Carranza sacks his secretary of war Angeles
SATILLO Mexico June 20 General Angeles acting Secretary of War of the Constitutionalists cabinet was deposed by order of Gen Carranza for disobedience. He is a key Villa partisan and reduces to general. Reports from Oriztlan Hidalgo say 20 chiefs met and mobilized 20,000 men under Gen Gonzales for a central campaign. Villa plans 25,000 attack force on Zacatecas with 50 artillery pieces and 73 machine guns.
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Associated Press
Satillo
Mex
Laredo
Tex
General Angeles
Constitutionalists
Carranza
Angeles
Angelese
Villa
Chipultepec Military
Torreon
Coahuila
el Paso
Zacatecas
Excursion boat Majestic sinks in Mississippi River
In the Mississippi near St. Louis the excursion steamer Majestic sank after a collision with a cribbing structure at the waterworks intake tower. Thirty three aboard, three unaccounted for includes a watchman and two deck hands. others swam ashore or were rescued from life boats or the upper deck. The vessel had discharged 900 excursionists at Alton an hour earlier and was heading to St. Louis, 27 miles away.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Majestic
Mississippi River
Sis
Alton
Downfall Due Immodest Dress At Chicago Church
June 20 Rev M H Hammill of Nashville Tenn urged at Moody Church that girls downfall results from immodest dress by women of fashion rather than innate evil. He attacked Prof B Starbuck and G Stanley Hall calling them faddists and criticized their work on adolescence.
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Chicago
M. H. Hammill
Nashville
Pottery Seek Location Study on Youth Emotions
Dr Hamill notes a study of a boy and girl in the Leer age showing suppressed religious feelings yet valid emotions. He argues girls mirror the earlier generation while boys misbehave mainly under corrupting influence from business men and other role models.
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Hamill
Grafton Club Aims to Bring Pottery Plant
Prospects brighten for a new pottery plant in Grafton as the Improvement Club promotes cheap gas rates, a large free factory site, and excellent shipping. Company representatives will visit in days to confer with locals and assess ground suitability amid strong interest from a well known firm now based in a large city. The move would rival the Consolidated Manufacturers Company plant and boost local industry.
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Grafton
Grafton Improvement Club
Improvement Club
Consolidated Manufacturers Company
Mother saves child then is killed near Ceredo West Virginia
Martha Medley 25 pushes her four year old daughter to safety as a train approaches near Ceredo. She is struck and dies instantly while three other children play nearby. She was wife of Granville Medley, a farmer. Three months earlier her sister Elizabeth Blackburn died in a house fire.
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Huntington
Ceredo
W. Va
Martha Medley
Medley
Granville Be, Medley
Elizabeth Blackburn
Brandeis criticizes railroad securities bill before Senate
Louis D. Brandeis of Boston attacked the Interstate Commerce Commission bill that would let the commission approve railroad security issues but not ban them. He urged prohibiting railroads from noncarrier businesses and banned leases into other lines without prior commission approval and full public notice of any planned security issue.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Commission
Brandeis
Howard Baker Passes Away at 27 in Chicago Proximity
Howard Baker died of tuberculosis last evening at 10:30 at his Watkins Street home after months of illness. He was 27. Survived by widow, mother and two brothers. twin brother died five weeks earlier. Funeral planned at the residence Saturday afternoon pending brothers travel from Chicago. Rev. Leland Jerome to officiate if feasible.
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Daily Sentinel
Howard Baker
Watkins Street
Chicago
Leland Jerome
Militant Suffragettes Burn Welsh Station Attacks
In Wruxham Wales militants set fire to Coedpoeth station and adjacent buildings and attempted to burn a railroad train. Police found suffragette literature at the scene as the raid targeted railway property amid intensified agitation by the militant faction led by Miss Sylvia Pankhurst. Meanwhile in London Premier Asquith met a six woman deputation from the East End federation and promised to consider their requests including the release of Miss Sylvia Pankhurst.
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Wruxham
Wales
Coedpoeth
London
England
Asquith
Sylvia Pankhurst
Holloway
House of Commons
Miss Pankhurst
East End
Fire Destroys One of Morgantown's Old Foundries
Morgantown, W Va June 19 The old Reay foundry a landmark and former blacksmith and carpenter shop was erased by a spectacular blaze early today The structure was totally consumed a horse in the rear perished in the flames The fire incident closes with commentary on social agitation and militancy.
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OLD Reay
Morgantown
W. Va
Reay Foundry
Aviators Die as Austrian Airship Attacked by Bi-Plane
Nine aviators perished when a bi-plane clipped the Austrian airship Koortlang during army maneuvers near Vienna. The collision ripped the envelope and ignited the craft, burning occupants beyond recognition as both machines crashed on a mountainside.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Koortlang
Pischamend
Wesleyen College athletes awarded varsity W letters
Buckhannon June 19 The Wesleyen College Athletic association board awarded 31 varsity W letters for the past year. Mor risson set a unique mark with four letters across football baseball basketball and track. Names and home addresses of the letter winners are listed, with several earning letters in two or more sports. Wing afth Bradshaw arrived at noon to spend the weekend with aunt Mrs A T Johnson on West Main Street.
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Buckhannon
Wesleyan College Athletic Association
Morrisson
Port
Garrett
Neale
Shumaker
Wesleyan
Decksley
Carl Miller
New Martinsville
Kellison
Mannington
J. H. Withers
Fred Ollom
Montgomery
Robin Hood
Ivesville
A. Smith
Beckley
R. Smith
Doft Daniels
Marshes
C. Perry, Jr
Tatwell
H. A. Stansbury
F. M. Cornwell
Thornton
O. P. Lambert
Pennsboro
B. M. Snodgrass
Herbert Withers
Glenville
H. W. Vance
French Creek
K. Allen
Wikinsburg
Ira Simma
Lauverace Watson
Everett Morgan
Bartinsville
Karl Young
Hendricks
Sede
Bradshaw
Mra. A. T
Johnson Jon
Main Street
Rodman Wanamaker Transatlantic Flyer Nears Trials
Lieutenant John Cyril Porte reports the Rodman Wanamaker trans Atlantic flyer is nearly complete with controls installed and the craft ready for trial flights. He outlines preparations for a 24 hour St Johns Newfoundland to Azores flight including food plans and avoidance of alcohol and smoking near fuel, aiming to begin tests Monday.
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Hammondsport
John Cyril Porte
Mr. Hallett
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Azores
Explosive Toll Meant Destruction At Hillcrest Mine
Lethbridge Alta June 20 A massive explosion at Hillcrest Collieries mine No 20 entombed about 200 workers with only 14 of 50 rescued alive amid toxic gases and collapsing debris. Rescuers faced shifting fires and rock as 95 bodies were recovered by afternoon, leaving 102 still entombed.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Hillcrest Collieries, Ltd
Thomas Quigley
Lethridge
Hillcrést Alberta Colliers, Ltd
James Quigley
Thomas Taylor
Hillcrest Colleres, Ltd
Union Hall
William Brown
Brown
Smith-Race Grocery creditors to be paid in full
June 19 creditors of the Smith-Race Grocery Company are told by trustees B C Frame and B F Hartley that they will receive dollar for dollar on their claims. The Morgantown store was sold to facilitate reorganization, with expectations of resuming the Fairmont store soon under new management. The company serves the Minegahels valley and is an important local business.
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Fairmont
Smith-Race Grocery Company
Messrs
B. C. Frame
B. F. Hartley
Morgantown
Nigerd
Es Ella
Smith-Raer Nrécery Company
Minegahels Valley
Clarksburg Wins Elks Cup At Blennerhassett Day
Clarksburg awarded the silver loving cup for the most events won during the Blennerhassett day contests in Parkersburg West Virginia on June 20. The team also captured the ball game against Wheeling. The cup will be engraved and displayed at Wetheralls Jewelry store.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Clarksburg
Elks Lodge
Blennerhassett
Carksburg
Wheeling
Wetheralls
Indictments Threaten Bank Officers In Chicago Case
Chicago June 20 In a declaration today Maclay Hoyne state s attorney said a prima facie case exists against at least one officer of the LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank and the Lorimer Munday Institution. W C Nidlack was appointed receiver yesterday after the bank was found insolvent. The receiver posted a $2 500 000 bond and assumed control of the bank.
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Associated Press
Chicago
LaSalle Street Trust & Savings Bank
Lorimer-Munday Institution
W. C. Nidlack
Maclay Hoyne
Mr.Hoyne
First Appeal in Workmen's Compensation Case Filed
The 61st appeal from a Public Service Commission award was filed in the supreme court by de Constantine, voting consul for Italy in Philadelphia. He seeks compensation for Guiseppi Zipp’s mother after her son was killed by a B and O railroad train, following a recent commission refusal.
Wesleyan College Opens 24th Commencement Week
Buckhannon June 19 The 24th annual commencement at West Virginia Wesleyan College opened with Ikon and Anderson prize contests in college hall attended by many students and crowd. The week features prize readings Saturday night and the Tacca laureate sermon Sunday at 10. Dr William Oxley Thompson of Ohio State will deliver the main address to 76 graduates. Tuesday the Haymond Science hall will be dedicated, noted as one of the finest facilities in the region. The New York Sun cites a recent Republican vote in Pennsylvania attributed to tariff and policy issues.
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Buckhannon
West Virginia Wesleyan College
College Hall
W. W.king
William Oxley Thompson
Ohio State University
Columbus
Thompson
United
Wesleyan
Michigan
Nothwestern
Middle West
Wesleren
Haymond Science Hall
Love's Young Dream Shattered In County Letter
A minister's letter to County Clerk Fleming accompanies a marriage license returned for cancellation. It narrates a broken romance and the civil action, with a brief tale of events in Batavia and distant turmoil including earthquakes and storms affecting locals.
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Fleming
Minster
Batavia
Java
British Guinea
Idtor
Hun
Ingtheen
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SMITH
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WIL
New York Sun
Pennsylvania
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Mar
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