Freight embargo forces rerouting over Iowa roads
Des Moines reports an embargo on perishables by Northwestern led to freight diverted from the Chicago and North Western to the Rock Island line. Officials deny Des Moines branch suspension while inspections delay service. Prices may rise but no shortage seen. multiple rail routes keep supply steady.
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Associated Presa
Des Moines
Chicago & Northwestern
Rock Island
Northwestern
Henry L. Adams
Road
Produce Wen
Produce
United Press
San Francisco
Cal
California
Union Pacific
San Bernardino
Las Vegas
Heat Irks Folks But Corn Doesn’t Holler
The heat has been intense for three days with complaints of a parched feel and rising discomfort. The article notes a 94 degree reading at 2 p.m outside Buchanan's Optical on Bridge Street, with yesterday's high of 92 and a low of 70 at 7 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Toll
Buchanan
Bridge Street
Suit and Counter Claim in Tractor Sale Tria
A suit on two claims totaling 670 dollars arising from a tractor sale is being tried today at eg Repose Auto Frank J. Ateler. The case involves contract for sale and alleged damages, with pretrial replies and possible attachments of property. The plaintiffs seek 600 actual and 550 exemplary damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Ateler
Iowa Mayors Call for People's Bloc at League Meeting
Clinton Mayor I W Cawles opens the twenty fifth annual League of Iowa Municipalities convention as Mayor R S McNutt Muscatine urges formation of a constructive "people's bloc" to guide state policy. He warns against misnaming reconstruction and seeks honest, unselfish leaders to develop natural resources and enact constructive legislation for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton, Ta
Welgame
I. W. Cawles
Clinton
League of Jowa Municiparties
R. S. McNutt
Muscatine
League
McNutt
Pame
Avit Nation
Wade hearing striker's case in federal court
Des Moines Aug 16 The care er Gil Jinrian Burlington Ia stouting showman is accused of assault upon Floyd KE Hoyle Washington Ia nonunion worker being heard in federal court Hartman allegedly took Hoyle from a hotel in Burlington after an argument over Hoyle going to work as a strikebreaker Defense says Hartman went to the hotel to find a union official and mistook Hoyle for the official He and three others traveled toward West Burlington Hoyle carried a revolver said for protection against strikers Testimony expected to finish today Judge Martin J Wade presiding with a May jury reconvened for this hearing following Hartman demand for a jury trial.
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Des Moines
Gil Jinrian
Burlington
Stouting
Floyd KE. Hoyle
Washington
Wan
Hartman
Akan Hoyla
Hoyle
Ethka
West Burlington
Hoyte
Ami
Tartman
Moyle
Frefrain
Martin J. Wade
Races Open North Laws Fair as Stone and Craft Triumph
Mason City Indiana August 15 Larry Stone and Clif Craft won a field of six in the annual automobile races opening the North Laws fair hare though no records fell due to poor course conditions. A wheel came off a car driven by Pred Horey on a turn crashing into a truck nearby narrowly missing children. Motorcycle Patrolman Leon Hood leaped 85 feet from an elevated platform. The previous record cited was 1 feet by Cannonball Baker in 1914.
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Mason City
Larry Stone
Clif Craft
North Laws Fair Hare
Pred Horey
Leon Hood
Cannonball
Baker, Glnetnnatl
Missing Rail Guard Found Near Lancaster Pa
Aug 15 report says Chester Flowers a Valley Junction railroad guard who vanished a week ago after drawing pay from Rock Island was located in Lancaster Pennsylvania. He sent a letter to his wife asking her to join him, while police had feared foul play and doubted his safety.
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Des Moines
Chester Flowers
Valley Junction
Lancaster
Flowers
Genar
Rock Island
Font Play
Train Kills Miner Near Belle Plaine
Vallia J. Valle, 22, of Marateller, Pa., was killed three miles west of Belle Plaine when struck by a Chicago & Northwestern train as he sat on the tracks apparently asleep. He was identified by a miners' card and a photo in his pockets. the body was taken to Tama by the train crew.
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Boons
Vallia J. Valle
Marateller
Belle Plaine
Chicago & Northwestern
M. K. Philips
Stangler
Tama
Conductor killed on Brakeman's Job in Carroll
Boone Ta Aug 15 Conductor George Cassie a veteran Chicago and Northwestern employee was killed at Carroll last night while acting as a brakeman. He stubbed his toe and fell beneath the wheels of his train. The body was brought here for burial.
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Boone, Ta
George Cassie
Chicago & Northwestern
Carroll
Ottumwa Secretary Goes to Burlington Y M C A
Burlington Indiana August 11 Charles Ballou associate secretary at the Y M C A in Ottumwa today was named secretary of the Y M C A in Burlington He is to assume duties September 2 and will oversee activities and programs there.
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Burlington, In
Charles Ballou
Ottumwa
Effera
Burlington
Town Brotherhoods Will Not Walk Out Except Individually
Des Moines Aug 15 President George E Finnicum of the local Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers says the Des Moines big four will walk out this week. He assures support but only to a limited extent and notes sympathy strikes are illegal. Individual action possible if equipment is in bad condition. orders require national president Warren Stone’s authorization.
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Des Moines
George E. Finnicum
Loca Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers
Big Four
Finnicum
Roundhouse Workers Beaten at Burlington
Burlington Illinois August 15 two Burlington Route roundhouse workers Frank Zliaky Lyle Jr and J Rows Keo kuk la were assaulted and abused by a group of men alleged to be strikers while attending a strike benefit dance. Railroad boards planned to confiscate shotguns though sidearms would be kept. Enginemen protested shotgun use.
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iBy United Press
Pueblo
Colo
Mis
Souri Pacific Railway
Hera
Horace
Kan
Burlington, Il
Frank Zliaky
Lyle, Jr
J. Rows
Keo
Kuk
Burlington Route Roundhouse
Altho
Roosevelt or Wilson Would Have Ended Strike, Daniels Says
Des Moines dispatch Aug 15 Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy under Wilson, told a gathering that if Roosevelt or Wilson had been president the coal strike would have been settled long ago. He spoke while en route to Farmington, Ta., as a guest of BH. T. Meredith, former agriculture secretary.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Wilson
Josephus Daniels
Muavy
Daniels
Farmington, Ta
T. Meredith
Shoppers chase down Check Passer in Des Moines
Des Moines shoppers helped police apprehend I. B. Hankins wanted for a Sunday night grocery store robbery after he tried to cash a stolen check in a clothing store. Hankins confessed after being taken to the police station.
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Des Moines
I. B. Hankins
Hankins
Emmetsburg Brief Warned by Wagon Collision
Emmetsburg reports Clifford Randall, Aa, crashed between a wagon and a tree while working on a thrashing rig, sustaining injuries. In Iowa City, James Lacine, a wealthy farmer, faced charges for drunkenness and wife beating, with $100 and costs ordered. Mrs. Lacine remained hospitalized in serious condition.
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Emmetsburg
Clifford Randall
Iowa City
James Lacine
Striking Brotherhood Pennsylvania Mines Men Return to Work
Chicago dispatch reports Santa Fe trainmen ordered to resume duties immediately after union leaders Warren Stone and D B Robertson warned of replacement if they did not comply. A separate notice from Valley Camp Coal Co. confirms actual mining began at Kimford and Valley Camps amid anticipation of a miners operators agreement in Cleveland.
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Striking Brotherhood
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Chicago
Union
Warren
Stone
D. B. Robertson
A. G. Wella
Btone
Wells
New Kensington
Kimford and Vailey Camp Sules
Valley Camp Coal Company
Cleveland
Eyeglassed thieves rob cabaret party in Chicago
Three young men wearing shell eyeglasses and cultured fronts held up a cabaret motor party in Chicago today. They robbed the group of jewelry valued at $11,000 and cash totaling $200.
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Chicago
Ange
Cole offers Bill to Hike Farm Loan Limit
Washington reports Representative Cota introduces a bill to raise the federal farm loan limit from 10 000 to 25 000 for land banks. The measure, echoed in the Republican platform at Des Moines, goes to the House Banking and Currency Committee, with Cole pressing for swift action.
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Cole
Bill
Washington News Bureau
Watering Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Cota
Towa
Des Moines
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Rail Strike Developments Reach White House Action
President Harding reconsiders mediation as peace talks falter and weighs government aid to railroads to resume operations. Big four brotherhood leaders press in Washington while conductors and train crews strike. Western trains halted as service workers walk off, with scattered violence reported nationwide.
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Harding
Congress
Rfl Staaen
Washington
Soft Coal Strike Settled in Part Through Dual Parley
Negotiations led by Senator Pepper and President Harding produced optimism for a quick settlement of the anthracite strike. Pennsylvania operators and United Mine Workers officials expected a Philadelphia conference to finalize terms as miners prepared to return to work. Miners and operators in Illinois and Pennsylvania readied mines and tools for a rapid resumption of production, with preparations to ship coal to industrial centers.
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Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pepper
Harding
United Press
Garrisburg
Illinois
Saline County
Middlewest
Tlard
International News
Pottsville
Former Premier Briand Arrested in Chicken Thief Case
Rouen, Aug 14 Policed headquarters report an epidemic of patty chicken crop thefts prompts district commissaries to watch for suspects. A youthful gendarme detains a pedestrian with no weapon, brings him to a station two miles west. The prisoner, M. Briand, former French premier and head of the Washington Conference delegation, is released after identity papers are found missing. He was fishing near his summer home.
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Rouen
France
Polies
Here
M. Briand
Reach Deliegation
Washington
Reed Named to Full Late Sen Crow Seat
Washington D C Aug 16 Maj David A Reed Pittsburgh will be sworn in tomorrow as junior senator from Pennsylvania if War is announced Reed will be appointed by Gov Sproul to succeed the late Senator Crow when the Pennsylvania governor arrives here tonight to confer with President Harding on the coal strike situation
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Washington, D. C
David A. Reed
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Reed
Sproul
Crow
Harding
Employer Seeks Lump Sum in Stenninger Case
Plaintiff Ralph Stenninger sues under employer liability law against Kimball Company of Florida. The suit alleges injuries sustained while employed by the defendant and seeks a lump sum of 631 dollars.
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Ralph Stenninger
FL Ll, Kimball Company
Stenninger White
Rebels Take Control in County Louth and Threaten Dublin
International News Wire reports rebels now control most of County Louth with a threatened advance toward Dublin. Free State forces evacuated Dunleer and prepare offensives along the Dublin railway northward. Charleville and Butterran occupy, Michael Collins lands near Kenmare to secure northern Kerry.
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International News Wire
Dublin
County Louth
Free State
Dunieer
Drogheda
Dundalk
Louth
Charleville
Butterrant
Michael Collins
Kenmare
Killarney Lakes
County Kerry
Frea Statere
President Will Put Rail Strike Up to Congress
Reports from multiple railroad centers describe escalating unrest as strikes and standoffs ripple through unions and management. Incidents include a nonunion worker being stoned in Tacoma, a woman shot near Bloomington, and clashes at Chicago area shops. Union leaders urge workers to suspend or delay actions amid inquiries into defective equipment and safety concerns.
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Congress
Page
Tacoma
Wash
Northern Pacific
Bloomington
Ill
Chicago & Atton
International News Wire
Washington, D. C
T. C. Gashen
Switchmen's Union of North America
Memphis
Tenn
Brotherhood
Special Senate Panel to Question Standard Oil
Washington, Aug 15. A special senate committee will investigate Standard Oil to probe high gasoline prices. Sen McNary of Oregon announced as acting chairman. W C Teagle head of Standard Oil of New Jersey said he would be glad to appear when hearings resume this week.
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Washington, D. C
Standard OW
Senate
McNary
Oregon
W. C. Teagle
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Southern Farmers Visiting Wisconsin
Waukesha Wisconsin August 15 local farmers organizations assisted by the Rotary club and Association of Commerce entertained 98 business agricultural and professional men from Columbus and Cornish Mississippi last night. Mississippi delegation planned visits to Fort Atkinson Lake Mills Madison Ames da and St Louis.
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Waukesha
Wis
Rotary Club and
Association of Commerce
Columbus
Cornish
Miss
Mississippi Delegaton
Fort Atkinson
Lake Mills
Madison
Ames
St. Louis
Police Stop Boys Wild West Tour Ends in Detention
Denver authorities delayed a bear hunt and wild west tour by Clayton Cummings and Leon Troll, two 14 year old Wichita, Kansas boys armed with a rifle, after they were arrested on charges of stealing money from Cummings’ father and two liquor actions filed later in district court against Ed Troyer near Waterloo.
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Denver
Colo
Clayton Cummings
Leon Troll
Wichita
Kan
Ed Troyer
Farmer
Waterloo
Divorces Granted by Judge G W Wond in Three Cases
Decrees of divorce were granted yesterday after hearings for Helen Spencer versus Marvin T Spencer Albert Morehead versus Margie Morehead and other plaintiffs.
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G. W. Wond
Helen Spencer
Marvin T. Spencer
Albert Morehead
Margie Morehead
Drake instructor Wallingford Riegger hid as nude maniac
Des Moines Aug 15 Wallingford Riegger a Drake university music instructor and composer was arrested amid accusations he is the nude maniac terrorizing local women and girls for months He admitted adventures in a negligee and was charged with indecent exposure waived to the grand jury released on 1060 dollar bond Riegger won a 500 Paderewski prize for a instrumental trio and has taught harmony and theory at Drake for two years
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United Press
Des Moines
Drake University
Wallingford Riegger
Paderewski
Hammond
Riegger
Enid
Polce
Tom Pettit
Grand
Drake
Iowa Operators Not Overly Optimistic on Resumption of Mining
Des Moines report notes Iowa operators expect no coal movement for weeks regardless of Cleveland talks. President E C Smith says if terms signed today two weeks are needed to clean mines, and a miners referendum may be required for binding contract. He adds only about 10 percent of operators will sign.
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Des Moines
Cleveland
Iowa
E. Co. Smith
Miners’ Policy Committee
United Mine ‘Workers of America
Railroads Called for Confiscation of Best Coal Grades
Washington August 15. Interstate Commerce Commission warns railroads against confiscating coal moving under priority or equal orders for preferred consignees under the federal fuel distribution plan. The notice says such confiscation defeats efficient coal distribution and ignores service orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rouse
Commission
Insane Man Kills Policeman Then Slays Wounding Crowd
Beacon Pa patrolman Charles Lucey age 48 was instantly killed. William White, 30, mentally deranged, shot and fatally wounded after holding a crowd of 600 for three hours, including two fire companies and police, before Lucey entered the White home at his mother's request and was killed as White fired a shotgun blast.
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Beacon
Charles Lucey
William White
Lacey
White
Fix 41 Percent Rate for Ninth Districts
Minneapolis August 15 The Ninth district federal reserve bank announces a 41 percent rediscount rate on all paper except banker's acceptances effective upon approval by the federal reserve board in Washington. The new rate replaces the 5 percent rate in effect since January 11, 1822 and was announced by John H Rich chairman.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
John H. Rich
Ninth District Federal Reserve Bank
Senate Puts High Duty on Embroidery
Washington D C August 13. The senate approved tarif duties of 90 percent ad valorem on races and 75 percent ad valorem on embroideries after opposition from Senator Smith Democrat of South Carolina failed to secure reductions.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Smiles and Kinks Off Today's Wires
Chicago brief reports a domestic argument between Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Belsasso over pork in beans ending in gunfire as police intervene. It also notes Mrs. G Overholt seeks a $500 pair of stockings after losing a diamond ring among many stockings.
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Chicago
Anthony Belsasso
Delsasso
G. Overholt
Confiscated Hood Poured in Street Set Afire by Heat
Calexico August 15. More than 100 gallons of confiscated liquor poured into the streets by customs officers caught fire from the extreme pavement heat. The liquor, in large tanks, had spoiled from standing in copper containers. The initial pours ignited and a tank exploded as flames spread to flowing liquor with a 126 degree shade reading.
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Calexico
Cal
Sympathy Strikes Seen Unlikely in Rail Coal Row
Analysis from Washington argues government seizure of mines or railroads is unlikely and Harding will back railway labor board decisions. Coal strike faces breakup as operators push to reopen mines while miners near return, funds dwindle, and sympathy strikes by brotherhoods are deemed improbable. Public sentiment favors restored seniority for returning workers.
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Congress
Railway Labor Board
Harding
United States
Lewis
At- 50
Brotherhood
Raifload
Washington
Yvow York Evgonina Post
Hoover Urges Fast Coal Profiteering Law
Secretary of Commerce Hoover urged immediate federal legislation to curb coal profiteering and ensure equitable fuel distribution. He warned voluntary controls may fail as some operators refuse to cooperate while prices exceed the $3.50 mine ceiling, underscoring the need for swift congressional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ave
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Canadian railways cut shopmen wages amid defiant threat
Montreal reports railways cut semimonthly wages by 206 600 dollars affecting 37 600 workers who had threatened action, a move taken before conciliation board decided the dispute. Butte Montana reports Sam Protine 68, a former Lincoln bodyguard, died after obtaining a marriage license to a 64 year old circus rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Ave
Canadian Railways
Ethkas
Board of Conciliation
Butte
Mont
Sam Protine
Lincoln
Howard Wires for Relief for Farmer
The Associated Press reports on August 15 1922 that J R R Howard president of the American Farm Bureau federation sent a telegram to President Harding urging government action to resolve the railroad wage dispute. He warns of acute distress to farmers especially in fruit and vegetable districts of the far west and urges creation of mandate enforcing boards to settle labor issues with full authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
United States
J. RR. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Harding
United States Railroad’ Labor Board
Far West
Burren
Railroad Labor Board
Maj Oser Afraid to Visit United States for Honeymoon
Lucerne Switzerland August 15 Residents of Reiden say Major Max Oser plans marriage to Miss Mathilde McCormick granddaughter of John D Rockefeller but fear he will not honeymoon in the United States due to anticipated criticism and possible violence. It is reported that Chateau Prangius offered by the McCormick family was tentatively proposed but rejected by the groom to be.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Reiden
Maj
Max Oser
Mathilde McCormick
John
Rockefeller
United States
Oser
Rockefeller-McCormick
Chateau Prangius
McCormick Family
Mathisjie
Mississippi Picking Senatorial Nominee in Williams Seat Race
Mississippi voters in a Democratic primary select a nominee for the U S Senate seat held by John Sharp Williams who plans retirement next year. The three way race features James K Vardanian Hubert Stephens and Bellis Kearney Story in Jackson with about 175000 voters, including many women, casting ballots today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Rug
Mississippi
United States Senate
John Sharp
Williams
James K Vardanian
Hubert Stephens
New Arbany
War Plant Graftners All Plead Not Guilty
In Washington on August 15 Ernest Morse E W Qravis and W A Phillips all of New York pleaded not guilty in a criminal court to conspiracy to defraud the Government. They were involved with the sale of the war built old Hickory powder plant near Nashville Tennessee. Morse formerly directed sales for the War Department and was released on a 9600 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, I, C
Ernest Morse
E. W. Qravis
W. A. Phillips
New York
Nashville
Tenn Morse
Tfrattor A
War Department
Sutcliffe-Reo Company Moves to New Quarters
The Sutcliffe-Reo Auto company relocates from 01 Congrereta Street to 317 Fifth Street West to accommodate growing demand. W. J. Sutcliffe, president, has run the business in Waterloo seven years and previously operated at 501 Commercial Street and the Waterloo Auto & Supply Co. in Long City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutcliffe-Reo Auto Company
Congrereta Street
Fifth Street
Reo
W. J. Sutcliffe
Waterloo
Commercial Street
Long City
Sutcliffe
Waterloo Auto & Supply
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Los Angeles
I Paso
Roseville
Calif
Omaha
Neb
Ron Wo
International News Wira
Santa Fe Railroad
I. L. Hibbard
Ashfork
Seligman
Arizona
People’s Bloc
Wade
Striker
Hast
Goers
Roundhouse
Josephus
Teddy
STKE
Green Bay
Batten Press
Wits
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Standard Oil
Wisconsin
Police Stop Boys
Howard
Farm Bureau
Gov't Board
Maj. Oser
Sutcliffe-Reo Company
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