Unions Press Strike Plans as Conference Fails
Chicago October 20 Associated Press unions press strike plans as labor board talks fail to yield results. Five union presidents depart for headquarters while other groups and rail interests prepare tentative steps amid stalled negotiations and looming walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rail Board
Chicago
Associated Press
Railroad Labor Board
Ave
Ben W Hooper
Labor Board
Brotherhood
Railroad Men's Association urges unions to accept wage cuts
Milwaukee October 20 The American Railroad Men's association representing about 10 000 yardmasters yard conductors and switchmen issued an appeal to all railroad unions to call off a planned general strike and accept the wage cut ordered by the United States railroad labor board The group warned striking would unite 100 000 000 people against the unions and their management. The open letter was signed by Frank Mackut Jr business manager of the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Milwaukee
Wis
American Railroad Men's Association
United States Railroad Labor Board
Frank Mackut Jr
Freight Rate Cut Order Expected Amid National Rail Strike Talks
Federal plans coordinate commerce department efforts to move essentials if a railroad strike occurs. Administration officials anticipate a rate reduction and mobilization of motor trucks and water transport to supplement rail service, with Hoover and McChord coordinating readiness and state governments urged to act.
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Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Department For Transportation of Essentials
McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Goff
Harding
Eastern Roads
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
American Railway Men's Association
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Commerce Department
White House
Brotherhood
Labor Board
Department of Commerce
Hungary to Name Szechenyi Ambassador to United States
Budapest reports the appointment of Count Lasselo Szecheny as Hungarian ambassador to the United States will be published soon. Szecheny, well known in America, married Gladys M. Vanderbilt of New York in 1908. Catholic fund-raising notices appear in the text.
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Budapest
Associated Press
Lasselo Szecheny
United States
Gount Szecheny
America
Gladys M. Vanderbilt
New York
Senate Rail Bill Struggles Amid Tax Clash.
The Washington Post reports a tense Senate scene as railroad funding and tax bills collide. Curtis of Kansas nears exit from the finance committee amid proposed leadership reshuffles, while Cummins weighs new amendments and western progressive blocs push the La Follette trade measure. CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rothwell Brown
Wkehington Post Co
Senate
Curtis
Kansas
Finance Committee
Committee On Committees
Interstate Commerce Committee
Treasury
Cummins
House
Explorers find feasible northern Everest route but return to India
Mount Everest expedition leaders report a climb via the northern approach from the Kharta valley shows the route is practicable in better weather. fierce storms and extreme cold forced a retreat to base camp as planners consider a spring or summer 1922 final assault from this year’s discovered route.
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Lance
Hverest
Kharta Valley
Darjeeling
India
Kharta
Tibet
Simla
Harold Raeburn
Shakpala
Windy Pass
Everest
Mount Everest
Mount
Harding Promises National Marine Policy Aid Reported
President promises a definite shipping policy to a delegation led by Senator Ransdell to build a permanent American merchant marine. The group plans talks with the Shipping Board to outline Jones Act enforcement and south Atlantic routes.
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Harding
Prenher
Portugal
National Marine Association
Jones
Shipping Board
Atlantic Gulf
Pacific
Chicago attorney hunting lions in Africa with auto and zebra
Special to The Washington Post Frederick R Babcock, a Chicago attorney, returns from Africa where he claims a new fashion in lion hunting. He killed five lions from a flivver using a zebra as bait, guiding with William Judd. He recounts an interview with the ex Sultan of Zanzibar, exiled with his three wives, who argued he should not be prisoner after the war.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Frederick R Babcock
Africa
William Judd
Roosevelt
Zanzibar
Babcock
St Helena
Isle of Seychelles
Lloyd George to Reach New York for Washington Conference
News confirms British Premier David Lloyd George will sail aboard the Olympic and arrive November 10 in New York. He will travel by special train to Washington after meeting officials, with no engagements until after he pays respects to President Harding and other leaders. The British delegation views his presence as signaling the conference's global importance and enabling on the spot decisions. American delegates plan a policy meeting this afternoon as agenda talks continue. Continued on third page.
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Washington Post Co
David Lloyd George
Washington
America
Olympic
New York
State Department
Harding
Balfour
Lloyd George
Great Britain
London
Hope
Great Brisbane
Unions Press Strike Plans and Rail Parley Fail
Rail board parley fails to avert a strike plan, freight cut orders loom, and hopes for a rail bill fade. Explorers to rest in India and Wilk greet Lloyd George are noted amid a busy issue index with civic and political items.
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India
Wilk
Lloyd George
Congress
Ulster
Bonomi
Beck
Beatty Today
Protests Grow Over Downtown Parking Regulation
Retail druggists join the protest calling the new parking rule too drastic and asking for modification. Merchants urge a public hearing as officials consider rescinding or delaying the measure.
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Retail Druggists Association
Lieutenant and chauffeur duped by marriage scam ends in pursuit
Dallas man posing as a naval lieutenant married a Virginia woman in Alexandria after claiming a $15,000 legacy. The groom, accompanied by a driver and a witness, left with plans to flee to Dallas. Police traced the pair after the bride vanished with the groom and money, prompting an investigation at the Harrington hotel and Union Station.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack J Lorada
Margaret G Dickerson
Stafford County
Alexandria
Asby Baden
V. Regester
Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph Tomaka
Tomaka
Lerada
Liieutenant
Joe
Leutenant
Margaret
Washington
Doe
City
Pennsylvania Avenue
North Capitol
Il Street
Harrington Hotel
Union Station
Dalla
Jas
the Leutenant
Fourteenth Street
Detective Bureau
Lieut Plemmons
Jack
Plot of French communists threatens U.S. officials in France
Paris reports a proposed retaliatory plot by French communists if Sacco and Vanzetti are executed. Threatening letters target the American Reparations Commission and Passport Bureau, prompting heavy police guards at Paris and other consulates. American officials receive protests from Brest to Marseilles, while authorities consider a broader conspiracy rather than isolated acts.
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Brest
Associated Press
Paris
France
Nicolo Sacco
Bartholomeo Vanzetti
United States
Passport Bureau
Alexander M. Thackara
Marseiles
Bordeaux
Lyons
Place de Etoile
Rue Des Stations
Marseilles
Hombing
Thackara
Salle
Ambassador Herricks
Workmens
Herrick
Atlantic
Massachusetts
Sacco
Wanzett
Petit Parisien
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Barton
The
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Lines
Southern Railway
Chicago Rail
R M Parton
Hooper
Hungary
Szechenyi
U. S
Gladys Vanderbilt
Carolinal Gibbons
John Murphy
Park Ave
Clay St
Balto
Col
Howard Bury
Mallory
Kama Valley
Lisbon
Dispatch
Harry N. Price
National Merchant Marine Association
Ransdell
Louisiana
Exchange
Anonio Granjo
Machado Dos Santos
Reuter
Madrid
Jose
Carlos Mula
Carlos Silva
Cuude Leal
Manuel Coelho
Legation
Coelho
Lews
Vasco de Vasconcellos
Francisco Antonio Corre
Viego Simoes
Ples Carvalho
Col Oliveira Simoes
Macedo Pinto
Maia Pinto
Joas de Deus Ramos
Antao de Carvalho
Republican Guard
Albert W. Fox
Trey
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Merchants and Manufacturers Association and Several Citizens’ Associations
U.S
Chalons-Sur-Marne
Samples Forbes
Counsul Forbes
Havas
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