Washington Meant to Probe Archbold as Senate Debates Tariffs
The House Judiciary Committee in Washington opened an investigation into Judge Robert W. Archbold of the Commerce Court amid charges he used his position for corporate favors. It also reported four large financial interests in which he had become involved since his appointment. The same session highlighted meat inspection laxity and drug through enforcement gaps, presented by Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane after inspecting plants in multiple cities. Senate debates on tariff measures continued with Simmons and Cummins insisting no adjournment until final action on all tariff bills.
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House Judiciary Committee
Washington
Robert W. Archbald
United States Commerce Court
Department of Agriculture
House Committee
Caroline Bartlett Crane
Kalamazoo
Mich
Simmons and
Cummins
United States Senate
Senate
House
Sweden grants women full voting rights in new bill
The government introduces a suffrage bill making women eligible to vote under the same terms as men. Aviator Bachmayer dies when his aircraft crashes at Johannisthal Berlin after the motor stalls. Emilio Vasquez Gomez named provisional president of Mexico as Gen. Orozco threatens the federal base at Torreon. Juarez named provisional capital, likely to move to Chihuahua. Czarina’s health causes grave anxiety in St. Petersburg amid reports of severe melancholia and vigilant care.
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Sweden
Bachmayer
Johannisthal
Berlin
Germany
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Mexico
Pascual Orozco
Torreon
Juarez
Chibdabua
Bt. Petersburg
Flood Crisis Deepens in Louialana Amid Pleas for Boats
The flood worsens in Louialana as New Orleans and nearby areas receive growing appeals for boats. Losses are uncounted but expected to reach hundreds. relief efforts struggle to respond amidst mounting devastation. The New Hampshire Supreme Court in Concord rules the $3,000,000 fund for the “mother church” in Boston, created by Mary Baker Eddy's will, invalid. Chief Justice Frank N. Paroona writes the opinion, with four justices concurring.
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Louialana
Mississippi
New Orleans
S S
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Concord
Boston
Mary ‘Baker Eddy
Frank. N. Paroona
Knox to visit San Francisco for exposition honors
Personal Philander C. Knox is in San Francisco at the invitation of the exposition directors and the California development board. During his stay he will be the recipient of many honors from citizens of the state and from military authorities. William Vincent Astor, son of the late Col. John Jacob Astor, notes in the principal beneficiary by the late Col. Astor’s will, whose estate is valued between 76 and 100 million dollars, Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, the young widow, is well provided for.
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Philander C. Knox
San Francisco
California Development Board
William Vincent Astor
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Force Astor
Republican National Committee Gathering in Chicago Report
Fragmentary notes describe a pre October event involving Tacoma figures and a tribute to Roosevelt. The text mentions a Republican national committee meeting in Chicago on Thursday and contests among delegates for the Republican national convention.
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Tacoma
Wash
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Chrcaga
Begs to Have Legs Cut Off After Street Car Crash
Samuel Culp motorman for South Bend city street cars was fatally injured when his car struck him after he jumped off to throw a switch. He lay under the car for about thirty minutes before bystanders freed him. He suffered two broken legs and internal injuries and was hospitalized in critical condition. he is believed to be dying.
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South Bend
Samuel Culp
Culp
Purdue cattle sell high in Chicago after Purdue feeding test
Purdue University cattle fed under the Indiana Cattle Feeders' Association at Chicago set a record with prices near 9.00 per hundred pounds. Seventy head sold with forty at 9.00 and thirty at 8.86. Average weight was 1,283 pounds, profit about 28 dollars per animal, with best gains from corn, cotton seed meal, and corn silage. Professor John H. Skinner led the shipment.
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Lafayette
Purdue University Experiment
Chicago
Indiana Cattle’ Feeders’ Association
John H. Skinner
Purdue
Sleepwalker Almost Falls From Window Deathly Wash
In Lafayette on May 10 John Sheehan, long afflicted with somnambulism, walked from bed to a second floor window. He struck the glass and shattered it. His father awoke and found him hanging in the broken pane with part of his body outside. Theo narrowly escaped the fall with cuts to face chest and arms.
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Lafayette
John Sheehan
Sheehan
Theo
Got Off Very Easy
Indianapolis paper reports Robert Claiborne, 19, fined 25 and costs for beating and ejecting his father Leonard Claiborne, 84, from home. Evidence shows mother and son bound the elder Claiborne hand and foot and forced him to sign a $100 check while the wife laughed.
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Indianapolis
Robert Claiborne
Leonard Claiborne
Claiborne
Four Injured by Lightning Near Michigan City
Four women were struck by lightning while walking under a shade tree near Michigan City yesterday. The injured include Miss Blanche Spaulding and Mrs. Joseph Chiebowski of Laporte and Mrs. Vincent Bogden, also of Laporte, plus Miss Hettie Chiebowski of Michigan City. Spaulding and Chiebowski were knocked unconscious and Spaulding’s shoes were ripped from her feet.
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Michigan City
Blanche Spaulding
Joseph Chiebowski
Vincent Bogden
Laporte
Misa Hettie Chiebowski
Miss Spaulding
Chiebowski
Hammond to Build $11 Million Steel Plant
Hammond news reports a steel plant to cost about 11 million dollars and create about five thousand jobs. A Milwaukee syndicate will develop 145 acres inside the city, with construction starting around July 1 and a two year completion target.
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Hammond
Milwaukee
Butter prices rise as farmers sell cream in Jackson county
Farmers in Jackson county shift to selling cream for profit while butter prices climb. Once selling for about twenty cents a pound, butter now brings higher prices due to surplus demand.
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H. Seymour
Jackson County
Doctor Arrested on Serious Charge
Jasner May 10. Dr. Lawrence Miller of Winslow has been arrested on a charge of aiding in an operation that resulted in the death of Miss Lena Kress of this place. The affidavit was sworn by William Berlin. Miller was released on a 1560 bond.
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Jasner
Lawrence Miller
Winslow
Lena Kress
William Berlin
Miller
Telegraph Operator Dies in Jail in Muncie
Muncie on May 10 reports telegraph operator Thomas Voss of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad died in jail yesterday morning. Authorities believe he was insane when incarcerated and his death resulted from a brain concussion.
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Muncie
Thomas Voss
Chesapeake ‘& Ohio Railroad
Retired Minister Walker Dies Near Lebanon
Rev William Mantford Walker a retired Methodist minister of Boore county died near Lebanon of consumption at fifty five He left the main eatry at Vanlear Ky to come to Boone county He was a Mason.
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Lebanon
William Mantford ‘Walker
Boore County
Vanlear
Boone County
Old Banker Hospitalized After Serious Injuries
May 10 report says ORR Ws Gray, an old banker, sustained a shoulder and other injuries. He is described as feeble and in need of healing, with fears that the injuries may prove fatal.
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Orr Ws Gray
Es Nadere
Cattle Buyer Killed Train Crash Near Terre Haute
Mack Adama, a cattle buyer from near Rodedale, was killed when his vehicle was struck by a Vandalia train five miles north of Terre Haute. His fourteen year old daughter was seriously injured and a horse also died in the crash. A second daughter Rachel is missing and police search for her.
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Terre-Haute
Mack Adama
Rodedale
Rachel
Terre Haute
Husband seeks divorce over nagging and chores dispute
Shelbyville May 8 nineteen year old Lora L McClain sues Oma McClain for divorce citing repeated pouting and nagging. He says she refused to wash or mend his clothes or do housework while living with her mother. they married last June and she wanted a home of her own.
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Shelbyville
Lora L. McClain
Oma McClain
Government Employee Dies in New York Immigrant Station
South Bend May 8 Richard Edwin Takker longtime government linguist at the Ellis Island immigration station New York died there at the home of his son William Takker where he had been visiting He was sixty five years old and a veteran of the Franco German war He spoke thirteen languages.
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South Bend
Richard Edwin Takker
Eltis Island
New York
William Takker
Large graduating class at Logansport High School
Logansport reports sixty eight graduates for the year per superintendent A H Douglass. Commencement exercises are scheduled for Tuesday May 28.
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Logansport
Logansport High School
A. H. Douglass
Child Killed by Interurban Car in Elwood
Geneva Davenport, a three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Davenport, was fatally struck by an interurban car while playing on the track in Elwood May 10.
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Elwood
Geneva
Oliver Davenport
Indiana News In Brief Snapshot Of Local Incidents
Richmond man Hackman shot himself in the foot while attempting to shoot a snake. Columbus residents found 250 mushrooms in woods in one day. Connersville saloon keeper Kubler fined $50 for selling minor to listed man William Stant. Muncie Miss Lucy Dunn and Bristow resident Joseph Olden wed during telegraph dispatch. Frankfort horse rabies attacked Mount and Clossin. dogs bit horses. Shelbyville night agent Hal Jones released from jail. vows not to prosecute. Princeton Daily Democrat office robbed. $12.50 stolen from a safe. Vincennes plea of guilty by Adis Stanley for robbing Economy Grocery and John A Louis store. Waggoner pleads not guilty.
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Milton
Hackman
Richmond
Columbus
George Cahn
Albert Geltz
Connersville
Costa
William Kubler
Mqnor
William Stant
Muncie
Lucy Dunn
Joseph Olden
Bristow
Frankfort
Thomas Mount
Richard Clossin
Clossin
Mount
Shelbyville
Hal Jones
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Princeton
Daily Democrat
Migs
Anna
Turnage
Vincennes
Adis
Stanley
John’ A. Louis
Sherman Waggoner
Gabb
Body of Mrs Hansen Found After Fox Lake Drowning
The body of Mrs Mabel Hansen twenty five of Chicago was recovered after a storm at Fox Lake. A party of six disappeared and searchers drag the lake for the remaining victims Herman Huhn George Russell Jacob Hoefer Michael Klunder Louis Truschke and an unidentified man aged about twenty are believed drowned. A cap Hoefer pocketbook an oil can and empty bottles were found near the body. The group had left Lippincott hotel in a sixteen foot steel launch owned by Huhn and cried for help minutes after departure.
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Fox ‘Lake
Ill
Mabel Hansen
Austin Avenue
Chicago
Fox Lake
Herman Huhn
Ingleside
George Russell
Hveryman
Jacob Hoefer
Desplaines
Michael Klunder
Brigham Street
Louis Truschke
Hoefer
Hangen
Lippincott
Foxlake
Huhn
Telp
Four Little Girls Die in Gravel Pit Cave-In
Four Htyle girls four miles north of Black Creek were sent to fetch cows. They stopped to play near a gravel pit when a cave-in trapped and killed them, according to a report from Green Bay Wisconsin dated May 10.
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Green Bay
Wis
Black Creek
Deliberate Shooting of Private Broker on Border Patrol
El Paso Texas May 6 Colonel E Z Steever reports a thorough investigation into the shooting of Private Broker of the Twenty second Infantry while on border patrol duty. The probe finds the act deliberate and coming from the Mexican side of the river.
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el Paso
Texas
Broker
E. Z. Steever
Recognizes Titanic Waifs in Nice Stroke of Faith
Mme Navratil in Nice claims the two Titanic waifs saved and cared for in New York are her sons and plans to sail on the Oceanic to join them, seeking to bring her children home.
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Nice
France
Mme. Navratil
New York
Held for Murder in Ivanaville Steamer Death
Ivanaville Indiana May 4 Captain W T Howell of the Kenais was shot and died later in hospital. Mate William Carroll of the Lydia was arrested and claims self defense.
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Ivanaville
Ind
W. T. Howell
Kenais
William, Carroll
Lydia
Carroll
Fatally Hurt in Explosion Near Gosport Indiana
Bloomington Indiana May 6 Lee Mrs. Cullough aged 35 was fatally injured by a premature detonation of dynamite while working on a road near Gosport Indiana. His skull was fractured.
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Bloomington
Ind
Lee
Cullough
Gosport
Italy Seizes Rhodes Island in Aegean
Rome reports the Italian fleet has seized the Turkish island of Rhodes, a large eastern Aegean isle with about 550 square miles and 30 000 inhabitants.
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Italy
Rome
Rhodes
Agean Sea
Fatal Gary steel works accident at blast furnaces
A Gary Indiana steel works blast furnace accident on May 1 killed 25 year old John Sewataki and injured several others. Authorities reported the incident at the Gary Steel Works, with details still unfolding.
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Steel- Mills
Gary
Ind
John ‘Sewataki
Daughter of Revolution In Critical Condition
Aiden Beth Pureuille, a member of the Wright family in Lafayette Indiana, aged ninety, lies seriously ill with a cerebral hemorrhage following a revolutionary descendant claim. The report notes her illness as critical.
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Lafayette
Ind
Aitenbeth
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John M. Nelson
Wisconsin
Philadelphia
Yee
New Grand Central Palaces
Steel Trust
Frank Baackes
American Steel and Wire Company
Owensboro
Mack Robinson
Methodist Church
Minnenapolis
Macon
Hattiesburg
Miss
New Orleans and Northwestern
Henjamin K. Tillman
Clarence
Darrow
Los Angeles
Earl Rogers
Sleepwalker
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