Rail strike to halt U S rail service across states
Chicago October 17 A broad wage strike may tie up U S rail transport by November 2 with a first walkout October 22 on major lines including the International and Great Northern and others in 42 states. Union leaders predict a four day complete tie up, while some roads plan to keep limited service.
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Chicago
Washington
Harding
United States Railroad Labor Board
Interstate Commerce Completion
International
Great Northern
Texas Road
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Effie
Southern Pacific
Atlantic
Seaboard Airline
The
Virginia Railway
Big Four Brotherhoods
Switchmen’s Union
Samuel M. Felton
Chicago Great Western
B. M. Jewell
Railroad Employees’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Funeral for Knox Held at Valley Forge in Calm Rite
In Valley Forge Pennsylvania on October 17 a simple funeral service laid US Senator Philander C Knox to rest at Valley Forge Memorial Cemetery overlooking George Washingtons camp. Family Cabinet members congressmen state and local officials and many others attended the Protestant Episcopal service read by Rev. W Herbert Burk.
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Valley Forge Memorial Cemetery
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge
United States
Philander Co. Knox
George Washington
Washington
Harding
Congress
Protestant Episcopal Church
W. Herbert Burk
Valley Porge Memorial Chapel
Dry Army Heads to Chicago for Pennsylvania Cleanup
The United States dry army, fresh from New York, moves into Pennsylvania and will reach Chicago in about two weeks with Prohibition Commissioner Haynes possibly in command.
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Chicago
United States Dry Army
New York City
Pennsylvania
Chiconce
Prohibition
Haynes
Kurdish Rebels Kill Persians in Revolt
In Teheran reports say Kurdish rebels in revolt have killed and wounded many Persians. An American named Bachiment, a member of the United… is referenced in dispatches from the Persian capital.
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United States Mission
Teheran
Persia
Bachiment
The
United
Turkey prices to drop this Thanksgiving in Texas
Dallas, October 17. Turkeys for Thanksgiving will be cheaper this year, says Ben Ablon known as the turkey king of Texas. He reports current indications show prices about 12 cents per pound lower than last year.
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Texas
Turkey King
Dallas
Tex
Ben Ablon
Murdered Linds Found Near Madison. Neighbor Suspect
Phineas Lind aged 65 and his daughter Nellie Lind 24 were found slain at their home four miles from Madison Indiana. Neighbor George Haskell 22 is hunted as the slayer after alleged threats toward the girl. A witness heard shots and a scream. Ed Hornady reported the struggle and alerted authorities. Charles Lind later discovered the bodies.
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Phineas Lind
Nellie Lind
Madison
Ind
George Haskell
Lind
Haskell
Ed Hornady
Lind House
Hlornady
Harding Convenes Board Members to ICC Over Rail Strike
President Harding, alarmed by a Chicago railroad strike call, summoned three railroad labor board members from Chicago to the White House and then to the Interstate Commerce Commission. A White House statement spoke of broad efforts toward an early adjustment of railroad rates and wages to spur industrial revival. The meeting, lasting into the evening, aimed to craft a plan with the ICC and railroad labor board to avert a strike.
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Harding
Interstate Commerce Commission
A Partey
Washington
Brotherhood
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
ER. M. Berton
Cincinnati
Ben W. Hooper
Tennessee
G. Wallace Hanger
White House
Railroad Labor’ Board
Readjustment of Freight Rates and Wages Threatens Strike
Officials and lawmakers discuss a looming railroad strike as a tool to force readjustment of freight rates and wages. Senator Cummins warns the strike would be an unthinkable disaster, worsening national business conditions and adding to existing difficulties.
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Capitol
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Committees
Former King Ludwig of Bavaria Seriously Ill
Ex king Ludwig of Bavaria, aged 76, is gravely ill with doubtful recovery. Reports from Sarvar, West Hungary, relay the Bavarian monarch’s condition to the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung after arriving in Sarvar two weeks ago.
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Berlin
Ludwig
Bavaria
Sarvar
Hungary
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
New York Prepares as Rail Strike Looms
Health Commissioner pledges to stock the city with food and convene agencies to plan for an emergency if the first strike calls disrupt rail lines. Deputy Copeland says food could be distributed from city stores or moved by motor trucks, while milk could not travel far. Herschel H. Jones cautions starvation risk is low but the situation would be serious.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Erie
Delaware and Hudson
Deedtor Copeland
Herschel H. Jones
State Department of Farms and Markets
U S Prepared To Operate Railroads In Strike Defense
Washington October 17. The government readies to man and run the railroads in a nationwide strike to prevent economic paralysis. Drafting workers or hiring to operate lines is discussed as Congress and President Hardin Cummins weigh emergency measures. The rail board may be abolished if its arbitration fails to avert crisis.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Congress
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Curmins
Hardding
White House
Cummins
Railway Labor Board
Railroad Labor Board
Senator Cummins
Gompers Sees Great Plot Against Labor Department
In Washington on October 17, Samuel Gompers and union legislative reps condemned a government reorganization plan aimed at weakening or dissolving the Department of Labor. The group, chaired by Gompers and allied with the American Federation of Labor, voted unanimously to oppose any move to undermine the department, deeming its maintenance essential to labor and public welfare.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Department of Lahr
Vnt Ts
Labor
Auto crash on Dixie highway kills one near Monroe
One man is dead and two others mortally injured after an automobile on the Dixie highway near Monroe Michigan struck a road repair marker and turned turtle.
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Toledo
Dixie Highway
Monroe
Mich
Dun's Review Reports Modest Improvement in Restocking Demand
Dun's Review notes replenishment orders for restocking rising with more frequent moderate restocking in key lines. Despite uneven recovery and lingering unemployment, confidence grows and buying has momentum enabling some expansion from prior lows. last week's failures totaled 75 dollars versus 308 the prior week.
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New York
Theis
Dewers
Pew
Work For The Unemployed In Road Building Push
Washington reports a department survey indicates 100000 to 300000 men will gain road work over six months. Federal highway funding estimated at 165 to 200 million dollars will be made available, aimed at relief and road construction, with the bill expected to pass Congress soon.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Spanish Losses Light in Morocco Operations
Spanish troops in Morocco suffered six wounded during the operations that secured Zetuan reports from war correspondents at Mezilla. The correspondents say many bodies of the soldiers massacred last August bear signs of torture and mutilation. The cavalry corps grew enraged and charged Moroccans in close combat without awaiting artillery.
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Madrid
Merocco
Zetuan
Mezilla
Ford's Road Is Exempt Railroad Strike Context
Buffalo dispatch reports only one U S railroad is exempt from the wide strip order. Detroit line owned by Henry Ford is cited as exempt while union leaders comment Ford has treated his workers properly and question the need to organize a broader walkout.
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Buffalo
United States
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Boc
Cashen
Swithimen’s Union
Eulogy on three suffragists erased from Capitol statue
A Washington report says a too effusive eulogy inscribed on the statue of Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony in the Capitol has been removed by a joint committee. The library inscription praised the trio as the three greatest characters of the world and their spiritual importance.
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Washington
Lucretia Mott
Elgabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Capitol
Senate
House
Chicago Cop Killings and Shootout on West Side
Police battle with gangsters on a Chicago street left Officer Paul Schwa dead and two officers wounded. Two gangsters were wounded and captured in the firefight triggered by a long standing grudge. Chief Pittmorris and Captain Vy Adiman lead the inquiry as authorities seek other suspects.
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Chicago
Pittmorris
Standard Oil Wins Czech Petroleum Monopoly
Berlin reports Standard Oil has been granted a virtual monopoly of the Czech petroleum market. A new company with 100 million kronen capital must be formed, with 50 percent free for the Czech government and 20 percent for Prague interests, while the parent company invests 50 million kronen more in drilling and exploration within five years.
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Berlin
Standard Ofl
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Vossiche Zeitung
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