Drugists Oppose One Cent Postage Meeting in Grand Rapids
Michigan pharmaceutical association opposition to one cent postage emerges at Grand Rapids as the Stevens bill to standardize prices gains favor. Election of C H Jengejan as president. Detroit favored to host 1916 meeting. officers and traveling merchants listed. banquet attendance by Gov Woodbridge Ferris and UM scholar. Bar association endorses pro neutral rights stance, pledging support to the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association
Grand Rapids
Stevens
Graz
Rebatinge
H. Jengejan
Detroit
W. H. Fox
Coldwater
Roy Collins
Frankfort
John Steketee
Grama Rapids
D. D. al Eeutia
Travelers’ Association
W. H. Martin
F. E. Wicks
Paul Hirth
F. L. Raymond
W. S. Lawton
F. D Kramer
R. L. Shannon
M.A. James
Ypsilanti
George Halim
J. J. Dooley
W. F. Griffith
Howell
H. B. Tharer
F. W. Kerr
Detreit
The
Pharmaceutical Association
Gov. Woodbridge MN. Ferris
J. O. Schliotterbeck
School of Pharmacy
University of Michigan
Michigan State Bar Association
United States
Safe Crossings Aim of Board for Rail Crossings
The Michigan railroad commission plans a July 1 field inspection of steam and electric roads with a new approach to highway crossings. The 1918 legislature gave joint authority to the railroad and highway departments where danger is evident. Plans for crossings must be submitted to both commissions, and any crossing deemed a menace must be changed, possibly requiring state separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
State Highway Department
Highway Commissioner
Authors of State Meet at Banquet in Detroit
Charles D Cameron spoke at the fifth annual banquet of the Michigan Authors association in Detroit urging a world literature appealing to humanity and a war driven path to closer global understanding. Readings were given by Winfield Lionel Scott and Peter Grant. Strohm outlined plans for a new library aiming to be the finest reference library for American history in the middle West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Cameron
Michigan Authors’ Association
Detroit
Winfield Lionel Scott
Peter Grant
Strohm
Middle West
Feir Bcard Organizes Michigan fair commission
Members of the Michigan fair commission met with Governor Ferris to discuss plans to spend their appropriation of 54.00 for building up premium lists. Hastings Was giect 2 president of the commission, STecerm of Detroit, vice president Alfred Allen of Mason, secretary 27 Robert D. Graham of Grand cs. aourer.
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Michigan Fair Commeissiom
Ferris
Werious
Hastings
Giect
Eet Stecerm
Detroit
Alfred Allen
Mason
Robert D. Graham
Grand cs. _ aourer
Professor Bunker Blames Judges at Michigan Bar Talk
Professor Robert E. Bunker of the University of Michigan told the Michigan Bar convention in Lansing that criticism of the judiciary fears reform talk more than action and noted judges provoke some recall and reform chatter. He urged focus on court procedure and emphasized the push to simplify and modernize statutes to reduce needless litigation and court burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Bunker
University of Michigan
Michigan Bar Association
Lansing
Ann Arbor
Professor Bunker
Bunker
Alvah M. Cummings
John J. Carton
Flint
Labor Department Names James F Hammell as Chief Deputy
Labor Commissioner Cunningham announced James F Hammell of Lansing will be chief deputy of the labor department, succeeding C A Verleyhn who on June 15 becomes an inspector and agent for the industrial accident board. Hammell, currently chief clerk, will see the chief deputy and chief clerk roles merged. appointment takes effect Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
Cunningham
James F. Hammell
Lansing
Labor Department
C. A. Verleyhn
Industrial Accident Board
Hammell
Hammel
Michigan Firms File Articles of Incorporation
The secretary of state records reveal filings by Strand Theater Detroit with capital changes from 80 000 to 50 000. Gasdlock Sales Company Detroit lists officers Charles R. Chisholm Robert G. Clark Roy B. Johnston. The Walcott Grain Company Saginaw shows capital of 9 000.
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Michigan
Strand Theater
Detroit
Gasdlock Sales Company
Charles R. Chisholm
Robert G. Clark
Roy B. Johnston
Walcott Grain Company
Saginaw
Conference for rural church administration at Michigan Agricultural College
East Lansing reports arrangements for a pastors and laymen conference on rural church administration at Michigan Agricultural College. The event runs from July 5 to 16, featuring discussions on governance and practical admin issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Michigan Agricultural College
Chicago Street Railway Strike Ends After Roundtable
Chicago's long street railway strike ends with a victory for the workers. Mayor Thompson presides as referee after eight hours of talks with the aldermanic committee, union officials, and traction managers. Arbitration will include three members and a third deciding arbiter. Oak Park line operations resume under federal receivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thompson
Board of Arbitration
Aldermanic Committee
Jacob M. Dickinson
William J. Calhoun
China
Samuel Alschuler
Owen P. Thompson
Jacksonville
State Board of Public Utilities
Landis
Carpenter
Federal Court
Fitch
Appellate Court
Kohlsaat
Teuton Raiders Kill Many in Zeppelin Raid
New York reports quote H. D. Watson of an American auto firm describing a London Zeppelin raid that caused numerous deaths and injuries in the West End. He said he saw a tram filled with bodies and wounded near South Kensington after the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
West End
H. D. Watson
New York Automobile Company
St. Paul
Savoy
South Kensington
Hotel St. James
German U-14 sunk by British claim confirmed
Berlin confirms the sinking of the German submarine U-14 by British forces. The German admiralty states the last submarine to go down was U-14, corroborating A. J. Balfour’s earlier remarks in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Amsterdam
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Twenty One Shipwrecked Men Reach Port of Stornoway
Advices from Stornoway Scotland report that 21 shipwrecked men have arrived there. Their vessel the Norwegian steamer Duranger was lost at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stornoway
Scotland
Duranger
Chicago Medical Staff Sail for French Front on Nieuw Amsterdam
Thirty two physicians and surgeons and seventy five nurses from Chicago hospitals sail for the French fighting line aboard the Holland American liner Nieuw Amsterdam. The departure occurs as Allied forces prepare to bolster medical and support services near the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moe
U. S
New York
Chicago
Nieuw Amsterdam
Eighteen Die in Storm Sweeping Wisconsin
Eighteen people are dead and about sixty injured as a violent tornado storm lashed Wisconsin from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan. Ferryville saw seven dead and eighteen injured. Lansing Iowa and Racine and Reedsburg reported multiple fatalities and injuries. Milwaukee had two hurt. damage included destruction along a twelve mile strip near Ferryville and the Frontenac steamer sinking after collision with a bridge at Winona.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
Ferryville
Lansing
Mississippi
Racine
Reedsburg
Baraboo
Oshkosh
Madison
Tunnel City
Sparta
Eau Claire
St Reedsburg
Mendota
Ill
Frank Roles
Ilinois Central
Frontenac
Winona
Invaders Take Monfalcone
Italian troops nearing Trieste view the city from Monfalcone hill as a major objective of the campaign. Monfalcone, key electrical and shipbuilding hub for Trieste, is seized and Italians raise their flag on a Venetian era tower ruin. Austrians abandon Fort Possacchio near Matassone as Italian forces advance toward Rovereto.
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Udine
Italy
Trieste
Monfalcone
Austria
Arsa
Rovereto
Trent
Possacchio
Matassone
Mexico Peace Near Said by Wilson and Bonilla
Washington June 17 President Wilson and Manuel Bonilla envoy of General Villa expressed optimism for an early peaceful settlement in Mexico. Wilson told callers the situation is shaping up and a peaceful arrangement is likely. Bonilla voiced strong hopes that peace will be reached as the State Department awaits General Carranzi's reply to Villa's telegrams proposing permanent peace arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Manuel Bonilla
General Villa
Mexico
Bonilla
State Department
Carranzi
Bodies Retrieved at Queenstown from Lusitania Crisis
Two Lusitania victims were recovered at sea by a trawler and brought to Queenstown with baggage marked Skelling. Authorities began identification efforts immediately.
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Queenstown
Wilson appoints two new customs and trade appointees
President Wilson names William H. Clare of Joliet as appraiser of merchandise in the customs collection and Lester Babcock of Michigan as demarsh at Foochow China with duties in the foreign service from Washington on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
William H. Clare
Joliet
Lester Babcock
Michigan
de Marshs
Foochow
China
Bombing of Karlsruhe and Allied Front Losses Reported
Berlin reports Karlsruhe bombed by enemy aircraft. eleven civilians killed and six injured. One enemy plane downed, occupants killed, another forced to land near Schirmeck. In western theater French suffer defeats near Lieven and Arras. exchanges continue north of Moulin Sous Touvent with trenches retaken and gains claimed elsewhere. Russian fronts noted gains by German forces near Lopowo Kalwaria and Gadmoroszec. Moscow area mentioned advances near Zokol and Mosciska.
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Berlin
Karlsruhe
Schirmeck
Lieven
Arras
Moulin Sous Touvent
Champagne
Perthes
Lesmesnin
Lopowo
Kalwaria
Gadmoroszec
Chorzele
Czerwonagera
Bolimow
von Mackensen
Jaworow
Przemysl-Lemberg
von der Marwitz
Mosciska
Linsingen
Zokol
Pole
United States Envoy to Discuss With Kaiser Before Reply
Washington June 17 officials say Ambassador Gerard will meet Kaiser Wilhelm before Germany replies to Washington. The meeting, if confirmed, would be a major development and overshadows other actions. Berlin had suggested the United States might not mediate on submarine attacks on neutral ships and England’s food blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Gerard
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Berlin
England
Illinois law upheld railroads must furnish cars to shippers
The U S Supreme Court ruled an Illinois law requiring railroads to furnish cars within a reasonable time after shippers offer property for transport is constitutional. Mulberry Mill Coal Co of Freeburg, Illinois, won $716.92 against Illinois Central Ry in Illinois courts. the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed, and the U S Supreme Court upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
Mulberry Mill Coal Company
Freeburg
Illinois Central Railway
Supreme Court of Illinois
High Court
Italians seize Ploeken as Serbian advances reach Albania
Rome June 14 reports the capture by Italian forces of Ploeken fifteen miles south of the Laibach Innsbruck railway in Austria. Simultaneously Serbians seized Elbasan and Tirana in Albania and pressed toward Durazzo on the Adriatic, fifty miles from Dalmatia's southern edge.
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Ploeken
Rome
Laibach
Innsbruck
Austria
Elbasan
Tirana
Albania
Durazzo
Adriatic Sea
Dalmatia
Williams Named District Attorney for Panama Zone
Washington June 16 President Wilson named Charles B Williams of Georgia district attorney for the Panama canal zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Zone
Washington
Wilson
Charles B. Williams
Georgia
Panama Canal Zone
England Seeks Extra War Funding in Parliament
London June 16. An additional estimate of 1 250 000 000 dollars was introduced in parliament for England's war costs in the year ending March 1916. The increase covers higher demand for munitions and supplies.
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England
London
Andrew Carnegie in Seclusion at Bar Harbor
Andrew Carnegie rests in absolute quiet at Bar Harbor Maine following illness described as a bout of influenza. Mrs. Carnegie stated he is to have complete quiet and privacy during recovery.
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Andrew Carnegie
Bar Harbor
Carnegie
Mrs. Carnegie
U. S. Claims British Blockade Is Illegal
Washington reports the United States prepared to argue that Britain's blockade violates international law. The note asserts that the blockade cannot extend to neutral ports and must apply equally to all, denying Britain right to compel American owners to sell. It outlines distinctions between contraband and non contraband cargoes and notes Britain’s offer to pay contract prices.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Germany
State Department
Britain
Gerard presents American note to German foreign office
Ambassador Gerard delivered the United States note to the German foreign office in Berlin on Friday. The reception was reported as favorable in official quarters. Berlin papers gave the note full print and prominent play in their editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerard
Foreign Office
Berlin
Germany
London
Two Cent Letter Rate Expanded to West Indies
Washington announces a post office action effective immediately establishes a two-cent postage rate between the United States and the Dutch West Indies. The measure tightens international mail terms and affects mail flow with Caribbean territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Dutch West Indies
United States
King Honors Buckmaster Peerage Award
London June 17 reports the King conferred a peerage on Sir Stanley Buckmaster, elevating him to Baron Buckmaster of Cheddington. The honor marks another notable advancement for the long-serving statesman and lawyer.
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Buckmaster
London
Sir Stanley Buckmaster
Baron Buckmester
Cheddington
Belgians thank U S for relief work in Belgium
Washington June 17 The gratitude of the people of Belgium for American relief work in their country was expressed to President Wilson by Soren Listoe American consul general at Rotterdam
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U. S. Washington
Belgium
Wilson
Soren Listoe
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C. H.jonger
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Feir Bcard
J. F. Hammell
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Kalamazoo
Minerva Turner
Sir Edgar Speyer
Tae
Edgar Speyer
Edgar
Frankfort-on-the- Malin
Speyer
Teuton
Kaiser
Illinois
Duke D
Aosia
D’aosta
West Indies
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