Phi Delts Boost Fitzgibbons For National Office
Delegates to the Phi Delta Kappa convention in Richmond fill the business section as about 200 attend the first day. Gerald Fitzgibbons seeks national secretary treasurer against Charles Ellis. John Gauchar to run for rejection. The event includes a large social calendar with dances, dates, and a big banquet at the Masonic temple.
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Phi Delta Kappa
Richmond
Chi Chapter
Indiana
Ohio
Gerald 3. Fitzgibbons
Flix
Charles ©. Ellis
Celina
John Gauchar
Dayton
Didiana
Buckeye
Fort Square
Pythian
Bohemond
Fortonfeie
St Mary's
Jackson's Park
Mus Fone Temple
Fredayer
Earl
Rowe Oil
Walter le Sora
Plan for Anti Slavery Day at Chautauqua Board Meeting
A proposed Anti Slavery Day would honor the local antislavery movement of over fifty years and be a centerpiece for Chautauqua. Prominent Black leaders urge the plan, expecting a strong program featuring experts on negro history and underground railroad activity within the county. If approved, speakers will share views from the platform. In New York, after 53 years on the Empire State Express, Dennis J. Cassin retires rather than become a motorman of electric engines.
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Wasnue County
Chiurauqua Board
Chautauqua Board
Chautauqua
New York
Dennis J. Cassin
Emperor Allows Son to Wed Below Station in Morgantic Match
Emperor William of Germany approves his fifth son Oscar’s marriage to a woman of lower rank, noting him unlikely to ascend the throne. Four brothers ahead in line, plus their sons, leave Oscar far down the succession. Queen Mary of England is a granddaughter of such a match, with precedents in royal marriages including the Duchess of Fife and Victoria’s era.
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William
Germany
Oscar
Dinser
August William
Bia Tine
Queen Mary of
England
Duchess of Fife
King George
Duke of Areyll
Queen Victoria
Louise
Prince Oscar
Ina Marie von Bassewitz-Levitzow
Mary of England
Duke of Argyll
Park's Fourth Program Of Races At Morton Park July Fourth
Aquatic sports replace fireworks in Richmond for a July Fourth celebration at Morton park with canoe pageant and a several hundred dollars fireworks display. Morning contests offer cash prizes and motorboat cups. afternoon races begin at 2 with five motor entries, canoe, rowboat, and boat tug events, plus swimming events at the lake’s upper end.
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Richmond
Morton Park
Richmond Business 4
Jaike and Park Company
Orain
Roth
Frankel Landing
Charles Parker
Building Destroyed In Portsmouth Fire At Masonic Block
Three men were overcome and rescued by firesmen in a six story Masonic block fire in Portsmouth New Hampshire early today. The injured were members of a local Masonic lodge who had entered the top floor to save lodge regalia for a Knights Templars ceremony.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Knights Templars
Tornado kills four as Watertown wreckage noted
Watertown citizens faced a deadly tornado last night with homes crushed and a score injured. Norman Rose and Justus Norman suffered skull fractures, a child of Carl Bachland was hurt, and widespread property damage was reported as authorities assessed the devastation. In Washington, President Wilson commuted sentences of four dynamite conspirators from Indianapolis, with John H. Barry and Paw J. Morris to be decided on separately.
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Sioux Falls
Watertown
Norman Rose
Justus Norman
Carl Bachland
Chicago
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Sparta
Wie
Tie Tomaha
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Implement Plants Employ More Men Amid Crop Boom
Bumper crop reports across the middle west and northwest spur hiring at Richmond factories. The American Seeding Machine company has 300 workers and the Gaar Scott branch of M Rumely employs 450, though both plan cautious expansion as farmers buy less. Holton says Gaar Scott will not exceed 400 workers, while Rumely operates day and night with Campbell shuttling between Battle Creek and Richmond to oversee production.
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Middle West
Northwest
Richmond
American Seeding Machine ‘Company
Gaar Scott
M. Rumely Company
Red Carr
American
Wil
Charles P. Holton
Jaar-Scott
Mr. Holton
Will Campbell
Battle Creek
Rumely Company
Michigan
Mr. Campbell
Storm Claims Life in Milwalky Wisconsin
A violent storm struck Milwayk Wis. killing Harold Johnson a telephone lineman and injuring several others. Numerous houses were struck by lightning causing extensive property damage and power disruptions across the area.
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Milwayk Wis
Harvey Johnson
Indianapolis Man Believed Drowned in Niagara River
Investigations by Coroner Dunham identified the body recovered from the Niagara River as J. H Hanch a wealthy landowner from near Indianapolis. Hanch 50, 6 feet 2 inches tall 280 pounds had lived with John Richardson at Mooresville until last fall and had not been seen by his sister Mrs. Oliver Hace for weeks. His wife had died years earlier. He sold property last fall and has since been unraveling. A Drake Tailoring suit purchased November 21 1913 was found as a clue.
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Indianapolis
Dunham
Niagara River
J. H Hanch
Hanch
John Richardson
Mooresville
Ind
Oliver Hace
Lawrence
Drake Tailoring Company
Biplane Collapses Kill Two German Aviators
Schwerin dispatch reports Lieutenant Kolbe killed and Captain Ruffs fatally hurt when a two man biplane collapsed at about one thousand feet during flight. Both officers were German and members of the air service, the accident occurring today.
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Schwerin
Germany
Kolbe
Ruffs
Hatfield Cleared In Richmond Watch Case At City Court
In a Richmond city court, Houston Hatfield, a colored man, faced a watch theft case tied to a crap game raid. Testimony portrayed a long, drunken tale but the prosecutor urged dismissal as Hatfield admitted part of the debt and returned the watch. Hatfield left smiling, reporting a thirty day jail term for a prior raid.
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Houston Hatfield
Jim Washington
Richmond
McNally
Abbott
Houston
Reller
Washington
Hatfield
John Saunders
Everdale
Sergeant McNally
Jedge
Jim
Goosetown
Saunders
Dollah
Sylvester Coleman
Mike Gentle
Trallan
Pennsylvania
Gentle
Mike
Falls Forty Feet But Escapes Alive
A Harsh Coal company wagon driver named Bill Smyth backed a loaded wagon over a west edge, tipping forty feet with horse and wagon plunging. Both survived with minor injuries. the horse unharmed, and the driver reportedly found on a bed of tin cans in the Whitewater valley but recovered.
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Bill Smith
Harsh Coal Company
Smith
Ferryboat Rammed Passengers in Panic Near New York
In dense fog the steamer Taurus of the Iron Steamboat line rammed the Jersey City to New York ferry Redbank on the North River, tearing 25 feet of her side and sending about a thousand commuters into panic. The Redbank docked safely after crew intervention. Taurus continued to Caney Island with damage.
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New York
Taurus
Iron Steamboat Line
Redbank
North River
Jersey City
Caney Island
Gordon Proposes South Extension for Richmond Line
Superintendent A Gordon of the Richmond Street Car company traveled to Toledo to meet with General Superintendent Jeffries of the Two 1. & EB. Traction company. He seeks schedule details for the Morton Park Hoe and South Eighth street Hearlview extensions and notes a potential South FE street line from Eighth to Twentieth, but expects two to three years before construction. He also questions near-term interurban service between Connersville and Hagerstown via Cambridge City.
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A. Gordon
Richmond Street Car Company
Toledo
Jeffries
1. & EB. Traction Company
Morton Park Hoe
Gordon
South Eighth Street
Hearlview
Richmond
Morton Lake
Beauview
Traction Company
Connersville
Hagerstown
Cambridge City
Sizzling Richmond in heat roasts readers outdoors
Richmond endures scorching heat with 93 degree noon, humid air, and fans failing to cool. People avoid meals, sleep outdoors again, and seek shade as health officers advise light clothing. storm coverage follows with deadly tornadoes in the Midwest and extensive damage across Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Iowa.
Water Works Seeks Lower Valuation From Review Board
Richmond city faces higher taxes as Water Works asks the board of review to set a lower valuation, proposing $425,510 versus last year’s figure. The process covered items from lands to real estate, transmission, and working capital, with the board leaning toward the commission’s total value of about $552,720 and 75 percent tax assessment.
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Public Service Commission
Board of Review
Byram Robbins
Commission
State Public Utilities Commission
Hand
Richmond
Robbins
Water Works Company
Sesslon
Ania
Toombany
Zacatecas Taken Rumor Suppressed by State Department
Washington June 24 The stain department received a report claiming Zacatecas was captured by troops under General Villa and that Federal forces under General Barron were scattered. The state department did not generally credit the report and no official dispatches on Villa’s move have been received.
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Washington
Stain Department
Zacatecas
Villa
Barron
State Department
Coal meeting draws Midwest dealers to Indianapolis
At Indian apolis yesterday Michigan Indiana and Ohio coal dealers attended the meeting. A film depicted coal production from mining to home delivery, shown for benott of the dchaptca.
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Co. S. Heet
Fred Hackman
Hackman, Klebroth Company
A. Harsh
Harsh Company
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Indianapolis
Si Benott
Dchaptca
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Palm Beach
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