Supreme Court settles insular cases in Porto Rico dispute
Justice Brown delivers the majority ruling holding Porto Rico a U S territory not a foreign country for duties on imports. Goetze Crossman and Dooles cases linked. Gray Shiras McKenna and White dissent. Downes case referenced with oranges under Forsker act.
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Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
Brown
United States
Porto Rico
Delima & Co
New York
San Juan
P. R
Delima Company
Bidwell
Supreme Court of New York
Circuit Court of the United States
Southern District of New York
Porto Hico
Congress
McKenna
Shiras
Gray
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Crossman
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Grossman
Hawaii
Dooles
Shiras McKenna
White
Court Opinion Clarifies Foraker Act and Downs Case
White criticizes inconsistency between Delima and Downs rulings, noting that Downes holds Congress may tax Porto Rico under the tariff act, while stressing that U S territorial status before and after the Foraker act creates conflict. The Brown dissent decries clash with majority view, affirming constitutionality of the Foraker act and limiting insular rights.
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Porto Rico
United States
White
Congress
Downes
Legislative Branch
Alger on the Big Canal in Breezy Style
General Russell A Alger tells The Record Herald that the United States should proceed to build the Nicaragua canal and claim full sovereignty once completed. He says the Clayton Bulwer treaty is obsolete and Britain will not block American progress, though British ships could receive equal rights. He notes past costs to the U S and hints at tolls on future waterways.
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Russell A. Alger
Nicaragua’ Canal
Record- Herald
England
United States
Nicaragua
Lord Salisbury
America
Suez Canal
New York Protector Seizes 2000 Game Birds in Storage Room
New York May 27 Protector John Overton reports entering the Artic Freezing company storage on West Street and finding about 2000 game birds including partridges quail and grouse. Possession of game birds out of season carries fines of 1 000 for the first bird and 25 for each additional bird. Authorities anticipate hefty penalties as they watch shipments leaving the premises.
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New York
John EK. Overton
Artic Freezing Company
West Street
Over
Ugle
Walsit Sald
Mindanao Commission Abandons Native Governments in Reform
Mindanao visitations lead U S commission to drop plan for local rule and push abolition of slavery. Officials say vast majority of inhabitants lack self government aims, preferring direct American governance over large civil reforms.
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Mindanao
Mystery Deaths Shock Mattoon Family In Illinois Inquest
In Mattoon Illinois the Cumberland county coroner probes the deaths of Mrs. Frank O Day and her 6 year old son after a suspected mistaken medicine dose. The mother had melancholia from bereavement and fire escapes. She and the child died two hours apart after a measles dose. Relatives suspect inadvertent poisoning.
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Mattoon
Cumberland County
Frank O
Kokomo
Ind
Bullet Hole in His Head Costs Hammond Murder Case
John son Hammond, a wealthy farmer from six miles south of Wheeling, disappeared ten days ago and was found in the Ohio river at Trocton with a bullet hole in his head. Charles Latz, son of a prominent Moundsville citizen, has been arrested on murder charges.
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W. Va
Johnson Hammond
Here
Ohio River
Trocton
Charles Latz
Moundsville
Conger Defeated in His Own County in Iowa Caucuses
In Des Moines Iowa on May 27 final Republican caucuses in Dallas county show Cummins winning ninety votes to Conger thirty, securing a Cummins delegation to the state convention. Separately in Havana Nationalists unite against the Platt Amendment and warn of a tie if the amendment passes.
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Des Moines
Dallas County
Cummins
Havana
Nash in bad shape as trip west strains health
Columbus May 27 The special train bearing Governor George K Nash and party to San Francisco for the end of the battleship Obie arrived at 7:20 am The governor looked old and weak and required support to walk The party had diminished since leaving Columbus though spirits remained high Close associates doubt a rapid recovery.
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Columbus
George K. Nash
San Francisco
Obie
Eorge Kilbon Nash
Hocking Valley
Nash
Anden
Hig Lage
Collision on Single Track Kill Five and Injure Dozen
A devastating two-train crash on a single track near Albany leaves five dead and about a hundred twenty injured, as cars collide at a sharp curve. Motormen Frank Smith and William Nichols die. others grievously hurt include George Barry and Mary Barry. Ambulances rush the wounded to hospitals while survivors recall the gruesome scene.
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Albany
Frank Smith
William Nichols
Mand Kellogger
Round Lake
Annie Boone
Stuyvesant Falls
David Mahoney
Dean Richmond
George ©. Barry
Troy
Fred J. Smith
William TF. Barry
Mary Barry
George P. Bittner
Moerville
Isaac Blauvelt
Dewitt C. Peltz
Charles Peltz
Howard J. Rogers
Failures 10 connect death of conspirator in grand insurance fraud
Chicago May 27 one of the greatest conspiracies to defraud Insurance companies is revealed in the Defenbach case. The stakes were $67,000 with multiple companies named including Equitable Mutual and New York Life. The case covers life policies on Marie A Defenbach and involves Dr August Unger and others. The presiding judge and prosecutors aim to admit statements and show planned defrauding of insurers. An investigation into prescriptions used by Miss Defenbach is planned to test if poisons were involved.
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Defenbach
Tuley
Mark A. Defenbach
Olsen
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Mutual Life
Security Life and Trust
Prudential Life
Metropolitan Life
New York Life
Independent Order of Foresters
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Marie A. Defenbach
Cony
August M. Unger
Francis Ryland Brown
Frank H. Lintley
Marie Defenbach
Miss Defenbach
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Unger
Kalamazoo
Mich
Dunkley Company
Dunkley Preserving Company
Edwin Norton
New York
American Can Company
Co Ed Rights Battle Sparks Michigan Magazine Clash
May 27 reports from Ann Arbor describe Agnes Inglis of Detroit accusing the University of Michigan Inlander of removing her contribution’s individuality through ruthless blue-penciling. The Daily and Inlander spar over editorial methods as Inglis prints a sharp response reflecting campus unrest.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
The
Inlander
Agnes Inglis
Detroit
University of Michigan Daily
Kilkenny Eats
Jealousy Fueled Philadelphia Hotel Murder Suicide
John A. Jenkins of 14% North Thirteenth Street killed himself at the Terminal Hotel 1421 Filbert Street after attempting to murder Mae Barbour of 219 North Thirteenth Street who escaped. Jenkins forced a farewell letter from her and then wrote a note blaming gambling and a dissipated life. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the third-story landing.
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Philadelphia
John A. Jenkins
North Thirteenth Street
Terminal Hotel
Filbert Street
Mae Barbour
Jenkins
Pierce
Hayne
John ‘Tl. Murphy
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Berger case tragedy in Argos over girl victimized by minister's son
Miss Ora Atkinson, 16, disappeared after a drive with Calvin Tuggle son of a United Brethren minister. They traveled from Morocco to Monon and several towns before arriving in Argos May 20. On arrival she was ill from abuse and exposure as Tuggle fled after hotel keeper exposed them and forced a wire to her parents.
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Ind
Ora Atkinson
Nellie Berger
Miss Atkinson
Morocco
Calvin Tuggle
United Brethren
Rensselaer
Monon
Various 1900s Telegraph Briefs From Across The Nation
New York filed for bankruptcy on a petition indorsed for a husband. Underground workers in New York strike halting tunnels. Boni, Anna Gould's husband, fired from Figaro. Philadelphia A M Church conference rejects Booker T. Washington praise. A threat to Edison’s 12-year-old daughter for ransom. New Jersey judge rules damn is not swearing. Java eruption kills 3 Europeans and 178 natives. Theosophists begin their 15th Chicago convention. Secretary Gage resumes duties in Washington. Oscar P. Austin arrives in Berlin. Herbert W. Bowen named Persian minister. French politicians clash with workers on pensions to weaken Waldeck Rousseau. Balmoral castle to be renovated for British royalty. Hungarian premier targets parliamentary corruption. Brooklyn Sunday school parade draws 100000 children, 72nd union anniversary. Aguinaldo to visit America pending MacArthur approval to study U S institutions. Shamokin strike ends as semi monthly pay begins. President pardons Alexander McKenzie in California. Two nine-year-old boys drown in the Kaw river at Kansas City.
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Brooklyn Sunday School Union
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Presbyterians Choose New York for 1925 Assembly Site
The Presbyterian general assembly adopted the revision committee’s report and set New York City as next year’s meeting place, rejected an Los Angeles substitute, and limited speeches to ten minutes. Dr Moffatt offered an amendment to remove ambiguity, which was adopted, and the assembly sang the doxology after voting to enlarge the revision committee to 21 members.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
New York City
Los Angeles
New York
Assembly
Moffatt
Washington Jefferson University
Royal Ulster Yacht Club Fixes Sept 21 Cup Race Date
New York report says the Royal Ulster Yacht Club cabled approval for Sept 21 as opening date of the cup races with the New York Yacht Club citing final and definitive scheduling.
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New York
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Man shoots wife in sleep misread as burglar
In Louisville, Kentucky, May 27, F H Richardson shot and killed his wife after mistaking her for a burglar. Police say Mrs Richardson may have been walking in her sleep.
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Louisville
F. H. Richardson
Work Resumed At Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk New York May 27 Work was resumed at the Brooks Locomotive works today Nine striking machinists of the allied metal workers returned to work.
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Dunkirk
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Brooks Locomotive Works
Allied Metal Workers
Royal Pair Arrives in Sydney Aboard Ophir
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York arrived in Sydney aboard the steamer Ophir and were greeted by enthusiastic crowds this afternoon.
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England
Sydney
Ophir
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
Lower the American Flag on Rosecrans Causes Indignation
At Tacoma Washington May 27 officers aboard the transport Rosecrans hauled down the American flag and raised the British flag to honor Queen Victoria's birthday. Regulations require the national flag to fly at all times while permiting a foreign flag underneath. The move, blamed on carelessness, prompted citizen complaints of unpatriotism and the flag was restored to its proper position.
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Rosecrans
Tacoma
Wash
Warren
Dobson
Fourteen Went Down After Sea Collision Mystery
The steamer Ohio reported a fog bound collision with the Norwegian bark Elise from Moss to New York. One sailor was saved amid conflicting accounts whether fourteen men of the bark perished. The incident occurred in fog. Also reported, George Adams a veteran Chicago live stock merchant died at 70, noted for helping establish early stock yards.
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Ohio
Hull
Elise
Moss
New York
Chicago
George Adams
Livestock Commission
West
Adams
England
Union
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