Rail Chiefs Summoned to Testify Before Chicago Board
Chicago hearing on national rail wage disputes prompts U.S. rail labor board to call four railroad heads including W. W. Atterbury and Carl R. Gray to appear next Wednesday. Frank Walsh accuses packers and steel bosses of colluding to break unions as witnesses are subpoenaed and scheduling remains disputed.
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Chicago
Frank P. Waleh
United States Rail Labor Board
Uhe
T. de Witt Cuyler
Association of Rall
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Lines
Carl KR. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Robert
W.o Bester
Central of
Brinkerd
Weboard
Association of Railway Executives
Walsh
Mr. Walsh
Morgans
Garys
Labor wage dispute echoes through packing and rail sectors
The board on notice anticipates wage fights as rail workers press for cuts tied to packing house wages. Packers argue reductions are needed if rail wages fall. A coming struggle over shorter workdays, a key steel issue, could see calls to restore longer hours in packing.
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Ral
France Starts Daylight Saving Time in March
France adopts summer time beginning midnight March 15 as clocks move forward one hour. The change runs through October, aligning Paris with European daylight saving practice.
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France
Paris
Chicago Pork Packers Shut Down Plant Temporarily
Boyd, Lantam & Co. pork packers in the Union stock yards closed their plant citing high hog prices and low product prices. The stoppage affects about 400 workers and is described as temporary by general manager Thomas K. Boyd who says operations will resume when hog prices fall and losses end.
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Chicago
Boyd, Lantam & Co
Union Stock Yards
Thomas K. Boyd
Vienna mob threats prompt anti Jewish unrest
Anti Jewish disorders in Vienna flared on March 1 as mobs damaged Jewish shops and beat some individuals. Police dispersed crowds, guarding bridges to the ghetto and preventing broader looting as Jewish quarters faced the threat of encroaching mobs.
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Vienna
Hamon Wife Testifies in Oklahoma Murder Trial
Ardmore Oklahoma March 15 Mrs Jake L Hamon testified in the murder trial of Mrs Chira Hamon accused of killing Jake Hamon oil operator and GOP national committeeman. She described visits to Hamon and Clara Hamon rooms and a pistol taken from Clara s room. The state rested its case.
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Ardmore
Okla
Jake L. Hamon
Chira Hamon
Jake Hamon
Republican National
Bolshevik Advances Reported as Poland and Kronstadt Struggle
Dispatches from Riga Helsingfors and Harbin describe Bolshevik units pushing toward Vilna from Smolensk and Vitebsk while Kronstadt faces unrest. Krasnaya Groka recaptured by Soviet troops with cadet garrison. Moscow orders heavy artillery to Oranienbaum amid new uprisings and food shortages.
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Aftundadet
Riga
Poland
Smolensk
Vitebsk
Orsha
Mohilev
Polotsk
Vilna
Copenhagen
Helsingfors
Krasnaya Groka
Leon Trotzky
Oranienbaum
Gulf of Finland
Kronstadt
M. Kolesov
Moscow
American Red Cross
Anarchist Pedro Mateo Arrested for Assassination
Madrid police report Pedro Mateo an anarchist confessed to the assassination of Premier Date and named alleged accomplices. The arrest occurred in Madrid on March 15 as authorities pursued further leads and investigations.
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Madrid
Premier
Spain
Ataneo Pedro Mateo
Premier Date
U S Minister to Greece Edward Capps Retires
Athens March 15 Edward Capps American minister to Greece retires from his post. In royalist circles his resignation is seen as a first step toward recognition of King Constantine by the new United States administration. Capps is a Greek professor at Princeton University.
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U. S
Greece
Athens
Kdward Capps
Constantine
United States
Capps
Princeton University
Earthquake Felt in Two States
A heavy earth shock struck Danville and Terre Haute areas early this morning. Homes rocked on their foundations with reported damage and windows shattered in Terre Haute. Panic spread to churches and hotels as the tremor began around 6:10 to 6:30 a.m. local time, with calls and reports from at least fifty miles around.
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Danville
Terre Haute
Ind
St. Patrick’s Church
Armour Plans Co operation with workers on wages and welfare
Dennis Lane of the Meat Cutters Union announces an Armour Co operative plan to give employees equal representation in wage and welfare decisions. Secretary Davis, Hoover, and Wallace will mediate in Washington with packers officials the date set for next Monday. Samuel Gompers to address workers and participate in planning action against pay cuts amid farm alliance plans outlined by Armour.
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Dennis Lane
Workers’ Union Brands
Plan
Bank
Chicago
Meat Cutters’ Union
Davis
Washington
SRP
Royen
Cere Meyer
Whad
Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace
Samuel Gompers
Unliens
Armour Co-operative
J. Oxden Armour
Armour & Co
Lane Attacks Plant Election Plan as Fake Democracy
Dennis Lane denounces Swift & Co. announced election method as fake democracy. He says packers will install men posing as workers’ representatives to control director elections, a tactic he calls old company union strategy.
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Nnlon
Court Adjourns After Violent Outbursts Turmoil
A court session extended for over an hour as proceedings halted due to violent disruptions involving a defendant named Gilef. The judge ordered adjournment and security tightened as officers restored order.
Five Die in Fire on Denver and Rio Grande Passenger Car
Special to The Evening Journal reports a fire aboard a D. and R. G. Pullman car near Pueblo resulting in five deaths. The incident occurred as passengers fled the burning coach and authorities investigate cause and fatalities. In Ardmore Oklahoma Clara Smith Hamon, on trial for murder, cried out as court opened prompting a long adjournment.
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Evening Journal
Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake Hamon
Lower Taxes and Unity Urged by McAdoo at Trequois Club
Wilhon G. McAdoo former secretary of the treasury told the Trequois club that united American action is needed to reduce taxes by funding the war debt and to halt the arms race. He urged elimination of partisan bickering and misrepresentation and criticized the new administration for potential mistakes for partisan gain.
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Chicago
Trequois Club
Wilhon G. McAdoo
Lama
Cadet Baum shoots self at West Point amid academic troubles
James L. Baum Jr a second year cadet from Atlantic City New Jersey killed himself in the United States Military Academy while fellow cadets looked on. In Iowa Miss Planche Treward nineteen daughter of Arthur Howard died when an automobile plunged from a bridge near Lacey north of there.
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N. Y
United States Military Academy
James L. Baum, Jr
Atlantic City
N. J
Oskaloosa
Planche Treward
Arthur Howard
Lacey
Helen Sanderson Rise To Broadway Fame Shaped By Guardian
Helen Sanderson rises from country girl to Broadway star after six months of hard work and a turning guardian. A false arrest once broke her, but author George De Wenbourg guides her stage debut. The artist who inspired her re-enters her life as Dolores Cassinelli is shown at the Graham Theatre tonight.
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Helen Sanderson
Broadway
Helen
Europe
George de Wenbourg
Graham Theatre
Dolores Cassinelli
Sweden Extends Franchise Boosts Women Voters
Harry Reece of Winfield visited yesterday. The franchise extension will give Sweden more women voters than men, shifting the electoral balance.
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Harry Reece
Winfield
Sweden
Pullman Car Burns Near Pueblia
Five people were burned to death when a Pullman car on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad caught fire near Pueblia this morning.
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Sveriat
the Evening Journal
Puebia
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Noted lecturer L. McConnell to speak at high school
South erner L Lincoln McConnell, famed for The Devil and the Kaiser, will present The Guy that Delivers the Goods at the high school auditorium on Thursday evening March 17. The talk combines morale, philosophy and humor praised by Ralph Parlette as a serious sermon with entertaining jabs and stage antics.
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McConnell
Washington County
Devil
The
New York Tribune
Berlin
Linceln McConnell
Ralph Parlette
Lyceum Magazine
Mel Connell
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