blanquet
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