Exoneration in Ivanhoe circus train wreck confirmed
Joint Indiana hearings in Hammond absolved all connected with the trains operation except engineer Alonzo Sargent. Ed Ballard reported 89 dead and missing, with 44 bodies burned beyond recognition. Threshing prices across multiple counties were fixed and contested by farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ivanhoe Circus
Alonzo Sargent
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Michigan Central Railroad
Ed Ballard
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
Seymour
Jackson County
State Food Administration
Indianapolis
Indiana
Anderson
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Sipher
Purdue University
Fouts
N. L. Hammond
John McCammack
E. R.arnold
A. E. Neier
Will T. O'Hair
Columbus
Bartholomew County Brotherhood of Thrashermew
Evansville
Union Township
Vanderburg County
Ross N. Atkinson
Paris Green
Winchester
Randolph County
Noblesville
Hamilton County
Frankfort
Clinton County Food Administration
Lafayette
Purdue University Agriculture Experiment Station
Greenfield
Cromer
Ernest Thornburg
Hancock County
Thornburg
Shelby
Johnson County
Enemies Routed at Belleau Wood as U S Troops Drive
American forces in France report heavy German losses after seven hours of combat at Belleau Wood with 311 prisoners taken, including seven officers. French and British forces also advance from Bailleul to southwest of Soissons. Italy reports strong Alpine fighting with Italian gains and 1,935 prisoners.
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Foch
Bailleul
Soissons
U.S
France
Belleau Wood
U. S
Marne
Henry P. Lenert, Jr
Chicago
Verdun
Italy
Washington
General March
General Pershing
United States
March
New York
Camp Upton
Bell
Pershing
War Department
London
Ourcy River
Mosley
Passy-En- Valois
Villers-Cotterets
Compeigne
Paris
Cutry
Bethune
Neippe
Amblemy
Montgobert
Paris War Office
Cutty
St. Pierre Eigie
Rome
Asiago
Col del Rosso
Col di Chelo
Monte di Val Bella
Austrian War Office
Lottery At Washington Adds To Strength Of The Army
The article lists draft lottery numbers assigned to Americas class of 1918 men who reached adulthood by June 5. It shows the registration number followed by its draw order, determining when each man would be called for service, with extensive sequences from 1 to 795 and beyond.
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Washington
America
How Men Will Be Assigned to Classes
All youths whose numbers were drawn will be assigned to the five classes based on the questionnaire now being mailed. New registrants go to the foot of the list in their class order by draw. Indications show all Class 1 registrants may be called before year’s end.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Gorgas
J. R. Eastman
Indiana Committee
National Council of Defense
Eastman
Indianapollis—County
Harry H. Barnard
John M. Thompson
Bartholomew County
State Council of Defense
Food Production and Conservation Committee
Frank N. Wallace
Kokomo
Kokomo Steel and Wire Company
Robert C. Baltzell
Zachary Taylor
Central Hospital For the Insane
Clermont
Harry E. Barnard
James P. Goodrich
Indiana State Board of Health
Pettersburg
Pike County
Petersburg
Jeffersonville
Indiana Reformatory
Putnamville
Meron
Woman’s Franchise League of Indiana
Union Christians ‘College
State Supreme Court
John W. Spencer
Evansville
French Airmen Down 21 German Planes Fire 6 Balloons
French airmen increased raids along the front reporting 21 German planes brought down or put out of action and six captive balloons set on fire. The June 30 tally matched the prior night’s claim. Allied bombing then struck aviation grounds in Picardy and Villers Carbonnel with casualties reported at Mannheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
War Office
Ment
Picardy
Roye
Villers-Carbonnel
Mannheim
Germany
Basle
Invention Claims Shield to Destroy Berlin by Shell
E B Malcolm of Campbellton New Brunswick claims a new AB type shell filled with liquid fire poison gas and high explosives can travel a thousand miles to hit Berlin. He says range and direction are controlled by mechanism and will let him "blow Berlin off the map" from England. The claim contrasts with Germanys 76 mile long distance gun. Piano Playing Merits and Abilities. The article notes piano literature vast and rich and cites why many players fail to master it, attributing it to viewing piano playing as amusement rather than art.
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Berlin
E. B. Malcolm
Campellion
N. B
International Railway of New
Malcolm
Montreal Star
England
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Indiana News
Chateau Thierry
Bouresches
Triangle Farm
Colmar
Baker
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