Supreme Court Adjourns and Prohibition Era Notes
The Supreme court at Washington adjourned until October 1. The Kansas Industrial court found the Supreme court lacks power to regulate wages. Breweries in operation are about half of what they were when Prohibition Act passed. The federal government expects a $100 million treasury surplus at year end June 30. Treasury rules barring liquor on ships within three miles remain while Volstead act stands. President Harding plans to commute some war prisoners' sentences not involving overt acts against the government. Commerce reports April foreign trade up $147 million from 1922. imports total $3.864 billion versus $2.17 billion last year. Attorney General Daugherty will inform the President that the army or navy cannot be legally used to enforce the Volstead act.
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Major Philadelphia fire devastates Broad Street station sheds
A blaze in the Pennyslvania Railroad Broad Street station train shed in Philadelphia destroyed most of the structure extending over two city blocks and damaged the baggage rooms malls and express offices as well as many passenger coaches. Loss is estimated above one million dollars.
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Rail workers seek huge wage increases across 35 railroads
The report notes wage demands totaling 35 million dollars by about 100 000 workers on thirty five railroads. A Colorado Fuel and Iron company letter by president J F Welborn cited eight hour day gains for workers over five years. In Peoria Ill two pilots died in a stunt plane crash near Kellar field. A Portland Ore man lost his wife after a divorce owing to pawned gold teeth. St Louis plasterers refuse to raise wages amid union pressure. Kansas floods claim five lives with Oklahoma damages. Milwaukee driver Conrad Stelloh sentenced to five years for a fatal crash. Wortham Texas boiler blast kills two and injures a third.
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Federal Council of Churches
New York
Conrad Stelloh
John Friedl
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House of Correction
Backus
Milwaukee
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Personalities Pierre Loti and Captain Morford Die in Separate Incidents
Pierre Loti the novelist died at his Hendaye home with his children beside him. In New Jersey, Captain James I. Morford, of the U S Army stationed at Camp Vuil near Red Bank, died by suicide in a Asbury Park hotel, shooting himself through the heart. An army pistol was found nearby.
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Red Bank
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Sofia street fighting disarms regiments. 80 gendarmes dead
Reports from Sofia note a regiment refusing Bulgarian revolution was disarmed after sharp street fighting, with eighty gendarmes killed. Other items include Italy cutting food duties to ease living costs, a ferry disaster near Kuzbas, and political shifts in Copenhagen London Berlin and Peking.
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May Admit Ship Rum by Pact
President Harding warns Congress that foreign complications created by the Volstead Act were unforeseen and says the government may seek to extend search and seizure limits to twelve miles. He indicates a possible modification of the act next December to avert disputes over liquor carried on foreign vessels in U S territorial waters.
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Senate halves omnibus bill and advances road bond plan
The Illinois senate trimmed the omnibus appropriation by $898,877, halving emergency state guard funds and cutting education and immigration allocations. A separate road bond proposal carrying 74 amendments moved to third reading. Other actions include gateway and tax amendments, a nine hour day limit for women, and a canal lease vote.
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Warren J. Lincoln Says Dope Ring Captive Held Him
Aurora man Warren J. Lincoln, an eccentric horticulturist who vanished April 29, reappeared to claim he was kidnapped by members of an international dope ring. He said his captors dumped his body into the Fox River after holding him.
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Customs Duties Near Five Hundred Fifty Million Mark
American merchants are buying abroad more than ever, said F. J. H. Kracke, U.S. appraiser, before the Civitan club of New York. The government will collect more than 550 million dollars in duties on about 3 billion dollars of imports in the fiscal year ending June 30.
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Pony Rescued After Long Mine Cave-In Near Bicknell
A Shetland pony and three men trapped by a cave-in at the Northside coal mine near Bicknell Indiana were entombed for 255 hours before rescue. The pony, pet of local children, survived and sparked a large demonstration as the men were pulled to safety last Thursday.
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Bootlegger Bailed by Chief Justice Taft in Washington
Charles M. Simpson accused of bootlegging in West Virginia was released on bail by Chief Justice Taft after bringing his case to Washington. The unusual move involved direct action before the Supreme Court.
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Charles M. Simpson
West Virginia
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Woman Born in White House Seeks Divorce in Norfolk
Norfolk Virginia June 13. Mrs Marthen Harrison Williams granddaughter of President Benjamin Harrison filed for divorce from Harry A Williams Jr a local real estate broker. The suit names the couple residing in this city and cites irreconcilable differences.
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Marthen Harrison Williams
Benjamin Harrison
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Harry A. Williams, Jr
Illinois News Notes Highlights From State Events
A bank window shot caused a $200 loss at First State Bank of Round Lake. Illinois art editor A Kadoch named for Daily Mini. Eagles convention to draw 3,000 to Rock Island June 19–21. A 14 year old drowned at Henry Lake near Murphysboro. Secret December 5 1922 wedding of Dorothy Stribling and Edward Alexander announced. Metamora’s new consolidated church dedication aids local congregation. Harold F. Wilkins receives $880 Iowa bonus check, first for an Illinois man. Joseph Woods awarded $30,000 for railroad injuries in Chicago. Kankakee night police officer C B Hendricks shot dead by three robbers. Forty-six Lee county teaching-license applicants tested. only two pass. Charles Ellison hurt by enraged mare at Boyd. ear bitten and trampled. Rev Charles Ealy leaves Hast St Louis for Christopher. Mary Josephine Gannett two years old crushed under grandfather’s backing car in Springfield. Rockford health dept reports 290 deaths and 411 births first four months. Moline dance halls questioned. calls for ordinance and inspector. Two bandits rob Raven hotel in Paris. later steal $30 from a garage. Savanna Marquette park vandalism leads to police patrols. Baby boy drowned in Vandalia trough. mother nearby. Seven nurses graduate Springfield hospital class of 1928. Otten delivers commencement address.
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