War Time and Constitutional Prohibition Bill Pushed Through
The House Judiciary Committee completed drastic legislation enforcing wartime and constitutional prohibition. The measure imposes strict liquor bans, heavy fines, and prison terms, plus a prohibition commissioner to enforce the act and control licenses, bonds, labeling, and advertising restrictions.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Volstead
House
Treasury Department
Prohibition
Railroads
Express Companies
United States
Inernal Revenue Commissioner
Beverage Cohol
Big Four presses Germany on peace delegation names
Paris reports the Big Four demanded Germany reveal the delegation to sign the peace treaty. Versailles dispatches say Foreign Minister Mueller to head the German team, with remainder of members undisclosed. Brest reports 1,360 troops from Archangel arrive, part of the 339th Infantry Division.
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Paris
Big Four
Germany
Versailles
Mueller
Russia
Brest
Arte
Archangel
339Th Infantry
Eighty Fifth
Michigan
Wisconsin National Guard
Four men lead hunt for bomb plotters under Palmer
The four men are charged with tracking the bomb outrages and ensuring punishment for the bombers. Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer leads the crackdown and new laws to aid prosecutions are planned.
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A. Mitchell Palmer
J. T. Creighton
Francis P. Garvan
W. J. Flynn
Wire treaty delays telegraph and telephone line return
Washington June 25 The house and senate conferrees reach agreement on wire control terms delaying return of lines to owners until after July 31. Report unlikely to reach the President for signature before July 1, with a possible delay to avoid haste. Four months are allowed for rate reductions with state and local commissions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Thirteen Soldiers Sentenced for Mutiny at Camp Sherman
Thirteen Black soldiers from the 418th labor battalion at Camp Sherman were sentenced to Leavenworth for mutiny. They refused to work on May 4 when their discharge was delayed. Three ringleaders received ten year terms, others seven years, later commuted to five and four years respectively.
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Camp Sherman, CO
418Th
Leavenworth
Glenn
Chicago moves to add baths for business district nerves
Chicago city council aims to extend bathing beaches to relieve stress for workers. The measure targets extra seaside facilities for tired business district residents and commuters.
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Chicago
Ill
Leader Passes Buenos Aires
Vice President Luna of Argentina died this morning and will be succeeded by Benito Villanueva as the new vice president.
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Buenos Aires
Luna
Argentina
Benito Villanueva
Klaw and Erlanger Deny Chicago Capitalist Takeover
Reports that Chicago capitalists would replace the Klaw and Erlanger interests in the theatrical combination were denied at the Klaw and Erlanger offices. The denial came as speculation pointed to a possible change starting next Monday.
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New York
Chicago
Klaw
Klaw and Erlanger
Klaw and
Erlanger
Americans Win Clean Sweep in Grenade Throw Finals
Pershing Stadium Paris reports the inter allied championships where American soldiers dominated the hand grenade throwing finals held this afternoon.
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Pershing Stadium
Paris
Erzberger Fled Berlin After Palace Demand
The Tageblatt reports a party of soldiers went to the Weimar palace yesterday demanding the surrender of Mathias Erzberger the new vice chancellor and minister of finance. Erzberger fled by automobile according to the paper.
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Berlin
iTageblatt
Weim
Mathias Erzberger
Erzberger
Best Lawyers Sought to Defend Robert Minor in Bolshevik Case
Colonel House received a cablegram from Senator Sheppard representing Judge Minor of Texas asking that the best counsel be employed to defend Robert Minor son of Judge Minor. Minor is a newspaper man arrested by military authorities several days ago for bolshevik propaganda alleged circulation.
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Paris
House
Senator Sheppard
Judge Minor
Texas
Robert Minor
Minor
Presbyterian Pastor Seeks Wooster College Presidency
Dr. Charles F. Wishart pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago announced his acceptance of the presidency of Wooster College in Ohio. He was elected yesterday to succeed Dr. James Campbell White.
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Chicago, Ills
Charles F. Wishart
Second Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Wooster College
Wooster
Ohio
James Campbell White
Murder case delayed again in Ruth Cruger death
In Rome on June 24 Judge Bagnoli postponed the Alfredo Cocchi murder trial after three conflicting versions emerged. Prosecutor Franchini said investigation likely to continue into next spring. Prosecution alleges Cocchi killed Ruth Cruger in his repair shop on February 13, 1917. Cocchi claims his wife was the killer to conceal jealousy. a letter allegedly by J J Lynch accuses a criminal operation and white slave burial in the shop.
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Rome
Ruth Cruger
New York
Bagnoli
Alfredo Cocchi
Franchini
United Press
Cocchi
West 127Th Street
Miss Cruger
J. J. Lynch
Municipal Building
Summer Enrollment Tops Ohio University at Noon
Enrollment of summer students at Ohio University reached 1 620 at noon with more expected next week. Registrar Cable said 1 2 hundred more may enroll, totaling 1 700, while many faculty members are on vacation and others with summer classes are busy with students. Prof Cooper says his public speaking work will occupy him daily and possibly Saturday evenings.
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Ohio University
Department of Public Speaking
Primaries Set for Nelsonville and Glouster Races
Nelsonville files full Republican ticket with no Democrats. Glouster fields both parties led by Mayor candidates Charles F. Wallace Republican and William Williams Democrat, with lists for clerk auditor marshal and council seats in the primaries.
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Athens City
Nelsonville
Glouster
Bougher
Will L. Barker
Peter Barrows
Isom Chute
Earl Lowden
Ray Linscott
James Newman
Edward C. Dugan
Emmett Quest
William E. Linn
George Dille
Glouster Republican
Charles F. Wallace
Ruben Wagner
C. C. McDonald
Marshall—Cc
J. Hooks
Board of Public Works
Co. D
Virgil Yaw
Robert Skinner
James Rice
John T. Cox
C.A. Beal
Elza B. Morris
Oats and Whiskey Seizures Reported In Des Moines Sale
A Des Moines sale of rolled oats is noted as a big event. Police yesterday found two cases of oats each containing twelve quarts of whiskey, a curious mix of goods tied to the day’s sale.
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Pruessische Kreuz .Zeitung
Finis Germaniae
Des Moines
Steak Gas Fumes End Hunger Strike in Chicago
Police in Chicago investigated a novel tactic in a hunger strike, using fumes from a large steak to deter protesters. The street action targeted Rose Sullivan and drew attention to the protest.
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Chicago
Rose Sullivan
Crossen Post Proposed for Athens County Honor
The American Legion post to be formed here is proposed to be named K. T. Crossen Post in honor of Captain Crossen who died facing the enemy early in World War I. He was among the first Athens county men to go overseas and refused medical service to maximize his chance of returning, being the son of Civil War veteran Jacob Crossen of Albany who was wounded and captured.
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American Legion
K. T. Crossen
Captain Crossen
Athens County
Jacob Crossen
Albany
Athens State hospital head to Toledo for new post
Dr. O O Fordyce, longtime superintendent at Athens State hospital since 1909, is promoted to oversee Toledo State hospital. He will move by July 15 and be replaced after civil service exam. His tenure improved facilities, farm, dairy herd, water system, nurses training, hydro baths, and a modern, patient centered approach.
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O. O. Fordyce
Athens State Hospital
Toledo State Hospital
State Board of Administration
Fordyce
Toledo
Athens County
Wasserman
Veteran of 75 Air Raids Joins Atlantic Flier Crew
Major Blackley a British aviator with a record of over seventy five raids over German positions during the war joins the Handley Page crew for the trans Atlantic flight. Admiral Kerr leads the expedition.
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Major Blackley
Admiral Kerr
Germans to Sign Treaty in Few Hours at Versailles
Paris dispatch reports peace with Germany to be signed between 11 A M and 2 PM Friday in the Hall of Mirrors Versailles with Herr Mueller heading the delegation. President Wilson to sail to New York Saturday after the ceremony. Big Four discuss Scapa Flow sinking with no results yet. In Copenhagen an attempted kidnap plot targets Philip Scheidemann.
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Fred
Ferguson
United Press
Paris
Germany
Herr Mueller
Versailles
Wilson
Tagest
New York
Allied Peace Commission
Winnipeg Sympathy Strike Ends Early
Winnipeg ends its sympathy strike after a meeting that began last night with workers to resume at 11 AM tomorrow. Metal and building trades expect a settlement within hours as broader general strike here wraps up after over forty days at 11 AM Thursday.
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Ottawa
Ont
Winnipeg
Metal
Man
General Strike Committee
Hungarian Red Army Ordered to Move in Czech Front
General Pelle, French commander in chief of the Czech army, under Entente authority, orders the Hungarian red army to evacuate all occupied territory before midnight June 28. Dispatches received here today report the ultimatum.
De Valera Plans Irish Bond Issue in United States
Edward De Valera announced plans to raise 5 million dollars in the United States for the Irish republic. The issue would carry interest payable within six months after Britain recognizes Ireland's freedom and withdraws troops.
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New York
Edward de Valera
England
Ireland
Slayer Wanted in Cleveland Captured in Sugar Creek
Alex Kich alias Frank Szabo, a confessed Italian killer, was traced for over two years and arrested at mine 209 in Sugar Creek by Chief Clint Hook and Deputy Sheriff McKinley. He confessed to the Cleveland murder after capture and faces transfer for trial.
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Alex Kich
Frank Szabo
Cleveland
Clint Hook
Glouster
McKinley
Rich
Sugar Creek
Chief Hook
Poston
West
Kich
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Frank
Tenth Street
Chicago
Szabo
Hook
Sheriff's
Soner
Police Department of
Cleve
Lake Front
Hamm resigns as state claims director for Akron tire firm
H. H. Hamm director of claims for the state industrial commission resigns to join a tire and rubber company in Akron. The resignation takes effect soon and no successor has been named.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. H. Hamm
State Industrial Commission
Tire and Rubber
Akron
Hamm
Living Wages for Columbus Teachers Approved
Columbus school board adopts next year salary schedule with a 33 1/3 percent rise for elementary teachers and 25 percent for other staff. To fund the increase they ask voters to approve an extra tax levy to keep schools operating.
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Columbus
Ohio
Banks Set Half Holiday for Athens After Noon
Banks in Athens will close Thursday afternoons starting June 26 for the rest of the hot season. Institutions affected include The Athens National Bank The Bank of Athens N A and The Security Savings Bank. June 24 1912.
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Athens
Athens National Bank
Bank of Athens N
B. Association
The
Security Savings Bank
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