Washington official and political clash over omitted voucher case
Washington disbursing clerk Morrison testified a missing voucher in the Day portrait case was to be kept quiet on instruction from Wilbur J. Carr. Senator Penrose and President Taft signaled broad support for Canadian reciprocity with a vote likely within two weeks. The era’s politics center on tariff focus and party infighting while prosecutions and indictments dot the national scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Morrison
House
Washington
Atill
Wilbur J. Carr
Igha
Penrose
U. S. Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Baptist World Alliance Session Opens in Philadelphia
John Clifford of England presides over a weeklong Baptist World Alliance session in Philadelphia. James Proctor Knott of Kentucky, longtime congressman, dies at his Lebannon residence aged eighty one after years of illness. The launch Vagrant owned by Harold Vanderbilt burns at Red Top Connecticut. Vanderbilt suffers facial and hand burns but retains eyesight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist World Alliance
Philadelphia
John Clifford
England
James Proctor Knott
Kentucky
Congress
Lebanon, Ky
Harold Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt
Red Top
Conn
My. Vanderbilt
Various 1912 news items mix crime, labor, and politics
Swindler posing as a U S N lieutenant commander flees jewelers. Detroit hosts the International Stereotypers and Electrotypers union 1913 convention with San Francisco set for the following year. A man sobbing at a funeral is fined in Pontiac. President Taft mulls a Confederate cemetery ceremony in Missouri with veterans urging attendance. A New York woman shoots a restaurateur mother in law incident. Omega fled. Two men die in a car plunge in Dwight Illinois. another man escapes a runaway Grand Trunk locomotive. A Cleveland resident is cured of piano compulsion by skull bone removal. The Sea Hird sails near Martha’s Vineyard. New Orleans mint to be closed and stored. A Buffalo youth on a romance leads to attempted suicide. The General Haking company is formed in New York with 15.6 million capitalization to avoid antitrust issues. A Savannah killer is felled after a lengthy pursuit.
Air race tragedy and political moves across Europe and Americas
On day one of the European air circuit from Vincennes Captain Princeton M Le Martin and SM Lendron died while M Gaubert was fatally injured in the crash that injured multiple spectators and others. Meanwhile American Ambassador Rockhill brokered a recall letter in St Petersburg and Hockhill was shifted to Constantinople. A Panama canal engineer Goethals pushes a gambling ban while Venezuela’s Castro rumored aboard. in Mexico a rebel ultimatum threatens Mexico City as Madero faces a command shakeup.
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Princeton
M. le Martin
SM. Lendron
M. Gaubert
Vincennes
France
Emperor Nicholas
Rockhill
St. Petersburg
Hockhill
Constantinople
Poole Farm Dig Yields No Buried Bodies in Hunted Search
Ten men under Deputy Prosecuting Attorney W. L. Wood excavated parts of John W. Poole’s Jasper county farm ten miles north of the city seeking buried remains but found none. The dig found horse carcasses and soft soil but no human bodies, while Poole’s family argued the search to be pointless and vowed to fill the holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
W. L. Wood
Jasper
Henton
John W. Poole
Poole
Fowler
Joseph Kemper
Lantern
Ed Ritter
Paule
Iton
Clyde Witham
Witham
Swanington
Ohio
Wood
Poole Farm
City
John R. Haas
Sparrows Occupy Water Works Whistle
Water works engineer could not sound alarm as sparrows nested in the whistle. He found four complete nests inside the copper cylinder with three filled with eggs and one crowded with young birds. Steam cooking caused the birds and eggs to be destroyed when the valve was opened.
Seriously Stung by Bees Near Logansport
Gertie Clinger, a child visiting her grandfather George W. Clinger’s farm south of Logansport, peered into a bee hive and was stung about fifty times. Doctors feared for her life but she survived the attack.
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Logansport
Gertie Clinger
George W. Clinger
Solid Liquor, Never Drank Fort Wayne
Michael F. Helger aged 63 died of Bright s disease in Fort Wayne and never tasted liquor despite a twenty year career in saloon work and as a traveling representative He was widely known in northern Indiana and came to Fort Wayne from the region.
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Fort Wayne
Michael F. Helger
Hright
Purple Hens Lay Purple Eggs on Mulberry Diet
Report from near Fort Wayne describes hens on H L Host farm laying ready made purple Easter eggs without dye. Mulberries, dropped by winds, are blamed for the color. Rost, a jeweler and banker, produced eggs to prove the tale. Third body found in Swan fire ruins. possible Civil War veteran Elijah Hunning identified by bones near a wagon shed.
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Columbia
H. Ll. Host
Mr. Root
Rost
Mr. Rost
People’s Sayings and Trust Company
Carl L. Rost
Fort Wayne
Otto Klemm
Swan
Here
Klemm
Elijah Hunning
la Oo
Hunning
Former Steamboat Captain Dead
Evansville captain George A. Clinger a well known river man who once commanded large boats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers died here He is survived by a family He was born at Portsmouth Ohio in 1842.
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Evansville
George A. Clinger
Ohio
Missinnippi
Portamouth
Buttermilk Douses Farm Fire Near Owensville
Fire at Warrick Muuck's township home west of Owensville was put out quickly when a girl dumped a large bucket of buttermilk on the flames. The incident highlights a quick, improvised response by a local resident to a household fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensville
Warrick Muuck
Indiana towns clash over Fourth of July safety measures
Felwood mayor bans cannon crackers torpedo canes and revolvers. Warsaw limits firecrackers to two inches with heavy fines for sellers or users. Greencastle editor Robbed of $60 and gold watch. New Albany probate for Mrs Cavanaughs will. Jeffersonville hosts fourth annual homecomers reunion on August 24. Columbus reports six flower thefts including jardiniere thefts with palm plants.
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Felwood
Krumbaugh
Greencastle
Tkarry Mo Smith
Manner
Warsaw
New Albany
Wiente Cavanaugh
Effeult Court
Edward Cavanagh
Jeffersonville
M. H. Dunlevy
Ford Cooper
Henryville
Columbus
R. M. Lienberger
J.L. Emmons
Walter Iush
Laula J. Welser
James C. Tulley
Richard Hearhope
Lawrenceburg
Dearborn
Samuel
Wella
Scottsburg
Mary A. Billingsley
Wilson Creek
Terre Haute—Township
Weldele
Marion Umer
Kish
Mins
Edith Mite
Philly Harris
Flood Washes Through Oakland City Area Causing Severe Damage
A cloud burst swept Oakland City Ind flooding two feet deep and destroying fences, trees, buildings, airfield tanks, and pump houses. Water submerged pumping powers for the first time, many livestock drowned and several residents had narrow escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland City
Ind
Patoks
Senator Lea Amero Hospital Drama Ends Tragically
United States Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee lies on adjoining cots in Georgetown Hospital with severe weakness while his wife Lea hovers near death. The report notes Lea donated a full quart of blood to his wife, amid her critical condition and his own frail state.
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Washington
Georgetown Hospital
United States
Luke Lea
Tennes
See
Waby
Lea
Senator Lea
Coronation Week Features in London Program
Royal representatives from foreign courts arrive in London for coronation week events. The king and queen attend private rehearsals at Westminster Abbey. A state banquet at Buckingham Palace is planned. Overseas premiers and delegations will be received. The crowning takes place Thursday followed by a south London progress.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
Nathan
Controller Burned At Niagara Falls Trolley Crash
A trolley car fire in Tonawanda New York during a panic fatally injures one person and injuries twelve others. Eight of the injured are delegates to the Modern Woodmen of America convention. William G. Brown of Hull Tennessee is among the most seriously hurt with a fractured skull and lost sight in one eye.
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Tonawanda
N. Y
Niagara Falla Tue
America
William G. Brown
Hull
Tenn
Record Coke Output in 1914 Surpasses Prior Years
The United States produced more coke in 1914 than ever before, with record value. The rise in coke value outweighed the higher coal costs, indicating doubtful overall prosperity for cokemaking.
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Washington
United States
Geological Survey
England Greets Diaz Aboard Ypiranga
The steamer Ypiranga reached Havre after leaving Santander with Gen Porfirio Diaz on board. Diaz did not land. Captain West of the British navy boarded the vessel and extended England’s greeting to Diaz.
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England
Diaz
Plyinguth
Enngland
Ypiranga
Porfirio Dias
Santander
Havre
Captain West
Gen. Diaz
Delegations Arrive For 138th International Sunday School Convention
Delegations arrive from the east by special trains for the 138th annual International Sunday school convention in San Francisco. Ohio and Kentucky send representatives as Navy yards face consolidation plans. Secretary Moyer discusses concentrating yard work and abandoning plants not needed in war before the House committee on expenditure in the Navy Department in Philadelphia.
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San Francisco
East
Ohio
Kentucky
Washington
Moyer
Navy Yard
House Committee On Expenditure
Navy Department
Jt In
Philadelphia
Taft lookalike joke ends with a child’s verdict
In Cleveland Leader humor notes Assistant Treasurer James A. Matthews of the Guardian bank joked about a Taft resemblance. After a dinner with the Harmons and their daughter, Dorothy, the girl replied the resemblance wasn’t in his face, ending the gag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Matthews
Guardian Bank
Taft
Mathews
Dorothy
Uncle Jim
Cleveland
Heartless Father Refuses Household Help for Delicate Daughter
A woman tells her husband she needs help with household duties while accusing him of cruelty for pushing their seemingly fragile daughter to do hard labor. She notes she is a star on the basketball team and aims for gymnasium prizes, sparking a confrontation about gendered expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Jim Jenkins
Curious Sleep Benefits Attributed To Grape-Nuts
A minister recounts relief from indigestion after adopting Grape-Nuts. He notes improved sleep and calmer nerves following Sabbath meals, saying the cereal is now essential to his table and his family’s meals. The testimonial cites Postum and the Battle Creek origin.
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Aleep
Postum
Battle Creek
Michigan
Wellville
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Idinand
Oxnard
Brooklyn
Henry T. Oxfard
American Beet Sugar Company
Colonial House “Sugar Trust
Wieconain
House of Representatives
Knox
Hamlin
State Department
Mr. Hale
Elihu Root
Rosenthal
John Hay
A .N
Edgar
Cooke
Chicago
Big Four Railway
By & Jery
Cincinnat
W. J. Burns
James Hossick
Los Angeles
Cal
Indianapolis
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
McNamera
D. T. Dumas
Cass Lake
Minn
Hibbing
Ming
Hitchcock
Setmons
St. Louis
Kagie Maalstonach Johnson
Pa“Mail
Asia
Washington Upon Home
H. West
Henry W. Knowlson
International Stereotypers and Electrotypers' Union
Detroit
Huffalo
Pontiac
Mich
Lalah Bayard
Springfield
United Confederate Veterans
G. A. KR
Carmelia de Graccia
New York
John Omega
Omega
Louis Orr
Dwight
Ill
Arthur Kern
Grand Trunk Railway
Hattle Creek
M. M. Hard
Italy
Martha's Vineyard Island
New Orleans
Frank Marshall
Buffalo
Nellie Tryer
General Haking Company
State of
William Wimberly
Savannah
Halil
Grostuck
Castro
Venezuela
Arosemenia
Panama
Goethals
Panama Canal
Jose Vera
Madero
Federal District of
Mexico
Mexico City
Jasper County Farm
Tristate Fair Ground
Aviatura
Hawker
H. LL. Rost
Bartholomew County
Indiana News
River
Lea Amero
U. S
Gatfield
Wen An
Parker—lim
Thompson
Marper
Uek— Allens
Bic
Refuse Oudotiinlss
Adarece A. B
le Roy
Wise Broker
Jigge
Wiggs
Jiggx
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