World Events From Across The Globe In Brief
A wide round up notes President Wilson intends peaceful intervention in Mexico with commissioners to press Huerta and Carranza toward holding a special election. It covers counterfeit six dollar notes, Supreme Court nominees, naval inspections, Meats tariff debate, and various incidents from the United States and abroad with mutinies, riots, shipwrecks, and political maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Mexico
Republic
Huerta
Carranza
Resignation of Chicago's Ella Flagg Young Prompts Focus
Ella Flagg Young the Chicago public schools superintendent and noted American educator has resigned citing petty politics as her reason. The report notes ongoing search for several missing persons from Trenton New Jersey and Florence New Jersey after a motorboat broke down on the Delaware river. Archibald Hart a Democrat was elected to New Jersey's Sixth District house seat with Wilson support. A divorce suit in Goldfield alleges desertion by the husband of Illinois Governor Dunne's wife. Jewelry theft targets Mrs Edward F Dunne in the Marshall Field & Co rest room. Sergeant A E Wallace of the Coast Artillery Corps, among workers assaulted by the I W W in Seattle, has died at Fort Flagler.
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Mra
Ella Flagg
Chicago
America
W. Guieser
Louise Hines
Trenton
N. J
May Herring
Deutzville
Florence
Delaware River
Archibald ©. Hart
House of Representatives
New Jersey
James Martin Hart
Wilson, Ch
Edward F. Dunne
Dunne
Illinois
Marshall Field & Co
Indiana Postmasters Conclude First Day At Columbus Convention
Attendance was small at the opening of the ninth annual Indiana State League of Postmasters convention in Columbus. E A Bush of Reynolds, president, predicts larger turnout. welcome by Frank S. Jones, response by John T. Clapp, and talks on civil service follow tours of the new federal building. Parole notes, stockmen picnic planned at Battle Ground, and pellagra-related death update round out the day’s brief items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana State League of Postmasters
Columbus
E. A. Bush
Reynolds
League
M. A. Morgan
Camby
Bessie M. Shaw
Gaston
Frank S. Jones
Retail Merchants’ Association
John T. Clapp
Beech Grove
Laporte
Federal
Indiana G A R Aide Appointed in Richmond and Knights Town
Indiana G A R announces appointments of aides-de-camp from cities including Richmond Indianapolis Plymouth Lafayette Remington and more. Multiple committees named to visit Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at Knights Town and the Soldiers Home at Lafayette with representatives from numerous towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Richmond
Ind
D. W. Comstock
John F. Davenport
James R. Henry
Indianapolis
Rufus M. Hawley
Plymouth
William Hare
Lafayette
Jerome H. Biddle
Remington
Ransom HE. Hawley
C. Shroeder
Indianapoli
Thomas F. Chaffee
Shelby
Pennville
John H. Ladd
Merom
Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans
Knightstown
John Kress
Ft. Wayne
T. B. Wilkinson
Lemuel A. Dennus
Newcastle
Garret H. Shover
John A. Markley
John G. Holts
Spiceland
John Dynes
Centerville
A. M. Scott
John
Lafayette Typographical Union marks fiftieth anniversary
More than 300 printers from across Indiana attended the event as Lafayette Typographical Union No. 64 observed the fiftieth anniversary in a fitting ceremony during the semi annual Indiana conference at Labor Temple. New corporations Kennard Canning Co and Brewer Art Co were listed with capital changes and manufacturing plans including stock value adjustments at Goodwin Manufacturing Co of Indianapolis.
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Lafayette Typographical Union No. 64
Indiana
Labor Temple
Kennard Canning Company
Kennard
James A. Goddard
H. H. Rayle
0. P. Rayle
Brewer Art Company
Shelbyville
L. H. Brewer
E. Brewer
C. Jones
Goodwin Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
Man Burned By Manhole Gas Explosion In Downtow n
In South Bend a manhole blast caused by escaping gas ignited clothing and set Fred Roberts of the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company ablaze. Fire was extinguished quickly. Roberts was hospitalized with severe burns and faces uncertain recovery.
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Fred Roberts
Indiana and Michigan Electric Company
Indiana
South Bend
Indiana and Michigan Elrectric Company
Roberts
Man Reunites Family After Years of Wandering
In Tipton a man using the alias Martin Felix is revealed as Martin McCannis. After twelve years away from his wife and two children and a period of roaming the United States he sought forgiveness, returned to Anderson, and is bringing his wife and children to Tipton to start anew with a promised job. The wife had remarried, but her second husband died several years ago.
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Tipton
Martin Felix
Anderson
Motorcycle Victim Dies After Street Collision
Nicholas Collings, sixty five, a factory watch man, died from injuries after being struck by a motorcycle driven by Christy Beck, twenty, a neighbor. Beck was nearly stopping when Collings crossed and the motorcycle fell, crushing his chest. The coroner found no blame on Beck.
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Anderson
Nicholas Collins
Christy Beck
Beck
Collings
Collins
Lightning Strikes Kissinger Farm Damages Dog
A lightning bolt during a storm struck the Ford Kissinger home twelve miles north of Wabash. The strike burned a three inch wide strip of fur from a small dog resting on the dining room floor. The dog survived and was treated with home remedies.
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Wabash
Ford Kissinger
Here
Kissinger
Fails to Find Wife in Richmond Elopement Case
Richmond July 16 efforts to locate Mrs. Thomas Jones of Connersville who allegedly eloped with Anderson Vernon failed to reveal the woman. A letter bearing a Richmond postmark reached her husband claiming she was in the city. Jones traveled to Richmond, consulted police, and returned home after a fruitless search.
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Richmond
Thomas Jones
Connersville
Anderson Vernon
Jones
Aged Man Dies of Wound in Elkhart
Elkhart July 18 John Ocker eighty three died from a pistol wound to the abdomen. Officials say the injury followed difficulties under a new law obtaining iodine for pain relief amid a stomach disorder. In Wabash Walter Kaufman Big Four employee attempted suicide with shotgun razor and poison Wednesday but survived though in critical condition.
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Elkhart
John Ocker
Ocker
Polson
Wabash
Walter Kaufman
Big Four
Self Forged Wedding by Contract In Frankfort
Frankfort July 18 Quinn McMasters and Miss Delle Pence married themselves with a signed sworn contract rather than a license or traditional ceremony. They, both previously divorced, vowed in the presence of a justice of the peace and two witnesses to become husband and wife, with the document urged to be recorded for Miss Pence’s protection.
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Frankfort
Quinn McMasters
Miss Delle Pence
Miss Pence
William Freindenstein
McMasters
Office of Justice of the Peace Harlan
Justice of the Peace
Indiana News In Brief Roundup
Bedford police seek a young man named Robert Wetton for forgery. Delphi barn owned by Robert Coates burned. Mitchell druggist Edward Carr convicted of selling whisky under a quart, fined $50. Newcastle Mrs Nancy Reamer sues to annul marriage to bigamist Charles Reamer. Corydon age twelve attempted to remove a sickle causing severe facial injury. Warsaw farmers can record farm names under new law. Shelbyville storm damage totals $6,000 with six barns burned. Warsaw jetty attorney elected to fill vacancy after M H Summy’s death. South Bend elderly veteran John Fimm cuts throat. chance of recovery. South Bend Dr Crumpicker escapes death near train. Muncie Mrs Siamson and daughters ill from canned soup. Winamet Claude Hickman commits suicide explaining death to youths. Logansport Henry Patton in critical condition after fall from tree. Elkhart infant horn injury from cow attack. recovering. Poo ru Lightning hits chimneys. Ot hall farm barn destroyed by lightning. losses $1,500. New Palestine storms damage farm property. barns struck by lightning. Greencastle accident on Monon railroad injures four. cars derail and brakes set.
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Bedford
Robert Wetton
Delphi
Robert tCoates
Mitchell
Edward Carr
Newcastle
Nancy Reamer
Knightstown
Charles Reamer
Corydon
Early Chambers
Warsaw
Koscinsko County
Shelbyville
H. W. Graham
M. H. Summy
South Bend
John Fimm
C. B. Crumpicker
the Owls
Lake Shore
Muncie
W. D. Siamson
Winamet
Claude Hickman
Logansport
Henry C. Patton
Fort Wayne
Silas Patton
Elkhart
James Messer
Bristol
Poeru
Aen Trippeer
P. H. Murphy
William Mallett
Otto Hall
Pern
New Palestine
John Valentine
William Russell
Greencastle
Alva England
Hertford
Perry Hall
Lafayette
Monon
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Ferdinand News
Henry Haake
Washington
W. J. Flynn
United States Secret Service
Supreme Court
Representative Ruptey
Pennsylvania
Naval Committee
North Atlantic
Bar Harbor
Martin M. Mulhall
Watson
Congress
Mulhall
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Senate
Smoot
Utah
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Houston
Department of Agriculture
South America
Edward H. Elwood
Elwood
Potomac River
John Marshall
United States
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Bas
Kansas Utilities Commission
Western Federation of Miners
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Tremper
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Newburg
Albany
Esopus Island
Dayton
Bertha Watts
White Plains
Yonkers
Sing Sing
Binghamton Clothing Company of
New York
James Kelly
International Falls
Minn
Edeke of
Raner
F. J. Couture
California
Johnson
Cleveland
Moses Cleveland
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Perry
Madison
Emmeline Pankhurst
Holloway
London
Robert Burns
Liverpool Athenaeum
San Francisco
Cal
Pekin
Tong King Chong
Sun Yat Sen
Doctor Sen
China
Vatican
Rome
House of Lords
Lords
Kiangnan
Sofia
London Times
Adrianople
Roumania
Bulgaria
Turtukai-Betchik
Wurttemburg
Germany
Strassburg
Switzerland
Jease Root Grant
A. 8. Grant
Goldfield
New
A. E. Wallace
Coast Artillery Corps
United States ‘Army
Industrial Workers of the World
Seattle
Waah
Fort Flagler
Postmasters OF State
Ralston
State Board of Pardons
State Board
Noah Morehead
Arlie Manuels
Albert Finney
Morehead
Manuels
Cass County
Finney
John Hedges
Wells Street
Pt. Wayne
Best
Fred Myers
Frank Rawson
Warren County
Frank Caldwell
Marion County
Caldwell
Nelson Caldwell
Tippecanoe
J. H
J. W. VanNatta
Battle Ground
Warren F. McCray
Kentland
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Wisconsin
Minnesota
W. T. McCray
F. C. Palin
Corn Growers’ Association
H. J. Skinner
Purdue
G. }. Christie
Lafayetta
Attle Ground
Tippecanoe Stock Farm
South
State Board of Health
William A. Ruddick
Seymour
Ruddick
W. O. Bicknell
Lawrenceburg
Anna 1
Wachsman
William G. Wachsmans
Clinton County
Indiana News
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