Dougherty to Attend Labor Case Actions En Route to West
U S Attorney General Harry M Dougherty planned to appear in the criminal action against San Francisco material dealers and trade associations charged with conspiring to boycott unions by withholding material from contractors using organized labor He would meet with organization leaders and heads of Southern Pacific and Central Pacific supply divisions in California and said the right to organize is fundamental and protected by law He plans to join President Harding in California and then on to Panama Puerto Rico and Cuba.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Harding
United States
Harry M. Dougherty
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific
Federal Circuit Court
Mr. Dougherty
California
America
Daugherty
Los Angeles
Panama
Porto Rico
Cuba
One Man Killed in Illinois Coal Mine
A rock fall at the Crescent coal mine near Peoria Illinois killed Gnest Bowman and endangered several other miners. Bowman and nine coworkers were handling a mine car when it ran off the track and struck a support timber.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Crescent
Here
Gnest Bowman
Bowman
Minnesotans Ask President Call a Congress Session
Six hundred farmers from five counties in Minnesota adopted resolutions urging President Harding to convene a national conference to draft farm price stabilization legislation and to call a special session of Congress to pass it.
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Associated Press
Wheaton, Minn
Harding
Congress
Mother and son graduate together in far flung California
In Angus Iowa on July 25 word from relatives says Frank Pursell, a Strathmore California high school graduate, shared the classroom with his mother Mrs T A Pursell who formerly wed in Angus. The ninth of her children she raised and educated plans to become a teacher herself. She resumed studies during girlhood then studied at home while Frank kept pace by studying after hours.
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Associated Press
Angus
Iowa
Frank Pursell
Strathmore Calif
T. A. Pursell
Clases
Frank
Regulators Rule on Women Employees Attire at Gas Company
John Doane, dean of women, announces that People's Gas Light and Coke will dismiss women employees who wear sleeveless dresses, apply makeup on the job, or fail to wear hats on the street, in a Chicago notice dated July 25.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
People’s Gas, Light and Coke Company
John Doane
Cotton market break noted at New York Exchange
A 140 point decline in the July cotton contracts was recorded shortly after the opening on the New York Cotton Exchange this morning.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Flood Conditions Worsen in Northwestern Wyoming
Reports say water rose through Ther mopolis and threatens Boneville with 2 to 5 feet of flooding. Burlington division point remains submerged. Early damage estimates total about 1.56 million dollars.
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The
Associated Press
Casper
Wryo
Wyoming
Thermopolis
Here
Boneville
Burlington
Nine of Escaped Criminal Insane Convicts Still Out
Chester Illinois July 25 nine of the forty one who escaped Sunday night from the state hospital for the criminal insane remain at large. Warden Edward Petri of the Southern Illinois penitentiary said he believed four or five men are hiding nearby and will likely be captured today.
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Associated Press
Chester. Lll
State Hospital
Edward Petri
Timois
Owsley Opposes Recognition of Soviet Russia
Al vin M. Owsley national commander of the American Legion speaks in Cheyenne Wyoming and denounces recognizing the Soviet government of Russia. He vows to oppose any recognition and blasts senators and congressmen on trips arranged by Lenine and Trotsky. He says anyone who supports sovietism bolshevism or communism on American soil should be driven out of the country.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Alvin M. Owsley
American Legion
Russia
Lenine
Trotsky
Free
Gary Calls Meeting of Steel Officials on Twelve Hour Day
Elbert H. Garry, head of United States Steel, announced that presidents of the corporation’s manufacturing subsidiaries will meet in New York tomorrow to discuss ending the twelve hour work day criticized in the industry.
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Gary
Associated Press
New York
Elbert H. Garry
United States Steel Corporation Today
Fire Damage at Waterloo Destroys Property
Fire discovered today in a frame structure caused heavy property loss at Waterloo. Firemen and citizens saved twenty five head of horses housed in the building, averting a tragedy.
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Waterloo
Associated Pre and
Ita
Run on State German Bank Reported in Berlin
A run on the Reichsbank began after opening, blamed on insufficient large denomination bills. Berlin police arrested a French embassy courier in an express train near Hagen. authorities seized important documents for the French army commander.
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Associated Press
London
Reichbank
Berlin
Germany
Hagen
Ruhr
Backman to Face Preliminary Hearing on Embezzlement Charge
Backman former assistant superintendent of city parks, indicted for embezzling eight thousand dollars, was returned from San Antonio by Sheriff Findley and will be given a preliminary hearing in district court this afternoon. He plans to plead not guilty.
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Associated Pines
Res A. Backman
San Antonio
Texas
Findley
Vernon Seeburger
Backman
Government river work inspection tours to Savanna Albany Sabula Galena
Major Beverly C. Dunn, in charge of Mississippi government work between Rock Island and St. Paul, is on an inspection trip visiting projects at Savanna Albany Sabula and Galena. Dam construction to speed the current and reduce sand deposits is underway at several sites and will continue until about November.
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Dubouqe
Beverly C. Dunn
Rock Island
St. Paul
Savanna
Albany
Sabula
Galena
Drouth Hurts Iowa Corn Crop Across State
Absent rainfall and prolonged heat with daily highs in the nineties slowed corn growth in most of Iowa. Leaves curled and in some areas firing observed. Harvesting finished in the southern half while oats remain light in the north. Winter wheat largely thrived with good yield and quality. Second alfalfa cuttings proceeding well with excellent yield and quality.
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Associated Press
Des Noines
Ttus
Lowa
Fire Engulfs Large Asheville Frame Building
A noon blaze in Asheville North Carolina unknown origin swept a large frame building on South Pack Square threatening the city library the legal building Pack theater and other downtown structures. Two women clerks are missing a man is seriously burned and a clerk Mrs Edward Williams was burned but caught in a life net when she jumped from a third floor window.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
South Pack Square
Legal
Pack Theater
Edward Williams
Walton pivots to run for U S senator in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor J C Walton announces he will seek the Democratic nomination for United States senator next year. He breaks with the Farm Labor Reconstruction League and moves to remove two state agriculture board members to install his appointee George Wilson as president of the Oklahoma Agriculture and Mechanical College.
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The
Associated Press
Oklhoma City
Okla
J. C. Walton
United States
Oklahoma
Farm Labor Reconstruction League
Reconstruction League
State Board of Agriculture
George Wilson
Oklahoma Agriculture and Mechanical College
Wilson
Oklahoma Department of the American Legion
State Farm Labor Movement
West Side State Savings Bank Receives License
Des Moines desk reports the West Side State savings bank at West Side Crawford county is licensed today by state superintendent L. Robert Leach. It is capitalized at $6,000 and formed by Crawford county bankers to serve business previously handled by private banks. Sears McHenry serves as president and James E. Miller as cashier.
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The
Associated Press
Des
Bandit Steals Ring From Hotel Manager Then Drops It
Cedar Rapids July 25 Harry Parr manager of the Lincoln hotel was held up by an armed masked bandit at one this morning as he returned home. The thief took Parrs diamond ring valued at 1700 and a pocketbook with 386. Parrs daughter found the ring near the gate where the bandit dropped it in his hurry to escape.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Harry Parr
Lincoln Hotel
Parr
Threshing Opens with Good Oat Yields Across County
Reports to County Agent Harold V. Ellis show oats in Washington county yielding well. Fields near town average 57 and 46 bushels per acre, with a 45 bushel per acre yield southwest of town. Crews are at work. most threshing to finish within three weeks if weather stays dry. Irregular rainfall and low market prices push many farmers to store grain. Heat and lack of rain threaten crops in Coren area.
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Harold V. Ellis
Washington County
Ellis
Coren
Special Grand Jury in New York Adjourns
The extraordinary grand jury in Whit Plains New York adjourned its meeting without a report on the slaying of Clarence Peters of Haverhill Massachusetts. Walter Ward the wealthy defendant once indicted in the case will be back for further consideration when the panel reconvenes tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Whit Plains
New York
Clarence Peters
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Walter
Ward
Three Die in Abbeville Fire in Louisiana
Three persons are reported to have been burned to death today in a blaze at Abbeville Louisiana according to initial Associated Press dispatches from Lake Charles Illinois July 25. Local authorities were assessing the extent of the damage and the identities of the victims were not immediately available.
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Louisiana
Lake. Charles
Ill
Abbeville
Recall call for General Wood by Philippine leaders
Manila reports a muddled political scene after legislative leaders urged recalling Governor General Leonard Wood. Six appointive representatives and senators resigned last night, seeking vacancies Wood can fill without embarrassment to the governor general as tensions with Philippine officials continue to simmer.
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Associated Press
Manila
P. 1
Leonard Wood
Eral Wood
Indictments Against George Maxwell Are Dismissed
New York July 25 Judge MelIntyre dismissed the indictments charging George Maxwell president of the American association of authors composers and publishers with sending to Allan Ryan and others letters that attracted the attention of Mrs Ryan and a dozen women.
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Associated Press
New York
George Maxwell
American Association of Authors, Composers
Allan Ryan
President Harding Eyes Seattle Speech Amid Pacific Visit
The president plans an address in Seattle, while Mrs. Harding travels aboard the navy vessel Henderson along the British Columbia coast toward Vancouver. Tomorrow he is to greet the Canadian government officials upon arrival.
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Associated Press
Derson
Harding
Navy
Henderson
British Columbia
Vancouver
Seattle
Washington
Arrest of Americans in arms smuggling case in Shanghai
Shanghai July 25 Lawrence H. Kearney an American with a July 9 warrant for leading a wholesale arms smuggling ring into China was arrested in Ching-Hai and brought to Shanghai and jailed with bond set at 56000 dollars. C V Stein another American tied to the same plan is being brought to Shanghai by American agents.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Lawrence H. Kearney
Ching-Hai
C. V. Stein
Mormon fires infest Iowa towns this summer
Bur lington Muscatine Davenport West Liberty and other Iowa cities report swarms of Mormon fires rising from river islands and swamps. The street cleaning department fights daily to sweep up thousands of insects. Swarms appear under lights then invade homes. life span is about 24 hours.
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Associated Press
Mbuque
Burlington
Muscatine
Davenpot
West Liberty
Iowa
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