Gov Hash declines guard assignment. favors frequent militia inspections
Special despatch reports Ohio refuses to send a regiment to the Department of the Lakes maneuvers at West Point Ohio officials cite lack of governor representation while Kentucky Indiana join with two and three regiments respectively. The peer review urges more inspections discipline dress khaki uniforms and updated armament for the Ohio National Guard with plans for officer leadership and engineer training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio State
Department of the Lakes
Westpoint
Militia
Nash
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Secretary of War
United States
Major General Young to Succeed Lieutenant General Miles
Washington July 17 The President directs commissions for army promotions with Major General Young to become Lieutenant General as Miles retires August 8. Brigadier General Sumner promoted to Major General replacing Davis retired July 26. Leonard Wood to Major General as Young is promoted. A list of Colonels to Brigadier General and retired follows.
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Washington
Young
Miles
S. S. Sumner
Davis
Leonard 8
Wood
John H. Page
Third Infantry
William L. Haskin
Artillery Corps
Charles M. J. Sanno
Eighteenth Infantry
Charles F. Robe
Ninth Infantry
Edwin B. Atwood
Quartermaster's Department
John Simpson
Quartermaster’s Department
Frank G. Smith
George B. Rodney
Almond B. Wells
First Cavalry
John B. Babcock
Charles A. Coolidge
Seventh Infantry
Henry,.Lippincott
Pope Leo Not Now Averse 10 Nourishment
Rome July 17 The pope remains gravely ill in the Vatican as preparations for death continue. A medical bulletin notes slight improvement in spirits, a pleural effusion of about 1 240 grams persists, and the Pontiff receives visits while Cardinals prepare for the conclave.
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Leo
Cardinal Rampolla
Secretaries create joint Army and Navy Board
An order from Secretaries Root and Moody establishes a joint Army and Navy Board. Detailed officers include Major General 8. B. M. Young and Henry C. Corbin, Brigadier Generals Tasker H. Bliss and Wallace F. Randolph, plus Navy representatives Admiral George Dewey Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor Captain John E. Pillsbury and Commander William J. Barnette.
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Washington
Root and Moody
Army and Navy Board
B. M. Young
Henry C. Corbin
Tasker H. Bliss
Wallace F. Randolph
Navy
George Dewey
Henry C. Taylor
William J. Barnette
Responsibilities of Married Man to Wife
Alexander J. Girten, a retail ice dealer, was ordered jailed by Judge Spiegel for contempt for failing to pay $2.50 weekly alimony to his wife Ollie J. Girten. He must pay $12.50 by next Monday or remain in jail until purge. The case involves a divorce suit and countercharges of adultery. the court affirmed ongoing support obligations until settlement.
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Spiegel
Ollie J. Girten
the Common Pleas Court
Girten
C. 8. Sparks
M. C. Lykins
Memorial Hall Site Debate Contacts Public Parks
Chief of Police Millikin, trusted to select bond form for $200000 memorial hall. Ludlow Post members back Washington park site urging public exposure. They fear a hidden plot on a town lot would fade from sight. Burnet Woods near campus also urged as a viable location amid Pittsburg's recent $1000000 memorial hall vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millikin
Committee of Patriotic Societies
Ludlow Post
Washington
Burnet Woods
University Grounds
Pittsburg
Schwab Reports Plan to Travel Incog From Public Spotlight
An official statement says Charles M. Schwab, president of the Steel Trust, will be away for about three months traveling incog with wife Mrs. Schwab remaining in Loretto. He bought Steel stock, will return to 71 Broadway with a private staff as adviser to active powers. Lipton to join him on a Westward trip.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
The
Commercial Tribune Today
Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
Steel Trust
Corey
Trust
Colorado Springs
Steel Corporation
Broadway
Thomas Lipton
Richmond widow dies en route to Campbellstown brothel
Mrs R Deacon aged 60 from Walton Indiana traveled to Campbellstown Ohio to visit a brothel. She grew ill in Richmond and died at the hospital a few hours later from apoplexy and paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
R. Deacon
Walton
Campbellstown
Pope Leo XIII Poses for Mazzoni in London Studio
Rome correspondent reports Dr. Mazzoni photographed Pope Leo XIII twelve times in a sickroom session. The Pontiff, cheerful and seated, agreed to the camera, with Dr Lapponi nearby and valet Contra at his feet during the portrait spree.
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Rome
Lapponi
Associated Press
St. Leo
Mgr
Pitteri
Paris
The
Gaulois
Gomez nonaligned ceasefire lapses as Ciudad Bolivar siege tightens
In Soledad Venezuela on July 17 General Gomez has encircled Ciudad Bolivar with no clashes since the armistice ended. The Bancroft now protects American river steamers seized by rebels while civilians, including Germans, flee toward San Felix aboard marked vessels. Food shortages worsen. transport between towns is cut by rebel action and river currents.
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Soledad
Venezuela
Gomez
Ciudad Bolivar
Culver
United States
Bancroft
American
Orinoco Steamship Company
Wich
San Felix
Trinidad
Orinoco
Daughter of Wealthy Man Meets Tragic Fate
Salinas California July 17 Charles Craven son of a local rancher killed Sadie Black a young woman and then died by suicide. Their bodies were found in a disreputable house with throats cut. The girl was said to be the daughter of the president of the Black Manufacturing Company of Virginia. Craven wrote that the girl’s refusal to live respectably caused his deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salinas
Cal
Charles Craven
Sadie Black
Black Manufacturing Company
Virginia
Craven
Mayoralty petitions sent to NYC assembly districts
William B. Dev-ery's independent candidacy qualified by 2000 signatures faced ballot placement in New York City after petitions were distributed to all assembly districts on July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William
Devery
New York City
Portuguese Army Officers Plot to Kill King Charles
Berlin dispatch reports that several Fifth Portuguese Infantry officers were arrested on charges of conspiracy against King Charles I. They face court martial, with broader suspicions of a larger plot tied to a push for a republic amid growing republican sentiment.
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Portugal
Charles OF
Berlin
Cologne
Lisbon
Charles
Tornado kills nine and injures thirty in Illinois
A tornado at Streator Illinois killed five people and fatally injured nineteen others, with a total property loss around two million dollars. Buildings at Electric Park Stauber’s factory and the Vulcain Western plant were destroyed, the Indiana Illinois and Iowa bridge was damaged, and communications lines were down. Several structures were flattened and nearby homes unroofed as the storm swept through the area.
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Streator
Ill
Harry Doyle
Nels H. Bivens
R. Purcell
Charles Snyder
Purcell
Electric Park
Ball Park
Stauber
Vulcain Western Company
Turcell
Indiana, Illinois & Iowa
Spring Hill
Karghley
William’ Brown
Adolph Stauber
End of liquidation seen as stock market steadies
New York July 17 steady upward moves in today's stock market and gains in London prompt talks that the liquidation period may be ending. Bankers Dumont Clarke and J Edward Simmons voiced cautious optimism noting eroding hysteria and improving value as markets recover from recent declines.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
London
Bears
J. P. Morgan
Tornado Kills Four and Injures Ten in Mendota Illinois
A tornado struck northern Mendota Illinois killing four people and injuring ten, flattening everything in its eight mile path. Dead include Cora Beisdorf Ora Lung and two Schamel siblings. Injured listed include Mrs Wirschem Miss Wirschem and several Milligans and Smiths. A separate Wind storm in McLean County toppled small buildings and derailed a freight train on a siding.
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Mendota
III
Cora Beisdorf
Ora Lung
Schamel
John Wirschem
Wirschem
Oscar Milligan
Jerome Milligan
Alice Wilson
Eda Austin
James Smith
Henry Schweitzer
Unconfirmed reports on Gardner Illinois destruction
Unconfirmed reports from Chicago say Gardner in Grundy County Illinois may have been destroyed with many killed Officials say wires to the town are down preventing confirmation.
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Chicago
Gardner
Grundy County
Ill
Beavers Indicted. Former Post Office Chief Sought
A Brooklyn sourced report says George W. Beavers former Chief of the Salary and Allowance Division of the Postoffice Department has been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on likely two counts. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest though not yet served as investigators probe his resignation and 3046 promotions canceled for the current fiscal year. The whereabouts of Beavers is unknown and postal officials declined to comment. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow discussed the matter with aides but would not answer questions.
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Washington
Brooklyn
George W. Beavers
Postoffice Department
Federal Grand Jury
Beavers
Grand Jury
General Bristow
Doors Closed at Investment Company Causes Investor Alarm
Local investors faced a shock as the American Finance and Mortgage Company failed after an New York attachment and Wall Street reverses. W P Lyons, the Cincinnati branch manager, reported about seventy five depositors with potential losses up to five thousand dollars. Major Frank Jones and William C McLean disputed rent and described fixtures moved out as the firm dissolved amid stock market downturn after months of large dividends. Cleveland teachers also held funds with the firm and their recovery outlook remained unclear.
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American Finance and Mortgage Company
Josdick
Fourth Street
W. P. Lyons
Wyoming
Metropolis
Associated Press
Wall Street
Brooklyn
Post Office
Cincinnati
Fosdick
Lyons
William C. McLean
Frank Jones
William P. Lyons
Major Jones
McLean
Lyons Company
Commercial Tribune
New York
Cleveland
Bomb Threat Shocks Bloomfield Color Residents
A threatening letter from a Linton committee warns Bloomfield’s colored residents to leave within a week or face a midnight visitation. The note targets Charles Shelton and cites recent racially charged actions in Linton, heightening alarm among local women despite general white indifference.
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Commercial Tribune
Bloomfield
Ind
Charles Shelton
Linton
Committee
Terre Haute
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Otto Carmichael
War College
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Adjutant General
Charles Dick
Divi
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Nelson A. Miles
Cyrus §. Roberts
D. Milton Thompson
Twenty-third Infantry
Carl E. A. Woodruff
David H. Kinsie
John L
Miernen
James Miller
Twenty
David J. Craigie
Alpheus H. Bowman
Edmund Rice
Nineteenth
Charles G. Penny
Jesse C. Chance
Theodore F. Forbes
United States Army
Oklahoma
Ican. However
Vatican
Mgr. Ajuti
Cardinal Agliardi
Cardinal Agiiardi
Gregory XVI
Leo XIII
Joint Army and Navy Board
Judge Spiegel
Alexander J. Girten
Betts Street
Colorado
Pope
Mazzoni
Bolivar
U. S
Bagnio
Servia
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Draga
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Streator Race Track
Bloomington
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McLean County
Office OF Investment CO
American Finance and Mortgage Co
Wall
W.W. P. Lyons
Thes County
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