Registration boards named to serve exemption panels
Washington June 11 plans to form local exemption boards with a physician on each to test applicants for conscription. If two doctors disagree the second examination decides. Officials say county physicians sheriffs and clerks would sit on boards. Congress faces attempts to influence board selections but political interference is unlikely to be tolerated.
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Washington, D.C
Pew Army
W Board of Lawyers
Jerists
Lord Northcliffe Reaches America Arrival Report
A fragmented note reports Lord Northcliffe arriving in America under Lord Notte York. The British publisher is said to have reached the country today with a brief statement indicating he is now in American hands.
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Notte York
Pepe
American vessel Magnus Manson sunk by German submarine
The American vessel Magnus Manson was sunk by bombs and gunfire from a German submarine. The crew reportedly reached shore near Plymouth Harbor. Police investigate a strange note about Esther Petersen found in a physician’s office, but details remain unclear.
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United Press
London
Magnus Manson
Gir
Minniapolis
Minn
M.A. Hatch
Esther Petersen
Mob Seizes Sheriff Amid Keets Case Chaos Near Stockton
Springfield mob overruns a sheriff near Stockton Missouri and abducts Claude Piersol and Taylor Adams from custody. They flee with promises to lynch if new evidence does not prove guilt. Piersol allegedly led the conspiracy. the hoard claims innocence after hours of coercion.
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Springfield
Stock +ton
Lloyd Keet
Claude Piersol
Taylor
Adams
Stockton
Plersol
Tela
Prissoners
Pierce
Kan ¢ &Sas City
Red Cross drives enrollment tops 1606 in county drive
The Daviess County Chapter of the Red Cross closed a four day drive with 1606 members enrolled. Former congressman Willem A Callus spoke at the final night parade, after a band and veterans led by a new car prize. Local officers praised the effort and plans for meetings in Elora Plainville and other towns were set.
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Daviess County
Red Cros
Cami
Baign Ttruts
Willem A Callus
Lot
Mar
Cutlop
Europe
Hed Cross
Emers
Elrora
Plainville
Elnora
Flainville
Big Step Toward National Prohibition Taken Today
Washington June 11 a senate judiciary committee reported out the Sheppard prohibition bill with the recommendation that it be passed by the senate. The drive in congress for war prohibition continues with a tax on distilled spirits and aims to stop both sale and manufacture of intoxicants during the war.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Congress
Resignation Shocks Parish as Pastor W. Roland Leaves
Health forces Rev W Roland to resign from St Simon's parish in Washington. He plans a vacation after nearly a year of grave illness and will be replaced April 1 by Rev Beis, who has overseen church and school improvements including a new boys school building. An interim Benedictine will serve until a canonical examination confirms a new pastor.
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Simon
W. ¥. Roland
Washington
Father Boland
St. Simon's
St. Mary's of the Woods
Father Beis
Reve
St. Simon’s
Indiana
Holy Name Society of Fig Congregation
Pershing's Advance Guard Reaches Paris
General Pershing's advance guard reached Paris today as officials prepared a grand reception. The public had not been informed of the arrival, and only a few local officials were present to welcome them. Paris plans a large reception for Major General Pershing.
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United Press
Pershing
Paris
Explosion on Erie freight train kills two drain men
Ft Wayne report states two drain men died and a third man wounded when a boiler exploded aboard an Erie freight train traveling 35 miles per hour. Eight derailed cars left wreckage hundreds of feet from the track as the engineer and a brake man perished and the fireman suffered injuries.
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Ft Wayne
Erie
Ten More Rescued From Black Butte Mine Tragedy
Butte Montana June 11 ten more entombed miners were found alive and brought to safety today from the Specu later mine. This leaves only eighty counted to be rescued as the mine tragedy continues to unfold with ongoing relief efforts and uncertain final outcomes.
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Butte
Mont
May Ask United States To Concentrate on Aviation
June 11. British airmen greatly aided the Mesmes victory and the air force’s success prompts a request to focus American military efforts on aviation. British pilots disrupted German air power and their cooperation signals a shift toward heavier aerial construction by the United States to overwhelm German air fighters in 1914.
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United States
Mesmnes
Cube
Germany
Convention To Map Out Home Rule For Ireland
London June 12 Irish parties agreed to a government plan for a convention to map out future home rule for Ireland. Premier Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons that the convention would include five delegates from each Irish political party and five reserve seats for the Sinn Féiners who refuse to participate. The government would nominate a chairman to preside.
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London
Une
Shell
Ireland
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lloyd George E
Fet
Chambers of Commerce
Sing
Daniels Says There a Traitor in the Navy
Secretary Daniels told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee that a spy or traitor operates in the Navy Department. He cited confidential reports forwarded by Senator Frelinghuysen to support accusations of laxity that caused accidents aboard the liners Mongolia and St Louis during gun practice.
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Navy Department
Daniels
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Mongolia
St. Louis
Kentucky Franchise Taxes Settled By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court issued a decisive ruling in a Kentucky franchise case, ruling for the railroads in a dispute over millions of dollars in taxes claimed by the state. The decision narrows the state's tax levies on railroad franchises, favoring the railroads in the heavy tax dispute.
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Shington
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Funeral of Keet Baby Attended by Thousands
Springfield Missouri June 11 The body of little Floyd Keet was burned here this afternoon Thousands attended the services Only immediate friends and relatives admitted to the home services The mother remains in a serious san sti on The baby was not drowned as first thought The coroner inquest found death resulted from exposure or may have been remothered
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Springfield
Little Floyd Keet
Rock Island Railroad Returns From Receiver to Stockholders
Chicago June 11 Federal Judge Carpenter granted the stockholders of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad a petition to take the system from receivership, where it had been since 1915, returning it to a reorganized committee amid the Helping Hand era.
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Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Macing Jt
Damages Sought Over Eye Injury From Gun Incident
Gerald Hayes for Hatcheld & Palmer seeks twenty thousand dollars for a boy allegedly blinded in one eye and hearing impaired after a bullet fired by another youth struck him. The complaint cites medical bills and permanent injury, alleging sales of cartridges to a boy under fourteen and of a gun to an inexperienced user.
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Gerald Hayes
Hatcheld & Palmer Company
Mary E. Tolson
Hayes
Bints
Hatheld É& Palmer ‘Company
Letanstars Ot Brody
Alvin
Vier
Jim Ant
Trearnes
Low Postage Rates and Fantastical Postage Claim
A fragment claims the cheapest postal service is Salil ceteetated Japan with letters traveling for two seu-above sevug tenths of no penny. The text is garbled and lacks verifiable details or clear entities.
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Salil
Liberty Bonds Urge June 14 Call in Daviess County
The county faces a serious situation as subscriptions to Liberty Bonds lag. On June 14 1917 at 3 pm churches schools courthouses and every city bell are urged to toll for five minutes at the start of each hour until midnight to spur donations. Banks are asked to stay open until midnight to maximize subscriptions under Chairman F Burke.
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Amelia
Daviess County
Philadelphia
Seriool House
Ef Court House
Ely
Address OY Alvin Padgett at St Simon's Church Flag Raising
Large crowds witnessed two flag raising exercises at St Simon's Church on a Sunday afternoon. Students from parochial schools paraded the streets, with six boys bearing a large American flag to the top of a sixty foot pole. Prof W E B Dillard and the high school band donated music including America and The Star Spangled Banner. Mayor McCarty chaired. Alvin Padgett spoke on unity and duty, praising the Red Cross and patriotism.
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St. Simon's
W. EB. Dillard
America
Tiei
Te Church
Spencer Boursholtzen
McCarty
Alvin Padgett
Red ‘Cross
Struggie
Valley Forge
Lake Erleith Jackson
New Orleans
Mexico
San Juan Hill
Humanity
Red Cross
Thes
Evers
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