Taft notices and political fights fill Washington pages
The majority report on the farmers free list bill shows a tariff loss of 10 million. Berger seeks a constitutional convention. Cannon attacks Canadian reciprocity. A White House commission meets May 1 to study postage rates. Taft refuses to risk troops in Mexico. Chaplain prayers join daily records. Senate direct election battles loom. Grand Rapids furniture strike ends with 6,000 workers out. Civil and maritime incidents, elections, and notable arrests fill the rest.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Underwood
Furniture Workers
Grand Rapids, Mich
Packey McIarland Edges Murphy In Ten Round Bout
Sporting Packey McIarland of Chicago outboxed Harlem Tommy Murphy at the Fairmount Athletic club in New York City. The match favored McIarland’s speed and cleverness over Murphy’s rugged style in a relatively short ten round contest.
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Packey McIarland
Chicago
Harlem
Tommy Murphy
Fairmount Athletic Club
New York City
Edward A Moseley Dies In Washington At Sixty Five
Edward A Moseley secretary of the interstate commerce commission and originator of much labor legislation died in Washington after a long illness. He was sixty five. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska who suffered vertigo at the pension office was taken to a hospital and has recovered enough to return to his hotel in Washington.
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Edward A. Moseley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Senator Hitchcock
Nebraska
Waabington
Four pardons issued as Indiana governor paroles prisoners
Gov Marshall granted paroles to three convicted murderers and a former parolee, plus recommendations for ten more parolees while denying twenty. Notable cases include Louis Jaquith linked to policeman Samuel Cooper’s death and John Cline in a prior murder case. Health report flags worsening dairy conditions with 14 dairies graded bad and 1075 inspections overall.
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State Board of Pardons
Marshall
Mfe
John Pettillott
Hfe
John Cline
State Union
Durbin
Hanly
Cline
Frank Siple
Frank Smith
Pike County
Smith
Siple
Representatlive
W. E. Cox
Louis Jaquith
Jaquite
Laporte
Samuel Cooper
Jaquith
Cooper
Maxwell
Hancock County
Charles van Blarken
van Biarkon
John Petillott
Bortholomew County
George Finney
George Vollmer
Hendricks County
Minerva Williams
Vanderburg County
Food and Drug Department
State Board of Health
H. E. Barnard
State Food and Drug Commissioner
A. P. Shetler
Goshen
L. A. Sarbaugh
C. W. Brubeck
New Albany
C. H. Miller
B. T. McAtel
Farmersburg
Fred Asperger
Riley
Seling
Federation Sets Agenda For October Meeting In Indianapolis
The State Federation of Clubs plans its October session in Indianapolis. The executive committee will decide two main topics: child welfare and civics, with round tables to discuss other subjects. Keynotes from previous meetings stressed women's community responsibility and childhood rights.
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State Federation of Clubs
Indianapolis
Federation
South Bend
Frichmond
Parent- Teacher Association
J. W. Caswell
Civica Committee
Martha Griffith
Tax Board Probes Express Earnings
Fred A. Sims of the state tax board grilled H. 33 Marx, Wells-Fargo Express attorney, over property valuation. Sims cited 1909 earnings of 3.262 million and argued capitalization around 46 million, while Marx claimed 82 percent of stock in banking, 18 percent in express business, with refused bank investment schedule. The four year earnings total 2.544, 3.368, 2.58, and 3.262 million respectively.
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Tax Board
Fred A. Sims
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Marx
New York City
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Sims
Express Company
Mr. Sims
Mr. Marx
Editorial Association Editors to Visit Prison
Members of the Democratic State Editorial association face brief sentences to be served in the state prison on June 3. The executive committee approved the plan at L. G. Ellingham's office, with E. J. Fogarty arranging prison conditions as host. The trip ties to a June meeting schedule spanning June 1 to 8, with stops in South Bend Laporte Michigan City and Gary and a talk by Governor Marshall on a New Constitution.
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Democratic State Editorial Association
L. G. Ellingham
E. J. Fogarty
Laporte
Indianapolis
South Bend
Marshall
Michigan City
Gary
Chicago
Federal plan for joint road building with states proposed
Washington report notes Representative Cox of Indiana introduced a bill for a $30 million federal state cooperation program in road construction. The plan creates a Bureau of Public Highways in the Agriculture Department with three commissioners and an active engineer officer, sharing costs 50 50 between states and federal funds, and requiring upkeep without federal expense after construction.
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Washington
William E. Cox
Indiana
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Highways
United States
Engineer Corps
Three Killed In Chicago Explosion
A blast under a northwest Chicago liquor firm Morict & Co and a nearby building killed three people and injured about twenty while fire followed. Police initially blamed thieves and a safe robbery, but later Morict and partner were arrested on suspicion the explosion stemmed from gas jets left open on purpose. About thirty nearby residents endured injuries from debris.
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Chicago
Joseph Morict & Co
Morict
Negroes to buy Texas railroad and run with black labor
Booker T. Washington and northern negro financiers plan to buy the International and Great Northern railroad at the Palestine receivership sale on May 15. Washington would attempt operation using negro labor exclusively.
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Texas Railroad
Dallas
Tex
Booker T. Washington
North
International & Great Northern Railroad
Palestine
Washington
Explosion at Fleischmann distillery kills one in Riverside
An explosion at the Fleischmann company distillery in Riverside Cincinnati destroyed a hundred gallon copper tank killing Chris Peiper and severely scalding three others named William Quinn Arthur Hackman and Julius Gilcher. The cause remains unknown.
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Cincinnati
Fleischmann Company
Riverside
Chris Peiper
William Quinn
Arthur Hackman
Julius Gilcher
Pope Plus Stays Active Despite Indisposition in Rome
Pope Plus remains in Rome and continues his daily routine after cautions from Dr. Giuseppe Petacci. He still celebrates mass and holds a few private audiences despite the private physician's warning to avoid over-exertion.
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Pope Plus
Rome
Giuseppe Petacci
Successor to Bush Named
Alexander Robertson, vice president of Western Maryland, was elected president to succeed B. F. Bush, who resigned to become president of the Missouri Pacific railway.
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Bush
New York
Alexander Robertson
Western Maryland
B. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific Railway
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