Peace Plan Again Under Consideration In Shop Walkout
Reports from Chicago detail renewed peace talks amid the railway strike as President Harding weighs a nonaction plan. Grable cites ongoing injunctions, with 45000 maintenance of way workers on strike and additional protests in several states. Police and National Guard deployments expand as both sides brace for potential settlement or further disruption.
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Grasbie
Mainenance of Way
Waymen's Grand Lodge
Detroit
Grable
Louisville & Nashy Alorgan
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Orleans
Missouri Pacific Road
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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Toledo
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Detroit, Toledo & Shoreline
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Indianapolis
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisille Raalway
Standard Texas Railroad Tabor
Waco Io
Telegraph Briefs Jumpstart State and Local Actions
Telegraph briefs report on a judge's December decision in state constitutional authorizations. News notes discontinuation within an international league section, with threats to reporters and a Norfolk-Wals convention. Homer Briguson unveils a plan to build 1000 passenger steamers, largest in the world.
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Teele
Omaia
Nebo
Discontine
International Walther Leagie Secntion
Pgi
Norfolk
Wals
Homer Briguson
LeewWorld
Escaped Fort Dodge held man captured in Louisville
Robert Lambert, who claimed to escape from Fort Dodge prison, was captured in Louisville and confessed to a $6,000 Canmar bank robbery. Police recovered about $5,000 in government securities. two accomplices, Henry Willet and Robert Hil, are held. Lambert says he was tied to a Bedford Indiana bank robbery a year ago and shot his way out during retreat. He claimed three bullets struck him while fleeing to Louisville.
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Robert Lambert
Fort Dodge
Lambert
Canmar
Henry Willet
Robert Hii
S Bedford
Ind
Danada
Camp Taylor
Iron &Brak
Webster County
Bea
Charles Lewis
Lewis
George
Bassett
Sumner Fire Department Plans Big Friday Exhibits
Sumner volunteers plan a major event Friday July 21 featuring free nets, a baseball game, a balloon ascent, a wild west show, and other entertainments. If the weather cooperates, the crowd may be among the largest in city history. otherwise rain insurance protects the event.
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Sumner
Patrick Hogan Identified as River floater in Iowa City
The nearly unrecognizable body recovered from the Iowa River on Saturday afternoon is identified by friends and relatives as Patrick Io Ban, a laborer missing since Tuesday. He lived a modest life and had health issues recently. The dentist corroborated the identification, and it is suspected he fell into the river accidentally upstream. A Sacred Heart medal was found in his pocket. he has siblings in the area.
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Town City
Iowa River
Patrick Io- Ban
Rails Seek Temporary Injunction in Iowa Shops Strike
Hearing opened in federal court at Keokuk on the requested temporary injunction by Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe against strikers at Burlington, Fort Madison, Keokuk, and Ottumwa. Each side will present two witnesses as attendees include many lawyers and railroad officials. This follows a 1914 Santa Fe shop case heard by Judge Smith McPherson in Fort Madison.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Atchison, Topeka , & Santa Fe
Burlington, Fort Madison
Ottumwa
Martin J. Wade i
Smith McPherson
Santa Fe
Fort Madison
Cedar Rapids Man-Flees from Arrest
Cedar Rapids man W. L. Hill wanted in Clinton county on embezzlement charges fled from arrest. Deputies found no one at his home and neighbors said the house had been unoccupied for days. a search to locate Hill continued after he was not found at Town Gily.
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Hill
Clinton County
Clinton
Short
Gily
Paying for Grant Highway Gains Less Gloomy Outlook
Town Highway commission explains funding under the new state road law and presents a table of federal aid toward the United States share over recent years. The table, presented for Black Hawk County, shows past federal aid and automobile license fees and estimates for 1928.
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Town Highway Commission
United States
Fenteral
Fourth Victim of Crossing Crash Dies
A woman identified as Miss tity died in a hospital last night after a car struck by a B Q passenger train Sunday afternoon. She was the fourth victim of the crossing crash, with three others killed and more injured.
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Miss Tity
Taving Oon Killa
Sioux City Mayor Bars New Men From Shops Arrival
Sioux City, July 18. Mayor W. M. Short along with Public Safety Commissioner P. L. M. Taggart and a police squad halted the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha train from Minneapolis carrying nine nonunion shopmen. The officers ordered the train to proceed to the station without stopping at the Omaha shops to unload. The mayor acted amid a crowd of several hundred striking shopmen gathered in the shop districts.
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Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omiaha
Minneapolis
W. M. Short
Public Safety
PL M. Taggart
Omaha
Des Moines follows plea for coal to save water plant
Des Moines mayor appeals to Washington for coal relief saying the waterworks will close in 16 days without government aid. He cites a coal famine and warns the plant could shut within days after a conference with water plant manager Charles Denman.
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Washington
Senator Cumming
Garver
Charles Denman
Experts with Rifle Shoot at Camp Dodge
Des Moines reports the state rifle tournament opening at Camp Dodge with Iowa national guard infantry regiments and cavalry and civilian teams competing. The event runs through Friday and will feature Col. Smith W. Brookhart on the range later today as a noted expert rifleman.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard Infantry
Cavalry
Camp Dodge
Smith W. Brookhart
Republian
United States
Brookhart
Tian
Iowa Briefs Standoff and Collision Reported
Creston: Harley Harshaw a striking shopman and William Kunuth a strikebreaker are under arrest, each accusing the other of assault. Des Moines: Dave Reese and Ruby Berry are in serious condition after a head on auto collision at a downtown street corner. Emerson: W S Eaton and son Lawrence 20 and daughter Eunice 13 killed when their car was struck by an approaching train at a grade crossing.
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Harley Harshaw
William Kunuth
Nes Moines
Dave Reese
Ruby Berry
Emerson
W. S. Eaton
Lawrence
Eunice
Gerade Crossing
States ask protection for mines amid coal strike
Des Moines reports a coal shortage threatens threshing as strikes paralyze mines and railroads. Gompers warns workers cannot be forced back, while officials warn of government and employer solidarity. Farmers fear fences burned or grain rots if fuel remains scarce.
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Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Stop Service
Reed
Hills Search For Participants In Fatal Mine Fight
Welleburg West Virginia July 13 Acting on orders of Sheriff Thomas Duval Brook county whose father Sheriff Duval was killed with three men in a battle between authorities and a crowd of Invaders at the Culfton mine of the Rich land Coal company Claytonville early Monday morning Deputy Sheriff George Cardwell dispersed the tent colony of striking miners near the scene of the fight Five men arrested Morty Rye men in custody in Wheeling Three of them in Wheeling hospitals one said to be the man whose shots killed the elder Duval His left arm was shattered when captured State police of West Virginia and Pennsylvania patrolled the border The attackers said to have crossed from Pennsylvania into West Virginia A man who called at a hospital in Washington Pa was turned over to West Virginia authorities after wounds dressed Feeling high last night a heavy guard of deputies under Sheriff Duval kept vigil over the jail Armed with John Doe warrants the state police and deputies scoured the hills for more suspects murdered proceed warrants charged murder
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Associated Press
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W. Va
Thomas Duval
Brook County
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Culfton
Richland Coal Company
Clftonvilla
George
Cardwell
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Wheeling
Hig
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West Virginia
Washington
West Virgin'na
Chamber in Trouble by Strike Resolution
In Moline on July 18, chamber of commerce leaders face turmoil after strike resolutions declared unfair to labour. About 1,400 Rock Island shopmen are on strike, with chamber members resigning and union members withdrawing trade from several business houses amid protests.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Rock Island
Texas Mob Attacks Farmer and Fiancée Near Houston
July 18 reports say Dave Hunt, a Cedar Bayou farmer, and his fiancée were brutalized by a mob near Houston. They were bound with a rope, chained, and left in a ditch. Hunt remains in serious condition along with his fiancée whose hair was cut. The elderly mother, who left a sickbed to aid the search, is also seriously injured.
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Tex
Dave Hunt
Cedar Bayou
Hunt
West school board awards contract for equipment to Sheldon Co
The west school board last night awarded a contract to BE Sheldon Company of Muskegon for miscellaneous equipment totaling 13 724.05 dollars. All contracts are set except one for a stage curtain. Miss Beatrice McGarvey resigned and Miss Glendola Knowles of 76 Mulberry Street was elected to teach the 11th grade at Kingsley school.
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West School Board
BE. J. Sheldon Company
Muskegon
Mich
Beatrice McGarvey
Glendola Knowles
Mulberry Street
Kingsley School
Waterloo Motor Club Emblems Advertise City Visitors
Water loo officials praise emblem plan as a fine advertisement for Water Inc. Nearly 200 people, farmers and professionals, apply at the Water loo Motor Club headquarters for radiator emblems to avoid petty traffic penalties. Mail orders arrive from Grundy Center as tourists praise the welcome souvenir.
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Waterlon Motor Club
Water Inc
Waterloo “Motor Club
Tobby
Ellis Hotel
Strothman
Waterloo
Ely
Grundy Center
Vladna
Styvothman
Honey Creek Flood Destroys Farmland and Homes
Littleport Iowa suffered severe floods as Honey Creek rose 1 to 2 feet, submerging hundreds of acres of corn and oats. A cloudburst after heavy rains washed away sheds garages and livestock facilities while a 56 foot bridge was carried away. Water receded by Tuesday morning but first floors remained flooded in several homes.
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Associated Provo
Littleport
Camp Ingachooce AU Set for Invaders of First Period
Camp Ingachooce AU prepares for the first period of Scout invaders traveling by special train from W.C.F.N. at 7 20 p m. Leaders Ray L Short Judge John A Gwynne inspect the camp with executives Bud Simmons Edgar Coburn. Rev J D Clinton and Rev H K Chapman with Fr M F Toomer serve as chief medical staff. Visitor’s day is Sunday and a marked trail aids those driving in. No food or sweets may be received from outside to minimize sickness. Mail for scouts addressed to Camp Ingachoo don Ta.
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Witford
Eagie
Bud Simmons
Sdgar Coburn
Ray L. Short
John A. Gwynne
J. D. Clinton
H. K. Chapman
M. F.toomer
Firemen Injured as Warehouse Explodes in New York
Thirty firemen were hurt and one later died after two explosions tore through a six story Manhattan Storage Transit Company warehouse during a fire alarm. Dozens of nearby residents, mostly women, suffered debris injuries as unattended chemicals including powders and sulfurs sparked in the blast.
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New York
Manhattan
Transit
Polita
No Progress Made in Axman Murder
Austin Minn July 1s With Mrs Toky Wagner 69 year old victim of an attack by an unidentified ax murderer'still unconscious county authorities have made no progress in developing any clues that might lead to the apprehension of the assailant The ax wielder entered the Wagner home some time last Wednesday night and after killing John Wagner turned on his wife August Detloff A son in infants held in the Mower county jail here without charge
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Austin
Minn
Toky” Wagner
John Wagner
August Detloff
Mower
Train Strike Guards to Use Tear Gas Bombs
In eastern New York and New Jersey authorities said guards are being trained to deploy tear gas bombs in case of railroad strike disorders. Hundreds of deputy U S marshals are receiving training as disruptions escalate. The strike’s first impact appeared in New York with 35 900 crates of eggs shipped in the past two weeks.
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New York
New Jersey
United States
Evidence Reveals Atages On Tar Of Shop Workers
Burlington dispatch reports about 100 men arrived for Burlington roundhouse and shops and Ottumwa Creston postings, the largest influx since a strike began. Rail officials say about half stay, while strikers contest numbers. Reports of shop trains being stoned with windows broken but no injuries, a federal injunction proceeding underway. A crew of Burlington officials and company volunteers prepared to clear a track near Lovilia after a Sunday wreck, with no interference reported.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Burlington Roundhouse
Ottumwa
Creston
Louilia
Burlington Railroad
Louilla
Albla
Mon- Tree County
Lovilia
Russian Conference Deadlock Still on
The Hague July 18 Russian delegates failed to break the deadlock at the reconstruction conference as Litvinoff pressed for a subcommittee to arrange a new basin for continued deliberations. Non Russian delegates met informally while French and Belgian delegates urged immediate closure of all business.
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International Conference On Reconstruction of
Russia
Litvinoff
Ee & 3
Smiles and Kinks From Today’s Wires
New York burglars who stole from a downtown tailor returned to steal again after worn clothes wore out. Chicago lawyer Earl Grice faces divorce suit with wife claiming his heart was not all her own. Chiengu Chief Little Bear and wife Shining Star wed since 1836 seek separate lives. Little Bear cites cruelty. Cresco rural legend hints at a hidden still. sheriff finds John Still Jr bearing an 8 pound newborn at a farm home.
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Ginsberg
Chicago
Earl Grice
Grice
Chiengu
Little Bear
Shining Star
Frewater
John Still
John Stil, Jr
Strikers Return to Retain Seniority in Waterloo
In Waterloo, workers who had been out since a strike returned to duty by 11:59 p m July 17 and were granted full seniority rights. Only a few of the original 138 remain on strike, according to Norman Bell, master mechanic, as shops resume with no forces and business is described as good.
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G.H. c
Shopme
Waterloo
Hmit
Norman Bell
Alleged Wife Beater Held After Arrest
William Well was arrested last night on information that he had beaten his wife and is jailed on charges of assault and chatter. He has previously served time in jail on similar charges.
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