Deserts Among U S Army Regiments Rise in 1911 12
Adjutant General George Andrews reports in the fiscal year 1911 12 desertions were led by the 14th and 23rd infantry and the 1st cavalry with 7.65 7.58 and 6.21 percent. Highest troop rates include Company L 23rd infantry 10.53 and Troop 1 1st cavalry 14.24 percent. Overall army desertions totaled 4411 or 3 percent.
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Washington
Army
George Andrews
Fourteenth Infantry
Twenty-third Infantry
First Cavalry
Fifth Field Artillery
Twenty-third Intantary
Said To Have the Inside Track For Commissioner Of Pensions
Former Representative Robert W. Miers of Bloomington leads the contest for pension commissioner under Wilson. National sentiment favors a northern state appointee with strong soldier support. Indiana and Ohio top the speculation as Hoosier politicians rally behind Miers to influence President Wilson.
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Wilson
Robert W. Miers
Bloomington
Washington Dispatch
Indianapolis Star
National Capital
Indiana
Ohio
Congress
Hts
Miers
Shively
Kern
Police Court Reporter details assault charges against Richard Dalton
Richard Dalton was Tuesday charged in Justice Iseminger's court with assault and battery on John Bolling. Surety of the peace proceedings were also filed against Dalton. Captain Theodore Dillon has writ ten his mother that he would be here Friday on a ten days leave of absence en route to New York and Washington and from there will go to Panama. Rev. W. Anderson, pastor of the First Christian church of Danville Indiana was expected home Tuesday to visit his father on the Oolitic Pike. Misses Heel Dillon and Jeanette Standish, attending Domestic School of Science at Detroit, Michigan, are home for the holidays. Don Litton, of Chicago, is visiting relatives in this city.
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Richard Dalton
Iseminger
John Bolling
Dalton
Theodore Dillon
J H. Underwood
New York
Washington
Panama
W. &. Anderson
First Christian Church
Danville
Ind
Edward M.anderson
Heel Dillon
Jeanette Standish
Domestic
Detroit
Michigan
Desertions fall after descriptive circulars issued at Indianapolis station
After the system changes, desertions dropped from 5,906 to about 40 percent lower than three years earlier. The Indianapolis recruiting station processed 3,140 applicants in the year, with 2,054 rejected and 1,086 accepted, illustrating its high service to the army.
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Indianapolis
Disappearance of Christmas Packages Reported at Public Square
Three Christmas packages vanished from a buggy at the public hitch rack on the public square Tuesday. They belonged to Lawrence Able and likely were moved to the wrong rig by a boy. The items included two suits of boys clothes and tan shoes.
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Lawrence Able
Able
Funeral for Miss Blanche Owens Held in Town
Miss Blanche Owens daughter of Mack Owens died in Cleveland Ohio from appendicitis and her funeral was conducted Tuesday afternoon from the home of George Stone on south H street with burial at Green Hill after a delay caused by a missed Indianapolis connection.
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Blanche Owens
Mack Owens
Cleveland
Ohio
City
George Stone
Indianapolis
Stone Home
Green Hill
Panic warnings and political blame in Gilded Age debate
Mgr. Wilson warns of a manufactured panic amid party control changes. The piece blames Democratic leaders and Bryan for financial upheaval, citing Cleveland's restraint and calls for government money issuance as a threat to stability.
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Mgr. Wilson
Haman
Cleveland
The
Globe Democrat
Bryan
Wilson
Annihilation of Mexican troops sparks debate on rebellion
A dispatch claims 250 federal troops at Ascension were annihilated in a rebel night attack and notes a colonel razing towns as a military necessity. The piece questions why Mexicans kill Mexicans, laments chaos, and calls for a single recognized government to end the civil war and burning.
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Ascension
Mexico
Indianapolis clairvoyant Keller identified by ex Bedford man
Victor A Barnard, jailed in Indianapolis on grand larceny charges, is alleged to be the clairvoyant “Professor” Keller formerly active in Seymour. R W Waterson and C A Trueblood identified him at the Indianapolis police station. Barnard is out on bond. detectives and Seymour residents fear justice may be delayed.
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Victor A. Barnard
Indianapolis
Keller
R. W. Waterson
C. A. Trueblood
Pernard
Waterson
Trueblood
Ley
Bernard
Seymour
Abn
Abell
Jackson County
Nolice
Funeral of Nina Ridge Held at Baptist Church
The funeral for Nina Ridge age seventeen, daughter of Martin C. Ridge, was conducted Tuesday at 1:30 PM at the Baptist church by Rev. Owen. The service drew a large crowd as Nina died Sunday morning at her North O Street home. The article also notes Thelma Reynolds, four, recovering at her grandparents home on Breckenridge road.
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Nina Ridge
Martin C. Ridge
North O Street
Baptist Church
Owen
Thelma
Omer Reynolds
John Will Craig
Breckenridge Road
Elopees Seek Freedom in Habeas Corpus Suit
James Harvey Weir and Martha Hoeft file in Clark Circuit Court Jeffersonville asking release from custody via writ of habeas corpus. Judge Montgomery sets 11 AM hearing to allow Illinois authorities to respond, alleging detention on a Woodstock Illinois telegram. The couple says they violated no Illinois law and planned to marry in Sellersburg with a guardian appointed for Miss Hoeft.
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James Harvey Weir
Martha Hoeft
Clark
Jeffersonville
John B. Carr
Clark County
Ind
Harry C. Montgomery
Illinois
Weir
Miss Hoeft
Carr
A. Henderson
Woodstock
Ill
Ilinois
Louisville
James H. Weir
Sellersburg
William Long
Henderson
Democratic claim on tariffs tested by action in government
The piece argues the Democratic party’s platform declares tariff duties unconstitutional except for revenue but historical acts by Madison and Washington supported protection. It asserts Republicans favored protective tariffs and questions whether Democrats will uphold or betray protection when in power, noting past cycles of commerce policy and public cost of living.
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Democratic Party
United States
James Madison
Madison
Washington
American Congress
Buchanan
Congress
Wreck Averted At Columbus As Wheel Flange Breaks
A Pennsylvania passenger train derailed in Columbus due to a broken wheel flange but slowed by its pace, throwing the front coach across the track. Passengers were shaken yet unharmed. investigators note a months long flaw that could have caused a worse accident at higher speed.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania
Local Court Hears Pleas In Intoxication Case
Thomas Scoggan pleaded not guilty in police court on Tuesday and his trial was scheduled for Thursday. William Howell admitted guilt to intoxication and was fined $1 plus costs. Sige Chastain also pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined $1 and costs.
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Thomas Scoggan
William Howell
Sige Chastain
Debt Repaid After Sixty Years In Ohio Town
U B Stembarger of Columbus received a 12 dollar draft Monday from A B Leonard of Rogersville Missouri. The payment settles a debt contracted sixty years ago for rent of a blacksmith shop owed to Isaiah Stembarger, the lender’s late father. Leonard said he did not expect to live long and wished to clear his conscience before death.
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U. B. Stembarger
Columbus
A. B. Leonard
Rogersville
Leonard
Stembarger
Isaiah Stembarger
Notified of Death of Father in Hamilton Ky
J T Wilson manager of the Knee ler 5 and 10 cents stores was notified of his father J W Wilson's sudden death in Hamilton Kentucky. He had gone to Hamilton Wednesday to attend the funeral.
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J. T.wilson
Hamilton
Mr. Wilson
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Emme
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Christ
South H Street
Fessor Keller
R. W. Water
Bedford
Raom Church
Pleise
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