Dwindling G A R Posts Marker Indiana Decline
A report shows Indiana G A R membership at 4 869 with 196 posts, down from 208 a year ago. Local Lieut Yakey Post now has 12 members, once ninety, and experts predict extinction in Indiana within eight to ten years.
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Local Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Indiana
A. J. Bell
Captain Ball
Yakey
George Clayton
Fairview
Harry Rodenbeck
F.M. Browning
John W. Risher
Allen Wright
Thomas Morgan
Jesse Young
William Rector
John Arnett
Andrew Hattebaugh
John L. Craven
William Mitchell
John Ross
Indiana G. A. R
Wages Not an Issue at U M W A Meeting
The international executive board of the United Mine Workers of America led by John L. Lewis states the wage question is not on the agenda at Indianapolis meeting. He notes current wage conditions are generally good, with unemployment in limited areas due to slower business boom in mining. The report comes from the International News Telegraph and Cable Service.
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Indianapolis
International Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Miners Face Summer Demand Shifts and Nationalization Debate
Lewis said shipments of winter fuel will peak later in the summer and internal miner disputes are minimal at the meeting. He noted the international organization is not ready to discuss nationalization of Pennsylvania anthracite mines.
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Lewis
Miners’ Union
Pennsylvania
Immigrant Flood Foretold in New York Arrival Plan
Twenty two liners are listed to arrive at Ellis Island on July 1 marking the start of the government fiscal year. The first day will see the arrival of the first batch among 857,304 immigrants expected to be admitted during the year. Steamship officers report thousands more passages booked from Liverpool Queenstown Cherbourg and embarkation points across Asia and Africa.
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Little Rock
Ark
Fort Smith
Pine Bluff
Weather Bureau
Mulberry
van Buren
Lee’s Creek
Federal Weather Bureau
New York
Ellis Island
Sam
Liverpool
Queenstown
France
Spain
Asia
Africa
Crest of High Waters to Be Reached Sunday
International News from Telegraph and Hutchinson Kansas reports Southwestern Kansas faces crop failure due to winter drought and recent rains. Farmers and grain men say new crops have been planted multiple times with poor prospects as heat after rain could ruin the outlook.
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International News ‘Telegraph and Cable Service
Hutcchinson
Kansas
China in Turmoil: President Flees Pekin Amid Riots
President Li Yuan Hung fled Pekin to Tein Tsin as unpaid troops threaten an uprising. Foreign legations seek safety while China’s government collapses in the capital. Bandit kidnappings and demobilized forces heighten fear of looting and violence.
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Pekin
Li Yuan Hung
Tein Tsin
China
Weather Forecast Indicates Warmth Rise Next Days
A fair night followed by a likely Thursday warming trend. Temperatures rise Thursday especially in the northern and central portions with gradual heat-up overnight.
Ransom Demand From Durango Kidnappers
Friends of missing Durango City man R. A. Newman received a letter stating his captors demand 30 000 pesos now or he will be killed. American authorities have pressed the Mexican government on the matter.
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Mexico City
R. A. Newman
Durango City
President Harding Plans to Seek Change in Ship Liquor Law
President Harding said he would ask Congress next fall to modify the prohibition law as it applies to liquor on foreign vessels in American waters. He argued Congress must resolve the clash between U S law and foreign policies amid protests from major powers. The French embassy announced France plans to sue to block enforcement of the wine on ships order.
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Harding
Congress
Washington
Supreme Court
France
New York Harbor
United States
Kidnapped Lawyer Makes His Escape From Abduction
Aurora lawyer Warren J. Lincoln, missing since April 29, returned from Chicago detailing a plot by a narcotics ring spanning Chicago to New York. He claimed his wife staged his kidnapping amid a demand for money and a promised escape route to France, with authorities now reviewing his tale.
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Aurora
Ill
Warren J. Lincoln
Here
Chicago
W. E. Orr
New York City
Lincoln
Kane County
Orr
Sid
Baltimore
France
Buffalo
Edward Lincoln
Sheriff Orr
Veiled Prophets Choose Site For Next Year
Cleveland hosts the final session as Indianapolis wins the bid to entertain the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm next year defeating Los Angeles Atlantic City Brooklyn and Boston in a tight race at the Supreme Council meeting.
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International News Telegraph and Cable Service
Cleveland
Ohio
Indianapolis
Supreme Council
Deposed Bulgarian Premier Slain as Balkan Crisis Grows
Former Bulgarian Premier Alexander Stambulisky is captured near Petritch by revolutionary troops. Former Minister Duparinoff is dead and Minister Oboff captured in a clash between revolut ionary forces and peasants in southern Bulgaria. Four Balkan states mobilize troops, rushing reinforcements to borders amid urgent anti revolt measures.
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Berlin
Duparinoff
Oboff
Bulgaria
Stamboulisky
Slavavice
Athens
Bulgarian ex premier killed amid Bulgarian civil war turmoil
Former Bulgarian prime minister Stamboulisky was killed by troops of the Zanos government near Slavovistsa according to Vienna based Central News dispatches. Other reports say he was captured alive while fighting continues near Sofia as civil war erupts across Bulgaria with clashes in Slatista Vratsa Radomir Endokr Rommic and Tsirinigrad.
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London
Stamboulisky
Bulgaria
Central
Vienna
Sofia
Slavovistsa
Athens
Slatista
Vrasta
Radomir
Endokr
Rommic
Tsirinigrad
Danger in Decrease of Man Power on Farm
Senator T H Caraway of Arkansas warned that emigration from farms threatens American agriculture and could cause a stark food shortage within five years. He urged government action and said he would sponsor remedial legislation, proposing immigration to settle farms or a living wage with adequate product compensation.
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International News Telegraph and Cable Service
Washington
America
T. H. Caraway
Arkansas
Caraway
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