Rail unions split on construction of strike ballot
Union officials in Chicago minimised a split among the four big brotherhoods and the Switchmen's union as strike ballots were mailed to 659,003 railroad workers. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen voted separately, objecting to an impartial ballot and to assurances that workers could leave service if wage reductions were rejected. The wage cuts average about 12 percent, equating to roughly 400 million dollars annually for railroads.
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Associats4
Presa
Chicago
Amons
Big Four Brotherhoods
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Brotherhood of Railway Treinmen
United States Railroad Labor Board
Railrroad Labor Board
Jon
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Seven killed as deputies held captive in Mingo mine war
Reports allege a confrontation near Crothier Boone county with possible four to 14 wounded. An attorney for the district and other officials assured no deputies would invade the area. Prisoners said to be held at Crothier, with ongoing communications difficulties. Brigadier General Bandholtz's visit to assess conditions followed by Col. Leonard of the Fifth Army Corps awaiting talks with Governor Morgan.
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Wiliam ‘Wiley
Baoas Countr Ecal Corporation
Logan
Brockus
Morgan
Tis
Fulton Mitchell
Crothier
Boone County
Shar
Washington
H. H. Bandholtz
War Department
I. W. Leonard
Fifth Army Corps
Fort Ben.jamin Harrison
Ind
Morgan Toay
Klondike Baby Dies in Wisconsin After Illness
An Associated Press report notes the Klondike Baby died in Wisconsin after a strong illness. The patient had been brought here from Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin
Associated Press
Bulwaukee
Father shoots son on 40th wedding anniversary
Milwaukee area report says Thomas Cooney Sr. fired on his son Thomas Cooney Jr. during the fortieth wedding anniversary celebration at the Cooney home in Cudahy. The son reportedly warned he would return to kill his father with his boots on before the shooting. The father surrendered to authorities.
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Son
United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Aus
Thomas Cooney, Jr
Cooney
Cudahy
Thomas Coonar
Fred
Aidin Tragedy Casts Silent Ruin Across Asia Minor
A dispatch from Asia Minor describes Aidin 60 miles southeast of Smyrna as a vast sunken city and mass grave for Greek and Armenian victims of 1939 Turkish massacre. Ruined churches, shattered homes, and desolate streets reflect brutal slaughter with many burned to death. Survivors live among the ruins while officials urge reconciliation.
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Associated Press
Aidin
Asia Minor
Near East
Smyrna
France
Hite
Athens
Motorist Brecht Fined Then Accidents Follow in Iowa
Henry Brecht, fined $100 for reckless driving, allegedly struck a girl, then ten minutes later drove over a bicycle ridden by a boy. Police say he fled the scene after the first accident and sped off after the second until a witness saw his plate. The report notes a pumice stone development in Japan for boat building.
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United Press
Cadar Rapids
Recktese
Henry Brecht
Germany to Pay Indemnities for Lusitania Sinking
Federal officials confirm Germany must compensate U S citizens for war losses from the Lusitania sinking before any German property held by the United States is released. Claims total about 300 million dollars plus 250.9 million for occupation costs. roughly 400 million in German assets remain under alien property control.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
Lusitania
United States
Thomas W. Miller
Miller
Ebert
State Department
America
Bertch Wins Prize for Best Trimmed Window in Calumet Contest
The Calumet Baking Powder company awarded a half page of advertising in the Courier to Charles A. Bertch of 624 Broadway for the best trimmed window. Nine grocers qualified. Diefenbach’s letter praised Bertch’s balanced, well arranged window highlighting advertising value.
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Courier
Calumet Baking Powder Company
Charles A. Bertch
Broadway
Frank Wyant
James Black Dry Goods Company
W. A. Diefenbach
Paul Davis Dry Goods Company
H. E. Kiester
Diefenbach
Waterloo Evening Courier
Chas. Berteh
W. A Diefenbach
Paul Davis Ty Goods Co
Calumet
S. & D. Grocery
Mcsonegal Grocery
E. E. German
Thomas Meisch
Egan Grocery
Park Road
Logan Avenue Grocery
Corlett’s
Trial of Madalynne and Burch Set for November 4
Pleas of not guilty were entered by Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain and Arthur C. Burch in Los Angeles Superior Court on charges of murdering broker J Belton Kennedy in Beverly Glen on August 3. Trial scheduled for November 4 with hearings within 10 days on motions for separate trials.
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Associated Prose
Los Angeles
Cal
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
J. Belton Kennedy
Beverly Glen
Here
County Auditors Meet in Des Moines Over Assessments
County auditors from across Iowa gathered in Des Moines to confer with Attorney General Ben Gibson about railroad suits against the state executive council seeking to block higher property assessments. The cases are pending before Judge Martin J. Wade with possible involvement of three federal judges.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Ben Gibson
State Executive Council
Martin J. Wade
Urges University for the Education of Mothers-in-Law
Rev. Charles B. Stevens of the Third Presbyterian church urged creating a university for educating mothers-in-law in Chicago. He warned the mother-in-law issue is no joke and claimed seventy five percent of matrimonial disasters stem from interference by the mother-in-law, labeling her an outlaw rather than an in-law.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Aus
Charles B. Stevens
Third Presbyterian Church
Explosion Hits Man as Near Beer Keg Explodes
In Dubuque Iowa on August 29 William Trainor a soft drink dealer suffered a broken right arm and lacerations to both hands when a keg of near beer exploded blowing off the keg head. Officers found moonshine in a bottle and Trainor was arrested and later fined 100 dollars plus costs for the incident.
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Dubuque
William Trainor
Trainor
City in Brief Parents What about his eyes
Various local residents and visitors are noted in Waterloo area items. People include Mrs. Ida Mae Carver in Oklahoma City, Robert L. Bird attending an Eighty-eighth division reunion in Des Moines, and J. S. Tutbill delivering a sermon at Waverly. Multiple travel notes and local incidents are listed.
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John Tennant
Independence
Waterloo
Peter Marrelis
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Ida Mae Carver
Oklahoma City
Okla
F. R. Campbell
Robert L. Bird
Elm Street
Des Moinnes
Marie Good
Catherine Galloway Alstrand
Belle Plaine
Vere
R. M. Lewis
Riehl
Robbed on Train Reported by Local Resident
William Leask of 216 Oak Lawn Avenue told police he was robbed of his purse on a train last night. He asked L and J National Bank to stop payment on two checks seized by the thief. Amount lost not disclosed.
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William Leask
Oak Lawn Avenue
Leash
Sewer project earns clear approval and cost savings
Mayor N. W. Frisbie announced the Virden sewer plan can be built for far less than the initial 890000 estimate. Plans for starting work this fall will be reviewed at a Waterloo Greater Association meeting, with the mayor presenting engineering drawings and estimates.
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Frisbie
Washington to push jobs for idle workers on army plan
Secretary Hoover says the plan will not become a battlefield for unions. The conference aims to curb wage demands, closed shop practices, and labor conditions while focusing on irregular employment to unite employers and workers. Du Pont cuts salaries by 1 percent effective October 1 across all levels from president onward after board meeting.
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Hoover
du Pont
Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
B. I. Bu Pont de Nemours & Co
Beauty Contest Foe Arouses Father and Husband to Anger
Washington dispatch reports Oklahoma farmer congressman Herrick under fire for anti beauty contest activity. An irate husband and a father accuse him of making demoralizing statements and threaten retraction with evidence via letters sent to contestants and turned to postal authorities.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Herrick
American Petroleum Chiefs Visit Mexico on Business Mission
Five American petroleum leaders arrived in Mexico City to discuss the Mexican oil situation. Walter C Teagle of Standard Oil New Jersey led the delegation and said he had no statements at present. A first meeting with Adolfo G La Huerta, Mexico’s treasury secretary, may occur this afternoon.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Walter C. Teagte
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Mexico
Adolfo G la Hureta
the Treasury
Fraternal Congress Opens in Chicago on Health Topics
Nearly 4 000 delegates arrive in Chicago for the National Fraternal Congress of America opening. The gathering includes most fraternal societies in the United States and Canada with a total membership over 23 million. National health conservation is a principal topic. The convention runs through September 3.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
National Fraternal Congress of America
Canada
Luxury Spending Tops Four Billion in Last Year
Washington reports Amusements luxuries tobacco and other non-essentials cost families over 4.253 billion dollars despite unemployment. Internal Revenue data show about 579.909 million in taxes from cigars cigarettes theatre tickets clubs autos and other goods with roughly one percent tax on most items and slightly less on tobacco.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Irish refuse to hurry for Lloyd George
In Belfast shooting on New Lodge Road required armored cars for patrol. Two men wounded, one shot in the back. In Dublin the Irish Republican cabinet met briefly at Mansion House but did not decide on a reply to Lloyd George, delaying until at least Tuesday, as leaders refuse to be rushed.
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Associated Press
Belfast
New Lodge Road
Dublin
Mansion House
Offigal
Hallonn de Valera
Jong
Lloyd George
Prisoners Walk Out of Rapids Jail
Six prisoners including a forger two bootleggers and three escaped convicts escaped from the Illinois state reformatory at St Charles by breaking out of a rear window at the Cedar Rapids jail on May Island. None have been recaptured as of late Sunday night.
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United Press
Cedar Rapids
Ilinois State Reformatory
St. Charles
May's Island
Man Hurt in Canning Factory Improves After Surgery
Harry Blank, crushed in machinery at the canning factory Saturday morning, is reported to be rallying after an operation to reduce fractures. Prospects for recovery are good.
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Harry Blank
Canning Factory
Pioneer Pastor Dies in Ottumwa After Notable Ministry
Rev. Jonathan Lee, a prominent Baptist pastor in this Iowa region for six years, died at his Ottumwa home last night. He married 1,136 couples and baptized hundreds during a career beginning in Rome, Iowa.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Tens
Jonathan Lee
Iowa
Rome
Finishing Work Bids Opened for New West High School
Seventeen firms from across the Midwest submitted bids for plumbing, sewering, gas fitting, heating and ventilating, and electrical work on the new West High School. Carstens Bros. of Ackley, Iowa, received the lowest bid for heating and ventilating in the main building at 108473 dollars, and for electric work at 7484 dollars. The Western Heating Co. of Minneapolis was the low bidder for plumbing and gas fitting in the main building at 23450 dollars. Bids covered main building and two rear wings plus temporary interior radiation during winter work. The school board adjourned to review complete bids and alternates.
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Middlewest
New West High School
H.D. Lee
Carstens Bros
Ackley
Western ‘Heating Company
Minneapolis
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Rotary Club Luncheon Shifts to Hotel Russell-Lamson
Rotary members hear brief talks from Waterloo based Bank Men’s Club Verne Bartling notes bank ties W H Beverstock outlines lumber market D W Bovee discusses unemployment relief and aiding workers Supt H D Lee reports Rotary Movement urging members to mentor a worthy boy Several members pledge support for the altruistic plan with lunch at 6 30 p m on Sept 12 due to Labor Day cancellation of next Monday’s meeting.
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Rotary Club
Hotel
Russell-Lamson
Black
Verne L. Bartling
Bankmen’s Club
Waterloo
W. H. Beverstock
D. W. Bovee
H. D. Lee
Rotary
Twenty-Eight Nations Ratify World Court Idea
Geneva August twenty eight nations have ratified the international court provided by the League covenant securing its permanent establishment. Ninety candidates were named for judgeships including Elihu Root James Brown Scott John Bassett Moore and Roscoe Pound Harvard University.
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Associated Press
Geneva
International Court
League of Nations
Elviu Rooter
James Brown Scott
American Institute of International Law
John Bassett Moore
Roscoe Pound
Harvard
Thieves Loot Chicago Safe Deposit Vaults for 250000
Four well dressed robbers bound custodians and looted 19 safety deposit boxes at Security Trust & Deposit Co. in the Masonic Temple. They escaped with 224000 cash plus 20000 in hundreds and a 10000 diamond ring, with four suspects in custody and police swarming the scene. The incident, described as an inside job by Michael Hughes, chief of detectives, involved a lengthy vault search at the bank open day and night.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Security Trust & Deposit _Co
Masonic Temple
Althother
Michael Hughes
Frederick Upham Adams, engineer and author, dies at home
Frederick Upham Adams of Larchmont New York died suddenly at his home after golf. He was 61 and invented an electric lamp post now in common use. Adams served as chief smoke inspector in Chicago 1894 to 1897 and built an experimental station for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, credited with breaking speed records for quick mechanical and electrical problems in 1900. Burial is planned in Elgin.
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Associated Press
Larchmont
Frederick Upham Adams
Elgin
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Thieves kill when farmer, 68 resists at his home
Bandits murdered C. W. Reagle, a 68 year old farmer near Athens when he resisted a robbery at his residence. They ransacked the house and escaped with 500 dollars.
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Athens
Abanditstoday
C. W. Reagle
Here
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