Federal Judge Rules Liquor Prescriptions Unconstitutional
Federal Judge Knox declared unconstitutional the Volstead act provisions limiting physicians to a pint of liquor every ten days. He suggested Harrison anti narcotic act provisions may also be unconstitutional for similar reasons. The ruling supports the Association for the Protection of Constitutional Rights and its President Dr Samuel W Lambert, with a motion for Supreme Court review and a stay pending appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Knox
Ernest S. Bishop
First Blood
Association For the Protection of Constitutional Rights
Samuel W. Lambert
College of Physicians
Columbia University
United States
Clark
United States Supreme Court
Lambert
Congress
State Prohibition Director
Internal Revenue Departent
United States Actor’s Office
Mary Purnell Refuses to Name Husband in Michigan
In St Joseph Michigan on May 9 Mary Purnell wife of Benjamin Purnell head of the House of David appeared before Judge Harry Dingeman a one man grand jury and refused to disclose her husband s whereabouts or last sighting citing spousal testimony laws She said she has not seen him in a month and spoke at length on the House of David faith denying Benjamin ever claimed to be the Son of Man or the younger brother of Jesus Christ She said he received a divine revelation about thirty years ago confirm true beliefs and roles of the sect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Mich
Mary Purnell
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Harry Dingeman
Purnell
Lord
Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Bucketing Case
New York May 10 After nearly fourteen hours the jury in the Edwin M Fuller bucketing orders case was discharged with no verdict. This marked the third trial of the stock broker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edwin M. Fuller
Egg Hurling Interrupts Foster Speech at Columbia
William Foster, 47, labor leader, faced an egg thrown at him during a Columbia University campus address. The egg missed its target and struck a woman beside him. Foster, whose criminal syndicalism trial at St Joseph ended in a hung jury weeks earlier, said the trial was the result of capital trying to "nut me out of the way."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William 47
Foster
St. Joseph
Mich
Columbia University
German sabotage gang chief sentenced to death in Ruhr
Albert Schlegetter, a leader in the so called murder gang, was court martialed and condemned to death for espionage and sabotage. Hans Sadowsky got life imprisonment with hard labor. Five others received prison terms from five to twenty years. The gang allegedly aimed to kill Germans aiding the French and reportedly took orders from a spy network to monitor troop movements. The alleged mastermind remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Duesseldorf
Albert Schlegetter
Ruhr
Schlegetter
Hans Sadowsky
Kuhlman
Krupps
Essen
Krupp
Go Od
Appe
Krupp Workers Reject Protest Strike Over Sentencing
Krupp Works employees announced no protest strike against the conviction of Dr. Krupp Von Bohlen and other directors. Baron von Wilmowsky will succeed Bohline as nominal head while Dr. Wendt remains the active head of the steel department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krupp Works
Dr. Wendt
United States
Birmingham Post editors jailed for contempt of court
Three Birmingham Post staff members E. T. Leech editor Jack Bethea managing editor and Lewey Robinson reporter were sentenced to 24 hours in jail for contempt after a hearing before Circuit Judge H P Heflin. They declined an apology and chose jail over promising not to print improper matter regarding a murder case record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham.Post
E. T. Leech
Jack Bethea
Lewey Robinson
H. P. Heflin
Newton D. Baker
Mexican Outlaw Leader Kidnaps Another American
An American named Neumann was kidnapped at Charconzal Durango by Juan Galindo, an outlaw leader. Last month Galindo captured O. W. Krull, an American mining engineer, who was held prisoner for two weeks before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Neumann
Charconzal
Durango
Torrean
Juan Galindo
O. W. Krull
Krull
Thirteen Men Burned to Death in Texas Oil Well Blast
A spark ignited oil and gas at the G. K. Hughes Developing McKie No. 1 well near Corsicana Texas, killing at least thirteen men with fears of more. A crew from Mexia was working nearby as flames spread, the well remains burning and officials race to extinguish the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Texas
Associated Press
Corsicana
Tex
G. K. Hughes Developing Company
McKie No. 1
Here
Mexia
Travis Owen
Kerans
Emmet Bird
Mr. Simmonds
Bird
Owen
Hughes Developing Company
Cold and Snow Break Weather Bureau Records in May
Heavy frost and snowfall marked the second week of May in Cincinnati breaking weather bureau records. Devereaux reported snow on two consecutive May days for the first time since 1897 with a 9 to 10 inch total for the period and frost troubles eased by midday as warmer conditions returned. Farmers used smudge pots and Union Gas and Electric faced unprecedented gas demand due to the cold spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
William Devereaux
Weather Bureau
Devereaux
W. W. Freeman
Union Gas and Electric Company
Mr. Freeman
Eight Hurt In Detroit Snow Crash At Street Car Y
Eight persons injured when an interurban car collided with a street car at a Y junction on Gratiot Avenue and Seven Mile Road. Snow obscured the motorman’s view and the interurban hit an open switch. Vestibules of both cars were wrecked. Walter Hope, street car motorman, had leg fractures. others include August Steiber of Detroit and Richard Fleming of Corruna Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Gratiot Avenue
Seven-Mile Road
Walter Hope
August Steiber
Richard Fleming
Corruna
Ont
Peddler Injured by L. and N. Train in Snow
Michael Burns, a 22 year old peddler of Covington, was struck by an L. and N. train at the Tenth Street crossing in a heavy snowstorm. He did not hear or see the train and was hurled to the roadside with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Burns
West Twelfth Street
Covington
Tenth Street
Burns
Snow coats Toledo as May records fall in place
Five inches of snow blanketed Toledo and nearby areas by 4 pm, the heaviest May snowfall logged by the Weather Bureau for this time of year. Temperature stayed near freezing all day with fruit trees heavily coated but no crop damage expected unless a hard freeze occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Weather Bureau
Local Runner Suffers Bruises After Track Incident
A track athlete sustained bruises and cuts and was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital after an on site incident. The report notes medical evaluation followed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Woman Hurt in Snowstorm Collision in Montgomery
Mrs. A. G. Senour of Pleasant Ridge suffered a fractured nose when her car collided with another at Victory Boulevard and Gilbert Avenue during a heavy snowstorm. She rode with her son-in-law Roland E. Hunt, architect, while Edmund Sigmund, mechanic, drove the other car. Hunt was hurt in the legs and Sigmund was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Senour
Montgomery Pike
Pleasant Ridge
Victory Boulevard
Gilbert Avenue
Senour
Roland E. Hunt
Montgomery Avenue
Edmund Sigmund
Ralston Avenue
Hunt
Sigmund
Heat Drives Extra Trains to Escape Imperial Valley Heat
In Calexico California on May 9 extra coaches were added to all coast bound trains as a hot spell persisted with temperatures from 104 to 110 degrees across the Imperial Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calexico
Cal
Imperial Valley
Killing Frost Imperils Budding Fruit in Ohio
Columbus records the coldest May 9 with a 31 degree reading as a killing frost threatens budding fruit. Orchard owners light smudge pots to save crops while the weather bureau forecasts improve by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
Weather Bureau
Bus Chauffeur Marries Passenger Then Faces Bigamy Charge
Jacob Frazier a 25 year old Martins Ferry Ohio chauffeur and Laura Marsh 27 of Bellaire Ohio wed at St Clairgville after a private trip on the Bellaire to Wheeling bus. They were later jailed in Cincinnati on a bigamy charge as Belmont County Sheriff Sam Dunfee arranged return for trial. The bride refused to prosecute to avoid harming Frazier's young son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Wheeling
W. Va
Ira Leeper
St. Clairgville
Man Ana
Jacob Frazier
Martins Ferry
Laura Marsh
Cincinnati
Wray Hotel
George ,Street
Sam Dunfee
Belmont County
Frazier
Dunfee
First District
Train Hits Auto Fatal. Defiance Man Dies
Charles E. Young, 49, a salesman, was killed when his car was struck and demolished by a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train near Defiance Ohio. Snow is believed to have obscured his view of the approaching train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Charles E. Young
Baltimore & Ohio
Masked Men Seize Youth in Ku Klux Klan Theft Probe
In Asbury Park New Jersey three white masked men kidnapped 18 year old George Titus son of Mrs Ella Titus and detained him at Shark River Hill to pressure confession of a $50 theft from the Belmar Klan branch. They threatened hanging him and used a knife before releasing him at a road near New Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
Ella Titus
West Belmar
Belmar
Ku Klux Klan
William Radman
Radman
Titus
Shark River Hill
New Bedford
Woman Indicted For Forging Schwab's Name In Notes
New York May 19 Mrs Myrtle B Hayes a Boston hotel project businesswoman was indicted for forgery in the second degree alleging she negotiated about twenty notes totaling 325000 bearing forged endorsements of Charles M Schwab. The case centers on a 25000 note tied to the Chatham Hotel construction in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Myrtle B. Hayes
District Attorney’s Office
Charles M. Schwab
Boston
Chatham
George Gordon Battle
Nott
Sh C
Hayes
Chatham, Inc
Hastings
Bryn Mawr Student Denied Reinstatement Suit Hits Hurdle
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments in Margery Barker of Michigan City Ind seeking reinstatement at Bryn Mawr College. Barker says she was dismissed as an undesirable student in April 1921 while the college argues no charge was filed and she was simply dismissed as undesirable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Margery Barker
Michigan City
Ind
Bryn Mawr College
Miss Barker
Common Pleas Court of
Montgomery County
English Trawler Lord Astor Seized by Russia
Central News reports the English trawler Lord Astor seized off the Murmansk coast by a Russian gunboat. The charge cited claims the vessel fished within Russian territorial limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hull
England
The
Central News
Lord Astor
Murmansk
Five Thousand Dollar Reward Offered for Wall Street Fakers
New York May 9 The New York Stock Exchange offered a five thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons who flooded brokers on Monday with fake buy orders and forged cashier's checks totaling about two million dollars. Investigators from post offices police and private detectives did not disclose progress tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Post Office
Pier hole and missing student case stir Northwestern probes
Chicago May 9 Information links a pier hole and bathing access to the Mount disappearance at Northwestern University. Investigators probe whether Leighton Mount was drowned, hidden under a repaired pier, or aided by hazing. Grand jury to hear students and officials as letters hint at possible truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Leighton Mount
North Western University
Mount
George E. Gorman
Lake Michigan
Robert Jamar
Clement Reeves
Grand
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern
Doris Fuchs
Scott
Roland Feldman
Mills
John Scott
Thomas Cook
Harry Cook
Miss Fuchs
J. L. Mount
Oregon
Washington
Leighton
Western Union Company
Evanston
Fraud Order Issued Against Pilgrim Oil Company
Postmaster General New issued a fraud order against the Pilgrim Oil Company of Texas and Fort Worth trustees W H Hollister G M Richardson and H E Robinson. It targets the company and stops mail to curb alleged manipulation of investors as a second action in two days against Southwestern promoters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New
Pilgrim Oil Company
Fort Worth
Tex
Pilgrim Oil Company of Texas
W. H. Hollister
G. M. Richardson
H. E. Robinson
Southwestern
General Lee Development
Pilgrim Company
Piggly Wiggly to be managed by four member committee
Memphis action places affairs of Piggly Wiggly Stores under a four member committee alongside Clarence Saunders head of the corporation. The slate includes Lynn H. Dinkins R A Shillinglaw R A Wilson and Walter L. Smith with Smith saying members will convene in Memphis next week to organize. The move follows Saunders public pledge to seek collective oversight to satisfy banking interests opposing centralized control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Piggly-Wiggly Stores, Inc
Clarence Saunders
Lynn H. Dinkins
New Orleans
R. A. Shillinglaw
Nashville
R. A. Wilson
Walter L. Smith
Memphis
Lucy Aldrich Safe in Tientsin After Bandit Captivity
Miss Lucy Aldrich sister in law of John D Rockefeller Jr arrived in Tientsin en route to Peking after captivity with a village bandit group. She described being separated from other captives and witnessing a brigand shoot a Chinese captive. She was treated kindly by local women before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tientsin
Lucy Aldrich
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Tsinan Fu
Peking
MacFadden
Miss Aldrich
Irish peace talks fail as De Valera demands early elections
Dublin reports reveal De Valera insists on September elections and allowing Republicans to sit in the Free State Parliament without oath. He seeks armed armament under Republican guards, restoration of seized property, and an amnesty at peace signing. Cosgrave rejects terms. question looms if Aitken will withdraw orders to cease fire. The Dail reacts with rare laughter at the demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dublin
Eirrean
Eamon
de Valera
Jameson
Douglas
William Cosgrave
Dail
E. F. Aitken
Free
United States
Republic
House
Steamer in danger off Washington coast with rescue under way
The Lake Gebhart, ashore on Johnsons reef off the Washington coast, began breaking up at 2 30 p m as pumps failed and water flooded the vessel. The Snohomish Coast Guard cutter rushed to aid, with the crew reported as thirty to thirty five and later said safe if weather holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Portland
Oreé
Lake Gebhart
Johnson's Reef
North Head
Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Coast Guard
Snohomish
Alaska Steamship Company
Hukriede Appointed U.S. Marshal in Missouri
Theodore W. Hukriede of Warrenton Missouri, rival of Champ Clark, defeated Clark in 1920, and who failed at re election last fall, has been appointed by President Harding as United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Theodore W. Hukriede
Warrenton
Congress
Champ Clark
Harding
Missouri
Foreigners Face Dire Conse quences If Troops Withdraw
Shanghai newsman Powell reports captives held by Suchow bandits in Linching hills face dire consequences unless surrounding troops withdraw. Captives are near death from exposure and hunger. some negotiations underway though bandits resist surrender. American Chamber of Commerce cables to Washington urging action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Suchaw
Linching
J. B.powell
Man of
Asia Development Company
Tsunanfu
J. B. Powell
L. C. Solomon
Pinger and _ son
Allen and Son
William Smith
Leon
State Department
Washington
Peking
J. A. Snell
Southern Methodist Mission
Suchow
Chinese faction suspected in Shanghai Express raid
Peking May 9 The bandit raid on the Shanghai Peking Express is viewed by Chinese political circles as possibly engineered by a faction to pressure rivals amid international tensions following foreign kidnappings. Discussion centers on party impact, with some seeing a controlled operation tied to the Chihli militarists and leaders like Marshal Tsao Kun and Wu Pei Fu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Suchow
Yangtze Valley
Chihli Party
Tsao Kun
Wu Pei Fu
Doubt on Peking's ability to free American prisoners
Washington officials question China's capacity to secure release of Americans and other foreigners held by bandits and to meet ransom demands. Ministers in Beijing report efforts to resolve the situation while fears grow that funding may exhaust China’s finances if releases lag beyond a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Washington
Schurman
Diplomatic Corps
Thel
Peking Foreign Office
Sze
Hughes
China
Seaton
Miss Auld
Manila
William Connor
Jetsin
Roland Pinger
Robert Allen
Also Mentioned on This Page
David
Hubby
Wm. Foster
Birmingham Post
Workman
California
Schwab
M. B. Hayes
Bryn Mawr
Russia
Wall Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!