Drugists Oppose One Cent Postage Meeting in Grand Rapids
The Michigan Pharmaceutical Association opposed one cent postage at Grand Rapids during a meeting where C H Jongejan of Grand Rapids was elected president. The executive committee will select the 1916 convention city, with Detroit favored. Officers elected include W H Fox, Roy Collins, John Steketee, and D D Alton. Secretary Alton re-elected. Traveling pharmacists’ association officers were also named. Gov Perris and Univ of Michigan pharmacy dean Schietterbeck spoke at a banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association
Grand Rapids
Stevens
Cr. H. Jongejan
Detroit
W. H. Fox
Coldwater
Roy Collins
Frankfort
John Steketee
D. D. Alton
Fremont
Alton
Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ Association
W. H. Martin
F. E. Wicks
Paul Hirth
F. L. Raymond
W. S. Lawton
F. D. Kramer
R. L. Shannon
M. A. Jones
Ypsilanti
George Halpin
Safe Crossings Is Aim of Board
The Michigan railroad commission will study highway crossings for safety starting July 1 during its annual field inspections of steam and electric roads. A 1918 law authorizes joint action by the railroad and state highway departments to modify dangerous crossings with plans submitted to both agencies. If a crossing is deemed a menace, it must be altered, including possible grade 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 Michigan Authors association banquet in Detroit arguing war will drive a global literature appealing to humanity. Banqueters heard readings by Winfield Lionel Scott and Peter Grant. Adam Strohm described plans for a new library to become the Midwest region’s greatest reference library for American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Cameron
Michigan Authors’ Association
Detroit
Winfield Lionel Scott
Peter Grant
Adam Strohm
Middle West
Fair Board Organizes Michigan Commission Elects Leaders
Members of the Michigan fair commission met with Governor Ferris to discuss plans for spending their appropriation of 59.0 percent for the purpose of building up the premium lists of the various fair. John Betchrem of Hastings was elected president of the commission. rant Socum of Detroit, vice president. Alfred Allen of Mason, secretary and Robert D. Graham of Grand Rapids, treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Fair Commission
Ferris
John Betchrem
Hastings
Rant Socum
Detroit
Alfred Allen
Mason
Robert D. Graham
Grand Raves
Stand by President Say Bar Men
The Michigan State Bar association in session at Lansing adopted a resolution declaring support for the president in defending neutrals and human laws of nations amid wartime. The article notes Professor Robert E. Bunker predicting judges' recall agitation will wane and discusses court reform and the Michigan judicature act. It also covers appointments in the labor department, legal reforms, and new corporate filings in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Bar Association
Lansing
United States
Bunker
Robert E. Bunker
University of Michigan
Michigan Bar Association
Ann Arbor
Professor Bunker
Alvah M. Cummings
John J. Carton
Flint
Association
Conference at Michigan Agricultural College for rural church admin issues
East Lansing reports arrangements for a conference at Michigan Agricultural College for pastors and laymen on rural church administration. The event runs July 5 to 16. In Kalamazoo, Mrs. Minerva Turner, 60, died after an automobile she rode in overturned an embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Michigan Agricultural College
Kalamazoo
Minerva Turner
Chicago's Great Trike 19 Over Ends Strike With Mayor Referee
Chicago ends a long street railway strike with Mayor Thompson named referee. Motormen and conductors on surface and elevated lines return to work pending arbitration. Arbitration panel to include a third decisive member, with initial conferees kept under lock in the mayor's office overnight. Oak Park elevated line already operating under federal receivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thompson
Board of Arbitration
Aldermanic Committee
Jacob M. Dickinson
Secre of War
William J. Calhoun
China
Samuel Alschuler
Owen P. Thompson
Jacksonville
State Board of Public Utilities
Judge Landis
Carpenter
Federal Court
Fitch
Appellate Court
L. D. Bland
Henry A. Blair
Leonard A. Busby
Britton I. Budd
Aldermanic
Oak Park
Oak Park Company
Kohlsaat
Zeppelin Raid Kills and Wounds In London
New York reports describe a large number of casualties from a Zeppelin raid on London. H. D. Watson, an American businessman, said he witnessed a tram filled with dead and wounded near South Kensington after the attack. He noted the Savoy and St James Hotel staff helping evacuate victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
West End
H. D. Watson
New York Automobile Company
St. Paul
Savoy
South Kensington
Hotel St. James
Submarine U-14 Sunk Confirmed by German Admiralty
Berlin reports the German admiralty confirms the sinking of U-14 by British forces. A. J. Balfour’s earlier public statement is validated, detailing the last submarine destroyed.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Twenty One Shipwrecked Men Reach Port London
Advices from Stornoway Scotland report that 21 shipwrecked men have arrived at the port. Their vessel the Norwegian steamer Duranger was lost at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stornoway
Scotland
Duranger
Chicago Doctors Nurses Sail to Front on Nieuw Amsterdam
Thirty two physicians and surgeons and seventy five nurses from Chicago hospitals sailed for the French front aboard the Holland-American liner Nieuw Amsterdam. The dispatch from New York dated June 17 notes the contingent will join Allied forces in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moe
U. S
New York
Chicago
Nieuw Amsterdem
Eighteen Die In Storm Ravaging Wisconsin
Milwaukee reports show eighteen dead and sixty injured from a violent tornado storm crossing Wisconsin from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan. Ferryville and nearby towns bear the worst damage with seven dead and eighteen injured near Ferryville, five killed across the river in Lansing, Illinois. Several cities including Racine Reedsburg Baraboo Oshkosh Madison Tunnel City Sparta and Eau Claire report injuries. Mendota saw brakeman Frank Roles killed from a wind storm impact. The Frontenac steamer, carrying an excursion party, was wrecked and sunk after a gale struck the Mississippi bridge at Winona but the pilot beached the vessel to save lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
Ferryville
Lansing
Mississippi
Racine
Reedsburg
Baraboo
Oshkosh
Madison
Tunnel City
Sparta
Eau Claire
Miwaukee
Mendota
Frank Roles
Illinois Central
Frontenac
Winona
Invaders Take Monfalcone
Austrians destroyed a stronghold as Italian troops advance toward Trieste. From hills near Monfalcone the Italians see the city they aim to capture, a key electrical supply center and shipyards. Monfalcone flag raised on Venetian ruins after occupation. Austrian fortifications at Possacchio abandoned near Matassone.
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Trent
Udine
Italy
Trieste
Monfalcone
Austria
Arsa
Rovereto
Possacchio
Matassone
Mexico Peace Near Gates Optimistic White House View
President Wilson expressed optimism that a peaceful settlement in Mexico could be reached. Manuel Bonilla, envoy for General Villa, echoed strong hopes for an early agreement as the State Department awaited General Carranza's reply to Villa’s telegrams proposing talks to establish permanent peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Manuel Bonilla
General Villa
Mexico
Bonilla
State Department
Carranzi
Bodies retrieved at sea after Lusitania tragedy
Two Lusitania victims were recovered by a trawler and landed at Queenstown on June 17 with baggage marked Skelling. Authorities began immediate efforts to identify the two deceased.
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Queenstown
Wilson appoints two federal posts in June
President Wilson names William H. Clare of Joliet as appraiser of merchandise in the customs collection and Lester Babcock of Michigan as marshal at Foochow China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
William H. Clare
Joliet
Lester Babcock
Michigan
Foochow
Cina
Bomb raids on Karlsruhe and European fronts report
Berlin says Karlsruhe open town bombed killing eleven civilians and wounding six. One enemy plane downed. another forced to land near Schirmeck. In France, French losses heavy at Lievin Arras. attacks repulsed. Troops advance Lopowo Kalwaria. seized Gadmoroszec and other bridges. Russian front gains noted. various positions retaken or attacked with retreats.
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Berlin
Karlsruhe
Schirmeck
Lieven
Arras
Moulin Sous Touvent
Champagne
Perthes
Lesmesnin
Lopowo
Kalwaria
Gadmoroszec
Chorzele
Czerwonagera
Bolimow
von Mackensen
Jaworow
Przemysi-Lemberg
von der Marwitz
Mosciska
Linsingen
Zokol
United States Envoy to See Kaiser Before Reply
Washington June 17 Officials say Ambassador Gerard will meet Kaiser Wilhelm before Germany's formal reply to Washington on submarine warfare and mediation. Berlin had at first thought the U S would not mediate between Germany and England over attacks on neutral vessels and foodstuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Gerard
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Berlin
England
Illinois Law Upheld For Railroads To Furnish Cars
Supreme Court sustains Illinois statute requiring railroads to furnish loading cars within a reasonable time after shippers offer property for transportation. Mulberry Mill Coal Co of Freeburg, Illinois won $716.92 against Illinois Central Railway in Illinois court, upheld by Illinois Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
Mulberry Mill Coal Company
Freeburg
Ili
Illinois
Illinois Central Railway
Supreme Court of Illinois
High Court
Italians capture Ploeken as Serbs seize Albanian towns
Rome reports the capture of Ploeken, fifteen miles south of the Laibach Innsbruck railway, by Italian forces on Friday. Concurrently Serbians seized Elbasan and Tirana in Albania and advanced toward Durazzo on the Adriatic, fifty miles from Dalmatia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ploeken
Rome
Laibach
Innsbruck
Austria
Elbasan
Tirana
Albania
Durazzo
Adriatic Sea
Dalmatia
Georgia Lawyer Appointed Panama Zone District Attorney
President Wilson announced on June 16 that Charles B. Williams of Georgia will serve as the district attorney for the Panama Canal Zone. Williams is named to oversee legal affairs in the key waterway region under U.S. administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Hammell
Cunningham
James F. Hammell
Lansing
Labor Department
C. A. Verleyhn
Industrial Accident Board
Hammell
Hammel
Canal Zone
Washington
Wilson
Charles B. Williams
Georgia
Panama Canal Zone
England Seeks Extra War Cost Estimate in Parliament
London reports an additional estimate of 1.25 billion dollars for England's wartime outlay in the year ending March 1916. The rise stems from greater munition needs and higher ongoing war demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Andrew Carnegie Rests Quietly at Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor June 16 Andrew Carnegie is in seclusion. Mrs. Carnegie says he will have absolute quiet due to illness described as an attack of influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Bar Harbor
Carnegie
U. S. Rules Blockade Illegal in British Policy Note
Washington reports the United States plans to demand Britain adhere to international law in naval actions and neutral commerce. The State Department prepares a note to Britain asserting two illegal aspects: extending blockade to neutral ports and unequal application against Scandinavia. It also challenges Britain’s payback claim as lacking legal right to force American sellers to transact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Germany
State Department
Lansing
London
Britain
Germany Receives U S Note as Ambassador Presents Response
Ambassador Gerard delivered the American note to the German foreign office in Berlin on Friday. The note was printed in full and featured prominently in Berlin papers with headlines such as America Stands Firm and A Very Solemn Warning. The official reception was described as favorable in quarters.
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Gerard
Foreign Office
Berlin
Germany
London
America
Postage Rate Effectively Cut Between Dutch West Indies and U S
A two cent reduction in letter postage becomes effective for correspondence between the Dutch West Indies and the United States. The adjustment lowers shipping costs for residents and businesses shipping mail between the territories, with implications for trade and communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch West Indies
United States
King Honors Buckmaster in Peerage Grant
London June 17. The king conferred a peerage on Sir Stanley Buckmaster elevating him to Baron Buckmaster of Cheddington marking another step in his notable rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckmaster
London
Sir Stanley Buckmaster
Baron Buckmaster of
Cheddington
Selgians Grateful to U S for Relief Work
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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C. H. Jonger
Authors of
Fair Board
Strand Theater
Gasdlock Sales Company
Charles R. Chisholm
Robert G. Clark
Roy B. Johnston
Walcott Grain Company
Saginaw
News OF the
Sir Edgar Speyer
Perce
Binderwood
Edgar Speyer
Edgar
Frankfort On the Main
Speyer
Karlsrure
Teuton
Kaiser
Duke D’aosi
d’Aosta
U. S&s
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