Missouri Valley bumper crops eyed in midwest outlook
United Press dispatch from Kansas City reports steady economic advance in the Missouri Valley and eastern slope states. Governor Willis J. Bailey of the Federal Reserve notes optimism yet cautions against boom conditions as wheat crops in Colorado and Kansas approach record levels and industry and retail trade improve.
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United Press Dispatch
Kansas
Gity
Middlewestern
Missouri Valley
Willis J. Bailey
Federal Reserve Bank
Bailey
United Press Today
Glimax H Hess
Kensay
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
Kedasus
Oklhoma
Iowa
Wheeler to Appear Before Senate Primary Committee
Wayne B Wheeler general counsel of the Anti Saloon League was summoned by the Senate primary investigating committee for questioning by Senator James A Reed. The committee chairman also ordered subpoenas for Mrs Maude Seymour of McConnellsburg Pa amid a Flynn attribution that the W T U spent a quarter million dollars for a different purpose.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Senate
James A. Reed
Missouri
Congress
Maude Seymour
McConnellsburg
John I. Flynn
Duel bid by Hungarian nobleman sparks insult charge
Count Karolyi of Hungary faced a duel challenge from Count Teleki after an insult. Mayor Bertha K Landes ordered a police cleanup in Seattle. Italy's senate approved the financial policy of Count Volpi, the finance minister.
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Count Karolyi
Hungary
Teleki
Bertha K. ‘Landes
Seattle
Count Volpi
Fireworks kill two during religious celebration
United Press reports a fireworks explosion at Shook's Field Briar Hill Youngstown Ohio during St Rocco's Catholic church event killed Frank Poluso 18 and Joseph Vital 24 and seriously injured a man and a girl. Roméo Casselli and Paul Magling both from Newcastle were arrested as the organizers of the display.
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United Press Dispatch
Youngstown
Ohio
Newcastle
Jiodici
Bay Forbes
Uyeeattok
Roméo Casselli
Paul ‘Magling
Fire destroys Hallenberger shop and fourteen cars
A blaze yesterday morning at John Hallenberger and Sons Paint Shop in Evansville wiped out the blacksmith shop and fourteen cars stored there. The flames spread to the Boullie home behind the shop, seriously burning Mrs Boullie and her children in night clothes, and injuring John Sanders and George Rickrich.Estimated damage runs to about 25000 dollars.
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Evansville
Ind
John Hallenberger & Sons
Clarence Boullie
Farm Bloc Senators Threaten Revolt Over Farm Relief
Republican farm bloc senators threaten revolt over farm relief, confronting Secretary Mellon�s condemnation of the Haugen bill. They consider aligning with Democrats to tear down tariff walls around manufactured goods, arguing farmer tariffs are justified to aid farmers and manufacturers. Senator Johnson of California defends the Haugen bill as Congress wrestles with farmer relief.
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Washington
Farm Bloc
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Johnson
California
Senate
Congress
Indiana Bar Association Convention to Feature Longworth Speech
Nicholas Longworth, speaker of the House, tops the program for the 13th annual Indiana Bar Association convention. The event opens July 8 in Michigan City, runs three days, with sessions on the first two days and a motor trip to Dunes State Park on the final day. Longworth speaks at a July 8 banquet on national topics.
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United Press Dispatch
Tanapolis
Nicholas
Ongworth
House of Representatives
Indiana Bar Association
Board of Managers
Michigan City
New Dunes
Longworth
Two DROWNING VICTIMS IN ST JOSEPH COUNTY
Two more names were added to the drowning victims list in St. Joseph county. Donald Fisher, 16, leaped from a rowboat into the St. Joseph river above a dam and drowned as the boat was carried by the current. Three companions were rescued, and Francis “Topask” Dywo, age twenty, was drowned in McCoy's creek.
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United Press Dispatch
South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph County
Donald Fisher
St. Joseph River
Francis ‘Topask
McCoy’s Creek
Hootch Hounds Get Aid From Pacific Coast Banks
William S. Caine testifies before the House Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee alleging five Pacific Coast banks aided bootlegging operations. He names the National Bank of San Diego Northwestern Bank of Portland Liberty National Bank of San Francisco Bank of Los Angeles and a Vancouver Royal Bank branch as participants. He criticizes Treasury official Andrews and Los Angeles officials for inaction and says efforts to press federal cases yielded little.
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Washington
United States
Vancouver
William S. Caine
House
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Davidson
Los Angeles
National Bank At
San Diego
Cal
Northwestern Bank of
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
Lincoln C. Andrews
Anderson
California Bank
Baltzell Moves on Indianapolis Prohibition Enforcement
Federal Judge Baltzell orders intensified federal investigations in Indianapolis and Marion County into prohibition enforcement agencies. The directive heightens scrutiny of local enforcement activities amid ongoing federal reviews.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Marion County
Bultzell
Fisher Divorce Suit Filed By Jane Fisher In Paris
Jane Fisher files for divorce from Carl Fisher once an Indiana manufacturer now in Florida. The couple has been separated for three years. Fisher, known for business activity in Indiana and recent Florida promotions, resides in Paris.
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Paris
Jane Fisher
Carl Fisher
Thdignapolis
Ind
Florida
Two Lives Lost in Climbing Cyclone at Clarinda
A June cyclone in Clarinda Iowa killed two people J P Douglas 80 and Dennis Usher 14 and injured a dozen others. Property damage is estimated at 200000 with more than twenty houses shattered. Mrs John C Morrison is critically injured from a nail wound to her spinal column as militia patrols the affected area.
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United Press Dispatch
Clarinda
Iowa
J. P. Douglas
Dennis Usher
John C. Morrison
Three Students Sentenced for Assault on Dorothy Westervelt
In Sycamore Illinois on June 17 three Northern Illinois Teachers College students Leonard Rich Stanley Hurt and Emergon Wilson were each sentenced to 19 years in prison for a triple assault on Dorothy Westervelt a co ed. Judge William J Fulton presided saying maximum Illinois penalty is life imprisonment. The sentences begin at Pontiac reformatory and transfer to the state penitentiary at age 25.
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United Press Dispatch
Sycamore
Dorothy Westervelt
Northern Illinois Teachers’ College
Leonard Rich
Stanley Hurt
Emergon Wilson
William J.’ Fulton
Miss Westervelt
Rich
Hurt
Wilson
Toilet
Peaches forecast record yield in 1916 crop report
Chicago reports the government bureau of agricultural economics estimates peaches will reach 50 million bushels this season, up 12 million from last year. The Midwest and Southwest expect substantially larger output with heavy crops also in the Far West, alongside rising apple and pear production.
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Chicago
Government Bureau of ‘Agricultural Economics
Middle Western
Southwest
Far West
New Trial Sought for Gas City Man in Wounding Case
Nelson Fleenor an 88 year old Gas City resident convicted of assault and battery with intent to murder asks for a new trial. He was sentenced to two to fourteen years in prison for shooting and wounding Otie Mac Creek a 22 year old stenographer after she rejected his advances.
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Marion
Ind
Nelson Fleenor
Gas City
Fleenor
Otie Mac Creek
Record Attendance At Indiana University Summer Session
Record attendance is being totaled at Bloomington for the summer session. Last year’s enrollment reached 1803, including the Bloomington campus and Winona Lake, Indianapolis medicine and nursing schools. Plans aim to provide efficient training and a full social and recreational program.
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United Press Dispatch
Bloomington
ITA
Indians University
Audiinge
Lgom
Winone Lake
School of Medicine
Gary Building Stop As Lockout Declared
Gary Ind June 17 The citys record 10 000 000 building program is at a standstill after the Gary Building Contractors Association declared a lockout against all organized labor. Unions say factory glazed sash was produced by unorganized labor and material men joined in the stoppage by refusing to deliver building materials.
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United Press Dispatch
Gary
Ind
Gary Building Contractors’ Association
Demand for investigation of past Oklahoma Senate vote
United Press dispatch from Oklahoma City reports George D. Keye chairing the state Democratic committee demanded a probe into the 2 year old election of Republican Senator W B Pine. The request was sent in a letter to Senator James A Reed of Missouri who chairs the Senate primary investigating committee.
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Oklahoma City
Oklo
James A. Reed
Missouri
Senate
George D. Keye
State Democratic Committee
W. B. Pine
Oklahoma
Inquest Opens Into Gary Steel Mill Blast
Gary Indiana June 17 Coroner's inquest into Monday's steel mill blast begins tomorrow as the death toll rises to 12 with the casualty listed Charles Holland a 4 negro laborer.
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Gary
Ind
Gary Steel Mills
Charles Holland
Train collision near Blairsville kills and injures many
A head on crash at Gray Station near Blairsville Pennsylvania between the Chicago Cincinnati Limited and a standing Pittsburg Washington express leaves at least eighteen dead and about fifty injured. Nine of the dead are passengers on the Pittsburg Washington train. Rescue and medical teams rush to the scene as investigators begin to determine whether a signal was missed.
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Gray Station
Blairsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Morelle Af
Pittsburg
Washington
Cincinnati
Washington Express
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