Clergymen fail to block Dempsey Carpentier bout in Jersey City
In Jersey City a bid by the International Reform Bureau to halt the Dempsey Carpentier prize fight was denied by Vice-Chancellor Stevenson and again by Vice-Chancellor Foster. The clergymen argued the event would corrupt morals and attract crime. Promoter Tex Rickard warned a ban could bankrupt him. officials noted the fight may proceed next Saturday unless blocked elsewhere.
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WASHINGTON
Wilbur F. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Robert Watson
chancery court
Jersey City
Dempsey-Carpentier
bureau
New Jersey
Stevenson toflay
Tex Rickard
Stevenson
Richard
John Milton
court of chancery
reform bureau
bst
Charles Mr. Watson
second Presbyterian Church of New York
Foster
John Foster
Stromboli Erupts Again Off Sicilian Coast
Rome reports Stromboli on the northern Sicilian coast erupts violently. Residents flee as the volcano, active for much of the last two millennia, shakes the island with powerful explosions. Two major outbreaks occurred in 1907 and 1915 while 1917 observers warned of looming seismic danger.
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ROME
Stromboli
Sicily
Marys scant skirt sparks clerical poem irony
New York on June 28 reports Rev Dr John Roach Straton pastor of Calvary Baptist church wrote a humorous poem about Mary and a scant skirt. He read a prose foreword from the pulpit arguing style should be hygienic and modest, not a return to old street sweeping fashions.
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NEW YORK
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist church
Dr. Straton
Mary
Shop vote on wage cut in railroad shops near final tally
Chicago reports indicate an overwhelming rejection vote for an eight per cent wage reduction ordered for railroad shop workers by the railway labor board. B M Jewell head of the shop crafts groups calls results misleading. Only about two thirds counted with more ballots to come and no final result yet.
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CHICAGO
United States railroad labor board
B. M. Jewell
New Hurricane Disturbance Forms in Gulf of Mexico
A weather bureau bulletin reports a Caribbean disturbance centered over the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico between Yucatan and Tampico moving northwestward with undetermined intensity. Mexican vessels are warned to exercise caution.
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WASHINGTON
weather bureau
Caribbean sea
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan
Tampicd
Mexican
Trotzky Sums Up Work Of Commune
Leon Trotzky Russian Bolshevik minister of war told the Internationale in Moscow that the bourgeoisie would resist communism and warned of possible restoration of capitalism. He noted world revolution progress fell short of expectations with revolutions in England Italy France US Hungary and Germany disappointing.
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RIGA
Leon Trotzky
Moscow
Aosta
Trotzky
England
Italy
France
United States
Hungary
Germany
Irish Parliament for South Holds Meeting
Dublin press reports the Southern Irish parliament under the home rule act opened amid low attendance. The lower house mostly Sinn Fein delegates ignored summons, with four Trinity College imperialists and fifteen senate members present. Public and press were excluded, and guards secured the venue. Ulster premier Sir James Craig later said the Ulster cabinet would attend the Lloyd George conference.
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Sinn Fein
Ulster
BELFAST
Associated Press
James Craig
Lloyd George
New Booze Plan Seeks 14 Percent Wine and 5 Percent Beer
Senator Broussard of Louisiana formally introduces a senate amendment to permit manufacture sale and transport of beer ale and porter up to five percent alcohol and wine up to fourteen percent in states that vote by referendum. He denounces the eighteenth amendment as the act of a minority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Senator Broussard
Louisiana
senate
Peace Draft Agreed On by Republican Conferees
Washington reports a compromise draft of the Krox Porter resolution to end the war with Germany and Austria was agreed on by Republican conferees. It preserves war end declarations and protections for American rights and treaty commitments while retaining provisions on enemy property. King of Utah offered alternative ratifications in the Senate. Democratic conferees refused to sign. The measure, blending Knox and Porter elements, to be voted on in the House and then the Senate before the week end recess.
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WASHINGTON
Krox-Porger
Germany
Austria
senate
house
Harding
King
Utah
League of Nations
John P Haines Dies Former SPCA Leader at 69
John P Haines an architect and humanitarian died suddenly at his home in Toms River New Jersey at age sixty nine He long served as president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and was active in humane efforts and benevolent causes.
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TOMS RIVER
N. J
John P. Haines
Mr. Haines
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
Bigamy and Blindness Fix The Bigamist
Milwaukee June 28 A statement at the National Social Conference by Miss Frances Perkins of the New York Industrial Commission said a man blinded by hysteria was cured by ending his lawful marriage and remaining with his second wife. Delegates discussed the claim, noting the man had been seeking industrial compensation and was found to suffer from neurosis, with bigamy the underlying cause.
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MILWAUKEE
Wis
Frances Perkins
New York state Industrial commission
Learg
eMiss
Perkins
England Ends Long Coal Strike By Government Subsidy
London June 28 Associated Press reports the British coal mine strike that began April 1 has ended with a government subsidy of ten million pounds to the mining industry. Miners will resume work next Monday if the subsidy is approved in Parliament, which is expected as a formality. The settlement abandons the national wages pool and introduces profit sharing between workers and employers, with wages to be reduced slightly on a sliding scale until September.
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LONDON
Associated Press
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Aviators Delayed After Riverside to El Paso Flight
Aviators David R. Davig and Jic Springer reached El Paso, Texas, from Riverside, California, but could not continue their nonstop flight to New York due to a damaged wing and tail from a wind storm. Officials at Fort El Paso forecast a twenty four hour delay as engine trouble also hindered progress.
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EL PASO
Tex
David R. Davig
Jic Springer
Riverside
Cal
Paso
Fort El
New York
Martial law proclaimed in Mingo County enforcement orders
Charleston June 28 Gov E F Morgan reaffirmed martial law in Mingo county with a 60 day state militia deployment. He ordered the assessor to enroll liable persons and the sheriff to draft 139 men or accept 130 volunteers to enforce orders as the county faces grave danger and lacks an organized militia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHARLESTON
W. Va
E. F. Morgan
Mingo county
circuit court
Hebb Motor Works Sale Under Bankruptcy Confirmed
The sale of Hebb Motor Works in Havelock Nebraska to satisfy creditors was confirmed by the referee in bankruptcy. W. A. Ferguson of Lincoln bought the plant for 116000 though inventoried as worth over a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HAVELOCK
Neb
Hebb Motor works
W. a Ferguson
Lincoln
Missouri Back Water Floods Area Near Plattsmouth
Plattsmouth Nebraska June 28 Twenty acres of land north of the Burlington railroad bridge were flooded by the Missouri river last night. The river rose ten inches during a second backwater that reached the depot railroad tracks, inundating nearby properties and tracks.
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PLATTSMOUTH
Neb
Burlington railroad
Widow on Trial for Murder of Husband in Lakewood
Mrs Eva Catherine Kaber faces first degree murder charges over the stabbing of her husband Daniel F Kaber in Lakewood. The trial opened amid large crowds and legal fights over a jury panel with five women indicted. Charges also name Salvatore Cala and Vittorio Piselli with complicity in the 1919 case.
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CLEVELAND
Eva Catherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Lakewood
Raber
court house
Kaber
Mary Brickel
Marian Mcandle
Moses Kaber
Cala
Ka‘ber
Piselli
Fatal Beating Leads to Manslaughter Arrests in Chinatown
In Francisco on June 28 two men William Mader age 24 and John Molbrook age 26 were arrested on manslaughter charges related to the death of Lim Lip Chung Chinese. Chung died from a fractured skull after a downtown street jostling incident following an apology.
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IAI
Rich Young Man's Auto Vic tin
Los Angeles June 28 Melvin H Smith grandson of Eben Smith of Denver Colo noted pioneer of that state and Jack H Abbott a Los Angeles patrolman were instantly killed when Smith's car struck a stone pillar during a sharp turn and was demolished A young woman companion of Patrolman Abbott was bruised in the accident Smith age twenty three was living here with Mrs Smith He was heir to his grandfather's fortune The crash occurred shortly before daybreak in the residence district
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LOS ANGELES
Melvin H. Smith
Eben Smith
Denver
Colo
Jack H. Abbott
Smith
Bonaparte, U S Attorney General Charles J. Dead at 70
Charles J. Bonaparte, attorney general under Theodore Roosevelt, died at Betle Vista near Baltimore after a long illness. The son of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte and Susan May Williams, he helped promote the merit system in federal service and led civic reform efforts with the National Civil Service Reform League and the National Municipal League.
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BALTIMORE
Charles J. Bonaparte
Betle Vista
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
Susan May William Bonaparte
Jerome Bonaparte
France
Westphalia
Betsy Patterson
Roosevelt
Mr. Bonaparte
National Civil Service Reform League
Irrigation Meet Called in Salt Lake City
Gay. PD. W. Davis of Idaho, president of the Western States Reclamation Association, after talks with United States land commissioner William Spry and Interior official E. C. Finney, says a meeting will be held in Salt Lake City on July 18 to discuss land reclamation problems and plan development efforts. Delegates from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California, Nevada, and Utah expected.
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SALT LAKE CITY
Gay
PD. W. Davis
Idaho
Western States Reclamation Association
William Spry
United States land commissioner
E. C. Finney
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
California
Utah
Jury Disagrees Third Time in Murder Case
Sacramento report states James Wergon, a young radio operator, was tried thrice for murdering his father in law Harry Stevens. The jury deadlocked again and was dismissed, with a fourth trial ordered by Superior Judge Malcolm Green as the previous juries failed to reach a verdict. Separately, Japanese delegates visited Mount Vernon, touring the tomb of George Washington aboard the naval yacht Sylph.
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SACRAMENTO
Cal
James Wergon
inlaw
Harry Stevens
hangin
Malcom Green
MOUNT VERNON
WASHINGTON
Japan
congress
George Washington
Potomac
Home maker negative thoughts drive homely Virginia Hicks
Virginia Hicks, twenty, patient at Maryland General Hospital, tried to kill herself by poison after heartbreak at a dance. She says men seek beauty and display, not a real home maker, and laments loss of her fiancé to a prettier girl, insisting she does not want to recover.
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BALTIMORE
Virginia Hicks
Maryland general hospital
Virginia de‘clared
Sign of insurgent uprising seen in Congress session
Washington June 28 Representative Onserge of New York issued a statement saying new Republican members are dissatisfied with progress in the special session. He and ten others joined a bid for a conference with about 140 Republicans to discuss the situation. They demand action and say taxation, tariff, and a peace resolution have not been accomplished. They criticize seniority and red tape and call for concrete measures rather than more talk, noting districts deserve representation as much as Uncle Joe Cannon. Other signers include Clarkes New York, Gernard Pennsylvania, Knight Ohio Hogan New York Arentz Nevada Beck Wisconsin Leedy Maine Fenn Connecticut Funk Illinois Lineberger California.
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WASHINGTON
onserge
New York
cnrress
Anserge
Congress
special session
elas
Joe Cannon
Arentz
Uhey
Knight
Ohi Hogan
Nevad
Beck
Wisconsin
Leedy
Maine
Fenn
Connecticut
Funk
Illinois
Lineberger
California
Prohibition Clerk Jailed in Washington
William Egan, a former clerk in the prohibition bureau legal department, was arrested on bribery charges in Washington. Internal Revenue Service agents in the intelligence division carried out the arrest after a month of investigation. Officials said the case is not linked to earlier suspensions over permit fraud.
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WASHIINGTON
William ‘P Egan
legal department
the
prohibition bureau
Bean
intelligence division
internal revenue bureau
Egan
Flames Sweep Coconino Forest Near Flagstaff
In New Mexico June 38 two large fires scorched about 4000 acres in the Coconito forest near Flagstaff Arizona. Sixty five men from Flagstaff Trail crews and road forces fought the blaze with supplies from Flagstaff. Both fires are believed incendiary and two men were arrested. S H Busch was sent from the district office to Flagstaff to supervise firefighting efforts.
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ALBUQUERQUE
N. M
Coconito
Flagstaff
Ariz
S. H. Busch
Fifteen Year Old Divorcée Told She Needs Spanking
In Omaha on June 28, Nora Cobb aged sixteen sought a divorce in district court. Judge Leslie stated he would likely grant the decree and added she should receive a spanking with it. Cobb said she was married at fifteen. the judge criticized the men who marry underage girls and said few care about their wellbeing.
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OMAHA
Neb
Nora Cobb
Leslie
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