Educate Farm Girl Also Plea At Round-Up Institute
Miss Sadie Stutsman of Manchester College urged farm folk that a city girl does not need more college education than a country girl as farm advantages now rival city ones. She listed personal benefits of college including happiness health good friends and love of literature nature and humanity. The event featured readings by CM Grahame of South Whitley and further remarks by Mr. Graham on making farming pay and improving home life through labor saving devices.
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Sadie Stutsman
Manchester College
North
Manchester
Huntington Theatre
Stutsman
Coliege
Lave
CM. Grahame
South Whitley
Stutemen
James Whitcomb Riley
Towdydo
Goodby
Oman
Jim
Mr. Graham
Graham
Bippus Wins Boys Corn Judging Test Banner Travelled Countywide
Bippus High School captured the corn judging prize at the round-up farmers institute in a statewide test. Ray C. Abner of Roanoke led youth judges with 1824 points as schools posted averages and team members, from Roanoke to Huntington and Banquo, with Rock Creek and Monument City showing solid scores. The blue banner will hang at Bippus High School, the first win for the school, after Calvin Perdue introduced the competition two years ago.
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Farmers’ Institute and
Bippas
Warren
Huntington
Ray C. Abner
Roanoke High School
Bippus
Willard Little Sps
Newell Ziegler
Paw Lahr
Union
Richard Plasterer
Claude Rogers
Allan Anson
Roanoke
Dale Woblford
Robert Mayne
Rock Creek
Harold Yuncan
Kenneth Eversole
Claude C. Hart
Clear Creek
Riley Jordan
Earl Marshall
Floyd Selle
Lancaster
Ralph W. Letter
Ernest Ulrich
Stoward Wrieg
Walter Raber
Glenn Tobias
Lester Eberhart
Fred Bouman
Ray Whitling
Gail Brubaker
Calvin Perdue
Institute
Lafayette
Clifford Funderburg
Governor Goodrich vetoes bill releasing obsolete liens
Governor Goodrich issued his first veto to senate bill No. 20 which would release mechanics’ liens and material and laborers’ liens on real property if no enforcement action started within one year from the filing of the notice of intention in the recorder’s office. The veto halts the proposal to clear aged liens.
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Indianapolis
Goodrich
Senate
Recorder’s Office
Three Negroes Hanged in Montana Jail Yard
Three men named Leslie Fairley Harrison Gibson and Henry Hall were hanged in the county jail yard at White Sulphur Springs Montana. They were convicted of killing Michael Freeman, a white farm laborer, on a train near Judith Gap last October.
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White Sulphur Springs
Mont
Leslie Fairley
Harrison Gibson
Henry Hall
Michael Freeman
Judith Gap
Germans Hit French Line in Champagne Capture 858 Prisoners
German crown prince troops attacked French positions south of Ripont in Champagne, taking 858 captives including 21 officers. They stormed four lines at Maisons de Champagne farm and hill 185, with French counterattacks repulsed. Other fronts saw raids and aerial activity. shipping losses cited by Berlin report.
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Champagne
Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville
Ripont
War Office
Maison’s de Champagne
Verdun
Tahure
Cernay
Maisons de Champagne
Cham
Pagne
Varios
France
Galicia
Germain
Kynasti
Hoptmoor
Uphold President in Present Crisis Taft Tells Solons
Former President William Howard Taft spoke to Indiana lawmakers urging support for the president and Congress amid foreign policy tensions. He defended neutral rights, condemned German submarine actions, and warned against unnecessary war while stressing decisive action. Taft arrived late due to a train wreck near Anderson and was escorted by a legislative committee.
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Taft
Solons
Associated Press
Indianapoles
Indiana
State House
James P. Goodrich
Senate
House
William Howard Taft
United States
Anderson
Robinson and
Culbertson
Wilson
Congress
England
Germany
High Seas
America
Arrests rise in Evansville vote fraud case
Evansville indictments widen after 15 arrests in Indianapolis and extra warrants sent to Evansville. United States Marshal Mark Storen expects some Evansville suspects to surrender or be arrested soon as warrants target party workers accused in 1914 election corruption.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Evansville
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Mark Storen
Louis Ochimann
James
Bud) Gibson
Ernest Roeder
Dolph (Stibby) Staub
William Sullivan
Walsh blocks treaty style salute in prohibition amendment report
Representative Walsh of Massachusetts filed a minority report from the House Judiciary Committee opposing a constitutional amendment for nationwide prohibition. He argued the effort would turn the Constitution into a criminal statute, noting the Webb-Kenyon ruling allows nationwide prohibition by legislation and enforcement at federal and state levels.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Walsh
Massachusetts
Walsh
Supreme Court
Canada to Fix Prices on News Print Paper
Ottawa reports the Canadian government will regulate news print supply with the customs minister granted absolute power to license exports and fix quantity and price for paper furnished to publishers. This move aims to ensure adequate paper availability across Canada.
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Ottawa
Canada
State Bone Day bill faces conference in Senate debate
Washington February 16 The annual appropriation bill carrying 332000 is sent back to the house after a week of vigorous debate. Provisions would make shipping liquor to states prohibiting its manufacture a crime and bar liquor advertising from mail and publications. The postmaster general would renew pneumatic mail tubes contracts and a commission would study tube systems for possible government purchase.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Post Office Committee
Germany
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
German Spy Kaiser Captured Near Camp Little
NOGALIES Ariz Feb 16 German subject Fred Kans er Kaiser arrested on charges of violating national defense laws. He allegedly entered a government warehouse and sought military information while befriending Camp Little officers. Kaiser, once said to be a German vice consul, was released on 2000 bail posted by builders supplies employers.
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Associated Press
Nogalies
Ariz
Fred Kanser
Kaiser
Nogales
Manzanillo
Colima
Mexico
Camp Little
Border Service
Department of Justice
Berlin
Germany
United States
Munich
Gerard
Berne
Danger Zere
U S May Review Cuban Elections Amid Revolt
Washington weighs a possible American commission to review Cuba's presidential election returns as liberals revolt. Rebels hold Santiago and Camaguey while government forces control much of the island. Foreign gunboat Petrel and Dixie monitor developments and press clemency discussions for military prisoners.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cuba
State Department
United States
Oronte
Orestes Ferrera
Raimundo Cabrera
New York
Petrel
Santiago
Dixie
Havana
Camaguey
Submarine Embargo Stirs U S and Cabinet Minutes
Washington February 16 The German submarine campaign and its effects dominated a cabinet meeting. Officials discussed arming merchant ships, shipping disruptions, and policy options as they monitor detentions and allied crises while considering timing for possible actions.
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Lester Pence
Wrieg
Cummins
Iowa
Sutherland
Fall
U.S
Pinar del Rio
Mantanzas
Santa Clara
Aurelio Hevia
Las Cillas
Patria
Pablo and
Fusto Menocal
W. E. Gonzales
U. 8
McAdoo
Redfield
Austria
Turkey
Great Britain
Atlantic
Belgium
English Channel
Scotland
Irish
Kirkwall
Halifax
Ireland
Norwegian
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