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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1923
Page
6
The United States coal commission urges the President to seize and operate mines during production disruptions, fix wages, and distribute output with court review. It rejects government ownership but calls for publicity and a legislative program to curb abuses in coal production and distribution.
Thomas Walter Higginbotham was found guilty of second degree murder in the Martin Tabert case and sentenced to twenty years. He posted $10,000 bail pending appeal after a one hour and twenty minute jury deliberation. Tabert, a North Dakota man, died during a heating at the Putnam Lumber convict camp.
The Post Office department reports the largest increase in receipts for a fiscal year without a postage rate rise. Using business in fifty cities as a basis, the average gain is 12.16 percent, with estimated revenue at 5 million dollars, surpassing the prior high of 484.803 million in 1922.
Chief Justice Taft, in a foreword for The Law of Kinsmen by Lord Shaw of Dunfermline, says the prohibition law, once opposed and now defended, fuels the wave of lawlessness sweeping the United States over the past four years.
Fire destroyed Goldfield, the famed mining camp in Nevada, leaving only six structures. One man died, a woman is missing, and several injured as flames swept the town. Estimated losses reach about 1.5 million dollars.
Bisley England will not reduce its armament further, the Earl of Derby, secretary of war, states in a Bisley address. He warns the margin of safety at present is extraordinarily small.
A train struck an automobile near Fort Wayne Indiana killing Mr Benjamin Hiddner his wife and her father Karl Ganellin of Chicago. Evelyn McGolowski aged three was injured in the crash.
Bandits in Hongkong raid the Canton Kowloon railway killing a Chinese officer and a soldier then abduct about ninety upper class Chinese for ransom. Police pursue suspects as authorities report the incident.
President Harding travels aboard the U S S Henderson with stops at Ketchikan Wrangell Juneau and Seward. The party tours Alaska by rail to Anchorage Chickaloon Nenana and Fairbanks near the Arctic circle. A golden spike at the Tanana river bridge marks the railroad completion before a return voyage to Sitka and Vancouver.
President Harding sails for Alaska and makes public his correspondence with leaders of the American Iron and Steel Institute on abolishing the twelve hour day in the steel industry. The institute cited conditions preventing immediate action and listed its directors who signed the reply.
Motor boats from Selfridge field Mount Clemens Mich the revenue cutter Morrill the flying boat Buckeye from Detroit the hydroplane Nina from Cleveland searched Lake Erie for the basket of the balloon U S Navy A 6608 returning to Port Stanley empty handed. They sought the fate of Lieuts Louis J Roth and Telford B Null who occupied the balloon when it left Indianapolis in the national elimination race.
In Prague debate a bill to compel Czech men to take two wives sparked a riot. Deputy Mile Jetting Kerpiskova introduced compulsory bigamy to offset wartime population losses with penalties for men who refuse the duty.
London reports 14,000 London dock workers on strike tying up cargo vessels. J. R. Thomas, a Labor MP, warned of a national railway strike after a conference with railway men’s union officials.
Five hundred passengers sailed from Hoboken aboard the North German Lloyd liner Muenchen on its return maiden voyage. The Muenchen is the first German liner to enter New York harbor since 1914.
John D. Rockefeller age eighty four in Tarrytown New York on July 9 began with a quiet birthday after rising at 6 a m. He attended church and received greetings from neighbors as part of the day’s simple observances.
Premier Poincare wins broad support in the chamber of deputies with a 388 to 186 vote backing his insistence on strict Versailles terms. He says France will keep financial commitments while bloc discussions continue. Meanwhile French forces push toward Frankfort to threaten Ruhr access and Bavaria. Brussels reports threaten to suspend diplomatic relations if Ruhr crimes are not repudiated.
Washington reports 88 fireworks related deaths nationwide despite safety campaigns. Ohio records ten deaths, New York City three, Illinois five, Minnesota four, Pennsylvania five, Michigan four, Louisiana three, Alabama one, California one, Utah one, and Washington one. A total of 104 people were injured nationwide.
Fargo report says Rev. W. H. Priver his wife and two year old son Arthur died instantly when a train struck their northbound automobile near Hillsboro. Dr. F. E. Richter his wife Ruth Alice and Audrey Driver four were injured in the wreck.
Dusseldorf July 7 two Krupp branch factories have been closed due to lack of raw materials and French restrictions for the Duisburg train bombing. Several thousand workers have lost jobs.
Five unidentified colored men were killed and six others and two white men were seriously injured when a Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul freight train wrecked near Fairdale Illinois. The train carried livestock and wheat and the victims were migratory harvest hands riding the rods.
The Near East peace treaty was completed in Lausanne marking the end of the war begun August 2, 1914. The agreement delivers peace in the Near East for the first time in twelve years, finalizing a major World War era settlement.
Washington July 9 Senator Underwood Democrat of Alabama a close Harding ally was offered a seat on the Supreme Court by the President.
Springfield July 9 Roy F Hult and Edwin E Graves who were sentenced in May 1921 to serve from one to five years for illegal activities in connection with the upholsterers strike were pardoned by the governor.
Washington reports week ending July 6 with Georgia watermelons at $250.00 per car load fob price and $125.00 to $250.00 cash track to growers. Texas melons $450.00 to $476.00 in Chicago. Mississippi tomatoes 60c to $1.25. Georgia peaches $1.25 to $1.50 fob. Irish cobbler potatoes $5.50 to $6.50 per barrel. California salmon tint canta loupes $2.75 to $3.25. butter 87 to 44 cents. cheese prices at Wisconsin markets. grain No. 2 wheat $1.18 etc. Chicago hogs to $7.75. beef steers $8.35 to $10.65. cows and heifers $3.65 to $10.00. veal calves $7.25 to $11.00. fat lambs $13.50 to $16.25.
Berlin July 7 Representative Ross A Collins of Mississippi said he favored recognition of Russia and called its autocracy the damndest the world has seen. Collins, secretary of the progressive bloc, spoke after returning from Russia praising Petrograd and Moscow theaters cabarets and restaurants. He added America should recognize Russia because the government exists and will continue.
Constantinople dispatch says Greek troops attempted to land at Kara Burun near the Dardanelles. Turkish forces repulsed the landing after severe fighting with many casualties. A Turkish torpedo boat sank a Greek ship and many were drowned.
Lausanne July 5 Joseph C Grew unofficial observer at the Near East peace conference announced that America claimed a share of the 5,000,000 Turkish gold pounds seized by the allies in Constantinople after the Mudros armistice.
Santa Monica is the scene of a fatal air accident as a wing collapses during a display. Stunt flyer P. H. Delay, 34, and Los Angeles auto man K. L. Short, 31, were killed instantly when the plane crashed and burst into flames 2000 feet above the ground during a series of loops.
In Helena Montana on July 17 Federal District Judge Bourquin ruled that Congress cannot regulate the amount a physician may prescribe once it grants discretionary liquor prescription to doctors. The decision preserves medical discretion in prescribing alcohol.
Sydney Mines July 7. Mayor Nicholson told a mass meeting of striking coal miners that their tactics amounted to a government challenge and that the government would accept a finish fight, signaling heightened tensions over the dispute.
An aging judge, tired of city life, builds a country home and resists peers who find him eccentric. He questions their sense of importance while insisting he remains as connected to the sun and stars as the younger lawyers.
A columnist suggests pedestrians could improve mobility by using the sidewalk for balance rather than relying on the car clutch and brake pedals. The note reflects urban transportation debates in San Francisco.
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