Rail Workers Wage Cuts Pack 1 to 5 Cents Hour
Chicago May 20 The Railroad Labor Board cuts maintenance of way wages by 1 to 5 cents an hour effective July 1 affecting 409000 workers. The reduction saves about 48000 annually and mirrors earlier February 20 adjustments. A dissent from three labor members cites insufficient pay to sustain living standards across the country.
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Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
Way
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Rail workers deserve higher wages says labor board ruling
The board states after the reduction, common railroad labor will earn more than similar outside labor due to hazards, training, responsibility and public service. It notes foremen and section men often receive living quarters and facilities, while dissenters argue the new scale fails to meet family needs compared to convict wages.
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Prey Party
A. O. Wharton
Albert Phillips
W. L. McMenlwen
Cook County
One More Movie Scandal in Hollywood Divorce Suit
Irving Martin art director for Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford sues Eleanor Dowler Martin for divorce alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. He says she lived with him only one day after their May 14 marriage and accused her of aiming to leverage his position to gain standing in the film industry before leaving him.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Irving Martin
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Bax
Eleanor Dowler Martin
Russia invites U S attendance at The Hague talks
Berlin May reports say Max Litvinow of the Soviet delegation in Genoa says Soviet Russia would welcome American participation in The Hague conference if the U S abandons efforts to dictate Russia's laws and social reconstruction. He notes Germany's role in Russia's economic recovery and cites recent Russia Germany trade. He argues the rapatio treaty has moral significance beyond its practical aims.
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Berlin
Russia
America
Hague
Prange
Genoa
Max Litvinow
Day family, gunfire at firm robbery in Los Angeles
Henry Day Sr a Los Angeles millionaire sobs as his son Chester Day aged 23 is linked to a bank messenger robbery. Chester fires on his father. Detective Sergeant Edward Oker intervenes with gunfire and non fatal blows after a tense standoff at the Day company offices.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Henry BK. Dey
Chester
Tim
Raymond Shelton
Henry Th. Day Company
Shetton
Day
South Bixel Street
Australia
Edward Oker
Bixel Street
Young Day
Youth Confesses Attempted Patricide Amid Family Strife
In a tense room two detectives, Lioyd and Roberts, restrained a youth as he admitted shooting his father after a dispute. The old man watched in sorrow as the youth claimed the father accused him and squeezed him, denying killing him.
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Geaten
Lioyd
Roberts
Fieloor
Sergeant Oker
Famous beauty attempts death by own action
Aud rey Munson once famed artist model and reputed perfect female form reportedly tried to take her own life at her Mexico home in New York. She swallowed poison after a telegram, believed from a fiancé, left her in critical condition. Despondent in recent days, she had risen to public notice as the Evan geline statue model and for other memorial works.
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Syracuse
N. J
Audrey Munson
Mexicos
New York
Munson
Miss Munson
Evangeline
Longfellow
Cambridge
Maine Memorial
New York Municipal
Michigan man elected president of confectioners group
Chicago May 2 K. BR Bean of Grand Rapids Michigan was elected president of the National Confectioners association, which closed its thirty eighth annual invention here. The convention adopted the slogan Remember everybody Hitches condy.
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Chicago
K. BR
Grand Rapids
Mich
National Confectioners’ Association
Organization of
Washing ton Steam Laundry Rates Headline
Summer heat drives demand as Washington Steam Laundry announces its rate card. The notice highlights service options and pricing though details are limited in the fragment.
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Washington Steam Laundry
Daugherty Responds to Critics Over Morse Pardon Case
Justice Department issues a statement based on the Morse pardon record defending Attorney General Daugherty. The release cites physician and surgeon reports and notes numerous petitions from supporters.
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Daugherty Ree
Morse
Washington
Daugherty
Attorney General's Department
Charles W. Morse
Ark
Department of Justice
Meney
Gillette
Johneen OS
House
Senate
Atlanta
United States Army
United States
Jann
Medical board cites Morse illness and incurable conditions
The text notes that a U S army medical board found Morse suffered from chronic valvular heart disease Brights disease and slight arteriosclerosis. The board president Col Birmingham Maj Fauntleroy and Maj Russell recorded on December 30 1911 that while not in immediate danger death was not imminent the diseases were incurable and improvement was unlikely given the psychic element in his case.
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Morse
Medical Corps
United States Army
Army Medical Board
Moree
Bright
Col. WP
Birmingham
P. C. Fauntleroy
F. F. Russell
Blizzard found not guilty in treason case tied to armed miners
William Blizzard, 28, former miner and president of UMW District 17 subdistrict, was acquitted by a Logan County jury in the treason trial tied to last summer disturbances in southern West Virginia known as the armed march. He was among 52 indicted men, mostly union officials and sympathizers.
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Clarles Town
W. Va
William Blizzard
Logan County
District 17
United Mine Workers
Miners’ Union
West Virginia
Mysterious Fire Destroys Northwest Sawmill
May 20 fire destroyed the Steven Leamber company sawmill in Kitinelander Wisconsin. The large mill, valued at $75,000, was partly insured and considered one of the Northwest’s most modern facilities.
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Kitinelander, Wis
Steven Leamber Company
Northwest
Several Hurt as Stand Collapses at Western Reserve Event
At Western Reserve University in Cleveland on Tree Day a portion of an outdoor stand collapsed during a student produced play causing injuries to several attendees. The mishap happened on the women’s college grounds during exercises and the incident is being investigated by campus authorities.
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Cleveland
Women's College of the Western Reserve University
Business revival looks permanent in multiple markets
New York May 20 With stronger underlying conditions the business recovery shows signs of permanency. Progress is hampered by labor troubles in some industries but improved sentiment and buying activity point to a lasting revival. Declines have turned to advancing tendencies as buyers prep for higher prices ahead and producers pull forward commitments.
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New York
Two Firemen Fatally Struck in Train Collision
Two firemen died and another was injured when two Santa Fe passenger trains collided near Engiser station. Investigators examine signal failure and crew reports as cleanup begins.
Steamers Sunk After Columbia River Collision
Two steamers sank after a collision on the Columbia River, with six men dead or injured. The report from Burlington Iowa notes a rear end crash near Fort Madison involving passenger trains on the Santa Fe line.
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Burlington
Iowa
Santa Fe
River steamers collide near Altoona with loss of life
Special to The Evening Journal reports a collision in the Columbia River off Altoona Washington. The Purness steamer Welsh Prince rammed by the frevehta Towan. Six firemen killed and three injured. Welsh Prince sank within thirty minutes. Towan observed sinking slowly.
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Portland
Oregon
Towan
Columbia River
Altoona
Washington
This Man Not Interested Fateful Wire Hazard
Chicago police report Lt George De Mar responded to a call at 3083 Shields avenue where George Corcoran sat within inches of a 28000 volt live electric feed. The wire lay broken in a foot square burn in the alley as neighbors warned, but Corcoran showed no concern. Officers removed him and cut the current off.
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Chicago
George de Mar
Cottage Grove Avenue
Shields Avenue
George Corcoran
Corcoran
Henry H Marmaduke One of Merrimac Crew Dies at 78
Henry H Marmaduke aged seventy eight, a surviving Merrimac crew member, served as a midshipman aboard the Confederate steamer.
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Henry H. Marmaduke
Merrimac
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