Roeder death case heads to coroner hearing
Coroner’s inquest into Laverne Roeder’s death continued Friday with testimony from parents Miss Leviston and others. Witnesses described the wound, gun, and Roeder’s heart condition while denying any suspicion of foul play. Roeder had purchased the revolver days before and the funeral will be held at 1104 Hudson Street Sunday afternoon.
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Leviston
Lake Shore
Roeder
Hudson Street
L. 5
Hall of the Presbyterian Church
Thought Him the Monied Man Foiled By Mistaken Identity
Freight Brakeman Peter Smith of St Joseph Street thwarted an attempted hold up near the Lake Shore depot on Thursday night. The men mistook him for the operator and demanded money but Smith defended himself, knocking one assailant down and driving the others away. The stormy scene near the southeast corner of the depot ended with the trio fleeing.
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Lake Shore
Peter Smith
T. Joseph Street
Smith
Main Street
Wild Runaway Milk Team Crashes in City
A bay team attached to a milk wagon owned by J. E. Arbogast ran wild on Tyler avenue around 10 a.m. after the driver Charles Arbogast was thrown to the pavement. Frightened by a passing motorcycle, the horses crashed over the curb near Main and State streets, toppling the wagon and spilling milk and eggs. The driver suffered facial injuries but was attended at the American Express office. one horse was bruised and the other dragged the wagon clear of harm.
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J. E. Arbogast
Tyler Avenue
Charles Arbogast
Lake Shore
Main Street
State Street
C. H. Hilbert
American Express
Precautions at Crossings During Main Street Construction
Railroads deploy two flagmen at McDonald street and Indiana avenue crossings to protect traffic while pavement work on South Main street proceeds. Unloading material and mixing machinery occur at the east side of the tracks, requiring continuous track crossing by teamsters and workers this morning.
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McDonald Street
Indiana Avenue
Lake Shore
Big Four
South Main Street
Agen
Tabernacle Plans Highlight Elkhart Evangelistic Push
Evangelistic meetings in Elkhart faced weather delays yet drew strong support for a tabernacle. Dr. Gray urged community understanding of needs, while Schuyler DeCamp leads construction and Rev. Lawrence Greenwood joins as street organizer. Sunday schedules include men and women services, with future meetings planned through Goshen avenue Brethren church and five cent theatres.
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Trinity M
Dr. Gray
Elkhart
Tabernacle
Monger
Schuyler DeCamp
Lawrence Greenwood
Boston
B. Fay Mills
Greenwood
Gray
Trinity Church
Christian Church
First Evangelical
Hickory Street
Parker
Goshen Avenue
Brethren’ Church
Garber
First Evangelical Church
Lake Too Rough to Cross Causes Clerical Challenge
The Elkhartang report notes rough lake conditions blocking a crossing. Reverend Gs. Champlin, Madame H. Oberholtzer, W B Bigler, and F J Boedefeld are involved with the council in addressing the incident. Names and roles appear in a fragmented report from the harbor or council records.
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Gs. Champlin
Méesdames
H. E. Oberholtzer
W. B. Bigler
F. J .Boedefeld
Elkhartang
Semt
Biggest engines pass through here on postal line
Summary of Today s News reports a range of local items from Rosder death misrepresented to favorable reception of a One Gray meeting, a buried revolutionary near Bonneyville, births exceeding deaths in April, quarantines, a giant locomotive through town, a farmer convicted of theft, a wild river chase on Tyler Avenue, a Logansport father restoring his child, library closures Sundays, J W Shiffer buying Lilly grocery stake, a Lake Shore depot hold up attempt, Governor Marshall skipping South Bend visit, a grand jury, New York orphans placed with Elkhart couples, fear to cross Lake Wawasee in gale, Tippecanoe county wet, Hearst fined, steel trade improving, Thornton slains rebuked, snail pest in California, bakers shortage in New York, and an Indiana man attacked by a heron.
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Rosder
Bonneyville
Fey
Clinton Township
Tyler Avenue
Logansport
J. W. Shiffer
Lilly Grocery
Lake Shore Depot
Marshall
South Bend
Grand Jury
New York
Elkhart
Lafayette
Tipiecanoe
Hearst Company
Fibel
J. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Dun
Thornton Slains
California
Indiana
Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy Cold With Snow Flurries
Government forecast notes continued cold conditions tonight and Sunday with frost and light snow flurries in the north. Winds light, with temperatures near 34 degree minimum and 1 degree maximum, and cloudy local conditions reported by Miles Medical Co.
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Miles Medical Co
Will Hear Complicated Case In Elmira Murder Trial
Judge J S Dodge in Lagrange will open next week the hearing of Joseph Barcelona for the murder of Alva Trich formerly of Elkhart at Elmira near there on February 11. Italian attorney Eugene Mistersby of Detroit will assist Ballou and Green in the defense the defendant being Italian. Two other Italians Joseph Guppi and Frank Amerillo indicted for complicity in the murder will not face trial at this term.
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J. S. Dodge
Lagrange
Joseph Barcelona
Alva Trich
Elkhart
Elmira
Eugene Mistersby
Detroit
Ballou and Green
Joseph Guppi
Frank Amerillo
Carnegie Library to Suspend Sunday Hours This Fall
The Carnegie Public Library will not open this Sunday nor on any future Sunday until the question is reconsidered next fall. May 1 had been set as the experiment’s limit, due to low demand for Sunday access during pleasant months.
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Carnegie Public Library
Anonymous Communications Prompt Health Board to Sign Names
The board of health notes numerous unsigned complaints about city conditions. Health officers say correspondence should be signed, not for publicity but to prove good faith and enable follow up with full particulars.
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Board of Health
Methodist Memorial Home adopts building plans at Warren
The board of directors met Friday and adopted plans for a new fifty room home to be built in Warren Huntington county. The brick building will be about 142 feet long and 99 feet wide, two stories high with a basement. Estimated cost is $30,000. Restoring Telegraph Service.
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Methodist Memorial Home
Will Attack the AGTS Big Corporation Claim Unconstitutional
In Cincinnati on May 1 the Cort Products Company allied with Standard Oil financiers attacked federal pure food laws. It challenged government seizure of forty six packages of sugar from Gerke Brewing Co as adulterated. The suit claims Congress lacked constitutional power to enact the act and that the law is unduly oppressive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cort Products Company
Gerke Brewing Co
Heroic Section Man Killed at Griggs Crossing
Hastinge Mich May 1 A 65 year old section boss Hiram Webster was killed instantly while trying to lift a stuck handcar from the track as a Michigan Central special train rounded a curve near Griggs Crossing one mile west of Nashville. Two others escaped by jumping. Taft Favours Experts on Tariff Body. Washington Ma It is understood most tariff commission advocates in the senate are satisfied with the provision in the tariff bill allowing the president to hire top experts to investigate trade conditions. President Taft is said to back the insertions and will hire only the highest class specialists if the bill becomes law.
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Hastinge
Mich
Michigan Central
Griggs’ Crossing
Nashville
Hiram Webster
Webster
Taft
Washington
Senate
Chauffeur Fatally Crashes Auto Near Louisville
In Louisville on May 1 Joe Rose drove his employer's automobile with three friends aboard. A collision with a telegraph pole killed John C. Phelps, son of a former president of the American Association, and injured Rose, Tom Hart, and Bernard Moellman.
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Louisville
Joe Rose
John C. Phelps
Rose
Tom Hart
Bernard Moellman
The
American Association
Death of Missionary Maurer in Adana Riots Detailed
Stephen Trowbridge, sole living American witness in Constantinople, recounts Henry Maurer of Elkhart County Indiana dying in the Adana riots while aiding in firefighting. He says Maurer was shot through a lung during the blaze.
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Constantinople
Henry Maurer
Elkhart County
Indiana
Adana
Stephen Trowbridge
Mr. Maurer
Mob Rouses Tyler Police and Hangs Alleged Attacker
At noon a 4000 strong mob seized a Black man from the jail in Tyler Texas after an alleged assault on 18 year old Winnie Harmon leaving her in critical condition. Troops arrived as the crowd demanded further arrests and the mob returned to the jail seeking more prisoners.
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Tyler
Tex
Winnie Harmon
Woman in Cincinnati shoots intruder in self defense
Mrs. William Forsythe fired on a prowler who tried her window in Cincinnati. The man, identified as Louis Plowman of Canton, Ohio, collapsed after two shots as she interrupted him climbing an alley fence. She was arrested at the hospital.
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Cincinnati
William Forsythe
Jack the Peeper
Louis Plowman
Canton
Wood Reappointed to Indiana Railroad Commission
Indianapolis May 30 William J Wood will be retained by Governor Marshall as a member of the Indiana railroad commission The governor recommissioned Mr Wood at noon today his appointment made by former Governor Hanly expired
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Wood
Indianapolis
William J. Wood
Marshall
Indiana Railroad Commission
Hanly
Editors in Libel Battle in Panama Canal Case
Indianapolis delegates report preliminary steps in a libel case involving Delavan Smith and Charles R. Williams of the Indianapolis News. Stuart Mac Namara arrives to seek removal to the District of Columbia as the judge considers identity and proceeding options. Smith and Williams plan to oppose removal with Ferdinand Winter, signaling a major legal fight ahead.
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Indianapolis
Stuart MacNamara
United States District Attorney
District of Columbia
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Indianapolis News
New York World
United States
Panama Canal
Anderson
Chicago
MacNamara
Charles W Miller
Grand Jury
Smith
Wilams
Williams
Ferdinand Winter
Willus Britt Recovering From Poison Incident
Willus Britt, manager for Stanley Ketchel, was found unconscious in a doorway and rushed to St Vincent hospital where doctors believe he will recover. Police found a packet of poison tablets among his belongings in a May 11 report from New York. In Wyoming on May 1 extreme cold affected many areas with five below zero at the King ranch near the Laramie mountains.
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New York
Willus Britt
Stanley Ketchel
St. Vincent Hospital
Will
Britt
Wyoming
Laramie
Wyo
King Ranch
Laramie Mountains
Storms sweep southern regions cause fatalities and damage
A May 1 report from Evansville Indiana notes a storm near Texas City Texas killed Edgar Overton his wife and infant and Daniel Stallings an employee their house blown down In Wasson El Dorado Illinois a mining town the storm leveled camps killing Jesse Mason a mechanic and injuring others The Little Wabash River is out of its banks causing extensive lowland damage according to Carmi Illinois dispatches
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Evansville
Ind
Timeis
Texas City
Edgar Overton
Daniel Stallings
Wasson
Eldorado
Jesse Mason
Carmi
Wabash
Theatres Rumor Denied by Local Officials
Authorities deny that the five and ten cent theatres will open tomorrow. Manager Timmins of the Bucklen says he does not favor the move, which began from a circulated petition. Chief of Police Silvers states in reply that the shows will not be open tomorrow.
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Timmins
Bucklen
Silvers
A Long Ride in the Cold Tramp Arrives From Buffalo
A nineteen year old tramp emerged from train No. 19’s blind baggage this afternoon, half frozen. He rode all the way from Buffalo with no coat or protection beyond his clothing, after warming at the depot he could talk about his journey.
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Eitie
Buffalo
Cadet Rifle Range Plans Highlight Bidding Visit
Regimental Adjutant C E Deal hosts Maj D I McCormick of Indianapolis with the Cd B rifle squad at the range Sunday. McCormick traveled to South Bend today to discuss bids for the range project, noting he learned the unit had been sent to the penitentiary only after arriving last night.
Caridad of Babies Pass Through City
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Catholic institution in New York sending orphans by car, with some portions left behind in Water. The readable fragments mention a carload of orphan babies and a Water location, but many words are garbled.
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Caridad
New York
Widespread Disaster With Tornado Toll In Millions In South
Tornadoes and storms swept the Mississippi valley killing 182 people and injuring over 700 across Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi and Georgia. Towns like Bee Springs Franklin Hillsboro and Centerville suffered heavy losses with whole communities wiped out. At Mammoth Springs Arkansas eight died nearby and a Knoxville court house was damaged. Ships Auranta sunk near White Fish Bay and Russia reportedly foundered off Detour with crews saved.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Bee Springs
Atlanta
South
Tennessee
Franklin
Hillsboro
Centerville
Campberland Valley
Ebenezer
Horn Lake
Miss
Arkansas
Mammoth Springs
Monroe
NM. B. Barrett
Barrett
Knoxville
C. Miller
Park City
Sault Ste. Marie
Pringle
Auranta
Cleveland
White Fish Bay
Port Huron
Mich
Russia
Port
Tippecanoe Goes Wet in County Option Vote
In Indiana on May 1 unofficial results show Tippecanoe County voted wet while Jefferson Martin and Washington counties stayed dry. Purdue University students faced affidavits over alleged illegal voting as Lafayette Township leaned wet, West Lafayette dry by 331. County totals: Starke dry 84, Center dry by 126 remonstrance, three wet townships Wayne Railroad and Jackson with smaller margins. County populations cited for context.
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Indianapolis
Tippecanoe County
Jefferson, Martin
Washington
Lafayette Tippecanoe County
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Lafayette
Jefferson County
Martin
Washington County
Starke County
Center Township
Wayne Township
Railroad Township
Jackson Township
Tipepcanoe County
Her
Watson
Jefferson “County
Bill
Martin County
Shoals
Jority
Salem
Marshall
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Sohn Roeder
Stauffer
Laverne Roeder
Leona Leviston
I. H. Church
Halliey Nusbaum
John Jr. Roeder
Miss Leviston
Martin Leviston
Engle Leviston
Sergi Whiteman
Young Loyiston
Roeders
Clarence Holben
Holben
Holden
Evangelist Gray
Peéserit
Big Corporation
Peeping Tom
Maurer
Indianapolis Nows
Willus Britt Recovering
Hilnoia
Bad Newa
Tippecanoe
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