Inquiry Opens Into Empress of Ireland Disaster
The government inquiry began in Quebec on June 16 led by Lord Merhy to probe the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in the St Lawrence with over 1000 lives lost. Captain Kendall testified, describing fog and sightings of the Storstad. Newcombe led witness examination while Canadian Pacific officials and London counsel attended. Death toll estimated at 1014 with 463 survivors.
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Quebec
Kendall
Storstad
Nee
Court of Inquiry
Lord Meerhy
St. Lawrence
Edmund L. Newcombe
K. C
Canadian Pacific Railro
Butler Aspinall
London
Eng
Newco
Newcombe
Canadian Pacific
Amont
Outrage by Turks Alleged in Asia Minor massacre report
Greek refugees report a massacre of 100 Greeks in Phokia near Smyrna by a Turkish mob aided by Turkish police. The attackers looted and burned buildings, and many villagers fled to Saloniki. Bodies were allegedly thrown into wells, including priests and elderly men.
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Athens
Greece
Asia Minor
Phokia
Smyrna
Saloniki
DETROIT SEARCH FOR MISSING REV PATMONT
Police and private investigators scoured Detroit after Rev. R Patmont of Milwaukee vanished last night. His wife and friends say he was kidnapped March 3 in Westville Illinois during a local option campaign and held nearly two months. Officials say evidence does not support kidnapping.
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Detroit
Rev. R. Patment
Milwaukee
Enemie
Westville
Til
Patmont
Broadwood Wins Ascot Stakes Amid Tight Security
At Royal Ascot London June 16 Broadwood a four year old horse bred in the United States won the Ascot stakes as 24 horses ran. A massive crowd of society figures including Americans and Europeans witnessed the race while 1000 plus London police and Scotland Yard detectives guarded the course to deter suffragette protests.
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London
James A. de Rothschild
Broadwood
United States
Ascot Race Course
Scotland Yard
Berkshire
Windsor Castle
Buildings Collapse in Paris After Storm
Paris June 16 and more buildings fell in various areas due to soil subsidences from yesterday's terrible storm. Eight deaths are officially recorded with many missing. search of the debris continues. The interior minister urged measures to prevent repeats.
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Paris
Seven Men Die in Lodging House Fire in Milford
Milford Mass June 16 seven men burned to death and twenty seriously injured when eighty occupants were trapped in an Armenian lodging house. Bodies pulled from upper floors as fire destroyed four and a half story brick and wood structure. Fire began in the ground floor dining hall and spread rapidly amid chaotic scenes as residents sought escape.
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Milford
Mass
Serious Charges Against U S State Department
Senate resolution accuses the United States of keeping Marines in Nicaragua to influence its vacant presidential election and alleges the State department acted for American bankers. It claims Nicaragua’s customs house was used to force bond redemptions, that Brown Bros Seligman Co and Spyer Co profited, and that the Nicaraguan National railroad was undervalued. The measure cites U S troop presence as violating the treaty with Nicaragua.
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Washington
United States
Nicaragua
State Department
Smith
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Republic
Zelaya
Brown Bros, Seligman & Co
Amatican
Nicaraguin
Brown Bros, Sellerman & Co
Spyer & Co
Fargo College Fund Drive Appeals to Citizens
Mayor Emery and the Commercial Club president urge Fargo residents to support a Fargo College endowment and current expenses fund totaling 500000 dollars with 100000 to be raised locally. The appeal notes community generosity and asks pledges of 10000 or more to ensure success in this civic effort.
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Daily Press
Ives
Fargo
Tork Fargo College
Fargo College
Pines
Masonic Grand Lodge Opens Annual Fargo Session
The North Dakota Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons convened at the Fargo Masonic temple for its twenty fifth anniversary with Grand Master Williamson of Lisbon presiding. Over 800 Masons from across the state attended the opening, which featured a gavel gift from a Nebraska Mason and a ceremony honoring past grand masters.
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North Dakota
Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free
Masonic Temple
Williamson
Lisbon
Grand Lodge
Nebraska
George Washington
Westmoreland County
Twenty five Seniors Receive Degrees at Fargo College Ceremony
The twenty seventh annual Fargo college commencement honored twenty five seniors with degrees, three honorary doctorates were conferred, and seven conservatory graduates joined the tally. Notable speakers included Rev John J Gardner Chicago and Rev Alfred E Peterson Fargo with President Weld Moorhead. The event featured endowment efforts, a Toronto Globe address by John A Macdonald, and a large campus ceremony in the First Congregational church.
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John L. Gardner
Chicago
Alfred Emanuel Peterson
Fargo
Far
Frank A. Weld
Moorhead
Fargo College
Fureo
First Congregational Church
John Lt. Walters
D. D
John J. Gardner
Alfred E. Peterson
First Baptist Church of
Moorhead State
Bertrand Alan Ore
Fargo College Conservatory of Music
A. J. Stephens
Conservatory
Gre
George Ralf Kurts
Julia D. Hazelton
School of Journaham
Fish
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U. S. State Department
Emery and
Pres. Cone
Commercial Club
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Farge Gorm “Relat Club
Masonic Grand Lodge
G. DeWitt Dowling
Gethsemane Cathedral
Henry M. Wheeler
James McDonald
Walter 8. Buckley
Herman Benéeke
Beary Lord
Devils Lake
Masonic “Veterans’ Association
Grand
Order of the Eastern Tar
Carra Buchanan
Stella Edith Bacham
Mary Olson
Hrant Alvaztan
Avia Akre
A. Carro Buchanan
Inez Ayrea
Stella Buchanan
Clair L. Codding
Clarence Covell
H. A
Lois A. Dart
Ophelia Greep
Harry H. Haggart
AL Zella Jacobson
Ethie Marsh
Mary Caroline Rentschler
Frederick A. Slever
Frederick FE. Stillwell
Traneel
Hazel Erickson
Gena Granum
Stella Hovey
Fargo Conservatory
Gorte Tobben
Irene Olan
Nell Mabel Shepard
Hannah Moebeck
N. C. Callander
George Hancock
Gethnomatin Episcopal Cathedral
Robinson
Congregational Society of Boston
James J. Hill
Homer M. Lockwood
Edgeley Watts
Leonard
N. C
J. C. Grant
MacDonald
College
John A. Macdonald
Toronto
Toronto Globe
William Jennings Bryan
Gladstone
Canada
Mr. Macdonald
Scottish Society of America
Pacific
Cung
Pirle Company
Hansel
Charles F. Amidon
Young Men's Christian Association
Hockenbury
Y. M
A. L. Moody's
George Stickney
Hiss Hazel Hutcheson
Floyd Dickey
Professor Fish
Dr. Stearns
Jones Hall
Dent
A. Stew Dent
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