Reciprocity Debates Extend as House Delays Vote
Washington April 18 The House opens debate on the Canadian reciprocity agreement with Rep F J Hill arguing it does not threaten protection and tariffs are similar in both nations Farmers fear higher costs while flour millers may gain Democrats call the plan anti farmer and Underwood says debate will extend at least another day delaying any vote.
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Washington
F. J. Hill
Connecticut
Ways and Means Committee
House
Hill
Tariff Board
Canada
United States
E. L. Hamilton
Michigan
Hamilton
Congress
Underwood
McCall
Dalzell
Massachussetts
Hinds
Fordney
Senroot
Crumpacker
Senata
Taft rules out immediate intervention in Mexico
President Taft reiterated no intent to intervene now while Mr. Sulzer suggested a possible neutral 5 to 10 mile border zone. Congress will act only with a presidential message as hostilities loom near border towns despite a cease fire at Agua Prieta. Troop redeployments to the Philippines are delayed six months due to the Mexican crisis.
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Sulzer
Congress
Mexico
Taft
Gay
Sloan
Arizona
Juarez
Agua Prieta
Philippines
Bazaar Proves Success At Hartford City Church
The Presbyterian ladies of Hartford City Indiana report a church bazaar that drew strong patronage. Receipts totaled just over 200 dollars, funding the growing pipe organ fund as planned.
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Hartford City
Ind
Ebinghouse Receives Letter On Skirt Plant Start
Otto Eb inghouse of the Wabash Exchange in this city received a letter from Charles Lyon manager of the Skirt company stating the plant is now crating and will start operations soon in April.
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Wavesh
Ind
Otto Ebbinghouse
Wabash Exchange
Charles Lyon
I 3
Origern
Eeenip
Monument Unveiled For Forgotten French Defenders At Annapolis
On the St John’s college campus in Annapolis a bronze tablet commemorates nameless French soldiers and sailors who died defending American independence. President Taft and Ambassador Jusserand spoke as Sons of the Revolution and allied groups attended.
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Annapolis
St. John’s College
General Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Taft
Ambassador Jusserand
National Naval Academy
Sons of the Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Society of the Cincinnati
Maryland Historical Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Edmund Witmore
General Society of the Laws of the Revolution
Amelie de Pau Fowler
Baltimore
Count de Grasse
Yorktown
Thomas Feil
St. John’s
Jusserand
Henri Martin
Academy
Alliance Francaise
Lafayette
Rochambeau
St. John’s College, Annapolis
John Puanl Jones
America
Paris
Oswald Tilghman
Maryland
Military Burying Ground
J. Maxwell Miller
Alto Relievo
France
Roeger Child Injured After Street Accident
Edwin Roeger, the young son of Mr and Mrs L L Roeger of North Harrison street, was struck and badly injured Monday by an automobile on Wele street according to reports from local authorities and witnesses.
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Edwin Roeger
Ll. E. Roeger
North Harrison
Lad Run Over by Automobile at Wells and Third
Seven year old Edward Roeger was knocked down while playing tag near the Abersmeyer drugstore. The car driven by J O Rhodes passed over him in a slow pace but stopped within its length. He suffered pelvic injuries and remained unconscious briefly. doctors expect recovery.
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Wells
Third Streets
Edward Roeger
Louis E. Roeger
North
Harrison Street
J. O. Rhodes
Winois
Fort Wayne
Joseph Mason
Bluffton Road
Roeger
Abersmeyer
Rhodes Auto
Mr. Rhodes
Dr. Goheen
Pr. Goheen
Dr. Batman
Hart
Rodenbeck
Cass Street
Rodenbecks
Pittsburg man buys Fort Wayne bill posting firm
W B Merrill of Pittsburg has bought the Fort Wayne Bill Posting Company from E C Ryder and will assume control on May 1. The price is undisclosed but near $20,000. Merrill will relocate his family to Fort Wayne soon, with Ryder remaining with the business. The firm, at 108 West Lewis Street, traces its history to George Richards and later ownership changes through I N Bullington and the Temple and Woodworth lines. The company operates about 8,000 feet of billboards in Fort Wayne.
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W. B. Merrill
Pittsburg
E. C. Ryder
Fort Wayne
I. N. Bullington
Mr. Ryder
George Richards
C. B. Woodworth & Co
Temple Billposting Company
Bullington
Local Social Notes From Leo Indiana April
Charles Fishburn and family were out-of-town visitors Sunday. William Snider and wife stayed with Herbert Warner and wife. Funeral services were held for Lydia Steevick and the infant son of Frank Stienbarger and wife. H L Moody and son Roy were in town Monday. Arthur Bleekman and family visited Orange Maxfield and family. Jacob Lochner and family are quarantined for scarlet fever. Henry Moody and wife spent Easter with their son Roy.
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Leo
Ind
Charles Fishburn
Edith
William Snider
Herbert’ Warner
Lydia Stéevick
Frank Stienbarger
Dickson
H. L. Moody
Roy
Arthur Bleekman
Orange Maxfield
Jacob Lochner
Henry Moody
Tobey Opens Own Shop After NYC Management
H B Tobey longtime manager of the Thing shoe store here starts his own business in New York City. He previously led the Henry Siegel Co for seven years and also managed Stegal Cooper and Henry Gren hut stores. Tobey’s move marks a new chapter in his retail career.
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H B. Tobey
Thing
New York
Henry ‘Siegel Co
Tobey
Stegal-Cooper
Henry Gren‘hut
Talley
Rebels Hold Agua Prieta After Fierce Border Battle
Heavy fighting near Agua Prieta ends with rebels maintaining positions along trenches facing the American line. Federal forces, including about 1,600 men and 200 cavalry, withdraw under fire as Red Cross volunteers aid the wounded from both sides. Oscar Goll, AP correspondent, is wounded. Lopez commands rebel defenders and asserts strong fire on federal machine guns.
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Red Cross
Dr. Shine
Bisbee
Douglas
Barron
Sonora
Agua Prieta
United States
Fifth Street
International Line
Nacozari
Oscar Goll
Associated Press
Fourth Street
Goll
Tombstone
Cochise County
Arizona
Red” Lopez
Lowland
National Line
Butte Federal
Mission
Agua
Prista
Hen
Renchea
International ‘Line
Tornado Toll Across Plains Leaves Towns in Ruin
Meager reports from Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Arkansas describe a wide storm path with fatalities uncertain. Big Heart Oklahoma reports two dead and sixty injured with most businesses destroyed including two hotels a school and railway station. A seven year old girl Jane Petton died in Hiawatha Kansas. several teachers and residents were injured as farms suffered heavy damage.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Big Heart
Tulsa
Okla
Whiting
Kan
Reserve
Fred Stone
Eskridge
Hiawatha
Jane Petton
Laura Browne
Gladys Mellor
William Roberts
Three Die as Tornado Hits Plumberville Arkansas
Information from a telephone lineman near Plumberville indicates that a tornado struck the town last night, killing three people and injuring twenty five. Wires are down between Little Rock and Plumberville and direct communications to the area are interrupted.
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Little Rock
Ark
Plumberville
Gypsy Reunion Draws 200 More to Fort Wayne
Two hundred additional members of the Stanley gypsy tribe will travel to Fort Wayne next week and join the contingent at the driving park for a reunion before moving to northern Michigan. The Stanleys prosper through horse trading fortune telling and assorted enterprises with a wintering group at the driving park for several years.
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Tribe of Stanley
Driving Park
Stanley
Fort Wayne
Reuion
Michigan
Stanley Gypsies
Strauss resumes pool hall business in Columbia City
Will Strauss of Columbia City, once in partnership with Adolph F. Stahl, has purchased the entire billiard and pool hall business from his former partner and resumed possession Monday likely after a January sale, with Stahl reportedly headed to California.
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Columbia City
Ind
Will Strauss
Adolph’ F.: Stahl
Stahmay
Ae Sour
California
Smith Still On Grass Cutting at Old Golf Links
Art Smith the young aviator planned short flights at the old golf links but a stiff breeze and engine trouble delayed a tryout. He expected to fly about 7 am to avoid crowds, yet repeated engine issues and wind gusts forced abandonment after several high speed runs.
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Art Smith
Golf Links
Smith
Sentinel
the Links
Death of Mrs Edna Keillor in Fort Wayne
Mrs Edna Keillor wife of 5S FE Keillor clerk in the Wabash master mechanic office died at Hope hospital from septicaemia after a brief illness She was 20 and came to Fort Wayne from St Thomas Ontario eight months ago Survived by husband infant child father George Claydon a brother and a sister The father arrived a week ago and was at the bedside Remains will be shipped to St Thomas for funeral services and interment.
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Edna Keillor
FE. Keillor
Wabash
Hope Hospital
St Thomas
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen McCarthy in Chicago
Funeral services were held this afternoon from the Cathedral for Mrs Ellen McCarthy 75 formerly of Fort Wayne. She died Monday in Chicago and was buried in the Catholic cemetery after arriving by noon today with her remains. She left Fort Wayne about fifteen years ago to live with her daughters Mrs Michael Nelligan and Mrs Colonel Burke in Chicago.
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Ellen Mc‘Carthy
Chicago
McCarthy
Fort Wayne
Michael Nelligan
Colonel Burke
Party in the Country Celebrates Alma Roesselot Birthday
A memory party for Alma Roesselot, daughter of L. G. and Mrs. Rosselot, gathered Monday evening. The group traveled by bus with chaperones Mrs. M. Comincavish and Charles Rosselot. Clarence Comincavish and Clara Sheriden won prizes at progressive Pedro. Adella Bullerman and Carl Hilgeman earned consolations.
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Alma Roesselot
L. G. Rosselot
M. Comincavish
Charles Rosselot
Fort Wayne
Clarence Comincavish
Clara Sheriden
Adella Bullerman
Carl Hilgeman
Sarah Trautman
Lucinda Auer
Elsie Turflinger
Anna Auman
Amanda Auman
Ruth Smuck
Ona Culver
May Trautman
Mary Trautman
Adela Bullerman
Marguriete Ashley
Ruth Cover
Treace Hageman
Messrs
Ralph Bowser
Will Bostic
George Andrews
Harley Smuck
Milford Vai
Bud Neir
Indiana Bakers Meet in South Bend With 106 Masters
In South Bend Indiana on April 18 the Indiana Association of Master Bakers held its annual meeting with more than 106 master bakers attending from across the state. A 60 member delegation rode in from Indianapolis and a reception was held at the Oliver Hotel. President John Zwissler of Richmond opened the convention, which will close tomorrow night with a banquet for more than 800 guests.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana Association of Master Bakers
Indianapolis
Oliver Hotel
John Zwissler
Richmond
Pat Murray Trespasses At Lyric. Slapped With Jail Time
Pat Murray tried to sit on a theater seat arm at the Lyric Monday night and fell into a spectator's lap after which a police ride followed. Judge Mungovan later sentenced him to eleven days in jail. In other court news Ertel case adjourned for a week as Krause recovers from knife wounds from a Walton avenue attack. Other judgments include fines for Abe Miller drunkenness and small penalties for several plain drunks and animal cruelty plea by Louis Karbach.
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Pat Murray
Lyric Theater
Auto Patrol
Mungovan
Ertel
John
Joseph Ertel
Jake Hillinger
Max Krause
Krause
Walton Avenue
Abe Miller
Runkenness
Charles W. Bennett
Charles Matson
James Brannan
William E. Osborn
Henry Prange
Frank Kelly
Louis Karbach
Elks Mardi Gras Queen Race Narrows to Three
The Elks race for queen of the Mardi Gras narrows to Clara Piepenbrink Fred Koopman and Mrs Samuel Randolph after others withdraw. Piepenbrink leads with 17571 votes followed by Koopman 9275 and Randolph 2406 as balloting continues to May 7.
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Queen of the Elks
Mardi Gras
Clara Piepenebrink
Fred Ssoopman
Samuel Randolph
Piepenbrink
Koopman
Randolph
Elks’ Committee
Nate Beadell
Fort Wayne
of the Elks
Appointment of Administrator for Allen County Estates
Notice: Frank Scheimer Sr. estate in Allen county Indiana appoints Frank Scheimer Jr as administrator April 19 to May 3. The Brady estate also appoints Haidee Brady as administrator with attorney Wil Fruechtenicht note April 5 12 19.
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Frank Scheimer, Sr
Alen County
Indiana
Frank Scheimer, JR
William H. Brady
Allen County
Haidee, Brady
Admr
WM. Fruechtenicht
Appointment of Administrator for Catherine E. Houser Estate
Legal notice of appointment of administrator for the estate of Catherine E Houser late James E Graham executor. Dates April 5 12 19 referenced. Proceedings likely in probate court with filing details and duties. Identifies parties and official action required.
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate of Catherine Mennewisch
Creditors heirs and legatees of Catherine Mennewisch deceased must appear in Allen circuit court Fort Wayne Indiana on April 29 1911 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Henry Mennewisch administrator witnesses clerk W Erd ing court. Attorney Guy Colerick for Estate. April 5 12 19
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Catherine Mennewisch
Allen
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Henry Mennewisch
Admr
Said
W. Erding
Guy Colerick
Appointment of Administratrix for Jacob Schoadel Estate
Notice states the undersigned has filed for administratrix of the estate of Jacob Schoadel, late of Allen County Indiana, deceased. The estate is presumed solvent.
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Jacob Schoadel
Allen
Indiana
Lena
Joreee
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Diaz
Assurace
David Ridgely
Annals of
Act of Congress
Talbot Olyphant
Granville Leach
Philadelphia
William Gordon McCabe
William Libbey
Princeton
N. J
Henry Cadle
Bethany
Henry Dexter Warren
Boston
Mass
Julian
Henry Lee
J. Appleton . Wilson
Lad
Wells Street
Bill Posting Company
Leo and Vicinity
Alice Gatliff
Lopez
Sixth Street
Col
Wm. A. Shunk
Gaujot
First Street
Col. Shunk
Mc Carthy
Additional Society
Indiana Bakers
Spectator
Miss Piepenbrink
Catherine E. Houser
James E. Graham
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