Hotels Exempted From Eight Hour Law Causes Ruling
Riverside June 14 Judge Densmore declares part of the eight hour law for women unconstitutional. He says hotels are exempt from the eight hour limit while lodging and boarding houses may employ women longer. The decision labels this as class legislation but upholds the rest of the act. The ruling relies on public health and gender considerations to justify different treatment for hotel workers.
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Riverside
Densmore
Frank A. Miller
Glenwood Mission Inn
Justice Webb
Miller
Purington & Adair
Senator Estudillo
Evans
Opinion on Appeal Rights in Supreme Court Jurisdiction
The piece notes that one party cannot appeal a given decision to the supreme court while the defendant could have pursued an appeal. It contrasts the two positions and discusses procedural options and implications. The discussion centers on appellate jurisdiction and the practical effects of the ruling for both sides.
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Supreme Court
Government Will Recall 1500 Troops From Border
Major Stanton reports the Logan transport ordered from San Francisco to San Diego to move troops back to the north. About 2000 troops are at San Diego, with roughly 1500 likely to depart for San Francisco while 500 stay due to potential trouble near Tia Juana. He says the government expects the Mexican disturbance to end soon.
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Los Angeles
Stanton
San Diego
Yuma
Logan
San Francisco
Tia Juana
Abolish Death Penalty for Women Bill Proposed in DC
A bill introduced by Rep Caleb Powers of Kentucky proposes substituting electrocution for hanging in the District of Columbia for capital offenses. It would also commute death sentences to life imprisonment for female offenders, inspired by the case of Mattie Lomax, a Black woman sentenced for murder.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Mattie Lomax
Treasure Hunters Recover Millions Off Honduras Coast
A San Francisco funded expedition aboard the Eureka recovered treasure valued from fifteen to sixty five million dollars hidden by a Chilean cruiser crew off Honduras more than a generation ago. The 400 ton Eureka, chartered for thirty days, is headed for San Diego with the treasure after a secretive voyage.
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San Diego
Honduras
Eureka
Burtiss
Mexico
Harry Kreling
San Francisco
Kreling
Salina Cruz
Here
North Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Carrie Nation dies after years as Kansas saloon smasher
Carrie Nation the Kansas saloon smasher died at a Leavenworth sanitarium from paresis after months of ill health. Born Carrie Moore in Kentucky in 1846, she turned to temperance work following her first husband’s addiction and later waged a campaign of hatchet raids in Kansas towns shaping statewide prohibition momentum.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Kansas City
Kentucky
Carrie Moore
David Nation
Kansas Woman Raises Funds for Drunkards Wives Home
In New York at Madison Square Garden she lectured and drew attention by urging Vanderbilt box occupants to donate to a Kansas City Kansas home for drunkards wives she founded. The home was recently taken over by the Associated Charities of Kansas City.
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Kansas
New York
Madison Square Garden
Kansas City
Kaw
Associated Charities of
Ex-General of Liberation Army Seeks Job in San Francisco
Captain Rhys Pryce once commanded the army of liberation in Lower California and is now in San Francisco seeking any job that offers excitement and income. He resigned after the Los Angeles junta refused to supply food clothing and ammunition, making further resistance impossible.
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San Francisco
Rhys Pryce
Army of Liberation
California
Pryce
Los Angeles
Heat and frost together in California mountains
In San Bernardino on June 14 the valley stays above 90 degrees while high elevations reach freezing. Fishermen from the higher peaks return with trout frozen by night air exposure, an unusual June occurrence.
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San Bernardino
Mexican Quake Destroys Six Towns In Central Mexico
A strong earthquake near Mexico City killed at least 150 people and possibly up to 200. Six towns including Tonila Platanar Zapotlan Ocotlan Colima and Tuxpan were heavily damaged while Colima volcano raged with lava and smoke threatening surrounding areas. Death tolls vary as many remote villages cannot be counted and official figures rise with rubble removal.
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Mexico City
Guerrero
Colima
Tonila
Platanar
Zapotlan
Ocotlan
Tuxpan
Jalisco
Tenala
Mexico
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