Week's News In Paragraphs Condensed For Busy Readers
A compilation of national items notes unprecedented June cold in the middle Atlantic and New England, with the gulf states spared. The Minnesota rate case upholds state railroad controls, a decision rivaling major trust rulings. The International Association of Chiefs of Police opens its Washington convention led by Maj. Richard Sylvester. Weather bureau staff were reduced for political activity linked to former chief Willis L Moore. A A Adee, newly arrived in Paris, is to undergo ama processing.
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Middle Atlantic
New England
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes Region
Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Rockies
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Washington
Richard Sylvester
District of Columbia Police
Willis L. Moore
Nine senators oppose renewal of arbitration treaty with Great Britain
Nine influential U.S. senators voiced protests in executive session against renewing the arbitration treaty that expired June 4, arguing it limits American protection of interests. Senator Townsend of Michigan accused President Wilson and the Democrats of pressuring congressmen on the tariff bill. Viscount Chinda, Japan's ambassador, met with President Wilson at the White House to present Japan's grievances. Secretary Bryan said Germany Bolivia and Argentina have approved his universal peace proposals and seek tentative drafts of the treaties.
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United States Senate
Great Britain
United States
Townsend
Michigan
Wilson
Viscount Chindar
Japan
White House
Bryan
Germany
Bolivia
Argentina
Engineers sail from New York for Leipzig meeting abroad
More than 200 members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and 100 accompanying ladies depart New York to attend the fifty fourth annual meeting of the Verein Deutcher Ingenieure in Leipzig and to tour German industrial and educational sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
New York
Verein Deutcher Ingenieure
Leipzig
Germany
Fire devastates Springfield basement to square on public row
A basement fire in a Springfield department store spread within two hours to destroy a string of buildings on the public square, with damage estimated at five hundred thousand dollars.
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Springfield
Public Square
Keegan Named Chief of Building and Loan Dept
Former Indiana House member John J. Kee gan accepted the post as chief of the building and loan department of the state auditor's office in Indianapolis. The position pays 2500 dollars annually and succeeds Gilbert H. Hendren who became state examiner. Keegan, long active in the machinists union, left the house over a disputed eight hour workday bill for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Auditor’s Office
Indianapolis
John J. Keegan
Indiana House of Representatives
William H. O’brien
Auditor’s Office
Gilbert H. Hendren
State Board of Accounts
Keegan
Machinists’ Union
Ralston
Noted marksman Captain Brewer found dead in Hammonton lodging
Captain John 8. Brewer once world champion wing shot is found dead in his Hammonton New Jersey lodging. W E Cottrell YMCA official from Council Bluffs Iowa is arrested in Clarinda Iowa on charges of attempting to burn the Council Bluffs YMCA building on April 1. Fred Nevens Wa ters Pierce Oil chief clerk in Oklahoma City is arrested in Los Angeles on embezzlement charges totaling 7500 dollars.
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John 8. Brewer
Hammonton, N. J
W. E. Cottrell
Council Bluffs, Ia
Clarinda
Council Bluffs
Fred Nevens
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Los Angeles
Cal
Would-Be Slayer Sought After Elkhart Brakeman Shot
Elkhart police hunt a foreigner for wounding Clyde Losee a Lake Shore brakeman. Losee, two blocks from the shooting, told the poolroom crowd he was shot by a "dago." Authorities and Losee know the suspect, to be captured soon. Motive split between yard discipline and a possible woman involvement.
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Elkhart
Clyde Losee
Lake Shore
Losee
Step for New Kokomo High School Site Move House
The Kokomo school board bought Charles Cline's residence to relocate it to the current high school site for domestic science rooms. This marks the first move toward a new high school, as the council has discussed the project for two months.
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Kokomo
Charles Cline
Struck by Two Engines Ends Pennsylvania Signal Man
Marion June 11 Guy Heath thirty years old employed on the Pennsylvania lines as signal light trimmer was struck by two freight engines and died in a local hospital within thirty minutes He was on a trip and dismounted his speeder to escape one train then stood in front of another on the adjacent track The engine hurled him in front of the train he had just escaped
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Marion
Guy Heath
Pennsylvania
Heath
Charcoal Gas Suspected in Winchester Death
Al Fletcher fifty five a lifelong Winchester resident active in lodge circles was found dead at neighbor John D. Miller s East South street home. It is believed he was overcome by fumes from a charcoal fire pot. He leaves a widow two sons Ray of Dayton Ohio and James Jr of Winchester and two daughters Mrs Donna Diggs of Richmond and Mrs Edith Price of Newcastle.
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Winchester
al Fletcher
John D. Miller
East South Street
Song
Ray
Dayton
James, Jr
Donna Diggs
Richmond
Edith Price
Newcastle
Fire Through Door of Home Misses Man in Hagerstown
An unidentified group in a vehicle fired through a plate glass door at Benjamin Hindman in his father’s house. The bullet was slowed by the glass and struck Hindman on the arm as the shot fell to the floor, leaving him unharmed.
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Hagerstown
Benjamin Hindman
Hind- Man
Danville Fire Destroys Five Buildings, Damages $60,000
Flames swept a Danville block near Main and Washington, gutting five brick structures and risking the business district. Origin of the blaze remains uncertain though gasoline explosion is suspected. two men burned and others overcome by heat or smoke, treated by Dr. Underwood.
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Danville
Public Square
Main Street
Washington Street
Hadley Haberdashery
Glendon Towles
Hadley
Carl Wright
Central Normal
Hawley
Arlie Holman
Charles Underwood
Barnett Book Store
Swine Breeders Association Opens in Newcastle
The opening session of the Indiana Hampshire Swine Breeders Association in Newcastle featured an engaging program and potential profit opportunities as the event began with the opening remarks.
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Newcastle
Indiana Hampshire Swine Breeders’ Association
Hampshire Hog Breeding Meeting Proceedings 1913
Dr Craig of Purdue spoke on the Simultaneous Treatment Versus Other Treatments for Hog Cholera. Dr F A Bolzer led a discussion. Papers covered breeding line breeding and outcrossing, breeding plans to improve belts, and Indiana Hampshire business membership standings.
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C. E. Stone
Peoria
Ill
Packer
Horace H. Fletcher
Indianapolis
Craig
Purdue University
F. A. Bolzer
Willie Essig
Tipton
I. F. Bryson
Holmburg
Indiana
Hampshire
Sylvester Essig
Dunkards vote to move 1914 conference to Seattle
The Dunkard gathering at Winona Lake with twenty five thousand delegates chose Seattle, Washington for the 1914 annual church conference, while deciding to hold the next meeting there in three years. They rejected electing a standing committee for three years and kept plain dress. Tobacco remains forbidden and the county fair ban failed.
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Warsaw
Winona Lake
Seattle
Wash
Tragic Auto Crash Claims Martinsville Man
Two young men, Martinsville resident Lee Thompson twenty two and Archie Terhune, were injured when their truck careened down a fifteen foot embankment at Thomas Hill east of the city. Thompson died in about an hour from broken ribs puncturing his lung and chest injuries. The crash followed steering and spark plug failure while returning to Cope with a load for the general store.
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Martinsville
Lee Thompson
Thomas Hill
Thompson
Archie Terhune
Cope
Joseph and Jacob in Goshen as Egypt envoy and blessing
Discussion of Joseph guiding his family to Goshen and presenting them to Pharaoh. Judah as ambassador, Jacob’s blessing of Pharaoh, and Joseph's wisdom in securing land and provision. Connections to Christ as defender and provider amid famine, with references to scriptures and eventual heavenly home.
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Joseph
Jacob
Judah
Goshen
Egypt
Pharaoh
Christ
Oeay Teoh
God
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A. A. Adee
Paris
Bicycle Tour
James M. Cox
Ada
Ohio
Daniel Best
Pitcairn, Pa
Ohio Northern University
Buffalo
N. Y
McReynolds
Eastman Kodak Company
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
William of
Berlin
Forbes Winslow
London
British Hospital For Mental Disorders
Emily Wilding Davison
Epsom
England
Anmer
Matamoras
Frauendorf
Tetuan
Morocco
Rincon
Dersa
Rio Martin
Bernard
Buo
Pope Pius
Victor Emmanuel
eCrumbaker Lane
Long Cliff Asylum
Irwin
Becknell
Whistler
David Crumbaker
Drake
Waterford
Crumbaker
Portland
Ore
Travelers’ Protective Association
The
Dunkards
Ind
Illinoia House
Walter F. Shrouds
Merchants’ Union Trust of
Philadelphia
George H. Dryer
Supreme Court
Methodist Book Concern of
Jere Knode Cook
St. George's Church
Hempstead
L. I
Floretta Whaley
Miranda Clarke Cook
Cook
Harvard, Conn
Robert Roach
Canton
Brotherhood of Railroad
San Francisco
Detroit, Mich
John Keegan
WIII
International Sunday School
E. 0. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
R. V
Father
Jesus Christ
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