Washington Lobby Hearings Highlight Political Denials
Rep J T McDermott of Ohio denies charges from Mulhall and McMichael before the House lobby committee in Washington. The judiciary committee postpones Emory Speer inquiry. Poindexter denies Seattle newspaper charges of securing jobs for relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. McDermott
Minois
House ‘Lobby Committee
Washington
M. M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Home
Emory ‘Speer
Georgia
House
Miles Poindexter
Seattle
Wilson's Mexican policy and international events noted
John Lind remains in Vera Cruz awaiting a special invitation for return to Mexico City amid Mexican tensions. President Wilson urges Americans to leave Mexico and warns officials to protect Americans and property. Also reported are a missionary murder in Chill, the Hague Peace Palace dedication, Carnegie honors, Lyons exposition invite, London builders strike, and the Esperanto congress opening with 1100 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lind
Wilson
Mexico City
Huerta
United States
Vera Cruz
Mr. Lind
Senor. Gamboa
Mexico
Republic
Personal Viscount Haldane Tours United States and Canada
The first lord high chancellor of Great Britain to leave the country since Cardinal Wolsey arrived in New York for a five day flying visit. A separate note reports fifteen year old Esthil Winchell shooting his father at the Hartford Kentucky breakfast table following a family quarrel. Harry K. Thaw defeats New York state authorities and is jailed at Sherbrooke Quebec while an Aberbrooke ovation impresses locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
New York
Harry Thaw
Evelyn
Viscount Haldane
Great Britain
Cardinal Wolsey
France
Canada
Esthil Winchell
James Winchell
Hartford
Harry K. Thaw
Sherbrooke
Dominion Immigration
Aberbrooke
Feud in Indiana Harbor Leaves Five Wounded in Roumanian Clash
A Roumanian feud erupts in Indiana Harbor leaving five men wounded after a street knife fight. Victims include John Carpeau Samuel Metes Joseph Serbu Samuel Braza and Nicholas Georges with serious injuries reported and no motive disclosed. In Fransville 105 prisoners crowd a poorly ventilated county jail bull pen as sheriff profits from feeding them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Harbor
Roumania
John Carpeau
Samuel Metes
Joseph Serbu
Samuel Braza
Nicholas Georges
Fransville
Philip Gould
John J. Davis
Injured Hillisburg Player Lingers In Critical State
Melvin Goff of the Hillisburg baseball team remained unconscious a week after being struck in the head by a ball pitched by an Indianapolis colored team. Doctors found a skull fracture in three places after an operation by a specialist from Indianapolis and local physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Melvin Goff
Hillisburg
Indianapolis
Goff
Plunge into Pine Lake costs life of George L Gray
A drowning accident at Pine Lake in La Porte county ends with the death of George L Gray twenty five. He disappeared after diving from a recreation pier and later his body was found entangled in weeds at the lake bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Pine Lake
la Porte County
George L. Gray
Gray
Buys Eggs Gets Chicks In Surprise Hatch
Lawrenceburg August 9 Omer A Stockman a merchant bought a case of eggs from a huckster. Opening the cage to serve a customer he found three fluffy chicks and several more peeping through the shell. He later secured thirteen chicks from the case. The chickens appear strong and hearty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Aug
Omer
A. Stockman
Stockman
Farmer Louie Wireman Shot on His Land in Aug Haut Presence
In Jasper on August 29 Louie Wireman a farmer was shot and killed in front of his young son by Crip Bufkin after Wireman ordered Bufkin off the land. Bufkin is now jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Louie Wireman
Crip Bufkin
Bufkin
Shelbyville Canning Company Fined for Child Labor Law Violation
In Shelbyville on Aug 29 a justice court fined the Shelbyville Canning Company 99.30 after its manager pled guilty to employing boys under 11 years old in violation of the child labor law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Aug
Shelbyvill Canning Company
West shoots self in poolroom amid family trouble
Albert West aged forty committed suicide in the M. M. Apple poolroom by shooting himself through the head. He had been recently released from the city police force and worked as poolroom manager. He left a wife and two children. Earlier, in Valparaiso, Justice John Matthews described an X ray showing a bullet embedded in his forearm from the Battle of Bealington on July 3 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Albert ‘West
M. M. Apple
West
Valparaiso
John Matthews
Hobart
Bealington
Indiana News In Brief Highlights Local Rules and Accidents
Lebanon raises pool hall license to 100 dollars and bans soft drinks sales. Warsaw inmate Carl Thacker returned to Northern Hospital for the Insane after escape. Sullivan trial date set for Samuel Woodsmall on conspiracy charges. retrial ordered. Seymour reports Goodbub bound over for circuit court after pleading guilty to stealing tread. Shoot family tragedy and paralysis. Massie identified as killed by live wire in Louisville yards. Shelbyville assault charges filed. Brazil motorcyclist sues railroad for damages. Linton stove explodes, house gutted in fire. Seymour boy Cecill Payne to answer to train wreck attempt. Tipton Odd Fellows district meeting announced. Logansport husband death by attempted suicide after marriage. Plymouth man assaulted by tramps, robbed of $50. Terre Haute infant dies from whooping cough. board investigates quarantine. Oakland City prosecutor conducts gambling arrests. fines average 17.50. Laporte Bolster severely injured on moving car. Booth Bend Swanson arrested for abducting a boy. confession details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Warsaw
Carl Thacker
Northern Hospital For
Kiatzel
Sullivan
Bridewell
Samuel W. Woodsmall
Supreme Court
Seymour—L. A. Goodbub
Jack Massie
Glencoe
Sullivan—Mack Rossiter
Shelburn
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Shelbyville
Rollie Weaver
Indianapolis
Dewey Schwartz- Strauber
Brazil
William German
Clay
Linton
George Ingalls
Joseph B. Turner
Daily Citizen
Seymour—Cecill Payne
Theodore Payne
Bhale Hill
B. & O. Southwestern
Tipton
The
Odd Fellows
Tipton County
Logansport
Wilfred Mooney
Kokomo
Mooney
Plymouth
Clarence H. Knox
Franklin, Ps
South Dakota
Pennsylvania Railroad
Anna
Charles Powers
Board of Health
Oakland
Harvey Harmon
Gibson County
Oakland City
Princeton
Laporte Leslie A. Bolster
Henry Will
Booth Bend—ouis Swanson
Chicago
Axe Fifteen
Swanson
Leonard Matachike
Niles
Mich
Michigan City
Ind
Fatal Automobile Race Crash at Cumberland Park
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports a 25 mile race at Cumberland Park where a fatal crash killed two drivers and left two more gravely injured. Ed Polk and Donovan avoided further casualties by ejecting or steering away while cars piled into the fence and the crowd flooded the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Union News Service
Nashville
Tenh
Cumberland Park
Ed Polk
Donovan
Wreck injures 14 on Euclid Beach cars collision
Fourteen people are injured eight seriously after two Euclid Beach traction cars collide near Hast One Hundred and Fifty second street and Lake Shore boulevard. Police blame carelessness of street car workers as the first car stopped abruptly and the second struck. Crowded cars carried many pleasure seekers at high speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Euclid Beach
Hast
Lake Shore Boulevard
Tragedy at Thirteenth Street hotel site man found dead
In Philadelphia a well dressed man about 36 was found at the foot of a fifty foot shaft at the Thirteenth and Cheatnut street hotel site. He carried about $1,000 when alive but the money is missing. A card reading B Atenstein 709 East Main street Richmond is the only ID. Police classify the case as murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thirteenth
Cheatnut Streets
East Main Street
Richmond
Indian Kills Himself Over Oil Land Sale News
Pueblo Colorado reports Willam Chisholm a full blood Choctaw from Tishomingo Oklahoma killed himself after learning a tract of land he once sold had changed hands for 3 million dollars due to oil discovery. Chisholm was a Haskell College graduate and former football player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Willam Chisholm
Tishomingo
Okla
Chisholm
Haskall
Wilson Opens Exposition in Knoxville
The first National Conservation exposition was formally opened in Knoxville Tennessee after a wireless message from President Wilson. A pageant featuring thousands of participants highlighted the day's program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Wilson
Collision in yards injures four trainmen and a passenger
In Montpelier Ohio a Toledo section of the Wa bash passenger train collided with a switch engine in the yards. J Gebhart of Peru the conductor suffered a fractured skull. B J Richmond was badly cut about the head. H W Hit St Louis was badly cut and W H Lefferts of Toledo also hurt. PL Lash and Binkaslen are listed among those injured.
A Bold Claim by a Young Dreamer
Eleven year old Tommy outlines his future fatherhood with marbles, baseball, daily dimes, ice cream, and ponies. His mother asks about girls, and Tommy recoils at the idea, declaring it would be the Dickens if he had only boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Eighteen Years of Ankle Sores Healed by Cuticura
Mrs Charles E Brooke of Kingaville Missouri recounts a long battle with burning ankle sores. After trying many remedies for eighteen years, she found relief with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Within three months the sores healed completely and have not returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingaville
Charles E. Brooke
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Vacation Fund Joke Ends With Cautionary Tale
A light exchange about saving for a trip reveals a character who saved $100 only to be warned of regrets from those who overdo vacations. The dialogue underscores caution in spending and the folly of impulse trips.
Examines Castoria ads and proclaims safety for children
A public health admonition urges careful checking of CASTORIA bottles for infants and children, highlighting the product’s 30 years in use and its claim of reliability. The piece contrasts a child care reminder with a quip about hopes for a crop failure and wild oats sown by a fellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pileg Ad Turns 75 Years
For 75 years Wright's Indian Vegetable Pilig have been their own recommendation in conditions of upset stomach liver and bowels. If you have not tried them, a test now will prove their benefit to you. Send for free sample to 372 Pearl St, New York. Adv.
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Wright
Pearl St
New York
Trees and town talk in a quiet moment scene
In a small town residents debate nature and public displays. The dialogue touches on trees showing staying power, water bluing myths, and a local amateur show drawing broad but mixed interest from townsfolk.
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J. A. Emery
N. A.M. Association
Senate Lobby Committee
Mulhall
Osage Indian Reservation
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Cato Sells
Osage
Powhuska
Senate
Henry E. Morgenthau
New York City
Turkey
Republican Congressional Committee
McAdoo
Borah, Bristow and Cumming
John Miller
Camp Perry
L. H. ‘Snook
Columbus
Myer
Wear
Mp Kid
Mississippi Valley
Keokuk
Ralph de Palma
Mercer
Chicago Automoile Club
Elgin
Joe Dawson
Chandler
Mason
Hankhannock, Pa
Buffalo
N. Y
Berlin
Oscar M. Auerbach
Frarry Masher
Lake Country
Baldwin
Hersey
Osceola County
William Flinn
Pennsylvania
Aat Point’hospital
Pittsburgh
Illinois_ state
Sah-and ‘Game Department
Havana
M. Tierman
C. Rogers
Pelerin de Latouche
M. Savy
M. Guiffrey
San Francisco
Cal
Miami Powder Company
Fayville, Il
J. H. Kibler
Josh Martin
Cairo
Alvey Grubbs
Thebes
Charles W. Worthen
White River Junction
Plainfield
N. H
Jessie Wilson
President Wilson
Francie B. Sayre
Monon Railroad
Bloomington
C. A. Smith Company
Bay Point
Congress
Carl Hansen
Ivulque
Chill
Hague
Carnegie
Wilhelmina
Carnevis
Order of Orange Nassau
Wiliam M. Fullerton
Lyons
District of Columbia
Hern
Indiana
Cat
Flve
H. C. Brown
Nadine Ewing
Louisville
Bertha Walker
B. T. Cooper
Indiana News
Shapt
Indian
Ous
Doan
Illinois
He Tells
A Tore
L.cwin Gucker
Western Ave
Mattoo
Foster-M' Turn CO
Buffalo, N. Ye
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