Tragic Michigan Central Circus Train Crash
The Hagenbeck Wallace circus train wreck near Ivanhoe Gary Ind killed dozens and injured scores as a rear end collision set sleeping cars and coaches aflame. Death toll ranged from 33 to 69 with many presumed incinerated or crushed in the wreckage.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Michigan Central
G. Krause
Seven Pan
City
Ind
L. Sargent
Jackson
Jch
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Ivanhoe
Gary
Hammond
Cairman
Michigan City
Associated
Colman
Menger
Ivanhoe Station
Mercy Hospital
Gary General Hospital
Illinois Steel Company
St. Antonio Hospital
East Ivanhoe
Weather overview for Indiana and Wayne County
The United States Weather Bureau predicts fair tonight and Sunday with a warmer Sunday. Warm wave expected early in the week from a cool northerly slide now reaching Kentucky. Central plains will see a warm wave pass by early week while the south remains hot over central states with occasional local fog near Evansville Paoli and Terre Haute.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Kentucky
Gulf of Mexico
Middle Plain
Rocky Mountains
Central States
Evansville
Paoli
Terre Haute
Woman Registering as Enemy Alien Despite Irish Birth
Born on St Patrick's Day to Irish parents a woman registered as an alien enemy at the post office with Postmaster Beck on Friday. She had married a German who did not secure naturalization before the war and thus faced enemy alien status. Fourteen women have registered, with more expected later. about half of those expected had already registered.
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St. Patrick's Day
Beck
Thhe
Chinese Troops Offer to Aid Japan in Harbin Front
London dateline reports Chinese premier Tuan Chihui says Chinese soldiers are available to cooperate with Japan at Harbin and near the Siberian frontier if needed, and he could send 40 000 to 60 000 more troops but cites financial constraints and provincial rebellions. He notes a Canton uprising to be quelled and plans to reopen China postwar with mineral expansion and railroads.
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Associated Press
London
Harbin
Siberian
Tuan Chi- Fui
Peking
Daily Mail
China
Canton
France
Chi- Jui
Germany
Tsing-Tao
Port Arthur
Wei-Hai-Wei
Imperial Palace
Subscriptions Reach County War Savings Total
Thrift stamp committees at a Saturday noon YMCA meeting reported 45 326 subscribed to the county war savings quota since Thursday. City and county schools contributed 163 826 bringing the county total to 282 326 with 138 100 more needed by June 28. Local towns and officials listed additional subscriptions as workers plan to visit thousands more households before Tuesday noon. The women's organization will assist in soliciting in the city.
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J. T. Giles
C. O. Williams
Mills
Joseph Mills
Demas Coe
Myron Marshy
W. E. McWhinney
E.G. Hibberd
Licensed To Wed For Lon Conner And Jean Foulty
A marriage license was issued Friday by the county clerk to Lon Conner 45 of Conneraville and Jean Foulty 34 of Milton.
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Lon Conner
Conneraville
Jean Foulty
Milton
Spirit of 1776 to Lead July Fourth Parade Here
The Spirit of 1776 will lead the Fourth of July parade with a Betsy Ross thirteen-star flag at the head. Italians in Richmond and Wayne County plan a major display with three large flags and a service flag of 32 stars for Italian boys in U S service. A band leads the Italian contingent, meeting at Starr Park at 10 o’clock before marching to St Mary’s Church for an address by Rev W F Cronin. They will then move to the courthouse and join the parade at 11 sharp, with a float expected as well. Additional floats from American Seed Machine Co and others, plus nearly a thousand Starr company marchers and an airplane float, are planned. Townships Webster and New Garden represented.
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United States
Richmond
Wayne County
United States Forces
North Tenth Street
St. Mary's Church
W. F. Cronin
Court House
A. Handley
American Seeding Dachine Company
Starr Company
War department plan to vastly expand artillery production
Washington June 22 the house appropriations committee approved a record $5.435 billion war program to push warfare on the western front beyond trench fighting via heavy mountain field and siege guns. funding covers Naval Island plant near Pittsburgh Bethlehem and Midvale works with massive artillery output and shell production for three million men.
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Washington
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
Interallied War Council
General Pershing
Representative Borland
Missouri
Krupp
Naville Island
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Germany
Naville
Bethlehem and
Midvale Steel Companies
France
Navy
United States
Panama
Insular
Attempt Made on Life of Emperor Charles Reported
London dispatch reports from Amsterdam that an attempt on Emperor Charles's life occurred, though the reports are unconfirmed. The broader Vienna and Austrian unrest grows over food shortages, with bread riots, strikes, and anti-German sentiment spreading to Hungary as Premier Von Seydl is said to consider resignation.
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Associated Press
London
Amsterdam Exchange
Emperor Charles
Central News Dispatch
Am- Steam
von Seydsler
Charles
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Hungary
Germany
Austria
Richmond board to mail 1918 questionnaire to registrants
The Richmond selective service board will mail questionnaires to all men registered June 5, 1918, starting June 25. Recipients must return within seven days. excuses will not be accepted. About 25 percent will be mailed each day, with all out by week’s end. Later, men will be summoned for physicals and classifications.
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Richmond
Ashington
Ail
Provost Marshall General Crowder
52 Americans Killed in French Fighting Report
Washington reports 52 of 153 American casualties killed in action in France as part of ongoing front line operations near Chateau Thierry and patrol actions. British lists exceed 30,000, reflecting different reporting scopes and engagement levels. The casualty tallies show the expanding American role and limits of action to date.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Chateau Thierry
United States
Famous Catholic Priest Keane Dies in Dubuque at 79
In Dubuque on June 22 the Most Rev. John Joseph Keane former rector of Catholic University of America and retired archbishop of Dubuque died at age 79 after frail health since 1911. Funeral planned for next Wednesday. Keane founded Catholic University in Washington and held a Rome post for two years. He became archbishop of Dubuque in 1909 succeeding Archbishop Hennessy who died earlier that year.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
John Joseph Keane
Catholic University of America
Keane
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
Rome
Washington
John Hennessey
Mary Ellen Knollenberg to be Buried Sunday
Funeral services for Mary Ellen Knollenberg will be held Sunday at 4 PM from her parents home at 139 South Fourth Street. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery. Services and burial are private. Friends may view the body at any time.
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Mary Ellen Knollenberg
Frederick Knollenberg
South Fourth Street
400 Stars to be Placed in Preble Honor Flag
A service flag for Preble county boys in the service will be raised in Eaton Ohio. A fund by popular subscription is being raised to purchase the flag. Approximately 400 stars will be placed on the flag and more added as additional boys enter the service.
Merchants to Meet for Merchants Org Meeting
A Retail Merchants Organization gathering is scheduled for Wednesday at 8 PM in the Commercial Club rooms. The session will discuss closer cooperation and include election of officers.
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Retail Merchants Organization
Commercial Club
Allied Purchases Determine Loans
James A. Carr explained the Allied Purchasing commission at a thrift stamp luncheon. The group determines the amount of supplies Allied countries may purchase in the United States and reports to the treasury department. The commission sets what may be bought and where but does not handle actual purchases. Carr notes Washington’s wartime focus and that the war could last indefinitely.
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Allied Purchasing Commission
United States
James A. Carr
Commission
Carr
Washington
Richmond
Treasury Department
Purchasing Commission
Mr. Carr
Drafting of Irish is Not Withdrawn Says British Paper
The Times reports the British government has postponed but not abandoned Irish home rule and conscription. Conscription will not be withdrawn and self government for Ireland remains a goal. Government emphasizes restoring order while keeping policy unchanged. Nationalists plan to return to Westminster next Tuesday amid belief conscription is dead but home rule merely shelved.
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Associated Press
London
The
Times
Ireland
Westminster
Dublin
Hundred Thousand U S Troops Shipped to France in Week
Washington reports nine hundred thousand American troops have sailed to France, boosting total deployments to date amid a Western Front lull. General March says the U S is five months ahead of its timetable for an army in France, with Cantigny cited as a key test of training and staff cooperation.
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Washington
General March
United States
France
March
Cantigny
Robert L. Bullard
Wilson
Foch
Piave
Thrift Stamp Discount Plan Urged by War Savings Committee
New York June 22 Merchants and business men were informed of a plan to use the nations credit system to sell one billion dollars worth of war savings stamps by year end. The scheme offers thrift stamps as discounts for prompt bill payments, aiming to recruit 2,000,000 savers in New York before War Savings Day June 28. Printed notices from the war savings committee promote the program and claim it will ease collections, with about 60 percent of discounts expected to be collected.
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Associated Press
New York
War Savings Committee
Milton Physician is Given Captaincy
Dr. W. Cullen Squier of Milton received a commission as captain in the medical reserve corps. He was in Richmond Saturday morning en route to Connersville to visit relatives and expects to be called into service in a few days.
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Milton
Medical Reserve Corps
Richmond
Connersville
Italians Drive Back Austrians on Piave Montello Front
On the Piave line Italian resistance and counterattacks, aided by the river rise, push Austrians back from Montello toward the Venetian plain. Italian gains at the Piave mouth leave the Austrians unable to seize the angle north of Cape Sile. Vienna reports repulsed attacks as Austrians concentrate on the mountains.
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Associated Press
Piave
Montello
Fossetta Canal
Cape Sile
San Dona de Piave
Vienna
London
Italy
France
Flanders
Rheims
Berlin
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Divorce Suit Alleges Husband Spent Time In Eaton Saloons
Mrs. Cora Harris files for divorce from Fred Harris in circuit court claiming he spent most evenings in Eaton saloons and misrepresented overtime work. The couple married March 1 1918 and lived together about three months. She says he failed to provide proper food.
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Eaton
Cora Harris
Circuit Court
Fred Harris
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