Republican nominating fight exposes old soldiers rift in Indiana
Indianapolis reports show Rellin Warner's nomination over veteran Isaiah Watts for the Wighth district congress seat, exposing a purge of old soldiers from the ticket. The piece highlights Durbin's role and contrasts labor records of Kern and Beveridge, noting Kern's labor gains in Indiana since 1898 and the 1263 child labor and employers liability laws.
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Sta
Indianapolis
Rellin Warner
Muncie
Wighth
Isaiah P. Watts
Winchester
Watts
John A. M. Adair
Mr. Waits
Warner
Winfield T. Durbin
Anderson
Indiana
Madison
Congress
John W. Karn
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
State Senate
Kern
Gompers Indorses Democrats in Labor Push
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, announced in Indianapolis that all Democratic Indiana congressional members are friendly to labor while the two Republican members are unfriendly. He spoke in Tomlinson Hall in support of labor candidates after reviewing records from the AFL bureau in Washington.
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American Federation of Labor
Washington, D. C
Indiana
Congress
Cause of
Labor
Indianapolis
Samuel Gompers
Tomlinson Hall
Gompe
Legislative Committees
The
American Federation
Washington
Geropers
Wade
Washington Republican
Gompers
Beveridge criticized by Indiana veterans over earlier snub
Major W W Robbins of the Persimmon Brigade accuses Senator Beveridge of ignoring more than 4000 Indiana veterans when they sought help for a dollar a day pension bill. Robbins recalls waiting an hour and a half for a meeting, then being dismissed as politicians entered. He questions Beveridge's motive for addressing veterans now while seeking re election. Robbins honors include service in the 118th Indiana and G A R post ties.
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Senator Beveridge
Marion Club
Indianapolis
W. W. Robbins
Indiana
Beveridge
Major Robbins
Committee On Pensions
Suimons
Baveridge
Sr. Kern
Robbins
Persimmon Brigade Association
118Th
Rist
Robert Anderson Post
Cadet Corps Holds Silence Strike at West Point
West Point, N Y The entire cadet corps of four classes about 2000 men is under arrest facing general court martial for gross disrespect and insubordination toward Captain Rufus Longan. Major General Richard H Barry superintendent has ordered a board of officers to determine causes as cadets refuse to eat or speak in Longan’s presence. They cite dislike for the officer. Dismissal possible.
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West Point
N. Y
Rufus E. Longan
Richard H. Barry
Military Academy
Longan
Barry
Academy
Trial of Dr James Grant in Mission district murder case
Police claim conclusive evidence ties Dr James Grant to the death of Eva Swan whose body was found in a trunk beneath a Mission district cottage last April. Nurse Marie Messerschmidt confessed and implicated Stanford graduate athlete Paul Parker as present at the fatal operation. Grant suffered a hysterical reaction when told of the confession.
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San Francisco
James Grant
Eva Swan
Mission District
Marie Messerschmidt
Miss Swan
Grant
Miss Messerachmidt
Forty-One Dead in Kingsland Wreck Disaster
Fort Wayne Indiana dispatch reports the Kingsland wreck death toll rising to forty one. Traction line operators recovered missing orders tied to Motor man B F Corkwell and Conductor Del Wilson, with Dispatcher Fréimier records to be reviewed by the state railroad commission. A fourth victim, C M Brown of Warren, died at Hope hospital.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
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