Criticism aid to court says judge honest opinions help
Colorado Springs June 1% The United States district judge Smith McPherson argues that intelligent criticism from editors aids the courts and that rude or biased comment harms justice. He urges editors to discuss rulings with civility, stressing freedom of the press and the need for gentlemanly discourse to progress public understanding.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Smith McPherson
United States
Southern District of Iowa
National Presse Association
MacPherney
Judge McPherson
McPherson
Weather forecast for Rock Island and nearby areas
Weather forecast through 7 p m tomorrow for Rock Island Davenport Moline and surrounding area fair and warm. Tonight and Friday winds moderate. Temperature 7 am 76. High yesterday 94 low last night 75. No precipitation. Humidity 7 pm 59 7 am 64. Moon Mercury evening. Venus Saturn Mars and Jupiter morning. Jupiter near the moon at 2 26 am.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
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Riot in House Over State Wage Bill Ends With Referral
Springfield reports a near riot in the House as progressives Munro Elliott and Zollastart clashed over moving the Senate passed minimum wage bill to second reading. After chaotic scenes and arrests, the bill was referred to the rules committee by a 62 to 45 vote, delaying passage. The measure, backed by Governor Dunne and labor groups, passed the Senate months earlier.
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Springfield
House of Representatives
Progressive Party
Munro
Elliott
Zolla
Senate
McKinley
Kelm
Leonard Wert
Keim
Lee O'Neil Browne
Sullivan
Mulcahy
McKie’ley
Rile
McCormick
King
Butts
House
White Slave Commission
Harris
Dunne
Shurtleff
Lock Out 20 000 Men in Chicago
A lockout of 20 000 men in Chicago building trades became effective today after 150 striking stone masons refused to return to work on a downtown bank building. Contractors had threatened the lockout over the ongoing construction in the downtown district.
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Chicago
Two Dry Bills Put Through Upper House
In Springfield, the senate passed two saloon control measures delivering a hard blow to wets. One banned saloons within four miles of the University of Illinois. both measures advance to the governor. The session featured turmoil in the house over the minimum wage bill and a 54 hour work week limit, with other reforms moving through both chambers.
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Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
Senate
Carter
University of Illinois
House
Peoria
Peoria Teachers’ Pension Fund
Dunne
Public Utility Commission
Chicago
Medill McCormick
Divnne Tax Commission
Ward Blow
McLean
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
40 Moore Horses At London Show
London June 19 The International horse show opened at Olympia with over 4000 entries Judge W H Moore of Philadelphia among top exhibitors with about 40 carriage and coach horses Miss Mona Dunn daughter of a Canadian colony member entered 22 horses Total show cost estimated at 250000 dollars with 60000 in prizes Fifty thousand spent on decoration including a servatore filled with flowers The arena canopy uses 20000 yards of blue silk to create a summer sky.
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London
Olympia
W. H. Moore
Philadelphia
Mona Dunn
KILLED, 25 HURT IN CAR WRECK WEST
Ten dead and 25 injured after a collision on the Napa & Caligesta electric line near Vallejo. Trains telescoped in the crash, with victims pinned under wreckage and rescued by fire crews and a nearby house-moving outfit. Names and exact locations not confirmed in the report.
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San Francisco
Cal
Vallejo
Southern Pacific
Webb law held not criminal act in liquor shipments case
Washington June 19 The Webb law forbidding shipments of liquor into dry states is not a criminal statute and violations cannot be prosecuted in federal courts. Attorney General McReynolds says the law merely prohibits interstate traffic and has no penalty for infractions. Its purpose is to permit state laws to operate regarding intoxicating liquors moving in interstate commerce.
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Washington, D. C
Webb
McReynolds
Banana Duty at 5 Cents A Bunch
Washington June 19 Democratic members of the senate finance committee have revised the Underwood tariff bill with reductions and additions to the free list. They say the alterations will raise revenue by more than 5 million dollars. Bananas are removed from the free list and made 5 cents a bunch, as they are claimed to be controlled by a monopoly. Repeal of the exemption for brandies used in fortifying wines from the $1.10 a gallon tax is also included.
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England
Washington City
New York City
Indianapolis
Panama Canal
Court Ag
Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
House
Night practice yields far out target hit by city mortars
San Francisco on June 19 reports fifteen of twenty shots fired from a city mortar defense hit a distant sea target five and a half miles away during night practice. The target, outlined by five searchlights, was not visible to gunners firing from a pit behind a hill. range was relayed by stations overlooking the harbor entrance.
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San Francisco
Cal
Cancer Curable Dr Mayo Claims At AMA Session
Minneapolis June 19 A Mayo Clinic physician declared cancer of the stomach curable, citing that a favorable diagnosis can be established by simple methods and that moderate pancreatic involvement does not preclude operation. Stats from 1,000 operations and comments by experts on blindness and public health followed during the American Medical association gathering.
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Minneapolis
Minn
William D. Mayo
Rochester
American Medical Association
Mayo
United States
Henry Copley Green
Massachusetts Commission For the Blind
Green
C. D. Camp
Ann Arbor
Mich
Sixtyable Tragedy as Villagers Burn Seventy Eight Labourers
In St to Poltava district a sugar estate in southern Russia faced a grim massacre as eighty women allegedly imported as cheap labor were locked inside a barn and burned alive by enraged villagers. The incident, reported by Kiev’s Lia min, highlights harsh reaction to labor importation and raises questions about safety and enforcement.
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St. Petersburg
Piriatin
Poltava
Russia
Kiev
Liamin
Pelkey Trial Opens for Manslaughter in McCarty Death
Calgary June 15 Arthur Pelkey faced trial on a manslaughter charge over Luther McCarty's death in a May 24 first round. Large crowd attended. Thirty witnesses subpoenaed. Mount Vernon June 19 Mrs Gustave Faas, 50, hanged herself at home near John Page’s farm. Ends Life After Teeth Are Pulled. Champaign June 19 William Bonner, Ludlow, ill, drank carbolic acid after painful tooth extraction.
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Calgary
Arthur Pelkey
Luther McCarty
Mount Vernon
Gustave Faas
John Page
Champaign
Ill
William Bonner
Ludlow
Harlem hospital patients struck by ptomaine poisoning
In New York on a June day, twenty seven hospital staff and patients in a Harlem hospital suffered ptomaine poisoning. Three physicians, twelve graduate nurses, and twelve attendants and orderlies were affected. All cases were treated quickly and none are believed to be serious. The first case was reported at midnight Tuesday. food analysis will determine the contamination source.
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New York
Harlem
Death by own action at Ascot track shocks derby crowd
At Ascot England a male suffragist, waving suffrage colors and with a revolver, leaped before Tracery as the Derby contenders approached the straight. His skull was fractured by a hoof and he died in hospital. A second man is said to be involved, seizing the revolver and escaping. Cards read Hewitt Cambridge.
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Ascot
Eng
Emily Wilding Davison
August Belmont
Tracery
Rock Sand
Belmont
Topiary
England
Hewitt
Trinity College
Cambridge
Death sentence given Henwood in Denver trial
The jury in the second trial of Harold F. Henwood for the killing of George E. Copeland and Sylvester L. Von Phul returned a verdict of first degree murder with the death penalty. Copeland and Atkinson were bystanders and hit by stray bullets. Copeland and Von Phul died.
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Denver
Col
Harold F. Henwood
George E. Copeland
Henwood
Sylvester L. von Phul
St. Louis
James W. Atkinson
Copeland
Atkinson
von Phul
Colorado Supreme Court
Supreme Court
von Phul J
John W. Springer
Springer
German aviator and passenger killed in 200 foot fall
Berin June 19 roftel a German aviator and passenger named Ger bitz were killed at the Johannisthal aerodome this morning when their aeroplane somersaulted at 200 feet. Magazines were excluded from street corners today by city ordinance legalizing the stands only for sale of newspapers published in this city.
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Berin
Roftel
Gerbitz
Johannisthal Aerodome
Chicago
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