Workers Rally For YWCA Fund Drive In Fort Wayne
At 9 am nearly 300 volunteers began a ten day pledge drive from First Presbyterian Church to raise about 190 900 for a new YWCA home in Fort Wayne. A mass meeting at the courthouse boosted support with several large gifts already totaling over 30 000. The effort is directed by four captains and a long list of workers organized into groups with lieutenants in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Young Women’s Christian Association
Fort Wayne
Court House
S. F. Bowser
W. FE. Mossman
Isesesses
A. K. Hackett
Canton Rebellion Struggles Extend From West to Amoy
Foreigners escape harm as Canton endures fierce fighting. Rebels attack Fatshan and Shamien area while gunboats guard the canal. Government forces tighten control and missions report no molestation. Railway service Canton to Kowloon disrupted. refugees arrive from Hong Kong. Rebels raid multiple towns as anti Manchu push widens north and east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
Canton
Shamien
Shamtfen
Luk
Fatshan
Weet
Wu-Sum
Sam Shui
Wenchow
Woochow
Chungtok
Shwe Hung
West River
Kwanetung Province
Amoy
Fukien
Kowtoon
Dietz trial begins in Wisconsin for deputy Harp murder
John F. Dietz his wife and son Leslie go on trial in Hayward Wisconsin before Judge Alexander H. Reid on accusations of murdering deputy sheriff Oscar Harp during a siege at the Dietz cabin near Cameron Dam last October. Dietz faced prior warrants for assault and a dispute with a local lumber company over flood damage and a dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Wis
John F. Dietz
Leslie
Alexander H. Reid
Oscar Harp
Dietz
Cameron Dam
John Dietz
Thorn Apple River
Grand Jury Charges Bribery Ties In Ohio Legislature
Franklin county grand jury met to weigh wholesale bribery charges involving about forty Ohio legislators. Witnesses summoned, a partial report possible tomorrow. State officials and corporate leaders include the state board of commerce, anti saloon league, personal liberty league, Cleveland Underground Railroad company officers. Attorney General Hogan warned immunity baths would not shield grafters. only the least culpable might receive such protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Harmon
State Board of Commerce
Anti-Saloon League
Personal Liberty League
Cleveland Underground Railroad Company
A. P. Dupont
Thomas P. Schmidt
W. R. Hopkins
Hopkins
State Department
Hogan
Attdérmey Turner
Muncie Votes Wet Side Big Landslide Returns Saloon
In Muncie Indiana May 3 the local option election produced a landslide in favor of restoring licensed saloons. The city wide vote favored wets in seven of twelve wards while eight surrounding townships voted dry. Outside units carried dry majorities with Center township tallied dry by 705. The city saw 509 more votes than two years ago amid heated controversy and arrests related to alleged illegal voting and election offenses.
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Muncie
Ind
Indiana
Salem
Delaware
Mt. Pleasant
Harrison
Washington
Monroe
Hamilton
Center Townships
Center Township
Monroe Township
Salem Township
Lave
Aled
Indiana Socialists Elect In Terre Haute Victory
Indiana socialists reveal election results for officials of the organization. Secretary-Treasurer James ONeal of Terre Haute defeats Wm Scheffer of Linton. executive committee members include W W Rischer Terre Haute and F F Coode Marion, Francis Gillum Indianapolis, A J Hendrix Kokomo. James W Kelley Marion named national committeeman. State headquarters to be based in Terre Haute with ONeal in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
James . O'Neal
Wm. Scheffer
Linton
W. W. Rischer
F. F. Coode
Marion
Francis
Gillum
Indianapolis
A. J. Hendrix
Kokomo
James W. Kelley
O'Neal
Cable Breaks and Five Crown in Edmonston incident
A fragmentary report from Edmonston Ontario references a crossing from the American to the Canadian bank. Details are unclear due to the damaged text but indicate a notable event involving cables and a five crown element.
Border unrest drives Americans to cross into U S
High SP officials report rebels warn Americans to move families to the United States. They threaten attacks on Mexican border towns if peace agreements fail by Thursday night. Many American families are leaving Mexico daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Southern Pacific Limes
Mexico
United States
Progress in a Great Reform Senate Action on Election Bill
Washington May 1 Senator Borah Idaho reported to the senate the house resolution for direct election of United States senators. The move drew mixed reaction as Heyburn Idaho challenged the regularity of the committee meeting while Democrats and several progressives backed the measure. An amendment proposing federal supervision of elections was defeated. Several senators opposed the Sutherland amendment, including Bacon Culberson Overman Chilton Borah Cummins. Also noted was an update on Mrs. Allen Zollars’s condition after an attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On the Judiciary
Borah
Idaho
Senate
House
United States
Heyburn
Culbertson
Hayburn
Chil‘ton
Overman
Sutherland
Insurgents seize Laredo area as San Pedro faces famine
Telegrams from Torreon report rebels in control of Laredo Gomez Palacio and Asarcao with city guards and saloon taxes. In Laredo the municipal palace burned, prisoners freed, and rebel disruptions spread. In San Pedro, famine looms and rebels order rail repairs and corn transport while seizing rifles and horses. Digite credentials noted as an oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
Torreon
Laredo
Gomez Palacio
Asarcao
Larédo
San Pedro
Hipolito
San’ Pedro
Carabajal
Bangor Fire Devastates City with $6 Million Loss
Bangor Maine May 1 homeless hungry and soaked endure cold after a seven hour blaze that consumed about forty city blocks. Two dead and several injured as rain helped quell flames and authorities plan housing and feeding the displaced while rebuilding is debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Bread
Union Streets
Kenduskeag
Penobscot
Bangor High School
Bangor Public Library
Bangor Savings Bank
Central Fire Station
United States Custom House
Universalist
Central Congregational
First Congregational
St. John’s Episcopal
First Baptist
Advent
Norembega Hall
Gaiety Theater
Exchange
Law School of
The
University of Maine
Windsor Hotel
Tarrantine Club
Noted train jumper dies in creek near Hamilton
May 2 Hamilton Ohio reports railroad detective Tom Higgins 38 pursued suspect leaped from box car into a creek near Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton freight line and was killed instantly. Higgins and two companions from Rushville Indiana misjudged the bridge timber as ground and did not know he would land in a creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton, O
Tom Higgins
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Tragedy on Grand Trunk Bridge Claims Sleepwalker
In South Bend Indiana on May 2 Arthur Sherwin, sleeping near a Grand Trunk railway bridge, was run down by a freight train. He died a few hours later after being found about an hour after the accident by men attracted to the bridge by shouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South - Bend
Ind
Grand Trunk’ Railway
Arthur Sherwin
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Workers For Yw.c.a. Fund
Vassing City
Anna Philley
H. P. Fletcher
al Kinnaird
B. Bechtel
J. C. Calhoun
Will Ropa
M. S. Willson
B. Welty
A. G. Barry
Geo. Philbrick
Mueller
Lugehill
C. Martz
Frank Dolan
S. E
R. P. Hinman
Lucille House
H. L. Askew
B. Paul Mossman
Leutenant
Chas. H. Worden
W. J. Hess
W. N. Ballou
W. A. Campbell
E. J. Ninde
Paul’ Mossman
Chas. S. Bush
H. G. Keegan
W. S. Parry
Kate Williams
A. J. Vesey
E. T. ‘Wood
Dan Beers
Harry Offut
Sol Wood
B. Fitch
L. F. Cardes
J. H.vesey
Myron Downing
E- W. Cook
F. W. Edmunds
Bert Dorsey
Will Ward
M. J. Blitz
John S. House
Favi Wayne Young Women's Christian Association
Shore Guard
Isle of
Mur
der and Rapine
Wisconsin
John
Bar
New Jersey
Martin
CREEM
Sci
Nets
Dramshops
Proctor
Diaz
Allen Zollars
Para
WILL
Hofman
Nti
Pangor
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