Big Four rail unions threaten strike amid guard orders
The four leading railroad brotherhoods threaten a widespread walkout as engineers firemen and conductors balk at working under armed guards at terminals and along routes. Troops at key points and stalled trains tied up west coast and southern lines while California to New Mexico yards see disruptions and isolated violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensa Seo
Wityous
Rik Rends
Ganierences
Harding
Bi Four’ Transportation Brotherhoods
Atchison, Topeka ,& Santa Fe
Jalong
Ling
Santa Fe
Needles
Barstow
California
Fresno
Barsioxv
Bakersfield
Cal
Arizona
New Mexico
Moberly
New York Central Lines
Collinsville
Cleveland
Southern Railway
Asheville
N. Y
Texarkana
Tex
Texas & Pacific
Union Station
Three Violent Deaths in Clinton in 24 Hours
In Clinton Iowa violence claimed three lives within 24 hours. A 17 year old named Leonard Manning died after being run over while attempting to board a passing truck. Northwestern Railway guard John Bonsman was found dead on the drawbridge after a likely passing train struck him. John Leveen of Rock Island Illinois died when a passenger automobile overturned on the Lincoln Highway yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Leonard Manning
John H. Bonsman
Northwestern Railway
Buusman
C. F. Kulloge
John Leveen
Rock Island
Lincoln Highway
Fireman Cancels Northwestern Train to Ames
Des Moines, Aug. 11 Northwestern train No. 68 departing Des Moines for Ames at 6 15 p m was canceled yesterday evening after a fireman said the engine was defective and refused to operate it. Passengers with tickets were moved to a later interurban train. Division traffic manager Y A Hilmpson said the train was canceled due to the fireman's action but would resume service today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
North- Western
Dea Moines
Ames
Y. A. Hilmpson
Firemien
Clinton Names Mardi Gras Queen Miss Horwith Leads Vote
Clinton Ta August 11 Miss Tsa belly Horwith is chosen queen for Clinton Mardi Gras with a twilight parade at 6 40 pm and coronation in the coliseum. Proceeds go to the Citizens' Aid fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Tsabelly Horwith
Coliseum
Biod
Des Moines man dies after self inflicted wound
Frank McDonnell a prominent Des Moines businessman died after lying 15 hours in a local hospital with a bullet in his heart. The wound was self inflicted and no motive is known. In Clinton Iowa service on the Milwaukee railway was cut back to every other day reducing freight service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Frank McDonnell
McDonnell Boiler Works
MccDonnell
Clinton
Milwaukee Railway
Etlc River Junction
Women Lawyers Favor Wearing of Hats During Court
In San Francisco on August 11 delegates at the American Bar Association session debated feminine court dress. A majority favored head coverings when addressing a jury, while noting the choice should rest with each counsel as precedent from canon law cited to support the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Bar of Justice
American Bar Association
Will Seek Court of Stiff Drinks Taken from Cadaver Vats
Des Moines Aug 11 Prohibition agents seek to learn how many stir drinks came from cadaver vats in Iowa medical labs They planned university and college probes Samples of alcohol from vats used to preserve bodies for dissection may be analyzed by chemists Federal agents investigate a bootleg robbery at Iowa State College with losses around 150000 dollars as retail prices rise in Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
A.socd- Inc
Am@s
Towa State College
Blanton Warns Congress to Intervene on Railroads
Abilene Tex August 11 Congressman Thor L Blanton sent telegrams to leaders across the nation claiming President Harding has summoned Congress to act over the railroads. He calls it national bankruptcy and weak submission to autocratic unions, worse than the Adamson law era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Tex
Thor l L. Blanton
Harding
Congress
Drunken Carousal Costs Boat Crew $790 in Wis. Court
Testpoese, Wis. Ane 17. Thirteen members of the crew of the Fatermment steamer Filey were fined in court at Gansing, Ta. for drunken conduct. Officers restored order after a disturbance as local citizens supported officials to quell the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Testpoese
Wis
Gansing
Nat
Werlon
Tansing
Jewelry Store Robbed in Clinton Ta
Clinton Ta August 11 burglars forced the Brumer brothers jewelry store front door during a police shift change and stole about $1000 in jewelry fountain pens diamonds and a silver spoon. The night watchman found the door locked at 6 am and the loss was discovered three hours later when a firm member arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton, Ta
Brumer Brothers
Pollice
Worker Hurt by Dynamite Blast Near Le Mars
Fred Knight of Wessington Springs South Dakota was badly injured when a dynamite blast prematurely exploded while he cleared stumps for a proposed roadway near Le Mars. He was brought to a local hospital with injuries to head and face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Fred Knight
Wessington Springs
le Mars
Town
Iowa Briefs From Creston to Dubuque
Creston residents mock railroad strikers as poor threshers with one man sending both sons to the yards to earn funds. Clarinda hosts a conference with six county superintendents from Wremont Montgomery Union Taylor Adams and Page to discuss extension centers for next year. In Dubuque Willan Jangfornd suffers a fractured skull and lost teeth when a county pile-driver shear block weighing 128 pounds falls from 20 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Clarinda
Wremont
Montgomery
Union
Taylor
Adams
Page
Dubuyne
Willan Jangfornd
Mayor Arrested for Tearing Injunction Notices in Park
Davenport city news reports Mayor C. P. Skinner of Moling Illinois was arrested after tearing down United States injunction notices in Riverside Park. He is to appear before Federal Judge Louis Flizhenry in Peoria on August 28 for contempt, bond set at $4,000. Slivas strikers had a Riverside park meeting with clergy and notable speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
United States
Riverside
Park
C. P. Skinzer
Moling
Arder’ A
Louis Flizhenry
Peoria
Ill
Slivas
Riverside Park
Skinner
Breakdown of Ore Defendant Delays Trial of Klansmen
In Los Angeles on August 11, physicians reported Nathan A. Baler, a defendant among 37 Ku Klux Klan members, had suffered a complete nervous and mental breakdown and would be unfit to appear in court for at least 90 days. The trial was adjourned to 2 PM for attorney arguments on whether it can continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Ku Klux Klan
Nathan A. Baler
Houser
Prominent Paper Manufacturer Dies
Pittsburgh news reports the death of Au gust Hartje a nationally known paper manufacturer. He died after a nervous breakdown at his sister’s home Mrs. Andrew Fisher. Hartje organized the Hartje Paper Manufacturing company at Steubenville Ohio and served as its president from founding until retirement. Meanwhile Mahnke vacation plans push city permits to acting engineer Ralph B. Slippy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Hartje
Andrew Fisher
Hartje Paper Manufacturing Company
Steubenville
He Waas
Balloon Race Cup Award Postponed by Geneva Committee
Geneva Aug 11 The committee for the James Gordon Bennett cup race has not yet decided if M Demuyler of the balloon Telliga won the race It is announced this afternoon The committee will await Pemuster al return from Roumania before making a final decision
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
M. Demuyler
Ballon Telgica
Affternoon
Pemuster
Roumania
Fraternal Order selects Denver for 1922 convention
The Fraternal Order of Eagles picked Denver as the 1922 convention city after a vote that stood 2,852 to 450 in St. Paul Minnesota on August 11. The decision follows debates over Atlantic City as a contender and reflects Denver’s appeal for attendees and events.
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Denver
St. Paul
Minn
Order of
Eagtes
Allantic
Railroads in battle as leaders threaten resignations
Chicago August 14 President W G Bierd of the Chicago and Alton Railroad declares railroads back against wall under intolerable labor conditions and would quit to oppose such terms. He criticizes the peace at any price program and says seniority talks hide real issues. He urges correction of labor conditions for public and company service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Wire
Chicago
W. G. Bierd
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Asilvedy Staview
United States Railway Labor Board
Bierd
Publc
Ben Hooper
Labor Board
Gal Strike Stalls as Cleveland Conference Opens
Operators and miners committee begin framing agreements at Cleveland conference with one more Illinois operator breaking away to join. Others adjourn in Chicago to bolster forces while coal loading at nonunion mines shows improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Illinois
Chicago
McCormick Weds Divorced Opera Singer in Paris
Chicago report details the engagement of Mathilde McCormick to Max Oser and the marriage of Muriel McCormick’s father to Madame Mathilde Walska in Paris. The Rockefeller connections and Paris scene fuel local rumors as Mrs. Edith McCormick remains silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick
Paris
Switzerland
Chicago
Mdlth Rockefeller McCormick
Abe Cormick
Mathilde
Lucerne
Mathilde McCormick
Max Oser
France
Kurhaus
Seelisberg
Misa McCormick
Af Prangins
Oser
Lakerne
Muriel
Iinternational News
Muriel McCormick
Madai Ganna Walska
Walska
Independent Fight on Reed Planned
Kansas City Missouri August 11 That an independent Democratic candidate will be entered against Senator James A Reed in the Missouri senatorial race was indicated today by the announcement of the volunteer association of St Louis that it will support the movement Reed is essentially Republican and for years has unremittingly applied his destructive energy to ward wrecking the Democratic party said a resolution adopted by the executive committee of the association copies of which were received in Kansas City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
James A. Reed
Missouri
Volunteer Association of St. Louis
Railway strike drives hiring abroad for U S railways
London August 11 report says American railway companies are hiring strike breakers in Great Britain. Amalgamated Engineers chief 3. T. Brownly quoted W. H. Johnson of the American Engineers as saying U S railways are hiring help abroad due to the high priced strike. Brownly could not confirm the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Great Britain
T. Brownly
Amalgamated Engineers
W. H. Johnson
American Organization of Engineers
Shapmens
Brownly
Town Bankers Given Lower Discount Rate
Kansas City August 11 The board of directors of the tenth federal reserve district announced a reduction in discount rates from 5 to 4 1 2 percent. The move is expected to aid farmers in the middlewest financially and affects 1152 banks across Kansas Nebraska Iowa Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Middlewest
Tenth Federal Reserve District
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Colorado
Woman Dies From Sleeping Drug Dose in Chicago
Mrs Eva Gleason thirty five believed wealthy widow from Los Angeles was found semiconscious in her room at the Congress hotel Chicago and died from an overdose of a sleeping drug authorities said preliminarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Aug
Eva Gleason
Los Angeles
Cal
Congress Hotel
Firemen Overcome at Omaha Furniture Store Blaze
Twenty Omaha firemen were overcome as a late night fire damaged the H. R. Bowen furniture store in downtown Omaha. Damages estimated at 15000 dollars, none seriously injured. Also notes C O Bloomfield of 316 Park Road ill with scarlet fever under quarantine rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
H. R. Bowen
Bloomfield
Park Road
Governors United to Get More Coal for Their States
Federal officials said idle coal areas must aid themselves rather than rely on producing states West Virginia and Kentucky. Hoover noted Michigan cannot receive more than its fair allotment and other states’ needs take priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagr
Sitttathon
Honnold
Illinois
International News Wire
Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Kentucky
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Michigan
Henry Ford
Offerilg
Train cuts shock Missouri Pacific plan Aug 11
Missouri Pacific announced the discontinuance of 50 trains effective Sunday due to an acute canal supply issue. Officials said the shopmen strike did not drive the decision. In Los Angeles, four Brotherhood of Railroad Employes members on Union Pacific plan to join the Santa Fe walkout, mirroring grievances. Chicago, Aug 11. C M St Paul maintenance men say grievances are settled after talks with top rail officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Oxiner
St. Louis
San Francisco
Yattroai
Memphis
Fenn
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Kansas City
Big Four” Brotherhood
New Orleans
United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Great Deserts
Sierras
California
California Limited
Santa Fe
Needles
Barstow
Neefies
Missouri Pacific Railroad Today
U. WV
Dig Four
Union Pacile Lnes
Santa Fe Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Firemen & Enginemen
Union Pacific
C. M. & St. Pawl
Associated Presa
B. R B. Greer
Chicago, Milwauukee & St. Paul Railroad
Z. A. Smock
Maintenance of Way
Smock
State Mined Coal Stuck on Railroad
State operated strip mined coal production at Braunton Indiana moved forward after an eight day delay with five carloads expected today and more to follow. Trainmen near Staunton refused to handle five cars mined by the state under military protection leaving them on a Seelyville sidetrack for state institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News
Braunton
Ind
Conton
United Press
Brazil
Pennsylvania Railroad
Staunton
Seelyvire
Allied Conference Considers Substitute for Poincare Plan
London and Paris dispatches report that the Allied Conference discussed a substitute for the Poincare German reparations plan. Lloyd George introduced the alternative late today as Premiers Poincare and Theuniss resumed talks to iron out differences threatening the financial conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Lloyd George
Poincare
Theuniss
Swindler Joe Furay Dubbed Bunco King Dies in LA
The noted bunco felon Joe Furay died while serving a 20 year term in Huntsville Texas. His body was exhumed in Los Angeles for positive identification by fingerprints and measurements, confirming it as Furay who had been brought for burial after death in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Joe Furay
Bunco
Waontwine
Los Angeles
Futay
Huntsville
Vex
Explosion at film exchange racks up large fire loss
A fiery blaze in Omaha on August 11 caused about 125000 dollars in damage as motion picture films in the Marblestone building at 2056 Farnum street exploded flames shooting high into the air The fire followed a separate furniture store blaze at Sixteenth and Howard streets during which 20 firefighters were overcome by smoke Also noted were arrest warrants for A Roth in Marshalltown on charges of writing bad checks and surrender plans for transfer to Waterloo for a hearing and a marriage license issued to J C Valentine of Cleveland Ohio and Olga Keloc Waterico Mee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Marblestone
Farnum Street
Sixteenth and
Howard Streets
A. Roth
Marshalltown
Waterloo
A. Robinson
Roth
J. W. Gwynne
Firemen Refuse to Move Faulty Engines at OWA Yard
Des Moines August 11. Five firemen refuse to move locomotives lacking up to date government inspection cards. As a result four trains were annulled overnight and this morning. Trains affected include No 58 to Ames No 64 freight to Bugle Grove No 52 to Sioux City and the remaining passenger to Ames. The yard crew says engines without valid inspection cannot be moved. Management says trains will run this evening with replacements for the objecting workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Ames
Bugle Grove
Sioux City
Peat
Northwestern
W. A. Hampton
The
Road
Launch Organized Fight Against Klan
Chicago hosts a nationwide drive by the American Unity league to battle the Ku Klux Klan. The plan includes local branches in every town and state, a weekly newspaper, and a September 5 national conference with leaders from religious groups and delegates from all states. Bishop Samuel Fallows chairs the effort calling the Klan a danger to religious freedom and the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Wire
Chicago
Ku Klux Klan
American Unity League
Samuel Fallows
Reformed Episcopal Church
America
Ku Klux Kin
Fallows
Robbery Motive Echoes in Tariff Clash Between Lenroot and Gooding
Madison dispatch reports a bitter verbal clash between U S senators Lenroot of Wisconsin and Gooding of Idaho over tariff votes. They accused each other of harming farmers as the tariff bill debate heated the senate into an uproar. A separate Madison case notes investigators deem robbery a probable motive in a farmhouse murder, with a Balzer family tied to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenroot
Gooding
Madison
Wis
Saul City
R. G. Boho
William Balzer
Mary
Julius Balzer
Balzer
College potato and poultry clubs picnic at ISU
A picnic for boys and girls in the county potato and poultry clubs is set for August 16 at Iowa State Teachers College. H C Moeller and Waller announce the event, with the rural department hosting. Guests may arrive in the forenoon, a basket lunch will be served at noon, lemonade provided, and the forenoon includes a museum visit. Afternoon shows will feature agricultural and comedy movies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Teachers College
Pabty H. C. Moeller
Waller
Couege
Seize $75,000 in Smuggled Liquor at San Fran Wharf
San Francisco August 11Over $75,000 worth of smuggled liquor was seized and six men in two trucks and a car were arrested as they tried to land the contraband at a hay wharf One truck and two automobiles loaded with liquor valued about $50,000 escaped along with a dozen others in the landing party Also reported Kansas City police found the body of Peter Jnvart aged 40 believed to be a Missouri Pacific shop man beaten and strangled near the east bottoms A woman in Kansas City operated on for stomach tumor is recovering after surgery and is listed as improving
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San_ Fran
Cal
Kansas City
Pollice
Peter Jnvart
Missouri Pacific
Harding Urges Flexible Tariff in Letter to McCumber
President Harding, writing to Chairman McCumber, urged a flexible tariff and that the tariff commission serve as the agency for investigation and recommendation on rate changes. He said world conditions require elasticity in the tariff and praised a flexible plan as constructive and progressive to retain good practices and curb abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. CG
Harding
McGumber
Finance Committee
Senate
Tariff Commission
Mae
Agency For Investigation
Bride seeks mother’s arrest over trousseau
New York August 11 Judge Reynolds hears a case where Mammis Fortunato accuses her mother of keeping her trousseau to prevent marriage. The mother is pressed with an arrest warrant and charge related to the wrongful detention of goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trousseau
Mammis Fortunato
Reynolds
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Reed
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Allied Conference
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Cleveland, O
Olga Keloc
Waterico Mee
College Potato and Poultry Clubs
Isaac Davis
Dunham Place
McCumber
Nortan
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