World Events: Politicians Appointed as Postmasters and Legal Wins
President Wilson sent to the senate nominations for postmasters in Los Angeles Eris and South Bend as well as aims to crack down on income tax evasion. The third International congress on the Welfare of the Child opened in Washington alongside the Daughters of the American Revolution meeting. News covers stock firm failure, arrests for diamond theft, a political marriage, a platform collapse injuring Charles Fairbanks, and various legal and social developments.
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Wilson
Senate
Washington
Harrington Brown
Los Angeles
Cal
John T. Brew
Eris
George W. Zinky
South Bend
Ind
Third
International Congress On the Welfare of the Child
Twenty-Third Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Memorial Hall
Air collision kills aviators in France as Britain faces Mexico crisis
Aviator Francois de Roy and Mar tel Dublin die in a midair collision near Bue France. Reports describe renewed militant suffragette activity in northern England and a large Hull grandstand fire. The Triekusin plant near Charleroi Brussels suffers $500,000 in damage as 100 miners are laid off. U.S. forces seal Vera Cruz with twelve Americans killed and twenty wounded. Carranza signals possible U.S. war role, while Congress authorizes force against Huerta. Navy orders and refugee trains disrupt Mexico City to Vera Cruz transit.
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Francois de Roy
Martel Dublin
Bue
France
Kenyon Addresses Indiana Road Meeting in Noblesville
Noblesville hosts the Indiana Good Roads Association meeting with 35 Hamilton County assistant road superintendents present. Clarence Kenyon and G. E. Minor spoke, offering a series of road maintenance tips and cautions on materials, tools, water management, and proper surfacing to prevent waste and preserve road grades.
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Hamilton County
Indiana
Noblesville
Indiana Good Roads Association
Indianapoli
Clarence Kenyon
Indiana Road Roads Association
G. E. Minor
Indianapolis
Kenyon
Arrest in Jeffersonville for Horse and Buggy Theft
Charles Staton of Indianapolis was arrested in Jeffersonville on April 22 on a charge of stealing a horse and buggy owned by Louis Fox of Reddington. He was turned over to Seymour police with companions Maggie Wilson of Indianapolis and seven year old Leonora Spurrier. Staton claimed intent to travel to Memphis while Wilson planned Hopkinsville Kentucky.
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Jeffersonville
Charles Staton
West Thirty-seventh Street
Indianapolis
Seymour
Louis Fox
Reddington
Staton
Maggie Wilson
Bank Avenue
Leonora Spurrier
Memphis
Tenn
Hopkinsville
Slippery Elm Bark Order Boosts Local Farmers
Madison April 24 Louis Sulzer manager of Sulzer Brothers Milwaukee writes he just received an order for seventy five tons of slippery elm bark. One of the largest single orders for the bark ever placed. The bark will be bought and handled at Madison by the firm benefiting farmers in the region and other states.
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Madison
Louis Sulzer
Milwaukee
Sulzer Brothers
Woman shoots at burglar. accidentally wounds self
Mrs. Hugh McDaniels, at Worthington, fired at a burglar forcing entry to her home. In the excitement she discharged the weapon and shot herself in the foot. The would be burglar fled upon hearing the shot.
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Worthington
Hugh McDaniels
Pn Revolvet
Lawyer Tries Digs Up His Own Fees in Boldt Case
Hammond April 24. H B Granger the Hammond lawyer for defendants Josef Boldt Vasil Garnasaal and Stanley Burke charged with larceny was authorized to dig up his own fees from the earth. Granger loaded $250 by following directions and prepared to defend the men.
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Hammond
H. B. Granger
Josef Boldt
Vasil Garnasaal
Stanley Burke
Granger
Fatal blasting accident ends life in Allen County
Bruns, a 35 year old red man, died two hours after attempting to light a dynamite fuse while blasting stumps on his Fort Wayne area farm. Sparks ignited four sticks of dynamite in a basket, causing a severe explosion. Doctors amputated one leg but he died from extensive injuries.
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Bruns
Edgerton
Allen County
H. A. Dueming
Fort Wayne
Leaders
Woodburn
Horses Burned in Fire on Palace Car Near Newcastle
An engineer spotting flames from a palace horse car at fifty miles per hour near Dunreith ten miles south of Newcastle stopped the Pennsylvania St Louis Pittsburg train. Five of twenty eight horses perished, three were shot, and the rest were rescued with some still aflame. Water from two locomotives helped subdue the blaze.
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Hornes
Newcastle
Dunreith
Here
Indiana Briefs Cover Speeders Fires and Accidents
A circular of Indiana items notes May 1 as housecleaning day in Columbus. A Hartford City barber paid $1 plus costs for speeding on a motorcycle. Bigamy and false affidavit charges against Harry G Hill returned from Frankfort. An eight year old boy injured by a stray shot in Delphi. A large barn fire near Sulphur Springs destroys livestock and crops. Shelbyville clubs group declines to aid a playground plan. Peru hosts evangelist Bob Jones in a temperance campaign. A Linton miner awarded 1800 for injuries. A Jefferson Township child dies in a kerosene incident.
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City Board of Health
Hartford City
Secrest
Byron Townsend
Greensburg
Harry G. Hill
Frankfort
Hill
Hill No. 2
Delphi
John McDonald
Mahlon McDonald
Charles Bowen
McDonald
Newcastle
Charity Fleming
Sulphur Springs
N. J. Gentry
Shelbyville
Council of Clubs
Peru
Bob Jones
Alabama
Bloomfield
Charles
Shepherd
Linton
Vandalia Coal Company
Maine
Jane
John. Richardson
Jefferson Townships
Wilson aims to enforce reparations in Mexico crisis
Washington April 24. After issuing a statement pledging to enforce reparations whenever the dignity of the United States is flouted President Wilson focused all energies on Mexico operations. Cabinet conferences followed as officials drafted the reply to Carranza. At the White House and War Department leaders met to plan and coordinate actions under General Leonard Wood and staff.
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Washington
United States
United
War and Navy Departments
State Bryan
White House
Robert Lansing
State Department
Carranza
War Department
Garrison
Wotherspoon
Leonard Wood
Wilson pledges to respect Mexican sovereignty in Carranza comments
President Wilson reiterated the U S aim to honor Mexico's independence and constitutional system while noting Washington must deal with those actually in control in Mexican territory. He stressed the quarrel is not with the Mexican people but with Huerta's representatives and supporters.
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Wilson
Carranza
Washington
Mexico
United States
Huerta
Mexican factions unite against American operations
A war department report states constitutionalists and Huertistas in Tampico have joined to oppose U S actions. A Mexico City dispatch notes mobs forming in the capital in response to anticipated American demonstration. The Tehuantepec railway across Mexico has been closed.
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War Department
Constitutionalists
Huertista
Tampico
United
New York
Mexico
Tehuantepec
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