Taft Rails At Radicals On Court Jurisdiction Debate
In Cincinnati on May 30 Chief Justice Taft defended the Supreme Court amid Radical Republican criticism during Civil War reconstruction. He argued the court protected personal liberty and upheld constitutional limits, noting past attempts to curb or abolish its power were defeated and stressing the court’s enduring role in safeguarding civil rights.
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Supreme Court
Tuskce Taft
Salmon P. Chase
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Chase
Congress
Lincoln
Republican Party
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Death Near for Former Democratic Leader Claude Kitchin
Telegraph reports indicate Claude Kitchin now critically ill in a Wilson North Carolina hospital after weeks of stomach trouble. Physicians told his family that the end may come within a few hours.
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Claude Kitchin
House
Kitchin
Re Kitchin
Wilson
N.C
Newspaper Delivery Details and Contact Numbers
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you fail to receive your paper by then due to an error contact the office at Phone 5100. A copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Quake in Persia Kills Thousands. Shocks Continue
United Press reports about 4,000 killed in the Turban-Haidari region of eastern Persia after a devastating earthquake. Advices from Allahabad state six villages wiped out and aftershocks continue to shake the area.
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United Press
Allahabad
Turban-Haidari
Persia
Memorial Services for American Dead in France
American war dead were honored in Paris with memorial services led by Ambassador Myron T. Herrick. He unveiled a memorial tablet in the American pro-cathedral and laid a wreath on the tomb of France's unknown soldier. The Gettysburg Address was read at five American cemeteries on French battlefields as graves were decorated with flowers and flags.
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Myron T. Herrick
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France
Abraham Lincoln
Irish Bank Robbers Executed at Tuam
Michael Murphy and Joseph O Rourke were executed today by Free State authorities at Tuam County Galway for taking part in a bank robbery at Athenry last week.
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Joseph O'Rourke
Free State
Tuam
County Galway
Athenry
Blind widow Anna Lee murdered for fraud suspected
United Press report from New York states Mrs. Anna Lee, 56, a blind widow, was found strangled in her home. Her son Willie Lee, 17, discovered the body after coming home to an unlocked door and no response from his mother. police suspect a theft of about $60.
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United Press
New York
Anna Lee
Gen Wood to China as Harding's personal envoy
San Francisco reports say Justice E Finley Johnson will act as governor general to allow Gen Leonard Wood to travel to China as President Harding's personal representative. Johnson left for Manila after a Washington conference on the mission amid rising banditry in China and possible foreign intervention.
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Philippines
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Barrett
George Barnatt
Marine Corps
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Lee Solomon
Shanghai
Allen
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Digest of Global News Briefs
Reports span savings in the seventh federal reserve district rising 11 percent over a year. A belated Moscow dispatch notes a May train wreck in the Chita Amur region killing many as a train plunged 60 feet from a bridge into a river. In New York ten thousand musicians threaten a September 1 strike for higher wages. Paris recalls Capt. Detrain killed in jail after World War I aerial victories. Minneapolis Ku Klux Klan seeks to block charter revocation. Attleboro honors a Confederate veteran joining Memorial Day activities. Premier Salad Drewe ing Now try Premier Coffee.
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Federal Reserve District
Moscow
Chita Amur
New York
New York. Herald
Paris
Detrain
Minneapolis
Minn
Ku Klux Klan
Cyclops
Attleboro
Mass
Ecorse Raid Nets 400 Cases of Beer Seized
Detroit reports Sheriff Smith of Macomb county seized 400 cases of Canadian beer two trucks and an automobile after a raid at the mouth of the Clinton river. Federal agents had earlier stopped two automobiles leaving Hogan's alley and seized four cartons and five quarter barrels of beer.
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Mich
Smith
Macomb County
Clinton River
Ecorse
Daugherty Aide Smith Shoots Self in Hotel Suite
Jesse W. Smith, longtime aide to Attorney General Daugherty and former exalted ruler of the Ohio Elks, shot himself dead in Daugherty's Wardman Park hotel apartment in Washington. He was 51 and had been a close associate and frequent guest of the president on tours and vacations. He had helped with inauguration arrangements after 1920 and lived with Daugherty at the department of justice.
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Washington, D
Jesse W. Smith
Washington Court
Daugherty
Smith
Department of Justice
Altho
Department
Wardman Park
Endowment Drive Given Flying Start
Des Moines May 2 The 2 600 000 endowment for Simpson College in Indianola West Des Moines was given a flying start when B P Carroll chairman of the Simpson Wesley endowment campaign announced a gift of 250 000 from the Rockefeller foundation. A pledge of 3000 from the Indianola Woman's club also was announced. The campaign committee was in conference here today discussing the endowment campaign which is to cover 30 Iowa counties before June 20.
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Indianola, Jr
B .P. Carroll
Simpson- Wesleye
Campagn
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Indianola Woman's Club
Iowa
Two Women Jurors in Williams Case Hear Third Trial
Des Moines May 30 Two women will sit on the jury for the third trial of Joe Williams the negro for the alleged killing of Sarah Barbara Thursdale The jury was completed after peremptory challenges and 55 talesmen examined About seven witnesses have been summoned Hearing opens tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Joe Williams
Sarah Barbara Thursdale
Pilsudsky Quits as Polish State Chief
General Pilsudsky resigns as chief of state of Poland amid cabinet collapse. Warsaw dispatch reports the Polish cabinet resigned several days earlier.
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Pilsudsky
London
Warsaw
Eleventh Annual 500 Mile Sweepstakes Draws Crowd To Speedway
The Indianapolis speedway hosts the eleventh annual 500 mile international sweepstakes drawing a vast crowd of about 150000 early and online updates report 24 cars from the US Germany and France with drivers including Harry Hartz Tommy Milton Earl Cooper and Testa.
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Indianapolis
Eddie Rickenbacker
Harry Hartz
Durant
Tommy Millon
IL. C
Spacial
Testa
Packard Special
Earl Cooper
America
Germany
France
Axlrons
Tommy Milton
Jimmy Murphy
Harts
Ind
Speedway
Inability to Name Successor Keeps Daugherty From Resigning
Washington May 30 Attorney General Daugherty would resign if he could name his own successor He will not resign if Augustus P Seymour his first assistant and acting attorney general for months is forced out in a political fight for the post White House issued a denial that Daugherty contemplated resignation He is ill and a heavy worker seeking return to private life while Seymour has built a strong department and strong support in legal circles Political allies of Guy Goff push for his nomination if Daugherty quits
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Washington, D. C
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Augustus P. Seymour
White House
Seymour
Ohio
Department of Justice
Maugherty
D. Goff
Wisconsin
Goff
Republican Party
Harding
Waterloo Pays Homage to Soldiers Dead and Survivors
Waterloo honors Civil Spanish and World War veterans with a town wide memorial day parade at 1 pm, wreaths and ceremonies at cemeteries, and a day of closures. About 1,500 veterans remain from 75,059 who went to defend the Union. many families have served since 1861.
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Waterloo
Halfmant
Pnin
Five Americans awarded War Cross posthumously in Near East relief
The Greek government announces posthumous War Crosses for five Americans who died aiding refugees evacuated from Asia Minor. Recipients include Robert F. Willson Morning, L. Wright, G. J. Williams, Olive N. Crawford, and Charles Flint, with deaths due to typhus, pneumonia, and bandit attacks near Mersina Aleppo Trebizond and Constantinople. The statement calls the act a historic honor and praises American relief efforts.
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Athens
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Waulesha
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More Resignations in U S Dry Forces at Chicago
Chicago May 30. Officials report further resignations in federal prohibition forces amid the Monahan case. J K Monahan a former clerk in the prohibition director office and later attorney above the prohibition offices faces charges of bogus withdrawal permits and liquor profits totaling 50600. Lt Lazleton from Rock Island resigned. Director Moss says the action is not connected with Monahan.
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Prohibition
Spen
J. K. Monahan
Prohibition Director’s
Transporta- Hon
Monahan
L.tz
Lazleton
Rock Island
Moss
Tornadoes and Heavy Rains Hit Nebraska Damaging Farmland
Northeastern Nebraska recovers from tornadoes and heavy rains that flooded fields and towns. The Elkhorn River swelled, Norfolk area homes burned by fire sparked by lightning, and a destructive tornado struck Crofton near Sioux City with confirmation hampered by damaged wires.
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Sioux City
Elkhorn
Norfolk
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Crotton
Holyoke Students Back Fosdick Against Assembly Rebuke
Four hundred twenty five Presbyterian students and 62 faculty members of Mount Holyoke college pass resolutions condemning the Presbyterian general assembly for rebuking Dr Harry S Fosdick for liberal views. They praise his steadying influence and leadership toward Christian solutions for their generation.
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Presbyterian
Mount Holyoke College
Harry KB. Fosdick Jin
Presbyterian General Assembly
Harding urges global peace as war deterrent at Arlington
President Harding vows to reduce incentives for war and calls for a shared national effort to promote peace. He honors war dead, warns against profiteers, and pledges to mobilize all resources to make future conflicts unlikely, stressing duty and unity in crisis.
Milwaukee Road installs motor car on Des Moines Boone line
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul road added a pasaline driven passenger car on the Des Moines Boone branch to rival bus service. Officials say demand supports the move and similar cars have been introduced on the Perry and Calmar branches.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Des Moines-Boone
Perry and
Calmar
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