Suffragette Escapes in Men's Clothing in London
Miss Lillian Lenton, a militant Suffragette held after a garden fire at Kew, escaped in male clothes from custody as her sentence neared expiry. She had recently been released during a hunger strike. In Birmingham a large unoccupied mansion was burned by the Suffragette Arson squad leaving cards demanding release.
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London
Lillian Lenton
Kew Botanical Gardens
Birmingham
England
Sisseton Grants Municipal Saloon Licenses
Sisseton South Dakota voters approved two saloon licenses to W. E. Bollenbeck starting July 1. Bollenbeck will run the establishments for an $1800 salary, with profits split fifty percent to the county road fund and the remainder to the city treasury.
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South Dakota
Bollenbeck
County Road Fund
Soldiers on Mexican border blamed for unruly conduct
Washington June 20. Charges that American soldiers on the Mexican border are as lawless as border roving bands were presented to Secretary of War Garrison by J J Kilpatrick of Candelaria Texas. He claimed soldiers were unruly tenfold and failed to protect American interests in the territory.
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Washington
J. J. Kilpatrick
Candelaria
Texas
Book Rental Plan Adopted by Local Schools
The Board of Education approves a book rental system to lower pupil costs for books and supplies. Under the plan the district will provide all books and supplies. fees are $1 per term for primary, $2.50 for grammar, and $4 for high school, with old books bought for credit toward future fees.
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Board of Education
J. A. Duncan
Columbus
Jamaica Banana Planters Alarmed by US Duty Cable
Kingston reports wide consternation among banana planters after a Washington cable said the United States will impose a duty on bananas. Planters warn the tax would deal a serious blow to Jamaica, a major British colony's principal industry.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Washington
United States
Wilson urges immediate currency reform in Congress
President Wilson twice read his currency message to Congress urging urgent Banking and Currency reform to aid tariff revisions. He endorsed the Glass bill indirectly, backing direct Federal Reserve oversight to prevent regional fund concentration, while critics gathered in rain for his address. The scene stood as a broad push for swift financial reform in 1913.
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Wilson
Congress
Washington
Three Negroes Held After Dublin Murder Case
Three men Joe May Henry Kitchens and Smith Harris all residents of Dublin are jailed in Macon for safe keeping charged with the murder of merchant J T Howell and his wife. The trio was moved to avoid a vigilante mob after the Hewells were robbed of about one thousand dollars and slain near Dublin.
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Reid
Stacey
Dublin
J. T. Howell
Long Branch
Imen
Macon
Joe May
Henry Kitchens
Smith Harris
Hewells
Watermelon Season Opens in County Cities and Railheads
The watermelon season begins with producers from several towns and adjoining counties. acreage this year is smaller than last but crop prospects look bright. Watermelon and railroad workers from the Middle West are arriving, with about fifty expected in the city to serve as the section's headquarters.
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Ota
Sunpmnrsee
Middle West
Tesco
Yearns for Kidnapping: Three Men Guilty in Salem
In Salem Illinois on June 20 a jury found Frank Sullens and Ernest Harrison guilty of kidnapping Dorothy Holt last March. Sullens admitted kidnapping and leading Holt to an abandoned mine where Harrison was to pay five dollars. Holt was located in critical condition.
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Salem
Ill
Frank
Sullens
Ernest Harrison
Dorothy
Holt
Harrison
Wealthy eight race Yale varsity boat
New London Conn June 20 approximately forty five million dollars will be inherited by the eight men who will row in Har vard s varsity boat race against Yale this afternoon Their fortunes range from one million to twenty five million dollars The entrants include members of the Morgan Moyer Murray Chanter and Trumblee Hart ford families and the Mills of Oregon Yale is coached by Averell Harriman heir to a seventy million dollar estate
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New London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Morgan, Moyer, Murray
Chanter
New York
Trumblee
Hartford
Boston
Mills
Oregon
Averell Harriman
Harvard Defeats Yale In New London Regatta Varsity
In New London on June 20 Harvard crews won the four-oared varsity and the Freshman eight-oared races in the annual regatta, defeating Yale in both events.
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New London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Study Glas Bets Park Ownership by Thomasville Study Class
The Thomasville Study Class announces the purchase of Magnolia Park in a cash deal completed on Saturday. The park becomes property of the class, with full title transferred, and will be opened to the public once restored. The group thanks local citizens and Northern visitors for their support. The park will be maintained for public enjoyment and benefit for generations.
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Thomasville
Magnolia Park
School massacre shocks Bremen as ex-teacher fires on pupils
A former teacher named Schmidt opened fire at a Bremen school on June 20, killing a teacher and two children. He wounded another teacher and two more children fatally, with three additional children seriously injured before being arrested. Schmidt gave no motive.
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Bremen
Germany
Iery
Schmidt
Wilson Address on Currency Legislation Set for Joint Session
Washington June 20 The House passed a concurrent resolution for a joint session to hear President Wilson read his address on currency legislation. The measure moves to the Senate for action.
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Capitol
Wilson
Congress
House
Senate
Washington
President to Sign Labor Prohibition Sundry Civil Bill
After a cabinet meeting at the White House it was announced that President Wilson would sign the sundry civil appropriation bill. The measure bars funds from aiding prosecutions of labor unions and farmers' organizations under the Sherman anti trust law.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Georgian Falls From Aeroplane Over Chesapeake Bay
Ensign W R Billings of Mississippi was killed when the hydro aeroplane capsized over Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis. J W Towers of Georgia was seriously hurt as they flung from the craft at about sixteen hundred feet. Towers remained in the machine and was rushed to a hospital. search for Billings’ body continues.
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Washington
Mississippi
J. W. Towers
Georgia
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
Billings
Towers
Lilling
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