Death of J Lee Brown After Post Office Attempt
J Lee Brown traveling salesman for Universal Clothing was shot to death while allegedly attempting to rob the Mohegan post office in McDowell County. Eleven shots by Carl Ledford and William Watson left Brown dead after a 100 yard flight. two bullets struck him, and he died on railroad tracks. Inspections traced Brown to Davy and Staunton relatives. body held by Welch undertaker. Receipts show sales to Monarch Coal Co employees. Staunton sister and two children sought.
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J. Lee Brown
Steunton
Universal Clothing Manufacturer
Inec
Chicago
Mohegan
McDowell County
Brown
Carl Ledford
William Watson
Monarch Coal Company
Ledford
Watson
Thetrom
C. V. Brown
Mr. Brown
Davy
Staunton
Welch
Douglas Undertaking Company
Inspector Brown
Staunton Tmaster
Coal Company
Deegains
Oon
Former Marquise Charged With Murder In New York
Anna Mayer once a self styled marquise now a scrub woman faces murder charges after allegedly stabbing deckhand Charles Enjelka with a bowie knife at her Hoboken lodgings entrance. The case references刊 newspaper clippings about her past marriage to a French noble.
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New York
Anna Mayer
Hubert Nomen
France
Further Rioting Follows Martial Law Decree
A Shanghai dispatch reports martial law led to more rioting as mobs attacked a police station. Police fired on demonstrators, killing twenty and wounding many others.
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London
Exchange
Shanghai
Late Thomas Marshall Epigrammed Quotes Show Democratic Sour
A fragment recalls remarks attributed to Thomas Marshall full of epigrams. It notes his witty lines on home life democracy and rights, including quips about vested rights and intelligent social critique.
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Thomas Marshall
Fewer Jurors Picked in Shepherd Murder Trial
In Chicago on June 1, prosecutors drew only one prospective juror from twenty-seven veniremen as the Shepherd murder trial pressed on. The day yielded an active hunt for missing witness Robert White with detectives guarding Pittsburgh hotels and telegraphic money orders traced to him.
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Chicago
Shepherd
William Carl Shepherd
William Nelson McCl
John Scarbaro
William P. Derrick
Houston
Tex
Jerome
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert White
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
White
States tax only property within borders says supreme court
Washington reports the U S Supreme Court holds states may tax only personal property located within their borders when applying transfer taxes on estates of deceased persons. The Frick estate, valued around 145 million, spans New York and Massachusetts pieces. federal tax tallies over 6.3 million. Pennsylvania argued for full estate taxation, while Senators Pepper and Reed represented the heirs and the state respectively.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg
New York
Kansas
West Virginia
Pepper
Frick Heirs
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Senator Reed
Burgess Resigns From Tariff Commission
Washington June 1 The resignation of Commissioner William Burgess of the tariff commission was announced at the White House and takes effect today. The New Jersey Republican left for family and business reasons, following William S Cuthbertine’s recent departure and leaving two Republican vacancies for the president to fill.
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Washington
William Burgess
Tariff Commission
White House
Burgess
New Jersey
William 8. Cutherteen
Not Guilty Contempt Finding Ties to Coal Dispute
Federal Judge W F Baker discharged John L Lewis and other union leaders in the contempt action linked to the 1923 injunction. He prepared to rule on the West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Co injunction against the United Mine Workers and to rule on the company’s bid to make the injunction permanent.
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Wheeling
W. Va
W. FE. Baker
West Virginia-Pittsburg Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Townsend
Howard
Warrum
Baker
Hitchman Coal
Supreme Court
Taft
John L. Lewis
Seven Injured as Storm Levels Dozen Homes in Sioux City
A tornado like storm struck Sioux City on June 1 injuring seven people, two of whom were feared fatally, and leveling more than a dozen homes. The damage was estimated at $100,000.
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Sioux City
Ila
Eligible Voters Asked to Register Today in City
The city election office urges all residents who are entitled to vote and not yet registered to inquire today. Officials report some voters were overlooked and registration lists may be corrected this afternoon by the registrar.
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Ficefield
Sat Yoesereny
Beginning of End Attacks on Bible
Chicago June 1. William Jennings Bryan warned that the Tennessee school evolution case signals the end of attacks on the Bible in public schools. He argued four sources, including state governments and teachers, control schools and urged loyalty to religious instruction over scientific theories.
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Tennessee
Bryan
Chicago
We of God
William Jennings Bryan
Boards of
Coal Industry Urges Economies in Distribution and Production
H K Cortright president of the American Wholesale Coal Association tells the ninth annual convention in French Lick that coal markets shrink due to water power and waste reduction. He notes consolidations of large producers to cut costs and says mines under 100000 tons annually seek to retire from sales.
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French Lick
Ind
H. K. Cortright
American Wholesale Coal Association
Cortright
Murderer Hunt Leads To West Side Tenement
New York detectives chase leads in the Florence Kane murder case as a taxi driver reports a scratched young man near the Brooklyn site. Walter Johnson, a Black man, is held for questioning while witnesses corroborate parts of his tale and another Black man is arrested nearby.
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New York
Florence Kane
Brooklyn
West Side
Miss Kane
Walter Johnson
Dodd
Johnson
Revenue bills shape up as legislature adjourns without action
West Virginia lawmakers adjourned pending final action on defense bills. A joint committee drafted a revenue plan raising 1.31 million dollars plus road funds and a 0.5 cent gasoline tax increase. Two year appropriations include 15000 for Concord Normal School, with other institutions listed for capital projects and campus buildings.
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Charleston
W. Va
Capitol
1St Virginia University
Board of Control
Marshall College
Fairmont Normal School
Colored Insane Hospital
State Tuberculosis Hospital
Industrial School
Industrial Home
Concord Normal School
Collegiate Institute
Oregon school attendance law struck down by Supreme Court
Washington date June 1 reports the U S Supreme Court ruling that a Oregon law forcing all state children ages eight to sixteen to attend public school after 1926 violates the liberty of parents to direct their children's education. The decision, written by Justice McReynolds, says state power cannot abridge family education rights without a reasonable purpose. The court notes regulatory powers over schools remain valid, but universal compulsory public schooling is unconstitutional.
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Oregon
Washington
Supreme Court
Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Ill Military Academy
Justice McReynolds
Parable of the Sower Guides Thomas R. Marshall
The text notes that as Thomas R. Marshall died he held a hotel Bible open to Mark chapter four. The scene recalls his favorite parable and the concluding promise “With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.”
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Thomas R. Marshall
Jesus
Four deaths due to heat across Midwest and Pittsburg area
Chicago reports four heat deaths and seven injuries from a storm as a heat wave grips the Midwest. Cleveland and Detroit record ninety degree highs while Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota endure drought relief and crop damage. In Pittsburgh two more heat deaths occur as the mercury nears eighty nine and the forecast calls for continued heat.
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Chicago
Middle West
Staten
Julius Golden
Cleveland
Detroit
Iowa
Fred L. Disterdick
United States
Des Moines
Nebraska
Sioux City
Minnesota
South Dakota
Mississippi River
Pittsburg
Hiram E. Thompson
Washington
George Raway
Forte
Braddock
Weather Bureau
Columbia to Resume on Open Shop Basis
About 100 men at the Consolidation Coal Company Columbia mine near Clarksburg will begin cleanup and preparation to reopen on an open shop basis after nine months shutdown. Workers accepted a wage scale near the 1917 level. It will be the first Con coal mine in West Virginia to drop union wages, under a plan by former employees. The mine once employed about 100 people and loaded around 1,000 tons daily.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Consolidation Coal Company
Columbia
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Eployes
Decline in Unfilled Steel Orders Reported
New York reports a drop of 260000 to 300000 tons in United States Steel unfilled orders for May, to just under 4200000 tons, after 4446538 in April and 5284771 in February. Industry sources expect a general order gain of about ten percent as production and consumption balance.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
New York Endures Second Hottest Day of Year
New York City sweltered as the second hottest day of the year with the temperature at 4 PM reported at 88 degrees. Police logged two prostrations from heat in the city as residents sought relief from the heat.
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New York
New York City
Thomas Riley Marshall Dies at New Willard Hotel on Heart Attack
Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall dies at age 71 in his room on the fourth floor of the New Willard Hotel after a heart attack. Brief funeral services will be held with Scottish Rite officials. body to be briefly placed in Crown Hill Cemetery receiving vault in Indianapolis. President Coolidge, lawmakers, and friends send condolences. Marshall known for plain folks appeal and humor.
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Washington
Thomas Riley Marshall
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Indiana
New Willard Hotel
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Maron
Ind
Clarence Ignatius Morrison
Marshall
Swanson
Virginia
Capitol
Wilson
Watson
Reed
Missouri
Senate
Mr. Marshall
North
Manchester
Wabash County
Daniel M
Martha A. Patt Marshall
W College
Crawfordsville
Columbia City
Shen
Pe ThAinNe Orter
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Peeeanel
Judge Baker
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Hamer’ Providem
Andrews
Boone
Hawkins
Cabell County
Will Charleston
L. M. Robinson
Thos. A. Marshall
Coolidge
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