Army Waste Probe Promises Revelations on War Expenditures
United Press reports Chairman Royal Johnson plans to expose waste and extravagance in foreign war department expenditures in England France Italy and Russia. He will probe the Souilly France destruction claim as the Senate debates the army appropriation bill and Dayton Wright aviation center funding.
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Washington
United Press
War Department
Royal Johnson
Special House
United States
England
France
Italy
Russia
Johnson
Souilly
Baker
Senate
Senate Committee
Dayton Wright
Dayton
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Secretary of War
Thomas
Wadsworth
Former Chauncey Girl Ill From Brain Affected Surgery
Three cablegrams from Dr D C Nye Buenos Ayres Argentina report the critical condition of Mrs Christina Law Nye daughter of Mr and Mrs D W Law of Chauncey. She graduated from Ohio University and is well known in Athens. Dr Nye is son of Mr and Mrs G H Nye of Chauncey. They live in Buenos Aires.
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Chauncey
D. C. Nye
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
South America
Nye
Christina Law
Pilcher Re-Elected District Superintendent for Five
B L Pilcher of Coolville was chosen as the first district superintendent of county schools for this year. He was re-elected for the third time by the boards of Rome Carthage and Coolville Saturday over district five at a salary of 1700 dollars, up 200 a year. Three elections for district superintendents will be held Saturday for Athens Waterloo district Dover and Trimble townships.
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B. L. Pilcher
Coolville
Pilcher
Rome Oy
Carthage
Athens-Waterloo
Dover
Trimble
Crackers Cracked as Chicago Couple Faces Federal Interest
Max Stern and his wife shipped crackers into Michigan. the product leaked. The Sterns are being entertained by federal officials. A patent was granted for a detachable rifle sight with luminous pigment for night use. A Seattle inventor patented a newspaper stuffing machine replacing fourteen workers.
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Chicago
Ill
Max Stern
Michigan
Seattle
Athens Banks to Close Thursday Afternoons This Summer
Beginning June 26 Athens banks will close Thursday afternoons for the heated season. Banks include Athens National Bank The Bank of Athens N B Association and the Security Savings Bank. June 24 1912.
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Banks of Athens
Athens National Bank
Bank of Athens N. B. Association
The
Security Savings Bank
Railroad unions move to join national federation
The American Federation of Labor executive council begins steps to admit three big railroad branches engineers firemen and conductors The move could add about half a million members Morrison notes Also under review is a protest against Hindu prisoners deportation and Julia O Connor announces a unionization drive for telephone operators to improve service
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Albin E. Johnson
United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor Today
Big Four Brotherhoods of Railroad Workers
Frank Morrison
American Federation
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Denver
Big Four
Morrison
Julia O'Connor
Telephone Girls
German Officers Threaten Kaiser Trial Across Dutch Borders
Copenhagen dispatches report the German officers association warned the Dutch government not to hand over the former Kaiser to the Allies for trial. The message said they would protect him with their bodies, relying on the generosity of the Dutch people.
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Copenhagen
Italian peace delegation headed by Tittoni sails to Paris
The new Italian peace delegation led by Tomasso Tittoni vice premier and foreign minister will arrive in Paris on Friday. The group seeks to advance negotiations toward a settlement.
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Paris
Tomasso Tittoni
Pershing to Visit London for Oxford Degree Privilege
General Pershing was due to arrive in London for an official visit and will receive a degree at Oxford tomorrow. The trip marks a ceremonial engagement with the university and British authorities.
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London
General Pershing
Oxford
De Valera Starts Busy Visit at Waldorf Astoria
Edward De Valera nicknamed president of Ireland begins a full day at the Waldorf Astoria White House suite with personal friends and Irish supporters. Luncheon and dinner will host conferences to promote Ireland's cause before the American public as his main mission in the United States. He received an enthusiastic welcome on arrival as crowds sought his hand and greetings.
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New York
Edward de Valera
Ireland
White House
Waldorf Astoria
de Valera
United States
DeValera
America
Court session opens with docket readings and set dates
In common pleas court on Monday Judge Mauck of Gallipolis will preside for two weeks starting July 8. Cases include Albert Werner on a paternity charge set for July 7 and divorces for Bessie M Curtis from Walter Curtis on wilful absence. Other matters involve Lostro Auto Sales vs Tony Ellum and Beckler et al. vs Hocking Mining Co. The Selby sisters road dispute with the county commissioners was denied an injunction and will be appealed.
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Common Pleas Court
Bessie M. Curtis
Walter Curtis
Albert Werner
Judge Mauck
Gallipolie
Lostro Auto Sales
Tony Ellum
Benjamin Beckler
Hocking Mining Company
Lastro-Edwards
Selby Sisters
Worstell
Bern Township
Germans Will Formally Sign Treaty Late in the Present Week
Paris dispatch reports official circles expect the peace treaty signing in Versailles on Thursday or Friday. German signatures may come from Mathias Erzberger as opposition from Von Haniel grows. Crowds celebrate Germany’s acceptance as Wilson and Clemenceau discuss transfer of duties. The ceremony is planned for 2 or 3 PM with 65 delegates, two hours expected, all in formal dress.
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Fred 8S
Ferguson
United Press
Paris
Versailles
Duststa
Herr von Lersner
Herr Dunker
von Haniel
Mathias Erzberger
Clemenceau
Germany
Wilson
Scapa Flow
Hotel Crillon
Hall of Mirrors
Prince Albert
France
German Assembly Approves Peace Treaty Amid Mourning
The national assembly voted overwhelmingly to sign the peace treaty after Chancellor Bauer announced the cabinet would accept terms without reserve. The meeting resembled a funeral as Bauer delivered a grave oration over Germany’s 1914 plans, of a hopeful future through world revolution.
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Berlin
Vossisciche Zeitung
Bauer
National Assembly
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Paris
Carl D. Groat
United Press
Weimar
German rally hushed as Scapa Flow news stirs gloom
A Basle meeting heard speakers echo Bauer on revising the treaty while gloom spread after news of Germany's Scapa Flow fleet sinking. Delegates split on its significance, some calling it a heroic show of spirit, others a burden on Germany.
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Bauer
Scapa Flow
Germany
Philip Scheidemann
Bar to Bar Cleveland Man Converts to Law
Charles Lebowitz once ran a saloon in Cleveland but when the state went dry he shifted focus. Today he is licensed to practice law, leaving the tavern life behind for a new career in law.
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Cleveland
Charles Lebowitz
Colver backs Kenyon bill to curb packers
Federal Trade Commission chairman William L B Colver urged Congress to pass Senator Kenyon's bill to regulate packers. He said the measure offers a sane remedy and would force violators into moral bankruptcy by suspending licenses and placing offending packers under receivership supervised by federal courts.
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Washington
William LB. Colver
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Kenyon
Colver
Elks Regular Meeting This Evening
Attention Elks. Regular meeting this evening with important business on the agenda. Refreshments will be served.
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Elks
Protest Seeks Quiet at Long Beach Dance Club
In Long Beach California the Ebel Club faces a council complaint arguing that old fashioned dancing creates excessive noise due to stamping feet. The filing frames the dispute as a civic noise concern and seeks a remedy.
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Long Beach
Cal
Ebel Club
Council
Phone Rates in Ohio Set for Quick Cut After Burleson
June 24 in Columbus Charlies Marshall of the state public utilities commission said telephone rates across Ohio will be slashed once the Burleson regime ends. He warned the commission has no power to act now and noted recent rate boosts in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charlies Marshall
State Public Utilities Commission
Burleson
Marshall
Commission
Plane Crash Claims Two Army Aces At Rye Beach
First Lieutenant Shelly M. Watson of Rogers Texas and mechanician M. Ireland of Westbury New York were burned to death when their Army aircraft crashed in flames near Mineola and fell to the ground at Rye Beach New York today.
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Rye Beach
N. Y
Shelly M. Watson
Rogers
Texas
M. Ireland
Westbury
Mineola
Plane Crash Kills Two Boston Field Spectators
In Boston at Franklin Field a navy air show ends in tragedy as a Texas arrived army plane veers into a crowd of children. Johnny Benaglia aged 12 and Beatrice Rosenblatt aged 7 die instantly, others flee as the aircraft crashes into a tree after a gust.
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Boston
Mass
Johnny Benaglia
Beatrice Rosenblatt
Dorchester
Franklin Field
Johnny
Bernice
Texas
Beatrice
Peace theme in senate split over league of nations stance
In Washington on June 24 Republicans push a peace declaration to end U S involvement, arguing Congress can end the war and let business reap benefits. Democratic allies denounce the move as partisan pressure on President Wilson, while Fall New Jersey and Edge New Jersey back the measure as a step toward peace amid Allied considerations. The debate centers on timing and ratification of the Paris Covenant.
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L. C. Martin
United Press Staff
Corres
Washington
League of Nation
Senate
League
United States
Fall
Newco
Edge
New Jersey
Wilson
Nce
England
Wall
Lloyd A Clemenceau
Fire destroys home of Mr and Mrs Matt Faber Sunday night
Ten people were reported affected as a blaze damaged the Faber residence in a Sunday night fire. No injuries or causes are provided in the readable text.
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Mrs
Matt Faber
Pennsylvania Ratifies Federal Suffrage Amendment
Harrisburg June 24 Pennsylvania legislature today ratified the federal suffrage amendment. The House passed Phipps resolution by 153 to 44 and the Senate adopted the measure 31 to 6 making Pennsylvania the state to ratify.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House
Phipps
Senate
Woman's Day observance at Cea exposition in Columbus
The religious educational life theme dominated a Woman's Day at the Cea exposition in Columbus. The event featured the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church South with Ada C. Ludy presiding and a 2:30 PM parade through the grounds.
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Columbus
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Woman's Home Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
Vincent Hall
Ada C. Ludy
Centennary
Coliseum
Belle H. Bennett
Richmond
Woman's Missionary Council of the Methodist Church, South
O. Townsend
Zanesville
C Barge
Delaware
Anna Adams Gordon
Florence Richards
Ohio W. C. T. U
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