Democratic county convention faces chaotic ballot missteps
The Goshen area Democratic ticket selections reveal disorganized voting procedures with delays and possible miscast ballots as delegates wrestle over sheriff and other county posts. James Matthews battles Royal Cathcart and James Thomas amid accusations of underhanded withdrawals, while proctor and barhart features surface in a contentious convention extending into the fifth ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Énator
R. E. Proctor
D. J. Troyer
Frank Brown
W. E. Wider
D. D. Rodibaugh
Will Krau
A. Croop
Orrin Markel
L. L. Burris
Jas. Matthews
John Ziesel
J. C. Mast
W. A. Stauffer
C. C. Witt
H. A. Keith
S.—Elisha Fisher
F. E. Berlin
H. B. App. L. Anderson
G. A. Briggs
Scott Thomas
Elkhart
Milo Plough
Waterford
James Matthews
Goshen
Royal W. Cathcart
Jefferson Township
Thomas
Cathcart
Matthews
Plough
Ben Deahl
Dan Bechtel
J. A. Snapp
O Val Surveyor
Albert Reich
H. B. App
Washington Township
A. M. Smith
Henry Helfrick
App
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS and mishaps in town
A parade of injuries fills the page with incidents from a vacant lot gash to car alighting bruises. Harold Bender, 11, suffers a severed leg artery after stepping on glass. Mrs Hall and Mrs Johnson are hurt alighting streetcars. An electric shock seizes Depot Switch Tender John Kegerreis during a storm. Other figures include a dislocated knee, fractured ankle, and a four year old collar bone, all reported across several addresses. A careless driver flees after mangling a machinist’s hand.
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Harold
George Bender
South Prairie Street
Charles D. Hall
Wagner Avenue
Hickory Street
Sixth Streets
Hall
John Johnson
Lake Shore Crossing
R. B. Tupper
West Franklin Street
Lura F. Light
North Third Street
Bell
Loren Go Warner
No. 801
Johnson Street
Oldfield Claims World Auto Speed Record At Elkhart
Barney Oldfield in a 100 horsepower Sterns car atop a half mile track lifted the crowd to witness a claimed world record run of 1 17 4 for the distance, though observers question the timing. The event drew about 3,000 spectators with 100 autos in the park.
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Barney Oldfield
Power Sterns
A. A. Moross
Des Moines
Iowa
Oldfield
Moross
Charles Soules
Soul
Ford
Philips
South Bend
Rickets
Mecklenberg
Soules
New York
E. A. Moross
Kalamazoo
Detroit
Driving Association
Mark Floyd
Mishawaka
Elkhart
Gulick
Simplex Motor Car Company
O.field
South Bend Tribune
Saiday
Brumbaugh Secures Large Ditch and Dredging Contracts
John A. Brumbaugh wins a $30,000 ditch project near Chamberlain South Dakota and a $20,000 dredging job on the Schon ditch near Elk Point in Union County.
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Brumbaugh
John A. Brumbaugh
Chamberlain
8. D
Elk Point
Union County
South Dakota
Dems Name County Ticket Amid Sheriff Pick Fight
Dems complete naming of their county ticket with a quarrel over how to name the sheriff candidate. Pennsylvanians re-elect officers. An Elkhart contractor wins two major awards. Oldfield’s record claim is met with doubt. A motorcyclist on the sidewalk triggers a runaway, and house construction pauses to respect mourners nearby.
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Col. Conn
Hearstites
Indiana
Preacher
Springfield
Elkhart
Dr. Randolph
London
Board of Public Works
Grand jury to investigate riot conditions described today
Telegraphic item from Springfield notes a grand jury will probe riot conditions as described. Indiana miners are on strike with many called out. An Indiana fisherman speaks of his struggle with a pickerel. Two children died in an automobile crash near Vincennes. An unnamed tragedy in eastern high society is reported alongside Bedford’s murder mystery.
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Springfield
Ill
Indiana
Vincennes
Bedford
Weather Outlook for Indiana Cooling Trend Expected Early Week
Government forecast in Washington reports relief from the heat wave with cooler weather starting Tuesday and continuing through the week. Partly cloudy conditions persist with possible local showers in the north and central areas, and a cooler, cloudy local outlook overall.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
R. B. Oglesbee Dies Sudden in Indianapolis
Rollo B. Oglesbee head of the banking department at the state auditor's office died suddenly at 3 AM in Indianapolis. A LaPorte native, he previously worked in Plymouth as editor of a Republican paper and served as Thirteenth district chairman in 1892 and 1894. He was about 51 and had led the department for two years.
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R. B. Oglesbee
Indianapolis
Rollo B. Oglesbee
State Auditor’s Office
Oglesbee
LaPorte
Plymouth
Thirteenth District
Mystery at Bedford ends in tragic death of Della Henderson
Bedford Indiana August 17 The shooting death of 19 year old Miss Della Henderson unfolds as a mystery. Her sweetheart left the room momentarily to fetch water and returned to find her with a self inflicted wound and a revolver in her hand. Authorities deem a lovers quarrel possible with him as the only nearby person.
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Bedford
Bedford Ind
Della Henderson
Miss Henderson
Two U S Army Captains Face Murder Charge In New York
Captain Peter Haines and his brother T Jenkins Haines appeared before Magistrate Gilroy in New York on August 17 charged with the murder of William Annis at Bayside Yacht Club. The hearing was brief and adjourned to Monday. If convicted, Captain Haines would be the first U S army officer since independence to be tried for murder in a civil court. Also reported today a steamer boiler explosion near Mackinaw City killed Mrs Labonta and injured A B Koch and Mrs Rudolph Hastings among others. forty passengers aboard.
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New York
Ips
Peter Haines
T. Jenkins Haines
Gilroy
William Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Haines
United States Army
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lee Lanaw
Mackanaw City
Labonta
Traverse City
A. B. Koch
Rudolph Hastings
Investigation of riot and murder probe by grand jury
Springfield Illinois August 17 1919 militia in control patrolling streets. State's Attorney Hatchton seeks special grand jury to indict more than 200 arrested citizens. Judge Crighton orders grand jury to convene to handle Richardsons case first then rioters. Fire and light wire tampering thwarted. one man injured. Arrests tied to insults to soldiers. law and order league to aid authorities. Ringling Bros circus canceled in city tonight, likely to move to Bloomington.
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Springfield
Deneen
Hatch Tonday
Hatch
Crighton
Richardson
Hallam
Infantry
Law and Order League
Methodist Church
Ringling Bros.’ Circus
Bloomington
Awful Riots In Springfield Lincoln Home Area Numerous Wounded
An early account from Springfield Illinois describes violent mob actions near the Lincoln home on a weekend. Many victims are listed by name with injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to stabbings and brutal beatings. Several victims are in serious condition or later died in hospital.
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Lincoln
Springfield
Scott Burton
Twelfth
Madison Streets
Louis Johnson
John Caldwell
William Donhegan
Frank Delmore
Presidential Candidate Injured in Springfield Mob Attack
Suspects describe a chaotic mob at the Springfield incident. Several injured including a presidential candidate and eighteen others hit by bricks and missiles. Governor Ne larian condemns the violence, vows state protection and legal action against offenders.
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Chitin
United States
Abraham Gincaln
Springfield
Abraham Tincoh
Neneen
Governor Deneen Recalls Springfield Diabolic Riots
Governor Deneen outlines the Springfield outbreak sparked by alleged assaults on white women by Black men George Richardson and Joe James. After prison transfers incited mob violence, a restaurant attack and hangings followed until the Illinois National Guard restored order.
Torch Adds to Thehinor Riots and Hangings in Hiinsels
Mob violence erupts in Hiinels and mobs hang two aged Black men near the Lincoln memorial site as white residents watch. Fires devastate 4 000 Black homes while retaliation leaves William H. Bowe wounded after an early morning assault by a group of Black assailants.
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Hiinels
Commonwealth
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
William H. Bowe
Bowe
Fourteenth
Mason Streets
Joe Farmer
Thousands Are Out Miners Quit Work in Settlement Talks
Terre Haute Ind Aug 17 reports from bituminous fields indicate about 10 000 striking miners in the district with both operators and miners blaming the other side. A meeting at Evansville will decide whether to end the check off system and risk a broader walkout. The dispute centers on a wage contract clause setting a two officer court of last resort to settle grievances and must reach agreement. The miners ordered to quit at the Hudson mine Farmersburg as the executive board rejected efforts to resume work.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Emul
Evansville
Indiana
State Association of Operators
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
District No. 11
Hudson
Farmersburg
Penna
United Mine Workers
Penns
Curry
van Horn
Europe
Lewis
Largest pickerel battles campers on Kankakee river
Dr L T Recher and Herman Rogers camping on the Kankakee river said they lost the largest pickerel ever seen there. Rogers hooked the fish and called for help. After a protracted struggle the monster was freed and fled back to the river. They estimate it weighed twenty eight pounds.
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Morocco
Ind
L. T. Recher
Herman Rogers
Kankakee
Rogers
Devil Wagon Kills Children Near Vinecones
A car Mishap near Bicknell resulted in the instant death of seven year old Alona McDowell and James McDowell aged seventeen after the vehicle plunged over an embankment. Mrs Osterhage suffered a broken arm and internal injuries while Osterhage and Dr McDowell escaped harm.
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Vinecones
Ind
Bicknell
Alona McDowell
Freelandsville
Godelbsterhage
James McDowell
Missed death and jailer attacked in Indiana news brief
In Bedford an employee at a lime kiln fell ten feet after dumping heated stone and was badly burned despite rescue. In Terre Haute four negroes restrained Jailor Mont Casey and attacked him. two white men aiding murder suspects used mopsticks to repel the assault, Casey in critical condition. Rev D A Lofgren of LaPorte is called to the Swedish Lutheran church in Lemont Illinois.
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Bedford
Ind
James Jeffries
Terre Haute
Mont Casey
Casey
D. A. Lofgren
LaPorte
Swedish Lutheran Church
Lemont
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John van Kirk
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No. 417
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Roundhouse
Edward Listenberger
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Miles Medical Co
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Tgeorge Aliganania
Ed Barrington
Mechanicsburg
W. Ll. Bowe
John Broderick
Albert Bryerline
Robert Dahlkamp
Louis Hanen
Charles [Leimle
Lester Holtz
Joseph W. Inslee
Prohibtion
Ingland
William K. Johnson
James Johnson
Elmer Keiser
Claude Knapp
Robert Lawson
Logan
M. J. Luicy
William Maulett
Eugene Mayo
Miller
Edward Mustin
Clarence A. Noll
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Robert Oakley
Spot O'Brien
Harry O. Parring
Fifth Infantry
Loper
Ted Raney
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Albert Sidener
Will Smith
Snell
Bert Sommer
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Charles Wolf
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