Ten Day Battle Over Smuggled Whiskey Cargo
Reports from Sully township Temiscouata county Quebec describe a ten day clash along the Maine border over a cargo of whiskey smuggled toward New York. Canadian and American agents hunt liquor cached in forests while tensions mount as leaders allegedly organize retaliation. officials deny knowledge of any battle.
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Quebec
New York City
Sully Township
Temis- Gouata County
Temiscouata
United States
St. Pierre Miquelon
Rocky
Maine
Washington
Treasury
Prohibition Unit
Portland
Quebec-Maine
Bully Township
Temiscouata County
Efort
Canada
Primary returns still coming in from Charleston report
Evening dispatch shows early results from missing districts in the last weeks primary. Democratic delegates at large led by Cornwell and French with substantial margins. Arbuckle trails. Republican delegate tallies feature Sutherland and Glasscock near top with Dice close behind Board and others further back. Statewide contests include agriculture and treasurer races with varying precinct counts reported.
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Charleston
Cornwell
French
Ratcliff
McKinley
Arbuckle
Campbell
Price
Moreland
Christian
Blas
Dice
Sutherland
Glasscock
Gaines
Marshall
Jerrell
Bias
Board
Miller
Blake
Kirk
Alfred
Democratic Norgination
Agricultur
Wetzel
Stout
Jarvis
Smith
Stewart
Airplane Crashes Into High Tension Wires Near Steubenville
A passenger plane piloted by Everett Fletcher crashed into high tension wires just outside Steubenville Ohio, killing power to the city and injuring three aboard Hazel Snyder Mervin Potts and Fletcher with severe injuries. The aircraft had been parked there three days. Surgeons reported Hazel Snyder near death with critical injuries while Fletcher suffered a broken jaw and internal injuries and Potts a fractured skull.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Everett Fletcher
Stone
Hazel Snyder
Cleveland
Mervin Potts
East Springfield
Potts
Treaty Ratified in Sofia on US Bailearta Extradi tion
The Sobranje in Sofia ratified the extradition treaty between the United States and Bailearta. The action occurred on June 5 as part of a formal session and aligns with diplomatic agreements between the two nations.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
United States
Bailearta
Tornado Toll Reported From Illinois Storms
A tornado near Milmine and another east of Decatur caused extensive damage on June 5. One person was reported killed at Milmine and homes and outbuildings were destroyed near Decatur. Wire communications were disrupted along the Illinois Trac tion System line as the storms moved northeast toward Bement. No confirmed additional injuries beyond the Milmine fatality.
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Monticello
Ills
Milmine
Here
Decatur
Ill
Bement
Huntington District School Bonds Sold
The state sinking fund commission sold $200,000 of Huntington Independent School District bonds to Detroit Trust Company at par plus accrued interest and a $10,211 premium. The five percent bonds, taken over by the commission about a year ago, drew fourteen other bidders and were described as the best sale since the commission's creation.
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Charleston
State Sinking Fund Commission
Detroit Trust Company
Detroit
Huntington Independent
Mysterious disease alarms Yorkville Ohio
Yorkville Ohio June 5 Mayor Harry Coss prepared to open an emergency hospital for a mysterious illness that killed one and sickened 119 in 24 hours. Autopsy linked death to a virulent influenza like disease. quarantine ordered.案
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Yorkvill
Harry Coss
John Manaris
J. P. Young
Jefferson County Board
American Red Cross
Berlin Parties Move On Proposals In Experts Report
In Berlin on June 5 the government parties submitted a Reichstag motion urging immediate legislative measures to implement the experts report. The action followed a nationalist effort to introduce a motion of no confidence in the government.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Dallas to Host Next Confederate Reunion in 1925
Memphis June 5 report: Dallas Texas was chosen by the United Confederate Veterans as the 1925 reunion city. Dallas won over Birmingham Alabama and Norfolk Virginia, the other two nominees.
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Memphis
Dallas
Texas
United Confederate Veterans
Birmingham
Ala
Norfolk
Coolidge Signs Bill On White House Lawn
President Coolidge signed an appropriation of 68.5 million dollars for the Veterans Bureau hospitalization program on the White House lawn during a disability veterans reception. Secretary Slemp brought the bill to the president as about three thousand disabled World War I veterans watched. Sergeant Sedan of Providence, seated in a wheelchair nearby, accepted the document after the signing.
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Washington
White House
Coolidge
Slemp
Sedan
Providence
Two Planes Collide Killing Four Near Kelly Field
Near San Antonio Texas two airplanes in a formation about two miles north of Kelly Field collided at 1300 feet. Lieutenant Stewart L Thompson and Jose Maria Ramos an eleven year old boy chopping cotton were killed instantly. Lieutenant W W White parachuted to safety as the other two planes wrecked.
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San Antonio
Texas
Stewart L. Thompson
Kelly Field
Jose Maria Ramos
W. W. White
Acrimonious Senate Debate Over Daugherty Inquiry
The senate spent the day in a sharp debate over the Daugherty investigation. A resolution asking the attorney general to appeal to the Supreme Court from a federal court writ of habeas corpus for M S Daugherty was adopted under suspension with two dissenting votes. Senator Pepper and Senator Spencer opposed the measure to avoid a clash between branches of government.
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Washington
Senate
Daugherty
Supreme Court
Federal Court
Cincinnati
Brookhart
Fess
Ohio
Harding
Midland National Bank
M. S. Daugherty
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Spencer
Missouri
Abandon Effort for Farm Relief Laws
A conference of senators active in farm relief legislation decided to abandon the fight in the senate for the present session. House leaders made a similar decision. An eleventh hour push for Senate consideration of the Norris-Sinclair bill may occur but will lack organized support.
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Washington
Senate
House
ALL MALES TWENTY TO FORTY SIX CONSCRIPTED
Rome reports Albania remains tense as nationalist forces impose a twenty four hour ultimatum demanding government troop advances. Insurgent districts are under siege and telegraph links among Aviona Durazzo and Tirana are cut. A new governing commission with foreign ministers and deputies is formed at Aviona.
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Rome
Albania
Pend
Aviona
Giornale D'Italia
Durazzo
Tirana
Civil Liberties Union Questions Democratic Presidential Aspirants
The American Civil Liberties Union sent letters to Democratic presidential hopefuls on June 5 asking their views on repealing laws curtailing freedom of opinion and on restricting civil rights during industrial disputes via injunctions.
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New York
American Civil Liberties Union
Senate passes pending deficiency bill for military costs
The Senate approved a pending deficiency bill totaling about 200.09 million dollars. It includes 151.943 million for the first year's cost of the soldiers bonus and funds for supply measures. The measure advances to conference with the House ahead of adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
House
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Prohibition
MacAsbill, Jr
Atlanta
Huntington District
Yorkville
Bill
United Shoe Repairing Corp
Bradmann
Bluefield, W. Va
Leckie Coal Company
Leckie
Leckie Thacker
Leckie Chilton
Leckie Gas
Panther
Columbus ,Ohio
Norfolk, VA
Princeton Avenue
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