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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1923
Page
1
In Waurango City a 3000 strong Catholic demonstration against a law limiting to twenty the number of clergy per nomination turned violent at the provincial palace. A melee left three police and seven civilians dead and seventeen wounded. Military patrols guarded the capitol as church officials suspend services.
Northern Minnesota timber lands under control after two weeks of threatening fires. Copper Falls area in Wisconsin reported as threatened with standing timber destroyed. Pentwater Michigan fire fought by volunteers. no homes lost. Lake Superior north forests at risk without rain. Peawater Michigan residents defend homes as fires rage across the district.
A cyclone in northern Italy's Simpton region caused widespread destruction. Houses wrecked and rail traffic halted. Four dead in Vogo, two in Oscola, several in Modosola.
Spanish troops badly beaten as the Foreign Legion, which crossed the straits from Ceuta to Algiers, receives orders to move to Melilla where they have faced severe defeats since Sunday, according to Central News via AP report.
Washington June 1 AP A large Ku Klux Klan gathering was held as imperial Wizard H W Evans avoided discussing meeting plans. He noted national officers were present or en route and dismissed Atlanta receivership as not serious, while stating the move aimed to shift headquarters to Washington.
Four people drowned when their capsized boat was recovered from Clear Lake in Iowa on Wednesday night, with authorities locating all bodies at the scene.
San Francisco aviator Emmett Tanner fell more than 2000 feet over Alameda and survived. Workmen rushed to the wreckage and found him climbing out unhurt, joking that the plane would not go farther and asking where the nearest streetcar was.
Albany June 1 AP Governor Smith faces a critical choice on whether to sign or veto the Cuvillier bill repealing the Mullan Gage prohibition enforcement act. After a four and a half hour public hearing he planned a decision before Sunday noon, with observers split over which side made the stronger impression. Opponents included U S attorney William Hayward and Anti Saloon League counsel Wayne Wheeler.
New York on June 1 AP reports Federal Prohibition Director Canfield stating that if Governor Smith signs the repeal of the Mullan Gage law he will urge each sheriff to enforce the federal prohibition act. He notes over 24 000 enforcement officers in the state must uphold the eighteenth amendment and enforce the national ban.
Twin Falls Idaho June 1 AP Mrs Cecil Hurst Blackburn 18 died from poison after swallowing it three weeks earlier Her husband Melville Blackburn 19 is jailed and accused of sending the drug by mail Prosecutor J W Taylor says a criminal charge is warranted but degree of murder undecided Authorities say Blackburn claimed he sent a medicine by mail but denied it was poison and refused to name the source of the drug
Annapolis reports seven seniors in the Naval Academy class of over four hundred earning star rating with 85 percent or better on the three year course. K McLaren of Seattle takes first honors as 188 pass with credit and others pass with small margins in the aggregate 880 point program.
Senator Reed Smoot tells Lincoln Club that federal taxes will stay at least 3 billion annually, with pensions for World War I veterans rising. He notes England’s duties, warns on European debts, and cites France Italy Belgium Poland and Czecho-Slovakia in payment efforts as crucial to world recovery.
In St Paul on June 1 AP reports lawyers urged the federal circuit court to enforce a Supreme Court mandate splitting the Central Pacific from Southern Pacific. They claim the Transportation Act authorizes control and overrides Sherman antitrust limits, arguing the act serves national transportation needs.
News from Canton reports Sun Yat Sen’s army capturing Waichow fifty miles east of Canton as enemy forces retreat in disorder. In Vancouver a construction contractor wins a deal to build a 1200 mile railway linking Canton to Chang ta via Kwangsi and Yunnan provinces at an estimated cost of 25 to 35 million dollars. The project fate depends on Sun Yat Sen government finances.
Proceedings show Mrs Bula Croker seeking examination as children of Richard Croker contest the will. Testimony concerns Guy Marone and Indian territory origins, with Father Brennan and associates backing credibility. Appellate division ruling upholds that former Tammany leader did not legally revoke the 1909 trust.
Mary Elisabeth Young, 16, vanished after leaving home last Friday in Marietta Georgia. Her parents report she was last seen with a young man, Frank Ragoot, who claimed to be from Syracuse New York and gave an address in Los Angeles.
Washington reports that imports from Latin America rose sharply in March, reaching the largest portion of total shipments and doubling the level seen for other regions. The surge highlights growing trade with Southern American markets amid broader global patterns.
El Paso dispatches report Clara Phillips, called the hammer murderess, faces transfer to San Quentin for a sentence of ten years to life for the Alberta Meadows killing. She vows to fight to the last court, denying hammer use and accusing Peggy Caffee as the hammer buyer. The Sunset Limited carried her toward Los Angeles as authorities seek commitment papers.
In Denver on June 1 AP reports that Lou Blonger known as the brains of the gang and ten associates were sentenced to seven to ten years in state prison after the court denied their motion for a new trial. Eight others received three to ten year terms. Grove Sullivan awaits a verdict on insanity and a possible separate trial.
Brussels reports the Belgian minister at The Hague was instructed to seek an explanation from Holland for the presence of four Belgian cabinet directors at a banquet honoring two Belgians condemned to death by default for treason. The alleged treason involved aiding a separate Flemish government during World War II.
Ludwigshafen June 1 AP The Baden Aniline and Soda Works declared a 300 percent dividend for 1922 up from 30 percent in 1920. Net profits last year totaled 5 906 440 000 marks, vs 168 750 009 marks in 1921. Dye trades were satisfactory though foreign competition remained perceptible.
A Calgary dispatch reports severe floods in Crow's Nest Pass Alberta after sixteen hours of heavy rain. Towns like Coleman Blairmore and Frank face rising water, with electricity cut and transport disrupted as rivers overflow and streets flood.
The Reichsbank plans to ship about 53 million gold marks to New York to cover reparations treasury bills due June 15. The bills total 52.08 million gold marks and represent the final installment of payments to Belgium agreed last summer.
Gene Sarazen, the American golf great, captured the Open Championship at Lytham today after a tight 72 hole battle. Weather and course conditions challenged players as Sarazen edged to victory in England.
Reported talks at noon between new delegates and Chinese officials aim to release foreign captives on Paoteuku mountain within a week. Brigands demand 1,000,000 dollars in reparations for villages razed, but negotiators expect a cut to about 106,000. They also seek ransom for prisoners, with settlement tied to turning in one outlaw per weapon produced by the raiders.
Clark Vance, a Logansport Indiana air mail pilot, will attempt a twenty hour coast to coast flight in a homemade airplane within ten days. The event is non official and will occur on leave from the post office system. Vance previously landed on the Sierra crest during a February snowstorm.
Los Angeles June 1 Doyle former publicity man for Willard files suit seeking $12,000 in back wages. Willard started light training at the Hollywood American Legion ium for a bout with Tate Angel Firpo set for July 7. He will train here until Wednesday then depart for Wichita, Kansas and on to New York.
Washington June 1 AP The department of interior announced that irrigated crops operated by the REC service were valued at 53,000,000 dollars, representing the harvest of 1,169,000 acres last year.
Hearing in the U S circuit court of appeals in St Paul on a petition for a final decree divesting the Southern Pacific and its lease of Central Pacific is expected to conclude today. James M Beck argued for separation of the two roads as solicitor general. The case concerns the Interstate Commerce Commission order approving the merger under 1920 transportation laws.
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