Tornado Toll Across Kansas State and Nearby States
Twenty three people died and over 200 were injured as tornadoes struck Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas and Missouri. Colgate Oklahoma suffered eleven deaths and widespread destruction with trains carrying nurses and doctors sent from McAlester Atoka and Temple. Coffeyville faced about half a million dollars in damage and over thirty injuries. Drake and Moine Kansas also reported fatalities and heavy property damage with other towns like Montana McCune and Attleaville noting losses. Reports from Missouri areas Buffalo Lebanon and Springfield described continuing damage as communications were restored.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Iato
Colgate
Okla
Coal County
McAlester
Atoka
Temple
Coffeyville
Drake
Montana
McCune
Kas
Kas., and One Attleaville, Oklo. At Moine, Kas
Buffalo
Lebanon
Springfield
President Wilson subscribes to Liberty loan bond
President Wilson joins the Liberty loan by subscribing for a $10,000 bond. Writing to Secretary McAdoo, he says he hopes many will subscribe and that his own is made with satisfaction and a wish it could be larger.
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Washington, D.C
Wilson
McAdoo
Weather Outlook for Indiana With Storms and Cooler Tempting
Weather Bureau reports showers and likely severe thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight for Indiana. Cooler tonight, Sunday fair. Western Gulf storm advances northeast with heavy rain and severe local thunder. Cold wave reaches the Mississippi Valley but weakens. Snow persists in Denver and Cheyenne.
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Indiana
United States
Weather Bureau
Wayne County
W. C. Moore
Mississippi Valley
Denver
Colorado
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Harding reaffirms flag at home after anti-draft arrest
In Topeka on June 2, Dr. Eva Harding, former First Kansas district congressional candidate, said the American flag removed during the anti-draft agitation would remain down only for the war was over. She later announced the flag would again fly from her residence and would continue to fly.
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Topeka
Kan
Stars and Stripes
Eva Harding
Congress
Flrst
Kansas
Harding
Ifiag
Williams seeks Republican nom for Congress in Wayne County
Charles O. Williams superintendent of Wayne county schools announces candidacy for Representative in Congress. He asks voters in Wayne County to support delegates who back the majority choice, notes his qualifications as a member of the Wayne County bar and appointee to the State Board of Education, and urges support at township and ward meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. Williams
Wayne County
Williams
Rushville
Comstock
State Board of Education
Keet waits for ransom as kidnapped child remains missing
Springfield, June 2. J H Keet, wealthy retired banker, endures another night of anxious vigil at his home hoping for a call naming meeting point with his kidnapped fourteen month old son Lloyd. Parents danced at a country club when the child was taken Wednesday. James P Dillon of the Richmond lodge Elks announced funds to invest $1,000 in Liberty bonds.
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Springfield
Lloyd
J. H. Keet
James P. Dillon
Richmond Lodge of Elks
Training Plans Upended for New Army Mobilization
Washington June 2 The War Department faces delays in mobilizing the first draft army because administrative errors and a plan to train mainly in the south make the program uncertain. July 15 national guard mobilization may be upset and August shelter problems loom for training camps. By September 1 training is still hoped. Construction costs double estimates force reduction from 32 to 16 wooden cantonments with tents in the rest. Materials and labor shortages in the south halt site selections. boards will be sent out again to reassess locations with available resources.
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Arthur Sears Henning
Washington
D. C
South
National Guard
War Department
Lamar Back in Pen
David Lamar, recently convicted in New York federal court for conspiring with Captain Franz Rintelen to disrupt the U S munitions industry in 1915, was returned to Atlanta penitentiary to serve out his prior impersonation of a government official sentence. He was brought from the penitentiary to stand trial with Rintelen and received an additional year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David Lamar
Franz Rintelen
Atlanta
Rintelen
Food Bill Amendment Bans Wheat Futures Speculation
WashingtonJune 2 By a vote of 37 to 17 the Senate inserted an amendment by Senator Nelson Minnesota empowering the president to prohibit speculation in futures which unduly enhance prices of wheat and other food cereals If the warning is not observed the president could close an exchange during the war
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Washington
Senate
Nelson
Minnesota
Two Seniors Denied Diplomas In Eleventh Hour Rise
Bradford Meyers a senior at the local high school was told two hours before graduation that he lacked two tenths of a credit and could not participate. He had sought four tenths of a credit in Bible study, passed the exam, and believed he qualified after papers were graded. A late grading process and lax methods are cited as the cause.
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Bradford Meyers
Meyers
Abington
Connersville
Pickell
Collegiants Arrested in NYC Draft Plot at Columbia
The U S Department of Justice moved against anti conscriptionists in New York City with arrests at Columbia University. Owen Cattell twenty two son of Professor McKay Cattell of Columbia and Charles Phillips another Columbia student were held along with Miss Eleanor Wilson Parker a Barnard senior awaiting grand jury action on charges of conspiracy to violate the military draft law.
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United States Department of Justice
New York City
Columbia University
Owen Cattell
McKay Cattell
Columbia
Charles Phillips
Cattell
Eleanor Wilson Parker
Barnard College
Italian Drive Near Triest Expands Front south of Castagnavizza
General Cadorna’s renewed Italian offensive advances about a quarter mile toward Triest along a two and a half mile front south of Castagnavizza while pressing toward Duino on the Carso plateau. In allied news, German forces claim a surprise capture of French positions northeast of Soissons and report prisoners taken, with a heavy Wytschaete sector artillery duel intensified along the Belgian frontier.
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Bulletin
Cadorna
Triest
Castagnavizza
Duino
Carso
Berlin
London
Soissons
War Office
Wytscharge
Senate Debates Administration Food Bill On Final Day
Washington June 2 The Senate began what was expected to be the last day of debate on the administration's first food bill with each speaker limited to ten minutes. A final vote was likely before adjournment today.
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Washington
Senate
Fox Appoints Seven on Defense Council
Wayne County forms a seven member Defense Council naming Walter G. Butler Frank Wissler John Lontz Frank Mosbaugh Joseph Commons Lucius Harrison and Miss M E B Culbertson to cooperate with the National Defense Council aiding the country in material and manpower during the crisis. The council must include one woman one labor rep and five men all to be patriotic and nation minded with further instructions pending.
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Wayne County Defense Council
Walter G. Butler
Frank Wissler
John Lontz
Frank Mosbaugh
Joseph Commons
Lucius Harrison
M. E. B. Culbertson
National Defense Council
Labor Association
Juvenile Court Places Six Children in New Homes
Two cases heard in juvenile court today. The Marshall children at 1000 North Sixteenth were moved to their grandparents near Richmond. Elsie Davis, 14, of 1030 North H street, will be sent to Indiana Girls School at Fairmount next week.
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William Marshall
North Sixteenth Street
Richmond
Elsie Davis
James Davis
North H Street
Indiana Girl's School
Fairmount
Refuses to Let Eleven Men Plead Guilty in Treason Case
In Cincinnati on June 2 United States Commissioner Adler held hearings for eleven men charged with treason who were arrested in last night’s general roundup. Officials say they circulated seditious and treasonable anti conscription literature, and prosecutors noted the maximum penalty is death.
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Cincinnation
United States
Adler
Teuton U Boat Sunk by Circe Off Cattaro
Rome June 2 The French submarine Circe torpedoed and sunk a large enemy submarine as it emerged from Cattaro escorted by a torpedo boat. Circe rode off air attacks and returned undamaged to its base.
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Rome
Circe
Cattaro
Jail Is No Refuge Uncle Sam to Get You in Any Event
Washington reports Attorney General Gregory warned that draft law prohibits choosing imprisonment over registration. He noted disloyal citizens beyond conscription age mislead youth to avoid registration. Section five punishes evaders and ensures they are registered for military service.
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Sam
Washington
Gregory
Army
Department
Send Noted Speaker Into Campaign
Winning the Sixth District is seen as a mighty important task by Republican leaders in Washington. Plans for a spectacular campaign unfold after Rushville hosts the Republican district convention. A heavy artillery of oratorical zeal and literary shrapnel will be unleashed across eight counties until the special election on Tuesday, June 26, as control of the House remains in balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rushville
House
House of Representatives
Chicago Egg Dealers Indicted in Monopolies Case
Indictments returned against twenty five individuals and firms charging attempts to create egg market monopolies in Chicago. Fourteen others alleged to have fomented rebellion in India were also indicted, naming Baron Kurt von Reiswitz, former German consul at Chicago, Gustav H. Jacobson and Albert Wehde among plotters.
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Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
India
Baron Kurt von Reiswitz
Gustav H. Jacobson
Albert Wehde
Grand Duke Nicholas Arrest Report From London
The arrest of Grand Duke Nicholas, former commander in chief of Russian armies, linked to royalist riots in Tripoli? (Note: OCR shows Tiflis) Reported by Exchange Telegraph dispatch with advices from Petrograd. Also noted: two Germans interned at Ellis Island escaped by swimming to the mainland. one, William Schulze, was caught attempting to land.
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London
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Tiflis
Petrograd
New York
Ellis Island
William Schulze
New York Harbor
Steinhard
Whitewater school chief not reappointed amid protests
D D Ramsey, principal at Whitewater, was not reappointed for the coming year, with Superintendent Giles citing loyalty and discretion concerns. Parents circulate petitions for Ramsey’s reinstatement while teachers’ federation protests appear limited. Ramsey’s performance drew praise from patrons for handling a diverse student body.
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D. D. Ramsey
Whitewater
Ramsey
Giles
Richmond
Indiana
Ind
War tax bill nears senate passage with auto and theatre changes
The senate finance committee refined the war tax measure and sent it to treasury experts for final drafting. They plan to add new auto taxes and theatre exemptions, including a 25 cent admission exemption for theatres and a federal license tax on car owners from seven fifty to twenty five dollars with reductions for older cars.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Senate
Tommy Atkins Welcomes America Letter From London Soldier
A cousin letter from Jack Appleton in London to Will iam I. Reece at 118 North Eleventh street describes British views on Americas entry into the European war. He writes of trench life in France, German destruction of villages, and the hope that the war will end soon with British artillery and infantry proving dominant.
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Tommy Atkins
America
William I. Reece
William Reece
North Eleventh Street
Jack Appleton
London
France
Appleton
Cousin
England
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
Tam
Jack
Torrential Rain Expected In Wayne County This Afternoon
A forenoon weather bulletin from W. E Moore, Richmond area observer, warns of a severe storm bringing torrential rain and an electric storm this afternoon or evening. The storm, moving from the Gulf of Mexico, could flood streets, but will be short in duration before a Western cold wave arrives about forty eight hours later.
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W. E Moore
Richmond
Wayne County
Moore
Gulf of Mexico
Mexican Gulf
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