Germany Faces Impending Civil War Alarm Abroad
Berlin reports a deep national mood pushing Germany toward civil conflict amid Ruhr and Saxony violence, economic collapse, and dwindling government legitimacy. observers warn of a bloody, decisive clash as Russia eyes an active role while Britain and Italy seek quiet alignment.
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S. D. Weyer
International
Berlin
Germany
Ruhr
Saxony
Ruher
Cuno
Guno
Attorney General Chief Se in Will Scribbled Two Days Before Death
Washington June 2 Attorney General H M Daugherty named chief legatee in the will of Jesse W Smith a longtime Washington aide and confidant who shot himself in the attorney general suite at a hotel Smith drawn pencil will two days before death due to despondency from ill health relatives also share in estate Smith once headed Ohio Elks and was political aide to Daugherty and lived with him in Washington
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Washington, D.C
H. M. Daugherty
Jesse W. Smith
Harding
Daugherty
Washington
Smith
Ohio
Elks
Eight-Game Big Ten Football Schedule Approved
The Western conference faculty committee voted to increase the 1923 football season from seven to eight games. Illinois and Wisconsin opposed the eight game plan as the practice season begins September 15 remained unchanged. Coaches move to fill the eight games with added opponents including Iowa City matches, Oklahoma A N L in Des Moines, and Purdue at Lafayette. Northwestern adds Lake Forest. Michigan faces Case. Illinois schedules Mississippi 8 and will play Urbana on November 17.
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Associated Press
Ann Arbor
Mich
Western Conference
Illinois
Wisconsin
Big Ten
Mississippi 8. & M
Ilinois
Urbana
Towsi
Oklahoma A. & NL
Iowa City
Mose Poly
Terre Haute
Ind
Purdue
Boilermakers
Lafayette
Northwestern
Lake Forest
Michigan
Case
Bombs disrupt French rail line to Ruhr coal region
Duesseldorf June 2 The main line railroad used by the French to haul coal and coke from the occupied Ruhr district was torn up by bomb explosions. A coal train derailed and two locomotives were derailed after contact bombs exploded. Sabotage occurred in wooded districts prompting orders to cut trees 200 meters from the right of way. German civilians are urged to fell trees. burgomaster officials to supply workers.
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Associated Press
Duesseldorf
Muhr
Judge Threatens Prohibition Officers in Whisky Car Search
Atlanta June 2 Judge McAlpin of Savannah Chatham county Georgia, probate judge, threatened to kill any prohibition officer who again searches his car for whisky. He sent the threat in a letter to Fred Dismuke prohibi director of Georgia.
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Atlanta
McAlpin
Savannah
Chatham County
Georgia
Prohibition
Fred Dismuke
Prohibi
Tee
Chicago Man Hired to Aid Wallace in Merger Fight
Chicago lawyer Walter L. Fisher, a former Secretary of the Interior, has been retained by Secretary Wallace as special counsel in the Agriculture Department’s case against the Armour-Morris packing merger. Hearings slated to resume in Chicago on June 18. Fisher previously advised the American National Livestock Association and spoke at congressional hearings on packers and the livestock industry.
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Washington
D. C
Jama 2
Walter L. Fisher
Chicago
Taft
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Fisher
American National Livestocks Association
Moro Swallower of Bullets Killed with Followers
Manila reports say Akbara and about 50 followers of the Moro fanatics died in a battle with the Philippine constabulary on Bata Island. Akbara had claimed immortality and could swallow bullets, and bring down airplanes. The movement had previously faced suppression and a prior assault left many followers slain. Akbara allegedly led a renewed attack before dying.
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Manila
Akbara
Philippine Constabulary
Bata Island
Vara
Ak- Wara
International Crook Captured in Muskogee Case
Post office inspectors announced the capture of a nationally known swindler named Roy Churchill, linked to Eldorado Arkansas oil men and other operations. Fingerprints from Reno and other locales traced his activities, including a $6000 Tulsa bank swindle.
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Muskogee
Gkln
F. Hs Hughes
Eldorado
Ark
Roy Churchill
Reno
Nev
Churchill
Hughes
Tulsa
Okla
Smiles and Kinks Off Today's Wires
New York report notes Frances Mary Wright celebrating her hundred second birthday at a grandchild’s home after outliving all her children. White Plains, Edmund Ryan to spend six months in jail for entering the street of his wife after an earlier parole for harassment. Chicago police misread a report thinking Joan Thomas sold "donpe" but failed to locate supplies until a cache was found in Thomas's wooden leg.
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New York
Frances Mary Wright
White Plains
N. Y
Edmund II. Ryan
Chicasro
Joan Thomas
Thomas
Foreign captives released as probe into bandit raid proceeds
International mission led by Gen. O Connor reaches Tsaochwang as four more captives including an American and two British subjects are freed at the relief camp. Eight other foreigners remain held while the commission investigates Chinese troop actions and bandit defenses to prevent a recurrence of the Suchow train raid.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
Tsuochwang
J. A. Henley
Commodore Heatel
New York
Fearon Daniel Company
Shanghai
Howard Kas
Theodore Saphiere
Manuel A. Vereo
Guadalajara
Mexico
Tsaochwang
Paotzuku Mountain
International Military Committee
Shantung
Maj
R. W. Pinger
Ordnance Department
U.S. A
Leon Friedman
Chicago
J. B. Parwell
Les Balnmag
San Francisco
Shang
Fred Kas
Edward Elias
R. H. Rulatt
Wmile Gensburger
D. Massa
International Military Commission
William D. Connor
China
Diplomatic Corps
Feenlen
Dean Walker Threatens Buckshot for Peeping Toms at Geneva
Rochester report states Dean Barbara Walker of William Smith College warns peeping toms will face buckshot from a trusted double barreled shotgun after a man was found in a tree spying on dormitories. Walker notes she already killed a rabbit at 60 yards last week and vows sharper action.
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Rochester
N.Y
William Smith College
Geneva
Barbara Walker
Dean Walker
Customs Crooks Cost 150 Millions in Lost Revenue
Uinternational News Wire reports Washington officials estimate customs fraud losses will reach about 150 million dollars due to understaffed ports. Treasury seeks extra 5.9 million to hire skilled inspectors and bolster collections at principal ports as imports surge. Assistant Secretary Moss orders collectors to maintain maximum staffing. tariffs raise revenue, with eleven months ending May showing 10 million and projected year end more than 550 million.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Treasury Department
New York
Kahn Quits League After Disabled Soldiers Aid Controversy
Washington June 2 Julius Kahn chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee ordered his name removed from the advisory board of the National Disabled Soldiers league. The group is accused of circulating nationwide and selling lead pencils at two dollars per dozen. Veterans' bureau officials said the league had not been endorsed by the bureau.
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Washington, D. C
Julius Kahn
House
National
Disabled Soldiers’ League
Veterans’ Bureau
Los Angeles Fugitive Held on East Coast
Springfield dispatch reports John S. Fremont held on request of Los Angeles police for embezzling 35000 dollars. Detectives say Fremont admitted being the man sought and gained the funds through real estate deals. Arrest followed a description from Los Angeles police.
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Los Angeles
Springfield
Mass
John S. Fremont
Fremont
Town soldier bonus bonds bid at par and 4 1 4 percent
Des Moines reports a lively bond auction for a 22 million issue. Nearly three quarters of the bonds were bid at par with accrued interest at 4 1 4 percent. Higher bids appeared for later maturities, while bidding blocs from Estabrook, Guaranty, and Continental & Commercial Savings banks competed.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Continental Commercial Savings Bank
Chicago
Burbank
Donhowe
Estabrock & Co
New York
Guaranty Company of
H. M. Schmidt
Jistabrook
Estabrook
Northern Trust Company
George M. Bechtel Company
Davenport
Bankers Trust Company
First National Bank
Continental & Commercial Savings Bank
Death of Relatives Moves Bride to Die First Night in Home
In Chicago a 16 year old bride killed herself on the first night in her honeymoon apartment. Over the prior eight weeks her mother grandmother and an uncle had died, and after her husband left for work neighbors found her and her husband dead with the gas jets of the kitchen stove open.
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Chicago
Sirs
Bert Young
Nineteen Bunco Ring Members Sent to Prison in Denver
In Denver Colorado on June 2 prison sentences ranging from three to ten years were imposed on 19 members of the so called International Million Dollar Bunco Ring. The group was convicted two months earlier of conspiracy to operate a confidence game. Twenty men were convicted. Grover Sullivan was ruled insane.
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Denver
Colo
Bunco Ring
Grover Sullivan
Weather Outlook For The Week In Upper Mississippi And Missouri Valleys
Forecast covers the week starting Monday with showers early in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Expect generally fair conditions thereafter with normal temperatures. Local variations may occur across regions.
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Washington, D. C
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Jury allows withdrawal in murder case against spouse
Des Moines judge Sawyer allowed the withdrawal of charges of murder with intent against a husband accused by his wife after she chased him through the gates of death. Godwin was freed on an $8,000 bond as his condition improved, with the judge refusing to withdraw the charges while implying there was a plan in the home.
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Des Moefies
Georse
Vodwih
Hla
Muntaipel
Sawyer
Nagault
Godwin
Faray
Godwin Lappy
Criqui Knocks Out Kilbane in Sixth Round
In a Polo Grounds card, Eugene Criqui, the Verdun hero, knocked out Johnny Kilbane in the sixth round for the featherweight world title. The crowd of about 15,000 watched Kilbane fall as Criqui delivered a sensational finish.
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Criqui
Kilbane
Hy United Press
Teelo Grounds
New York
Eugene Crigui
Verdun
Poona Mia
Tee
Johnny Wilbang
Cleveland Fnr
Wis
Cleveland Bay
Associated Brass
Polo Grounds
Johny Kilbane
Eugene Criqui
Champlonghi
P. Kegan
Jackie McCoy
Jersey City
Davey Jones
Jemer Reata Levine
al Ziemer
Cleveland
Johnny Kilbane
Silly Levine
Jack Sharkey
Johnny Curtin
Sharkey
Curtin
L Jalny Curtin
Jick Sharkey
Smith Signs Repealer Surprises Officials In Wisconsin
Wisconsin moves to take up repeal of state prohibition as Gov. Smith signs the repeal act. In New York Brooklyn reports note a saloonkeeper jailed for violation as enforcement changes prompt federal action. President Harding now faces policy decisions on enforcement and modifications to the Volstead act.
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Wisconsin
Associated Press
New York
Jssne
Brooklyn
J. K. Karpenaske
United Press
Mulison
Wis
Harding
Washington
New York State
Haynes
Believe Notorious Bandit Shot Down
Ottawa Kan June 2 One man believed to be Red Cloud Strough notorious Oklahoma Kansas bandit is dead after a gun battle with two other alleged motor bandits and police. Officers pursued bandits after reports several motorists had been held up early today across the line in Oklahoma. Three men in a stalled car refused to answer questions and a chase followed in which Strough was killed with the others fleeing. Posses are seeking them.
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Ottawa
Kan
Red Cloud
Strough
Straugh
Oklahoma
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