Crowder Leads Draft Drawing For Exemption Districts
Washington July 14 America's mass draft plan centers on 5 000 exemption districts with about 200 key numbers per district to be drawn for examination and exemption claims. Provost Marshal General Crowder will handle the process while Secretary Baker and President Wilson may attend the ceremonies in a White House or Capitol venue.
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Washington
America
Provoost
Crowder
Baker
Wilson
Military Affairs Committee
Congress
House of Representatives
White House
General Crowder
Sisuped
Rawn
Oce
Big Four Conductor C J Ely Receives Watch Gift
Thirty Big Four conductors were guests of Parker Doyle at his camp near Rugby for a day of activities. The highlight was presenting a fine cold watch and chain to C J Ely the district representative who served the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Washington during the eight hour law discussion.
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Parker Doyle
Rugby
C. J. Ely
Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginers
Washington, D. C
Indianapolis attorney guests Auburn Hill social event
An Indianapolis attorney Ed M. White was a guest of his wife at Auburn Hill yesterday. A farmer visited Owens music Saturday and bought a player piano a victrola and a sewing machine, and paid with a cheque for the purchase.
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Ed M. White
Indianapolis
Auburn Hill
Owens Music
Dairy Cow Sale at Star Barn Produces Strong Prices
The Star barn sale Saturday by Dick Land of Salem drew solid demand with 25 cows averaging 80.50 dollars and one selling for 125 dollars to George Logan. Several animals topped 100 dollars. Land plans another sale in a few weeks as A F Eu bank acted as auctioneer and Philip Spaugh as clerk.
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Star Barn
Dick Land
Salem
George Logan
Two Toughs Taken In Tow On BB
Two Indianapolis men disturbed the Big Four excursion from Cincinnati to Indianapolis yesterday evening. They smashed seats and window glass, fought railway staff, and insulted passengers. One was jailed in Shelbyville. the other captured later in Indianapolis. Charles Millarson pleaded guilty to intoxication, fined 19 dollars and costs, and jailed 31 days.
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Indianapolis
Chcinnati
Newpoint
Shelbyville
Big Four
Cline
Charles Millarson
Millarson
Mendenhall
Cag
Fishermen plan major lake trawling and fish scarcity
Eugene Rankin and Charlie Williams plot to harvest all prime fish in McCoy Lake Sand Creek Chitty and Flatrock, aided by advice from West Virginia trip. They expect a sweeping run that could leave waters lean for a year while rankin touts lucky worm lore and salt tactics.
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Eugene Rankin
Mr. Rankin
Charlie Williams
McCoy Lake
Gene Rankin
West Virginia
Charlie Evdraavy
Matron Here for Final Summon
Mrs. Rosalind Ramsey Stabler arrived this morning from Colorado Springs and lies near death at her aunt Mrs. Dennis Dannacher in Greenburg. A granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Withers the young woman recently spent time in Los Angeles seeking relief from tuberculosis. Her husband and nurse accompanied her. he is en route from Los Angeles.
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Rosalind Ramsey Stabler
Colorado Springs
Dennis Dannacher
Stabler
Los Angeles
Cal
Colorado
Greenburg
William Withers
Savas
Our City
C. C. Hiner
Los Anegle
Moving van damages Woodfill car near Walker Hill
A driver of a large moving van side-swiped Web Woodfill’s car five miles west of town on Saturday evening while Woodfill was returning from Indianapolis. The van driver did not stop to check for injuries or duty, causing extensive damage including broken frame and fenders. Woodfill condemns the act as mean and contemptible and calls for punishment.
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Indianapolis
Walker Hill
Web Woodfill
Woodfill
Former Greensburg Lady Dies in Natchez Miss
Mrs. Gilham, mother of Albert Gilham, died in Natchez after a long illness. A Greensburg resident for years, she and her family had moved to Natchez in January. She was seventy, in failing health, and buried in Natchez Saturday. Survivors include her husband and one son.
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John Beeson
Gilham
Albert Gilham
Natchez
Mr. Gilham
Greensburg
Miss Minnie Weyl Visits Terre Haute Hosts
Miss Minnie Weyl of Terre Haute visits Mrs. R. J. Russell and Mrs. Carlos Harrison for the week. A former city school teacher and longtime professor at the State Normal, she brings a note of academic distinction to the gathering.
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Minnie Weyl
Terre Haute
R. J. Russell
Carlos Harrison
State Normal
Immense Audience at Union Church Services in Court House Park
An immense audience attended last evening’s union church services in Court House Park. Music from multiple church choirs and a solo by Mrs. Jesse Seitz of Minos delighted attendees. Dr. J. H. Doddridge of the First Methodist delivered a powerful sermon, and the gatherings drew people who rarely attend church, promising lasting community good.
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Union
Court House Park
Jesse Seitz
Minois
New Measure Grants $640 Million For American Air Service
Final draft of the administration aircraft bill approves a $640,000,000 fund for the American air service and grants the War Department authority to raise 75,000 air personnel. The president gains sweeping power to expand the aerial fleet and may use the draft if needed. War Department plans 22,625 aeroplanes within a year and more engines.
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Washington
Administration
House Military Affairs Committee
American Air Service
War Department
Wilson seeks changes to food control bill in Senate talks
President Wilson met with Senators Martin and Simmons to discuss conflicts among Chamberlain and Gore bills. He plans to suggest changes and outline action after review. Simmons hinted that unnecessary provisions may be cut and control could focus on food and fuel, with mandatory liquor commandeering unlikely to stay.
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Washington
Wilson
Martin
Simmons
Chamberlain
Gore
House Passes $640 Million Aviation Fleet Bill
The War Department aviation bill, authorizing 640000000 for 22000 airplanes, was passed by the House without a roll call. Amendments limited executive powers and aligned drafted aviation personnel ages 21 to 30 with the draft law. The measure, the largest aviation appropriation yet, moved quickly amid some procedural criticism.
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Washington
War Department
House
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Fitzgerald
New York
Aviation Corps
Congress
Socks for Indiana Soldiers drive gains seven pairs in five days
Miss Kate Emmert leads a push to knit seven pairs weekly over five days, achieving a new weekly record for the Socks for Indiana Soldiers program. Young Jane Jilson, eleven, joins the effort in North Delaware Street, aiming to help reach 4000 seamless socks by September 1. District 13, led by Mrs Henry Pearson of Bedford, pledges 1400 pairs, while Emmett's Greensburg district covers Decatur, Ripley, Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland counties with active progress. Meetings planned in Wabash Evansville and Pendleton this week to boost participation.
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Kate Emmert
Marie Jansen
North Meridian Street
Indiana
North
Pennsylvania Street
Henry P. Pearson
Bedford
Lawrence
Orange
Washington
Martin
Jackson
Brown
Monroe
Katherine FE. Emmett
Greensburg
Decatur
Ripley
Dearborn
Ohio
Switzerland
Wabash
Evansville
Pendieton
Sunday Star
Hite Family Reunites After Sandusky Clarksburg Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Ora Hite and daughter Marie return to Tipton after visiting Walter Hite's family near Sandusky and relatives at Clarksburg. Miss Mildred Hite accompanies them for a visit.
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Ora Hite
Marie
Tipton
Walter Hite
Sandusky
Clarksburg
Mildred Hite
Kerensky Emerges as Russia's Saviour In Petrograd
Isaac F. Marcosson portrays Alexander Kerensky as the rapidly rising leader who shaped Russia’s war aims and denied any separate peace. He notes Kerensky’s pledge to prevent a peace without victory and to safeguard democracy, while detailing wartime conditions and desertions before the revolution.
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Isaac F. Marcosson
Indianapolis News
Russia
Alexander Kerensky
Labor Party
Petrograd
Lloyd George
Kerensky
America
Wilson
Russi
Peaple
Painful accident injures boy by hotel curb
Von Phul eight year old son of Curtis Elkins and wife of the DeArmond Hotel suffered a painful injury Saturday evening when a car wheel struck his right leg and foot while he sat with feet in the gutter. He received medical care at the hotel and is now up and around though still sore.
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von Phul
Curtis Elkins
DeArmond
von Pool
Death of Mrs. James DeMoss at Horace Home
Mrs. James DeMoss died at her Horace area home yesterday at 1 a m from complications. She leaves her husband two children and her father Marchal Stormes. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 10 a m at the home with burial in Union cemetery.
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James DeMoss
Horace
Marchal Stormes
Union Cemetery
Wilson Authorizes Shipping Boards To Seize All Vessels
President Wilson issues an executive order empowering the shipping board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation to commandeer all ships under construction and at sea. A separate report from Mexico City states a treaty to repatriate Americans who crossed the border to dodge military enrollment.
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Shipping Boards
Washington
Wilson
The
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mexico City
United States
Mexico
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