Ohio State G AR Camp At East Liverpool Honors Pottery City
Veterans from every county in Ohio gather in East Liverpool for the 48th annual Grand Army of the Republic Department encampment. Columbus reports the governor will deliver an address. The city, famed for pottery, sits near the historic farthest north Confederate point on the Ohio.
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Union News Service
Columbus
East Liverpool
Department of Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Boys In Blue
Ohio
Woodmen of the World restore Indianapolis rates. Chicago rates defeated
In Indianapolis the Woodmen of the World head camp repealed Chicago rates and restored Indianapolis rates with no division. Past Head Consult W A Northcott lauded Chicago rate defenses while insurgents failed to cut head officer salaries, 300 to 120.
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Toledo
Woodmen’s Head
Chicago
Indianapolis
W. A. Northcott
Springfield
Northcott
Woman's Missionary Society elects leaders in Marion
Mrs. W. H. C. Goode of Sidney was re elected president at the third annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the West Ohio Conference. Other officers elected include Mrs. HE E McCammon Toledo first vice president Mrs J W Boren Dayton second vice president Mrs D M Bailey Ottawa corresponding secretary Mrs George O Marsh Lebanon treasurer and Mrs Noah Yount Troy recording secretary.
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Marion
W. H. C. Goode
Sidney
Woman's Missionary Society of the
West Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
HE. E. McCammon
Toledo
J. W. Boren
Dayton
D. M. Bailey
Ottawa
George O. Marsh
Lebanon
Noah Yount
Troy
Will Camp at Fort Ancient
Piqua Ohio August 23 to 31 the Third regiment Ohio National Guard will hold its annual camp Company C led by Capt Freshour plans the event likely at Fort Ancient about 40 miles northeast of Cincinnati no official site decision yet stated by the commander
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Piqua, C
Ohio National Guard
Freshour
Fort Ancient
Cincinnati
Free Ice and Milk Stations Opened for Poor in Cincinnati
Cincinnati health board opens ice and pure milk stations to aid the city’s poor. Ice tickets will be given free to the deserving upon orders from district physicians and heads of St Vincent de Paul Society and Associated Charities at the milk stations.
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Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati
Board of Health
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Associated Charities
Cleveland firm to accept circuit court ruling in dissolution case
Cleveland officials of the Great Lakes Towing Co. say they will accept the decision of United States circuit court judges in Cincinnati in the government dissolution suit. The case brands the company a combination in restraint of trade and orders its dissolution.
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Cleveland, C
Cleveland
The
Great Lakes Towing Co
United States Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Ashtabula Naval Reserve Post Closed
Ashtabula Ohio ceases to be a naval reserve post. Lieut J B Lawlor of the Fourth Regiment and governor staff, by order of the adjutant general, has mustered out the third division of the U S S Dorothea ship company due to lack of interest by members.
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Ashtabula
O.—Ashtabula
Naval Reserve
J. B. Lawlor
Adjutant General's Department
Dorothea” Ship Company
Four Ohioans Hurt In Car Crash Near South Vienna
Four persons were injured when a speeding automobile carrying them left the road and plunged over an embankment near South Vienna in Clark County. The accident occurred as the car failed to negotiate a turn, sending the occupants to area hospitals for treatment.
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Columbus, O
Vienna
Clark County
Ohio Oil Co Pays Big Tax in Findlay
Ohio Oil Co of Findlay reports payments totaling 112000 dollars for current taxes. The company’s quarters are in Findlay and the interim payment of 30000 dollars is noted, with the tax amount reaching eighty two thousand dollars.
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Ohio Company
Findlay
Ohio Oil Co
Coal wage talks in Columbus as I W W influence grows
A sub committee of Ohio coal operators and miners met in Columbus to discuss wage scale points but made little progress toward settlement. Hopeful notes suggest possible agreement or impasse. Reports from Belmont and Jefferson counties warn I W W influence may rise. threats of arson and dynamite fuel concern. Operators on the panel included E B Cole C E Maurer and A A Augustus. Miners were led by John Moore George W Savage Lee Hall and William Green.
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Columbus
Joint Scale Committee of
Ohio
Belmont
Jefferson Counties
National Guard
BE. A. Cole
Hocking
C. E. Maurer
Cleveland
Eastern Ohio
A. A. Augustus
Cambridge
John Moore
George W. Savage
Lee Hall
William Green
Ohio University Dean Williams Likely State Supervisor
Dean Harry G Williams of Ohio University is expected to be appointed state supervisor of normal schools after achieving the highest civil service score of 94. He has long guided the normal training department, gains statewide educational prominence, and will earn a 4000 dollar salary overseeing state normals and county training institutes for rural teachers.
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Athens
Harry G. Williams
Ohio University
Dean Williams
Samuel Chester Crebaugh
Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Mary G. McMahon
Columbus
Hogan
Marie Grace Clark
Joseph Clark
Ohio
Harriet Clark
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Josephine Merrick
Katie Weis
Alton H. Hetling
Wayne County
Merle H. Goller
State Banking Department
Ney
Defiance County
Thomas G. Madden
Nate Moffitt
Peoria Union County
Frank E. McKean
Supreme Court
Cox
Denison University launches $350000 endowment drive
President Clark Wells Chamberlain announced Denison University will organize an endowment campaign starting next fall to add 350000 to the existing 850000 endowment. The announcement followed the eighty third commencement where 102 seniors received diplomas and certificates. This year the board raised 27824 and total gifts for the year reached 56000.
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Granville O
Denison University
Clark Wells Chamberlain
Belt Line Planned for Canton Ohio with $3 Million Spend
Canton Ohio to gain a belt line around the city built by the Canton Akron and Youngstown railroad. The line will extend from Mogadore to Canton and costs are put at 3 million dollars with completion in about two years.
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Canton, O
Canton, Akron & Youngstown Railroad
Mogadore
Canton
Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Stewart
Eagles Award Prizes At State Convention Parade
Springfield Ohio 3500 Fraternal Order of Eagles members marched as the parade's feature of the state convention. Judges awarded prizes for membership in line with first Greenfield 68 percent to receive 100 dollars, second Piqua 48 percent 50 dollars, third Delaware 36 percent 25 dollars. Best appearance went to Van Wert in uniform taking 1650 dollars, with Dayton 100 dollars and Delaware 50 dollars.
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Springfield
Order of Eagles
Greenfield
Piqua
Delaware
van Wert
Dayton
Buckeye Briefs Report Local Crises and Incidents
Collated notes from Ohio towns report farmers complaining cream shipments on rough interurban cars churned before delivery. Delegates warn of I W W agitation among Eastern Ohio foreign miners risking riots without settlement. An explosion seriously burns Mrs Graham and daughter in Bartlett. American Bottle Co cuts hours and expands payroll by 200000 a year for 1250 workers. Felver and a St Marys companion confess ten burglaries in Lima. two sacks of jewelry recovered.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lima
Emmett Felver
St. Marys
Oll
Busy Summer Ahead for Ohio Solon and Officials
Ohio faces a busy summer as a special session of the general assembly likely mid July focuses on tax reduction. August primaries on Aug 11. petitions push for woman suffrage and taxation amendments while the food department fights short measure berry baskets and the state plans a tax reform package including Kilpatrick law repeal and constitutional amendment.
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Food Department
Ohio
General Assembly
State Food Department
State Department
Bryan Urges Colombia Treaty For Amity In Americas
Secretary of State Bryan urged ratification of the Colombia treaty before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He cited three aims: amity with Colombia, restored ties between Colombia and the Panama Republic, and a favorable impression across Central and South America. He defended a $25 million payment as reasonable, noting prior peacetime concessions and leasing values. The Nicaraguan treaty draft remained unfinished as the panel adjourned.
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South America
Washington
Colombia
United States
Panama Republic
Central
Bryan
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Panama Canal
Charles A. Douglas
Mexico
Douglas
Dubois
Taft
Knox
Nicaragua
William Alden Smith
Boaz Long
Salvador
United Fruit Company
Police Chiefs Drop Burns From International Roll
Grand Rapids June 20 Detective William J Burns was dropped from the International Association of Police Chiefs rolls at the closing session. The honorary list was revised by Henry Gallagher with Burns omitted. Atlanta Chief J L Beaver condemned Burns for his Leo Frank case work as antics and charged he disgraced the profession.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
William J. Burns
International Association of Police Chiefs
Henry Gallagher
Montcalm
N. J
Burns
J. L. Beaver
Atlanta
Leo Frank
Bernstorff narrowly survives gunfire in Champaign
German ambassador Count Johann von Bernstorff escaped death when Champaign police officer Michael Murphy fired at an automobile taking him to the University of Illinois for a commencement address. The bullet missed, Murphy did not fire again, and Mayor Robbins apologized while revoking Murphy’s commission.
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Champaign
Johann von Bernstorff
United States
Micheal Murphy
University of Ilinois
Bernstorff
Murphy
Robbins
Bank Failure in Vienna Pleva & Co collapses for 7 million
The private bank of Pleva & Co. failed for seven million dollars amid liabilities mainly from Catholic clergy deposits.
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Vienna
of Pleva & Co
Federals Launch Surprise Against Rebels in Mexico Campaign
Reports from Torreon say Pancho Villa’s push toward Mexico City stalled by unexpected federal moves and railroad damage. General Natera’s forces, decimated near Zacatecas, lost about 5,000 in killed, wounded, and captured as federals edge toward Zacatecas and threaten a major confrontation.
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Union News Service
Torreon
Mexico
Pancho Villas
Mexico City
Villa
Calera
Yucatecas
Natera
Zacatecas
Baron
Natéra
Zacacetas
Willy
Fire truck and street car crash near capitol kill three
In Oklahoma City a fire truck collided with a street car in front of the state capitol. One fireman died at once and two others died later, with many others injured as the street car was knocked from its track and overturned, trapping passengers inside.
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Oklahoma City
State Capitol
Diver Dies While Recovering Empress of Ireland Wreck
Rimouski Quebec reports the Empress of Ireland salvage operation costs another life Diver Cossoboom from New York employed by the Quebec salvage corps died while recovering bodies from the sunken liner's hull.
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Rimouski
Quebec
Cossoboom
New York
Quebec Salvage Corps
Cincinnati Markets Reported Grain and Livestock Prices
The Cincinnati market quotes corn, hay, oats, wheat, poultry, eggs, cattle, bulls, calves, hogs, sheep, and lambs with various grades and price ranges. Notable figures include No 2 white corn at 77 to 78 cents, timothy hay around 17 to 19 dollars, No 2 red wheat about 88 to 90 cents, hens and roosters priced, and pork, beef, and lamb lots listed across grades. The data shows widespread price variation by quality and weight.
Lions Attack Their Keeper In Car Beneath Train
Emerson D. Dietrich of Brooklyn, a Cornell graduate and animal act manager, was attacked by five lions in a box car near Chicago. Unarmed, with only an aged lioness for protection, he fought vainly as the predators mauled him, breaking nearly every bone before bystanders could reach him.
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Chicago
Lal
Emerson D. Dietrich
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cornell
Ald
Dietrich
Hons
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