Cant Named U S Judge for Minnesota District
President Harding announced William A. Cant will become United States judge for the District of Minnesota, succeeding Judge Page Morris who retires July 1. Also noted are resignations and a report on Germany claims, Amelia Earhart’s pioneering license, and Harding’s Hamilton monument speech warning against bloc domination.
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William A. Cant
President Harding
Washington
United States
District of Minnesota
Page Morris
Robert ©. Morris
Mixed Claims Commission
Germany
Harding
Alexander Hamilton
Notable Chicago Figures Pass Away in Brief Oblits
Dr Florenz Ziegfeld founder emeritus of the Chicago Magical College and creator of the Follies dies in Chicago. Maj Thomas Baldwin district engineer of the Army Air Service parachute department dies in Buffalo. Arthur Letts vice president of the national council Boy Scouts of America and Los Angeles department store owner dies at sixty one.
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Florenz Ziegfeld
The
Chicago Magical College
Chicago
Maj
Thomas &. Baldwin
Army Air Service
Akron
Buffalo
Arthur Letts
National Council, Boy Scouts of America
America
Los Angeles
Cal
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Opens in Nashville
Report from Nashville Tennessee notes 300 delegates at the thirty fourth convention of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Also mentions varied items from domestic and international affairs and local incidents.
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The
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Nashville
Tenn
Sporting Zev Wins Kentucky Derby at Louisville
Harry F. Sinclair owned Zev trained by Sam Hildreth won the Kentucky Derby before over 75 000 spectators in Louisville. Martingale finished second with Vigil third. Mutual wagers paid 40 40 to 1 on Zev.
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Zev
Harry F. Sinclair
Sam Hildreth
Louisville
Martingale
Vigil
Mutual Tickets
Illinois State News Briefs and Local Updates
Thieves raid W H Knuth clothing store in Ohio twice, loot totaling over 2500 dollars. A joint picnic for Modern Woodmen in Winnebago and Rock counties seeks 15000 attendees near Rockford on June 23. Lieutenant Governor Fred Sterling urges repeal of all laws. Illinois University at Urbana graduates 1200, a record, with Chicago area students making up about a quarter. The Willneis Barkers group holds its 17th annual meeting in Jerseyville. A Belvidere infant undergoes surgery after ingesting a safety pin mistaken for appendicitis. April Illinois building contracts total 83.5 million, up 8 percent from March. Four months’ total construction 119.7 million, up 52 percent from 1922. A fatal accident near Adeline as Edith Barton dies from kerosene fire. A 25-year church anniversary celebrated with a free-will offering. An oil blast kills Edith Barton. Muriel Hutmacher, 11, dies after a fall in a barn. Kendall county jury to decide if Tilman Anderson is entitled to damages over a 1918 false arrest case.
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Illinois
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Chicago
Kendall
Lisbon
Tilman Anderson
Thomas Fletcher
Anderson
Fletcher
Baldwin Becomes British Prime Minister Amid Conservative Shakeup
London May 23 Stanley Baldwin became premier after Conservative leaders rejected Lord Curzon as impracticable for head of government. King George offered Baldwin the post, and he left Buckingham Palace for 10 Downing Street to form a cabinet. Labor opposed Curzon’s peerage as premier, arguing only peers could question him in parliament.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Lord Curzon
Andrew Bonar Law
Mr. Baldwin
King George
Baldwin
Buckingham Palace
Downing Street
Curzon
Robert Horne
Labor Party
Laborites
South Tightens Law To End Labor Exodus To North
Greensboro May 23 The ongoing outflow of negro workers to the North has prompted stricter enforcement of contract labor laws in several southern states. Following Governor McLeod’s orders, South Carolina sheriffs are enforcing licenses for labor agents. Charles Hampton, a negro, was fined $500 for secretly enticing negro laborers to leave Greensboro and nearby areas for Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
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Greensboro
N. C
North
McLeod
South Carolina
Charles Hampton
Harrisburg
Five Hundred Russian Refugees Sail From Manila for America
Five hundred Russian refugees sailed from Manila today on the transport Merritt under the American Red Cross. Army headquarters say five hundred six are to arrive in the United States, with six extra passengers sent aboard mid Pacific by the stork. Sixty men remain under Admiral Stark to manage the refugee ships.
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Manila
United States
Merritt
American Red Cross
Army
mid-Pacific
Stark
56 000 to Dollar German Mark Record Drop
In New York on May 23 a sharp drop in German marks set the new rate at roughly 0.001734 cents per mark, totaling about 56,000 marks to one dollar. The decline is two points from the previous Saturday with seven trillion paper marks in note circulation and 60 million gold marks about 15 million dollars en route from Germany.
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New York
Germany
Engineer Foils Plot to Wreck Alton Line Flyer
An attempted wreck on the Chicago and Alton southbound Hummer near Prentice, Jacksonville, Illinois, failed when the engineer spotted lines placed on the track in time to stop the train before 11:35 p.m. No damage or injuries reported.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Prentice
Here
Washington Officials Pleased With Baldwin Appointment
President Harding and administration officials received the news of Stanley Baldwins selection as British prime minister with cordial enthusiasm. The report notes official approval from Washington for the selection and its implications in Anglo American relations.
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Washington
Baldwin
Harding
Stanley Baldwin
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Amelia M. Earhart
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Colorado Melon and
Cantaloupe District
Pueblo
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Jean
Emerson Hough
Waukegan, Ill
Socialist Party of America
Taft
Andrew Carnegie
Robert E. McAdams
James S. Hall
Brooksfield
San Antonio, Tex
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Colo
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Rhine
P. J. Davis
Army Division of Criminal Investigation
Europe
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Philippine Legislature
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Lenroot
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Illinois State News
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Adeline
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Wakefield Ga
Menominee
Michigan
Zini Shoe Polishes
Jims Ie
Dodds Medicul Co
Main 51
Buffalo, N. Y
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