Suffragists Diverge Over Endorsement of Judge Hughes
Suffragists predict women voters will swing the 1920 election and plan a full platform at Atlantic City. President Wilson will speak at the American Woman Suffrage Association convention while Hughes supporters Parsons and Robins address events. Southern suffragists back Wilson and reject pro Hughes tactics to avoid northern southern rifts. Wilson speeds from Huntington to Washington to finalize urgent business before Atlantic City trip.
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International News Service
Atlantic City
N. J
Uffrage
Wilson
Herbert Parsons
New York
Raymond Robins
Parsons
Robins
Charles KH. Hughes
Liklihood
Hughes
Huntington
W. Va
Washington
American Woman Suffrage Association
Gov Pennypacker Buried In Pennsylvania Funeral
Funeral services for former Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker were held at Old Christ Church in Philadelphia with Bishop Darlington presiding. After the ceremony the body was interred in the Pennypacker family lot in Phoenixville. Public service commission members and three former governors attended the services.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Schwenksville
Old Christchurch
Darlington
Harrisburg
Phoenixville
Pennypacker
Public Service Commission
Mr. Pennypacker
Missionary Union to Meet at Y W C A Parlor Friday
The Woman's Missionary union will hold a meeting in the Y W C A par lors Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
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Woman’s Missionary Union
Hughes Renews Campaign Stop No Louisville Welcome
Charles E. Hughes arrived in Louisville to discover no reception committee and refused to leave his car. He planned to speak before continuing to Lexington, but tensions rose over campaign arrangements and hints of a management shakeup followed the Nashville incident.
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International News Service
Loisville
Chas. E. Hughes
Louisville
Hughes
Lexington
Nashville
Villa Nears U S Troops
The Mexican Central Railway near Villa Ahumada was cut during the night. Villa followers are blamed for the destruction as a 700 strong force moves toward Namiquipa. Pershing’s southern outposts tighten the punitive expedition's reach amid concerns over ammunition caches.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexican Central Railway
Chihuahua City
Villa Ahumada
Villa
Carranza
Juarez
Namiquipa
Gen. Pershing
Norway Ship Stadium Sunk by Mine or Torpedo
War dispatches report the Norwegian ship Stadium sunk in the North Sea by a mine or torpedo near Hull. The Danish steamship Axel, seized by Germany, is released. A German submarine sailor’s body found off Zeeland coast indicates a submarine sink nearby.
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London
Lloyds
Hull
Stadium
North Sea
Copenhagen
Axel
Amsterdam
Zeeland
Holland
County Teachers Institute Opens With 440 Attendees
Four hundred and forty teachers from all parts of the county and city attend the 64th annual Lawrence County Teachers' institute at the high school. Instructors are renowned for their ability and the program includes entertainment by the Davenny Festival Quintet. Enrollment occupied Monday morning with the first real session slated for Monday afternoon.
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Lawrence County Teachers’ Institute
Davenny Festival
Hockenberry Sentenced to Workhouse for Noncompliance
Frank Hockenberry, arrested last year for selling liquor at the Bull Moose club on South Mercer street, was sentenced by Judge Emery to five months in the workhouse for failing to meet a prior sentence. He must also pay the case costs, per Judge Sloan, after District Attorney Riley exposed his boastful noncompliance.
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Frank Hockenberry
Mercer Street
Emery
Hockenberry
Sloan
Porter
Riley
Crocker Land Myth Debunked by Navy Ensign
Ensign Fitzhugh Green of the United States Navy reports Crocker Land, claimed by Rear Admiral Peary, does not exist. He arrived from Copenhagen aboard the United States with Donald B. MacMillen after their 1913 expedition and will report findings to the Navy Department in Washington.
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New York
Crocker Land
Peary
Ensign Fitzhugh Green
Copenhagen
United States
Ensign Green
Donald B. MacMillen
Washington
Navy Department
Four Die In Auto Smash At Sandusky
Four persons killed and three seriously injured near Sandusky Ohio when an automobile plunged over a 14 foot embankment. All victims were from Ann Arbor Michigan. The dead are Harry C. Millman Mr and Mrs Dana Stark and Norman E Schelback. The injured are Martin C Jacobus Paul Reule and Erwin C Heusel.
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Sandusky
Sandusky, O
Ann Arbor
Mich
Harry C. Millman
Dana Stark
Norman E. Schelback
Martin C. Jacobus
Paul Reule
Erwin C. Heusel
Judge Sloan To Hear Butler Case
Motion to quash the indictment against Carl E. Carleton of Butler for arson is to be heard by Judge Sloan arriving from Clarion next week. The petition will be mailed so he can review it on arrival. If denied, trial likely before Judge Sloan without delay. venue change to Lawrence County granted due to alleged local prejudice.
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Carl E. Carleton
Butler
Emery
Sloan
Clarion County
Carleton
Lyric Theatre
Lawrence County
Reiber
Butler County
Auto Ditch Near West Pittsburg Destroys Car
Four occupants of an auto with Ohio plates escaped serious injury near West Pittsburg when the car struck a bridge and was wrecked after attempting to pass another vehicle. The wrecked car collided with a rock, throwing the party into the ditch. the group said to be 750 miles from home.
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West Pittsburg
Ohio
Rolling Mill Resumes Operations In Allentown Area
Oscar A. Neff, trustee for mortgagees, turned over the Slatington Rolling mill title to Edward German who sold it to Iron Products company of Philadelphia for 60000. Iron Products plans to restart at once, doubling capacity and using four rail routes for supply and shipping. Miss Gula Bauder and Miss Glenda Loraine visit Pittsburg with cousin Miss Marian Bickell.
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International News Service
Allentown
Oscar A. Neff
Slatington Rolling Mill
Edward German
German
Iron Products Company
Philadelphia
Gula Bauder
Glenda Loraine
Pittsburg
Marian Bickell
New Castle Hosts State Letter Carriers Convention
The New Castle convention of the Pennsylvania State Association of Letter Carriers closed about one o clock today after two days of strong activity. Officers were installed, Wilkes-Barre won the 1917 convention city, and a sole heated vote defined the delegate tally. President Richard F. Quinn secured a sixth term as the association debated benefits and membership measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Robert E. Hannah
Chester
James W. Shaff
Pittsburg
Wilkes-Barre
Reading
John H. Jeremy
Charles B. Ardary
Clearfield
Robert E. Hanna
James W. Shuff
John S. Reynolds
York
Richard F. Quinn
Philadelphia
John J. Scully
Thomas J. Carpenter
Harrisburg
R. H. Hess
Berwick
Chicago Hit By Big Storm
A terrific rainstorm with a sixty mile gale struck Chicago early today causing extensive damage. A Congregational church in Oak Park was struck by lightning and destroyed at 150000 dollars with a 40000 dollar pipe organ among the losses. Trees blown down wires twisted basements flooded and vessels in the lake harbor damaged.
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Chicago
Congregational
Oak Park
Lake Harbor
Edenburg Driver Narrowly Escapes as Car Skids
Ira Beight of Edenburg sustained a broken arm and other injuries when brakes failed on a steep hill. He drove into a ditch to avoid a train on the B and O railroad. the auto was badly damaged.
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Edenburg
Ira Beight
Beight
Official Call For Rev. M. B. Williams
Rev Milton B Williams is to be called to pastor the First Methodist church in this city at the fourth quarterly conference tonight The Nebraska conference will be asked to release him District Superintendent Rev J A McCamey presides Williams 47 his wife and family hold Chicago and Omaha pastorates and Lincoln current charge He is expected to begin duties around October 1.
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Milton B. Williams
First Methodist
Nebraska
Williams
J. A. McCamey
Northwestern University of Chicago
Chicago Theological Seminary
Chicago
Asbury Park Methodist Church
Elgin
Ill
Omaha
Neb
Lincoln
Russians claim early Roumanian clash win in War Office report
Petrograd reports Russian forces gained ground on Roumanian soil in a first clash with Bulgarian troops. The communique lists 115 officers and 4,514 men captured with 35 machine guns and four mine throwers between August 31 and September 2 in Vladimir Volynski and the Upper Sereth.
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Petrograd
War Office
Carpthians
Vladimir Volynski
Volhynia
Sereth
Carpathians
Dobrudjan
Caucasus Front
Erizingan
Ognot
Arguments for a new trial in Shenango Limestone case
Judge Emery heard motions for a new trial and judgment notwithstanding the verdict in Shenango Limestone company versus Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Railway company. Plaintiffs claimed a verbal rate agreement with railroad officers before 1906, saying rates were raised when shipping began, forcing the quarry to pay or close.
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Emery
Shenango Limestone Company
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railway Company
Martin
Wylie McCaslin
Railroad Company
Limestone Company
Reckless Driver Pleads Guilty To DUI Accident
J. A. Foster of Grove City collided with A. C. Shaffer’s car on Croton avenue near Keystone garage. Ellwood City vehicle sustained slight damage. Foster was arrested for drunkenness and reckless driving, pled guilty before Mayor Newell, fined $25 plus costs.
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J. A. Foster
Grove City
Croton Avenue
A. C. Shaffer
Ellwood City
Keystone
Ellwood
Poster
Newell
First Steps at Five Years
Surgeons failed to solve the case of five year old Anna Cromack of Maltby No 176 Owen street until she walked from her bed for the first time since birth. After several treatments and three months of surveillance she returned home and demonstrated improved limb control by walking back and forth through the house.
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International News Service
Wilkes-Barre
Anna Cromack
Owen Street
Maltby
Haines Family Travels to Pittsburg This Monday
Mr and Mrs Roy Haines and their children of Atlantic avenue motor ed to Pittsburg on Monday.
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Roy Haines
Atlantic Avenue
Pittsburg
Senate panel backs Danish West Indies purchase treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously to recommend ratification of the Danish treaty for the purchase of the Danish West Indies at 26 million dollars during this congressional session.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Danish West Indies
Misses Stepleton Visit Mercer Hostess in Weeklong Stay
Miss Florence Stepleton and Miss Margaret Stepleton of Mercer completed a week long visit to Miss Bessie Andrews of West North Street.
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Florence
Margaret Stepleton
Mercer
Bessie Andrews
West North Street
British Advance on Somme Front Seizes Leuze Wood
British troops push 1500 yards east of Guillemont on the Somme, capturing the whole German defenses along a 1000 yard front at Falfemont Farm. Since Sunday about 1000 German prisoners have been taken amid heavy cannonading. Leuze Wood becomes a foothold for the attackers.
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London
Somme
Guillemont
War Office
Leuze Wood
Falfemont Farm
Germans Are Hurled Back in Somme Battles
Paris dispatch reports heavy German attempts to retake ground on the Somme failed. French forces consolidated gains from Barleux to Chaulnes as rain hampered operations. North of the Somme Germans counterattacked near Combles and Anderlu wood but were repulsed with heavy losses.
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Ondent
Paris
French War Office
Somme
Soyecourt
Chilly
Barleux
Chaulnes
Forest
Combles
Anderlu Wood
LeForest
Belloyen-Santerre
Meuse
Verdun
Fleury
le Chenois
Thiaumont
Local Death Notices From Slippery Rock Area
Death records list E. F. Mentzer age 36 of Slippery Rock Township along with Elmer E. Wisse 60 of 1813% Ss Jefferson Street Pauline Phater 3 of Elwood City Carl Lewis Mohr 1 of Park Gate Emery E. Anthony 18 months of Ellwood City Mrs Stanley Wilson Enon Valley Sarah N Tucker 152 Shenango Street and Mary Patckevich 6 weeks of 1014 Moravia Street.
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E. F. Mentzer
Slippery Rock Township
Elmer E. Wisse
Ss. Jefferson Street
Pauline Phater
Elwood City
Carl Lewis Mohr
Park Gate
Emery E. Anthony
Ellwood City
Stanley Wilson
Enon Valley
Sarah N. Tucker
Shenango Street
Mary Patckevich
Moravia Street
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Will Parsons
Ite
St. Louis
Gov
Missionary Meeting
Louisville, Ky
Republican Committee
U. S
Pershing
Dr. Griggs
Workhouse
Bull Moose Club
Crocker
Bulletin
Lawrence
Ohio Party
New Corporation
Quinn
Benefit Association
Scranton
American Federation of Labor
R. H. Bridges
Mewton B. Williams
M. B. Williams
Russ
Czar
B. R
Limestone Co
A. Foster
Sidney B. Cave
I. N.S
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