Insurance bill wins approval in Ohio probe
The Campus dispatch reports Bellefontaine witnesses testifying on fire insurance rates for Thom ears and Plummer building blocks. Thomas notes a 1.18 per thousand rate on a building with fire walls while the adjacent Plummer block, containing a grocery and millinery shop, shows 78 cents per thousand due to higher hazard from storage of gasoline and coal oil. State Insurance Commissioner FE N Moore says hearings indicate Ohio fire insurance rates should be lower.
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U. P
As of
Bellefontaine
Thom Ears
Pate Insuran
FE. N. Moore
Ohio
Senate Advances Reforms in Embassies and Paraguay Treaty
The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee approved arming five year arbitration deals with Great Britain Spain and Italy and moved to strengthen refuge policies by approving an extra treaty with Paraguay. The Madrid post would be elevated to ambassador with the current ministership reclassified, and the Uruguay minister would serve as envoy to Paraguay until a change is enacted.
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Uruguay
Paraguay
Wilsons Views On Japanese Situation Due At Farewell Dinner
President Wilson’s views on the California Japanese situation will be ready by dinner tonight. Secretary Bryan to deliver remarks at a farewell dinner to George Guth, the American ambassador to Japan, here. Ambassador Hinda will also speak.
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Pittsburgh
U. P
Wilson
W. J. Bryan
George Guth
Japan
Bryan
Hinda
Buckeye Briefs and Local News Roundup
Buckeye briefs include ROSCOE where Jack Clark was captured near his home after a fight with Bo and ran amok threatening to kill. AKRON reports John Cleskos died from burns in a tub of boiling water. LISBON notes a judicial fund shortfall of 8000, forcing court closings. BELLEFONTAINE records a man despondent after a long courtship died by carbolic acid. ELYRIA states a state convention committee will stage a contest in this city with a diamond ring prize. IOWA TOWN ON MAP AS POWER CENTER KEOKUK reports the hydroelectric project on the Mississippi delivering power to St Louis within six weeks.
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Roscoe
Jack Clark
Elyria
Gies
Iowa
Keokuk
U. P
Tokuk
Hamilton and
War- 4
Ills
Ile Int
Mississippi
St. Louis
Haggerty Sticks To Same Defense
Charles Haggerty, leader of the United Mine Workers board, says he will press the same line of defense against critics as he did when charged criminal libel for supporting Gov Hatfield's plan ending the Paint and Cabin Creeks miners strike.
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Charleston
W. Va
U. P
Thomas Haggerty
International Board of United Mine Workers
Charles H. Boswell
Labor Argus
Haggerty
Paint
Cabin Creeks
Gov. Hatfield
Suffragists Arrive in Berlin for Budapest Congress
A score of American suffragists led by Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Shaw arrived in Berlin en route to the Budapest women’s congress. Customs officials inspected their luggage labeled with suffrage stickers. They are to be guests of honor at a Berlin suffragist banquet tonight.
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Berlin
U. P
Carrie Chapman Catt
Anna Shaw
Alice Park
Women’s Congress
Budapest
Churchill Announces Immediate Start on Three Warships
London June 6 Winston Churchill addressing the house of commons said the British government will immediately begin the construction of the three war ships provided for in this year's naval budget instead of waiting until next March as originally planned.
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London
U. P
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Pittsburgh man commits suicide after joking with undertaker
Steve Phillips unemployed joked he would soon be dead to an undertaker then set a chair in the backyard for an evening smoke before shooting himself in the head.
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Pittsburgh
Steve Phillips
Ohio power company seeks to buy nine plants
The Ohio Light & Power Co of Tiffin asks the state public utilities commission for authority to acquire nine electric light plants in Ohio for over 1.5 million dollars. Officers include R E F Breed and Frank P Hunter. Purchases listed: Logan 71912.34, Crooksville 75814.29, Shawnee and New Straitaville 49580.34, Lancaster 201791.10, Fremont Yaragan 565178.05, Licking Newark 426840.66, Field W Swezey Fostoria 146856.45, George N Tidd New Lexington 46206.78, Frank B K Ball Mount Vernon 216611.19. Hearing set for June 11.
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United Press
Columbus
The
Ohio Light & Power Co
Tiffin
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
R. E F. Breed
Frank P. Hunter
Logan Light & Power Co
Logan
Perry Electric Co
Crooksville
Peoples Electric Light & Power Co
Shawnee
New Straitaville
Lancaster Electric Light Co
Fremont Yaragan Co
Fremont
Licking Light & Power Co
Newark
Field W. Swezey
Fostoria
George N. Tidd
New Maxington
Frank BK. Ball
Mt. Vernon
State Commission
Petition Against Curbing Free Speech Studied by Sociologists
Washington reports that Indictments in Paterson Passaic Lawrence Mass Little Falls and Charleston W Va prompt Lawrence Mass Howe to present a petition urging Congress to investigate police overreach and protect constitutional free speech. Signers include Gra Hammond Taylor John Colier and John R Andrews. Snowstorm dance noted as a new trend in Trenton.
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Washington
U. P
Paterson
Passaic
N. J
Lawrance
Mass
Little Falls
N. Y
Charleston
W. Va
Frederic ©. Howe
Wilson
Kern
Congress
Graham R. Taylor
John Coliier
The
People Institute
John R. Andrews
American Association of Labor Legislation
Police Gazette Owner Arrests Arise Over Larceny Indictments
In New York, George A. Oxx longtime general manager and Adolph Chudoba longtime cashier of the Police Gazette are jailed in the Tombs on grand larceny charges. Richard K. Fox, owner of the publication, filed the indictments after expert accountants reviewed the books.
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Ger
Police Gazette
Adolph Chudoba
Richard K. Fox
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Walker
Edward Peyson Weston
New York
Minneapolis
United Presa
Webster Springs
O'Brien
A. G. Rhodes
Mingoco
U. S
Santry & Klein
Tuscarawas Street
Trenton
George
A. Oxx
Mana
the Home Brewing CO
Stark
Bell
Schiller Brothers
Canton
Bewest
Schiller Bros
Hirschheimer
N. Market
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E. Tuscarawas
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