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Newspaper
Moberly Evening Democrat
Location
Moberly, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
1
Washington June 1 The Ohio referendum to repeal the states ratification of the prohibition amendment is unconstitutional the supreme court ruled ratification by a legislature is final An injunction blocked submitting the woman suffrage amendment to a referendum next fall The court adjourned for the day without further action on prohibition cases
Washington reports describe testimony on the Harding campaign and related funds. Robert L. Wolfe testified the combined Wood and Harding campaigns in Ohio cost about 100000, with literature costs reaching 12800 for voter outreach. Other items include Missouri fund questions and a Lowden donor check incident. A separate society notice records the marriage of Joseph L. Hook and Ruth Reynolds in Catron.
Washington June 1 The Fall Committees on Mexican affairs recommended to the senate recognition of the new Mexican government only after assurances in a treaty. They call for indemnity, non discriminatory laws, religious freedom for Americans, and a claims commission with binding funding. If unmet, armed intervention could follow. The panel favors US aid to stabilize Mexico and strengthen institutions.
The Entertainment Committee announces a dance at the Moberly Country Club in the Club Henge on Thursday June 3 from 8:30 to 12:30. Miss Daisy O'Brien of Kansas City visited friends during the event period. Decoration Day noted in local listings.
The Y W C A of Moberly plans to list available rooms and vacancies for girls, run a rooms registry with on site visits, and operate an employment bureau to match women with jobs. A committee led by Mrs Harvey Sims will oversee the effort amid nationwide housing shortages and aims to launch within two weeks.
Vienna reports intense Belgrade excitement over plans attributed to Gabriele d Annunzio near Fiume in Sussak as the Yugoslav government warns of action by the South Slav army to stop him.
Assistant Secretary of Labor Post faced charges from Attorney General Palmer accusing him of wholesale jail deliveries and releasing self confessed anarchists. Palmer sought to block enforcement of deportation laws and tarnish Post’s reputation while denying bitter interdepartmental conflict. He cited forty examples of alleged violations and called Post's charges outrageous and unbelievable.
Coryalix Oregon June 1 Paul V Marin a graduate of the Agricultural College of the University of Missouri has been appointed director of the Oregon Agricultural extension service. Headquarters will be here Marin previously led the service since 1926 and helped strengthen farm bureau work.
Decoration Day observances conducted by the Theodore Bazan Post of the American Legion featured a parade to Oak Jana, with veterans from Civil War, World War II, and other conflicts, plus dozens of autos. Rev. Robin Gould led prayers as Lloyd Jacobs of Kansas City addressed veterans, urging completion of wartime aims, honoring the dead, and keeping their faith alive.
Readable forecast says showers this afternoon and again tonight. The brief note notes damp skies and possible cooling air around Tomar.
Fire at Galveston Pier 42 Section C and adjacent warehouse of the Galveston Wharf Company destroys about 1.5 million dollars in Yucatan sisal shipments from New York firms and causes total damage around 5 hundred thousand dollars to the pier and warehouse. Firefighters battled the blaze with tugboats and a fireboat. Spontaneous combustion in baled sisal under a skylight is suspected.
In Atlanta on June 1 the Coca Cola Bottling Company withdrew its injunction suit against the Coca Cola Company of Delaware in Fulton Superior Court after weeks of trial. Evidence had shown promoters received about 5.9 million dollars and Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby received 1 million for promotion efforts that failed. The defendants said the case would be renewed in federal court due to questions involving federal statutes.
A special dispensation extends the deadline to Wednesday June 2 for submitting applications to join Columbia’s largest class in the state. All applications must be on hand for the meeting Wednesday night at 8:00. F. L. Babcock, E. J. Thomps, Secretaries.
Chicago June 1 sixty delegates to the Republican national convention had their rights confirmed and seated despite precarious positions. The national committee ruled contests over seating space, allowing states that elected eight delegates at large to seat their members while giving each state's delegation four votes. The committee seated two Wood delegates from the District of Columbia and rejected two other groups' claims.
Notorious draft dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll was identified in Fernandina Florida a northern coast port. Miss Caroline Cook a postal tele graph operator confirmed the report after Bergdoll arrived by gas yacht and was traced through messages to Kansas City and Charleston. Sumter L Lowry Florida American Legion adjutant coordinated with army authorities and local officials.
Jefferson City Mo July ruling by Judge Fred Williams finds portions of the 1919 income tax act retroactive and void for applying the 11 2 percent rate to incomes from January to August. The 1917 rate of 7 percent applies through August 7 1919 and after that date the new rate. The 1916 tax is upheld except for its attempt to apply the new rate to the entire year. The Meyer Aros frug Co of St Louis suit tied the ruling to city tax collection but is not a broad invalidation. The state had assumed the decision covered all legal objections to 1919 tax.
Report from Waukegan indicates race disturbances have subsided since June. Provost guards and city authorities say the situation is under control after clashes involving groups described as colored and others.
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