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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1921
Page
1
Chicago October 23 200 000 more rail men oppose strike only a quarter of the nations railroad workers may walk off as clerks vote no strike now keeping 3/4 of the 2 million employed nonstriking. Signalmen will vote and telegraphers may shift with wage and working condition decisions pending before the labor board.
Chicago leaders of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks with 350000 members refuse to authorize a wallcut. Strike ballots are under way among 14000 signalmen with results due Wednesday. US Attorney Clyne summoned to Washington by AG Daugherty to discuss the strike. In San Antonio labor leaders claim a 600 trainmen strike on the International and Great Northern is 100 percent effective, though the railroad says passenger service remains unimpaired and freight service is resuming. Unions say no interference with efforts to restore full service. Cleveland Four Brotherhood chiefs say blame for any strike rests with the railroad labor board and the railroads.
Texas dispatch reports three freight trains on the International and Great Northern system resumed after a Saturday strike by about 600 union trainmen. Union officials claim a nationwide hands off policy and declare the stoppage entirely successful. Armed guards patrolled yards in Houston as San Antonio crews began returning to service.
Rumors swirl over Charles the former king entering Budapest and monarchist forces clashing near the capital. Vienna reports fighting close to Budapest with government troops defending Birkewich and tracks torn to hinder Charles. Insurgent bands from Burgenland reportedly march to support Charles as cabinet resignations circulate.
Riga reports Premier Lenine contemplates a broad amnesty to free thousands of political prisoners within weeks. Soviet sources cite 150,000 imprisoned in Russia as part of government population estimates, with details unsettled amid anniversary remarks.
Ten thousand soldiers and police guarded the American embassy in Paris to avert a planned communist protest against the Sacco and Vanzetti murder verdict. Three thousand troops lined the area, with others manning machine guns on the city walls. A few demonstrators appeared but were driven away, crowds near the Arc de Triomphe watched veterans lay wreaths, and Marcel Cachin was escorted to safety after being assaulted by sympathizers.
Miami report identifies the missing Warren C. Spurgin, former president of the Michigan Avenue Trust Company, as the man found dead after a hotel incident. The Chicago bank’s collapse had shown a $750,000 loss and embezzlement charges. his wife doubts the Miami body, amid a long search dating from July 20.
The passenger steamer Alameda of the Alaska Steamship company is on the rocks southeast of Seward Alaska. All aboard are safe, officials report. The Alameda left Seward early Saturday bound for Seattle with a crew of 50. The vessel is believed to have struck shoals or rough water in a southeast approach.
Workmen near Rome uncover huts on Mount Larsus suburb likely part of a large prehistoric village. Finds include stone and bronze age tools, with a cemetery search planned to reveal archaeologically significant remains dating long before Romulus and Remus.
Paris reports soldiers forcing evacuation of residents near Aubervilliers fort after a fire sparked explosions of gas and other shells. Rifling of ammunition stores prompted fire crews from Parla to assist as explosions followed, marking a tense defense perimeter north west of the city.
Detroit, Oct 23 The Universalist General Convention announced plans to build a national church in Washington D C as a World War memorial. A committee will decide cost and design, with $100,000 already pledged. The Comrades men’s group raised $35,000 at a banquet concluding the convention.
Paris reports the city has definitively accepted Mr and Mrs Edward Tucks art collection. The donors signed the act at their Champs Elysee apartment designating the Petit Palais as the recipient. The collection includes rare furniture jewelry porcelain tapestry and paintings with a Greuze portrait among the pieces.
Incoming Japanese officials led by Maj. Gen. K. Tanaka arrive in Washington at Union Station as crowds cheer. American and Japanese officers greet the delegation, with plans for courtesy calls and preparations for the conference on armament limitation and Pacific issues near its final phase.
Index page notes guard U S Embassy in Paris, Japanese delegates cheered, mob burns two in a barn, national freights moved, world heroes highlighted, and a banker’s death traced to self harm amid a busy issue overview.
Streets along Union Station and Pennsylvania Avenue brimmed with cheering crowds as Allied commanders led by Britain's Admiral Beatty and Italy's Gen Diaz visited Washington. The allied leaders met locals, amid national anthems, in a scene of cordial triumph with receptions staged by U.S. military and civic figures.
Four men burglarizing the Clinton theater on the East Side were arrested after a pistol battle with detectives who trailed a taxi carrying the suspects. A theater watchman, husband of one burglar, was also detained for acting as a lookout. The men surrendered after their ammo ran out.
A riot in Orange Virginia on October 23 left four dead and seven wounded as a mob sought to capture Walter Ware a bootlegger. Sheriff Bond and Town Sergeant Boyer were killed the day before. The mob burned a hay barn with Ware and an associate inside as hundreds of armed locals rained gunfire. Ware fatally shot himself as flames spread and rescuers ferried wounded to the roadside.
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