Auditor Reports Lewis County Funds Owed
Jefferson City Mo reports expose deficits in Lewis county records. Former circuit clerk James W Barnes owes about 5520 and lacks an recorded bond. Several officers are noted to have overcollected sums totaling roughly 17000. Prosecutions show Noah W Simpson underpaid by 100 from 600 to 700 yearly.
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Jefferson City
Lewis County
Monticello
Hackipann
James W. Barnes
Noah W. Simpson
Public Service Commission
J M. Smoot
Samuel
W. Castor
Kurrel M Bradshaw
Capitol May Refuse To Accept Delayed Capitol Building
The Capitol Commission and contractor Gil & Son clash over 90 000 in damages for delays beyond a year as the board debates whether to accept a completed building. Dispute centers on who bears responsibility for late completion and extra time granted for stone procurement amid weather delays.
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Capitol
Capitol Commission Hoard
Gill & Son
Capitol Commission Board
Gil
Missouri Registration Costs In Cole County
A 1918 report shows registering 1,500 men in Cole County cost 167 dollars, with 44 registrars earning 4 dollars per day for 13, plus telegraph, telephone, and copying expenses. County Clerk Clem A. Dierch sent the bill to the federal war department.
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Cole
Clem A. Dierch
Federal War Department
Greece Breaks Diplomatic Ties as Constantine Deposed
Telegraphic reports from Athens say Greece recalls its ministers from Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey and arms over archives to The Netherlands as Constantine is dethroned and Alexander ascends. Entente moves to sever relations with central powers amid the Greek political shift.
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Austria Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
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Aris
Athens
la Temps Pays
Switzerland
Galadja
Berlin
Vienna
Sofia
Constantinople
Austria
Hungary
Netherlands
Boy Scouts Strike Halts Potato Harvest in Virginia
About a thousand Virginia boy scouts from Richmond area quit planned harvest duties on the Eastern Shore after promises of big earnings failed. The expedition spent roughly 1500 dollars with 496 dollars in wages. John Stewart Bryan, president of the Richmond Scout council, accuses truckers of paying Black workers 20 to 26 cents per barrel while scouts received 15 cents.
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Richmond
Virginia
Eastern Shore
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond Scout Council
Germans Use Deadly Germs Propagandist Claim
New York engineer William Howard Cole reports that German germ factories aim to spread deadly diseases among enemy nations. He alleges inoculations and deliberate infection by those captured, to contaminate contacts and cause wider deaths.
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New York
William Howard Cole
Fire destroys Sturgis Steel GoCart plant loss near 376000
Elkhart Ind reports the Sturgis Steel GoCart Co plant at Sturgis Mich was totally wiped out by flames with an estimated loss around 375000. Insurance coverage fully backs the damage.
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Elkhart
Ind
Sturgis Steel GoCart Co
Sturgis
Mich
Sharks Return in New London Coastline Warning
Man eating sharks along the Atlantic coast revived last season with a 7 foot specimen captured in New London Connecticut indicating renewed danger to coastal waters and swimmers.
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New London
Conn
Atlantic
Mansfield farmer dies after alleged beating by son
In Springfield Alabama a fifty year old farmer died from a head blow during a dispute with his wife. The 17-year-old son Preston acted in defense of his mother De Weeee Chooses Shooting in Lake City Utah Howard De Weese, convicted of murder of his wife once Mrs. Harry W. Fisher of New York, expects to be shot when the death sentence is executed July 6
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Mansfield
Truth
Preston
de Weeee
Alt Lake City
Utah
Howard de Weese
Harry W. Fisher
New York
Daggers to Equip U S Soldiers for France
Plattsburg N Y officers training camp authorities expect long keen daggers to be supplied to every American infantryman heading to France as standard issue equipment for trench warfare and close combat.
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U. S
Plattsburg
N.Y
France
WOMAN LAWYER URGED TO LEAD CAMPAIGN ON WHITE SLAVERY
Grace Jolmiston, famed for solving the Rath Cruger murder case, was urged by district attorney and reform groups to direct a campaign against white slavery in New York. She promised a decision within a week as police intensify pursuit after three missing girls were found safe in a cottage near Peekskill. The trio, aged up to 17, had been lured away by three men with whom they were living. officers seek the suspects.
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New York
Nyvye
Grace Jlumiston
Rath Cruger
Seann
Mre
Haamiston
Beth Cruger
Elita
Peakebill
New Peace Offer in July Prediction Cited
The Daily News based a Rotterdam dispatch predicting a new German peace offer in July after the Reichstag meets. It notes possible proposals by Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and cites a Times dispatch about Maximilian Harden’s Me Zalunft article The Stockholm Dream dated June 1. The piece argues Germany must concede on Poland and Alsace Lorraine to pursue peace and criticizes the German press for distorting President Wilson’s message.
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England
Germany
The
Daily News
Rotterdam
Lr von Dethmann-Hallweg
Reichstag
the Times
Maximilian Harden
Stockholm
Poland
Alsace Lorraine
Wilson
Penn Cuts Off 102 Trains In War Time Plan
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced July 1 elimination of 102 passenger trains to free capacity for troops government supplies and foodstuffs. Several parlor restaurant sleeper club and observation cars will be discontinued including four New York to Washington trains six Philadelphia to Washington trains one Philadelphia to Buffalo train and two Philadelphia to New York trains.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Buffalo
Pillsburg
New York
ObregonNamed Military Observer To French Front
El Paso report says Gen Alvaro Obregon former minister of war in Carranza's cabinet has been named military observer for Mexico with American and French forces and will head to the French front soon. Utah Copper and American Smelting workers receive voluntary wage increases effective July 1 impacting over 7,500 employees.
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Tex
Alvaro Obregon
Carranga
Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah Copper Co
American Smelting and Refining Co
Menken Named President of National Security League
In New York S Stanwood Menken was elected president of the National Security League succeeding Robert Bacon former ambassador to France and now a major on the staff of Major General Pershing.
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Menken
Security League
New York
S. Stanwood Menken
National Security League
Robert Bacon
France
Pershing
U Boats and New Torpedo Boat Gear Reported
Navy authorities seize details of an Amereen Pietilla vessel in Krine Waters and a captain explains a torpedoed ship's recovery. A new 5 type device with circular knives allegedly to cut nets and steel, plus allied theory. Decatur coal operators raise mine prices by 65 cents per ton to 350 dollars.
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Krine
Decatur
Washington
Springfield Assembly Adjourns After Slicing Budget
The general assembly in Springfield adjourned sine die on Friday as Governor Lowden cut slightly over a million dollars from the appropriation bill. The action reduces funding for multiple state programs and reshapes the final budget outlook.
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Springfield
Fittion General Assembly
Lowden
Mines sink ship near Bombay. passengers rescued
London dispatches report the Mongolian struck a mine and sank off Bombay a few days ago. Passengers and crew were rescued. In other war news, American Paria Paul Osborne of Montclair New Jersey died of wounds in a base hospital near the front. Audrain county exemption board resigns en masse in Missouri. Adolph Swimer sentenced to one year and one day for threatening President Wilson in Newark.
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Peninsular
Orient
Mongolia
Bombay
Paria Paul Osborne
Montclair
N. J
County Exemption Board
Mexico
Audrain County Exemption Board
Wilson
Geta
New York
Adolph Swimer
President Wilson
Newark
Avanta
Crowded Trolley Plunges Into Niagara Whirlpool
A Great Gorge route belt car derailed near Ningers Park New York in heavy rain and plunged into the Niagara Whirlpool. Nine known dead two missing and others injured as the car overturned in six to ten feet of turbulent water. Police and officials reported the toll could reach 14 with most passengers accounted for and the train under investigation.
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New York
Great Gorge
Niagara
KR Niele
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Gorge Railroad
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Ethelepe
of & Nations
Negroes riot in East St Louis amid martial law orders
A riot in East St Louis involved over 200 rioters who seized a black belt area near Gist Street and Note Mene Avenue. Police and officers were wounded, a patrol car was fired upon, and Illinois National Guard units have been deployed to restore order.
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Lewis
Gisteenth Street
Avener
Teolhetree
Illinois Na- Honeaguard
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