English expert foresees clash with Japan says U S may fight
London June 20 Gerard Fieness a naval expert warns Americans they will likely face Japan soon. He argues a collision between Japan and the United States is approaching and that Europe would be glad to see the Philippine Islands snatched from the United States. He contends Japan can wage war despite poverty and that the United States may become the most practicable prey once war begins.
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London
Gerard Fieness
Japan
Juet
London Graphic
United States
Bismarck
France
Europe
Spain
Ingrate Bull Bults Friend of Calf Days in Anger
Special to The Sun from Huntington Indiana June 20. A Durham bull owned by Jacob H Eckman a 45 year old bachelor living with his sisters Nina and Laura Eckman butted Eckman over a fence after being raised from a calf. The animal also butted a garden fence and after being captured and tied to a cedar tree it wore away the tree bark before the rope ran short and stopped its head movement.
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Buntington
Ind
Durham
Jacob H. Eckman
Nina
Laura Eckman
Eckman
Fire Devastates Mohilev Killing Ten and Leaving Thousands Homeless
In Mohilev, 600 buildings burned in a large blaze that killed ten people and left about 2,090 homeless. Panic hampered firefighting as the city of roughly 45,000, with many Jewish residents, faced enormous losses and fears of a higher death toll.
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ST. Petersburg
Mohilev
Indianapolis Men Get Big Contract
Heinzman Bros. of Indianapolis won a $63,690 bid to remodel the Jackson county courthouse. A separate bid from Lane-Pike of Lafayette for a central heating plant serving the courthouse jail and poor asylum totaled $14,061. Typhoid test at Ft Banke Wintrope shows soldiers inoculated with anti-typhoid serum awaiting two more injections as part of the government program.
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Seymour
Ind
Heinzman Bros
Indianapolis
Jackson County
Lane-Pike Company
Lafayette
Remy
Boston
8&1
Ft. Banke
Cuban student held for lingerie theft in Philadelphia
Lucas Serra, son of a Cuban planter and Columbia graduate, confessed to stealing lingerie and other feminine finery in Philadelphia. He was held for trial by Magistrate Beaton after the complainant Mrs. was identified in the case.
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Philadelphia
Lucas Serra
Columbia University
Beaton
Aviators Clash Over Control of Future Aviation Meets
In New York a joint convention of the American Aeronautical Association and the Aeronautic Federation of America opens June 22 to decide which body will sanction intercity aviation events. The split pits insurgent Aero clubs against the Aero Club of America, with formation of a unified national aero organization as the goal amid lawsuits and rival claims to legitimacy.
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New York
American Aeronautical Association
Aeronautic Federaton of America
America
Aero Club of America
Wright Company
Glenn Curtiss
United States
Thomas A. Hill
Wilbur R. Kimball
Charles Levee
G. L. M. Borglam
Cortlandt Field Bishop
Peterson Wins First Case in 1877 Trial at Crown Point
Crown Point Indiana June 20 Johnn B Peterson Democratic candidate for Congress in this district made a notable first case in 1877. The plaintiff alleged cattle poisoning and had multiple arrests. Peterson defended alone against several defendants including veterinarians and prevailed as the jury ruled for the defendants.
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Crown Point
Ind
Johnn B. Peterson
Kokomo Knights Enter Milwaukee Drill Contest
The Uniform Rank K of P announces its entry in the Milwaukee drill contest this August. The company has previously won world honors in drill competitions.
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Kokomo
Ind
K. of P
Milwaukee
Scranton Doctor Claims Turning Base Metal Into Silver
Scranton physician Dr F W Lange says he has transformed base metals into silver and even found traces of gold in the process. He argues all atoms are alike and that different elements differ only by atomic vibration, asserting the experiment proves atomic theory.
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F. W. Lange
Scranton
Dr Langes Silver Story Told In Terms Of Money
Dr Lange presents a monetary calculation claiming he converted a mix of eight ounces of silver and eight ounces of base metal into fifteen ounces of pure silver. He argues the original inputs were worth 4.80 dollars and the output 8.10 dollars, yielding a claimed profit of 3.30 dollars from a one pound batch.
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DR. Lange
Miller to Deliver Hammond Address at Lincoln-Jefferson
Hammond Ind June 20 Charles W Miller United States district attorney will be commencement orator for Lincoln Jefferson college of law Friday evening June 24 J Ham Lewis was engaged but unable to speak due to throat trouble
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Hammond
Ind
Charles W. Miller
United States District Attorney
Lincoln-Jefferson College of Law
J. Ham Lewis
Grave casualties in French train crash at Villepreux station
The Granville express collided with a local train at Villepreux station. Nineteen people died and thirty were injured in the fatal wreck.
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Villepreux
France
Record of Congress at Present Session
Washington June 20 a bird's eye view of work accomplished this session includes railroad legislation to regulate common carriers and a stock and bond inquiry, postal savings banks, bureau of mines, admission of Arizona and New Mexico as states, land withdrawals for conservation, navy expansion, tariff cost studies, federal expenditure economies, and safety rail rules. It also notes party pledges and measures sought or enacted on public health, courts, coastwise commerce, and public campaign funding.
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Washington
Congress
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Arizona
New Mexico
Tariff Board
Commission of Experts
National Platform
Hicage
Bureau of Public Health
Commission
Alaska
House of Representatives
Denver
Kaiser William Operated On At Berlin
Berlin June 20. Despite denial, it became known that Prof. Bier was called in and lanced several abscesses on the Kaiser’s leg yesterday. The patient showed no fever today but his condition alarms physicians. He may be ordered to take a long rest at a medicinal springs resort.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Mrs. Rudolph Wins Five Acre Missouri Farm Contest
Mrs. Mathilda Rudolph of Chicago was named winner for forming the greatest number of words from the letters in Missouri Homes. More than 15,000 word lists were submitted from every state and territory in the Union.
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Rudolph
Chicago
Missouri
Union
Professors at Imperial University Strike Over Sanitary Conditions
In Pekin on June 20, foreign faculty members totaling seventeen Europeans Americans and Japanese refuse to continue teaching until dormitory and classroom sanitation improves to halt contagious diseases.
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Imperial University
Nine Drowned in English Channel After Collision
In Holyhead on June 20 the steamer La Rochelle was rammed by the Yews in dense fog and sank within five minutes. The captain and eight crewmen died, ten survivors rescued by the Yews’ boats. The La Rochelle, a Bayonne New Jersey freighter, carried a crew largely from the revenue roam force.
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Holyhead
la Rochelle
English Channel
Bayonne
N. J
Evenue
Firecracker as Bomb Sparks Disorder Charge in Cincinnati
William Russell, 67, jailed on disorderly conduct charge after incident at the Russell boarding house. A lighted dynamite cracker was tossed over a rear fence, injuring a boarder with a lacerated arm when it exploded.
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Cincinnati
William Russell
Russell
Nine Die in Sunday Ohio Outing Accidents
Nine persons are reported drowned in Sunday outings in Ohio, bringing the total to nine for the incident wave. The events occurred across the state, with rescue efforts continuing as authorities investigate causes and gather details from local responders.
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Cleveland
Ohio
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