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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
2
Federal prohibition and enforcement act are declared valid in a ruling affirming the constitutionality of banning alcohol. The decision reinforces nationwide restrictions and signals continued legal support for Prohibition policies.
A Weetesly Newspaper report summarizes a Supreme Court decision upholding federal prohibitions on alcohol in the dry era. Justice Van Devanter writes the opinion while Justice McKenna dissents. The ruling addresses injunctions against enforcement in New Jersey and Kentucky actions, noting the broader constitutional framework and the Versailles era implications. The piece cites figures like Feltonspan of Newark and references ongoing federal enforcement and occupation costs in the Rhineland after World War I.
The Interstate Commerce Commission resumed hearings as W E Lamb chairs the shippers committee and reports carriers will forego detailed cross examination. The shippers sought to attack the presented exhibits with an estimated value on properties exceeding 20 billion. Paris reports occupation costs for American troops reduced to under 68 nan a day while allied forces cost 5 francs per man and 6 francs per horse daily.
A sprawling San Francisco county grand jury case centers on a million-dollar swindle alleged to involve Edward Wiemann and his wife. The scheme moved funds between cities and used forged deeds to strip $9,000,000 in value, with McKay and Walsh linked to the conspiracy. Arrests and warrants followed as investigators traced invoices and a letter to a key contact, while Navy statements describe the impact on public works and industry.
The text covers Congress adjourning after passing a national budget system and related measures. It notes senate and house votes on appropriations for postoffice, army, and defense, plus a sugar export issue and grain crop damage in Texas counties. It also mentions a protest over attacks on the British flag and a Colorado senator’s denouncement resolution.
Parents of Hlakely Coughlin received seven ransom letters from alleged kidnapers offering searches for a return plus demands ranging from six thousand to one thousand dollars. Authorities believe the letters come from a group in possession of the child. The parents say they will pay any ransom required for the child’s safe return.
Inhabitants of San Francisco polish the march band and prepare to extend it to all visitors for the Democratic convention. The task has been Herculean yet is nearly finished while Chicago awaits to handle thousands at short notice.
Reported movements place Russian Bolshevist forces at both ends of the Polish front while river Beresina holds them in check. Britain denies plans for intervention as Lloyd George says no attack on British interests and prisoner releases will follow. US and UK officials discuss trade and broader negotiations amid war developments and economic concerns.
At least six men died in a shaft explosion at the Gnirie Gas Coal Company near Cokesburg Pennsylvania. Men were buried under tons of earth, and the foreman said the final death toll could not be determined until bodies were recovered. The disaster occurred soon after the shaft collapse.
Police say two Marines were wounded during a clash as marines and sailors attempted to storm a Negro hotel in Waukegan. Patrolmen and provost guards from Great Lakes station surrounded the hotel amid fears of trouble. Authorities report several hundred servicemen were involved, led by a man carrying the American flag.
London reports a developing jinx between the Pripet region and the Dneiper river. Advices say Polish posts have been driven back by about 16 000 cavalry and one infantry division. The Polish line now runs from Braclaw to Biela Yaczerkov.
Rear Admiral Albert Winterhalter died suddenly at the naval hospital in Washington from pneumonia. The 64 year old born Detroit served on the boards of the World’s Fair in Chicago and later commanded the Asiatic fleet. He was also on the Pacific fleet flagship staff and a member of the World’s Fair board. The article notes his death followed only a few days of illness. Actors Fight Blue Law in New York over benefit performances. Francis Wilson, ex-president of the Actors Equity Association, calls for retaliation against the Methodist Episcopal church unless it repeals blue laws restricting church attendance by members. He argues actors deserve support for wartime service.
Western Newspaper Union News Service describes the June session where many measures failed or were vetoed by President Wilson. Key items include naval, army, merchant marine, and labor appropriations, a birth of pensions for veterans, and a ban on aliens in anarchist groups. Several major bills such as the soldier bonus and budget measure were stalled or vetoed, with hundreds of acts and resolutions advancing through Congress.
Forest fires started by locomotives endanger Avalon settlements on the Avalon peninsula. Residents flee by Losean boats as fires threaten Bay Hills. Four girls cut off by flames were rescued after hair ignited in the blaze.
Unofficial advices report Parral in Chihuahua attacked by Francisco Villa's bandit forces. Parral, a mining center with many foreign and American-owned companies, suffered an unsuccessful assault. Rail and telegraph communication to the town are intermittent, isolating patrols from aid.
The war revenue act requiring the President and federal judges to pay income tax on salaries was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on appeal from Federal Judge Walter Evans of Louisville Kentucky. About $16,000 was paid on the President's $75,000 yearly salary and refunds will be issued for revenues already collected under the Invalid Provisions.
A 78 year old retired lumberman C Moon killed his ten year old granddaughter Irma Moon with an ax in the Muskegon Heights school yard as hundreds of children watched from windows. He told a responding man I killed her because I love her and wanted to save her from misery.
A grandfather killed Edwin B. Moon's child after a cry, as frightened children fled to the school entrance. The killer, described as a leading local real estate man’s relative, was removed by patrol wagon and ambulance. Authorities attribute the tragedy to a mix of mania and fear.
San Francisco doctors showcased an invention by Dr Albert Alnus that creates simulated drunkenness using a glued foot pad and head electrode connected to an electric current. A reporter noted the device can induce clumsy, talkative, or sleepy states as a demonstration of vibration theory and energy units.
Denver Paul Kennedy testified in police court that his brother was killed in France and that a German man yelled that more Yanks should have died. He said he struck the man in self defense and was discharged after explaining the circumstances.
Louisville women who previously served as Pullman car maids now form a union with 100 workers in local yards. They claim male workers kept cars tidier and seek proper consideration. They join the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America.
In Kentucky, Goose Creek near Lexington's Clay county, a small mountain stream known for danger, saw nine illegal stills seized in a night raid by revenue officers. Meanwhile in labor news, foreign worker Herrick O Nicholas Romer seeks American citizenship as he studies English and faces mental strain.
A clipped late market notice shows scattered quotes with limited activity. Entries include a few stock prices such as a unit valued around 6500 dollars and minor movements, reflecting a thin trading session with no major shifts or headlines.
Market notes show cattle and hog prices steady to lower with bids to packers, lambs mixed. Wheat and oats prices listed, with No. 3 red at 2.93 and No. 2 rye at 2.16. Dairy butter and poultry prices noted. Also a report that U.S. coal reserves could last about 7,000 years, per M. Darling at the International Railway Fuel Association.
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