Shifts at Illinois Central Shops Amid National Strike
Waterloo and area shops operated normally as unionists from six crafts walked out Saturday in response to a nationwide strike order. Norman Bell reports 18 percent absent today, with most men seeking reinstatement. no pickets, no interference, and records show freight shipments breaking daily records despite the unrest. Local leaders credit cooperative shop conditions and deny efforts to pull older workers from jobs.
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Ilinois
Norman Bell
Evening Courier
Mr. Bell
Waterloo
Illinois Central
J.P. Harris
International Association of Machinists
Federation of Shop Crafts
Mr. Harris
Labor Board
Courier Service Notice for Home Delivery
The Courier should be calt ered at your home before 3:30 o'clock. If through error of the carrier boy or other cause you fail to receive your paper please phone 33880 and a copy will be sent. Calls must reach this office before 6:50 p.m.
Governor Race Photo Marks First Since 23 Years
Judge George S. Stiser of New Jersey has entered the race for governor. A photograph has been taken of him for the first time in 23 years, signaling a notable public appearance before the campaign.
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George S. Stiser
New Jersey
Secretary Denby's Party at Funeral of Higashi Fushimi
Secretary of the Navy Denby with five Annapolis 1881 officers arrived by transport to attend a reunion and funeral of Prince Higashi Fushimi. Denby sent flowers to Princess Higashi Fushimi on arrival as celebrations were dampened by the prince's death.
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Denby
Higashi Fushimi
Tokio
Annapolis
Henderson
Admiral Uryu
Prince Higashi Fushimi
American's Wife Is Killed by Mexicans in Tampico
Mrs. Thomas Cheney, wife of an American employee in the Tampico oil region, was killed by Mexican bandits on June 29 after recognizing their leader. The US State Department, via Consul Shaw, lodged a protest and urged the murderer be apprehended and punished.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas Cheney
Rané
State Department
Consul Shaw
Tampico
Cheney
Mexico City
Kansas Governor to Arrest Shop Pickets
Topeka Kansas July 3 arrest of striking railroad men said to have picketed the Santa Fe shops here was expected today Gov Henry J Allen said following reports that affected and tok the nemeés of men who returned to work There is no question aboutit is picketing in violation of the Kansas law Allen said Also he announced that if local officials were unable to prevent picketing inhe state then the state would go so
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Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
Henry J. Allen
Alle
Mysterious Murders Puzzle Chicago Cops
Police investigate the ambush killing of Thomas Petratta, a Sacramento broker in Chicago. The murder, linked to six similar killings, is suspected to involve black hand style tactics. Petratta traveled to Chicago to close a wine deal and was lured from a downtown hotel by a phone call.
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Chicago
Thomas R. Petrat
Sacramento
Cal
Petrotta
Plans for limiting European armies proposed at League
Paris July 3. Lord Escher of England presented a disarmament scheme to the League of Nations commission outlining army limits. France 80,000. Poland and Italy 120,600. England Greece Roumania Yugoslavia Spain Czecho Slovakia Belgium and Switzerland 60,000. Illinois corn needs latn notes hay fruit condition good but corn suffers from boruth and chinch bug per weekly crop notes Springfield July 3.
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Paris
Disarmament Commission
The
League of Nations
Lord Escher
England
France
Poland
Italy
Greece
Roumania
Yngoslavia
Spain
Czecho-Slovakia
Belgium
Switzerland
Illinois
Springfield
Highways and Agriculture Report Covers Midwest Towns
A subformed report lists towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly in a 1923 overview. The summary notes hot and firing temperatures with unsettled weather forecast for tonight and Tuesday.
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Department_of Agriculture Weatl Byer
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Charies City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubusne
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Loo Ang Waverly
M“narlesity
Poesday
C G W Advertises for Shop Workers
Des Moines July 3 The Chicago Great Western Railroad today posted ads seeking men to replace strikers. Laborers to be paid at railroad labor board rates, with protections against displacement by strikers if services are satisfactory. Report to master mechanic at South Des Moines. Some clerks dispatched to Fairbanks Neb to assist. office plans indicate push to fill engine overhaul work with lighter tasks.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Great Western Today
South Des Moines
United States
Railroad Labor Board
United States Railroad Labor Board
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Iowa
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Fairbanks
Neb
Omaha
Railway Executives Endorse Independent Strike Handling
New York officials of the American Association of Railway Executives said no national policy would be imposed to end the shop craft unions strike. They stated that nobody will starve or freeze and that each rail line should manage the conflict themselves during the peak traffic season through October.
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New York
American Association of Railway Executive
Mother of Muriel Ostrich Is Killed
Albany dispatch reports Mrs Marian Ostrich aged 42, mother of film actress Muriel Ostrich Brady, died after jumping from the eighth floor of the Wellington hotel. The actress had a adjoining room. both planned a vacation in the Adirondacks.
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Muriel Ostrich
Albany
Marian Ostrich
Muriel Ostrich Brady
Wellington Hotel
Seventeen Greeks Sentenced for Killing Sheriff
Seventeen of the twenty nine Greeks recently found guilty in the death of Sheriff Lashhrop of Schuyler County were sentenced to Joliet Penitentiary by Judge Fred Wolfe in circuit court. New trials in the cases of others were granted.
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Quincy
Til
Lashhrop
Schuyler County
Joliet
Fred Wolfe
Brother of Waterloo Man Dies in Charles City
Charles O'Harrow of Waterloo Motor Sales was summoned to Charles City by the sudden death of his brother, Ralph O'Harrow, who worked in the Charles City automobile trade and was well known in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Charles City
Charles O'Harrow
Waterloo Motor Sales Company
Ralph O'Harrow
Harding party up early to tart on tedious auto trip
President Harding and Mrs. Harding began a mountain top hotel departure for Marion Ohio. The journey covers about 250 miles with the goal of homecoming ceremonies that will include Dawes and Pershing among the travelers.
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Harding
Associated Press
Yardi Ing
Marion
Perry strike riot drives 20 Chicago workers from town
Twenty laborers brought from Chicago were stoned and chased out of Perry on Saturday night after fights with local strike sympathizers. Trains were watched by pickets, railroad officials investigated, and milwaukee line workers aimed to continue operations. some coal chute workers had walked off in an unauthorized strike.
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Hyde
Vreus
Perry
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Emmett Callahan
Milwaukee
Callahan
WM. Weidenhamer
Southern Division of the Railroad
Weidenbamer
Weidenhamer
Mil Waukes
Former Wire Union Official Found Dead in St Louis Garage
Leon W. Quick, former city treasurer and former grand secretary of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, was found shot to death in a garage behind his home in St Louis Missouri on July 4. A shotgun was found nearby and police could not determine if the death was suicide or a homicide.
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St. Louis
Leon W. Quick
The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Obregon government wins majority in general elections
Mexicy City reports that the Obregon administration secured a majority in the lower house and senate in yesterday’s general elections. Troops patrolled streets to prevent disturbances as results emerged.
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Mexicy City
Obregon
S¢Nate
Streria
Marion Kills Fatted Veal for President
Marion, Ohio, July 3. During centennial celebrations crowds clogged the streets as Marion killed the fatted calf for a public barbecue in honor of the president. Police and parade organizers prepared for motorcade routes and a festive mood filled the town tonight.
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Marion
Harding
Enormour Crawidis
Young stunt flier killed in midair by propeller blast
Chicaxze, known as Lewis Jaires, a 48 year old daredevil aviator, died during a stunt as he attempted to transfer between planes. A rope ladder snapped and the propeller struck him, scattering his remains as his sweetheart watched.
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Chicaxze
T.o
Lewis Jaires
Planty
Mousses
le Lung
Watehuns
Ames
Ex Mayor Oles I Declines Public Office Forever
In Youngstown Ohio in July Hack at the produce market follows six months of service as mayor George IL Oles declares he will never seek public office again and criticizes civil service and lawyers saying a mayor is a mere clerical figure and vows to remain tied to public jobs forever.
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Youngstown
George IL. Oles
Ryle
Tim
Evermore
Victim's Ghost Fails to Follow Murderer Inside Prison Gate
Madison July 4 Dare Duncan is jailed in the state penitentiary after arrest related to a slaying near here a week earlier. W.OM. Collins body was found hacked to pieces by a hatchet in a pile of refuse. Duncan says he slept better after the crime and claims Collins' ghost haunts him.
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Madison
Wis
Dare
Duncan
State Penitentiary
Here
W.om. Collins
Collins
Washington Girl Drowns in Mississippi River
Ruth Moody, 19, of Washington DC, drowned in the Mississippi River near Moline while part of a girls camping party. Several companions were rescued. Separately, seven year old Donald Dowell drowned in the Rock River while wading, authorities said.
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Moline, Tie
Ruth Moody
Washinon
D. C
Mississippi
Here
Miss Moody
Donald Dowell
Rock River
White City on River Destroyed by Blaze
White City on the Mississippi near Dubuque Iowa a longtime landmark and resort along the riverbanks was wiped out by a fire starting in a kitchen. About 250 cars lined the road at the blaze peak as residents and visitors faced the destruction of the Little Monaco in the United States.
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Dubuque
Mecca
Wisconsin
Monaco
United States
Mississippi
Agar
Olander Case Taken to U S Supreme Court
Boone July 3 Mrs W M Rittenhour sister of William Olander convicted Fort Dodge murderer hanged. Attys for her brother appealed to United States Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the conviction. She expects the case to be taken up in September.
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Boone
Sailors unions set strike vote for Great Lakes fleet
Sailors, stokers, stewards, firemen, oilers and water tenders on Lake Carriers Association boats began a strike vote in Chicago and Buffalo. About 11,254 members from three unions seek eight hour days and higher pay, affecting 450 bulk carrier ships and three Buffalo passenger boats. The vote count is scheduled for July 24.
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Associated Prensa
Chicago
Lake Carriers Association
Great Lakes
Sailors’ Union of the
Marine Cooks & Stewards
Buffalo
Tionesta
Ostora
Juniatta
Kansas City Elevator Workers Strike Over Wage Demands
Some 225 employees across 11 grain elevators in Kansas City Missouri began a strike on July 4 after wage increase refusals and demands for a seniority rule.
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Kansas City
Waneas City
Tuly
Troops tighten grip at Valera position in Dublin fighting
Irish Free State troops pressed a night assault on Sackville Street hotels linked to Eamon De Valera, seeking to crush rebel defenses. Casualties were tracked while irregulars claimed scattered successes in Donegal and Drogheda as Dublin customs and censorship tightened.
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Daniel O'Connell
Dublin
Sackville Street
Eamonn Te Valera
Sackville
Upper
O'Connell
Hammond Hotel
Oleek
Four Courts
Irish Provisional Government
Drogheda
Markiewicz
O'Connell Street
Foblin
Tipperary
Limerick
Listowel
Albert
de Valera
Donegal
Belfast
Aftarngon
Ineh Forstom
Lough Switly
Raphor Wands
Skeog
Undalk
Free State
Skibbereen
Gas Stove Explosion Kills Greeley Woman
In Greeley Colorado on July date Ming Skinner 22 of Springfield was fatally injured when a gas stove exploded while she was preparing dinner. A piece of iron pierced her body causing instant death at the scene.
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Greeley, Colo
Ming iWtna Skinner
Springfield
Miss Skinner
Nm Tanec
Cotton Quotations Jump On Short Crop Forecast
New York July 3 Associated Press reports cotton prices rose about 7.50 per bale after government forecast trimmed expectations for the season. Buyers across markets pushed prices higher as traders reevaluated the likely yield, with early estimates around 65,000 bales seen as insufficient to meet demand.
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Associated Vrolay
New York
Treavy
Ramet Injtram
Forest Fires Blazing Across Washington State
Olympic Washington July 3 The state forester warned that forest fires are widespread across Washington and only heavy rains can prevent heavy losses to timber companies and private individuals. The forester Ford Pane announced the situation here today.
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Olympic, Wash
the Astute
Ford, Pane
Smiles and Kinks Off Today's Wires
New York reports Daniel Nolan slept on a subway platform and rolled onto the third rail, rescued by firefighters near Maspeth. Ellen Redstone Dow seeks annulment claiming coercion by her husband, who allegedly pressured her into marriage and threatened her parents. At Filis Island three brides left fiances in the harbor on arrival from Europe, choosing new spouses aboard the voyage. San Felies 2 for 16c dear. Iowa's popular smoke advertisements.
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New York
Daniel Nolan
Maspeth
N. Y
Ellen Redstone Dow
Filis Island
Bethe
Lnreh
Europe
McCumber Blames Bi Partisanship for Nomination Loss
Senator McCumber of North Dakota issues a letter blaming the bi partisan bloc and the Nonpartisan organization for his renomination defeat. He cites opposition from the bipartisan group and loyal supporters of his opponent as key factors in the outcome.
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Washington, D. C
McCumber
North Dakota
Prema
Senators Sidestep Tariff Discussion
Washington July 3 The senate failed to hold a quorum and recessed until Wednesday after approving a six cent per pound tariff on unshelled almonds. A vote on the committee proposal of five and a half cents per pound on shelled almonds was postponed.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Unil
Strikes Hit Farmer As Mills Refuse Wheat Shipments
Marton July 3. Effect of the rail strike reaches the county as local mills refuse wheat shipments and announce plans to close plants soon due to coal shortages.
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Marton
Til
Japan Accepts All Arms Treaties From Washington
Japanese privy council approved all treaties from the Washington conference. The State Department was officially advised today that the nine power treaty affecting China and the Chinese customs treaty were the last two pacts to gain approval.
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Washington, D. C
Constable's Victim Dies in Moline Residence Shooting
William Oldfield, shot at his home Saturday eight by Constable C. B. Ellis in Moline Vic, died last night. Ellis is held without bond awaiting a coroner's inquest.
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Constabin
Moline
Vic
William Oldfield
C. B. Ellis
Ellis
Maintenance Men Hold Key to Big Rail Strike
Across the nation shop workers and maintenance crews began a widespread strike starting July 3. Firemen and clerks joined in labor actions from Detroit to Chicago, with leaders signaling a possible nationwide walkout of maintenance of way staff if vote thresholds are met. The situation hinges on Edward Grable and actions by railroad officials and labor boards.
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Detroit
Mich
Maintenance Way
H. G. Grable
Brotherhood
Ieman
Grable
Chicago
Edward F. Grable
Railroad Labor Board
Altho
Labor Board
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Evening Standard
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Iie
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Cincinnati
H. FE
Ant Hargrave
Boston
Joe Cieara
Qiless
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Roanoke
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Timothy Healy
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