White River claims another youth victim in drowning tragedy
Marie Daubenspeck, 15, of Switz City, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garret Daubenspeck, drowned in White River below Elliston bridge while learning to swim with a party from the Switz City Baptist Sunday school. Will Hostettler tried to save her but could not overcome the swift current. uncles Jerry and Wayne Daubenspeck helped bring her to shore, where efforts to revive her failed. Funeral date not announced.
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Miss Daubenspeck
Will Hostettler
Mr. Hostettler
Hostettler
Jerry
Wayne Daubenspeck
Switz City
Paroled Lifer Dies Minutes After Homecoming
Peters burg Ind June 14 John N Murray 58 a life term killer paroled on a 30 day furlough by Governor McCray died suddenly within thirty minutes of arriving home after meeting his family and resting from the trip Murray was sentenced in 1917 by the Pike circuit court for the killing of Carl Sumner a farmer ten miles west of Petersburg at Oliphant Ind The death follows his early release and home visit amid important business matters.
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Petersburg
Ind
John N. Murray
State Penitentiary
Pike Circuit Court
Carl Sumner
Oliphant
McCray
Murray
Fragmentary Crime Note From Princeton Triggers Inference
A fragment references a man from Princeton stricken with paralysis and dying minutes after, and another line notes Murray killing Sumner in a dispute over fish nets. Details are sparse.
Democratic Attack Halts Mingo Mine Field Inquiry
In Washington on June 14, strong Democratic opposition stalled a senate inquiry into the recent fighting in the Mingo West Virginia coal fields. Senator Myers Montana led the bloc arguing the matter is a state issue beyond Congress. He condemned broad investigations while opposing others such as a clothing industry probe. Senator Stanley Kentucky emphasized federal aid to states in many matters.
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Washington
Senate
Mingo
W. Va
Johnson
Myers
Montana
Congress
Stanley
Kentucky
District 11 Mine Heads Make Trip to Southern Indiana
Terre Haute Ind June 14 President John Hessler of District No 11 United Mine Workers of America and William Mitch secretary treasurer left this morning for the southern part of the state on organization work. They will return tomorrow and it is not known if they will investigate recent difficulties in the coal mining district.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Hessler
United Mine Workers of America
William Mitch
Will of Al Hayman Leaves Residue to Actress Ann Murdoch
The will filed for probate discloses no provision for Hayman's widow and leaves the residue to Ann Murdoch, actress, of a Fifth avenue address. Specific bequests include 10000 to Teresa Coleman, also of that address, and 1000 each to John Hyland and Peter Mason of Chas Frohman Inc. Corinne Bauman of St. Louis, a niece, receives 10000.
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New York
al Hayman
Ann Murdoch
Fifth Avenue
Teresa Coleman
Hayman
Pacific Coast
John Hyland
Peter Mason
Chas. Frohman, Inc
Mr. Hayman
Corinne Bauman
St. Louis
Neice
War ends with Germany and Austria by House vote
The House approved a Porter resolution terminating the war with Germany and Austria by 305 to 61 amid Democratic defections. A conference will align the Knox and House actions, with Senate already passing repeal of the declaration of war. Debates over peace terms and a possible treaty or Versailles ratification follow, as President Harding signals reservations but seeks a feasible peace basis.
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Washington
House
Germany
Austria
Representative Kelley
Michigan
Senate
Conference Committee
Harding
League of Nations
Congress
Lodge
Ranks of labor still hold says Gompers
Denver June 14 President Samuel Gompers told the opening session of the forty first annual American Federation of Labor convention that enemies of labor and the open shop advocates had failed to crush organized labor and that the ranks of the trades union movement remained intact A year of progress was forecast for 1921 with a prediction that the AFL would surpass 5 000 000 members before the next snowfall He urged closer alliance between industrial workers and farmers to resist the reaction of industrial captains and princes of finance
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Denver
Colo
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Labor
American
Trades Union Movement
Executive Council
Federation
Gompers
Weather outlook with showers in north region
Partly cloudy tonight with likely showers in extreme north portion. Wednesday looks unsettled with probable local showers and thunderstorms and little temperature change.
Virgil Decker Begins Life Sentence at Michigan City
War sa w, Ind June 14 Virgil Decker will be taken to the Indiana state prison at Michigan City early today after Judge Bowser overruled a motion for a new trial by F and Bowser. The jury returned a verdict of murder and the judge pronounced life imprisonment. Decker said I take the sentence and will be glad to fulfill it and I want to say seedy that nobody else had anything to do with it.
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Warsaw
Ind
Virgil Decker
Indiana
Michigan City
Bowser
F. &. Bowser
Decker
Woman commits suicide by kerosene fire in Michigan City
Mrs. Joseph Karch, 40, of Michigan City, burned herself to death in the basement of her home. She wrapped a blanket saturated with kerosene and set it aflame. Her husband and daughter were in the house and unaware. Despondency after months of illness believed to be the cause.
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Laporte
Ind
Joseph Karch
Michigan City
Terre Haute Labor Dispute Settled
Terre Haute carpenters will be paid 92 34 cents per hour under the new 1921 22 wage scale for one year, agreed by the arbitration board of carpenters and contractors. The board, appointed Monday with Rev A S Warriner as fifth member, met at the Associated Building Contractors offices after a short session to finalize the tentative pact.
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Terre Haute
Arbitration Board of the Carpenters and Contractors
Associated Building Contractors
Rev. A. S. Warriner
John Ahlgren
Charles McKeen
William Mitch
P. K. Reinbold
Governor takes hand in trouble over Indiana mine unrest
Governor Warren McCray sent Adjutant General Smith to Gibson and Pike counties to probe clashes in which 150 foreign miners were driven from the area by fellow workers. He told prosecutor James J. Robinson to call for state aid if local officials fail, insisting law and order prevail. Twenty ex soldiers and militia guarded Buckskin mine with orders to shoot to kill if needed as Austrians, driven from Oakland City, began returning and a 10 pm deadline for leaving passed.
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Indianapolis
Warren McCray
Smith
Indiana National Guard
Gibson
Pike Counties
James J. Robinson
Gibson County
Robinson
Indiana
Princeton
Ind
United States Army
Flowers
Buckskin
Oakland City
Special sheriffs kill two illicit still men in duel
In Terre Haute on June 14, special officers Roy Strause and Roy Wright shot and killed Jesse Runyan and his son Ben Runyan during a confrontation at a moonshine operation near Centenary. The elder Runyan died at his home after being wounded. two other men fled. Officers were absolved of blame. Police seized two large stills and mash after the incident.
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Terre Haute
Jesse Runyan
Ben Runyan
Centenary
Roy Strause
Roy Wright
Clinton
Braach of Commissioners
Vermillion County
Strause
Wright
Runyan
Strause and
Runyans
Brown & Hopkins
Strause and Wright
American Legion elects new national commander
Indianapolis June 14 John G Emery of Grand Rapids Mich was chosen national commander of the American Legion to succeed the late Frederick Galbraith Thomas Bannigan of Hartford Conn becomes vice president Emery a World War I captain with shell wounds wired his resignation today as chairman of Grand Rapids city board of commissioners
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Indianapolis
John G. Emery
Grand Rapids
Mich
The
American Legion
Frederick Galbraith
Thomas Bannigan
Hartford, Conn
Emery
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