Rail unions press strike impact on Chicago era rail traffic
Chicago Aug 28 A strike by railroad workers disrupts traffic on the Chicago and Alton system as conductors and trainmen walk out amid wage disputes. Delays spread across Roadhouse and Slater, with postal inspectors investigating Mall interference and guards patrolling yards while maintenance crews discuss next steps.
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Chicago
Chicago & Abou
Trenton
J. A. McBride
Firemen's Union
Hoodhouse
Cleveland
Two Thousand Sailors Riot in Tacoma
Two thousand sailors riot in Tacoma causing death injuries and property damage. The St Charles hotel is wrecked and sailors clash in the streets near the jail as disorder erupts late at night. Police and city authorities respond to restore order after the unrest in the harbor district.
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Tacoma
United States
Oil Found On Blazing Bridge In UK Rescue
Aug 28 report from Broomington states the second bridge east of Minter 1 on the Chicegg Alton line was ablaze at 4 o clock. One end destroyed yet passable for a train today. Foreman found kerosene on the structure.
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Broomington
Minter
Chicegg & Alton
Sercion
Karasene
Government urged to fund nationwide orphan home program
The article advocates federal aid and a national plan to build homes for orphans and homeless children. It cites cooperation among societies and cites the Children's Bureau as a suitable authority to oversee the effort and direct appropriations. It frames child rescue as essential as animal protection and calls for United States government funding.
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EE Eng
All Fates
Need Authority of
Las
Children’s Bureau
Jebor Department
United Sates Rnvernment
Iowa City Youth Drowns After River Bank Misstep
Jawa City reports a youth named Yavorsky fell twenty feet into the Iowa River while tramping near Coralville. He was riding with companions when a horse spooked the bank edge causing the fall. Rescuers found him in the river but the current carried him away. he was the son of Mrs. Frank Kendall of Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Jawa City
Coralville
Here
Fantry Ontha
Chireneng
Yavorsky
Jawa Choy
Eime Waukiert
Towa
Arehar Kehoener
Mita
Renowa al Howe
Girl dies after collision blamed on glaring headlights
In Cedar Rapids Iowa a car crash on the Lincoln highway near Mount Vernon left Lora Rogers 21 dead and others injured when two vehicles collided and plunged over a roadside embankment. Investigators cite glaring headlights as the cause.
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Cedar Rapids
George Garner
Lora Rogers
Lincoln Highway
Mount Var? Bon
Clinton Businessmen Back 1923 Legion Convention Drive
Clinton business men back the June Van Meter post American Legion in a campaign to secure the 1923 state convention. A representative number of World War veterans will attend the Waterloo convention in September to extend the invitation personally.
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Clinton, Ta
Clinton
June van Meter Post
American Legion
Waterloo
Rail Labor Leader Dies at Burlington
Oscar Alelw 52, general chairman of the sheetmetal workers union of the Burlington railroad system, died at a local hospital after a stroke at Sunday noon while dining with his family in Mason.
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Burlington, Kr
Oscar Alelw
Sheetmetal Workers’ Union
Burlington Railroad System
Mason
Senate Backs Bill for Coal Distribution Agency
Senate committee reports favorably a bill to create a coal distribution regency and extend ICC authority over priority shipments. President Harding and advisers push to mobilize powers for fuel transportation reform as Hoover warns for needed tonnage. Avchison of ICC notes chance of minimal government intervention in anthracite wage talks.
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The
Aftonhutedt
Washington
D. C
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Steelf
Attehison
Avchison
Interstation Emmerce Commission
Con Taines
Hoover
Maintenance men demand living wage and overtime rules
Chicago reports the United States railroad labor board opened wage talks with maintenance of way workers seeking a minimum of 40 cents per hour and a living wage doctrine. Grable and Smock presented the union position with references to costs of living and comparisons to other industries. Madison, Wis may see Wisconsin race coverage by Martha Riley, who pledges a people’s bloc and platform including tariff reform and anti child labor measures.
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Roodhouse
Sta, Woo
United
W. H. Penrith
Roadhouse
Chicago & Alton
Slater and
Marshall
Missouri
Sister
Labor Board
Missouri Pacic
Jeferson City
Unite States
E. F. Grable
B. M. Jewell
fInternational News
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
F. Grable
Inbor Woard
Grable
Grahie
Cummins
Transportation Net
Tut
Madison
Wis
Martha Riley
Congression
Riley
Wisconsin
Tower House
Conetlss
Millonaires
Fordtey-McCimber
Review of Iowa Guard Troops by Governor Sunday
Civilian spectators witnessed an elaborate ceremony as Gov Kendall reviews the Iowa national guard in a parade at Camp Duxe. Four thousand seven hundred guardsmen marched before Brig. Gen. Matthew A. Tinley and other officers. Memorial services were held for Gen. James Rush Lincoln at Camp Duxe.
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Iowa
Es Moines
Moore Tuair
NLOE
Kendall
Iowa National Guard
Catnip Dodge
Matthaw A. Tinley
Colling Brewer
National Yard
Camp Duxe
James Rush Lincoln
Ames
Des Moines Woman Pursues Husband Across 6000 Miles
Des Moines reports a wife following her husband across 6000 miles after he left for Los Angeles with another woman. She obtained a warrant for his arrest on desertion charges, citing plans to rejoin him after an April departure.
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Des Moines
Larding
Quebec
Maza
Los Angeles
Des Maines
Iowa News Briefs: Local Officials Address Unemployment And Rationing
In Waukon County prisoners were ordered to work for their meals by Judge Taylor and the supervisors, with noncompliers to be water-doused. Mayor Chilton condemns knee skirts and short hair for city hall. Farm women and girls will aid harvest crews due to high rents and labor costs. In Perry, Sylvester Thiel, 16, from Cedar Rapids, fell from a freight car and died after a leg and an arm were severed by the wheels.
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Waukon
Perry
Sylvester "Thiel
Cedar Rapids
Coal Strike Talks Held After Morning Conference
Sylvapia left for Washington after a three hour meeting with SD Warrlouper, spokesman for the operators. Pepper said he believes the mine strike will be settled and warned it would be terrible if two citizen groups cannot agree without government action. He asserted the country will not burn wood and coal is needed.
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Var
Davis
Elrneglecht
Warriner
Twainer
Washington
Annonneme
George Whatton Pepper
Sylvpia
SD. Warrlouper
Ll Balieve
Pepper
Johnson Faces Split Vote in California Senate Campaign
A 50-50 political contest in California pits Sen. Johnson against a coalition of former Progressives and old-guard Republicans. They unite behind businessman Charles C. Moore to oppose Johnson's stance on foreign policy and his ties to Hearst, aiming to influence the July start of a broader national role.
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Johnson
Old Guard
California
San Francisco
New York Evening Post. Inc
Clerks Reach Wage Agreement On Chicago Milwaukee Line
In Clacinasti Ohio and at the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad stations clerks and Seattle employees settled wage and working condition disputes with management. The 7,400 clerks on the line accepted a revision in wages and benefits including vacation sick leave pay and a Saturday half holiday.
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Clacinasti
Station & Southwest
Chieags, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Toltay
Brotherhood of Railway
Milwaukee & St. Paul
The
I Paso
Stunt Flier Dies After 300 Foot Plunge Near Minneapolis
Helmer Jacobsen, 99, a stunt flyer, fell 300 feet from an airplane at Lyndale airport near Minneapolis. He suffered fatal injuries after a 800 foot drop as about 2000 spectators watched. many women fainted in the crowd.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Helmer Jacobsen
Lyndale Airport
Here
Finders Keepers Not Good on Fire Engines
In New York on August 28 a disputed fire engine was claimed by a man who shouted a boastful line. The engine skidded into his front yard and was finally recovered by the fire department after an argument.
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New York
Physicians Advise Pie With Hearty Breakfasts
New York Aug 26 reports that physicians across the United States favor eating pie with heavy breakfasts. They say a substantial morning meal aids health and digestion, contrasting with lighter options.
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New York
United States
Medical Review of Reviews
Red Ring in Union Caused Gary Wreck
Four men are charged with murder in the Gary Indiana wreck of the Michigan Central "million dollar express" after a confession by one suspect. The plot involved a union ring of railroad workers aiming to derail the passenger train to incite a strike while targeting the engineer and fireman.
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Iinternationm News Wire
Chicago
Michigan Central Railroad
Gary
Ind
Hare
Charles Uselis
Dolice
Onion
New York Central
Joc Per Pauricch
John Pet- Towaki
Adina Alessio
Uselis
Piet
Els
Railroad Shop Workers’ Union
Freman
Michigan Central
Passion Play Sets Attendance and Revenue Records at Oberammergau
At Oberammergau Bavaria the Passion play has drawn about 220000 visitors, including 18239 Americans, pushing total receipts to roughly 15 million marks. Demand remains high with three or four performances weekly and the theatre nearly sold out through Sept. 1. A special presentation for Catholics is planned as a Munich conference gathers next week.
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Associated Press
Oberammergau
Bavaria
Germany
Munich
Girl Who Saved Collins From British Dies in Tribute
Dublin reports at least four irregulars killed as fighting flares around the funeral of Michael Collins. Kitty, once a rescuer of Collins, mourns as battles erupt near the cathedral and in western districts.
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Collins
Kitty
Jordan
Mickey
Whien Collins
International
Dublin
Michael Collins
Free State Army
Procathedral
Free State
Blarney
Hine
Kenmar
Gov Preus urges Iowa farmers to push cooperative marketing
Des Moines Aug 23 Associated Press Gov J A O Preus Minnesota argues railroads fail farmers and price manipulation harms marketing. He urges education, self organization, and cooperative marketing as key to prosperity, noting Minnesota’s success and opposing government ownership.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Middle Western States
J. A. O. Preus
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Central West
Preus
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Erie
Henry Ford
Duluth
Pretis
Minnesota
Althe
Luther College
Decorah
Poll Suggests Bonus Bill Faces Presidential Veto
A Senate poll shows 34 senators oppose the bonus bill and 3 more may back a veto. The combined 37 votes would prevent an override, giving a 57 to 4 result if the vote occurs tomorrow despite possible changes from the fence from the city.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Gofence
Victims of Wreck in Texas to Recover
Denison, Aug 28. Three persons seriously injured in the Katy Flyer wreck at Bells will recover, hospital officials said. Fifteen others lightly injured have been discharged. the freight train collided into the rear of the Flyer as it pulled from Bells station.
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Denison
Tex
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Bells
Here
Bells Station
Peabody Dies of Heart Failure While Hunting
Francis Peabody millionaire coal man and Chicago Democrat died of heart failure on his Hinsdale estate while hunting. He led Peabody Coal Company the largest in Chicago and was a notable contributor to Democratic campaign funds.
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Chicago
Francis
Peabody
Hinsdale
Peabody Coal Company
Democratic Campaign Fund
Explosion shakes Bloomington neighborhood near street facade
A heavy blast this morning near the home of J. Hicock, general foreman of the C. and A. shows, 1004 South Main street, caused houses to shake for blocks around in Bloomington SE on August 28.
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Bloomington
J. Hicock
South Main Street
Federal action urged to improve railroad service conditions
Federal action toward improving railroad conditions is expected within days as eastern railroads refuse to recognize unions. The United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railroad Shop Laborers seeks a wage increase from 23 to 48 cents per hour, citing strikes by maintenance men and new employee organizations. Violence continues in scattered strike centers.
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United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Union
Chicago landlords promise rent cuts in October
Chicago tenants bow to a new report by Joseph A Sheridan chief investigator of the tenants league of Chicago. The investigation involving 15 men forecasts rents will drop by about 25 percent from May 1 levels by October 1. Builders ongoing and vacancies push landlords to advertise three months free rent to lure tenants. One landlord offered free rent after repairs for a dilapidated vacant building.
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International News Wire
Chicago
Joseph A. Sheridan
Tenants League of Chicago
Sheridan
Bryan in Capital to Aid Railroads Control Legislation
William Jennings Bryan urged Congress to grant the president power to temporarily seize mines and railroads to end the wartime disruption. He supported Senator Walsh of Massachusetts in a resolution to give executive seizure authority, saying the alternative of military force would be indefensible. Bryan carried the letter to Senator Walsh in Washington to discuss the issue with congressional leaders.
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Washington
D. C
William Jennings Bryan
Walsh
Massachusetts
Congress
Bryan
Saint Walsh
Bryant
6 Million Tons of Coal Loaded Last Week
Washington D C Aug 78 Loadings of coal totaled 21 866 cars Friday Aug 25 the largest single day loadings since the strike began April 1 by the Association of Railway Executives The high mark surpassed the 19 043 cars loaded on Apr 21 By five day totals loadings for last week are estimated to exceed 6 256 000 tons
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Washington
D.C
Association of Railway Executives
English Press O.K.'s Statement by Cox
English newspapers today approved Ames M. Cox's call for American help to Europe. Some papers warned the United States may not be able to act quickly enough to avert the current crisis.
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London
Presidential Party Returns From Po tomac Sunday Cruise
President Harding and officials who joined him on a weekend cruise aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower docked at the navy yards and returned to the White House shortly after arrival.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Potomac
Navy Yards
White House
Gas Company Picnic Canceled Offices Closed All Day
The Citizens Gas and Electric Co eighth annual picnic is set for tomorrow at Highland Park in Cedar Falls with 300 attendees. A noon dinner, ball game and field contests are planned. offices will close for the day except for complaint service under I B Maynard’s charge.
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Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Highland Park
Cedar Falls
I. B. Maynard
Miss Adella Dange Leaves for Des Moines Contest
Miss Adella Dange, chosen as the most beautiful girl in the Third congressional district, travels today to Des Moines to attend the state fair and compete for first beauty. She will return Friday morning after the events.
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Adella Damgde
Des Moines
Towa
Dange
McNary Seeks Land Reclamation Help for Veterans
Senator McNary argues a reclamation amendment to the soldier bonus bill can spur agricultural development and provide rural homes for veterans from World War I and earlier wars. He projects a potential $350 million expenditure to reclaim arid and swamp lands, with many states containing suitable tracts and water-deficient regions awaiting irrigation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
McNary
Republican
Oregon
Senate
United States
Union
Condin
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
Senator MceNery
Fall
Rath Reports Germany Toiling During Rotary Meeting
J W Rath, back from Germany, spoke to Rotary at Russell-Lamson Hotel Rus sell-Lamson about strong employment in Germany and Waterloo products found there. He recalled visiting London Rotary and shared travel notes in Welland France and England. Special violin numbers were performed and plans were made for a West High School inspection visit.
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Harrier B. Hull
Russell-Lamson
Uncon
J. Wraith
Germany
Jennie Haffa
Emmett Covell
Rath
Waterloo
London Rotary Club
England
Welland
France
New West High School
Mrs Catherine Parrett dies in Iowa City
Catherine Parrett aged 66 died Sunday noon at her daughter’s home in Iowa City after two years of illness from heart trouble. Her remains arrive in Waterloo, survived by her husband R T Parrett, a son F C Parrett of Leavenworth, Kansas, and five daughters. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2:15 pm in Kistner’s chapel and Union Congregational church, with burial at Rimwood.
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Catherine Parrett
Blanch Coffin
Iowa City
Waterloo
R. T. Parrett
F. C. Parrett
Leavenworth
Kan
Helen McWilliams
Long Beach
Cal
Tilile
Fire at Wangler Drug Store Sparks Small Blaze
A rubbish pile behind the Wangler drug store caught fire shortly before noon today. Store employees extinguished it before the fire department arrived. no damage was reported. Play Safe. Tusere with Bronson Insurance Agency. Phone 1374.
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Wangler Drug Store
Bronson Inurance Agency
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