Shopmen Strike Shows Movement Toward Peace Talks
A meeting in New York of executives from 248 railroads is planned to push a settlement with the 300000 shopmen. President Harding backs a labor board hearing while Jewell seeks full discussions of all peace plans. Violence reports rise as clashes and arrests occur across cities amid the dispute over seniority and work terms.
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Associated Press
Chikago
Fenoe
Joey
Jon Os EU
United States
New York
T. DeiWitt Cuyler
Association of Railway Executives
Harding
Labor Board
Railehreles
Tne
Jewell
Baltimore
Gallimore & Otio
B. M. Jewell
Form Rail
Grable
Rail Board
E. F. Grable
Way Mien
Western Railroad
Committee On Public Relations
Chicago, Milweukes & &J. Paul
Miwaukee
Oreston
Chicago
Polles
Creston, Jr
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Ira
Cook
Denison
Giaran
Two La Porte City Bootleggers Bound Over for District Court
Sheriff Herman Wagner arrested two La Porte City bootleggers. They waived preliminary hearing in municipal court and were bound over to district court in bonds of 300 dollars. Oberdorft and Tomlinson arraignments were set with continuances and bonds listed.
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Bie
la Porte City
Herman Wagner
Ammond Shaulie
Bert Oberdorf
GO. R. Tomlinson
Oberdorft
Irving Hutter
Charles Sehaij
Wartime Fleet Head Secretly Weds Secretary
The marriage of Charles Piez, former director general of the United States Emergency Fleet, to Laura Cocks, his secretary, is revealed. The couple, wed four months ago, are now living in Europe.
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Charles Piez
United States Emergency Fleet Enuperation
Laura Cocks
Piez
Europe
Harding Seeks End to Rail Strike Via Seniority Plan
President Harding reportedly proposed three settlement plans focused on seniority to end the rail strike. Executives from 148 railroads meet in New York to discuss the peace plan while strike leaders plan a Chicago meeting. Violence rises as federal judges issue more injunctions and union officials vow to fight to a finish despite no strike benefits.
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Harding
New York
Chicago
Declara
B. M. Jewell
Washington
Russia Turns to Local Funds for Education Policy
Moscow reports Dr Lunar Charsky says education budget ranking shifts. three quarters to be funded by local governments as literacy drives expand. He notes famine funds freed for schooling and 11,000 new schools since literacy campaign began, with about 3 million civilians and as many soldiers taught to read in five years.
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International News Wire
Moscow
Lunar Charsky
People’s Commisser
International News Service Today
Charsky
Red Army
Attempt to Serve Subpoena in White House Bank Fizzle
A deputy marshal tried to serve a subpoena on B M Jowell head of the shopmen at the White House. He and the president were nearby. Reporters crowded in as the deputy lunged and collided with a reporter, then said he would “take it anyway” and left.
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White House
Washington, D
B. M. Jowell
Jowell
Secon
Thord
Calis Conference of Iowa Coal Dealers to Consider Offer
Des Moines July 28 Charlen Webster Iowa fuel administrator called Iowa retail coal dealers to meet at the state house Monday to discuss shipments from Kentucky. Kentucky operators offer coal at the $9 basis set by Secretary Hoover. Hoover was wired to arrange a meeting to address Iowa fuel emergency. Webster will reconvene wartime fuel administration members.
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Des Moines
Charlen Webster
Iowa
State House
Kentucky
Webster
Hoover
Wartime
Fuel Administration
Mistakes in Paris Plague Europe Wealth of Indemnities Ruin
The article argues missteps in Paris push Europe toward ruin. It cites France paying near 900 billion in reparations while debt grows, and warns Germany faces rising unemployment, inflation, and credit strain that could trigger social disorder across 60 million people.
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France
Garmany
Germany
Europe
U. P
Free State makes progress against Irish irregulars in Munster
A dispatch from Dublin reports rapid Free State advances westward through Munster. Regulars encircle and attack irregulars from three sides as Oscar Traynor is captured, signaling possible breaking of irregular resistance within a fortnight. De Valera flees to the United States seeking financial aid.
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Dublin
Free State
Munster
Tgay
Althe
Free Staters
Oscar ‘Traynor
de Valera
United Pres
New York
Eamonn ‘de Valera
Ireland
United States
Iriah Free
Miners’ Leaders Clash With Autocrat Harding On Strike
District presidents from Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma miners unions met in Kansas City to discuss wage conference plans amid a threatened settlement. Officials denied knowledge of any peace talks while Hoover promised federal aid to curb profiteering during the strike.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Missori, Kansas
Oklahoma
Coal Strike Dispatches and Regulatory Moves
Robert M. Medill named state fuel administrator as Gov Shoup presses fair price enforcement. Lump coal prices pegged at 3900 by a northern field official. Conference talks loom between miners and operators amid McCray plans. Colorado guardsmen relieved from duty. Hoover anti profiteering push welcomed by some governors, pressed by Morrison on states rights. Violence reported at six coal field points in Kentucky West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Associated Frass
Chicago
John A. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
National Coal Association
Washington
Tilinots
Mminers
St. Louis
Hoover
Con
Shoup
Colorado
Iowa
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Kansas
Secretary of Commerce
Morrison
North Carolina
State Press Association
State Railroad and Public Utilities
Commis
Aitchison
Interstate Commetes
St. Paul
Du|luth
Minn
Tinois
Interstate Comsmerce Commission
Clarksville
W. Va
Whensburg
Robert M. Medill
Ditneig Department of Millings
Atate
Gav. Shoup
Indiana
Operatora
Coal strike sparks new crisis amid nationwide talks
Reports from several mining towns describe mobs seizing nonunion coal trains as big four unions weigh continued handling of fuel from nonaction mines. Iowa operators plan meetings to push for production revival while miners resist wage-scale demands.
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Aggciation
Mings
Harding
Arch Helm
Missouri
George L. Peck
Kansas
John Wilkinson
Oklahoma
United Press
Cleveland
Big Four Brotherhoods
West Virginia
D. B. Robertson Peeationt
Brotherhood of Ocomotive Firemen
Middleport
Iowa
Associated Press
Des Moines
C. Smith
Haxtelton
Thomas J. Kennedy
One Killed and Two Injured in Powder Plant Explosions
A double explosion at the Equitable Powder company plant near Fort Smith Arkansas left one man dead and two others injured non-fatally. The victims were workers at the plant four miles south of Fort Smith. Authorities investigated the blasts and cause remained uncertain early morning.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Equitable Powder Company
Fort Smith
Rock Island Hires Expert Shopmen at Cedar Rapids Shops
Rock Island railroad hires 45 expert shopmen for Cedar Rapids shops. Report says they were previously on eastern lines and may be former union members who struck. A delegation of nonstriking workers confronted Superintendent Haldo. Marshals with sawed-off shotguns on company property were reported.
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Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroad
Haldo Man
Sga
Comnty Immarshals
Jury Recommends Minnie Taylor Held for Murder
Coroner's jury recommends Mrs Minnie Taylor be held to the grand jury on first degree murder charges in connection with the shooting of S C Fraden, president of a local ice and coal firm and former Sioux City banker, at the Taylor home doorway Tuesday.
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Council Bluffs
Minnie Taylor
S.C. Frafden
Hn Local Ice and Coal Company
Sioux City
Hera
Freiden
Taylor
Cummins Skips Republican State Convention Visit
Des Moines, July 28. Senator Cummins will not attend the Republican state convention next Wednesday, a letter to Polk county delegates shows. He says he withheld his decision hoping for a change in the rail and coal strike to allow him to participate in drafting the platform.
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Des Moines
Senator Cummins
Polk County
Cummins
Norfolk vigilante captured after killings of agents
A man described as the negro slayer of Prohibition agents Jim Chambers and H. H. Fisher was captured near Norfolk after a morning shootout. His body was found riddled with bullets in a nearby thicket, ending the pursuit begun Sunday.
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Norfolk
Jim Chambers
Freeman
H. H. Fisher
Cap Streeter's Widow Enters Deestrict to Claim Lakefront Land
Chicago July 23 Ma Streeter widow of Cap n George Well ington Streeter announced she wrote to President Harding about Chicago authorities blocking her claims to the Deestrict of Lake Michigan a lakefront land she says her husband fought for. She arrived with her 100 foot yacht and declares she is here to stay the city has ordered a tug to tow her craft away.
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Chicago
Ma’ Streeter
George Wellington Streeter
Harding
Lake Michigan
Obother
Brooklyn Bridge may face rebuilding and a new span
Brooklyn bridge could see a special board meeting to discuss rebuilding the span and constructing another bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn. A stretched cable was found weakening a support and explains why most vehicles are barred from the routes, though engineers deem the bridge safe now.
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New York
Grover A. Whalen
Hylan
Board of Estimate
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Whelan
Heavily Armed Guards on Three Ships Seized near New York
Armed men guard the three vessels captured by the United States navy off New York harbor. The ships carried contraband liquor valued at 400,000 dollars and their crews. Prohibition officials say they captured the rum fleet's “mother” ship near Fire Island lightship, ending weeks of smuggling activity.
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New York
United States Dry Navy
New York Harbor
Prohibition
Stip
Rum
Fira Island
Non-Smoking Rules Spur Fatal Bed Fire in Zion City
In Zion City Ui, D Normandie, a lifelong smoker, ignored local ordinance banning tobacco. He smoked in bed to evade enforcement and died from burns when bedding ignited, the fire occurring yesterday and death reported today.
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Zion City
Zion
W. D. Normandie
Wilbur Vollya
Nomandie
Third Party Could Not Force Realty Deal in 1920s Case
Judge H B Boies ruled that a buyer cannot compel a transfer when a third party is named in the bargain. Theo J Teeter sought specific performance to force Ella M Buzzard to sell Fifth and Denver street residence to Walter S Williams for 9000 dollars with 100 paid Feb 16 1922. The case dismissed Teeter's petition and awarded Buzzard $100 on her cross bill.
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Theo J. Teeter
Walter S. Williams
H. B. Boies
Boles
Fifth
Denver Streets
Ella M. Buzzard
Teeter
Williams
Willams
Strike hardship differs for city dwellers and miners
Indianapolis July 28. A former miner says union miners face tighter belts and simpler lives amid long fights with operators. City residents feel the coal shortage pinching wages and grocery bills, while miners endure four months of idle work easing the burden in some ways.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers
Harding and Miles Plead Guilty In Bank War Case
In Cedar Rapids a federal court found Miles and Low guilty for chartering an airplane to bomb railway shops while urging workers to quit. Judge Scott called the act a violation of a temporary injunction and sentenced them to $100 fines and 30 days in jail. Miles, shopmen’s secretary, and Low, strike committee chairman, expressed regret. The second item notes senators doubt Harding’s retention as Federal Reserve Board governor amid a Western and Southern agricultural bloc opposition over monetary policy.
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Sioux City
pDunfan Low
Quy
Miles
Cedar Rapids
Scott
Low
Cinternational News Wire
Washington, D. C
William P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Harding
Iowa Corn Along I C Put at 102 Per Cent
Weather in the Iowa territory boosted crops with rains aiding pastures. Threshing oats slowed by rain. oats appear heavier and higher quality, with yield per acre for 1522 estimated at 42 bushels for corn, 35 for oats, 26 for rya, 30 for barley, and 20 for wheat.
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Iowa Territory
Smola Central Weekly Crop Bulletin
Allen Ashes Arrive in Waterloo for Elmwood Cemetery Burial
F J Eightey received a telegram from J EB Heath stating Heath and Harriett Allen Heath will bring the ashes of Mr Allen by the Chicago Great Western train due at 11 08 a m to the Huist Street station Waterloo. They will leave the train and go to Elmwood Cemetery for interment.
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F. J. Eightey
J_ EB
Heath
Harriett Allen Health
H_. B. Allen
Waterloo
Mr. Allen
Chicago Great Western
Hlust Streat i
Elmwood Cemetery
Antilynching Bill Favored by Senate Committee
Washington July 23 A favorable report on the Dyer anti lynching bill was submitted by Senator Shortridge of California from the judiciary committee. The report says as amended the bill is constitutional and should pass with early Senate action anticipated.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Shortridge
California
Judiciary Committee
McCormick Praises Reed in Missouri Nomination Fling
In Washington, Senator McCormick of Illinois, GOP senatorial campaign chair, paid tribute to Senator Reed as Reed campaigns for re nomination in Missouri. Breckenridge Long opposes Reed with Wilson’s league endorsement. the league issue surfaced indirectly in a later exchange.
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McCormick
Sen. Reed
Missouri
Washington, D. C
Ilinois
Republican
Senatorial
Reed
Breckenridge Long
Wilson Sud
League of Nations
Union Miners Permit Nonunion Mines For Threshing Coal
In Dunreath Iowa on July 28 striking miners from Des Moines approved coal mining for threshing at two nonunion mines near Des Moines. Mine owners said coal would be rationed in small quantities to nearby farmers based on farm size. Sheriff W E Robb and two deputies escorted the miners during the expedition with no excitement reported.
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Dunreath
Des Moines
Gc. G. Bivans
W. M.ite
Tere
W. BE. Robb
Former Creston Man Dies By His Own Action In California
The body of Charles A. Miar, 53, a wealthy retired merchant formerly of Creston, Iowa, was found hanging in the basement of his Los Angeles residence late last night. A note pinned to the body by Mrs Stella Miar expressed he could not regain his health.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charlies A. Miar
Creston
Stella Miarg
Woman Beaten in Clash With Police Near Rock Island Depot
In Council Bluffs Iowa July 28 three strikers and a sympathizer were arrested after a clash with nearly 100 federal deputies and local police at Rock Island yards. A woman Mrs H P Schupp 30 wife of a striker was badly beaten with a billy club during the confrontation. Two deputies were beaten before rescue and a near riot formed as bricks were reportedly thrown and threats against workers were made awaiting a Des Moines train believed to carry strikebreakers. A federal hearing was set for today before Judge M J Wade on charges of violating a federal injunction.
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United Press
Council Bluffs
United States
Rock Island
Des Moines
Titusworth
H. P. Schupp
la Striker
A. Wieneedl
Clark Spencer
Associated Press
M. J. Wade
Railroads Seek to Block Iowa Tax Assessments
Three railroads the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Minneapolis and St Louis and Chicago Great Western filed suit in federal court to enjoin Iowa state officials from certifying railroad assessments to county auditors. The suit follows notice to county auditors and delays in court ruling until May of this year.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Altho
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Minneapolis & Strouts
Chicago Great Western
Counci
Lenroot Removes Concealed Protection in Wool Tariff
In Washington on July 28 the senate approved amendments to the administration tariff bill aimed at removing concealed protections for woolen cloth manufacturers. The change applies to cloth with a 49 cent per pound wool compensatory rate, opposing Lenroot’s bid to extend to women’s dress goods carrying 40 cents. The vote was 23 to 25 against the broader scope.
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Washington, D. C
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Senate
Snator Smoot
Utah
Learhot
Electric Light Plant Burns Cobs for Fuel in Coal Shortage
Wilton Iowa July 28 corn cobs are used to heat the town lighting plant due to a coal shortage. Total operations are reduced to 7 p m to 11 p m while cobs replace coal after load drops on the turbines. Mayor Bannick has sought more coal without success as residents burn wood cobs and old corn to stay lit.
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Wilton
Iay
George Bannick
Freighters to Restore Lake to Sea Route Service
Chicago July 28 Two 3 000 ton freighters the Burlington and the Bennington will leave New York for Chicago via the St Lawrence river The Vinda Simpson and Brandon operated in Chicago Montreal service last winter All five ships will join the Chicago Ogdensburg New York service via Rutland Lake Michigan Transit delivering package freight to Boston The service restores the Rutland railroad steamer lines discontinued after the Panama canal opening The Burlington and Bennington are expected to make the New York to Chicago trip in 16 days.
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Chicago
Burlington
Bennington
New York
St. Lawrence
Vinda
Simpson
Brandon
Chicago-Ogdensbur
Rutland-Lake Michigan ‘Transit Company
Ogdensbuug
Rutland Railroad
Boston
Lins
Panama Canal
Burlington and
Denial of Trotter Fatherhood Declared in Michigan Divorce
Miss Florence Moody testified on the witness stand in the Grand Rapids divorce case that Rev. Mel HE. Trotter was not the father of the child. The court ruled the matter settled and ended any question of parentage.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Mel HE. Trotter
Florence Moody
Trotter
Bathingsuit Pastor Fired in Oklahoma Church Case
Rev. Thomas B. Irwin, former pastor of Lawton, Oklahoma, was suspended as a minister of the United States Presbyterian Church by the El Reno Presbytery judicial commission. The expulsion followed a bitter dispute at the Snanton church and the minister can appeal to the Oklahoma synod meeting in October.
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Lawton
Okts
Thomas
Irwin
Lawth
Presbyterian Church
United States
Judicial Commission of
el Reno
Snanton
Eave No- Wee
Synod of Oklahoma
Shareh
Explosion injures eight after confiscated still incident
A 100 gallon still exploded in Telegraph Briefs New York injuring eight police officers who had just confiscated it. The blast followed the seizure as officers worked to control the scene.
Believe Man Found Dead in Road Towan
An unidentified man was found dead beside a road between Williams Bay and Lake Geneva with a bullet wound and a .32 revolver. He claimed Des Moines, Ta, as origin and carried a camping pack. no ID. The right middle finger was amputated at the second joint. authorities seek identification from Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
Williams Bay
Lake Geneva
Des Moines
Europe Shakes After U S Prediction Prompt Earthquakes
London reports two days of earthquake shocks across southwestern Europe sparking alarm. The tremors align with Philadelphia geologist Dr Milton A Noble’s forecast that said earthquakes would begin Thursday. Shocks hit southern France and intensified reaching southern Spain.
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London
Europe
Milton A. Noble
Philadelphia
Noble
France
Spain
Two Nuptials in East and Brooklyn Planned
Peter Panagakis of Olympia Candy Kitchen will marry in Brooklyn after traveling from Cedar Falls to New York. ceremony to be held at relatives' home. In Kansas City, cigar store owner Theodore Van Trese was killed by bandits as he protected a $3,000 safe, his wife witnesses the shooting. In London, Cliffden wireless station reportedly blown up by Irish rebels disrupting trans Atlantic radio transmission.
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Cedar
Falls
Peter Panagakis
Olympia Candy Kitchen
New York
Greece
Brooklyn
Kansas City
Theodore van Trese
van Trese
London
Cliffden
Dublin
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