Rail shopmen vote on wage boost amid nationwide strike wave
United Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Freight Handlers Station Express and Steamship Employes, about 436000 members, begin ballots on immediate wage hikes or waiting for a congressional commission plan. Officials say service largely little affected though scattered embargoes and delays appear. 40000 estimate of workers idle nationwide.
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Forester
Railroad Administration
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H. Aishton
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Northwest
FOOD PRICES RISE AS STOCKS INCREASE, U S REPORTS
Food price gains persist while storage stocks rise sharply, with the federal trade commission noting higher prices despite larger reserves. The report highlights eight staple foods with stock increases from 3 to 293 percent and price hikes up to 33 cents a pound in some items. District attorneys prepare nationwide probes into food hoarders and profiteers.
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Rioting and Shots Mark Brooklyn Trolley Strike
Rioting and gunfire marked day two of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike with no injuries reported. Surface cars in service ranged around 15 percent of normal. subway and L lines at 15 to 17 percent. Strike leaders said 95 percent of the system was tied up and 2,000 workers had joined the union. Early shots occurred at Schenectady Avenue and Bergen Street, with further clashes at Vanderbilt Avenue and Bergen Rogers, dispersed by police.
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Knights of Columbus urge recognition of Irish independence
Buffalo Aug 7 Early today after a session lasting into last night the peace convention of the Knights of Columbus adopted a resolution urging world nations to recognize Ireland as an independent nation. About 300 delegates backed the measure and a separate $50,000 appropriation for an educational system against radicalism was approved for immediate launch.
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Ireland
Knights
Waitress Helps Pinpoint Chicago Bank Robber
In Chicago a marcelled waitress Tina Prosse alerted detectives to a bank robber after a dates with Edward Tillian who confessed to forging checks across several cities. Tina’s tip led police to Tillian and multiple Chicago banks victimized including Guarantee Trust and Savings and Union Trust.
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Morrison
Tina
Thomas McFarland
John Cartan
Detective Bureau
Austin State Bank
Prairie Avenue
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West
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Edward Wos
Srea
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Tillian
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St. Louis
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Chicago City Bank
Drexel State Bank
Union Trust Company
Greenebaum Trust Company
Humbbolldt State Bank
Immel & Sons Bank
Packing interests face government action in anti trust suits
The Justice Department moves to indict the five great meat packers after reviews of the federal trade commission findings. Indictments under the Sherman act are expected along with civil suits. Attorney General Palmer consults with officials as prosecutors plan cases on cattle buying and meat pricing. Hoarding probes and profiteer hunts continue as evidence from prior investigations is used at forthcoming hearings.
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Federal District
MD. Clyne
Washington
George RB. Impiams
Off Trust
Federal Trade
Clyne
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Commission
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Kenyon
India
Radio via water and earth cited as success
San Diego August 7 radio graphy will be revolutionized by transmission through earth and water rather than air, say Lieut R A Morton of the navy radio laboratory. Proof of success came when a navy message to the British from Annapolis via the R-84 dirigible was copied in full at the San Diego experiment barge. Morton notes underwater cables could be aimed like a gun and aerial antennas are affected by wires from all directions.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
San Diego Bay
R. A. Morton
Navy Radio Laboratory
Mara Island
United States Navy
Annapolis
Lieut
Morton
Trapped Bomber Leaps From Tit Floor to Death
Charles H. McGwire assistant engineer with the municipal public works department died after leaping from the eleventh floor of the Hall of Records near District Attorney Woolwine. Officials had said he would be indicted in the dynamiting of Oscar Lawher’s home. He rushed a window and jumped eleven stories amid questioning.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. McGwire
Municipal Department of Public Works
Thomas L. Woolwine
Hall of Records
Oscar Lawher
McGwire
Woolwine
Mooney Move Fines Spark Illinois Mine Strikes
Illinois coal miners struck in protest against high living costs with roots traced to fines imposed on unionists who joined the Mooney sympathy action on July 5. State officials report 14,000 miners on strike in Belleville area after July 3 actions supporting Thomas J. Mooney, with union leaders threatening compliance or exit. Additional protests arose in Carlyle and New Baden Beckemeyer areas as 800 miners walked out over fines and wage conditions, with a strike vote planned for tonight at three Breese mines.
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Illinois
Cau
Belleville
Mooney
Frank Farrington
United Mine Workers of
Mr. Farrington
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Thomas J. Mooney
United Mine Workers
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L. Carlyle
Til
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Beckemeyer
Jivne
I Breese
Anonymous Communications to the Courier and Reporter
Letters to the newspaper must be signed with a writer’s name and include a post office address for publication. Unsigned communications receive no attention, though signed names may be withheld if requested. Several unsigned notices have arrived in recent weeks.
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Archduke Joseph in Hungary Seizes Cabinet Power
Budapest upheaval as Archduke Joseph forms a new administration after a coup. Romanian forces advance across the Danube, railways between Budapest and Vienna damaged, and reports cite arrests of the government staff. Entente delegates transfer authority to Joseph as allied troops bolster the capital.
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Rail Wage Raise Within Power of Hines Cummins
Washington August 7 The Commerce Committee chairman Cummins writes to President Wilson asserting Director General authority over rail wages. He states the director general can fix transportation rates and decide wage changes, with advisory boards possible, and that the Interstate Commerce Commission lacks authority to suspend for civil service rights.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Twenty drowned as ocean vessels collide near St Pierre
Halifax Aug 7 believed twenty lives lost as schooner Gallia sinks after colliding with British steamer War Witch near St Pierre foggy night. Seven survivors named in wireless from War Witch. Crew and passengers on Gallia estimated at least 15 to 18.
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Leost
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125 Pounds by Mail Permitted to Assist Fight on Food Cost
Washington authorities announce temporary increase of parcel post weight limit to 125 pounds to help buyers purchase army food through post offices and letter carriers. During the sale buyers may place several orders at once without paying extra postal charges. orders must be in writing and the total cost plus postage will be collected. Sears, Roebuck & Co. president Julius Rosenwald offers mailing list for distribution and help in ordering, routing, and shipping army food.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce
Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Jin
First Philadelphia cargo to Hamburg since the war
The Americ a pleatier Thala sailed from Philadelphia for Hamburg carrying about 6 000 tons mainly food clothing and toilet articles sent by individuals to relatives in Germany. The shipment marks the first direct cargo from Philadelphia to a German port since the war with items like Smoke Diamond Joe Cigars advertised.
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Hamburg
Courier Delivery Reminder and Reprint Policy
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Rockefeller and Morgan Hinted In National Bandits Robbery
Washington, Aug. 7. Glenn E. Plumb of Chicago told the interstate commerce committee that information from Wall Street and Morgan and Rockefeller controlled banking houses shows a systematic plundering of public transportation highways. He cited the New Haven, Chicago & Alton, Rock Island, and Frisco railroads as examples and said detailed evidence would be turned over for a full congressional investigation.
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