Rail strike continuation amid talks in Washington
In Chicago July 27, strike leaders and railway executives gathered in Washington amid hopes for peace or continued strife. Key figures include B. M. Jewel and W. W. Atterbury, with T. F. Loree arriving. seniority rights remain the major obstacle to a settlement. President Harding reaffirmed that both workers and strikers must be protected and urged the Railroad Labor Board to grant a rehearing. Government and local officials prepared to mobilize resources as disruptions spread across multiple states with arrests, injunctions, and evictions reported.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ini
Washington
Albano
B. M. Jewel
Harding
W. W. Atterbury
The
Pennsylvanianes
T. Dewite Certer
Association of
Railway Executives
T. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson
H. F E. Byram
MEL Waukee & St Paul
Railway Employes Publicity Association
Wisk
Railroad Labor Board
United States
Interstate Commission
Philadelphia &Reading
Leonard Makes Fighting Weight by Scant Ounce
United Press reports Jersey City July 27. Lightweight champion B. Leonard tipped the scales at 135 pounds for his title bout with Lew Tendler at Boyle's Thirty Acres. Tendler weighed 134 3/4 pounds. both fighters in peak condition weighed in earlier and avoided eye contact at the scales.
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United Press
Jersey City
N. J
Henry Leonard
Lew Tendlar
Boyle
Thirty Acres
Tendler
Leonard
Englewood Baby Parade Opens With Twins and Triplets
Englewood mothers decorated baby carriages as a parade rolled through the day. Led by 14 year old twinita Heneritta Boukema and John Boukema, a triple carriage carried Maynard Walter and Ebster Brookman triplets. Six double carriages held twins, and about 209 single outfits followed.
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Chicago
Englewood
Heneritta
John Boukema
Mount Diablo Fire Threatens Contra Costa Towns
A large forest fire at Mount Diablo base in Contra Costa County directs 2,000 firefighters. The blaze has scorched about 6,000 acres, driven by shifting winds, threatening Concord Clayton and Danville. Cattle losses reported. residents stay alert. Fire units mobilized with water trains and supplies. glow visible up to 20 miles from the scene.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
Forest Rangers
Mount Diablo
Contra Costa County
Telephone Messanges
Concord
Clayton
Dangilla
Cess
Sam Hart
San Francisco Bay
Des Moines Briefs Report On Varying Local Incidents
A Des Moines summary notes Sheriff W. E. Robb investigating John Adam aged 66 who allegedly confessed to murdering his brother in law in Norwoodville eight years ago. Adani, once sentenced to life in an insane asylum, escaped after two years and seeks to end his sentence. Oakland Mayor Charles Hough vows to suppress Sunday baseball. he warns the Lewis team to stay out of town as guards monitor equipment amid fans threatening to play anyway to test the ordinance.
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Des Moines
Sherif
W. E. Robb
John Adam
Norswoodville
Adani
Oakland
Charles Hough
Tie
Lewis
Cal
Ordinanga
BR Court
Queer old man accused after ax death at Panama
John Schneier, 70, in Shelby County under arrest for first degree murder in the slaying of John Hersdt, killed with an ax after tormenting boys who whistled. Sheriff Os car Hansen conceals the suspect’s whereabouts amid local unrest as Panama prepares for grand jury action next month.
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Associated Press
Siaclan
Sherif Oscar Hansen
Shelby County
John Schneier
John Math Horsch
Panama
Here
Schaefer
Rheriff Hansen
Hersdt
Omaha
Grand Jury
Clyne Expected to Retire from U S Attorney's Office
Attorney General Daugherty, after a conference with Charles I. Clyne, said the United States District Attorney at Chicago would likely retire in September. Clyne has been ready to vacate but stayed at the department’s request. He provided reports on the railroad strike situation in the Midwest. Daugherty will discuss the resignation when Clyne returns to Washington next week.
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Daugherty
Charles I. Clyne
United States
Chicago
Clyne
Middlewest
Washington
D.C
First Death by Auto Suggestion Reported in London
London reports the first case of death by auto suggestion. Coroner Dr. Fred King described Alfred Manning a despondent man who planned suicide by hanging. Manning tied a handkerchief but not tight enough to strangulate him, and the physician testified death came from his belief he was hanging himself and the automatic suggestion affected his heart.
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London
Fred King
Ning
Alfred Manning
Manning
Revival of Business Hit by Coal Shortage Fears
A 1923 analysis argues coal shortages threaten business revival. It suggests operators may guarantee miners a minimum work year and back regional cooperative agencies under government scrutiny. The piece foresees possible congressional action shaping a stabilized coal industry and lasting price relief.
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Congress
New York
Zvening E Post
Ins
Rebels Gather for Battle With Free State Troops
International News Wire reports large forces of Republican irregulars concentrating in Farnoy and Waterford regions under Eamonn De Valera, aiming to attack Free state troops. Railways torn up hinder reinforcements. censorship clouds true situation. Brisk Galway fighting, Kilkenny stock destroyed by fire. Also, 105 republican prisoners escaped Dundalk jail after a mine breach.
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Dublin
Farnoy
Waterford
Free State
Eamonn de Valera
George Gavan Duffy
Galway
Ir Teguiare
Wondstock
County Kilkenny
London
Dundalk
Emergency Fuel and Food Rules Possibly Extended West
Washington dispatch states that Interstate Commerce Commission fuel and price controls may stretch from the Mississippi to the Rockies. Reports from the farming region indicate utilities will run out of coal soon, risking a severe winter shortage unless supplies reach consumers promptly.
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Washington, D. C
Inter- State Commercee Commission
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Rail Strike Talks Hint at Early Settlement Prospects
President Harding met with railroad executives and union leaders in a bid to resolve the walkout. Separate peace talks by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad failed in Seattle, while Baltimore & Ohio talks with strikers continued in Baltimore. Officials said passenger and freight service remained near normal and hiring was expanding shop forces, though union leaders reported the strike by shop workers remained fully active with no workers returning.
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Harding
Chicago
Milwaukee
Food situation in Russia described by relief worker
A. C. Ernst, returning from six months in Russia, says the peasantry is fairly well supplied with food. He headed the distribution of American relief food in a large district centered around Saratov, reporting overall steadier relief efforts.
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Russia
New York
A. C. Ernst
America
Ernst
Saratoy
Davis Will Talk on Fall Buying at Interstate Merchants Meet
Chicago hosts the second semi annual convention of the Interstate Merchants council on Aug 1 to 3 atop the Hotel La Salle roof garden. Paul Davis of Paul Davis Dry Goods Waterloo IA will welcome attendees and speak on fall buying. Carson Pirie Scott staff will stage a dress sale demonstration and a millinery group meeting will be held under Winifred Withan. The Chicago Association of Commerce will sponsor a banquet with Dr Alexander Karr speaking on community spirit.
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International News Wire
Chicago
Paul Davis
Paul Davis Dry Goods Company
Waterloo
Interstate Merchants Council
Hotel la Salle
Davis
Merchants’ Council
W. L. Ware
Chicago “Association of Commere
Carson Pirie Scott & Co
Winifred Withan
Millinery Trade Review
Gaicago Association of Commerce
Alexander Karr
Fargo, N. D
Cavalry Under Arms in Cleveland Awaits Orders
Troop A of Cleveland's famed cavalry regiment was under arms in Cleveland on July 27 awaiting orders to move into Ohio strike zones. The destination of the regiment remained undisclosed.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Ohio
Iowa Mine Leader Declines Conference on Wage Pact
Albia Iowa July 27 Joy Morris president of the Iowa district United Mine Workers declined operators invitation to confer on a separate wage scale agreement until national policy changes. Morris accused C Smith president of Iowa Coal Operators Association of seeking sympathy and said Iowa miners will not meet in a joint wage conference until a basic settlement is reached.
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Albia
C. Smith
Iowa Coal Operators Association
Joy Morris
Iowa
United Mine Workers of America
Morris
Smith
Think Oelwein Man Killed in Wisconsin
Camp Douglas Wisconsin July 27 A 75 year old man believed to be H. B. Schroeder of Oelwein Iowa died in the camp hospital after being struck by a Northwestern switch engine He was well dressed and carried money Partial identification was obtained from a letter in his pocket.
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Camp Douglas
Wis
H. Schroader
Oelwein
Northwestern
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Pullman Tax Ruling
The Wisconsin supreme court upheld the state tax commission assessment against the Pullman Sleeping Car Company and ordered back taxes totaling nearly 200000. The decision sustains the constitutionality of the railroad property valuation statute and reverses the lower court ruling. Justice Jones wrote the decision.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
State Tax Commission
Pullman Sleeping Car Company
Dane County
Jones
Michigan Governor Calls for Coal Over Fine Talk
Lansing July 27 Gov Groesbeck urged Hoover to supply Michigan with coal and to use all state agencies to enforce coal distribution provisions to prevent profiteering. He declared this is all fine talk but Michigan wants the coal.
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Lansing
Mich
Groesbeck
Michigan
Herbert Hoover
May Revive State Fuel Commission
Des Moines reports the early organization of a statewide fuel commission to secure Iowa coal shares, equalize distribution, and curb profiteering. Gov Kendall's revival plan, driven by Railroad Commissioner Charles Webster, echoes wartime and 1919 boosts, seeking cooperation from communities and federal help to curb price hikes and misallocation.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Lowa
Kendall
Charles Webster
State
Webster
Gov't
State Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce
Clyde B. Aitchison
Washington
Mississippi
Aitchison
Mads
Harding
Doctor Regains Lost Eyesight by Sleeping in Turkish Bath
Philadelphia physician Lemual J. Deal of 2268 North Hancock Street regained vision after sleeping in a Turkish bath for six hours. Once he could only tell day from night, a group of doctors reported the miraculous recovery following the rest regime tried after other medical efforts failed.
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Philadelphia
Lemual J. Deal
North
Hancock Street
Jefferson Medical College
Deal
Mine Operator's Son Kidnapped Over $1,000 in Steubenville
Steubenville, July 27. Oliver Monaco, 12, son of a wealthy mine operator, was kidnapped after withdrawing $1,000 from a local bank. His father has received several blackmail letters since the disappearance. A warrant for a man from Elizabeth, Pa., on kidnapping charges was issued. he was said to be part of a trio with the boy shortly before he vanished.
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Steubenville, O
Oliver Monaco
Monaco
Elizabeth
East Faces Shortage of Sacramental Wine
San Francisco report says the east faces a shortage of sacramental and medicinal wine as California wine grapes are in heavy demand. Growers fear rail strikes will prevent fulfilling orders, potentially leaving the east to rely on near beer instead.
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San Francisco
California
East
Oklahoma Puncher Champ Steer Roper
Cheyenne Wyo July 27 Ben Johnson of Isiiker Okla cowpuncher today held the world record for roping and tying a steer at Frontier days celebration yesterday Johnson roped and tied steer in 20 45 seconds Fred Beeson Arkansas City Kan roped and tied his steer in 211 iny seconds Five riders were slightly injured when their mounts pitched them skyward
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Cheyenna
Wyo
Ben Johnson
Isiiker
Okls
Johnson
Fred Beeson
Arkansas City
Kan
Waterloo Shows a 911000 Gain in Sales for Month
Lions club luncheon speaker Will Lane, cashier of First National Bank, reviewed business conditions. Waterloo city sales rose from 10 million in May 1921 to 14.911 million in May 1922, with Cedar Rapids and other cities showing gains. Lane cited national factors and the soldier bonus debt, noting Iowa’s share and Waterloo’s projected obligations amid calls for renewed prosperity.
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Waterloo
Wall
Will Lane
First National Bank
Lions Club
Sioux City
Eden
Cedar Rapids
Dubique
Lane
Iowa
Strike Situation at Clinton Unchanged Foremen in Parley
Clinton Ta July 27 All was quiet here in connection with the nationwide railway shopmen strike Local striking shopmen watch Washington developments while shop foremen who left their posts discuss a possible return to work They are meeting today with the federated shop crafts executive committee after a conference with Assistant General Manager F H Ham ymmill of the Northwestern railway
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Clinton
Washington
Northwestern Railway
Federated Shop Crafts
F. H. Hamymmill
Forest Fires Smoke Sinks Steamer Calista Off Seattle
Sixty aboard the Calista were lost when it sank after colliding with forest fire smoke eight miles north of Seattle. The Hawaii Maru rescued all survivors and returned to Seattle. no deaths reported. The accident occurred at 11 o clock amid heavy smoke from nearby wildfires.
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Seattle
Wash
Ikosen Kaisha Line
West Point
Puget
Cal Harbor
Sound
Wade Orders Arrest of Striking Shopmen on Contempt Charge
Des Moines reports Federal Judge Martin J. Wade ordered the arrest of three Santa Fe shopmen at Fort Madison for alleged intimidation of workers in the shops. Edmund A. Hass Louis Rhode and Leap H. Holterhaus are charged with contempt for alleged violation of the temporary injunction restraining strikers from interfering with workers.
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Chicago
Texarkana
Ark
Creston
Sandino
Atchison
Des Moines
Fort| Madison
Santa Fe
Martin J. Wade
Edmund A. Hass
Louis Rhode
Leap H. Holterhaus
Trotter Hypnotized Girls Divorce Testimony In Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, Mich. July 27. Rev. Mel Trotter evangelist accused of hypnotic influence over girls in a divorce suit brought by his wife. Witness Mica Ivah Livingstone said she saw a girl under hypnotic power at the Trotters’ summer cottage and Mrs. Trotter identified the girl as being under his influence.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Mel Trotter
Mica Ivah Livingstone
Trotters
Trotter
Seek Iowa Relatives of Denver Dead Man
Denver police search Iowa for relatives of CG Fisher a college student named as the man killed when a sandbank collapsed in a Denver ditch Fisher worked as a timekeeper for a construction company and was in a deep trench when walls gave way confirmation from workmen cited.
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Iowa
Denver
Colo
Fisher
Boone's Oldest Pioneer and Business Man Dies
Boone Indiana July 27 Louis Goeppinger 93 years old believed oldest saddlery merchant in town and Boone's oldest pioneer business man died at midnight after illness contracted July 4 he celebrated his sixty fifth wedding anniversary last week
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Boone, In
Louis Goeppinger
Boone
Germany Must Pay U S War Bill as Aviators Die in Fall
Washington July 27 A Mitchell Palmer former attorney general and alien Property custodian told a senate committee that Germany must pay the U S war bill and that full payment may come from German property seized here Palmer supported the Underwood bill to settle American claims against Germany. Rantoul Illinois July 27 First Lt R H Strekhouse and Sec Lyj e at Taylor H Monroe were killed when their airplane plunged five hundred feet five miles north of Rantoul at 9 o'clock this morning
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Washington, D. C
Germany
United States
Senate
A. Mitchell Palmer
Palmer
Rantoul
Ulant
R. H. Strekhouse
Lyjeat
Taylor H. Monroe
Here
Labor Union backs government beer production in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Trades and Labor Assembly voted in favor of government manufacture of beer. The Central Labor Body of the city supported a public beer production program announced in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 27.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis Trades and Labor Assembly
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