Confidence men swindle four in wire tapping scam
Kansas City dispatch reports a gang swindled four men of about 3000 through a wire tapping game at health resorts. Victims include a Severance, Kansas man who lost 4200 and an Iowa man who lost 18000, with two Missouri men losing 10000 and 2000. Twelve men tied to the scheme, with two gangs suspected. Calg ary connection noted.
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Kansas City
Severance
Iowa
Missouri
Excelsior Springs
Hot Springs
Calgary
Canada
Big Charities Meeting On Springfield June 25
An important gathering in Springfield discusses maximizing efficiency in administering public and semi public charitable institutions. Leaders from local organizations outline plans to streamline operations and improve oversight at the June 25 meeting.
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Springfield
Note on fourth annual convention program of charity and correction
The program of the fourth annual convention of the American Association of Officials of Charity and Correction opens with five sections. Gov Dunne and Mayor Schnepp greet delegates. Dr Robert W Hill and president Robert W Hebberd address the opening session. A L Bowen of Springfield will present on jail and correction administration, to be discussed by Amos W Butler.
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American Association of Officials of Charity and Correction
Dunne
Schnepp
Robert W. Hill
Albany
N. Y
Robert W. Hebberd
War Minister Kasutsuna Kikoshis Resignation in Japan
Tokyo reports Lieut Gen Baron Kasutsuna Kikoshi resigns as war minister not tied to California land talks. Explanations cite opposition to army budget cuts and powers shift or army displeasure. New war minister Lieut Gen Sachihiko Kusunose takes active army post.
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Tokio
Japan
Ministry of War
Baron Kasutsuna Kikoshi
California
Sachihiko Kusunose
Sugar Fight Is Organized In Senate Caucus
Anti free sugar Democrats met in the senate caucus and backed Senator Shafroth's amendment to end the free sugar provision in 1916. The plan would impose a duty about 44 cents per pound on refined sugar thereafter.
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Washington
Senate
Shafroth
Veterans G A R encampment opens at Gettysburg
Gettysburg Pa June 25 the Pennsylvania G A R encampment begins tomorrow drawing 40000 Civil War veterans for a July 1 to July 6 reunion marking the 50th anniversary of Gettysburg. Ex president Taft will deliver the July 4 oration as tents, lights and water systems are set to accommodate attendees.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Taft
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
United Confederate Veterans
Brown City
Pennsylvania Gettysburg Commission
Watiré State Constabulary
Seminary Ridge
Pickett
Retnion Commission
Pennsylvania Commission
GA R
United States Army
Tener
Money and Music Compete as Harvest Draws Laborers
In Chicago on June 25 hundreds of section bands and construction workers quit camps for harvest jobs in Kansas and Oklahoma. Contractors hoped for a music themed incentive with electric pianos and dancing floors but the plan failed. A Baltimore report notes four men drowned in a river near Annapolis with no further details.
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Chicago
Kansas
Oklahoma
Baltimore
Annapolis
Man prayed to be blown up in powder mill divorce case
Peter K Hicks of Lincoln Park testified that desertion drove him to work at a powder factory and he prayed daily for an explosion. An accident later hospitalised him and four others, after which he chose to sue for divorce from 18 year old wife Sarah Hicks. The special master recommended a decree.
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Towaco
Army Officer Kills Self in Vienna War Office
Vienna reports a second self inflicted death tied to the Austrian war department. Lieut. Le bel, after a conference with Gen. vor Kiss, shot himself in the heart in his office. Earlier, Col. Alfred Redl, chief of the staff of the eighth army corps, died by his own hand, later found to have betrayed Austrian secrets to Russia.
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Vienna
Austrian War Department
Lieut
Lebel
War Office
Vor Kiss
Eighth Army Corps
Alfred Redl
Col. Redl
Missouri Editors Meet Women Session A New Feature At Fair
Pertle Springs Mo June 25 Members of the Missouri Press association with families for a week long house party begin their forty seventh annual gathering. The women’s session is a new feature with music and acts by association members. Officers include President Ovid Bell Fulton Gazette and several vice presidents and secretaries from Cape Girardeau Neosho Warsaw Paris Hume Farmington.
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Pertle Springs
Missouri Press Association
Ovid Bell
Fulton Gazette
Fred Naeter
Cape Girardeau Republican
H. S. Sturgis
Neosho Times
R. R. Gilbert
Warsaw Times
Jack Blanton
Paris Appeal
Lewis W. Moore
Hume Telephone
C. H. Denman
Farmington News
Poincare Arrives in England for Historic State Visit
President Raymond Poincare arrives at Ports mouth aboard the Courbet during a state visit to Britain. King George and Queen Mary greet him at Victoria Station as French and British warships escort. A day of galas includes a luncheon at Guild Hall and a Foreign Office banquet, with a major horse show gala planned for tomorrow.
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George
Queen Mary
London
Raymond Poincare
France
Portsmouth
Courbet
England
Poincare
King George
Victoria Station
Duke of Connaught
Prince Arthur
King's Guards
Guard of Honor
Guild Hall
Foreign Office
Edward Grey
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Bank of Prescott
Bank of Personal Service
Prescott
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Ozan Mercantile Company
Prescott, Arkansas
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