Newport board to vote on nine charges against school chief
The Newport Board of Education will hold a secret session tonight at Hipt Street School to act on nine charges against John Burke, long time superintendent. The Salaries Committee, led by Rev Longaker, has substantiated the charges and most board members appear set to depose Burke after 23 years in the role. Emil Gerhardt discordant on removal while Burke seeks retention with petition support.
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Newport Board F Education
Burke
Newport Board of Education
John Burke
Frank C. Longfiker
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
J. P. Whitehead
First Presbyterian Church
W. W. Anderson
Otto F. Bange
Bange
Anderson
John Waterhouse
Board of
Longaker
Charles H. Biltz
Committee On
Emil Gerhardt
Bishop To Deliver Address At Notre Dame Graduation
The Rt Rev Bishop Maes will speak at Notre Dame academy Fifth Street next Friday night. Graduates include Mary F Scott Caroli n Mary Becker in commercial course, Alvena T Rauft Hilda Schram in bookkeeping, Maite Lutter Clara Backsman in music, Adele Heile in elocution. diplomas will be presented and a closing program of songs recitations and drill will follow.
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Notre Dame
Academy
Fifth Street
Mary F. Scott
Caroli
N Theis
Mary Becker
Alvena T. Rauft
Hilda Schram
Maite Lutter
Clara Backsman
Adele Heile
Maes
Covington Death List Reported by City Health Officer
City Health Officer Dr Wilson lists last week deaths in Covington including Peter Naylon scarlet fever and James Thornton apoplexy. Also named are Anna Mary Weveler 7 months illio colitis, Lucie Pitts 4 fever, Catherine Ruhoff 83 strangulated hernia, and others aged 24 to 88 with diseases such as tuberculosis, cerebral apoplexy, and burns.
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City Health Oficer
Wilson
Peter Naylon
Sterling Neleok Emory
Anna Mary Weveler
Lucie Pitts
George Holbhinricks
Catherine Ruhoff
Clara Schultz
John King
Jane Dulahey
Francisca Stephan
Margaret Hennessey
Johanna Herman
Mary C. Glatting
J. D. Hearne
Mary Kellier
James Thornton
Bullet Passes Through Arm In Accidental Shot
Bernard Bayless 25 son of President Bayless of Covington Water Works Commission suffered a painful wound when a 38 cal revolver he was cleaning in his Woodford Flats Covington room discharged. The bullet passed through the left arm above the elbow and lodged in the wall. Dr. Kearns treated the injury finding no bones broken.
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Bernard Bayless
President Bayless
Covington
Fire call at trestle scene and two local deaths
Fire Company Five answered a still alarm at the C O trestle bridge caused by hot ashes from a locomotive. Miss Lillian Ruettinger aged 23 died at 145 Lynn Street from a heart ailment. Minnie Bitters, twelve months old, daughter of Frank Bitters of 111 East Eleventh Street, died yesterday morning.
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Fire Company Five
Fifteenth
Rickey Streets
Lillian Ruettinger
Lynn Street
Minnie Bitters
Frank Bitters
East Eleventh Street
Toy pistol accident injures man in Pike Street
Clarence Everson playing with a pistol at his home on Pike Street near Main inadvertently discharged the weapon. The bullet struck his left knee and doctors fear possible amputation.
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Clarence Everson
Pike Street
Main
Lineman Falls From Pole in Cincinnati Injury
William Flemming, a Cincinnati lineman, fell from a pole and sustained serious head injuries. He was taken first to Covington and then to Speers Hospital in delirious condition.
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William Flemming
Cincinnati
Covington
Speers Hospital
Councilman's Baby Dies in Newport
The nine months old child of City Councilman Riesenberg of Germania Riesenberg Newport died yesterday after an hour of illness caused by convulsions. Dr. Charles J Kehm was called but arrived after the infant had died.
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Germania
Riesenberg
Newport
Charles J.kehm
Democrats Name Harmony Five for Kenton County Se Ties
The Big Five or Harmony Hens were chosen at a Saturday night pow wow of leading Democrats and factional leaders in Kenton County. Shelly Rouse William Hind J Ali Howard Fred Hugenberg and Charles McDonald named to sit on the County Committee lid to foster harmony after earlier slates fell apart.
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Harmony
Joe Pugh
Hatch Out Harmony
Kenton County
Senator Lindsay
State Machine
Judge Lassing
Sixth
Shelly Rouse
Tracey-Simmons
William Hind
McInerney
J. Ali Howard
Myers
Fred Hugenberg
Charles McDonald
Barney Lemker
William A. Byrne
Newport Faces Backlash Over Reappearing Slot Machines
Indignation rose in Newport as slot machines ordered out May 1 reappeared. Mayor Helmbold vowed to remove them again and keep them out. The W C T U and Antisaloon League join forces against saloon keepers, who claim $1,800 to wage a court test case. The groups plan arrests for open violations and may seek a grand jury indictment.
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Newport
Helmbald
Newport Women's Christian Temperance Union
Antisaloon League
Helmbold
Saloon Keepers’ Association
Berry
Grand Jury
Defends Colored Attorney Williams in Newport Admission
M B Kendrick urged the admission of Charles Williams colored to Campbell County bar saying charges alleged in court are groundless. Williams reportedly passed a Louisville exam before Judge Gordon and lawyers Doolan and Marshall. Williams is said to be from Philadelphia and once worked at Newport Rolling Mill.
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Newport
Charles Williams
Campbell County
M. B. Kendrick
Williams
Louisville
Thomas R. Gordon
John Marshall
John C. Doolan
Picnic for Orphans Draws 5000 at Campbell County Festival
More than 5,000 people attended a lawn festival and picnic south of Newport to aid the Campbell County Protestant Orphans Home. Forty women organized the event with booths from nearly every German church in Newport and Bellevue. The fundraiser raised 1584.31 dollars.
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Campbell County
Newport
Bellevue
Entrance Examinations Begin Across U S and Europe
College entrance examinations by the College Entrance Examination Board start tomorrow at 160 points in the United States and in London Paris Geneva Frankfurt and Dresden. In New York City exams are at Columbia University and run six days. Over 2100 candidates participate, with about 100 readers from top institutions to grade the papers in New York.
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New York
College Entrance Examination Board
United States
London
Paris
Geneva
Frankfurt
Dresden
New York City
Columbia Univeristy
Wreck kills two on Oklahoma City train
A passenger train on the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway en route to St Louis was wrecked in Oklahoma City yards. Engineer Brinkley and fireman W W Fisher were killed, Express Messenger Jewell fatally or seriously injured, with several passengers bruised.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
St. Louis
San Francisco Railway
Brinkley
W. W. Fisher
Jewell
Maryland Wreck Death Toll Reaches Twenty Five
A Western Maryland Railroad collision near Patapsco Station kills twenty five workers returning home from repairs. A freight train disregarded passing orders, causing a devastating crash with mangled victims, urgent medical response, and large public funerals in Westminster and Union Bridge.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland
Mt. Hope Station
Patapsco Station
Westminster
Maryland
Patapsco River
Heat Wave Hits City as One Dies and Crowds Seek Relief
John Anderson, 66, of Alexandria Indiana, died at City Hospital as a heat wave battered Cincinnati. The city logged 94 degrees, with some thermometers hitting 100, crowds crowded streetcars, summer resorts, parks, and ballparks seeking cooler spots and relief.
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Alexandria
Ind
City Hospital
Anderson
West Third Street
Dr. Curry
Incinnati
Cincinnati
Tuo
Cincinnati Summer Gardens
Kentucky
Ft Thomas
Coney Island
Hottest in twenty five years grinds city and Midwest
New York records 89 on the Weather Bureau roof as the city endures a heat wave with one death Josie Bernard and many fainting and prostrations. Indiana reports two heat fatalities including an eight month old baby and contractor J J Hall succumbing to sunstroke as the mercury tops 90.8 at four p m in Igan City and heat spreads across the region.
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New York
Josie Bernard
Upper East Side
Weather Bureau
Babe
Man
Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Indiana
Igan City
J. J. Hall
Murder Probe In Valdosta Over Carter Children Killings
Special Dispatch reports that a pending murder probe targets J. G. Rawlings his three sons and nearby Negro associates tied to the Carter children assassinations. A July term of court may be set if Judge Mitchell approves. Solicitor says the State is ready. Alfred Moore’s confession aligns with Willis Carter’s account. The elder Rawlings collapsed upon learning Moore’s arrest. the feud sparked the murders.
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Commercial Tribune
Valdosta
J. G. Rawlings
Carter
Mitchell
Thomas
Alfred Moore
Willis Carter
Rawlings
Moore
Heat Kills Six In Pittsburg As Temperatures Soar
Six deaths and three prostrations are blamed on continuous high temperatures in Pittsburg. Government thermometers show a daily maximum of 90 degrees for three days. The W Dewees Wood mill of the American Sheet Steel Company closed for a week due to heat.
Pope Denounces Ecuador Over Church Persecution
In Lima on June 18, Mgr Bavona Apostolic delegate reports a Papal letter to Ecuadorian bishops condemning church persecution and government attempts to block bishop appointments. The letter urges Catholics not to buy church property, calls for better governance, and warns against further anti Catholic laws.
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Peru
Mgr. Bavona
Episcopacy
Ecuador
Heat Storms Across Kentucky Break 90 Degree Mark
Excessive heat prevailed in Kentucky with all weather stations above 90 degrees. Bowling Green at 101 and Louisville at 97 marked the highest June readings in years. Henderson reported a severe electrical storm causing property damage and streetcar outages, but no heat fatalities were reported.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Weather Bureau
Bowling Green
Henderson
Man Dies in Street Heat Wave in Huntington
William Allan, 68, collapsed in Huntington city street during afternoon heat and died within minutes. PMID: none.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
William Allan
Explosion at Khartsisk Mine Kills 500 in Russia
Five hundred people are reported dead after a blast at the Ivan Colliery in Khartsisk belonging to the Russian Donetz Company in southern Russia on June 18.
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Ekatrinoslavv
Russia
Khartsisk
Donetz Company
Illness of Yachtsman C Oliver Ise lin in New Rochelle
New York date June 18 reports yachtsman C Oliver Ise lin resting at his New Rochelle home under a specialist and nurses after a nervous breakdown illness.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
C. Oliver Iselin
New Rochelle
Obituary Notices for Pratt and Harris in Eastern Newspapers
Pascal P Pratt millionaire merchant and banker died in Buffalo after an operation. He was born in Buffalo in 1819. William C Bar ris publisher and angling author died in New York aged 75. Harris native of Baltimore and Civil War veteran.
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Pascal P. Pratt
Buffalo
Mr. Pratt
William C. Barris
New York
Mr. Harris
Baltimore
Government motion ready for Riksdag June 30
Stockholm June 18 The government motion for presentation to the Riksdag when it assembles June 30 will be ready for final adoption by the Council of State tomorrow. It is a voluminous recapitulation of the history of the union and of Swedish rights under it.
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Riksdag
Council of State
Union
Warhorse Santiago Survives Narrowly After Busy Day
A cartoonish tale on Fifth Avenue describes Santiago the horse, once with the Rough Riders, collapsing as a passing auto erupts like a shell. He regains life with a windlass mishap, then recovers to nuzzle his owner Salvitai, who multiplies joy despite the ordeal.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Santiago
Salvitai
Gymnasts Arrive in Indianapolis for North American Union Meet
The North American Gymnastic Union festival opens in Indianapolis this week with a public performance of The Glorious Three. Events include concerts, athletic displays, a historical pageant, mass exercises, and a farewell picnic at Germania Park. German and San Francisco delegations headline a 15,000-visitor gathering.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Germania Park
Union
Monument Place
Papal Audience Honors American Seminary Graduates
On Trinity Sunday in Rome the Pope privately met sixteen American students ordained this year in the throne room. Mrs. Kennedy of the American College led the group and Prof. J F Edwards of Notre Dame attended. Archbishop Ryan, Archbishop Keene, and Bishop Garvey joined a 150 cover dinner at the American College.
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Kennedy
American College
United States
Mgr. Kennedy
J. F. Edwards
Notre Dame University
Indiana
Archbishop Ryan
Philadelphia
Keene
Dubuque
Bishop Garvey
Altoona
Caterpillars Menace Texas Crops Across State
Houston June reports say a pest of caterpillars is damaging fruit trees corn and truck gardens across eastern and southern Texas. State Entomologist Conrad notes these specimens lack the usual natural parasites, suggesting reduced natural control this year.
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Fiouston
Tex
Texas
Conrad
Tisza Cabinet Retires In Hungary
In Budapest on June 18 Emperor Franz Joseph hosted a farewell audience for the retiring Tisza Cabinet. He then met with Premier General Baron Wekerle and other new cabinet members who took their oaths of office.
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Francis Joseph
Hungary
Tisza
Baron Wetervary
Ohio Wesleyan Commencement Opens With Whitelock Address
Ohio Wesleyan University began its sixty second annual commencement with acting President W F Whitlock delivering the baccalaureate sermon in Gray Chapel before about 4080 attendees. The address, on Christ's Kingdom, urged Protestant unity and a shared mission to evangelize nations. Bishop Walden assisted at services. President Hughes spoke to student associations. degree conferrals follow next Thursday with Welch and Fairbanks featured in events.
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Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
W. F. Whitlock
Gray Chapel
Whitlock
Christ
J. M. Walden
Cincinnati
Edwin Holt Hughes
DePauw University
Bishop Walden
Levi Gilbert
H. Witlock
Danville
Ill
J. Francis McConnell
Herbert T. Welch
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Fairbanks
Ohio State Baccalaureate Sermon by Dr Powell
Rev Dr E L Powell of Louisville Ky delivered the baccalaureate sermon at Ohio State University in the chapel. His topic was The Dignity of Man. Commencement exercises next Wednesday will confer degrees with Prof Albion W Small of the University of Chicago delivering the graduates address. The class numbers.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
E. L. Powell
Louisville
Ohio State University
Albion W. Small
University of Chicago
Triple Killing Ends Outing Near Poplar Bluff
A fishing party on the Dan River ten miles south of Poplar Bluff Missouri ended in a quarrel with gunfire. Charles Booth Charles Vanderpool and Cleveland Parrett were killed Booth fired then Vanderpool returned fire Booth died instantly Vanderpool died minutes later Parrett was hit by a stray bullet Mrs Booth and another woman were present.
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Commercial Tribune
Poplar Bluff
Dan River
Here
Charles Booth
Charles Vanderpool
Cleveland Parrett
Booth
Vanderpool
Parrett
Mrs. Booth
Burglary In East Eighty–Second Street Linked To Mysterious Raffles
A bold thief entered Lester Jarrett’s brownstone near Park Avenue at 7 pm and stole jewelry, bric a brac, and silver valued at $10,000. He returned an insurance policy with a note signed THE MYSTERIOUS RAFFLES claiming the item could not be used. Police suspect an accomplice. the case mirrors other high-society burglaries recently attributed to the same clever crook.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Raffles
Evening World
Lester Jarrett
East Eighty-second Street
Park Avenue
National Surety Company
Nassau Street
N. R. Moray
National Insurance Company
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