The US Supreme Court overturns the bans in 21 states against the teaching of languages other than English in schools (and not just public schools in some of these states). Justice James Clark McReynolds, authoring the majority opinion, writes that “Mere knowledge of the German language cannot reasonably be regarded as harmful.”
Stokers and firemen on French steamships threaten to strike unless they get the 2 liters of wine per day which French maritime law entitles them to, even in ships bound for the US, which now forbids alcohol on incoming ships.
Cardinal Soldevilla y Romero, 79, is assassinated by anarchists near Saragossa, Spain. The Chicago Tribune informs us that the news was received with “consternation” in Madrid. And with rioting in Barcelona, which is, like, extreme consternation. Before the last election in April, the cardinal ordered the government not to change the constitution, which I think means proposals to give greater freedom to non-Catholics.
People are criticizing Maine Gov. Percival Proctor Baxter for ordering the flag on the State House flown half-mast in honor of his dead Irish setter Garry II. Baxter responds that dogs are great.
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