Supreme Court rules wage-fixing law unconstitutional
The Kansas law creating a state industrial relations court was struck down by the Supreme Court in a dispute with Charles Wells Packing Co. over wage regulation. Chief Justice Taft said it violated the Fourteenth Amendment by restricting contract liberty and property rights, preserving public interest limits but not allowing arbitrary restraints.
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Washington
Kansas
Supreme Court
Taft
Charles Wells Packing Company
Topeka
Train wreck plan near Wellsboro and Alida.
Baltimore and Ohio railroad officials investigate an apparent wrecking attempt on west bound train No. 15 between Wellsboro and Alida. Planks and rails were placed on the tracks, hurling them aside as the sleeper train with a large passenger list faced the obstruction.
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Laporte
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wellsboro
Alida
Six Germans Die as French Troops Fire in Dortmund
Six Germans are reported dead and more than twenty wounded as French troops fire in Dortmund. The city is described as quiet and desolate with many men missing or unaccounted for in the past day.
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International News Telegraph and Cable Service
Dortmund
Germany
Eight Prisoners Freed From Mountain Stronghold in China
Eight captives held since the May 6 Shanghai-Pelin express raid near Suchon were released at Paotz uku Mountain headquarters. The group includes Major Roland W. Pinger U S A ordnance department and six others from the United States China and England.
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Shanghai-Pelin
Weekly Review
Shanghai
Lee Solomon
San Francisco
the Block Co
Fred Bias
Reginald W. Rowlatt
Birmingham
England
Reiss & Co
Tien Tsin
Emile Gensenberger
B. D. Mussolino
Orgy of Murder Stirs St Louis Police Raids
A dozen men and three women are in custody after the killing of policeman William Edward Griffin. Police call the event an orgy of crime by the Cuckoo gang and link Griffin’s death to earlier slayings of John L. Sargant and Peter McKeon. McKeon’s body, bearing three bullet wounds, was found in an alley. Griffin was shot at a road house eight miles south of the city during an attempted holdup by about eight bandits.
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William Edward Griffin
Cuckoo Gang
John L. Sargant
Griffin
Peter McKeon
McKeon
Flood devastation hits Kansas towns Ark City and Winfield
Kansas City dispatch reports floods across the state causing millions in damage and several deaths. Ark City and Winfield suffer the heaviest losses with Ark City over 3 million and Winfield around 1.2 million. The Kaw River and tributaries fall, while Verdigris and Neosho valleys face flooding pressures as relief efforts begin.
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International News Telegraph
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Kansas
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Wiifield
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Kaw
Weather outlook with mixed canvass across regions
North area remains fair while the south shows clouds and rain this evening. Central and eastern zones expect clearing tonight with cooler winds. Wednesday forecast calls for generally fair skies and a rise in temperatures.
Chauffeur Confesses in Youngstown Jealous Murder Case
Chris Connell, a Filipino chauffeur, admits in Youngstown that he killed Seema Drachmann a few nights earlier in Hubbard Street. He says jealousy over her engagement to another man sparked the murder and notes found point to a planned act to harm both.
Wage boosts sought for 100000 railroad maintenance workers
Chicago, June 25. Wage increases totaling 36000.00 annually for 100000 maintenance of way employees on 352 railroad systems were urged before the United States railroad labor board. Union leaders said many men near debt and danger of charity if wages remain steady. boosts ranged from 1 to 15 cents an hour, retroactive to February 15, 1923. Meanwhile 18000 workers on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line reportedly received raises from 1 cent to 10 dollars monthly after negotiations, boosting economic relief among laborers.
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United States
Bar Board
Prand
Waance Union
A. F. Stotat
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Coroners Jury Praises Window for Slaying Intruder
A coroner's jury exonerated and praised Mrs. Nizchinda Colini of 1343 Wentworth Ave Chicago Heights after she shot Richard Condi 62 who attempted to enter her bedroom late Monday night. Condi died from three bullet wounds on the way to hospital.
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Chicago
Nizchinda Colini
Wentworth Avenue
Chicago Heights
Richard Condi
Condi
Bandits Foiled in Town Robbery Attempt
Eight armed bandits controlled the town for three hours early today and tried to blow the People's State Bank safe. They locked the night watchwoman and three others, kept an armed patrol on Main Street, then escaped toward Pekin.
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Cable Service International
Iviews Telegraph
Manito
III
Pekin
Circuit Court Rules on Sherman Law in Rail Consolidation
The United States circuit court of appeals in St Paul upheld railroad consolidation between Southern Pacific and Central Pacific, challenging the Sherman antitrust law. Officials say the ruling could prompt a Supreme Court test to decide whether the Sherman law or the 1920 Transportation Act governs major merges.
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Washington
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Southern
Central Pacific
Supreme Court
O Brien Emerges as Favorite for Indiana Governor Nomination
William H. O’Brien of Lawrenceburg is floated as the Democratic candidate for governor after a Vincennes editors meeting and local talks. The former state auditor and Lawrenceburg mayor leads amid party support, with endorsements shaping an imminent formal announcement.
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French Lick
Ind
William H. O’brien
Lawrenceburg
Democratic Editorial Association
Vincennes
O’brien
Thomas Taggart
Carleton B. McCulloch
Indianapolis
O'Brien
Charles A. Greathouse
Rom
Indiana
Frederick Var Nuys
United States District
Dale Crittenberger
Anderson
Walter S. Chambers
State ‘Committee
First. Mational Bank
Lonisville College
Catastrophic Flood Hits Perm Province in Russia
Moscow dispatches report catastrophic floods in Perm Province as the Kama river overflows its banks. Hundreds of miles of farmland are inundated and numerous buildings destroyed. Dozens are feared drowned.
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Perm
Russia
Kama
Moscow
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