Banks to Pay Two Per Cent Interest on School Funds
Daily bank balances on general school funds will earn interest for the district next year, with banks paying at least 2 percent. The board rejected the committee report on distributing funds among banks. A list of depositories will be prepared, and one bank may serve as depository treasurer. The report notes Melhenny’s non affiliation with American Book and American Seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Mellhenny
George A. Werner
William N. Yates
George W. Kennedy
Werner
Melhenny
Mellhenny
American Book
George W. Mcllhenny
Dr Amos L Mason Dies En Route to Canada
Dr Amos Lawrence Mason, former Harvard professor and twenty year senior Boston City Hospital physician, died of heart failure in Menands New York while en route to Canada for a fishing trip. He was 72.
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Associated Press
Boston
Amos Lawrence Mason
Harvard
Boston City Hospital
Menands
N. Y
Canada
Kreider Bill for Post Office Addition Passes
Senator Penrose steered Kreider’s measure through the Senate to add seventy five thousand dollars to the Harrisburg Post Office funding. The package, awaiting President Wilson’s signature, will augment existing appropriations and support planned building extensions to accommodate growing postal business.
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Kreider
Harrisburg
Senate
Wilson
Senator Penrose
Record dairy calf fetches $20000 at Chicago auction
A Holstein bull calf under four months old sold in Chicago for a record $20,000. Born February 25 from renowned pedigree stock, the purchaser group includes Spencer Otis Sr and Jr, George E. Van Hagen, and H. Stillson Hart of Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Spencer Otis, Sr
Spencer Otis, Jr
George FE. van Hagen
Hi. Stillson Hart
Submarine Tender Fulton Launched in Quincy
The submarine tender Fulton was launched at Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy Massachusetts the first of its type for the U S Navy. It will run on heavy oil engines. In New York two men Joseph Longo and James Fay faced charges for aiding a robbery at the American Can Company involving nearly $3000 with Fred Kelley admitting driving the getaway car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Quincy
Mass
Fulton
Fore Rive Shipbuilding Company
United States Navy
New York
Joseph Longo
James Fay
American Can Company
Fred Kelley
Ile
Longo
Parcel Post Building Under Consideration in Philadelphia
The Post Office Department weighs improvements to speed parcel post in Philadelphia with a central site to be chosen soon. Congressman Logue notes plans aim to handle fall and winter parcel post volumes efficiently while not affecting funds for a new Philadelphia post office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Philadelphia
Congressman Logue
Police prepare to prevent repeat of riot scenes
Tarrytown authorities mobilize extra police and guards around John D. Rockefeller estate to stop demonstrations by friends of twelve Industrial Workers of the World members arrested a week earlier. Prisoners are brought from White Plains jail for trial, with heavy security across the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tarrytown
N. Y
Industrial Workers of the World
White Plains
John D. Rockefeller
Mother’s skin grafts save burned child in long struggle
Mrs. Anna Nurick of 1531 Fulton street endures repeated operations to graft skin onto her child Martha, 6, whose burns from a candle accident a year earlier at their home required treatment at Harrisburg Hospital and later Jefferson hospital. Doctors say a fifth graft is needed to ensure recovery, while Stevenson remains seriously ill at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago.
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Anna Nurick
Fulton Street
Harrisburg
Pat Jefferson
Philadelphia
Martha
Jefferson Hospital
Mad man in steeple shoots and holds Hoeflang church
August Tomsics, holed up in the Hoeflang village church steeple, killed a farmer and his wife and wounded their daughter. Police were repulsed, many wounded and two killed, while a large force surrounded the church. the suspect vowed to surrender or die after using his ammunition. He fired most of his cartridges, destroyed the altar, and warned of suicide when his last bullet is spent.
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Associated Press
Budapest
August Tomsics
Hoeflang
Tomsica
Shamrock IV Stands Up Well in Stiff Breeze
In Portsmouth an out in a brisk wind shows Shamrock IV holds its own against the challenger. Neither yacht mounted top sails and no race was run, but in the same course the challenger consistently outfooted the trial boat. Rene Viviani told President Poincare he cannot form a ministry after yesterday’s report. Juan Herrera, Bishop of Tulancingo, met the Pope to discuss Mexico and mediation aims.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
England
Sir Thomas Lipton
Paris
Rene Viviani
Poincare
Rome
Juan Herrera
Tulancingo
Mexico
Wilson's Chauffeur Fined for Speeding Near White House
A White House chauffeur was fined ten dollars in a Washington area court after pleading guilty to speeding with a White House party. The incident occurred a few days earlier and the President ordered all White House chauffeurs to observe local speed limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
King at almshouse refuses labor claiming prayer divine order
C S Tyson, 49, a county charge at the almshouse, refuses work claiming God told him in prayer not to bend his back to labor. Officials warned he must work or leave as trouble looms over a possible Monday ceremony when the king may hit the pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Tyson
Almshouse
L Ways
F. Barber
Barber
Survivors to Observe Fiftieth Anniversary Battle of the Crater
Survivors of the Battle of the Crater to gather July 30 in Petersburg under the auspices of A. P. Hill Camp with Union and Confederate veterans from across the country expected. Principal addresses to be delivered by President Wilson, Secretary Chan. and Speaker Clark.
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Associated Press
Petersburg
A. P. Hill Camp
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Wilson
Chain the House
Champ Clark
Sunday's Choir Leader Must Pay $20,000 For Breach of Promise
Miss Georgia Jay won a $20,000 verdict against Homer Rodeheaver, choir master for Billy Sunday, in circuit court for breach of promise to marry. She testified they met in Iowa, became friends, and he proposed. he later refused citing career interference. Witnesses described taxicab rides and discussions of future plans while evidence showed Rodeheaver earned $100 weekly plus traveling expenses.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Georgia Jay
Homer Rodeheaver
Billy
Miss Jay
Rodeheaver
Iowa
Jay
Negro seeks white infant adoption denied at almshouse
An application to adopt a year old baby at the County Almshouse was referred to the Poor Directors and refused. The infant was a white child born in the institution.
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8. F. Barber
Warships Monitor Huerta Gunboats Near Tampico
Washington June 6 ships of the US Navy keep Huerta's three gunboats under surveillance as attention centers on war cargoes for the Constitutionalists via Tampico. The dispatch of arms aboard the Galveston schooner Sunshine and the Antilla from New York to Tampico draws focus on open port status and possible blockade actions. Officials decline comment while signaling readiness to alert the Navy if gunboats sail.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
Tampico
Carranza
Sunshine
State
Navy Departments
Antilla
New York
United States
Huerta
Navy Department
Col Roosevelt Reaches Paris Refuses Political Talk
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Paris at 4 30 this morning after reports of the Progressive advisory committee urging a New York governor nomination. He said he would say nothing about politics and declined to comment on the Mexican situation. A small crowd greeted him at the station.
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Associated Press
Paris
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Advisory Committee
New York
Roosevelt
New York State
Fluid Removal From Pericardial Sac Saves Girl
Fluoroscopic and x ray exams showed fluid in the pericardium endangering the girl’s life at Shope Hospital. Surgeons removed twelve ounces of fluid and Florence Diller of Boiling Springs is improving with good recovery prospects. In Sanborn Iowa a cyclone killed two, left one missing and two injured. $150000 in damage as East End was leveled.
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Shope Hospital
Florence Diller
Boiling Springs
Associated Press
Sanborn
Iowa
Strikers Rally at Westinghouse Plants in Pittsburgh
Crowds surround Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing gates as whistles blow, urging workers to join the strike. Pickets line streets, saloons urged to close, and officials observe methods. Plant closures due to lack of orders, leaders seek broader solidarity among unions.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Allegheny Congenial
Turtle Creek Valley
I. M. Herr
The
Electric Company
Westinghouse Machine Company
Well Dressed Guest Is Held as Diamond Thief
Atlantic City police hold Ross Hale a 42 year old described as well dressed and cultured tied to diamond robberies at two luxury Boardwalk hotels. Captain Richard Whalen says Hale, captured at the Hotel St Charles, is one of the country’s most skilled criminals. Diamonds valued at 500 dollars were reported stolen.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ross Hale
Richard Whalen
Hale
St. Charles
Weather Report and Marriages in Harrisburg Area
Harrisburg forecast warm with fair conditions through Sunday and a river stage near 2.2 feet. Cooler nights, full moon on June 8, and a previous high 74 and low 58. Marriage licenses issued to several couples in Steelton Reading and Altoona, including Michael Pincus with Jennie Cohen and others listed.
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Canada
Lake Region
South Atlantic
Middle Gulf
Tennessee
Michael Pincus
Jennie Cohen
Where to Spend The Vacation
Advertisers tout vacation options as railroads and resorts compete for travelers. The Telegraph promotes reading the current resort booklet literature, noting that studying ads can be as enjoyable as travel and serves readers by guiding recreation choices.
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Ilhenny
Yates
DR. A. L. Mason
Congress
Congressman A. 8S. Kreider
Alleed
Parcel Post
London
Chaplin, Milne, Grenfell and Company, Limited
Princess Streets
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Trade Commission
Harmonicon
Manchester
Eng
Harry P. Whitney
Salford Borough
Adular
Mercutio
Abram V. Byers
Ordains
Henry Vane Bearns
Darlington
Otrips Oki
Anna Nurich
Stevenson NO Better
Ill
Adlai R. Stevenson
Cleveland
Presbyterian Hospital
Shamrock IV
Pope
Yan J Democratis
Hopis
Dan Hart
Democratic State Committee
King
Whitelaw Reid
Charles A. Dana
District of Columbia
Department of Commerce
Negress
Aly 'Fragettes
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
Astors
Vincent Astor
Astor
Noma
Bermuda
U. 3
Muerta
Col. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Fallight
Clty
Ivan Milekovic
Lucija Vincekovic
Steelton
P. Walborn
Reading
Mamie Bagenstose
Wesleyville
Charles HH
Otstot
Charrie H. Kauffman
Bloz Ozinevic
Theresja Parbec
Samuel B. Kiser
Beatrice A. Coffman
Altoona
Telegraph
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