Post Office Supervisors System Gains Public Support
Columbus July 2 Unlike any other post office in the United States the management of the one in Cols supervised by employes of management by the em similar to that adopted by some of the country's larger industries has been in operation since February Postmaster Samuel Kiner says the system has brought about a number of beneficial changes in the operation of the post office and is proving a success The innovation was adopted to bring about a higher standard of efficiency to the public and better working conditions for employees Relevances or missections are reported to committee of whom there are about 40 Following their investigation of the complaint or proposal their recommendation is reported to the Post Office Council composed of all commit The council debates the subject and either approves or Leg the recommendation The postmaster has the power to veto all recommendations of the council but it is said that anything approved by the council is likely to receive his approval as he is heartily in favor of the system Nothing of a radical nature has yet been proposed Leavenworth Kans July 2 Witeche the only German spy sentenced to death during the war was received at the federal prison here recently to begin serving a prison sentence The death sentence was commuted by the president Witsche was a lieutenant in the German army During a naval engagement in the Atlantic Ocean in which the Teuton on which he was serving was sunk Witsche was cast adrift He was picked up by a vessel bound for Jamaica and thereafter made his way across international lines into the United States He succeeded in making a number of maps and drawings of harbors and fortifications along the Pacific coast and returned to Mexico There he became confidential with an American of German descent who induced him to return to the United States for further espionage work He walked into the trap and at Nogales fell into the hands of federal officers
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Chicago Newspapers Raise Price
Chicago morning papers the Illinois State-Telegram and the Lithuanian Daily News boosted prices to three cents today. The increases reflect higher production costs and were announced by the papers.
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Little City in Pennsylvania for Harding
Washington Pennsylvania July 1 If War ren G Harding is elected president of the United States this pretty little university in the hills of Western Pennsylvania will be bound up closer with the White House Senator Harding ancestors lived here and the father of President Wilson was born nearby The Van Kirk family graveyard rests near Point Lookout and the Van Kirk farm local reunion attends the honorary president Senator Harding in the Van Kirk society President Wilsons father Rev Joseph Ruggles Wilson was born at Steubenville and later pastor at Canone burg Hills Presbyterian Church before moving to Virginia
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Tragic Babylonian Lovers End in Double Suicide
Thisbe and Pyramus, two lovers opposed by their families, communicated through a wall reconnecting homes. They planned to meet at a tomb near Ninus but a mischance spurred panic and a wild beast, tearing Thisbe’s mantle. Pyramus arrived to find the ruin and killed himself. Thisbe, discovering him dead, took her own life with the same sword. They were buried together.
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God Save Ireland Only Air He Knows
Archbishop Daniel Mannix of Melbourne, Australia, said in Chicago he knows only one national anthem, God Save Ireland, and refused to apologize for not standing during The Star Spangled Banner on his ship. He called the charges an insult to his loyalty.
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Australia
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German debt tops 266 billion marks. Reichstag hears budget
Berlin reports Germany's total debt at 266,000,000,000 marks, about 65.25 billion dollars at prewar rates, announced by Finance Minister Wirth to the Reichstag budget committee. A separate note recalls a street hold‑up incident timing by church clock and a hospital update: Dr. John Lynch underwent appendicitis surgery at Bridgeport hospital performed by Dr. Peck of New York.
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Bolshevik Crossing Repelled by Polish Forces
Official Polish wireless report from Paris states Bolshevik attempts to cross the Beresina river between Bobruisk and Borisov were repelled with heavy losses. It notes Polish retirement from Mozir and Kalenkowitz and a counter attack that captured prisoners and machine guns.
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A Far-Seeing Boy Little Willie Bykerr
The exchange features Little Willie and Auntie in a quirky dialogue about caring for a baby and mentioning Doctor Jones. Willie warns about remembering the baby's address so they can replace limbs if the child is injured, implying a comic or cautionary tone about guardianship and care.
No Political Role Vowed by Knights of Columbus
James A. Flaherty supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus denounces a Chicago story claiming the order’s head attended a conference to back a candidate. He states the K of C has no political role, members participate as private citizens in both parties, and the organization has never engaged in politics.
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