United States replies to Japanese protest on exclusion act
Washington notes firm but conciliatory. Hughes says immigration bill does not violate treaties. Text to be sent to Tokyo and not released until Ambassador Hanihara cables it. Government treats exclusion as Congress action beyond diplomatic channels, intimating abrogation of the gentlemen’s agreement.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Hughes
Hanara
Tokio
Japan
Hanihara
Congress
McAdoo Expected To Lead First Ballot At Dem Convention
William G. McAdoo is projected to win over 400 votes on the first ballot at the Democratic national convention with Al Smith around 300 and a then scattered balance among favorite sons and dark horses. Observers note the outcome hinges on McAdoo’s ability to hold and gain support as balloting proceeds.
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McAdoo
George R
Jimmie Dime Undergoes Hospital Operation
Jimmie Dime of Walnut Street today underwent an operation at St. Francis hospital in Pittsburgh. His left leg was fractured at the hip socket more than a year ago after he was struck by an auto on Croton Avenue.
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Jimmie Dime
Walnut Street
St. Francis Hospital
Pittsburgh
Dime
Croton Avenue
Body found in Shenango River near Harbor Bridge
Two men report a decomposed male body sighting in the Shenango River near Harbor Bridge. Coroner J. P. Caldwell to inspect remains for possible foul play. identification unlikely without dental or clothing clues. The victim is described as a white man about 5 feet 4 inches, wearing ribbed underwear, a green or red sweater, and khaki or black pants with multiple gold teeth and an Elgin watch.
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Shenango River
Harbor Bridge
Charles Hayden
Kenneth Winters
Hayden
Offutt
J. P. Caldwell
Elgin
Hayden and Winters
Warren to Quit as Ambassador to Mexico July
Charles Beecher Warren, U S ambassador to Mexico, plans to resign effective July 1 but remains in place after President Coolidge asks him to withhold his formal resignation. Warren will visit Washington for talks with the President and Secretary Hughes before returning to Mexico City.
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Warren
Mexico
Charles Beecher Warren
Coolidge
International News Service
Washington
United States
Detroit
Hughes
Mexico City
Cleveland
Harding
Japan
State Hughes
Obregon
John Barton Payne
President Coolidge
Immense Drug Seizure Marks Two Arrests in Hoboken
U S treasury agents report the seizure of opium and derivatives worth 2 5 million in Hoboken on a truck leaving a pier in a case marked brushes Two men Abraham Palowitz and Otto Anderson were arrested on smuggling charges after a two year probe including a lead from Germany The syndicate headquarter is said to be in Germany and Palowitz is a bonded truck owner with rare trips a year into the United States
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International News Service
New York
U. S. Treasury Department
Hoboken
Abraham Palowitz
Otto Anderson
Germany
Palowitz
Anderson
United States
Miss E Shumaker Arrives as Camp Opens
Edna Shumaker named business manager of East Brook YWCA recreational camp arrives for official opening. About twenty four High School Reserves register for first period and begin activities under Miss Tilock Worrall and Stewart. Pittsburgh visitors and locals rush summer registrations.
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Edna Shumaker
East Brook Y. W
Stewart
Pittsburgh
Its a pleasant thing to leave town on a trip
A reflective piece on travel and returning home. The narrator notes seeing other towns offers rest and variety, but the real joy lies in returning, valuing friends over size, and celebrating the moment of reunion. The closing line references the number eighty seven as today.
Confirmation Exercises of Bnai B'rith Youth in Opera House
A large Sunday crowd attended the Independent Order of the B'nai B'rith Religious School Confirmation at the Opera House on Sunday afternoon. Rabbi Samuel H. Goldenson of Rodef Shalom Synagogue delivered the main address with music by Mrs. H. L. Gordon Miss Anna Kent and Paul A. Welsh. The 20 graduates carried pink roses during the floral offering and each received diplomas from Rabbi Goldenson.
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Independent Order of the
B’nai B'rith
Opera House
Marcus Feuchtwanger
Rabbi Goldenson
Samuel H. Goldenson
Rodef Shalom Synagog
Pittsburgh
H. L. Gordon
Anna Kent
Paul A. Welsh
Firefighters and Police Take Annual Vacations
City fire department and police force members begin their scheduled vacations. Sergeant Frank Jones and Traffic Sergeant George Wyman start their time off today. Firefighters Norman Minner Jack Clark and Dick McElwain also begin vacations today.
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Sargeant
Frank Jones
George Wyman
Norman Minner
Central
Jack Clark
Dick McElwain
Man Denies Ciccone Link. Brown Arrested for Gambling House
D R Brown left the courthouse at noon after testifying he and Snyder owned the Mahoningtown Railway Men's Club and not John Ciccone. He was charged with operating a gambling house, pled not guilty, and posted $500 bail. A Friday hearing is set for June 20 between 1 and 2 PM.
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Court House
John Ciccone
Mahoningtown Railway Men's Club
D. R. Brown
Walter T. Hamilton
Brown
Snyder
Ciccone
R. Lawrence Hildebrand
Creighton G. Logan
Hillifers
Court Street
Marriage Licenses Listed in Ellwood City and New Castle
Homer C. D. Brown and Myrtle May Bookhamer in New Castle both secured licenses. Ellwood City couples include Robt. W. Baird with Ethel May Kaufman and Antonio C. Conti with Carmeta Exposito.
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Homer
Suicide in Greenwich Village Divorcee Peggy Martin
Police investigate the gas death of Mrs. Margaret Martin a pretty divorcee found in her Greenwich Village apartment. A note to her mother explains she was tired of life and hoped to find rest where she was going. She worked as secretary to Morris Hillquit and had a divorce decree from Frederick A. Martin for gross neglect and cruelty.
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Intrnational News Service
New York
Margaret Martin
Greenwich Village
Fred Reiggeberg
Paterson
N. J
Martin
Peggy
Morris Hillquit
Hillquit
Frederick A. Martin
Okmulgee County
Oklahoma
Man Fires Into Cottage Killing Woman Then Shoots Self
At a Mount Clemens cottage, William Shields fired into a card game wounding Estella Erban and her husband Otto Erban. Shields then shot himself fatally. He cited family trouble and his wife’s divorce as motive.
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International News Service
Mount Clemens
Mich
William Shields
Shields
Estella Erban
Otto Erban
Edward Erban
Erbans
May Name Successor To Miss Stevenson
Mrs. Clementine Bond of Cambridge Massachusetts will visit the city Tuesday to meet with the Y W C A board and the colored center committee about the city’s colored branch. She may be chosen secretary succeeding Esther Stevenson who resigned weeks ago. Bond is trained in the Girls Latin School Boston and has taught in a normal school and worked in Y W C A work in Wheeling West Virginia.
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Clementine Bond
Cambridge
Mass
Y. W. C. A. Board
Colored Center Committee
Bond
Esther Stevenson
Wheeling
W. Va
Breaks Jail At Koppel Bastile
Police report a man calling himself Frank Baker of 2442 Twelfth Street New Castle Pa. broke jail at Koppel Saturday night. He is 64, 5 feet 9 inches, 175 pounds, wearing the button of a well known fraternal order. He is held on highway robbery charges. address appears fictitious.
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Koppel Police
Frank Baker
Twelfth Street
New Castle
McAdoo to Visit Mahoningtown on Special Train
William G. McAdoo of San Francisco Democratic presidential hopeful will pass through Mahoningtown on a Baltimore and Ohio special train Tuesday evening en route to the Democratic convention in New York City. The train arrives at 9 45 PM and stops briefly at the B and O depot.
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William G. McAdoo
San Francisco
Cal
Mahoningtown
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New York City
Death Record for Theodore Gilfillan and Arminda Woods
Theodore Newton Gilfillan aged 73 of 7 Moody Avenue and Arminda J Woods aged 78 of 4161 Bartram Avenue are listed in this death record notice. The brief item names both individuals and their last known addresses.
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Theodore Newton Gilfillan
Moody Avenue
Arminda J. Woods
Bartram Avenue
Abnormal verdicts debated in Leopold Loeb case
Chicago June 16 experts test Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. for sanity after the Franks murder. Some declare the youths abnormal and unsuited for hanging while others say they are sane. Dr. Karl Bowman will lead defense tests as instruments measure metabolic and mental activity. Leopold resents public mockery, Loeb remains hopeful about his fate.
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Chicago
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Sjr
Robert Franks
Loeb
Leopold
University of Chicago
Bowman
Karl Bowman
Boston
Balloons in James Gordon-Bennett Cup Race Go Silent
By 3 pm Brussels time no news had reached about the 15 balloons in the international race for the James Gordon Bennett Cup begun yesterday. Winds were west at the start and reports from Charleroi at dusk noted seven balloons airborne as observers awaited news from Germany Denmark or Poland.
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International News Service
Brussels
Germany
Denmark
Poland
Charleroi
United States
Earnest D. Muierter
Belgium
Stop Eliminated by Trolley Cars in Washington Street
Co. C. Couthard said removing the word stop at city hall for westbound cars on Washington Street has worked satisfactorily.
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Co. C. Couthard
City Hall
Washington Street
Snaps At News: Varied Local Incidents Reported
A Chicago junkman found $900 in a shoe from a purchase made Saturday. Dr Edwin Eahle Sparks longtime president of Penn State College died aged 63. A drunken Midland Pa fight left James Patmon dead and police seek John Settles. Jewelry store theft in Sandy Lake valued at $1500. Venango lawyer James Denton Hancock, 7th birthday walked two miles daily. A Uniontown principal disciplined a student then was assaulted by the father who was later fined. Rev Paul E Carson resigned to accept a Struthers church call. Franklin passes ordinance fine 100 dollars or 90 days for nitroglycerin transport.
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Edwin Eahle Sparks
Pennsylvania State College
Midland
James Patmon
John Settles
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Jane Lewis
Jersey City
Smith
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TIFFS
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Y. W. Camp
Arthur Mometer
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Cere
Miss Stevenson
Koppel Bastile
M’adoo
A. B. Runkle
Sandy Lake
James Denton Hancock
Venango County
CC. P. Kendall
Uniontown
Frank Redo
Paul E. Carson
United Presbyterian Church
Lisbon
Struthers
Franklin
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