Fight for Dry Nation Faces Senate Prohibition Push
Secretary Daniels accuses navy officials of lax security amid leaked reports. Senate judiciary committee backs the Shepherd bill for national prohibition during the war. House Leader Kitchin vows to fight Senate tax tactics favoring the rich. Lever food control bill moves to empower Hoover as food dictator.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Senate
House
Kitchin
Herbert Hoover
Red Cross Week Declared As Nation Calls For Aid
Princeton and Gibson county prepare for Red Cross enlistment starting Monday with four district team captains and forced participation. Citizens urged to donate money or Liberty bonds to aid wounded and famine relief in Europe as Wilson proclaims Red Cross Week through June 25, 1917.
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Princeton
Gibson County
Red Cross
Red Cross War Fund
C. O Baltzell
Finance Committee
Broadway
Claude A. Smith
F. J. Biggs
N. Reisman
O. L. Kolb
The
Sam
American Red Cross
Europe
Wilson
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Army Exemption Boards Formed as Exemption Plan Outlined
Indianapolis dispatch reports the first steps to form local exemption boards for the new army. Each board will include a physician and county officials, with appeals to appellate court. The selection process may be influenced by politics but is deemed unlikely to succeed. The apportionment will use census estimates rather than registration figures.
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Conscription Board
Census Bureau
Washington
D. C
Rivers Still Rising As Crests Hit Indiana Towns
The Wabash at Mt. Carmel measured 22.4 feet and fell at Vincennes while Terre Haute began a second rise reaching its highest level since 1915. White River upper waters and Hazelton rises continue slowly as heavy Saturday rain hurts hopes of an early fall.
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Mt. Carmel
Hazelton
Vincennes
Terre Haute
White River
Social notes recount visits and travel
MVranch spent Saturday in the city visiting her sister Mrs. Asa Thompson on south Gibson street. Lr. A. P. Brown made a professional trip to Evansville Sunday afternoon.
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Mvranch
City
Asa Thompson
South
Gibson Street
Lr. A
Vincennes Man Visits Robert Balteell in City
Maurice Dale of Vincennes spent Sunday in the city as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Balteell on West State street.
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Maurice Dale
Vincennes
City
Robert ‘Balteell
State Street
Mt. Carmel routs Washington 17 to 2 in lopsided win
Mt. Carmel overwhelmed Washington 17 to 2 as drives clicked and pitcher Taylor But led a dominant offense. Billy Kluey Absent Hancock out pitched, while Mt. Carmel’s batters chased Washington’s pitching repeatedly.
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Billy Kluey
Hancock
Taylor
Mt. Carmel
Lloyd George Announces Irish Plan for Home Rule Convention
Premier Lloyd George told the Commons that all Irish parties have agreed to convene a convention to map a home rule for Ireland. The body will have 101 members from county councils churches organized labor and chambers of commerce five delegates from each party and five seats reserved for Sinn Feiners who will not participate. The government would nominate a chairman if the convention cannot agree on one.
Aviation emphasis urged as US faces 1918 aerial drive
British airmen at Messines prove decisive as calls grow in Congress to create a separate aeroplane department. William Phillips Sims reports that US aviation expansion aims to train 5,000 aviators in six weeks to two months and seek $50 to $600 million initial funding, with later bids for at least $1.6 billion.
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William Phillip. Sims
United Press
Messines
United States
Germany
Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Rep
Hurlburt
Council of National Defense
Baseball scores: Bicknell shuts out Princeton. Mt Carmel trounces Washington
Sunday games feature Bicknell defeating Princeton 1 to 0 in 11 innings after a slow Princeton rally with seven hits off Taylor. Mt Carmel routed Washington 17 to 2 as Curt Williams exited after five innings. Mt Carmel had thirteen hits. Batteries: Taylor and Veatch, Hancock and Mayer. Williams Allen Purdue and Wastney Warmoth Scott Holland Nee.
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Fayie
Braves
Hancock
Princeton
Taylor
Klueg
Evansville
Mayer
Taylor and Veatch
Hancock and Mayer
Carmer
Washington
Mt. Carmel
Curt” Williams
Williams
Allen
Purdue
Wastney
Warmoth
Scott
Holland
Nee
Flower Mission Service at Poor Farm Honors Jennie Cassidy
The W C T U held its annual Flower Mission service at the Poor Farm with twenty members. Devotions by Mrs Clyde Cato and readings and hymns accompanied Mrs McCurdy’s origin story for the day. Jennie Cassidy’s birthday anniversary inspired her charity of flowers to others.
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Clyde Cato
McCurdy
Jennie Cassidy
Miss Willard
Robert Ballard
Sherman Coates
Jamie
Faye Gabbert
Ethel Cato
Body of Kidnapped Baby Is Buried
Lloyd Keet is buried in Springfield Missouri after an inquest found the infant died from exposure. Thousands attend services as family and friends mourn. the mother remains in serious condition and a home service was limited to immediate family.
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Lloyd Keet
Springfield
Mrs W B Long and Virginia Rose Visit Fort Wayne Family
IRS. W. B. Long and daughter Virginia Rose of Ft. Wayne return home after a three weeks visit in the city guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Nickells on East Emergon Street.
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Irs
W. B. Long
Virginia Rose
Ft. Wayne
C. W. Nickells
East Emergon Street
Mrs Hornbrook Leaves for Louisville for Operation
Mrs. I S Hornbrook departed Monday for Louisville to undergo an operation at a local hospital.
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Mra. i. S
Mrs. Ralph C. Boyd Arrives for Visit in City
Mrs. Ralph C. Boyd of Scottsbluff Nebraska arrived Monday afternoon for an extended visit with her parents, Mr and Mrs J W Tuley, southeast of the city.
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Ralph C. Boyd
Scottsbluff, Neh
City
J. W. Tuley
Pershing Arrives Near Paris as War Updates Continue
June 11 dispatches report General Pershing’s advance guards reaching Paris with a guarded reception. Paris plans a formal welcome as Louisville hosts a U S army camp for Indiana and Kentucky. The Magness Mansion is sunk by a submarine off London with crew saved. Haig’s forces report further gains beyond the Missines and San Domingo severs ties with Germany.
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Paris
Pershing
Washington, D. C
The
War Department Today
Louisville, Ky
Indiana
Kentucky
London
Magness Mansion
Funeral set for Mrs Elizabeth Kendle widow of William Kendle
Mrs Elizabeth Hanks Kendle wid ow of the late William Kendle died Sunday at 3 PM at her daughter's home on West Emerson Street after a week of illness from paralysis. A service at 9 AM Tuesday at the residence precedes a 10:80 AM funeral at Whitechurch conducted by Reverends Dearing and Reich. Burial in the church cemetery. She was born May 31, 1847 near Princeton and married August 30, 1866. survived by four children, eleven grandchildren, two sisters, one brother.
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Elizabeth Hanks Kendle
William F. Kendle
J. B. Nettleton
Emerson Street
Kendle
W. P. Dearing
Herman Reich
Oakland City
Church
Elizabeth Hanks
Stewart Hanks
Princeton
Della Hopkins
Keokuk
Iowa
Horace
Clarence Kendle
Albert Kendle
George Mangrum
Marion Hanks
Somerville
Columba Church
General Baptist Church
Thompson family visit to Jeffersonville relatives
Mr and Mrs Asa Thompson and son Roger joined Miss Lena Carrell Miss Marie Carrell Irene Barry and Loraine Coline at Jefferso nville to spend Sunday with Leo Thompson and Ralph Carrell.
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Asa Thompson
Roger
Lena
Marie Carrell
Irene Barry
Loraine Coilene
Leo Thompson
Ralph Carrell
Jeffersenville
Wedding Bells for Mabel Cash and Floyd Tipton
Miss Mabel Pau line Cash and Floyd Edward Tipton were married at 5 pm Saturday at the First Methodist parsonage. Rev. L. Z. Freeland officiated. The couple of Owensville will reside there. both families describe them as well known and excellent young people.
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Mabel Pauline Cash
Floyd Edward Tipton
Owensville
Jackson Cash
Isom Tipton
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