La Follette Laid To Rest In Madison Grave Under Oak
The body of Robert Marion La Follette was laid to rest on a verdant hillside in Madison after state funeral services in the State House. Rev. Dr. A E Hayden delivered the eulogy calling for a fight to carry on the late senator's democratic vision as dignitaries and family gathered at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Madison
Wis
Robert Marion la Follette
State House
A. E. Hayden
Chicago
First Unitarian Church of
Senator la Follette
America
Congressional Committee of Honor
Rotunda
Supreme Court
Dane County Bar Association
Mr. la Follette
Grace Episcopal Church
Forest Hill Cemetery
Lake Mendota
Hayden
Mrs Wilson to Attend League Assembly Session
Geneva reporting that Mrs Woodrow Wilson is expected to attend the League of Nations Assembly in September and reception plans are in place. An influx of Americans this summer leads the Institute of International Relations to open a special office for Americans.
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Geneva
Woodrow Wilson
Assembly of the League of Nations
Institute of International Relations
Shepherd to Take Stand in Slaying Trial Today
William Darling Shepherd will testify in Chicago as he denies using typhoid germs to kill his foster son William Nelson McClintock and denies dealing with accuser Charles C. Farman. Prosecutors plan extensive cross examination while defense indicates witnesses will be called before the end of the week in the long murder trial.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Charles C. Farman
William Scott Stewart
W. W. O’brien
Stewart
Shepherd
Julie Shepherd
Robert E. Crowe
Faiman
Charles E. M. Fischer
Fischer Laboratories
Farman
Billy McClintock
Fischer
Herman Bundesen
Winfield Scott Hoerger
Hoerger
Frederick O. Tenney
Bundesen
Health Department
Mabel A. McClanahan
Manhattan
Ill
Billy
Isabelle Pope
Crowe
Northwest politics stirred by two deaths in vacancy race
Movement to appoint Mrs. La Follette for the vacant term loses momentum as the Senator's wife counsels against it. The deaths shift attention to the political contest and potential successors in the region.
McCumber May Become Ladds Seat If Election Held
Washington June 22. Death of Senator Ladd opens path for Porter McCumber to reclaim a North Dakota seat. If governor Sorlie can appoint, a Progressive may fill the vacancy. otherwise a regulars candidate like L. B. Hanna or a Progressive alternative from Kenmare or Great Forks could win.
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Charles Michelson
New York World News Service
Washington
Senator Ladd
Republican Party
la Follette
Senate
James McCumber
Sorlie
Ladd
McCumber
North Dakota
International Boundary Commission
L. B. Hanna
House
Coolidge
Hanna
Great Forks
James H. Sinclair
Kenmare
Frazier
Brookhart
Committee On Privileges
Charles Beecher Warren
Warren
Veterans protest over Ohio Orphans Home at Xenia gains support
A resolution by the Ohio Division Sons of Veterans protests state administration of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia. It objects to excluding Grand Army of the Republic representation on the Board of Trustees and calls for reconsideration of the resignations of Colonel Sylvis Garver and Mrs Anna Noble Garver. The group plans to send copies to the Governor and to Grand Army posts statewide.
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Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors
Xenia
Ohio Division
Sons of Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Lee Schultz
Richwood Avenue
Linwood
Sons, of Veterans’ Committee
Donahey
Grand Army
Sylvis Garver
Anna Noble Garver
Schultz
Garver
Watches Presented to Citizens Motor Car Company Workers
Employees of the Citizens Motor Car Company Packard agency, honored at a dinner in the Business Men's Club, received gold watches for ten or more years of service. J. W. Tarbill praised their loyalty and urged them to stay, noting the agency's 1906 founding and long tenure of two men since formation.
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Citizens Motor Car Company
Packard
Business Men’s Club
J. W. Tarbill
D. T. Williams Valve Company
Mr. Tarbill
Automobile Department
R. H. Thomas
J. J. Rownd
Company
H. L. Bergheger
Wilbur E. Bennett
F. G. Cruse
E. C. Kuhn
C. Whiting
Tarbill
Senator Edwin Ladd Dies in Baltimore
Senator Edwin Fremont Ladd of North Dakota died in Baltimore at 10:20 AM from kidney trouble linked to neuritis. Funeral plans call for Washington services likely Thursday with interment in a vault until Mrs. Ladd and family can travel to North Dakota.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Edwin Fremont Ladd
North Dakota
Washington
Douglas H. McArthur
Senator Ladd
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ladd
Cleveland
Vernon
Baltimore Church
McArthur
United States
Maine
la Follette
Senate
Milton
George Washington University
Virginia
Takoma Park
Elizabeth
Culver
Agricultural College
Fargo
N. C
Katherine
Rizpah
Rosilla
Wisconsin
Rapid funding of war debts to America urged at conference
At Brussels on June 22 the American delegation proposed rapid funding of inter allied debts to the United States, urging debtor nations to dispatch funding commissions to Washington or face possible U S opposition. John W. O Leary led the push replacing A C Bedford as speaker amid shifts to settle the economic restoration resolution.
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New York World News Service
Brussels
America
International Chamber of Commerce
John W. O'Leary
Chicago Trust Company
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Washington
O'Leary
A. C. Bedford
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Executive Committee
Maurice Despret
Janssen
Alan Anderson
Bank of England
Homer Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
N. Y
Washington Briefs Prompt City Evacuation and Policy Acts
The Day in Washington reports Americans leaving Canton as state department advice circulates. An annual budget meeting of government heads was convened. The Agriculture Department reports profits for farmers on major crops last year. The Interstate Commerce Commission considers a Chicago to New York railroad proposal. The Agriculture Department scores sanitary conditions in retail meat trades across several cities.
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Agriculture Department
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Department of Agriculture
Exoduses as Canton Strike Targets Foreigners
Foreigners flee Canton as a Chinese workers strike broadens, with steamers to Hong Kong crowded by missionaries and business people. Hong Kong reports emergency measures, censorship, and a crackdown as anti foreign sentiment fuels unrest and a “Dare to Die Corps” agitator threat.
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Canton
New York
Hongkong
Macao
Shameen
M. Nakadsky
Shameen Gate
Peak District
Labor Commission
Hong Kong
Associated Press
London
Reuter
Kwangtung Students’ Association
Moonshine Liquor Blamed in Death Case
John Downing, 37, of Armory avenue, facing murder charges for killing Mrs Alban Williams near Price Hill, argues moonshine sold by her husband John Williams caused the crime. Witnesses describe the victim’s clothing and jewelry, while prosecutors seek the death penalty. The hearing before Judge Dennis J. Ryan resumes at 9 a.m. with Downing’s family in attendance.
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John Downing
Armory Avenue
Edward M. Ballard
Downing
Alban Williams
Bromley
Vaughn Road
Price Hill
Williams
John Williams
Dennis J. Ryan
Ryan
Charles 8. Bell
Ballard
Tennessee
Bell
Jack Powell
West Eighth Street
John Wilson
Feuer
Robert J. Fries
Sixth and
Mound Streets
Margaret Reed
Court
Plum ‘Streets
Four Hurt as Driver Loses Control on Viaduct
Bunyan Branson 24 of Norwood faces severe injuries after steering failure caused a crash with an Oakley bus at 628 Walnut. Walter McArthur policeman was bruised in a collision near 7th Street. Child John Leifrig 9 near death at St Marys Hospital after being struck at Livingston Central by Henry Lillie car. Watchman Daniel Herren 65 injured running for a streetcar at Eastern Avenue Gotham Place.
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Gilbert Avenue
Bunyan Branson
Main Avenue
Norwood
Cleve Bennett
Warren Avenue
Branson
General Hospital
Walnut Street
Walter McArthur
McArthur
Seventh
Mound Streets
John Leifrig
Branch Street
St. Mary's Hospital
Livingston Street
Central Avenue
Henry Lillie
Borden Street
Lillie
Furniture men plan pleas in Sherman case
Attorneys for most of the 192 bedroom and dining room furniture manufacturers indicted for Sherman anti trust violations met in Chicago. The government planned to seek new indictments against any corporations that did not plead guilty.
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Associated Press
Chicago
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McCormick
Brandegee
Mellon
Robert Putman
Hotel Metropole
Walnut St
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Motor Company
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Macay
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Commercial Tribune
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