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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1914
Page
4
General Funston issues order suspending all games of chance in Vera Cruz as part of security measures. The crackdown targets gambling activities long blamed for unrest, with authorities aiming to curb illicit bets and related corruption.
In Vera Cruz General Funston confronted errors by Col. Plummer and Capt. Bamford who allowed gambling houses to reopen under American military rule. Mexican correspondents warned Huerta opposed gambling concessions yet the authorities moved to regulate and then close the dens, ending a months long gambled trade.
Paris dispatch reports Premier Doumergue and his entire cabinet resigning effective today. The cabinet will stay on duty until tomorrow due to President Poincare's absence in Brittany and his planned return to receive the resignations.
Militants blamed for fire at historic church in Wargrave England built in 1538. Structure nearly destroyed and militant literature found at the scene. United Press Cable report dated June 1.
Four hundred delegates from the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes gathered in Canton for the eighth district conference. Oscar Sheck presided at the morning session with E. T. Karns assisting. local Mayor Stolberg planned welcomes. Delegates toured the city and posed for photos at the court house steps and McKinley memorial before an afternoon session and banquet at the Red Men's hall.
United Press reports in Tarrytown New York threats of a free speech riot as three riot suspects aligned with anarchists linked to Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman face arraignment for riotous conduct after recent disturbances.
A Chicago free ice fund ad declares fifteen cents buys a highball for a sport who doesn’t need it or fifty pounds of ice for a tenement baby who will die without it. The United Press notes the plea seeks donations to aid needy infants.
Vera Cruz June 1 Jack London the author and war correspondent is seriously ill with intestinal trouble. Dr A R Goodman of Mexico City tending London said today the writer's condition is serious. London's wife is with him. Lancaster Watch me swim shouted Henry Foust 22 escaped infirmary inmate and drowned in the Hocking river fully clothed.
Manila Hindu leader G. D. Kumar warns a Hindu revolution could begin in India if Hindus are blocked from landing at Vancouver. He notes readiness of Hong Kong and Singapore Hindu units to revolt and reports broad Hindu resentment in the Far East. Amsterdam, N. Y., hires a policewoman.
Attorneys for the Cleveland teachers federation planned a court move to seek an injunction blocking enforcement of an anti-union clause in contracts. The action follows a large protest where Samuel Gompers condemned the board and urged teachers to unionize, predicting nationwide unionization. In Youngstown, a buggy overturned at Idora park, sending a horse to back it over a 100-foot cliff, but three women and a baby escaped death.
An old ad fragment touts a corn remover claiming immediate relief from foot pain and pinching. It promises easy application and rapid disappearance of corn lumps with a product called Corn Extractor.
A Canton advertisement section lists Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance William L. Martin and The Alexander Agency among others, plus real estate and fire insurance offices. It also showcases tailors, auto and bicycle shops, plumbers, machine shops, and local businesses offering services from window cleaning to photography, with contact details and street addresses.
Local and limited trains in effect May 1 1914 in Central Standard Time. Canton public square departures start 5 05 am northbound to Akron and intermediate points with half hour service to New Berlin from 10 am to 5 pm. Southbound to Massillon Navarre Strasburg Canal Dover New Philadelphia and Uhrichsville begins 5 am with hourly departures through 9 pm and later times. Limited northbound trains run 8 5 am 10 35 am 4 35 pm and 5 25 pm. Southbound limited trains leave 10 am and 6 30 pm connecting at New Philadelphia for Uhrichsville.
Stark Electric Railroad announces daily car departures from Canton public square on the even hour beginning at 5 a m The last car leaves at p m details provide timetable pattern and service start time for riders
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