Oklahoma college seized by radicals in Stillwater
In Stillwater Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College was taken over by the Farmer Labor administration with five National Guard officers escort. George Wilson, former Nonpartisan League organizer, received the keys from retiring president J B Eskridge and was installed as president. A red flag was raised, the college flag replaced, and several professors announced resignations including J A Tolman who condemned Wilson as unfit due to limited education. The governor offered to intervene if threats to Wilson grew.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Farmer- Labor Administration
National Guard
George Wilson
Nonpartisan League
North Dakota
Kansas
J. B. Eskridge
Wilson
Walton
Adjt
Baird H. Markham
J. A. Tolman
Sailors Kill Three Chinese in Shanghai Boycott Clash
Mobs of students and supporters of the Japanese boycott attacked Japanese residences and businesses at Changsha in Eunan Province. The Japanese gunboat Fushimi landed forces after the riot, engaging Chinese protesters and killing three while wounding many.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Eunan
Fushimi
Treasury Fits Ship Rum Rules to U S Court Edict
Washington June 4 The Treasury enforces new regulations aligned with a Supreme Court ruling barring beverage liquors from U S territorial waters after 12:01 a m June 10. Treasury spokesman says no loopholes remain and the court's dry flow will be strictly applied.
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Treasury
U. S
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Former U S Man and Wife Slain in Budapest Villa
Andrew Lachman, a wealthy baker and former US resident, and his wife were murdered and buried in the garden of their villa near Budapest. Police found the bodies and authorities suspect anti Semitic sentiment behind the killings.
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U. S
Vienna
Jane
Andrew Lachman
Budapest
Lachman
United States
Fire wipes out most of Canaan New Hampshire town
A massive blaze in Canaan New Hampshire on June 4 destroyed two thirds of the town. One man died, another likely fatally injured, and about 200 residents were left homeless. Forty two structures burned with an estimated loss exceeding 500000 dollars. Only a handful of buildings survived.
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N. H
Canaan
M. H
Bootleg Steamer Returns to Britain with Whisky Cargo
The first Scotch whisky steamer, sent to the United States six months ago, has returned to Britain. It carried 30,000 cases, about a third of a million bottles, and disposed of the cargo for a reported profit of £125,000, equivalent to $600,000.
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Britain
London
United States
Daily Chronicle
Nation urged to fill coal bin in summer push
Washington June 4. Purchase and storage of coal during the summer is urged on industries public utilities and other users in a statement by Federal Fuel Distributor F R Wadleigh.
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Washington
F. R. Wadleigh
Four Die As Train Strikes Auto At Berbert Crossing
Four people including two women a man and a boy were killed when a Western Maryland train struck an automobile at Berbert Crossing about six miles west of Hancock on Sunday afternoon.
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Crossing
Cumberland
Maryland
Berbert
Hancock
Roses for Hardings stampede at White House park
About 8000 cheering school children flooded the Washington baseball park for a music week serenade to President Harding and Mrs. Harding. Flowers rained down as secret service and staff tried to calm the crowd. Helen Briggs led a song. Harding promised to visit the children daily.
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Washington
Mr. Harding
Helen
Pair Killed Day After Their Dream Comes True
Sterling Illinois June 1 Their dream of a lifetime realized when they moved onto a little truck farm east of Sterling Licyd Thompson past commander of the Sterling commandery Knights Templar and proprietor of a machine shop here and his wife were killed when their automobile was struck by an interurban car on the Sterling Dixon Eastern electric railway.
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Sterling, Ill
Sterling
Licyd Thompson
Sterling Commandery
Knights Templar
Sterling, Dixon & Eastern Electric Railway
Georgia Judge Threatens Death Over Whisky Search
Savannah probate judge Mc Alpin wrote to Georgia Prohibition Director Fred Dismuke vowing to shoot to kill any officer attempting to search his car for whisky without a warrant. He warned authorities he would eliminate the threat next time such an attempt occurred.
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Atlanta
McAlpin
Savannah
Prohibition
Fred Dismuke
Georgia
Coopers Guilty in Iowa Tax Fraud Trial
Dubuque Iowa June 1 Austin and William Cooper were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy to defraud the government over income and other taxes. The verdict carries a penalty of two years in prison or a $10,000 fine or both.
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Dubuque
Austin
William Cooper
Petrograd Opera Fire Leaves Many Dead in Panic
A fire at the Petrograd opera house caused a deadly panic as terrified patrons rushed for exits. One performer’s dress ignited and spread to the scenery, destroying the theater and killing many in Helsingfors.
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Petrograd
Helsingfors
Petrograd Opera House
Three Bandits Nabbed After Bank Robbery Pursuit
In Oux City Iowa on June 4 a trio of bandits attempted to rob a state bank at Kaylor. A posse of citizens pursued them and the suspects were captured and jailed in Olivet South Dakota.
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Oux City
Kaylor
Olivet
S. D
Record May traffic breaks canal throughput by ships
Four hundred nineteen commercial vessels passed the Panama Canal in May, ten more than the prior monthly record, with tolls totaling 1,972,000 dollars.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Governor Smith backs repeal of Mullan-Gage law
Albany June 2 Governor Smith approved the Cuvillier bill repealing the Mullan-Gage liquor enforcement law leaving prohibition enforcement to federal Volstead rules. He urges Congress to amend the Volstead act to set a sane maximum alcohol content and let states tailor laws within that limit.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Congress
Federal officer shoots two men during liquor seizure near Madison
In Madison Georgia on June 2 a federal officer with a party of three tried to seize a car carrying contraband liquor. He boarded the vehicle and, after the occupants fired, he returned fire with an automatic pistol, killing both men.
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Madison, Ga
Henry Gaisley
Ten Die in Mexican Religious Riot at Durango
Ten people were killed and seventeen wounded in a religious riot in Durango Mexico. A mob attacked the provincial palace and mounted police fired on them. Federal troops were concentrated in the city and public amusements were closed.
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Mexico City
Durango
Smoot Predicts U S Taxes Won’t Fall Below 3 Billion
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah told the Lincoln Club luncheon in Los Angeles that federal taxes will not drop below 3 billion dollars annually and will likely rise in the coming years. He spoke in honor at the event.
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Smoot
U. S
Los Angeles
Cal
Reed Smoot
Utah
Lincoln Club
Representative Kitchin Dies Led Congress in War Times
Representative Claude Kitchin former Democratic leader in the House of Representatives died at a hospital in Wilson North Carolina surrounded by family. He was fifty four and had been in ill health since a stroke after an impassioned 1920 congressional address.
Immigration Law Bars Bride of U S Citizen
New York June 1 Forced by exhausted British quota Mrs Elsie Demitron wife of an American citizen who arrived aboard the President Monroe must be excluded. She appealed the ruling to Washington.
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New York
Great Britain
Elsie Demitron
President Monroe
Washington
Strike Closes Cemeteries in Cologne
June 4 report says no one available to bury the dead as a city strike shuts cemeteries and closes the municipal theater. All city employees including streetcar workers are on strike.
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Cologne
Swiss vote legalizes home distilleries indefinitely
Geneva June 4 The Swiss national elections overturned the government plan for a monopoly on drinking alcohol and legalized home distilleries for an indefinite period.
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Win
Geneva
U S Market Report May 31 Grain Dairy Livestock Prices
Washington report covers week ending May 31 with Chicago cash prices for No 2 red and hard winter wheats, No 2 mixed and yellow corn, No 3 white oats, and farm averages. Dairy shows butter and cheese quotes at Chicago and Wisconsin markets. Livestock ranges listed for hogs, beef cattle, cows, veal, lambs, yearlings, ewes, plus fruit and vegetable prices including potatoes, strawberries, cantaloupes, and watermelons in Chicago and producing regions.
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Washington
Chicago
Iowa
Wisconsin
South Carolina
Florida
Spaulding Rose
Texas
Alabama
Bliss
Tom Watson
California
Maryland
New Jersey
Kentucky
Missouri
Tennessee
Milton captures Memorial Race in 1923 Indianapolis event
Tommy Milton won the Memorial Day 500 mile race at Indianapolis driving an H C S Special. He averaged 91.44 mph, finishing in 5 hours 28 minutes 6.27 seconds. Hartz in a Durant Special was two laps behind, Murphy third, with prize money totaling 44 300 for the top finishers and lap awards.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Tommy Milton
Uarry Hartz
Milton
Jimmie Murphy
Hartz
Murphy
Royalist Plot Threatens French Republic Across All Provinces
Paris June 2 a royalist conspiracy aiming to restore the king endangers the republic across provinces and cities. The cabinet told the chamber of deputies with interior minister Manoury vowing to crush the contemplated revolution to the full extent of the government’s power.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Manoury
Poincare
U S Recovers War Plunder Sum Over Three Million
Attorney General Daugherty told President Harding that the justice department’s war frauds section recovered 3,198,385.19 dollars for the government in the past year and secured judgments for 1,225,919 dollars more. The department won 95 indictments and noted its 500,000 dollar appropriation has been returned many times over.
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Washington
Daugherty
Harding
Department of Justice
Wisconsin Bill to Hit Ku Klux Klan Vetoed
Madison Wisconsin June 2 A bill aimed at the Ku Klux Klan was vetoed by Gov John J Blaine who said it accomplishes nothing except perhaps restraining youth exuberance The measure would have barred anyone from appearing in public with a hidden face mask or regalia to conceal identity
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Madison, Wis
Ku Klux Klan
John J. Blaine
Flood causes $200000 loss in Beaver Valley lowlands
Beaver City Nebraska June 2 flood waters caused about $200000 in damage in the lowlands of Beaver Valley. The Burlington railroad sustained about $80000 in damages.
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Nebraska
Beaver City
Neb
Beaver Valley
Burlington
Heller Returns From South American Jungle Expedition
Edmund Heller of the Field Museum Chicago returns from a year in South American jungles aboard a steamship with a collection of 1800 birds and mammals for the Field Museum.
Government housing needs prompt central Washington building plan
A White House cabinet meeting discussed urgent federal housing needs and a nationwide building program. Presidents aides favor centralizing offices in the Mall area and across the country to improve health and efficiency, with Mellon and New citing unsafe rentals and a 250 percent rise in post office space demands.
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Ashington
Congress
Washngton
White House
Iaw
Washington
Fine Arts Commission
Mall
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mellon
The
Treasury
Income
Tach
New
United States
Wedding Postponed as Hoyt Scion’s Bridegroom Returns to England
Washington society reels as Miss Nancy Hoyt’s wedding to Lieut. F Wiseman Clarke is indefinitely postponed due to illness. The Hoyt family states the engagement is broken. Wiseman Clarke and his parents have left for England. Rumors link the split to Miss Hoyt’s sister Mrs Horace Wylie’s troubled marriages and past tragedies.
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Nancy Hoyt
Henry M. Hoyt
Taft
F. Wiseman-Clarke
R. N
W. E. Wiseman-Clarke
England
Miss Hoyt
Horace Wylie
Philip Hichborn
Forest Fires Press Lesson of Prevention Across States
The article notes a surge of forest fires near Washington and major centers, with 34 000 fires projected for this summer and 38 400 last year. Col. W B Greeley urges learning fire safety, citing carelessness and ignorance as 80 per cent of causes, while detailing segments of responsible and reckless behavior. Timber is a national priority as preventing fires could aid reforestation efforts.
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New Jersey
Washington
Forest Service
Col. W. B. Greeley
The
Mary-land
Virginia
Pennsylvania
United States
Desk Requisition Tale From Dawes Era
An anecdote recalls a government clerk who fetched a needed desk without a formal requisition and faced a decade‑late denial. The tale contrasts initiative with red tape, noting the clerk’s rise as a go getter despite the moral. The story underscores efficiency versus procedure in wartime government.
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State Agricultural School
Paul Haupt
Johns, Hopkins University
Hardings
Flower
Barrage
Coopers
Law
Mexico
Kitchin
Otto H. Kahn
Otto H. Nun
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Uncle Sam
Evelyn
Hay
Elinor Hoyt
Admiral Hichborn
Gen. Dawes
Maria
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