MERGED PARTY DRIVE TO REUNITE FACTIONS FOR 64TH CONGRESS
Washington June 17 a movement to reunite the Republican and Progressive parties in several states aims to elect a Republican House in the Sixty fourth Congress. Led by Ormsby McHarg with Roosevelt backing, the effort seeks to bridge factions and keep Col Roosevelt as a key asset while appealing to farmers and business to support Republican control amid national concerns including Mexico, rail rates, and canal tolls repeal. The campaign operates from New York with letter campaigns urging unity against the Democratic administration.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Col
Roosevelt
Ormsby McHarg
Chicago
Republican National Committee
McHarg
New York
Republican Party
Democratic Party
House
Col. Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce
Mexico
Treasury
Wilson
Congress
Ohio miners face radical agitation fears over wage talks
By Associated Press, Columbus June 17. Fears of I W W influence among foreign and eastern Ohio miners spark anxiety as a joint conference of Ohio operators and miners meets for a third time to settle scale terms on run of mine basis. Leaders say no reports of strikes yet, though 45,000 Ohio miners have been idle since April 1.
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Associated Press
Columbis
Industrial Workers of the World
Ohio
John Moore
United Mine Workers
The
Knowles to Live Primitive Life Again in California Wilderness
Chicago June 17 Joseph Knowles of Boston arrives to repeat his experiment living naked and unarmed as a primitive man. He plans to spend two months this summer in a California mountain wilderness after a prior Maine outing where he spent 61 days without clothes or tools before returning to civilization.
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Knowles
Chicago
Adam
Joseph Knowles
Boston
California
Maine
Teddy Assumes Responsibility For Removal Of Judge Jackson
In a report from the Sierra Nevada region California Knowles plans another expedition with B E Lambert of Columbus Ohio to forests for the experiment after two months on berries fish and wild game. The defense counters claims about Judge Dayton and railroad cases denying sworn direct testimony and stating affidavits rely on court records. Battling Nelson meets Knowles in this development as a longtime friend while disputes over federal court actions and witness examinations continue.
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Knowles
Sierra Nevada Range
California
Battling Nelson
B. E. Lambert
Columbus
Ohiio
Jold
United States
Arthur Dayton
Dayton
B, & O. Railroad
Messrs. Montgomery & Belcher
Villa Denies Split With Gens In Juarez Raid
General Villa through his agent in El Paso denied any split with General Carranza and attributed the Juarez arrests of Carranza officials to a misinterpreted order. Meanwhile twenty to thirty Juarez office workers were sent by train to Chihuahua City then Torreon, where Villa was.
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Associated Press
Paso
Tex
General Villa
General Caraanza
Carranza
Juarez
Col
Ornelas
Juares
Chihuahua City
Eighty Four Graduate Class at West Virginia University
Eighty four graduates, 84, from West Virginia University received degrees at the annual commencement in Morgantown this morning. Dr Glenn Frame of Northwestern University delivered the class address in the bright ceremony.
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West Virginia
Associate 1
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Glenn
Northwestern University
Chicago
Three Charlevoix Men Die in Michigan Lakes Rescue Sought
Grand Rapids, Mich. June 18. Three Charlevoix men believed drowned when their gasoline launch exploded and sank near Beaver Island on Lake Mishieen. Names William Heath Jerry Yetta and Henry Pattingall, all unmarried, are from Charlevoix. They did not reach Beaver Island. a smoke was seen on the lake but the launch location remains unfound.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Charlevoix
Lake Mishieen
Beaver Island
William Heath
Jerry Yetta
Henry Pattingall
Vielga
Defense Denies All 23 Charges Against Judge Dayton
Arthur Dayton son of Judge Als ton G Dayton faces impeachment charges in the Northern district of West Virginia. Defense files sworn affidavits from 40 witnesses and submits Roosevelt letter from 1914. They deny all charges including retirement law, miners cases, and quashing indictments, with affidavits from Roy Waugh and others.
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Arthur Dayton
Alston G. Dayton
United States District Court of
Northern District
West Virginia
Washington
House Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Europe
Jackson
Dayton
Judge Dayton
Judge Jackson
Department of Justice
Sentinel
United States Congress
Daytona
Wellsburg
John C. Palmer
Wheeling
Palmer
Roy Waugh
Sanitarium in the Sky to float above Cleveland
A high altitude sanitarium 2000 feet up will open near Cleveland next month anchored by a cable. It will admit only patients with heart weakness for treatment, ascending each evening and descending by morning. Dr Rudolph Heym Jr will be physician and aeronaut Lee Stevens pilot, with the plan backed from New York.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Rudolph Heym, Jr
Haat Fifty-fifth Street
Lee Stevens
New York
Dr. Heym
Stevens
Heymann
Mediation hinges on next move in U S talks
At Niagara Conference, American delegates report no change in the situation despite hope for eventual success. Washington withholds official comment as talks between Huerta delegates and Carranza representatives continue. Rabasa urges continuation and proposes a provisional president with U S recognition to unlock funds and arms.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Niagara
War
State Departments
Villa
Niagara Falls
Frederick W. Leichmann
Buffalo
Rafael Durburran
Babrera
Carranza
United States
Huerta
Emilo Rabasa
Rabasa
Regular season tickets on sale at Kerr's store
Tickets for the Redpath Chautauqua season are on sale at Kerr's store. Subscribers will receive delivery within ten days, and recipients should be ready at their home or business to collect the tickets when the deliverer arrives.
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Kerr's
Redpath Chautauqua
Changes Hands at 219 Walnut Street Barber Stand
Henderson and Linn announce purchase of the Sheets barber stand at 219 Walnut Street now run as a sanitary shop with two workers on duty at all times. They invite trial and appreciation. A lawn fete is planned by The Christian Endeavor Society of the Lutheran church on Thursday evening on the parsonage lawn with ice cream cake and strawberries for sale.
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Walnut Street
Henderson & Linn
Christian Endeavor Society of
The
Lutheran Church
Italian trio arrested in Belington girl abduction case
In Charleston West Virginia on June 17 a public service board launched an inquiry into Fairmont rate hikes by Central District Printing and Telegraph. Meanwhile three Italians, unnamed, were arrested for abducting Stella Anglin, a 16 year old from Belington, with plans to flee Chicago. Officers will return suspects to Belington for trial.
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Charleston
W. Va
John W. Mason
Fairmont
Public Service Commission
Central District Printing and Telegraph Company
Belington
Stella Anglin
Anglin
Chicago
Ill
West
Three Drowned In Old Well Near Driftwood Pa
In Driftwood Pennsylvania on June 17 Harold Jordan eleven fell into an abandoned well while playing nearby. Rodney Ives seventeen climbed down to aid him but all three boys perished when they slipped from his grasp into the water. Harold’s uncle John Jordan arrived to help, but the three were drowned.
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Associated Press
Driftwood
Harold Jordan
Rodney Ives
Ives
John Jordan
Harold
Militant suffragette chains to Wellington statue in London
A suffragette in London chained herself to the Duke of Wellington statue before the Royal Exchange and shouted at passersby urging business leaders to intervene for imprisoned women. She was removed by police as onlookers cheered.
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Associated Press
London
England
Duke of Wellington
Royal Exchange
Fayette county man seeks commutation of death sentence
The Pennsylvania pardon board heard the request for commutation for Frank Wells of Fayette county, later than Louis Delco who already had his sentence commuted. Pleas were offered by L. B. Brownfield W. C. McKean Rev Dr Bromley and ministers of Uniontown. District Attorney R Shelby opposed the clemency. An executive session was scheduled for this afternoon with adjournment to September.
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Harrisburg
Frank Wells
Fayette County
Louis Delco
Deleo
L. B. Brownfield
W. C. McKean
J. F. Bromley
Bromley
Uniontown
R. Shelby
Frost Slight in Mountains Nods Light Grower Hope
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on June 17 anointed press reports a slight frost in the mountains with no damage to growing fruit observed. The brief note notes cool conditions but reassures growers about crop prospects.
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Connellsville
Ananointed
Kaier Wilhelm II Disabled at Sea After Collision
The North German Lloyd steamship Kai er Wilhelm II, bound from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg, put into Spithead after colliding with another vessel in thick fog. The extent of the damage is not yet known.
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England
Associated Press
London
Southampton
New York
Cherbourg
Spithead
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