Root says beer laws were void in New York
Elihu Root argued in the United States circuit court against enforcing the war time prohibition and that the collector of internal revenue holds brewers in the hollow of his hand. He warned two clouds hang over the action as penalties under the 1918 act threaten breweries and the internal revenue law enables concerted prosecutions. He urged enforcement would destroy property rights and that compensation is needed unless necessary and proper.
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New York
Elihu Root
Congress
Collector of
Internal Revenue
United States
United Circuit Court of Appeals
Caffrey
Collector of Internal Revenue
McElligott
Root
United States Brewers’ Association
Jacob Hoffman Brewing Company
Mr. Root
Wilson
Fitts
Federal District Court
United States Attorney General
Lumber Speculators Holding Up Material
Louis Wallis of the United States Department of Labor told the National Association of Veneer and Panel Manufacturers that 1.2 trillion board feet of timber and other building material were held by lumber speculators. He said minerals faced a similar condition and that speculative holding of unused land was blocking business and pushing up prices.
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Chicago
Louis Wallis
United States’ Department of Labor
National Association of Veneer and Panel Manufacturers
Mother Held By State as Son Mob Victim
REENFIELD Mo June 18 Mrs Maude Lynch 55 mother of Jay Lynch who was hanged by a mob of citizens at Lamar recently was placed on trial in the Dade county circuit court here Tuesday afternoon charged with being an accessory in the killing of Sheriff John Harlow of Barton county and his son Walter Harlow in the Barton county jail at Lamar on March 3 Both the mother of Lynch and his widow Mrs Leola Lynch 20 years old are charged jointly with being accessories in the murder The defense elected separate trials.
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Reenfield
Maude Lynch
Jay Lynch
Lamar
Dade County
John Harlow
Barton County
Walter Harlow
Lynch
Leola Lynch
Mexico Protest Signals Border Tension and Reply
General Candido Aguilar, Carranza's U S envoy, denounces U S border crossers as a violation of Mexican sovereignty and hopes Juarez incidents can be resolved. State Department says no formal protest received and no reply planned. Officials note no Mexican assent to cross-border pursuit of bandits after American troops entered Mexico to disperse Villistas in El Paso.
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Washington
Candido Aguilar
Carranza
United States
Mexico
Juarez
General Aguilar
State Department
Y Villistas
el Paso
Texas
Aguilar
Doctor Rojo
Phillips
State Income Taxes Discussed By League
CHICAGO June 18 The National Tax association opened formal sessions focusing on state income taxes with Illinois issues at center. A T Abbott urged a Massachusetts style single rate on unearned income and a lower rate on casual profits from intangible property. Douglas Sutherland warned that upcoming tax bills could rise 35 to 40 percent next year. Charles J Tobin projected New York’s new income tax would yield about 50 million dollars in 1919 and noted non residents must pay tax on property outside their state.
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Chicago
National Tax Association
Illinois
A. T. Abbott
Central Trust Company of
Ilinois
Douglas Sutherland
Civic Federation of Chicago
Charles J. Tobin
New York State Tax Commission
New York
New Yorker
Mexico Calls U S Troops Violation of Sovereignty
In Washington on June 17 Gen Candido Aguilar confidential ambassador of President Carranza said the government and people of Mexico view the crossing of United States soldiers into Mexican territory as a breach of sovereignty in a formal statement from the Mexican embassy.
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Mexico
Washington
United States
Candido Aguilar
Carranza
Army food stocks up for probe in Congress
A Senate military committee hearing and a House resolution probe the disposition of surplus war department food stocks. C W Hare testifies on bacon purchases, canned vegetables, and government held stock worth about two billion dollars, as subcommittees prepare separate reviews. Hearings aim to close on the army appropriation bill within the week.
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Washington
War Department
House
Senate
C. W. Hare
Baker
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Treadway
Hare
Food Administration
Tlare
Wadsworth
R'Litary
Fear Reprisals By Villa Along Border
Uneasiness for American citizens in northern Mexico grew after the US expedition to disperse Villa’s forces at Juarez. American mining firms ordered employees to the border and Villa strongholds like Parral were linked to potential reprisals. Officials and workers were concentrated in larger towns as the situation remained uncertain.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mexico
Villa
Juarez
American Smelting and Refining Company
Parral
Coal
Custhutrlachio
Chihuahua
Electrical Workers On Coast Go On Strike
San Francisco June 18 The central and northern California unions of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers voted to strike for immediate wage increases and better working conditions. About 8000 workers were out including southern California, with hundreds picketing exchanges and begging colleagues not to work. Police guarded exchange buildings all day with no disturbances.
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San Francisco
Calif
Central
Peace Conference Sours in Paris as German Dilemmas Grow
At Weimar Germans debate amending the Versailles peace while President Wilson and British PM Lloyd George plan visits. Officials in Paris report deep pessimism at the terms and fear of harsh concessions. German cabinet split on signing. crowd hostility toward delegates sparks apologies from Clemenceau. Turkish claims seek mild handling and unity for the empire’s fate.
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Associated Press
Paris
Weimar
Versailles
Wilson
Belgium
David Lloyd George
Verdun
Mr. Lloyd George
Austria- Hungary
Clemenceau
Berlin
M. Clemenceau
London
Germany
Council of Five
France
Council of Ten
Teutonic
Yizer
Urges Dispatchers To Get Six Day Week
CHICAGO June 18 Advocates of an eight hour day and a six day week addressed the sessions of the American Train Dispatchers association Warren S Stone grand president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers supported the movement. Get what you should have and get it now said Mr Stone Do not wait until it is given to your grandchildren You need it now more than they will He also advised the dispatchers to stand for the abolishment of liquor that would rob them of their energies.
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Chicago
American Train Dispatchers’ Association
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mr. Stone
Soldier killed as Knights hut collapses during boxing bout
In Pontaveren a Knights of Columbus hut collapsed last night during a boxing match. One American soldier was killed, two were dying, and over 100 were injured, revealing a disaster amid the event in Brest on June 17.
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Brest
Knights of Columbus
Pontaveren
WHIG WANT ADS Shine As Major Market For Daily Trade
The WHIG WANT ADS report rising demand as housewives secure quick help buy automobiles find homes and convert unused items into cash. The want ad pages act as a vast marketplace where buyers and job seekers meet, with millions of dollars transacted daily and costs described as trifling.
Knox Plea for Delay on League
Washington dispatch reports Senator Knox urges delaying ratification of the league of nations and warns its covenant could create a distant sovereign power over U S policy. He asks time to consider whether war powers would move outside Congress and if withdrawal rules make exit impossible. The speech drew close attention as debate looms.
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Washington
League of Nations
Senate
Knox
Pennsylvania
League
McCumber
North Dakota
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
House
France
Germany
Versailles
Congress
Lodge
Capitol
Thomas
Colorado
Peace Conference
Navy seaplanes begin inland leg toward St Louis
Two navy seaplanes from Key West returned to St Louis after delivering air mail and a letter from Chicago to St Louis mayors endorsing the lakes to gulf waterway plan. Lieut Commander Stanley and Ensign Arthur will stop in Peoria while the flotilla proceeds toward St Louis and New Orleans. One chaser heads to Dubuque Iowa.
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Hicago
Navy
Key West
St. Louis
Chicago
Thompson
Kiel
Stanley
Arthur
Peoria
Illinois River
New Orleans
Dubuque
Iowa
Ten Labor Leaders Taken In Winnipeg
In Winnipeg Manitoba on June 18 the federal government moved to end the general strike. Ten labor leaders were arrested or taken in custody, nine at dawn and one later, on warrants charging inciting the police or neglect of duty. Police raided the Labor Temple Ukrainian Hall and Liberty Hall seizing literature likely for trial. Local police arrested eleven men for picketing and intimidation.
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Winnipeg
Man
Stony Mountain Penitentiary
Labor Temple
Ukrainian Hall
Liberty Hall
Dominion
French Criticised For Not Buying U. S. Castoff Army Goods
Paris papers criticize the French government for not purchasing American war material or allowing French firms to buy it. Le Matin argues American gear is usable though some items are junk, while L eclair notes U S offers of goods and questions France's demand to take it all away. The piece highlights American camps at Clermont Ferrand and a contrast in food and tobacco availability in France.
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Paris
le Matin
Felair
Tours
Romeran- Ia
L'Eclair
France
United States
Francg
Leclair
Clermont-Ferrand
l’Eclair
Labor delegates refuse to recognize Soviet Russia at AFL convention
At Atlantic City on June 18 delegates at the American Federation of Labor meeting rejected recognizing Soviet Russia while urging U S recognition of an Irish republic and voting against a July 4 general strike for Tom Mooney. The debate on Bolshevism grew bitter as leaders argued over Russia and blockade relief.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Russia
United States
Tom” Mooney
San Francisco
Resolutions Committee
Universal Brotherhood
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Europe
Peter Bollenbacher
Pennsylvania
Frey
America
Jacob Heller
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
Gompers
Kolchak
Wire Control Repeal Blocked by House Debate
Washington June 15 House leaders for repealing government wire control faced an unexpected delay as a conference report on an appropriation bill took precedence. The rules committee had set the repeal as a special order, but prolonged discussion sidelined action. Leaders expect further delay for under consideration calendar bills including daylight saving repeal and plan to take up the rules committee resolution on the wire question after disposal of the appropriation bill.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Questig Ae
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