Illinois G A R Encampment Chooses Moline for 1915 Meeting
Springfield reports delegates of the Forty Eighth Annual Illinois G A R encampment select Moline as the 1915 gathering site. Officers elected include Svc Cmdr S A Campbell and Jvc Cmdr A H McTaggart. Governor Dunne attends and praises Memorial Day sentiment as he recalls Paris and Strasbourg.
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Moline
Springfield
Illinois
Mattoon
S. A Campbell
A. H. McTaggart
Pana
W. M. Hanna
Aurora
N. G. Clark
Galesburg
W. L. Barnum
Chicago
Webb C. Foster
Decatur
Miles Gish
Peoria
Will C. Creighton
Champaign
W. A. Scholes
Princeton
Marshall Hurley
Farmer City
F. J. Phillips
F. E. Maynard
Rockford
Clifford Ireland
G. E. Smith
Dunne
Mulligan
Union
Paris
Place de la Concorde
France
Strassburg
French Republic
Grand Army of the Republic
America
Mexican Leader Seeks US Mediation in Mexico Crisis
Carranza proposes US pacification of Mexico mirroring Cuba interventions. He asks Washington to supervise a presidential election and restore order, citing past Cuban occupations. The idea reaches White House levels as mediation talks stall at Niagara Falls amid Tampico arms shipments.
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Washington
Niagara Falls
Tampico
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Cuba
A.B.C
White House
Bryan
Wilson
Stone
Missouri
Senate
Tomas Estrada Palma
Gomez
Palma
McKinley
Roosevelt
Spain
Gen Lee's Kin Sued for Divorce in Chicago Court
Blewett Lee chief counsel for the Illinois Central railroad is sued for divorce in the circuit court. Frances Glessner Lee daughter of John J. Glessner seeks custody of three children. The suit filed by Scott Bancroft Stephens. Lee, 47, is son of Lieut. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee.
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J. C. Road
Chicago
Blewett Lee
Illinois Central Railroad
I W W Woman Is Jailed for Disrupting Meeting
Jane Est, an Industrial Worker of the World leader, was sentenced to three months in Blackwell's Island workhouse for disturbing a Peace Forum religious meeting. Frank Urban testified she tried to strike him after he refused to let her speak. Est was arrested in April after a disturbance at Doctor Parkhurst's church.
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Jane Est
New York
Blackwell’s Island
Peace Forum
Frank Urban
Miss Est
Doctor Parkhurst
Colombia Ratifies Treaty with United States
Bogota June 11 Congress in special session ratified the treaty with the United States providing Colombia with 25 million dollars and concessions in the Panama dispute. Seoul June 12 Tomitaro Watanabe hanged for killing Dr Edgar de Mot Stryker, an American surgeon, after previously strangling his wife.
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Bogota
Colombian Congress
United States
Colombia
Panama
Seoul
Korea
Tomitaro Watanable
Edgar de Mott Stryker
Watanable
Navy to Withdraw Four Warships for Overhauling
Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced that the battleships Utah New Hampshire Michigan and Nebraska will be withdrawn from Mexican waters for overhauling. In Caraquet New Brunswick the sea is yielding more bodies from the coast storm with thirteen known dead. In Florence Italy a strike meeting ended with one killed and two wounded as police dispersed protesters.
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Washington
Utah
New Hampshire
Michigan
Nebraska
Mexican
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Caraquet
N. B
New Brunswick
Florence
Italy
Yield of Wheat to Set United States Record
United States crops report indicates a wheat yield of about 900,000,000 bushels, far surpassing last year. The forecast suggests the crop will set a new national record for production in the current year.
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United States
Record U S wheat crop hits all time high in June report
Government crop report projects total grain of 2.369 billion bushels with wheat at 900 million, the largest harvest ever. Winter wheat 638 million, Kansas 148 million, Texas Missouri and Illinois bumper yields. Expecting general harvesting across the winter belt as weather favors completion.
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Washington
United States
Texas
Ovakenr
Kanesas
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri River
Roosevelt's Son Marries in Madrid Ceremony
Miss Belle Wyatt Willard daughter of Joseph B Willard the American ambassador wed Kermit Roosevelt today in a religious ceremony at the chapel of the British embassy Madrid. The service was led by Rev Dr Samuel N Watson with assistance from Rev Herbert Brown chaplain of the British Embassy.
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Madrid
Army
Belle Wyatt Willard
Joseph B. Willard
Spain
Willard
Kermit Roosevelt
Samuel N. Watson
Paris
Herbert Brown
Thaw Seeks His Release on Bail in Extradition Case
Washington June 10 application was filed in the Supreme Court by Harry K. Thaws counsel for bail until the court rules on the New York extradition action seeking his removal from New Hampshire.
College Professor Goes Insane in Ft. Collins Court
Denver reports Professor Reod, head of the chemistry department at the state agricultural school Ft. Collins, became violently insane in court during a sanity examination.
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Denver
Colo
Reod
State Agricultural School
Ft. Collins
Lassen Peak Steam Column Remains High
Red Bluff California June 12 local dispatch notes the Lassen peak steam column has diminished in height but remains taller than last week’s eruption plume. The report contrasts with the earlier stronger display and notes continued volcanic activity in the area.
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Red Bluff
Cal
Lassen Peak
40000 Miners Return To Work In Pittsburgh Area
About 40,000 bituminous coal miners resumed work in Pittsburgh area after signing new working contracts ending idle period over wage scale for next year.
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Pittsburgh
Diva Schumann-Heink Granted Divorce in Chicago
In Chicago on June 11 Mme. Schumann-Heink was granted a divorce from William Rapp Jr. by a jury. The verdict was returned under court instructions in her favor.
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Diva
Chicago
Mme
Schumann- Heink
William Rapp, Jr
Tolls Bill Passed Now Goes to the House
Senate approved the repeal bill by a 50 to 35 vote carrying the Norris Simmons amendment. The measure now goes to the House as senators claim the amendments preserve American rights in the dispute with Great Britain. Brandegee led the Republicans in support. Democrats split with 13 Republicans backing the policy and 11 Democrats opposing.
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Senate
Washington
Norris-Simmons
House
Simmons
Great Britain
Bankhead
Bryan
Chilton
Clark
Ark
Culberson
Fletcher
Gore
Hitchcock
Hughes
James
Johnson
Kern
Lea
Lee
Lewis
Martin
Myers
Overman
Owen
Pittman
Pomerone
Saulsbury
Shafroth
Sheppard
Shively
Smith
Ariz
S. C
Stone
Swanson Thompson
Thornton
West
White
Williams
Brandegee
Burton
Colt
Crawford
Grenna
Kenyon
Mac Cumber
McLean
Nelson
Norris
Root
Sherman
Sterling
Ashurst
Chamberlain
Lang
Martine
Newlands
O'Gorman
Ransdell
Reed
Shields
Thomas
Vardaman
Borah
Brady
Bristow
Burleigh
Catron
Clapp
Wyo
Cummins
Dillingham
Dupont
Jones
la Follette
Lippitt
Page
Perkins
Poindexter
Mich
Smoot
Sutherland
Townsend
Warren
Weeks
Works
United States
Carranza Accepts Niagara Falls Conference Participation
General Carranza says he will appoint representatives to the Niagara Falls talks. He emphasizes constitutionalists will be represented but gives no conditions. Mediation note signals continued push against federals despite talks.
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Saltillo
Carranza
Niagara Falls
Ont
A.B.C
Mexico
Mexico City
Washington
Yale Students Flood Parcel Post at Year End
Yale students leaving for home after exams have overrun the Yale post office with parcel post packages as the year ends.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Yale Post
Yacht Josephine Burns At Bayou St. John
The yacht Josephine owned by Theodore Grunewald valued at 50000 burned to the water’s edge while moored at Bayou St. John in New Orleans. The vessel was considered the best craft in these waters.
Resolute Wins Cup Race Off New Jersey Coast
Resolute defeated the Vandite in the second clash of the cup series off the cup course near Highland Beach New Jersey on June 13 in a drifting contest. Locomotive Kills Two Men in Lookout West Virginia as an engine rammed into the tipple of Blume company, killing Charles Willis and Samuel Cook and injuring two others.
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Resolute
Highland Beach
N. J
Vanitie
Charlester
W. Va
Charles Willis
Samuel Cook
Lookout
Blume. Company
Illinois Brevities Roundup of Local Incidents
A collage of short items from Illinois towns. Acquittal in a murder case near Shelbyville. a Rock Island woman kills a rattlesnake. Rev H B Rompel urged to run. hog cholera affecting Carroll county farms. Edwin Olson fatally shot accidentally. Chicago hosts Illinois Woman's Press Association elections with Miss Ethel Colson reelected president.
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Shelbyville
George HB. Moore
Moore
Arthur Fox
Rock Island
Vera Geiger
Belvidere
H. B. Rompel
Assembly
Shannon
Carroll County
Dwight
Edwin Olson
Chicago
Illinois Woman’s Press Association
Hotel la Salle
Ethel Colson
Sullivan
Moultrie
Macomb
Alfred Olson
Pecatonica
Elijah Guilford
Winnebago County
United States
Harvard Clubs
Blackstone
Freeport
Rhoda Townsend
Joseph G. Gallagher
Bloomington
William E. Burns
Brock
Dewitt County
Burns
Christopher
W. A. D'vorak
Southern Illinois College of Music
D’vorak
Austria
Reading
Anna
Edwin Sabin
Ava
Campbell Hill
Jessie Gordon
George Gordon
Ava Baptist Church
Chester
Retail Merchants’ Association
L. A. Kennedy
Edmund Gilster
Allen A. Short
A. P. Gorsuch
Fred H. Middendorf
Louis H. Schemmer
Mount Vernon
Waren E. Moore
Julia Carlisle
St. Louis
Mr. Moore
Southern Illinois
Lucey
Silver Creek
Pearl City
Simon Ploeger
Ploeger
Harry Caldwell
Alona
James T. Jackson
Henri de Tonty
Starved Rock
Fort St. Louis
Lamon
Harriet
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Benjamin Stephenson
Stephenson County
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G. A.R
Sons of Veterans
A. D. Rhinesmith
Joliet Penitentiary
Allen
Altamont
Christian Endeavor Union
Greenup
An Smith
Effingham
Bert W. Brown
William Gundell
Pana Young Men’s Christian Association
H. A. Richardson
Hyanston
State Penitentiary
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
W. W. Choiser
Illinois State Penitentiary
Ilinois State Reformatory
Illinois State Board of Examiners of Architects
University of Illinois
Albert L. Flegel
Statehouse
State Art Commission
State Departments
State Historical Building Commission
State Centennial Commission
Public Economy and Efficiency Commission
Art Commission
Capitol Grounds
Edwards Street
Second Street
Spring Street
Country Club
Illinois Centennial Memorial
Illinois Into the
Illinois Bulletin
Illinois State Baptist Convention
E. M. Ryan
Carmi
W. A. Creason
Chenoa
Ocoya
Alfred Carnell
Bethel Church
Rock Island Association
W. H. Parker
Erie
Grand Junction
Fred R. Johnson
Griggsville
C. A. Marshall
Wilson Center
Joliet
Osborne
Alton
Lexington
J. H. Cozad
Virden
East Park Church
L. V. Hostetter
Bushnell and Adair
Cordova
J. H. Martin
South Seventh Street
Ridgewood Church
C. C. Perrin
Arcola
Marshall
George Woodley
Moody Bible School
Chatsworth
W. M. Maxton
Duquoin
Ewing Presbytery
R. G. Carnahan
First Presbyterian Church
Pinckneyville
Wabash
R. Grant Dusenberry
Nashville
State Woods
Pendhayn Aviation Company
Emil Kahn
Joseph Pendhayn
Mamie Kahn
Warren G. Bright Horse Shoe Company
Streator
Cyrus W. Webb
Warren G. Bright
David L. Boyd
Oconee Coal Company
Hillsboro
Frank L. McDavid
Amos Miller
John R. McDavid
A. A. Rittenour Sanitarium
Capital
A. A. Rittenour
Jean E. Rittenour
A. M. Calvert
Security Alliance
Albert Haas
Julius M. Lorenz
L. I. Bretz
A. J
M. Kasaline
B. M. Peter
Garland Manufacturing Company
Des Moines
Louis Wittbold
Charles Hporato
Roe and
Harry
Garland
Republic
Gen. Lee
Congress
H.C. Wollman
H. C. Wollman
Mass
American Library Association
Kermit
U. S
Parley
Rub-No-More Co
Ft. Wayne, Ind
W.l.douglas
I. Douglas Tors
Ainat
Saateerior
Ee Sac Res, Sons
WE. Douglas
W. I. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Douglaz
Spark Street
Brockton
Masa
Western Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Ottawa
Broughton
L. & T. Bidg
Meinemes
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Sen
Lombard Fifth Ave
Quincy St
Jackson Boulevard
Hotel Lombard
Northweste Salle
Grand Central Depute
C.C. Collins
Absorbine, JR
Ieee
W.F. Young
P. D.F
Temple
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
North Dakota
Towner County Bank
Perth
N. de
Wisconsin
Minnesota
W. Stocker & Beske Con “Gootor
Waterloo
Hercules Root Beer
Dre
Agcieal Paralley
SPN
Buffalo,n
Willamette Valley
Morgak & Walese
Corvallis
Gregus
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