Tragic Lackawanna Wreck Death Toll Near Fifty
Survivors and injured from the Lackawanna derailment travel toward Germany aboard the Republic as the death toll rises toward fifty. Investigators sort blame while families gather in Chicago and at Easton and Warren for loved ones.
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Germany
Republic
Hackettstown
N. J
Lackawanna Air Wreck
Scranton
Chicago
D. L. and
Hoboken
United States
U.S
Republican
Rockport
Walter J. Cathrall
Northhampton County
Aston
Paul Correll
Easton Hospital
Fisher
Warren
Easton
Warren Hospital
Phillipsburg
Glorious Birthday and Betsy Ross Flag Anniversary
Arthur Brisbane notes the 148th anniversary of Congress adopting Betsy Ross’s flag and praises the flag’s 148 years of glory. He cites Harvard President Lowell’s call for foresight and queries how a graduating senior can discern truth.
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Congress
Betsy Ross
Lowell
Harvard
Fosdick Warns on American Lawlessness and Murders
A clergyman quotes Dr. Fosdick complaining about lawlessness in the United States while noting violent death rates. He compares modern figures to historical times and mentions population impacts, urging readers to continue to Page 4.
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
Adam
MacMillan Begins North Pole Dash Today
Commander Donald B. MacMillan launches his polar expedition aboard the Peary from Boston Navy Yard. The voyage marks the 150th anniversary of Bunker Hill as thousands watch a farewell breakfast and send off the explorers aimed at rescuing Amundsen Ellsworth fliers and seeking a hidden Arctic continent.
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Boston
Donald B. Macmillan
Amundsen-Ellsworth Fliers
Alaska
MacMillan
Peary
Boston Navy Yard
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Navy Yard
North Pole
Commuder
Senators Back United States Policy on China Intervention
Washington June 17 The administration wins approval from Senators Borah and Walsh for a policy of staying out of China’s civil strife while protecting American lives and interests. Borah warns against any US entanglement, while Walsh calls China turmoil a world peace menace and urges caution to avoid provoking a broader war.
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America
China
Walsh and
Borah
Washington
Wm. C. Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Staes
Orient
Tion
Walsh
Padlock Injunctions Filed Across Northern Ohio District
Assistant U S District Attorney Howard Leuck filed twelve padlock injunctions in Cleveland district court as the first step in a broader crackdown on illegal liquor sales. The targets include eight in Youngstown five in Canton one in Alliance two in Elyria and two in Lorain marking the district’s most extensive use of the padlock law since prohibition began.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fed
U. S
Howard Leuck
Thiese
Lueck
Youngstown
Canton
Alliance
Elyria
Lorain
Butler’s Dayton Trip Drops Over Legal Battle
John W. Butler of La Fayette Tennessee skips the Scopes trial in Dayton saying he cannot afford the trip and will stay home to pray that the law is upheld. He introduced in the state legislature the statute barring the teaching of revolution in public schools.
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John W. Butler
LaFayette
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Dayton
Civitan International Convention Opens With 1500 Delegates
The committee announced readiness for the opening of the Civitan clubs international convention to start Monday morning. About 1,500 delegates are expected, including Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., vice president of the New York club.
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Mittee
International Convention of Civitan Clubs
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
New York
Boy Arthur Messer Shot In Dayton
Arthur Messer, 11, was shot in the abdomen and is in serious condition. Police planned to question several boys he played with to identify the shooter.
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Dayton
Arthur Messer
Arthur
Prenter Heads Engineers Brotherhood After Sudden Death
William B. Prenter, 70, longtime aide to Warren Stone, becomes president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The union, with more than 100,000 members, holds power in finance via control of banks in New York, Cleveland, Boston, and other cities.
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Cleveland
William B. Prenter
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ita
New York
Cleveand
Boston
Staes
Nelsonville trio sent to boys industrial school
Judge S M Johnson orders Thomas West Lester Murphy and George Hughes all 16 15 16 sent to Lancaster boys industrial school after breaking an earlier promise to quit the gang. They had been involved in robberies at Grotto Grounds Hocking Valley depot Haydenville and several homes stealing pistols tickets cigars and jewelry. Three other boys remain held for investigation.
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Nelsonville
Lancaster
M. Johnson
Thomas West
Lester Murphy
George Hughes
Johnson
Grotto Grounds
Hocking Valley
Haydenville
Witness Gone as Key Typhoid Trial Witness Vanishes
Chicago dispatch reports William D. Shepherd and co defendant Charles C. Faiman rely on missing witnesses to uphold their typhoid murder plot defense. W. R. Devere, former secretary of the Faiman school, is absent, hindering the state’s case and Wallace’s corroboration remains in doubt. Faiman expected to testify today.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Charles C. Faiman
Shepherd
Isabelle Pope
Billy
William Scott Stewart
Kenilworth
Faiman
Crowe
W. R. Devere
Faiman School
Devere
Dwight Wallace
Wallace
First Aid Diplomas Granted to Ohio Miners and Workers
Fifty four workers from Chauncey Glouster and surrounding areas received first aid certificates after training by federal and state mining departments. Chauncey class of 32 passed tests. names listed. Glouster class included residents of Glouster Hollister and Millfield with 18 finalists.
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Columbus
Southern Ohio
Chauncey and
Glouster
Herman R. Witter
Chauncey
Chauncee
James Sewards
George Nicholson
Charles Rider
Ellis Burton
Harvey Schoonover
William Matson
John
Ernest H. Johnson
C. Wett Ferrell
Guy Gardner
Jacob Katzenbach
Paul Porter
Ralph Pritts
Carl Gardner
Clarence Blackford
John W. Smith
Allison McClellen
John Smill
Summerfiell Tippitt
William Meyers
Harvey D. Swart
Edward Fouty
Ray Tucker
James C. Johnson
Floyd Meyers
Harold Blackford
Frank Millington
Walter Williams
William Keeth
L. D. McAfoose
Charles
Ben S
Thomas
John M. Vaughn
Hollister
First melons go on market in Athens
The first watermelons weighing about 25 pounds each go on sale at a North Court Street fruit store in Athens. Georgia melons are priced at $1.60. California limes are also on sale, two for five cents.
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Athens
North Court Street
Georgia
California
City Officials to Explain City Affairs to League Members
The League of Women Voters of Athens plans a Friday 7:30 PM meeting in the new high school building to learn how city government operates. Mayor Koons will discuss salary and duties, with Franz Woodworth and G M Romine detailing public safety and public service roles. Discussion likely on police, fire, waterworks, streets, and garbage.
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League OF Women Voters
League of Women Voters of Athens
Igh
J. A. Koons
Women of
Athens
Franz Woodworth
G. M. Romine
Tsa
Zanesville
Koons
Representa
Mayor's Round Table
Directors of Public Safety and Public Service
Round Table
Plans for four roads in Athens County nearly complete
State highway engineer Dan Davis announced that Athens county's 1925 four summer road projects are nearly ready. Three draftsmen work quickly to finalize plans and start work before summer ends, with strong public interest in the Albany to Vinton county line paved road.
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Athens County
Dan Davis
Davis
Albany
Vinton County
Cantonese troops restore order in Canton and disarm 14000
London dispatches report Cantonese forces routed Yunanese from Canton and restored order. Fourteen thousand mercenaries were disarmed and anti foreign demonstrations quieted. New administration moves toward a seven member commission replacing the civil governorship with General Feng's support.
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London
Canton
Feng
All Day Holiness Meeting at Connett Grove
An all day Holiness meeting is planned at Connett grove in The Plains on Sunday June 21. Services will be led by Rev Mrs Overly from Chillicothe, Harry Smith from Bishopville, Isa Smith from Nelsonville and Rev Mr Duffee from Chillicothe.
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Connett Grove
the Plains
Overly Chillicothe
Harry Smith
Bishopville
Isa Smith
Nelsonville
Mr. Duffee
Chillicothe
Rotary to Nominate Officers for 1926 at Meeting Today
Cleveland June 17 The Rotary International sixteenth annual convention centers on nominating sixty officers for the coming year with a close presidential contest between Donald A. Adams of New Haven and Paul H. King of Detroit. Speeches limited to five minutes and election set for tomorrow. A snowball battle in Public Square features snow from Colorado Rockies and eight trucks. Very Rev Canon William Thompson Elliott of Liverpool presides as Rotary International president for Great Britain and Ireland. Hart I. Seeley of Waverly discusses the boys work committee.
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Cleveland
Rotary International
Everett W. Hill
Oklahoma City
Donald A. Adams
New Haven
Conn
Paul H. King
Detroit
Rockies
Colorado
Pubile Square
William Thompson Elliott
Liverpool
England
Rotary International For
Great Britain and Ireland
Hart I. Seeley
Waverly
N. J
National Committee On
Fire Bugs At Work In Reserve Coal Town
Incendiaries torched several buildings in Reserve Cape Breton. The powder magazine at Reserve was fired as fires spread through the mining town amid the ongoing local coal strike.
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Glace Bay
Reserve
Cape Breton
Boy injured by dynamite caps found near sewer work
Chester Focht aged 12 is recovering after an explosion using dynamite caps found along a sewer excavation right of way. His hands chest and legs were cut by the metal shell contents.
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Dayton
Chester Focht
Chester
Hughes urges intelligent leadership of democracy at Bunker Hill event
In Boston at Faneuil Hall on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, Charles Evans Hughes argues Americans need smarter direction of democracy rather than more democracy itself. He cites the legacy of hardy Revolutionary-era men and stresses civic responsibility under freedom.
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Boston
America
Charles Evans Hughes
Faneuil Hall
Bunker Hill
Hughes
New Jersey Republicans nominate Whitney for governor
State Senator Arthur Whitney of Mendham was nominated by New Jersey Republicans for governor. Estimates place Whitney about 40,000 votes ahead of rivals former Attorney General Thomas McCran and former Judge Cornelius Doremus as light turnout and religious lines shaped the race. McCran’s anti prohibition Catholic stance carried in cities and industry, while Doremus, a strong party liberal, trailed.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Arthur Whitney
Mendham
Whitney
Thomas F. McCran
Patterson
Cornelius Doremus
Ridgewood
McCran
Doremus
McCraw
Walter E. Edge
Court orders ten jailed for unpaid old fines in Trimble area
Mayor C. W. Wilson directed deputies to round up ten men from near Chauncey to Glouster who failed to pay prior fines. The detainees include John Smathers Buchtel Charlies Palmer Redtown Joe Roebuck Modoc Mike Newsad Modoc Frank Rosser Nelsonville D W Davis Glouster Peter Kor forski Modoc Ramsey Perkins Carbon Hill George Lindie Modoc Floyd Perry Carbon Hill with amounts owed ranging from about 75 to 658 dollars.
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C. W. Wilson
Trimble
Jacob Cady
Peter Barrows
Chauncey
Glouster
John Smathers
Buchtel
Charlies Palmer
Redtown
Pittsburgh Coal Co. resumes 1917 scale operation at Pomeroy Bend
In Pomeroy Jun 17 miners from the New Pittsburgh Coal Co begin cleanup and partial reopening at the Pomeroy Bend mine on the 1917 scale after weeks of shutdown under the Jacksonville scale. About one third of district union men have returned to work, with several mines already operating under the old terms.
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Pomeroy
Pittsburgh
Pomeroy Bend
New Pittsburgh Coal Co
Wits
Jacksonville
New Pittsburgh Company
Ract
Mose
Our Hollow
Forest Run
Stalter-Kasex
Thames Om
Nations sign new arms control conference pact
An international conference today drew signatories including major states to curb arms traffic. The agreement aims to limit illicit trade and enhance enforcement across borders.
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Rotary
Jersey
Max Thorek
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