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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1916
Page
3
Relatives of Edgar Johnson offer rewards for information leading to the pastor's location. A wife and two children remain in Danville while authorities and relatives search, noting he was seen near his home after being last identified in East St. Louis and Belleville. Community seeks tips to locate him and bring him to trial or safety.
In St Louis on June 13 Rear admirals Hugo Osterhaus and Richard Wainwright, both retired, travel to attend the navy league convention and present resolutions endorsing naval policy. The delegation includes R. M. Thong of New York and Henry Breckinridge, former assistant secretary of war. They will stay at Planters Hotel after stopping in Chicago last week.
The Indiana delegation packs St Louis with Taft era ties while lining up special badges and roles. Senator Taggart Norman Mack and key Hoosier officials organize escorts pages doorkeepers and tenants at arms as Indiana touts its influence and hopes for favorable Missouri convention outcomes.
In St Louis on June 3 the Sullivan steering committee signals new life for the Roger Sullivan vice presidential boom. Boosters claim Sullivan can deliver 40 votes controlled by Tammany’s Loss Charles F. Murphy and stress his potential to strengthen Wilson’s ticket. Critics doubt the boom but acknowledge added color to the preliminaries as Marshall’s renomination seems assured. James M. Dailey hails Sullivan on the ticket’s lift for the slate and party supremacy in Midwest politics.
Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor arrived in St Louis with a delegation including John E B Lemon Henry Perham J Louis Joseph Valeh and Frank Morrison to urge Democratic platform labor reform. The group planned discussions with committee after conferring in Chicago and before the platform is adopted.
Washington June 13 The Supreme Court denied the Indians the right to fish and hunt without regard to state laws on the 4 000 000 acre Western New York estates ceded to the government in 1797 with the promise that tribesmen and their heirs would retain fishing and hunting privileges The ruling followed an appeal by Senecast convicted of spearing fish in violation of a New York statute Justice Hughes prepared the opinion before his resignation
Washington June 3 Missouri railroads failed to obtain a retrial of the confiscation issue in the state suit to recover excess fares paid during litigation over the 2 cent passenger rate law. The court struck out the contention as settled by Justice Hughes Tate decision. Washington June 13 The Supreme Court sustained the right of the supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias to re rate members in 1910 causing a rise in dues for fourth class members.
A condensed market note shows steady prices for milling wheat and corn in Indianapolis with bids around 108 for flour grain, cattle and hogs receipts and price ranges noted. A consular report cites Holland’s per capita wealth rise by 60 dollars since the war began, and a gasoline tractor invention is mentioned.
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