Insurgent Yard Workers Strike Ties Up Rail Lines
Detroit and Chicago faced railway turmoil as unauthorized yardmen strikes spread from Chicago to Detroit. W G Lee and union leaders pressed for mediation while government agencies opened probes under the Lever Act. Freight traffic stalled as Pere Marquette, Wabash and other lines joined the work stoppage.
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Sheriff Sees Honest Men in Crooked Road Rail Job
Hugh G Faith sheriff visits Indianapolis then returns home wearing a lumberjack cap paid possession claim of $10.50 as a Stetson hat. Witnesses say the carrier’s conductors paused trains to allow a chicken crossing. Faith notes the incident reflects honesty amid a sometimes crooked railroad operation in Daviess county.
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Tractor Rescue Turns Joyride Into Lesson For All
An improvised stunt ends with Ralph Smead and two companions using a tractor to free a stuck vehicle. The mishap underscores dangers of reckless riding and the need for proper emergency gear and caution on rough roads.
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Meeting for Public Tonight Promotes Interchurch World Movement
Daviess county conference of church workers opened at the Baptist church with leaders from Indianapolis Jeffersonville and Redford sharing in morning sessions. Rev Foote described the Interchurch World Movement and plans for a financial campaign while a 1 to 2 pm survey addressed conditions affecting churches in the United States. About fifty churchworkers attended.
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Duplex printing press inspection ordered for Princeton visit
Ewing, George D Griggs and Russell Wire plan a trip to Washington to inspect the newly added duplex printing press at Princeton. The Democrat's equipment press will be examined for potential use.
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Democrat
New Press
Ewing
George D. Griggsrs
Russell Wire
Clarion News
Washington
Revolt Looms as Reichstag Session Promised Monday
Berlin reports say a new revolutionary movement gains momentum as mutineers clash with forces. The Reichstag is called to meet Monday amid French Rhine occupation and calls to reduce the army.
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Bei Salt
Reichstag
Rhine
County raises pay for all county teachers
Township trustees met in the county office with J. K. B. Gilley the county superintendent of schools to adopt a new county wage scale. The pay rise matches the state department of public instruction scale with B grade teachers receiving thirty three and one third percent and A grade teachers twenty two percent. Trustees approved a county wide grade commencement but no date was set.
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J. K B. Gilley
State Department of Public Instruction
Lone Robber Rifles Mail Coach on Santa Fe Train
A lone robber boarded a west bound Santa Fe train near Kansas City last night and held up four mail clerks in the mail coach. He jumped from the train with his loot at a Kansas City suburb. Officials say the extent of the haul is unknown.
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B and O Switchmen Strike At Springfield
April 6 report says Baltimore and Ohio railroad switchmen walked out in Springfield and Chicago area. The action involved B and O, Chicago streets, and alleged widespread sympathy for the Springfield walkout among workers today.
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Industry Is Stoppering Because Of Wa Outs
Industry nationwide slows as railway yardsmen and switchmen strike unapproved. About 25 000 workers join walkout from New York to San Francisco. rail passenger service largely intact but freight cars idle, coal shortages loom, steel furnaces shut, and coal mines suspend operations under Palmer led inquiry into possible Lever Act action.
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Auto plunges into ditch injuring five onKnights trip
A car carrying Rev. Henry Bulger Uresath Horner Harry Palmer and Judson Bailey with other Knights of Pythias members wrecked near Plafgpike en route to an initiation. Bulger and Horner sustained cuts and bruises while others were lightly to seriously hurt. The auto was heavily damaged and another vehicle trailing failed to stop.
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Harry Palmer
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Democrats seek delegates to state convention in Indianapolis
Thirteen Democrats in multiple townships filed with the county clerk to serve as delegates at the Democratic State Convention to be held in Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis, on May 19 and 20. Names include Michael Lundergan, J Ralph Gantz, John R Bynum, Alfred Farr, George Wade, M O Pate, John H Ar win, Andrew Jmith, Joseph Fragitlin, Alvin Padgett, Fred Fromme, and John W McCarty among others with precinct designations in Brele, Madison, Elmore, Harrison, Veale, Van Buren and Washington townships. The fee listed appears as four dollars.
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Idianapolis
Michael Lundergan
Bkre
J. Ralph Gantz
Madison
John R. Bynum
Elmore
Alfred
Farr
Breele
George Wade
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M. O. Pate
van Buren
Jhn H. Arwin
Reeve
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Harrison
Joseph ‘D. Fragitlin
Veale
Alvin Padgett
Ik Bintts
Washington
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Fred Fromme
Washington Township
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Belgians Offer Support for French Occupation Plans
Brussels agreed to send a Belgian detachment to aid in occupying German cities in the neutral zone. The force will withdraw once German troops evacuate the Ruhr under the peace terms. Britain’s reply to France on Rhine occupation was unfavorable and discussions on a rent agreement will resume. Germany says France must answer for damages to German citizens during the occupation. The German delegation plans to issue a note outlining Berlin’s stance to the foreign office.
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France
Berlin
May Recommit the Whole Army Bill
Washington April 3 Congress failed to enact a peacetime military policy as a result of a Senate fight for compulsory trained military service. The whole army reorganization bill likely will be recommitted to the military affairs committee to redraft with a training provision. Rep Kitchen stretched of North Carolina fell ill after attacking the grace resolution in the house and needed assistance to his room.
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Congress
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Senate
Kitchen Stretde
North Carolina
Howatt Sent to Jail for Contempt in Labor Case
Alexander Howatt, president of the district United Min Workers, was jailed by Judge A. A. Curran for contempt of court. Howatt had defied the authority of the newly created state in a labor dispute.
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City Health Campaign Aims at Universal School Vaccination
Washington health authorities report 150 to 200 smallpox cases nationwide with scattered outbreaks in Steele, Barr, Veale townships and Montgomery. A vaccination drive will aim to immunize every city schoolchild by Monday, with free vaccination and arm checks by doctors, and no charge for families unable to pay.
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Barr
Veale
Montgomery
Health Board
Board of Health
Increasing Interest in Methodist Revival Attends City
Rev John Ragle spoke at First M E Church on Daniel portraying traits that gain kingly trust, thwart scheming rivals, and please God. The revived interest grows with larger congregations and plans for a large men’s meeting Sunday afternoon.
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