Finger Print System Tested at Indiana Prison
The finger print system, already adopted in England, is being installed at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Warden Edward Fogarty supervised initial tests with a white envelope showing successful imprinting, demonstrating how prints uniquely identify individuals. The method uses ink, a glass plate, and a roller to record all ten fingers and thumbs for filing.
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Michigan City
England
Edward Fogarty
Foearty
Drisen
New President Installed at DePauw University
George Richmond Grose was installed as the eleventh president of DePauw University in Greencastle on April 7. The ceremony featured bishops Edwin Holt Hughes Francis J McConnell John W Walden and others, with 1100 attendees including 800 college students. The event highlighted the university’s long record of producing church leaders and public figures.
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Greencastle
George Richmond Grose
DePauw University
Matthew Simpson
Lucien W. Kerry
Daniel Curry
Thomas Bowman
Reuben Andrus
Alexander Martin
John P. D. John
Hillary Asbury Gobin
Edwin Holt Hughes
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Army and Navy
College of Liberal Arts
Methodist Church
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Edwin Tolt Hughes
Francis Joun McConneil
John W. Walden
David Hastings Moore
van Denman Thompson
University
Indiana In Brief Reports From Across the State
The Indiana items note a banned farm property near Brazile Stewart with $1800 loss and no insurance. Plymouth votes May 2 on liquor sales after a wet period. Shelbyville arrests for speeding with a $14.25 fine. Evansville hosts the Indiana Presbytery meeting. Vernon Wink fined $75 and costs for aquatic law violations. Connersville features an Indiana artists tour with local displays. Greenfield recalls Michael Murnan who cleared Sugar Creek land since 1848. Columbus lodge finances unsettled due to Harry Myers disappearance. South Bend domestic dispute ends with divorce suit and alimony request. Terre Haute reports a $4000 fire at Farnsworth destroying eight houses and a store. Plymouth hosts the Marshall County Oratorical and Musical Association event with multiple schools in track, prelims at the fairgrounds and evening contests. school board resigns liberal prices.
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Tor Vernon Wink
Connersville
Greenfield
Michael Murnan
Sugar Creek
Columbus
Cnp
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Quase
Terre
Mpive
Argos
Bourbon
Bremen
Culver
Plymouth
Uberal Priges
California May Bar Orientals From Land Ownership
Governor Johnson and Secretary Bryan warned the California legislature that while the state may enact a strict land ownership ban for aliens ineligible to citizenship, such a law would run contrary to the wishes of the national administration and could provoke foreign offense. Bryan argued no criticism from the federal government or foreign nations would justify such action.
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Sacramento
Cal
Wilson
Johnson
Union News Service
Gov. Johnson
California
Washington
Arizona
William Jennings Bryan
Wallace
Forty Years at Hard Labor for Brooklyn Jewelry Robber
James Cassidy, 34, was sentenced to forty years at Sing Sing for robbing Louis Price’s jewelry store at 107 Broadway Brooklyn on February 15 1912. Judge Pawcett called it a historic heavy punishment. Cassidy accepted the sentence with a smile and returned to his cell.
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Sing Sing
James Cassidy
Pawcett
Kings County Court
Brooklyn
Prigover
Cassidy
Tie
Louis Price
Broadway
Home Blown Up in Cripple Creek Colorado
Dynamite destroyed the home of miner James T. Bacon a former Colorado legislator in Cripple Creek. Elis Mrs Bacon and her five year old daughter were injured Bacon was left unconscious authorities seek the blast culprit unknown at this time.
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Cripple Creek
Codl
James T. Bacon
Colorado
Elis
Bavarian Airman Dies After Tree Collision
Munich authorities report Bavarian flying corps lieutenant von Germersheim died of injuries from a plane collision with a tree on April 23. He never regained consciousness.
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Leslie
Ray Newmaen
Finod
Munich
Lieut. von Germershheim
Bavarian Army Flying Corps
Cincinnati Market Prices of Grains Livestock and Poultry
Market listing shows prices for timothy clover and mixed hay, oats, wheat, and corn, with various grades and weights. Livestock categories include cattle shippers, butchers, cows, bulls, calves, hogs, sheep, and lambs with bid prices and quality labels.
Former Police Chief Fined in Disorderly House Case
Piltsbury Pennsylvania Buck Wallace a former police chief under the Hays administration and James M. McCluskey were fined $50 each by Magistrate Samn Central police court for running a disorderly house. A raid on the resort found 387 visitors, each charged $5 or five days in jail. Wallace is listed on the blotter as Jam Wilson. Gambling paraphernalia including card tables and poker chips were seized.
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Buck” Wallace
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James M. McCluskey
Saam N Central
Jal
Wallace
Jam Wilson
Skin Remedy Success in Atchison Ad
Miss Elsie Nielson reports a long battle with facial eruptions cleared after about four months using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She notes redness, pimples, and a burning sensation, and adds she continues washing with the soap and still uses the products.
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Elsie Nielson
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Atlas Ethel Question Sparks Renewal With Another Girl
After a refusal to Jack, Mand confirms he proposed again to another girl. The brief notes the dating incident in a local social column.
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Ethel
Jack
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