Supreme Court Upholds Trade Association Cooperation
The Supreme Court ruled that the Cement Manufacturers' Protective Association and the Maple Flooring Manufacturers' Association operate legally under the Sherman act. The decision, delivered by Justice Stone, held that gathering and sharing cost data, production figures, and pricing information for mutual benefit does not unlawfully restrain commerce when no price or production agreement exists. Justices Taft McReynolds and Sanford dissented in part.
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Associated Press
Washington
Trade Association
Great Industries
Supreme Court
Cement Manufacturers’ Protective Association
Taft
McReynolds
Sanford
Stone
Taft Ao
American Colum Company
American Linseed Oil Company
Dozen Philadelphia Buildings Burn in City Fire
A block bounded by Thirtieth to Thirty-first streets and Chestnut to Walnut streets was consumed by a blaze destroying twelve buildings. The loss exceeded $500,000 with several firemen injured, one seriously. The Bridgman Co. plumbing supplies building was the fire origin, and most structures were small.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Thirtieth
Thirty-first
Chestnut
Walnut Streets
Bridgman Co
Burgess Resigns from Tariff Commission in June
Washington June 1 William Burgess a Republican member of the Tariff Commission announced his resignation effective today The move follows a pattern with William S Culberson also resigning leaving two Republican vacancies to be filled by the President Burgess cites family and business reasons and hails from New Jersey.
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F Commission
Associated Press
Washington
William Burgess
Tariff Commission
White House
Press
Burgess
New Jersey
William S. Culberson
Rent That Spare Room Now
Classified ad row notes a call to action to rent a spare room and mentions a phone contact for an ad taker to assist. The fragment provides no names, place, or date.
Two Governors Needed for Social Duties Says Smith
New York Governor Smith joked that the state needs two governors one to stay in Albany and another to handle social duties at gatherings. Speaking at memorial services in Chelsea he quipped that the Albany governor would live longer and that large events should have the governor present.
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New York
Smith
New York State
Albany
Chelsea Methodist Episcopal Church
Riots at New York Armory as Irish protesters eject thirty women
Irish Republican sympathizers clash over review of the 165th Regiment New York National Guard by General Owen O Duffy. Thirty women are ejected from the Armory after eggs are thrown. security forces quell the disturbance as bands play and medals are awarded.
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New York
New York World News Service
165Th Regiment
New York National Guard
Owen O'Duffy
Irish Free State Civic Guards
National Guard
Eld
Erin
O'Duffy
Free State
John J. Phelan
Francis J. Duffy
General O'Duffy
James Gegan
Phelan
Father Duffy
Easter Week Guards
Benedict Arnolds
Ireland
Clan-na-Gael
Oregon Supreme Court upholds liberty against private school ban
The Oregon private school ban backed by Ku Klux Klan influence was ruled unconstitutional. The court held parents have the right and duty to direct their children's education, provided it is adequate, and that the child is not the state’s creature. Justice McReynolds wrote the unanimous opinion.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Oregon
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Justice McReynolds
United States’ District Court
The
Hill Military Academy
Appellee
Meyer
U. S
Marquise Held Over Killing of Deckhand in New York
Mrs. Agna Mayer once styled Marquise faced a murder charge after allegedly stabbing deckhand Charlie Enjelka with a bowie knife at her lodging entrance. Evidence included newspaper clippings about a 1989 marriage to a French nobleman who used a false name.
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New York
Agna Mayer
Mayer
Marquis de Clermont Ferrault
Hubert Nomen
France
Warden Fogarty Resigns From Indiana Penitentiary
Edward J. Fogarty, longtime warden of the Indiana State Penitentiary in Michigan City, resigns effective September 30. Walter H. Daly, deputy warden for eight years, is named to succeed him. Fogarty plans to manage tobacco and pecan lands in Georgia for Chicago capitalists.
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Michigan City
Ind
Edward J. Fogarty
Indiana State Penitentiary
Walter H. Daly
Fogarty
Georgia
Chicago
Los Angeles Airship Plans August Flight to Hawaii
Washington reports the latest Los Angeles airship program contemplates a Lakehurst to Hawaii flight in August. Officials outline the route and schedule as part of the ongoing transpacific airship development.
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Los Angeles
Hawaii
New York World News Service
Washington
Lakehurst
Eleven Counterfeiters Plead Guilty and One Flees
The thirteen defendants in a Federal Court counterfeiting case faced pleas of guilty from eleven men for war savings stamps worth about 1 million dollars. Santo Jemain disappeared, and Anthony Volte refused to plead. Judge Adam Cliffe set the trial to continue, focusing on Volte. Bonds of 20,000 were confiscated and a bench warrant issued for Jemain.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Santo Jemain
Anthony Volte
Adam Cliffe
Volte
Jemain
Nation sentenced for beer conspiracy in St Louis
Heber Nations former State Labor Commissioner was sentenced by Federal Judge Faris to eighteen months in Leavenworth Prison and fined 3333 dollars for conspiracy to violate the Volstead act in protecting Griesedieck Brewery production and sale. Nations was released on 7000 dollar bond pending appeal.
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Nations
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Heber Nations
Faris
Leavenworth
Griesedieck
Senate Contempt Case Against Sinclair Delayed
Washington June 1 The contempt charge in the Harry F. Sinclair Senate case was postponed to the November term by the DC Court of Appeals. A decision is not expected until the Supreme Court rules on the contempt case of Mal Daugherty challenging a Senate committee authority.
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Delay Sinclair
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Harry F. Sinclair
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Mal Daugherty
Father Finn Attacks Police Desk. Tudor Defends
In a June St. Xavier Monthly Calendar article Father Finn condemns police leadership for diverting energy to minor tasks while serious crime goes unchecked. Safety Director Charles E. Tudor counters, citing the ban on wheels of chance at St. Xavier College bazaar and stating laws have long prohibited such games at public and religious events.
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Francis J. Finn
St. Xavier
St. Xavier Monthly
Charles E. Tudor
Father Finn
St. Xavier College
Corcoran Field
Michael Kane
Tudor
Spector Kane
Finn
St. Xavier Bazaar
Wheels of Fortune
Water frees family besieged by bees in Louisville
The Poschinger family was held captive on their front porch by an estimated 60,000 bees that swarmed from a nearby wood. A bee expert advised spraying water to dampen the insects, allowing the family to sweep them into sacks and gain release.
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New York World News Service
Louisville
Mathias Poschinger
Poschinger
Detectives Track Slayer to West Side Tenement
New York reporters say detectives closed in on a slaying suspect after a taxi driver testified a bleeding young man with a large wallet was picked up near the Brooklyn murder scene. Walter Johnson is held for questioning as investigators widen the search to tenement residents and recent visitors.
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New York
Florence Kane
Brooklyn
West Side
Miss Kane
Walter Johnson
Dodd
Johnson
Test Will Curb Bible Attack Bryan Declares
Chicago June 1 William Jennings Bryan stated the Tennessee test case on state school control over evolution is the start of ending attacks on the Bible by public school teachers. He outlined four controls of schools including state saturation boards teachers and scientists and argued legislatures must decide school needs. He warned against scientists ruling education and defended Christian schooling.
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Chicago
Tennessee
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Boards of Education
Death of Thomas Riley Marshall Former Vice President
Funeral details outline the death of Thomas Riley Marshall, former Vice President for eight years, from a heart attack in the New Willard Hotel. The plan includes services in Indianapolis, a temporary vault at Crown Hill Cemetery, and burial arrangements amid messages of condolence from President Coolidge and others.
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Washington
Thomas Riley Marshall
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Indiana
New Willard Hotel
Indianapolis
Crown Hill Cemetery
Marion
Ind
Clarence Ignatius Morrisson
Coolidge
Mr. Marshall
Marshall
Foreign Reds Trick England at Glasgow Conference
British Home Secretary said only British born Communists would talk at the Glasgow conference. Foreign delegates Stocker and Lebel spoke, then left as police detained reporters. The pair were last seen heading to Leith, believed to have boarded a ship.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
William Johnson-Hicks
House of Commons
Glasgow
Dr. Stocker
Berlin
Mlle
Leith
England
Scopes Defense Conference Planned in New York
Knoxville June 1 Judge John Randolph Neal chief counsel for Prof. John T Scopes said defense lawyers will meet in New York on June 9 with representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union to test the Tennessee anti evolution law Scopes Neal and John L Goodsey of Dayton are expected to attend Neal hinted that Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field Malone may join the defense.
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Scopes
New York
New York World News Service
Knoxville
Tenn
John Randolph Neal
John T. Scopes
Dayton
World News Service
Today
Neal
American Civil Liberties Union
Tennessee
Prof
Judge Neal
John L. Goodsey
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Dudley Field
Malone
Bandits Hit Bank and Jewelry Shop in Chicago Robberies
In two daylight robberies three hold-ups net about 90 000 dollars. Five men with shotguns robbed the Baker Street Bank at Cicero stealing over 10 000 dollars while forcing employees and patrons to lie on the floor. A fourth man forced George Reichman and family to the floor as gems worth 25 000 to 30 000 dollars were taken. Police describe a suspect as Leo Filipkowski, linked to the midget bandit Henry J. Fernekes who faces murder and robbery charges.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Baker Street
Cicero
Leo Filipkowski
Henry J. Fernekes
George Reichman
Robbers Loot Levy’s Jewelry Store in Buffalo Heist
Five men robbed Levy's jewelry store on Main Street Buffalo taking an estimated $50,000 in gems. They handcuffed and shackled the proprietor's brother, three employees, and a customer to window bars. A robber left with two display cases of jewelry in plain sight. The rest was dumped into leather bags.
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Buffalo
N Y
Levy
Main Street
Vice President and former Indiana governor dies in Washington
The vice president of the United States, a war era leader and former governor of Indiana, died in Washington. The passing marks the end of a long career in national and state public service.
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Maromall
Juang War
United States
Indiana
Washington
Duel plan stalls as Russian officers seek France fight site
General Peter Polovtsoff and Commander Duraloff sought a duel after a dispute over Grand Duchess Cyril. French authorities blocked matches in Luxembourg and Meaux, citing laws. police intervened as the plan folded amid diplomatic sensitivities and emigre scrutiny.
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Arxo Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Peter Polovtsoff
Duraloff
New York World
Cyril
Monday Opera Club
New York
America
Polovtsoff
Nicholas
Petrograd
Kerensky
Ouraloff
Russia
Luxembourg
Messy
Meaux
Heat Wave and Storms Ravage Midwest Killing Six
Six deaths attributed to heat and a destructive storm outbreak hit the Middle West and Central States. In Sioux City and Des Moines area storms caused structural damage, numerous injuries, and power outages while crops suffered. Mississippi River levels fell slightly, signaling navigation hazards.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Middle West
Central States
Julius Golden
Mercury
Cleveland
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Washington
Braddock
Sioux City
Des Moines
Joplin
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Memphis
Fred L. Disterdick
United States
Davenport
Vacation trip haltered by death in Government square
A 45yearold advertising solicitor A E Striepeck and his wife were preparing for a trip to New York when he suffered a heart attack in his car on Government square and died before aid could arrive. Coroner Handley attributed death to heart disease. Striepeck had been with Barron G. Collier Inc. for over eight years. His widow and a sixyearold son survive.
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A. E. Striepeck
Ethel Striepeck
Striepeck
Government Square
Roselawn Avenue
New York
Traction
William
Snowfall Buries Pass Near Rock Springs
Eight inches of snow blanketed the South Pass and Atlantic City sections near Rock Springs Wyoming as unseasonably cold weather persisted. Fishermen returning from these areas reported the wintry fall yesterday.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
South Pass
Atlantic
Three Die From Heat On Hottest June First In Cleveland
Cleveland records a brutal June 1 as heat reaches 91 degrees, worst since 1871. Three men die from heat as officials note relief with a west breeze and cooling. Victims include Thomas Moran and 67 year old C H Benedict amid the long scorcher.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Thomas Moran
Down N
Im ‘Ooster
Lakewood
C. H. Benedict
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Commercial Tribune
KU Klux Klan
Marquise
Deckhand
Warden Fogarty
Lawn Fete
Slayer
Kane
Audotan Uffigero
LA Plage
Thomas R. Marshall
Sioux
Peter Brown
Patrick Wilcox
Hyperion Club
Wilcox
George Stephenson
Ias
Ralph Still
Charles Sheldon
H. Lt. Aiken
Harlington
Neb
Robert Coates
Kelley Kendram Park
Still
Government Weather Bureau
Ran Hou
Wyoming
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