French Crew Threatens Strike Over Wine in New York Harbor
French stokers and firemen aboard the LaFayette threaten a general strike for two litres of wine daily, unless their rights are honored in New York harbor. The Union Seafaring Workers plan ratification of a plan allowing a wine supply or a walkout, while Paris plans an agreement on French merchant crews in American ports.
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Paris
LaFayette
Havre
New York
United States
Ministry of Commerce
Premier Poincare
Washington
France
Halifax
Liverpool
Treasury
Eames
Demands Probe of Sinking of RAM Ships
Captain George Kelly of the Glen Beulah asks the British consulate to investigate the sinking off the Virginia capes after a collision with the coast guard tug Mascoutin. Kelly claims the ship was run down while 1800 cases of liquor were aboard and seeks to prove the loss was an American-planned violation.
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Norfolk
George Kelly
Virginia Capes
Kelly
Miami
Fla
Glen Beulah
Coast Guard
W. P. Wishaar
Easterday Sentenced to Three Years in Penitentiary
Washington June 4 Wilen W Easterday linked to the Arnstein case must serve three years in the penitentiary for forgeries tied to a candy business. The DC Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court sentence. He also faces an appeal from a two year term for conspiracy to move part of 40 million dollars in bonds stolen from Wall Street runners.
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Washington
Wilen W. Easterday
Arnstein
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Sterday
Wall Street
Government to operate ships to keep American flag worldwide
The Shipping Board agreed to form a committee led by Chairman Lasker to map plans for operating sufficient vessels under government control to cover world trade routes. Edward P. Farley will replace Lasker as next chairman. Until a plan is approved, operations continue through current managing agents.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Lasker
O'Connor and
Thompson
Lisaner
New York
Mr. Lasker
Supreme Court rules unlawful rival information exchange
Washington June 4 The Supreme Court held that exchanging information between interstate business competitors is unlawful when the true aim is to defeat the Sherman Act. The case involved American Linseed Oil Co and others who used the Armstrong bureau to share confidential industry data. Justice McReynolds warned that concerted action through contracts harms competition and public protection.
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Washington
Supreme Court
American Linseed Oil Co
Central Bureau
American Linseed 641] Co
Armstrong Bureau of
Mc McReynolds
Probing murder of Italians in Mexico
Brownsville report says 120 Italian migrants who entered Mexico en route to the United States have not been heard from since leaving their home port. Adolfo Vincia, Italian consul advisor, says twenty four Italians detained at Matamoros are being investigated as the case widens. He also notes the Nuevo Laredo killings are under investigation by Italian representatives.
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Brownsville
Tex
Mexico
United States
Adolfo Vincia
Washington
Matamoros
Mexico City
Vinela
Nuevo Laredo
Abandoned Italian Vessel Presidente Alessandri Near Tocopilla
The crew of the motor cargo boat Presidente Alessandri reached Tocopilla Chile today after abandoning their ship on fire at sea. The vessel is feared a total loss and was last seen drifting northward on the current.
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Tocopilla
Chile
Presidente Alessandri
Long Tours Cut in Steel Industry Says Progress Nears
Pittsburg June 4 Declaring the rate of progress toward abolishing the twelve hour day in steel shows its disappearance is near B F Jones Jr chairman of Jones Laughlin Steel Corp the largest unmerged steel concern says since 1910 the number working twelve hours a day has fallen by over fifty percent Our industry has moved from twelve hour shifts to shorter turns and further elimination is expected without abrupt changes Our company has studied twenty five years toward ending the long day and would participate in its adoption if a practicable plan avoids economic disruption.
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Pittsburg
B. F. Jones, Jr
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
American Iron and Steel Institute
Jones
Memorials Dedicated in Washington by President Harding
Two memorials in Washington were dedicated by President Harding, one marking highway progress and the other promoting better homes. A squadron of naval planes hovered overhead, interrupting the ceremony and prompting Secretary Denby to issue a ban on flights over Washington without his authorization.
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Washington
Hard
Naval
Denby
S. M. Johnson
Lee Highway Association
Army Reserve
Lincoln Memorial
Navy Department
Forest fire devours 400 acres of new timber on Catoctin
Frederick Md June 4 A forest fire on Catoctin mountain near Thurmont has destroyed over 400 acres of new timber and is reported by District Forester Klein to be beyond control. He cites difficulty recruiting men to fight flames due to rattlesnakes driving them from the area. One man reportedly killed three rattlers today.
Aged Archbishop of Saragossa Is Killed
Saragossa June 4 An aged archbishop of Saragossa Cardinal Soldevilla Y Romero was shot and killed while visiting a monastery near the city. He was in a car with his secretary when attackers opened fire. The chauffeur died and the secretary was severely wounded. Police search for the assailants.
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Saragossa
Soldevilla Y. Romero
National Capital Hosts Mystic Shrine Convention Caravan Parades
In Washington on June 4 4 the Imperial Council convenes as Nobles of the Mystic Shrine flood the capital. A 600 car California caravan joins visitors from the Midwest and East. President Harding opens White House offices to Shriners while Mount Vernon pilgrimages and Warner Square dedications accompany the week’s events.
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Washington
National Capitol
Imperial Council
Canada
Hawaii
Panama
Pennsylvania Avenue
California
Golden Gate
Middle West
President Harding
White House
George 8. McCandless
Honolulu
Mount Vernon
Trinkle
Virginia
Harding
John Howard Payne
Sherman Square
Adams Cannot Dodge or Evade Issue In Foreign Policy Clash
Washington reports that Democratic Chairman Hull accused Republican leader John T Adams of dodging the issue over foreign policy. Hull said the 1924 Democratic platform will reflect impartial, bipartisan views and advocate practical application of international cooperation aligning with the Democratic administration's fundamentals.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
John T. Adams
Hull
Democratic National Committee
Adams
Harding
Hughes
Wage Increases for Norfolk and Western Maintainers
Norfolk and Western railroad grants wage increases for maintenance of way workers effective June 1. Laborers on all lines east and west of Roanoke receive 1 to 3 cents per hour rise while foremen gain 3.80 dollars per month.
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
Roanoke
West Virginia Legislature Holds Brief Sessions on Budget Talks
In Charleston on June 4, the Senate moved to restart compromise talks on the appropriations bill inviting the House to appoint a new conference committee. The House quickly adjourned after a 35 to 0 vote on adjournment. Both chambers awaited a Supreme Court ruling in the mandamus case of Frances P. Key versus the state auditor over salary limits set by the 1882 salary act.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Senate
Gohen C. Arnold
House of Delegates
Conference Committee
Arnold
Holroyd
Moore
Frances P. Key
Miss Key
House
DYNAMITE ACCIDENT LACK OF WATER IN FAIRMONT
Diners blasting the Monogahela river for Bruno Porcopio’s body caused a heavy water main to explode. City water supply disrupted with damage estimated at $8,000 and a shortage expected until repairs are done.
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Fairmont
Monogahela
Bruno Porcopio
Supreme Court Refuses to Rule on Maternity Act Validity
Washington June 4 The Supreme Court declined to decide the constitutionality of the Sheppard-Towner maternity act in cases from Massachusetts and a Boston taxpayer. Dismissals were for want of jurisdiction. The Frothingham suit failed on taxpayer standing. Justice Sutherland noted no judicial question arose in challenging federal act by a state.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Boston
Harriet A. Frothingham
Sutherland
Executive Department
Congress
United States
Evans Leading for Seat in Lower House in Iowa District
Returns from 160 of 233 precincts in Iowa's eighth district show Republican Hiram K. Evans leading Democrat J. P. Daughon for the unexpired term of Horace Mann Towner. Evans tallies 10,200 votes to Daughon's 8,913 as voters choose a representative to the lower house.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hiram K. Evans
J. P. Daughon
Evans
Daughon
Horace Mann Towner
Porto Rica
Entombed Miners Not Suffering Ill Effects
Bicknell Indiana June 4 rescue team digging a new shaft to reach three miners entombed by a cave in at the North Side mine near here reported no ill effects among the trapped men. Air is being forced in and food lowered through a two inch casing to the pit bottom.
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Bicknell
Ind
North Side
Supreme Court voids state bans on foreign language teaching
The Washington Supreme Court declares state statutes prohibiting teaching or using foreign languages in all schools below eighth grade unconstitutional as an unlawful intrusion on due process rights. Justice McReynolds, writing for the majority, stresses liberty includes pursuing knowledge and other rights, while Justice Holmes dissents joined by Justice Sutherland.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Holmes
Sutherland
Iowa
Nebraska
Ohio
McReynolds
Gould will probate reveals Joseph Jay Gould heirs and estate
In Ocean county court the will of George Jay Gould is probated. It places about 36 million dollars to his widow Guinivere Sin Clair Gould and ten children, with three more born out of wedlock named as beneficiaries in separate trusts. The will creates a 4 million dollar trust for Guinivere Gould and divides the residuary estate of about 16 million among the ten children from both marriages. Kingdon Gould, Jay Gould, Vivien Decies, and others are among the heirs.
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Toms River
N. J
George Jay Gould
Ocean County Court
Gould
George SinClair Gould
Jane SinClair Gould
Guinivere Gould
Guinivere SinClair Gould
Guinivere Sin Clair
Edith Kingdon Gould
America
Mr. Gould
Jay Gould
Kingdon Gould
Schuyler Neilson Rice
New Brunswick
New York
Marjorie Gould Drexel
Vivien Decies
George Jay Gould, Jr
Edith Gould Wainwright
Gloria Gould
Mr. Rice
Lobdell Resigns as Head Farm Labor Board
President Harding accepted the resignation of Charles E. Lobdell as head of the Farm Loan Board and named L. J. Pettyjohn of Dodge City Kansas to succeed him. Lobdell will retire June 30 to enter private business in New York.
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Washington
Charles E. Lobdell
Farm Loan Board
Harding
L. J. Pettyjohn
Dodge City
Kas
Lobdell
New York
Hughes Sees Permanent World Court Safeguarding Peace
Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes at Columbia University's Kent Centennial says world tranquility rests on a permanent international court. He contrasts past American law with today’s need for a global tribunal, arguing arbitration alone is inadequate without a lasting court of justice.
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New York
United States
Charles Evans Hughes
Kent
Columbia University
Supreme Court of the
Hughes
Court of International Justice
Columbia
James Kent
America
Willard Firpo Bout Set at Boyles Thirty Acres
New York news says the Willard versus Firpo heavyweight fight will be held July 12 at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City. Tex Rickard did not confirm the report though the change was agreed earlier this afternoon. Semifinal pits Floyd Johnson against Jack McAuliffe II after both were defeated by Willard and Firpo in recent rounds.
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New York
Jess Willard
Luly Angel Firpo
South America
Boyle's
Thirty Acres
Jersey City
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Willard-Firpo
Floyd Johnson
Iowa
Jack McAuliffe
Detroit
Willard
Johnson
Hhe
McAuliffe
Mound
West Virginia Chiropodists Convene In Fairmont
The West Virginia Society of Chiropodists held its annual convention in Fairmont with delegates from Wheeling Parkersburg and Huntington in attendance Speaker Congressman Benjamin L Rosenbloom author of the chiropody law and newly elected officers Dr W C Viehman president Mrs Jennie L Reed state vice president and Dr R C Jarboe secretary treasurer were announced.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia Society of Chiropodists
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Huntington
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
W. C Viehman
Jennie L. Reed
R. C. Jarboe
Clarksburg
Bricklayers Plasterers Masons Elect Officers In State Union Meet
In Clarksburg on June 4 Frank Greer of Wheeling was elected temporary chairman to organize a state union for bricklayers plasterers and masons. W H Richard of Clarksburg named secretary. A constitution will be adopted tomorrow and permanent officers chosen.
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Clarksburg
Frank Greer
Wheeling
W. H Richard
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