Rail strike fears eased by Willard denial of plans
Baltimore and Ohio president Daniel Willard rejected reports of a looming railroad strike, saying loyalty and sanity of workers would prevent disruption. He defended wage and working condition moves as compliant with the Railroad Labor Board and criticized wage cut proposals while noting wartime gains are unwinding with living costs.
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Ui. BD
Baltimore
United Press
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Willard
Railroad Labor Board
Miners Postpone Redistricting Plan at UMWA Meet
The international committee on organization of the United Mine Workers of America in Kansas City postponed action on redistricting coal fields in Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas after a conference with Alexander Howat. The committee will revisit the issue at the national convention in Indianapolis on September 20.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
International Committee On Organization of the United Mine Workers of America
Missouri
Towa
Kansas
Alexander Howat
Hhead
Kansas Miners’ Union
Indianapolis
Smiles and Kinks on Today's Wires
United Press reports diverse items from Chicago to Denver. Bread prices fall into a bakers war causing profits through cross state shipments to Chicago. In St Louis Patrolman Herman Brewer is ousted after a fatal shooting incident. Denver coverage details the ZR-2 explosion and a related family shooting, with minor injuries.
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United Press
Chicago
South Bend
Ind
Seek to Recover Boxes of Bullion from Sea Bottom
New York August 31 ships report the steam trawler Ripple searches the wreck of the Warf line steamer Merida sunk May 12, 1911. Merida carried gold and silver bullions valued between 1 000 008 and 2 040 006 dollars, transported from Havana to New York. The salvage is the Ripple’s second expedition, previously financed in 1916 by James A. Stillman and Percy Rockefeller.
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Associated Press
New York
Ripple
Cape Charles
Merida
Admiral Farrangut
Havana
James A. Stillman
Percy Rockefeller
Hindus Renew Indian Riots Over Madras Clash
Madras on Aug 31 reports renewed fighting between half caste Hindus and Mohammedans against Dravidians as police fire after a mob stoned officers. Casualties not yet learned. Calicut dispatch notes British troops ambushed near Nopjab, four hours of combat dispersed insurgents. Moplahs armed with carbines swords and war knives. Malapuram quiet.
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Associated Press
Madras
Calicut
Pukkatur Oy Nop
Malapuram
American Oil Company Wins Mexican Case
Washington Aug 31 reporting the Mexican supreme court decision on oil lands that recognizes no American property will be confiscated. The ruling enjoins the commerce department from denouncing oil lands held by the Texas company before May 1 1917 and may define Article 27 non retroactively. The decision could affect about 150 similar cases and clarify pre May 1 1917 claims.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
State Department
Mexican Supreme Court
Obregon
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Mexican Department of Commerce and Industry
Supreme Court
Texas Company
Burgenland Quiet as Austrians Come
Reports from Burgenland say yesterday saw no new clashes between Austrian gendarmes and irregular Hungarian forces after Sunday night attacks as Austrian troops moved toward Mattesdorf to quell disorders. Insurgents’ threatening stance suggests possible future outbreaks.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Burgenland
Mattesdorf
Rapids Auto Party Robbed at Clinton
A Cedar Rapids pair Raim and George Jacobs were robbed of 39 dollars by two auto bandits from Be hind who stopped their car in front of the Cedar Rapids auto party. At gunpoint the thieves took the money and cut the spark plug wires, driving away westward.
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United Press
Olston
Raim
George Jacobs
Cedar Rapids
Igie
Smuts Lands at Capetown After London Visit
Gen Jan C Smuts premier of the Union of South Africa arrives at Capetown to an enthusiastic reception. He had earlier left London in June to attend the imperial conference and remained through August taking part in Irish peace negotiations.
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Associated Press
London
Capetown
Jan C. Smuts
Union of South Africa
Smuts
Young Boys Steal Gems Worth 24010 in Auto Jewelry Case
Chicago police report two youths, 12 and 13, arrested for stealing a sample jewelry case valued at 24010 from a jewelry salesman’s car. The pair reportedly admitted taking the case from the automobile and are in custody.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Michael Jus
John Lestzk
Labor Day Sermon by Rev Pettit in Waterloo
Re Thomas J Pettit Fort Dodge will preach a labor service Sunday evening at the invitation of Waterloo Ministerial association. The meeting place will be announced later. The invitation was extended with Rev A C Preston pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church.
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Thomas J. Pettit
Fort Dodge
Waterloo Ministerial Association
A. C. Preston
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Flag Pageant Opens Pan Pacific Educational Conference
A Pan Pacific pageant in Honolulu features about twenty plus children in native costumes pledging allegiance to the American flag. The event kicks off the Pan Pacific educational conference with a later press congress and plans for a regional Pan Pacific press organization to meet in Hawaii every ten years.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
State Bonus Law Is Unconstitutional
The New York state soldier bonus law was ruled unconstitutional by the court of appeals in Albany. In Suisun California a bandit shot H. E. Grimes Southern Pacific ticket agent during a station robbery and fled with $93 in cash.
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Associated Press
Albany, N
New York
United Press
Suisun
Cal
H. E. Grimes
Southern Pacific
Berlin on Bloody Wednesday waiting for riot outcome
Berlin faced heightened tension as about a quarter million workers gathered for demonstrations. Safety police barred verbal clashes, and Chancellor Wirth faced intensified threats of assassination as a massive 4 30 pm rally neared and fears of fresh bloodshed grew.
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United Press
Berlin
Wirth
Iowa Men Lose Car in Chicago Robbery
Two Iowa men from Spirit Lake and Jefferson were held up by five men in Chicago early today while sightseeing. They were robbed of 300 dollars in cash a negotiable check for 1400 dollars and a new auto. The men E Chapman and C V Chapman said they lost their way and asked a crowd for directions back to the loop. C V Chapman saved 200 dollars in one of his coats.
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United Pres
Chicurre
Chic
E. Chapman
Spirit Lake
C. ¥. Clapman
Jeferson
C. V. Chapman
Detroit Builds Toy Village to Combat Dread Tuberculosis
Detroit opens a $45,000 Toy Village 25 miles from downtown to fight tuberculosis among children. The colony features Mother Goose imagery in three dormitories and an administration building. About 100 children will receive food, sun, and rent while under nurse and instructor care May to November. The village includes a light plant and plans a 2500 cost infirmary, aiming to become a model for TB prevention and pediatric care.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Jevel
Mother Goose
Pied Piper
Old King Cole
Red Riding Hood
Tay
Girl Slayer Bride at Centerville Wins Appeal Delay
Ottumwa Iowa August 31 The Centerville girl murderess Carmela Rosso now Mrs Cosmo Malone will avoid Rockwell City reformers as she awaits appeal to the Supreme Court Her lawyers say a continuance has been secured and the hearing is set for late next spring She was sentenced for slaying her would be lover Tony Matte on June 15 1920 and has been out on 37000 bonds for months.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Carmela Rosso
Centerville
Cosmo Malone
Rockwell City
Tony Matte
Supreme Court
Early Morning Thief Robs Seattle Bank
A lone bandit entered Green Lake State Bank in Seattle, bound the janitor and locked the cashier in the vault, escaping with 4000 dollars in currency. Aborigine Mala harighinds are noted for loud whistle communication, a livelihood described in the same source.
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Seattle
United Press
Wash
Green Lake State Bank
Masked Men Whip Man Bound for Court in Texarkana
In Texarkana on August 31, masked assailants dragged W. M. Thompson, a white man bound and gagged him, and severely whipped him near a newspaper office after placing him under bond for beating his wife. He was warned to leave town.
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Associated Preas
Texarkana
Tex
W. M. Thompson
Thompson
Armed miners clash as Logan residents rush to defend ridge
Logan West Virginia reports say nine men died in three fronts of fighting across Blair Mountain Crooked Creek and Mill Creek with miners allied with non union groups and local civilians forming a mobile defense. Women serve coffee and cook for troops as Adj Gen Charnock arrives and Sheriff Chafin leads relief efforts amid wartime conditions. In Pennsylvania, striking miners moving into Allison were dispersed by Fayette County authorities with machine guns, then state police took over.
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Logan
Washington
Camp Dix
Camp Sherman
Logal
Adj
Charnock
Don Chafin
Bill Hatfield
McDowell
Lon Pinson
Mingo
Pass
J. R. Brockus
W. Va
Logan County
Blair Mountain
Con
Crooked Creek
Mill Creek
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Uniontown
W. J. Reiney Coal & Coke Co
Allison, Pa
Body of Elgin Sailor Recovered at Hull
Hull England August 31 The body of Chief Mechanic s Mate George Welsh Elgin Illinois who lost his life in the ZR-2 disaster here last week was recovered today. Also a stolen car from H R Allen was recovered by police chiefs.
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Hull Uby
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Associated Press
Hull
Eng
George ‘Welsh
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Til
H. R. jAllen
K. H. Young
H. Paul
Miller Store 15 Robbed of Drugs and Cash
A burglar entered Cal J. Miller drug store at 218 Fourth Street West through a rear screen door slit and took cocaine morphine and about $4 in silver. Boxes were found emptied and a rear door resecured. No clues. Separate report notes a grocery at 917 Burton Avenue robbed of about $15 in cash and $5 in tobacco, and William Mussett’s home at 2176 Lafayette Street robbed of $20 in cash.
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Hils
Burton Avenue
John Cantarata
Douglas
Wilson
William Mussett
Lafayette Street
Yester
Day
Robbe
Intruder Heard By Fern Manssett Delays Alarm
A $14 check incident led Fern Manssett to delay alarm when she mistook the intruder for her brother expected home about that hour. The report notes police involvement and the confusion surrounding the event.
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Fern Manssett
Chain Grocery Co Seeks Iowa Refuge
Des Moines report says the Iowa Grocery Co-operators of America a branch of the Co-operative Society of America has opened operations in Iowa amid claims it was denied permission to operate in Wisconsin and labeled unclean by Judge K M Landis in Chicago according to an afternoon paper.
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United Press
Des Moines
Iowa Grocery Co-operators of America
Co-operative Society of America
Wisconsin
K M. Landis
Chicago
Iowa
Delaware County Fair Sets Record Opening Day Exhibit Range
Manchester Iowa August 31 The Delaware county fair stock show opened yesterday and is the best yet with barn and girls club exhibits especially fine. Nearly 200 pens of hogs two barns of cattle and two full poultry houses display superior breeding from this and neighboring counties. Exhibitors come from up to 100 miles away along with strong commercial displays including Scotch Grove nursery and William Jewell cement flower boxes. The fair is attracting larger crowds than any opening day before and is likely to surpass prior records.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Scotch Grove
William Jewell
Burch's Wife Granted Divorce in Kansas Over Abandonment
Lawrence Kan January 21 Mrs Allie Gale Burch was granted a divorce from Arthur C Burch by Judge Hugh Means in Douglas county district court The decree cites gross neglect and abandonment Mrs Burch regains her maiden name Aille Gale Quarie and receives custody of their 4 year old son Courtland Burch The target confirms Arthur C Burch tied to a murder indictment in Los Angeles along with Madalynne Obenchain in the Kennedy case
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United Pre
Lawrence
Kan
Allie Gale Burch
Arthur C. Burch
Madalynne Obenchain
John Belton Kennedy
Los Angeles
Hugh Means
Douglas County District Court
Oskaloosa Barber Killed In Auto On Crossing
Oskaloosa Ia Aug 31 C C Stringfellow 45 a barber here was killed when a Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train crashed into the auto he was driving on a grade crossing six miles from Oskaloosa this morning Jim Hillery 6 was fatally injured Mrs Stringfellow and Mr and Mrs Ransom Hillery the other occupants of the car which was totally demolished were thrown from the automobile and badly injured
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United Prees
Oskaloosa
C. C. Stringfellow
Milwaukee
Let contracts Tuesday for Roosevelt High School work
Contracts for heating plumbing ventilating sewering gas fitting and electric work on Theodore Roosevelt High School will be let next Tuesday at 7 30 p m, instead of last night as previously announced. A Czech Slovak woman member suggested every man under 50 should have two wives.
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Theodore Roosevelt High School
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