One Dead and Two Fatally Hurt in Dynamite Blast
Alliance, June 3. Frank Sebo aged 4 is dead, brother John aged 7 fatally burned, and Harold Agnew aged 11 in serious condition after a dynamite explosion at an abandoned coal mine three miles east of Alliance. Dynamite was stored in reach of the boys who had gone to the mine in the evening.
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Fie Banner Alliance
Frank Sebo
John
Harold Agnew
Sebring Parties
Sailors Clash in Newport Streets Over Woman
In Newport England crowds clashed between white and negro sailors last night and today. Windows and houses damaged as revolver shots rang out but no casualties were reported. The altercation stemmed from a quarrel over a woman.
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Newport
England
Prohibition Leader Seeks Candidate Answers On 18th Amendment
Virgil Hinshaw, chairman of the prohibition national committee, drafted two questions for presidential candidates. The first asks if they support the 18th amendment, the second whether a party plank endorsing the amendment will be adopted. Hinshaw will reveal each candidate’s response to the nation.
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Associated Press
the Banner
Chicago
Virgil Hinshaw
Prohibition National Committee
Hinshaw
Notable honors as Hoover and Sims receive degrees
Columbia University awards 2639 degrees at its 166th graduation. Honorary doctorates go to Herbert Hoover, Rear Admiral William S. Sims, General John J. Pershing, Bishop Charles H. Brent, and Dr. Rent P. Davidson. Butler urges a careful, broad reconstruction of civilization.
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Associated Frees
New York
Columbia University
Oource
P. Davidson
Herbert
Hoover
Charles H. Brent
William S. Sims
John J. Pershing
Nicholas Murray Butler
University
Seaton
Weskling
Bricklayers Set $1.25 Wage Scale in Akron Arbitration
Judge W. J. Ahern, acting as arbitrator in the dispute between contractors and the bricklayers union, fixed the wage at 120 dollars per hour, matching the contractors offer after the bricklayers sought 150 dollars. The old scale was 80 cents. Workers in Columbus join the strike in solidarity.
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Akron
W. J. Ahern
Bricklayers’ Union
Farmers Ask Vote on All Strikes Referendum Move
The American Farm Bureau Federation executive committee voices strong support for a farmers referendum on compulsory arbitration of strikes. The federation plans to issue orders and expand bureaus for trade relations publicity and statistics. A prior referendum of 359,626 farmers rejected a 1 percent land tax proposed by Congressman Nolan. Women’s greater role in the farm bureau movement gains attention with New England federations urging a national advisory committee of women.
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Associated Press
Banner
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dillcern
J. W. Coverdale
J. R. Howard
Nolan
National Farm Bureau Movement
New England
Farm Bureau
National Federation
Canatt
Congress to End Session Saturday After Senate Vote
Washington June 3 The Senate adopted a resolution ending its session Saturday after White House assurance that President Wilson would not call a special summer session unless an emergency arose. The final vote was 44 to 27 after two amendments were defeated, one proposing a July 1 recess and the other an August 2 recess.
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Lby
Washington
Senate
White House
Wilson
Man Killed by Train Near Tiffin
Bernard Gormley 66, formerly with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad construction department, was struck by a passenger train and killed instantly while stepping off the path near Tiffin. He had retired years ago.
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Tiffin
Bernard Gormley
Baltimore Ohio Railroad
Branch must serve life sentence for murder in Ohio penitentary
Knox county Court of Appeals upholds the Second Degree murder conviction of Thomas Branch in the State of Ohio v Branch. The judgment of the common pleas court is affirmed and the case remanded for execution. Branch faces immediate steps toward serving his life term unless a higher court intervenes.
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The
Common Pleas Court
Branch
Clarence McKinney
Ohio
Court of Appeals of
Knox County
State of
Thomas Branch
Blair
Burris
Supreme Court of Ohio
Negro Shot and Killed in Columbus Police Shooting
An unidentified Black man was shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Sandusky in Columbus after attempting to flee while being arrested on suspicion of auto theft.
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Associated Piney
Columbus
Sandusky
Interstate Commerce Commission threatens penalties over railroad delays
Washington June 3 The Interstate Commerce Commission warned it would invoke penal provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act unless railroads comply with orders to relieve freight congestion. In a telegram to Daniel Willard chairman of the Association of Railway Executives car service committee the commission said inspectors reports showed deliveries of equipment as ordered by the company were not being made. The commission said the matter would be investigated.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daniel Willard
Associaton of
Mailway
Car Service Committee
No Dual Control For Republican Women
Chicago June 3 A single organization of men and women will replace dual leadership for the Republican national convention plan. National committeeman Will H Mays announced five committeemen to draft the plan for women voters role. Militant Idalera calls for a suffrage plank urging states without constitutional amendment to act. Lorain three hundred stove employees who have been on strike age returned to work.
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Chicago
National Committee
Will H. Mays
Idalera
Delaware Solons Adjourn to Deny Woman Vote
Delaware legislators adjourned with the woman suffrage federal amendment still unresolved in the house. The 10 week session saw rallies from national leaders and strong backing from the Duponts as the Senate had approved the measure earlier, but the House stalled and adjourned in a special session called by Governor Townsend.
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Associated Press
Dover
Del
Wilken
Delaware
Representative Lyons
House
Republican National Committee
Alfred I. Dupont
Senate
Legion offers reward for Bergdoll capture
Greensburg June 2 Joe Welsh post of the American Legion offers a 500 reward for the capture of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the wealthy Philadelphia draft evader who escaped recently from two army sergeants.
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Banner
Greensburg, Ad
Joe Welsh Post
American Legion
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Teachers Win Out At Lancaster 0
Eighty Lancaster school teachers won their bid for a raise as the board rehired all at an increase of $20 per month. The strike ended after a brief wage dispute, with about 18 000 dollars in annual additional pay.
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Associated Freie Ty
Board of Education
Military hospital plan approved amid postwar needs
Five new hospitals costing 10 million dollars are authorized by the housebuilding committee to care for World War I veterans. Construction is set to begin soon, funded to provide medical facilities for soldiers.
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Baenwerd
Washington
Jung
Tor
Youthful burglars sentenced to boys industrial school
Gene Valentine, alleged kidnapper of five year old Edward Lawbelle’s son, was arrested in Buffalo on June 3. The boy was found unharmed in a boarding house after police search and later located by officers.
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Associated Press
Buffalo, N. Y
Gene Valentine
Edward Lawbelle
Emyria
Bel
Valenting
Ocern
Buffalo
Two Boys 11 and 13 Face Court for Burglaries
William Metcalf 11 and Walter Garrod 13 appeared in juvenile court before Judge P te Wilkine on a burglary charge at Cory Corner Candy Kitchen. Testimony showed plans to hit two more stores before arrest and Garrod’s prior trouble. both sentences were decided with Metcalf’s suspended term and Garrod sent to the Lancaster industrial school.
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Walter Garrod
Cory Corner
West High Street
P. Te Wilkine
Garrod
Purcell
Oficar Purcall
Parmners Cooperative Co
Fourth Ward
Wilkins
Metcalf
Lancaster
Metcalfs
Man Killed by Lightning at Centerburg Farm
Centerburg June 3 Malvin Conway seventy five a farmer was instantly killed by lightning yesterday afternoon at his farm northwest of Centerburg He had gone from the house during a heavy storm to look after stock and did not return His wife found the body between the barn and the house He is survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Mary Potts of Lima and Mrs Blanch Swank of Bloomfield and one son Clair Conway of Bloomfield Funeral Friday from the home with Rev Crawford officiating burial at Bloomfield.
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Malvin Conway
Here
Conway
Mary Potts
Lima
Blanch Swank
Bloomeld
Clair Conway
Bloomfield
Crawford
Women Demand Many Seats for Coming Convention
Chicago June 3 Women press for Republican national convention tickets National Chairman Will Hays says he has received 150 000 requests for 13 280 seats as the party prepares for the event in Washington D C
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Associated
Chicago
Will Hays
Senators Johnson and Harding arrive in Chicago for preconvention events
In Chicago, Senators Johnson of California and Harding of Ohio arrive as Republican preconvention activity begins. Five days remain before the convention picks a presidential candidate, with crowded hours of conferences and shifting delegation loyalties ahead.
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Associated
Chicago
Johnson
California
Harding
Ohio
Great Lakes Engineering to Close Shipyards
June 3 report says Great Lakes Engineering Co. will close its shipyards at Ashtabula Ohio and Detroit Michigan and Everett Michigan and offer its properties for sale as it goes out of business.
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The
Great Lakes Engineering Co
Ashtabula
Everse
Mich
Bere Oe Dey
Burtt Testifies On Wood Campaign Expenditures
A Senate inquiry into pre election spending paused during a floor debate on a Saturday ad joust. W C Burtt, aide to Col William Procter, testified Wood campaign outlays reached 58000 with 40000 spent in Indiana and unpaid bills looming. Chicago donors William Wrigley and C D Shaffer were listed as contributors.
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Banner
Washington
Senate
Congress
W. C. Burtt
William Procter
Cincinnati
C. H. Duell
New York
Indiana
William Wrigley
C. D. Shaffer
Chicago
Wood Fund
Agriculture Committee Defers Action on Packing Industry
Washington June 3 The house agriculture committee voted to defer action on legislation regulating the meat packing industry until the next session of Congress.
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Associated Press
the Banner
Washington
House Agriculture Committes
Congress
Train derailed near Hagerstown injures five crew
Passenger train No 1 on the Norfolk and Western railroad derailed near Hagerstown Maryland today after striking a tethered horse. The engine survived the impact with no passengers hurt while five trainmen sustained injuries.
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Hagerstown
Norfolk & Western Railroad
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