Law to prevent rail strikes and logouts urged
Senator Robinson urges a law to prohibit strikes or lockouts by railroad employees to safeguard the public from transportation disruptions. She supports Cummins bill drafting a permanent railroad system under government supervision with a jointly composed wage committee and IC decisions, while preserving rights to quit and penalizing concerted disruption.
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Washington, D. C
Robinson
Arkour
Congress
Sanke
Cummutings
Joy
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cumming
Stemper
State Conference of Church of God Elects Officers
The state conference at Chautauqua park closes after a week with about 400 members in attendance. Officers for the Town church next year include G. E. Marsh Marshalltown president A. M. Jones Eagle Grove vice president Mrs T J Elis Waterloo recording secretary H F Hunt Clarksville treasurer Mrs Florence Allard Spring Valley Minn corresponding secretary Mrs G P Allard Fort Dodge state Sunday school superintendent.
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the Church of God
Chautauqua Park
G. E. Marsh
Marshalltown
A. M. Jones
Eagle Grove
T. J. Elis
Waterloo
H. F. Hunt
Clarksville
Florence Allard
Spring Valley
Minn
G. P. Allard
Fort Dodge
Gov Harding to Head Reception to Pres Wilson
Des Moines officials announce Gov Harding will lead the official reception committee for President Wilson on arrival Saturday night. Tom Fairweather, Des Moines mayor, will co head the committee as the president is escorted from the train to the coliseum where he will speak. Secretary Famulty has asked about Sunday entertainments Wilson plans.
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Des Moines
Sept
Wilson
Harding
Tom Fairweather
Coliseum
Famulty
Po É Entertainment
Waterloo private venture forms a larger scale amusement firm
Waterloo residents form a larger scale amusement company after successful private venture with traveling troupes and tent shows. The Case Parker Racaf shows incorporated to operate ami theatres and tent show forms under James Hackford as secretary treasurer.
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Waterloo
Pew
Ami Theatres
James Hackford
Plan to privatize roads and railways proposed in Congress
A long July proposal outlines privatization of U.S. roads and regional rail systems, creating independent corporations to operate lines. It envisions a national board to regulate valuations, financing, expansions, and intercity routes while preserving some competition and setting rules for bonds and stock.
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Uist
Aiconacive
Sunator
Phepho
Reme Corporation
Caineving
Shadi
Ings
Poon Pa
Inters
Oral Corporation
Getooperation
Comerce Womamission
Trafic and Farnings
Unider
Commission
Siven
Fire alarms report rubbish dump blaze on Lavayette Street
Fire crews were called to a rubbish dump at Pat's Perch on lower Lavayette Street yesterday at 2 30 pm and again today at 4 10 pm. Captain Louw Arustrong of the fire department said the smoke was confined to the pile with no further damage reported.
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Pat's
Lavayette Street
Louw
Business College Opens New Term In Galesburg
Galesburg's business college opens with enrollment over 10 students this afternoon. President A. F. Gut is optimistic about the new term and expects a large enrollment. Additions to the college during vacation include new courses of study in the curriculum.
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Business College
Gales’ Business College
A. F. Gut
Thes College
Just What She Needed From Chamberlain’s Tablets
Mrs. Volta Pankson of Chilli Cathe Mo writes that Chamberlain’s Tablets relieved her indigestion and toned her liver and backache after long symptoms. She says the tablets did her a world of good and she will always speak a good word for them.
Home Rule To Be Italian Says Interviewed Man
An interview printed in Journal L0 dus claims a prominent Italian foresees Zara becoming Italian governed by a council with mixed Italian, Slav, and Fiume origin leaders. The piece predicts an expanded Winterland buffer state and Italy regaining sovereignty over Tibesti regions with concessions from France in Africa and Asia Minor.
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Zara
Tibesti
Paris
L0dus
Wiunre
Regio
Counsil
Fiume
Angle Free
Italy
Pihe
Saa Desert
Aeraklia
Asia Minor
Analalia
Robbers Gag Four Escape From Amex Branch
A five-man gang bound and gagged four men at an American Express branch in Chicago. They used three charges of nitroglycerin to blast the safe, then escaped after leaving the scene with about $400 missing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Express
French Loss 26 Percent of Men Mobilized in War
Capt Andre Tar Dieu told the chamber of deputies that French losses equal 26 percent of mobilized men and 57 percent of those under 61 killed. He described the peace as guaranteeing solidarity and justice. Officials expect a Saturday vote on the peace treaty with four Senate sessions before ratification between September 15 and 18.
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Ris
Andre Tar Het
Chamber of Deputies
Tardieu
Paris
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Senate
Yanks Form Lithuanian Army Brigade for Service
An American brigade has been formed to serve in the Lithuanian army. The unit is described as a complete success by the Lithuanian peace delegation's military mission. Demobilized officers have applied for staff commissions and many discharged enlisted men have joined the ranks.
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Associated Press
Paris
Skipper and Son Charged With Cruelty in Shipboard Case
Captain Adolph Pedersen and his son, long associated with the Puatto barkentine, are indicted for maltreating crew members during a voyage from Victoria to South Africa in April 1918. The incident follows earlier reports of a sailor named Axe being injured on board in May of the prior year.
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Associated Pres
New York
Adolph
Pedersen
Adotoly
Aime Barketine Pugtto
Axe
Victoria
B. G
Cape Town
Sunil Africa
Puatto
Telegraph Operators' Chairmen to Consider Wage Equalization
In St Louis on September 2 conference of general chairmen of the telegraphers union will discuss working rules and wage equalization. The proposed scale likely to be a dollar per hour, replacing the current 48 to 85 cents. The move aims to standardize pay across the railroad telegraphers.
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St. Louis
Ml J. Manion
Loss of Coen Wins Rifle Target Match
Seagirt New Jersey September 2 Captain Joseph Jack, son of the United States Marines, won the Wingate bobbing target match at 200 yards after he and Sergeant J F Water both scored a perfect string of 10 bullseyes. A coin toss determined the victor.
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Seagirt
N. J
Joseph Jack
United States Marines
Wingate
Sergt. J. F. Water
Marines
British destroyer Vittoria sunk in Baltic
The British destroyer Vittoria was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea on August 30. Its crew of about 110 included eight men missing, with the ship likely part of British naval forces against Bolshevik operations in the northern Baltic and Gulf of Finland.
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Baltic
London
Vittoria
Baltig Sea
Admiralty
Gulf of Finland
Daniels seeks divorce after 34 years of marriage
Ben Daniels files for divorce from Jessie Daniels after 34 years of marriage. He states they have not lived together as husband and wife since 1894, about 25 years. The couple married in April 1885 at West Union Iowa. He accuses his wife of cruel treatment and threats.
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Ben Daniels
Jessie Daniels
West Union
Bolsheviks surrounded on Lithuanian front in peace bid
Copenhagen dispatch says the Lithuanian Legation reports Bolsheviks surrounded on the Lithuanian front and offering terms for peace as Lithuanian forces press their advance.
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Lna Assuciuscu
Copenhagen
Harness Workers in Rock Island Arsenal Not to Conduct Shop
A telegram to Col. Harry B. Jordan at the Rock Island arsenal from Chief of Ordnance Charles C. Williams in Washington refutes a report that the harness shop had been turned over to workers and that democratization of industry would spread to other government plants.
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Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island
Harry B. Jordan
Charles C. Williams
Washington, D. C
Rock Iland Arsenal
Latter Day Saints Buy Building for a Church
The Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints has purchased the small stone building at Parker and Columbia streets and has fitted it up for a church. The first services will be there next Sunday. Beginning next Sunday evening elder Daniel MacGregor Calgary Alberta will deliver a series of lectures on prophecy and ancient history each evening.
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Church of the Latter Day Saints
Parker and
Columbia Streets
Filder Daniel MacGregor
Calgary
Alberta
Death of Kenneth H. Cubert at 1309 Bluff Street
Kenneth Henry Gilbert Cubert died at noon yesterday at his parents home 1309 Bluff Street Typhoid fever caused his death He was born June 24 1917 Survived by his parents two brothers and a sister Body remains at Kistner Mortuary awaiting funeral details from relatives at a distance.
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Kenneth Henry Cubert
Kenneth Henry Gilbert
W. HH. Gilbert
Bluff Street
Kistner Mort‘uary
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Coen
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Petrografdt
Waterloo Bay
Cedar Valley Fair Grounds
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