Indiana University to Celebrate Seventy-Third Commencement
Bloomington plans mark large alumni turnout for the seventy third commencement at Indiana University with reunions for classes from 1880 onward. Program includes faculty meeting, law address by Prof Hoetenut of Cornell, baccalaureate by Dr Fonte, senior events, alumni day activities, and degree conferrals by President Swain.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
School of Law
E.W. Hoetenut
Cornell University
Board of Trustees
Joseph Swain
N. m
J. P. D. Fonte
Pele
Frank B. B. Posey
George E. McLean
University of Iowa
Hanover College baccalaureate sermon warns against mammonism
Hanover Ind June 9 The baccalaureate sermon for the senior class was delivered by President D W Fisher using the Sermon on the Mount to warn against worship of wealth and military or commercial expansion. He urged harmony with civil and religious liberty and equal rights before the law. An evening address by Rev Dr Howe urged living ideal lives and heroic service aligned with spiritual aims.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hanover
Ind
D. W. Fisher
Christian Association
Howe
Norwich, Conn
Owe Eon
Zachariah
Watson the Orator Captures Georgetown Commencement
In Washington on June 9 at the National Theater, Representative James B. Watson delivered the Georgetown University annual commencement address before a fashionable crowd. He received a prolonged ovation and the college yell, concluding with a notable bow that drew cheers from attendees.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
National Theater
James B. Watson
Georgetown University
Mr. Watson
Watson
William Chester Pente
Franklin College Commencement Attendance and Exercises
Franklin Indiana June 9 Visitors attend Franklin College commencement exercises. Dr W T Stott and Rev J N Fields conduct chapel. Juniors appear in sheets and night caps. Oratorical contest at First Baptist Church. Tincher first, Everson second, Whitenack third. Senior class day held at opera house with Rip Van Winkle parody. Field day and musicale scheduled for tomorrow.
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Indianapolis Journal
Franklin
Ind
Franklin College
W. T. Stott
J. N. Fields
Port Wayne
First Baptist Church
Louisiana Purchase
Harry E. Tincher
Mabel Whitenack
Charles Sumner
Wil A. Everson
Tincher
Everson
Whitenack
Harriet Augusta Prun
Indianapolis
Earlham College Christians Addressed. College Events Noted
The Rev. Albert Brown of the Friends Church in Indianapolis spoke on a Christian life as the basis for success at Earlham College Sunday. Lindley Hall hosted a public entertainment by the Ionian and Phoenix literary societies, featuring music by Effie Small and others and an oration on America’s Missions. At Culver Military Academy fifteen cadets, led by Maj. L. R. Gignilliat, departed Chicago for a two week Yellowstone trip by special train with Capt. H. Noble accompanying. participants include Lawrence and Jewell Younge, Will and Robert Kramer, Frank Ray, Mark Nebeker and Ben Linvill.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Albert Brown
Friends’ Church
Indianapolis
Earlham College Christian Associations
Lindley Hall
Ionian
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Young Men’s Organization
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Effie Small
Inez Nixon
Edna Ferree
Jean Ingelow
Minnie Little
Georgia Hiatt
Frances Sheppard
Ida Mae Cox
Laura Hedges
Laura Mendenhall
Agnes Neave
Luther Seeger
Coles
Allen W. Tomlinson
Trucbi
R. Roy Barrett
Harry D. Michael
Albert ‘Small
Nathan E. Davis
Harry Bowen
Walter Wilson
Lawrence Hadley
Walter Allee
Albert L. Copeland
Clyde Kennedy
Irving White
Culver
Culver Military Academy
L. R. Gignilliat
Chicago
Yellowstone National Park
Burlington
H. Noble
Park
Indiana
Lawrence and
Jewell Younge
Fort Wayne
Will
Robert Kramer
Indiana Mineral Springs
Frank Ray
Lafayette
Mark Nebeker
Clinton
Ben Linvill
Columbia City
Defiance College Plan Discussed in Muncie Meeting
Dr Latchaw president of the Christian Church College Defiance Ohio will meet tomorrow with Eastern Indiana Normal University trustees in Muncie to reopen talks on establishing a Christian college here. The plan would merge Defiance and Merom schools and promises an endowment of $100000 or more.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Latchaw
Christian Church College
Defiance
Eastern Indiana Normal University
Christian College
Merom
Miners Readiness for Conference Sparks West Virginia Strike
In Kanawha Montgomery and Handley areas most miners are out while the New River field is idle. Guards are posted at many Norfolk and Western mines as about 25 000 miners idle statewide. Organizers move town to town with a several hundred strong marching army along the West Fork of the Monongahela.
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Norfolk & Western
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
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Montgomery
Handley Fighs
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Monarch
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United Mine Workers
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Monongahela River
Shooting in Brooklyn Saloon Ends Life of Noah Parker
In Brooklyn a man named James Crane shot Noah Parker after Parker taunted him about lacking courage to shoot a fly. Crane killed Parker instantly, then fired four more shots at bystanders before turning himself in. Parker, a horse racing fan, reportedly prompted the fatal exchange.
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New York
Noah Parker
James Crane
Brooklyn
Parker
Pope grants red hats at Rome consistory in Jubilee week
The Pope conferred red hats on Monsignor Martinelli former papal delegate in the United States Prince Archbishop Skerben ski of Prague and Prince Bishop Von Precana of Cracow at a ceremony in the Slatine Chapel. He also named bishops including William J. Kenny for St Augustine and Philip J. Garrigan for Sioux City. Taft and Americans witnessed the event amid cheers. In London a Pall Mall dispatch says Roosevelt sent his works to the Pope and mosaics from St Peter's and the Vatican will be sent to him with thanks.
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Taft
Philippine Islands
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Pall Mall Gazette
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The
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Coronation Gift Fund Launched. King Edward Receives Support
London reports a civic meeting at the Mansion House adopting a resolution to fund the national coronation gift for King Edward and His Majesty's hospital fund. £55,000 already subscribed. a nationwide subscription to be opened.
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London
Joseph C. Dimsdale
Mansion House
Edward
House passes anti anarchy bill with death penalty for officials
Washington June 9 The House approved a substitute for the Senate measure to protect the President Vice President and other officials and to curb anarchists. The thirteen section bill prescribes death for killing officials and up to life imprisonment for attempts or accomplices with varying penalties for harboring or aiding offenders. It also bars admission of anti government organizers and tightens naturalization requirements. The debate also touched transfers of forest reserves and a South Africa POW list resolution.
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Texas
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Mississippi
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Wyoming
Shafroth
Colorado
Bell
Toto
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
South Africa
Secretary of State
Pacific cable section completed for Commercial Cable Company
London dispatch reports that a thousand miles of the San Francisco to Honolulu Pacific cable has been completed, with officials of the Commercial Cable Company receiving advices in London. The section was being manufactured locally for them.
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London
Commercial Cable Company
San Francisco-Honolulu
Queen Alexandra praises Indian dress designs for coronation fete
Queen Alexandra has written to Lady Curzon expressing pleasure at the Indian dresses made under the vicerine's direction for the coronation festivities. In Copenhagen, emigration from the port to the United States rises as Swedes, mainly young men, depart due to stricter military service rules.
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Curzon
Kedleston
India
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America
No Secret Compact Denied By Government In Commons
London reports deny a secret bargain between Lord Kitchener and the Boers to induce surrender. A. J. Balfour says no pledges or assurances beyond published terms. Joseph Chamberlain notes a Cape Parliament petition on suspending cape constitution, awaiting Cape Ministry views. Dispatch from Pretoria says 2,500 rifles surrendered, 445 by Cape Colony rebels. DeWet forces chiefly among others. King Edward cheers noted by Boers.
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Lord Kitchener
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Balfour
Ees Kitchener
Joseph Chamberlain
Cape Colony
Cape
Pretoria
DeWet
Edward
Press moves to ship deceased presidents to Arlington
A bill by Representative Thompson would approprate 100000 to move all deceased U S presidents except George Washington to Arlington National Cemetery. The President and state governors would form a committee to arrange the removal. General Pearson, the Boer envoy, plans immediate naturalization then return to Africa to do business. Postmaster Baldwin of New Orleans resigns due to ill health. Republican House members defer banking and currency reform via a conference set for December after a short June session.
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Alabama
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George Washington
National Cemetery
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Eee
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Africa
America
Great Britain
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Overstreet
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Emerson
New York
Crumpacker
Bitter Boer feud lingers after surrender talks at Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein June 9 reports a sharp rift within the Boer ranks. Burghers who surrender under ace terms refuse to shake hands with those who surrendered earlier in the campaign, signaling lasting bitterness between former combatants and undermining postwar unity.
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Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
Britain
Grain tax debated as revenue measure in Commons
In London the finance bill debate focused on the grain tax with Sir William Vernon Harcourt asking if it is a war revenue measure or a lever for preferential trade deals. Sir Michael Hicks Beach said the tax is for revenue only and noted possible free trade gains with colonies, while denying Laurier’s interpretation. King Albert of Saxony was reported ill in Berlin, unconscious for part of the night, with the royal family at his side and last rites given.
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House of Commons
William Vernon Harcourt
Michael Hicks-Beach
Wilfred Laurier
Berlin
Albert
Saxony
Woman Shoots Husband After Alcohol Fueled Quarrel
UNION CITY Michigan June 9 A quarrel at Burtibaion near here ends in a deadly shooting. Mrs James Smith fatally wounds her husband after long separation and repeated threats. Police report intoxicated Smith visited the home and quarrelled, she fired striking his abdomen. he dies.
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Union City
Mich
Burtibaion
James Smith
Smith
Burglar Jim Anderson and Everett Robey Sentenced
In Columbus Ohio on July 9 1929 burglars Jim Anderson and Everett Robey pleaded guilty in U S Court to complicity in Ohio post office robberies. Anderson received ten years Robey five years in the penitentiary. Julius Bernstein a pawnbroker faces twenty three counts for dealings tied to the robberies.
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Columbus
Jim” Anderson
Everett Robey
Ohio
United States
Anderson
Robey
Julius Bernstein
Mystery Phrase Sparkles with Odd Archaisms
A fragmentary line uses unusual wording and misspellings as if quoting an archaic or coded phrase. It invokes Cook's Cham Imperia and mentions sparkling gad and delicious but lacks clear context or event details.
Senator Harris Advocates Nicaragua Canal Feasibility
Kansas engineer Harris, a Senate Interoceanic canals member, makes a technical case for Nicaragua as the canal route. He deems it feasible, cites the Bahio dam issue as a Panama drawback, and argues no survey finds Nicaragua infeasible while condemning Panama Company valuations and legal hurdles.
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Senate
Harris
Kansas
Bahlo
Nicaragua
Hanna
M. de Lesseps
Congress
Panama Canal Company
Tillman
Soemapa
Mr. Barris
Canal Route Debate Highlights Land Speculation Fears
Senate discussions center on Nicaragua versus Panama routes for the canal. Officials warn against land claims and speculation along the proposed path while stressing commercial justifications and diplomatic precedents set by McKinley. The session also reviews naval funding and a pivotal Indian affairs inquiry.
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United States
Harris
Mr. Morgan
Nicaragua
Panama
Tillman
Treasury
Costa Rica
Maritime Canal Company
William McKinley
Senate
Committee On Indian Affairs
W. A. Jones
Indian Affairs
Standing Rock Reservation
South Dakota
Jones
Orphan Forced to Swallow Acid in Detroit Attack
A seventeen year old orphan, Willie Hardy, lay dying at his sister’s Detroit home after four men forced acid down his throat as he passed the gate. He was restrained, fed the acid to prevent choking, and robbed of a dollar in change from his pockets. His condition remained precarious.
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Detroit
Mich
Willie Hardy
Willie
Four Rail Workers Injured in Colorado Collision
Four railway employes were injured in a head-on collision on the South Park branch near Valverde two miles north of town. The fishermen’s train returning from Platte canyon and the westbound passenger train collided. Passengers were not hurt. Injured include Samuel Lovely engineer on the fish train with internal injuries and shoulder wrench, M Elliott foreman on the westbound train with an ankle dislocation and arm injury, Al Latham engineer on the westbound with a bruised leg, and J J Haussinger Wells Fargo messenger with a bruised leg.
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Denver
Col
South Park
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Valverde
Platte Canyon
Samuel Lovely
Melliott
Freman
al Latham
J. J. Haussinger
Wells-Fargo Express
Captain C W King Sentenced In Mobile Bribe Case
Capt C W King former Fort Morgan quartermaster convicted last year of taking a $3 bribe in work at the fort was arraigned today on two counts. He pled guilty to the first count and received thirteen months in prison and a $3000 fine. The second count was dismissed. King had arrived from Fort Dodge Iowa after release on bond.
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Mobile
Ala
C. W. King
Fort Morgan
United States
Fort
King
Fort Dodge
Floods devastate Patillas district in Porto Rico toll rises
Heavy floods in the Patillas district of San Juan Porto Rico have drowned five people and destroyed numerous houses. Sugar plantations and cattle owners suffer heavy losses as residents in the flooded area plead for aid.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Patillas
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