Supreme Court rules labor unions liable under Sherman Act in Coronado Coal case
Washington June 5 labor organizations may be prosecuted under the Sherman anti trust law the supreme court ruled delivering the opinion in the Coronado Coal case The decision holds that unions can be liable for damages caused by members during strikes The ruling was written by Chief Justice Taft and discusses the 1914 Arkansas strike and involvement of United Mine Workers of America and District union No 21 The court finds international officers did not order or ratify the strike and thus were not party to the suit
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WASHINGTON
supreme court
Coronado
Taft
United Mine Workers
Arkansas
United Mine Workers of America and District union No. 21
United Mine Workers of America
international organization
Hoe
mine workers’ union
Westover Wins National Balloon Race in 850 Mile Flight
Maj. Oscar Westover and Lieut. Caroon J. Bond won the national balloon race starting Milwaukee. Westover landed in Quebec after an 850 mile flight lasting about seventeen hours. Second went to Cant. JT HE Honeywell and J H Wade with 530 miles. Third was Lieut. WTF Read with 440 miles. Prizes totaled 1000 800 and 500 dollars.
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NEW YORK
Oscar Westover
Caroon J. Bond
Milwaukee
the
Aero Club of America
Maj. Westover
Quebec
Some Americans Stay on Rhine After June First
Washington reports a small force of American troops will remain at Coblenz on the Rhine beyond July 1. Secretary Weeks said Maj. Gen. Allen and two battalions of the Eighth Infantry will be retained, though the final duration was not determined.
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WASHINGTON
Germany
Coblenz
Rhine
Weeks
Indiana man named on Federal Trade Board
Washington June 5 Vernon W Van Meer of Trdnana was appointed a member of the federal trade commission today by President Herding and the nomination sent to the senate for confirmation.
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INDIANA
FEDERAL TRADE BOARD
WASHINGTON
Vernon W. Van Meer
Trdnana
federal trade comission today
Herding
senate
Henry Ford Coy On Presidency But Won't Spend Money
Henry Ford privately hinted he would run for president if the people wanted him but would refuse to spend any money to secure nomination or election. Kronberg, editor of a Dearborn newspaper, and a leader in the local Henry Ford for President club, relayed the remarks.
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DETROIT
Associated Press
Henry Ford
William T. Kronberg
Dearborn
Five Men Killed in San Lorenzo Power Plant Blasts
Five men died and two were seriously injured when a trio of explosions struck the Trojan Power Company plant in San Lorenzo California. The first blast occurred in the drying house triggering two more, killing Moyers Toon Manuel Silva Albert Silva and Tony De Costa. Mourners gathered as guards kept relatives away and phones to the plant were cut off for hours. H A Bornstein and Floyd Cooper were among the injured. The blasts rattled the East Bay for miles.
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OAKLAND
Cal
H. A. Bornstein
Trojan Power Company
San Lorenzo
here
Harry D. Moyers
James Toon
Manuel Silva
Albert Silva
Tony De Costa
Floyd Cooper
East Bay
Meyers
Toon
Hast Bay
Wiomen
Six Candidates For Senate Seat In Iowa Primary
In Des Moines six candidates compete for the Republican nomination to fill the unexpired term of W B Kenyon. A candidate must secure at least thirty five percent or the nomination moves to the state convention in August. The entrants are Col. Smith W Brookhart Charles H Pickett Burton Sweet Clifford L Thorne Leslie L Francis and Col. Claud M Stanley.
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DES MOINES
Associated Press
Iowa
Kenyon
Col
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
CharlesH. JPckett
Watervole
Burton 2. Sweet
Waverly
Clifford L. Thorne
Leslie L. Francis
Claud M. Stanley
Corning
Woolen Fabrics Prices Raised by American Woolen Co
New York reports a broad price hike by the American Woolen Company with increases from two and a half to eighty cents per yard across fabrics. Staples, uniforms, specialty fabrics, women's wear worsteds and other woolens all see rises, marking the second uplift since February.
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NEW YORK
American Woolen Company
Muscle Shoals Measure Sent To House For Action
Representative Wright introduced a bill authorizing acceptance of Henry Ford’s proposal to complete and lease the Muscle Shoals dam and hydroelectric plants in Alabama. It also covers purchase of nitrate plants numbers 1 and 2, the Waco quarry, and the government’s interest in the Gorgas-Warrior River steam plant.
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WASHINGTON
Wright
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Waco
Gorgas-Warrior river
Alapuma
Foreigners ordered to leave Shanhaikuan as fighting looms
News from June 5 reports foreigners warned to depart Shanhaikuan Chihli within 24 hours amid rising clashes between Wu Pei fu's invading army and Chang Tso-lin's retreating forces. Separate dispatch notes Wu plans to stay at Paotingfu until parliament convenes and a new president is installed, while Li Yuan Hung seeks Canton alliance and unity.
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TIWN-TSIN
Associated Press
Shanhaikuan
Chihli
Gulf of Liaotung
Wu Peifu
Chang Tso-lin
Changli
Chi- An
Chih
Liushouying
Peitaiho
Chang
Chikli
Wu Pei-fu
PEKING
Associates Press
Wiu Pei-fu
Paotingfu
Li Yuan Hung
Canton
Sun Yat Sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun
China
Tien-tsin
South China republic
Actor Not Held in Bigamy Case
Rudolph Valentino a screen actor was cleared of bigamy charges after a preliminary hearing. The felony complaint was dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence. The case centered on a May 13 Mexicali marriage to Natacha Rambova and a Palm Springs honeymoon while Valentino awaited divorce from Jean Acker.
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LOS ANGELES
Rudolph Valentino
Justice of the Peace Handy
Mexicali
Mex
Valentino
Miss Winifred
De Wolf-Shaunessy-Hudnut
Natacha Ramboya
Palm Springs
Cal
here
Jean Acker
Mexican train blast injures soldiers in Tlaxcala region
In Mexico, twenty five soldiers died when a train was blown up Saturday night between Tomellin and Santa Catarina Tlaxcala, according to La Raza.
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MEXICO CITY
Tomellin
Santa Catarina
Tlaxcala
La Raza
Railroads Must Pay for Coal Seized in Transit
Richmond Va June United States circuit court of appeals ruled that coal seized by railroads during the war must be compensated based on the owner’s loss rather than mine or train cost, establishing liability for in transit confiscations.
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RICHMOND
United States circuit court of appeals
Kemal Wants All Cilicia for Turks Not Christians
Adana Cilicia June 5 Mustapha Kemal Pasha head of the Turkish Nationalist government orders conscription of all Christians in Cilicia. They are formed into labor brigades and sent to front lines to aid the Turkish army against Greece. Reports say newspapers advocate clearing Christians from Cilicia to create a purely Muslim country. Many Christians face imprisonment estates confiscated and sold under allegations of Turkish prior ownership. It is estimated eighty percent of Armenians in Cilicia have been conscripted deported killed or starved. Remaining many have converted to Islam to escape persecution.
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ADANA
Cilicia
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
peut
Cil
icia
Flyers Finish Ocean Journey Transatlantic Flight Arrival
Portuguese naval aviators Sacadura and Coutinho arrived in Pernambuco Brazil after flying their hydroplane from Fernando de Noronha to complete their Lisbon to Lisbon Transatlantic flight. They departed Fernando Noronha at 7 15 this morning resuming a mission halted by accidents in April and early May.
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PERNAMBUCO
Brazil
Associated Press
apts
Sacadura
Coutinho
Fernando Noronha
Lisbon
Drainage Bill Passed For Piute Indian Lands
A House bill introduced by Congressman Arents to appropriate 41000 to fund a drainage system for Piute lands within the Newlands project was passed. Funding will be paid in twenty yearly installments like other landowners on the project.
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WASHINGTON, D. C
Arents
Newlands
Today’s Baseball Scores From Boston and Philadelphia
Baseball results show St. Louis defeating Boston at home with Pfeffer Barfoot Bailey and Arn smith Oeschger and O’Neill contributing. In Philadelphia Pittsburgh game postponed due to rain.
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BOSTON- RH
St. Louis
Boston
cee eeeerences
Pfeffer
Barfoot
Bailey
Arnsmith
Oeschger
O'Neill
PHILADEPHIA
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Explosion damages fourteen-room house in Los Angeles
Mrs. M. P. Brazelton, eighty six, started a fire in an open fireplace containing a defective gas pipe plug. The blast wrecked the fourteen room house on Ninety-ninth street near Vermont avenue. Neighbors rescued her from the debris and doctors reported slight injuries unless internal damage is found.
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LOS ANGELES
M. PB. Brazelton
Watson Attacks Foreign Envoys In Senate
June 6 Washington Senator Watson Republican Indiana attacked British and French ambassadors and other foreign representatives in the Senate over speeches on tariff and trade. He cited Sir Auckland Geddes in California last March, saying he had overstepped propriety by urging use of British ships to aid U S trade. Watson denied foreign governments the right to instruct the United States on policy.
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WASHINGTON
jiha senate
Watson
Indiana
Auckland Geddes
California
United States
Great Britain
senate
New Act Aids Home Seekers for Veterans Loans
Sacramento June 5 Approximately seventy wounded and disabled California veterans selected by the California Veterans Welfare board as beneficiaries of the farm and home act allow loans to purchase farms and homes. Selections were made from about 1900 applications with about one fourth for farm loans and the rest for homes. W H Nichols chairman said beneficiaries would be interviewed in the next days and remaining applications acted upon afterward.
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SACRAMENTO
California Veterans Welfare board
W. H. Nichols
Lillian Russell Moore Dies After Illness in Pittsburg
Pittsburg records Mrs Lillian Russell Moore longtime resident of the city lay gravely ill at home after her condition improved temporarily. Her husband Alexander P Moore publisher of the Pittsburg Leader and other family members remained at her bedside as doctors reported the crisis may be passed today.
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PITTSBURG
Lillian Russell Moore
Alexander P. Moore
Notable British figures wed in Wiltshire ceremony
Noted figures Lord Grey and Lady Glenconner married at a parish church in Wilsford Wiltshire. Grey, once foreign secretary, is now sixty and entering a second marriage after the death of his first wife Dorothy Widdrington. Lady Glenconner, Adelaide Wyndham, was famed as a heroine of sacred literary life and was previously married to Edward Tennant who became Lord Glenconner in 1941.
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LONDON
Junio b
VWincount Grey
Mal Jonhdon
Glenconner
Byron Clenvonnen
Wilsford
County Wiltshire
Lord Grey
Edoward Grey
Germany
Dorothy Widdrington
leneconner
Tamela ene
Adelaide Wyndham
rane
England
Pam
Eoward P. Tennant
Kavanetey
Glencanner
Tennants
Margot Asquth
Dorothy
Henry M. Stinley
Gerd Cirey
an & ail
Eighty Perish In Shipwreck On Parana River Boundary
At least eighty people are believed dead after the steamer Villafranca sank on the Parana river near Posadas, near the Argentina Paraguay boundary. The ship carried thirty cabin passengers, twenty second class, and a general cargo. Survivors said sleeping passengers woke to flames at 1:40 a.m. and a loud explosion as the vessel sank about a mile from the Paraguayan shore. Some uninjured survivors swam ashore. An unconfirmed report claimed only cabin passengers saved were a North American family and three others.
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NOS AIRES
Pri
Villafranca
Parana
Posucas
Argentina
Paraguay
Wealthy widow loses suit against stepson in DC
A District of Columbia supreme court jury ruled against Mrs. Charlotte Jane Isabelle McDonald widow of James McDonald in her bid to possess household effects valued at $5000. She claimed a posthumous bill of fate granted rights to the items but the defense argued the property was willed to James McDonald Jr. The verdict focused on the bill of sale signature authenticity. Also noted was Mrs. McDonald's engagement to Lord Freundies, a Scottish peer aged seventy four.
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WASHINGTON
District of Columbia supreme court
Charlotte Jane Isabelle McDonald
California Standard Qi
James McDonald
McDonald, Jr
Village in Ireland Scene of Sharp Fighting in Morning
Belfast dispatch reports Pettigoe and surrounding border area as British forces recapture the Ulster village from Sinn Fein defenders. British troops landed from Lough Erne, contested the bridge, and shelled positions while rear-guard republicans were overwhelmed. Seven crown forces killed. nine or more Sinn Fein fighters killed and about sixteen prisoners taken. War update notes discrepancy between official praises and detailed press accounts.
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BELFAST
Associated Press
Pattiges
Ijon Island
Lough Erne
Wnnis Killen
Sinn Fein
crown forces
Sinn
Bethlehem Lackawanna merger called unfair by FTC
The federal trade commission filed a formal complaint against Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Lackawanna Steel Company alleging unfair methods of competition. The action stems from the recently effected merger and follows Senate inquiry directives from Senator La Follette. The commission asserts the merger would unduly hinder competition and restrain commerce.
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WASHINGTON
federal trade commission
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Lackawanna Steel Company
commission
senate
La Follette
Wisconsin
department of justic
La Follete
Bethlehem- Lackewanna
He Aims at Wife and Child in San Diego Killing
In East San Diego Mildred Pepper eleven daughter of Mr and Mrs John Pepper was shot and killed yesterday by Bernhard Oleson a bricklayer while attempting to kill his wife whom he had been separated from for years. The shooting occurred during Elmer and Alvin Oleson twins birthday celebration. Oleson was arrested hours later and held on murder charge.
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SAN DIEGO
Cal
Mildred Pepper
John Pepper
East San Diego
Bernhard Oleson
Elmer
Alvin Oleson
Olesons
Oleson
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PETTIGOE
SUPREME TRIBUNAL OF NATION
WESTOVER
NORTH CHINA CITY
BORGIA
ERDUN
AMERICA
Ambassador Herrick
Gunnlie Erainda Madal naan City
mutual upuir Uy
J. Lewis Phillips
Georgia
Isaac R. Hitt
DL Ly Phillips
Phillips
Phillips & Stevens
grand jury
Hitt
grand
house
Representative Woodies
Republican
Michigan
department of justice
Philips & Stevens
VERDUN
Myron T. Herrick
congress
Petain
Norrick
valor
palkon
France
KEMAL
LILLIAN RUSSELL
VISCOUNT GREY
IRELAND
Lake Erne
nta
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