Miller Testifies Governor Small Promoted Personal Bond Plan
Waukegan June 2 State Treasurer Edward B Miller testified in Governor Small's conspiracy trial about a Spring field conversation where the governor urged a personal bond to avoid office investigation He described securities held by Sterling and Small Curtis and cash substitutes including certificates of deposit and large notes as part of the transfer of funds to Miller.
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Miller
Illinois
Waukegan, I
Edward B. Miller
Mult
G. Fred Mortimer
Mortimer
Small
Springfield
Ile
Net FT
Steall
Insurance Company
Sterling
Dixon Bank
Chicago
Vernon
Curtis
Mr. Curtie
DC Chief Justice McCoy Proposes Stricter Drug Laws
Walter I. McCoy, chief justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, says drug trafficking is expanding rapidly and current laws are too lenient. He notes drug cases in the capital have risen at an appalling rate.
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Walter I. McCoy
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Hiw
Ruys
President Heo Shil-chang resigns in cabinet session
President Heo Shil-chang tendered his resignation at an extraordinary cabinet meeting in Peking. Parliament unlikely to convene before vacancy. Acting Premier Chew Teenwil eat to oversee interim government. Senate president and house speaker say a manifesto to depose Heo Shil-chang will be issued and Li Yuan-huang may be offered the presidency.
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Peking
Jone 2
Heo Shil-chang
Chew Teenwil
Senate
Hsu Shihchang
Li Yuan-huang
Chicago Adopts Seven-Cent Fare For Surface Lines
Federal judges Evans Page and Geiger granted a temporary injunction allowing seven cent fares for all persons over twelve on Chicago surface lines. The order stops the six cent fare set by the Illinois Commerce Commission and becomes effective June 1.
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Chicago
Chicago Surface Lines
Evan A. Evans
George T. Page
Ferdinand Geiger
Hilneis Commerce Commission
Woman Helped to Hang Husband in Betrayal of Love
Chicago June 2 A confession to Captain Coughlin reveals Victoria Turek thirty seven of 1654 Fourteenth Poinc street conspired with Leopold Mikrut to lure her husband to a dark basement where he was struck down then hanged from a beam. The body was found by the eldest son next morning and police plan murder charges.
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Chicago
Thomas Coughlin
Marquette Police
Aveman
Victoria Turek
Leopold Mikrut
Tarek
Mikrut
Ulster Frontline Tensions Rise With British Threat
Sir James Craig seeks British military action on the Ulster frontier amid heavy guerilla fighting in Tyrone and Donegal. Troops with artillery tanks and planes concentrate in Ulster as Craig and Londonderry press for a systematic campaign against republicans while Belfast reports ongoing outbreaks and casualties.
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London
James Craig
Ulster
Belfast
Tyrone
Craig
Marquis of Londonderry
Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
James
South Ireland
Irish Free State
Donegal
West
Turmoil in Ulster as border towns recouped and talks drift
Sir James hears of growing danger in Strilune where a brigade of republicans reportedly marches into Ulster. Downing Street notes the Anglo Irish conference on Colline De Valera coalition is drifting and Cavan is summoned to London as negotiations hinge on Griffith and Collins. Boundary mediation eyed with Sir James Craig to confer.
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Ulster
Sir James
Strilune
Downing Street
Irish Free State
James Craig
Income receipts of U S decline in 1922 fiscal period
Treasury figures show ordinary receipts for the first eleven months of 1922 totalled 2.626 billion dollars, down from 4.850 billion the prior year. The shortfall is mainly due to income tax declines from 2.0 billion to 1.77 billion. Expenditures for the period reached 5.043 billion, matching the revenue drop.
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Washington, Wile
Treasury
Decree Granted Actress Constance Talmadge Divorce
In Los Angeles on June 2 Constance Talmadge film actress was granted an interlocutory divorce from John Palogou tobacco merchant of New York on grounds of mental cruelty.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Constance Talmadge
John Plalogiou
New York
House disunion over war fraud probe sparks heated debate
Washington June 2 Republican leaders use steamroller tactics to suppress a war frauds investigation as a fierce House clash erupts. Enraged Democrats denounce the move while veterans and lawmakers rally, the scene recalling a sharply divided chamber amid election-season tensions.
House Vote Sparks Fight Over Inquiry Into War Fraud
The meeting split along party lines as Republicans opposed to an inquiry and Democrats split on recalls. Campbell defended the committee while Garrett and Moore attacked fellow members. Woodruff and Tincher led the push for investigation but were blocked by Republican rules. Campbell said no congressional probe will occur to avoid hindering the attorney general's case.
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Washington
House
Woodruff-Johnson
Campbell
Representative Schell
Minnesota
Fess
Ohio
News Nation
Kreider
Pennsylvania
Redenberg
Tinnels
Don
North Carolina
Cannhed
Johnson
North Dakota
Woodruff
Michigan
Representative Cantrill
Kentucky
Rodenhberg
Sehall
Snell
New York
Dale
Vermont
Poll
Garrett
Tennessee
Riordan
Mondetl
Moore
Dem
Virginia
Tincher
Rep
Kansas
Federal officials to inspect Camp Grant reformatory site
Seven federal officials led by Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty and Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes will tour Camp Grant on Saturday to inspect the planned federal reformatory for first offenders in Rockford Ti. on June 2.
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Rockford
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Federal
Camp Grant
Train Kills Mother and Babe in Desperate Rescue
In St Louis on June 2 Mrs Bessie Adams twenty six died while trying to snatch her eighteen month old son Elmer from a fast moving express train. The mother rushed into the tracks in a doomed bid to save her child.
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St Louis
Bessie Adams
Elmer
Balfour to Act as Mediator Over Irish Crisis
Premier Craig Now Has 10,000 British Troops, Apart From Specials, in Ulster. The British cabinet names the new Earl Balfour as mediator to ease the Irish situation including the border issue. Ulster Premier Sir James Craig reports troops and calls for a free hand, but the cabinet agrees only to defensive use within Ulster.
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Craig
Ulster
London
Earl Balfour
Southern
Ireland
Earl O Cavan
Leming Worthington Evans
James Craig
Ulster Volunteers
Special Constabulary
Belfast
Labor groups meet to address child welfare after court ruling
Washington June 2 representatives of national organizations in child welfare met in conference in response to Samuel Gompers invitation. They discuss means to handle the child labor issue following the Supreme court decision invalidating the child labor act.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Capture of two Meta Mora bank bandits reported near Vlint
Two of three robbers who stole 6500 from Meta Mora bank were captured by a posse in a swamp eighteen miles from Vlint. The captives were wounded and claimed residents of Meta Mora shot at them as they fled. The third robber remained at large.
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la Peer
Mich
Jane
Metamora
Vlint
Metamor
Greek Leaders Massacred in Asia Minor Claims Stir
Athens reports 168 Greek notables seized and killed in Asia Minor by Turkish Nationalists. Foreign Minister Baltazar charges aggression as the Greek national assembly endorses a resolution demanding action.
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Athens
Asia Minor
Baltazar
Greece
National Assembly
National League and American League Standings Noted
The Green Diamond reports standings with teams including Cincinnati Chicago Boston New York and St. Louis tied at two apiece in the National League. American League shows Cleveland Detroit and Washington Philadelphia results with mixed scores and unresolved games.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Iain
Cleveland
Detroit
Fair
National
Mon York
Louis
Jexston
Washington
Dr. Polos Role in Tacna Conference Highlighted
Dr. Solon Polo, counselor to the Peruvian special mission, is in Washington for the Tacna conference. He is among the key figures as delegates seek to settle long standing disputes.
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Selon Polo
Washington
Polo
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Walter J. McCoy
China
Li Yuan-Hung
Republic
Frontier
Tyrone County
Sir James Craig
U. S
Conny Talmadge
Daugherty and
Dawes
Train
Mother
Babe
Path of Engine
Earl
DR. Solon Polo
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