Plan for Dry Talks With 48 Governors Abandoned
President Harding abandons plans for a White House conference with the 48 state governors on prohibition. A Alaska trip and ongoing state legislatures make a roundtable unlikely this month, though a continent-spanning speech may address enforcement and respond to New York Governor Smith and his states rights stance. The president aims to survey sentiment, stress absolute federal enforcement, and present modification as the only honest remedy to wets.
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Albany
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Maryland
Rhode Island
Illnolis
Seek Counterfeiting Plant Where Booze Labels Were Made
Federal officers raided an alleged clearing house in Detroit on June 9 seizing over 500000 in counterfeit whisky labels ravenna stamps and paraphernalia. The find included neatly wrapped bundles of labels from popular Scotch Canadian and American brands and boxes of branded corks capsules and wrappers.
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Mich
Thousants
Two Girl Hikers on Way East May Be Lost
Local police broadcast a request to be on the lookout for Martha Reymund and Bertha Cobb two young hikers who left here last Tuesday in khaki attire and have not been heard from since. Officials think they may have gone to Borehard Nebraska to visit friends and a remark suggests they could be headed to Chicago in search of adventure.
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Chicago
Des Moines Woman Granted Large Alimony Award
In Des Moines a former wholesale distributor, M. Marx, was ordered to pay alimony totaling 216000 to Mrs Max, following a divorce suit based on cruelty allegations. The decree sets alimony of 110000 in one provision and 106000 in another.
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Soviet Envoy and Viscount Goto Open Talks in Tokio
Soviet envoy accepts terms offered by Viscount Goto for preliminary negotiations with Japan. Talks will be held in Tokio with Joffe forwarding proposals to Moscow for formality. Both sides expect no Soviet obstacle to starting discussions on resuming relations.
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Associated Press
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Adolph A. Soff
Joffe
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Death of Kings Afunt Ends Social Activity
Princess Gurtilian, 77, daughter of Queen Victoria and aunt George, dies after illness in London. Her death brings deep disappointment to American women and English Durantes awaiting presentation at court next week. The British court is expected to go into mourning, suspending social activities for several weeks.
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Landis Judgment Loosens Prohibition Threats and Food Prices
Chicago reports a pledge by Judge Landis to punish liquor law violators with heavy fines. Freshly butchered pork and beef appear as amounts from 150 to 750 dollars linked to the enforcement threat. James Citec, ex-police chief and village justice of Lyons, found guilty before Federal Judge Cliffe of extorting money.
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Landis
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Ottumwa Band Defends Mystic Contest Title in Cleveland
Hired Grotto band from Ottumwa Iowa national champions of the Mystic Order of Prophets leaves for Cleveland Ohio to attend the thirty fourth annual convention and defend its championship against the largest entry of contestants ever assembled.
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Diamonds May Hold Keys To Taylor Death Mystery
Seattle. Sheriff Starwich reopened the William Desmond Taylor murder case, pursuing a robbery motive. Five underworld men allegedly took more than 200000 in cash and jewels, including a diamond ring, offered to attorney Crawford White by a Texas stockman who may hold crucial information.
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Seattle
Wash
William Desmond Taylor
Matt Starwich
Taylor
Hollywood
Starwich
Underworld
Texas
Crawford White
White
Taxlor
Nebraska Woman Seeks Longer Life Before Death at 102
Aurora Nebraska June 9 Mrs Anna Rapp 102 years old died here today lingering in illness yet clinging to hope that God would remember her She said this is the best world I have been in yet and all stay as long as possible before death
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Neb
Anna Rapp
Nebraska
Hants Partner as Boulder Wild Man
Ider Cole June reports a wild man sightings near Nederland known as Crazy Jake Furner. Sheriff’s office seeks him after a skull crushing murder and two broken legs found nine miles from Boulder. Valentine to join DA team searching glacier regions and old mining camps for answers.
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Bella Seller
Nederland
Bouldgf
Jake” Furner
Japanese Warships Sent to Hankow After Changsha Riots
Three Japanese warships were sent to Hankow China following the Changsha rioting in which Japanese residents fled and the Japanese consulate was attacked. Japanese consuls were ordered to safeguard women and children who fled Changsha.
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Hankow
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Changsha
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Kerosene Explosion Kills Woman in Boone
Mrs. Henry T. Weeks, wife of a Peoples township farmer in Boone, Iowa, died from burns after a kerosene can exploded. The flarecoat oil scorched her clothing as she tried to fill the tank. the blast occurred before she could reach safety. No family members were nearby to help.
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Henry T. Weeks
Peoples Township
Weeks
Youth Killed by Train in Burlington
An 18 year old, Louie Krouseup of Bevier Missouri, died on the Burlington route tracks in Burlington when attempting to board a west bound freight and was struck by an east bound freight. Police identified the victim after he spent the previous night in a tramp camp near the scene.
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Louie Krouseup
Bevier
Toom
British Forces Enter Duesseldorf in Ruhr Tension
British units have entered Duesseldorf as part of a Ruhr occupation move with artillery and infantry reported in the industrial city. British detachments are en route to strengthen the southern Ruhr area while Paris and Berlin weigh reparations and Germanys passive resistance policy. Premier Poincare signals willingness to join a joint reply to Germany if Berlin abandons Ruhr resistance.
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London
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Italy
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Poincare
Belgium
Ruh
Aries
Telegraphers Open Bank in St Louis Under Union Control
The Telegraphers National Bank in St Louis, first labor controlled bank here, opens with 1.506 million expected deposits. It has 560,600 capital and 100,000 surplus. E. J. Manson, president of the telegraphers order, heads the bank as Gov. Hyde and Major Wiel of St Louis planned speeches at opening ceremonies.
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E. J. Manson
Telegraphers’ Order
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Werte
Foreman Falls 50 Feet at Rockdale Viaduct
In Dubuque Iowa on June 9 doctors say little hope remains for 35 year old Minneapolis foreman Jot L Cofmehl after he fell 50 feet from the Rockdale viaduct while walking a beam. He is a construction foreman from Minneapolis.
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Weather Outlook for Week in Washington DC Area
Weather outlook for the week begins Monday in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with considerable cloudiness and likely rains at the start, then generally fair conditions and normal temperatures thereafter.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Jury awards ring cost to jilted fiancé in Chicago case
In Judge Joseph Sabath's court, Leo Halmad Stiles of Chicago Bell Co. was awarded $1,000 from Aliss Leona Voris for the engagement ring purchase. Voris ended the engagement after Stiles criticized her spending and preparation for the wedding, and the jury ruled for the return of the ring expense.
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Josepl Sabath
Leo Halmad Stiles
Chicago Bell Company Oficial
Aliss Leona K. Voris
Stiles
Thanlrs
Stile
Makes Pictures of Person's Thoughts
Associated Press reports Vin cent Jones of the California Psychical Research Society claims thoughts can be photographed without a camera. In trials, a subject concentrates on a target, writes it, and a black sealed plate is used to reveal a cross image after development. Jones notes other tests include films held to foreheads to capture varying image clarity.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Vincent Jones
California Psychical Research Society
Tasl
Sal& of Cigarettes in State Shows Increase
The state projects cigarette stamp and license revenue for this year will top 1922 by 45000 dollars. State supervisor C McCoy announced receipts for last month reached 58000 dollars. He noted license revocations have reduced outlets but more places sell cigarettes than last year and sales exceed 1922 figures.
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U S Steel Back Orders Shrink in Latest Tonnage Report
United States Steel reports a reduction in unfilled tonnage to 6 981 51 May 31 from 7 288 509 April 20 and 453 332 March 31 with the May 1922 figure noted. The decline shows catching up on back orders as of today in New York.
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United States Steel
Cedar Falls City Clerk Dies In River Plunge
Cedar Falls city clerk Huntley 56 died when his car swerved off a river bank near a bathhouse on Park Island. Witnesses saw the plunge, firemen recovered the body blocks downstream, and the funeral is set for Monday at the Methodist church with Masonic rites. Surviving are a widow and several children.
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D'Annunzio Plot Trials Widen Fears For Mussolini
Paris dispatch says Fascist police in Milan arrested several former D Annunzio loyalists on charges of plotting against Premier Mussolini. Secret police surveilled D Annunzio and searched homes of ex Fiume legionaries including Maj. Baseggio. Wary of his influence, authorities barred an airplane for him and noted his Lake Garda Rowing Club speech signaling future action.
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Klan Receivership Case Heard Today
A Fulton county Georgia court heard a petition to place the Knights in the Ku Klux Klan under a receiver. The filing, by David M. Rittenhausen of Philadelphia, accuses Imperial Wizard H W Evans Emperor W S Simmons and 20 other officials of mismanaging the order. Marks fell to a new London low on the German reparations news.
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Ku Klux Klan
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David M. Rittenhausen
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Tross
H.W. Evans
W. S. Simmons
London
London Exchange
Ears Boxed as Burglar Escapes Spanking
Mrs Anna Norton 73 and a grandmother boxed the ears of a burglar found inside her Chicago home last night. She pursued him but he fled after she declared she intended to spank him. The intruder, a teen boy, claimed he aimed to discipline others “in the way they should go.”
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Detroit wins 1924 Danish Lutheran Church convention
Cedar Falls reports Detroit Minnesota was awarded the 1924 Danish Lutheran Church of the United States annual synod meeting by four votes over Mirageket Neb. W. N. Lostrop president of Citizens Savings Bank was named national treasurer. P. Hasmussen of Chicago declined to continue. Rev. Durand Ostenfeld will preach the sermon tomorrow morning.
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Volga Valley Flood Aims 400 Drowned and 20000 Homeless
News from Moscow reports a Volga Valley flood causing 400 deaths and leaving about 20,000 homeless. The disaster affects several villages along the lower Volga with emergency relief efforts underway.
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Runaway Elephant Ends 76 Mile Trip in Lancaster
Towa Tex the runaway carnival elephant returned home after a 76 mile journey from Pulaski to Bloomfield and Lancaster. Billy Hull circus owner and Jim Cunningham trainer escorted him back to a corral despite fence crashes. The escape sparked consternation in Davie county before the animal reached Hall's headquarters.
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Not Guilty Verdict in 1929 Sellins Killing Case
Deputy Sheriffs Edward Maiuinson and D J Riley were acquitted by a jury of murder connected to the 1929 killing of Fanny Sellins, a United Mine Workers organizer during the steel strike. Other items report taxi conflicts in Chicago, Harding Adams GOP talks in Washington, and prohibition enforcement in New York.
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Prosecution Seizes Third Bucket Shop. Wolfe & Co Falls
Bankruptcy petition filed against M S Wolfe & Co, once a top curb market member, as federal state and city investigators probe bucketshop operations. Wolfe claims solvency with assets reportedly around 200000 and liabilities under 450000. suspension follows filing and similar action against Winkelman.
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M.S. Wolfe & Co
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Charles Hartman
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J. B. Brandenburg
Three Suspects Held for Identification in $5,000 Flapper Killer
Chicago reports three suspects held for identification in the killing of Richard Tesmer at his Gold Coast home. One is Evanston Illinois farmer, another nicknamed Tommy O Connor of Chicago gunwomen, and a released Pontiac Reform School alumna. They will face Mrs Tesmer for possible identification. a $5,000 reward offered by Arian Grotto.
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Richard Tesmer
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Evanston
Tommy O'Connor
Channing
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Death and Divorce Tie Wakefield in Triangle
Interlocutory divorce decree issued in San Rafael California in the case of Mrs Edith Spreckels Wakefield against Frank H Wakefield last October the love triangle with artist Rodney Kendrick and Nellie Kendrick is noted Kendrick died before a $25000 suit could proceed Wakefield may remarry after one year as the decree becomes final.
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Frank H. Wakefield
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Spreckels
Nellie Kendrick
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Kendrick
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