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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1923
Page
2
The American Association for the Advancement of Science called for Canada and the United States to cooperate in creating an international museum network for early wilderness. Other items note changes in federal boards and foreign policy discussions in Washington.
Arrests in Idabel Oklahoma connect to the murder of John Tope his wife and two children and Mrs Hamlin. Josephine Bruno eight found dead in Brooklyn area cellar after long search. Hailstorm at Coweta caused property crop damage and one horse death. Carlson held in New Britain Conn on drowning case. Drum announces NY air attack drills for May and June. Herrin massacre inquiry questions Williamson county officials. Northwestern student dies in Evanston crash. Keokuk man killed in car crash. Alta sails from San Pedro lost after long voyage. Armour Morris merger hearings begin in Kansas City. War news covers German radio denial operations and Polish port opening. France uses air waves claim, Syria mandate, Ruhr bombing. Larkin deportation, Tennessee monuments, and Germany WWI losses noted. US Britain reparations talks. Rhine occupation costs debated. Cuno plan discussed. France goodwill tour.
Lions clubs of Illinois met in Bloomington for a state convention on Monday April 30. Other items include a new child welfare station in Evanston, taxes paid by People's Gas Light and Coke in 1922, a Danville birthday event for Uncle Joe Cannon on May 7, and various local notes on wildlife, education, and public health in Illinois.
Personal Emerson Hough a popular author naturalist and pioneer died at Evanston hospital after a brief illness Representative Riordan a Democratic veteran of the New York delegation died in Washington Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota died on a train near Timonium Md Mrs Matthew T Scott former president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution died in Bloomington Illinois at eighty
Governor Small vetoed the Cook County jury commission bill to let veniremen pick court terms. The measure drew support from Cook County judges and others seeking a better jury system. The bill, introduced by Rep. Thon, faced strong opposition in Springfield.
Attorney General Daugherty said all federal agencies will enforce liquor laws on ships as interpreted by the Supreme Court. Enforcement begins after the court mandate takes effect, with possible appeals to Congress to address foreign complications and ships under the American flag selling or carrying liquor.
Negotiations in Mexico City aim to establish a mutual understanding between Presidents Harding and Obregon and will begin next week. American commissioners Charles Beecher Warren and John Barton Payne will depart Washington for Mexico on Saturday or Sunday.
President Harding says it is not the government's function to promote boycotts of any kind. The White House will likely issue a fuller statement outlining his views in response to requests for a sugar consumption reduction.
British transatlantic steamer lines backed by continental companies will challenge the U.S. Supreme Court dry ruling. Directors of White Star, Cunard, and other British lines met in Liverpool to decide action to nullify the decision’s effects.
May Day displays in Moscow, Petrograd, Kharkov, and other cities showcased Russia s Red Army in hundreds of thousands strong. Cavalry, infantry, artillery and aviation moved through public squares amid chants of victory for the proletariat dictatorship.
The cruiser Omaha completed the Honolulu to Hilo leg of 190 miles by the regular steamer route in eight hours and twelve minutes breaking the Great Northern record of eight hours and thirty two minutes set in 2012.
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