Temperance Wins Across Illinois Cities In Elections
Chicago reports show anti license victories in 73 of 129 towns with many races close. Rockford offered five candidates. labor union nominee won. Bloomington swung to a Democratic mayor by 800 votes. Jacksonville and Joliet also shifted, while Elgin re elected Irwin E. Price to a fifth term on the citizen’s ticket.
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Chicago
Illinois
Rockford
Bloomington
Jacksonville
Peoria
Joliet
Irwin E. Price
Elgin
Detective Lenz Quits Reform Drive in Dramatic Court Scene
Detective Charles Lenz resigned in court after accusing Gus Dow of dodging a gag contract and a fence repair. Dow hid a lap robe linked to a string of thefts as Lenz argued for reform amid a wave of criminology changes. The day also featured Tiger the drunkard’s suspended sentence and a fatal accidental shooting near Butler.
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Charles Lenz
Gus Dow
Dickson
Gus
Lenz
Dow
Daniel Murphy
Kruse
Fred Bicknese
Smith Street
Don
Tiger
Spillner
Calhoun Street
George Ellicott
George
Famine reports from four Chinese centers worsen
Despatches from Shanghai dated April 19 detail dire conditions in Yaowan Suchian Sing-Kiang Fu Lukiawietse. Children die as supplies run short and relief shipments are insufficient. Refugees return empty handed as famine spreads widespread distress and starvation drives people to sell belongings for food.
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Shanghai
Yaowan
Sing-Kiang Fu
Lukiawietse
Red Cross Sends 220000 for Chinese Famine Relief
The American National Red Cross received 50000 from the Christian Herald of New York plus 5000 from national contributions. The funds were cabled to China for famine relief, bringing total U S. money sent to 220000 for Chinese famine relief.
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Washington
The
Christian Herald
New York
American National Red Cross
China
Red Cross
Government warns against false food drug guarantees
Secretary James Wilson said manufacturers that claim federal guarantee of purity misstate the law. He stressed the seal represents the producer's promise, not government endorsement, and vowed possible lists of deceptive advertisers if misrepresentation continues. The goal is fair administration and consumer protection.
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Washington, D. C
James Wilson
United States
Wilson
Territories
District of Columbia
New York
Heirs contest Fortune of James H. Smith in Japan Death
New York April 19. The immense fortune estimated at 75 million left by James Henry Smith may trigger a hard legal contest. Relatives including his mother 80 year old Beatrice Smith of Evanston Ill sister Lady May Cooper wife of Sir George Cooper of London sister Mrs J N Mills Chicago and brother George A Smith of Philadelphia seek a division. Nephews and a niece William V Mason George G Mason and Mrs Frederick Vose also named. Friends think the will may provide for all relatives leaving no contest grounds.
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New York
James Henry Smith
Japan
Smith
Beatrice Smith
Evanston
Ill
May Cooper
Sir George Cooper
London
J. N. Mills
Chicago
George A. Smith
Philadelphia
George Smith
Fortune
William V. Mason
Evanston, Ill
Plan Forthcoming Encampment Decor Contracts For Fort Wayne
The executive committee weighs total encampment entertainment costs at about 6000 dollars and seeks increased subscriptions. Contracts for elaborate decor at Elektron building Princess rink Saengerbund hall Baptist church Pythian home and the reviewing stand will go to the lowest bidder. Jesse Neff asks Judge Skelton to host the Fortieth regiment reunion in Fort Wayne on May 21.
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Elektron
General Committee
Princess Rink
Saengerbund Hall
Baptist Church
Pythian
Jesse Neff
Lebanon
Fortieth Regiment Association
Judge Skelton
Fort Wayne
Peculiar Coins Lead To Young Man's Conviction
Arthur Waters a young man newly arrived from Detroit confessed after being found with a stolen gold ring and a trunk loot at William Bitzel’s home 521 West Fifth Street The ring five dollar bill and coins were traced proving his guilt He was fined five dollars and costs and fifteen days in county jail Garret citizens oppose interurban depot move and demand the Kendallville to Fort Wayne line cut off be kept to pay rates Isaac Swigart longtime Columbia City night policeman resigned
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Bert Oberlin
Butler
William Holtzberg
Oberlin
Holtzberg
Presbyterian Church
Columbia City
Arthur Waters
Detroit
William Bitzel
West Fifth Street
Waters
Garrett
Toledo and
Chicago
Cowen Street
Kendallville
Fort Wayne
Isaac .M. Swigart
Daughters of the American Revolution Elects New President General
Washington April 19 official announcement at the continental congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution that Mrs. Donald McLean of New York has been reelected president general for the ensuing term.
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Washington
Continental Congress
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Donald McLean
New York
McLean Captures Title as Delegates Elect Officers
Mrs. McLean received 551 votes to Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard of Alexandria 152. Delegates welcomed the result as Mrs. McLean spoke thanking supporters. Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main of Washington was elected vice president general in charge of organization of chapters with numerous officers from this city.
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McLean
Eleanor Washington Howard
Alexandria
Charlotte Emerson Main
Washington, D. C
J. Morgan Smith
Alabama
Ellen Spencer Massey
Charles H. Deere
Ilinois
A. A. Kendall
Maine
Wallace Delafield
Missouri
Charles H. Terry
New York
A. E. Patton
Pennsylvania
H. S. Chamberlain
Tennessee
Baldwin Spillman
West Virginia
Helen M. Boynton
World commerce exceeds twenty six billion dollars in 1900s rate
Washington reports total world commerce at 26 billion with imports at 13.5 billion and exports at 12.5 billion. United States supplies 14.33 percent of others imports and 9.5 percent of their exports. Details separate domestic exports and reexports of foreign goods. Also notes Aubur n pastor Rev M A Harlan to Warren venture. Warren citizens pledge 50 thousand dollars toward an orphan and aged home with a 50 thousand dollar matched goal. Auburn resident Matthew Case dies Thursday night.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
M. A. Harlan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Auburh
Warren
Matthew Case
Auburn
Modern Sermons Do The Churches No Good
Washington April 17 delegates to the national conference of church clubs in annual session heard Mr. Butler of Pennsylvania say that 75 percent of present day sermons could be dispensed with to improve church attendance The remark was applauded and the group voted to hold the 1908 conference in St Louis Balloting for officers followed with Waterworth Sparrow Singleton Hawks Chase named in respective posts
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Washington
Butler
Pennsylvania
National Conference of Church Clubs
St. Louis
James A. Waterworth
Jackson W. Sparrow
Cincinnati
William H. Singleton
Washington, D. C
William N. Hawks
Atlanta, Ga
Charles F. Chase
New Britain
Conn
Robbers Fail to Blow Hamlet Bank Safe
In Knox Indiana on April 17 a gang attempted three dynamite charges to blow the Starke County Bank at Hamlet six miles away. Armed citizens drove them off after exchanges of shots. robbers escaped with a small sum. The bank building suffered about 3000 dollars in damage. vault remained unentered.
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Knox
Ind
Starke County
Hamlet
Chick Long Suffers Painful Facial Burns at Work
Charles Long known as Chick at Jones and Jump shop was burned when turpentine fumes near a stove ignited a paint brush. His eyebrows and hair singed. medical care given and eye injury narrowly avoided. He will stay home several days.
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Charles Long
Chick
Jones & Jump
Poison plot hovers over Mette family as meals sickened
Chicago April 17 Three surviving Mette family members fall critically ill after eating food tainted with arsenic. Earlier Frank Mette died and Mrs Mary Mette died April 6. Three other relatives also ill hospital bound amid suspected plot. The report notes unrelated cases including Harry Draggoo’s bail and a possible homicide inquiry, a Plymouth baby death, and a Rich Valley Della Easterday wood alcohol attempt.
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Chicago
Mette
Frank Mette
Mary Mette
Harry Draggoo
Auburn
Grace Miller
Fort Wayne
Plymouth
Della Easterday
Rich Valley
Wabash County
Meeting of Edward and Victor Emmanuel Stirs German Press
Berlin reports that the planned audience between King Edward and King Victor Emmanuel at Gaeta is seen as a bid to pull Italy away from the triple alliance and disrupt European balance. German officials deny responsibility for Cologne Gazette editorial views and reiterate Italy’s independence within the triple alliance.
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Berlin
Edward
Victor Emmanuel
Gaeta
Germany
Italy
Cologne
Great
Foreign Office
England
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Italy withdraws compromise proposal at The Hague talks
Paris reports Italy has withdrawn its compromise proposition on arms limitation at The Hague peace conference. Austria and Germany oppose the move and the withdrawal does not much alter France's stance. French circles say they favor progress but doubt a concerted discussion will form at the conference.
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Paris
Italy
Hague
Austria
Germany
France
France Not Displeased By British Italian Summit at Gaeta
Paris reports government circles view the upcoming meeting between King Edward and King Victor Emmanuel at Gaeta with satisfaction. The conference is seen as not strengthening Britain Italy ties but as binding closer those countries to France and improving the European situation.
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Paris
Edward
Victor Emmanuel
Gaeta
Italy
Great Britain
France
Meeting to be political between kings at Gaeta
Rome April 17 The marquis of San Giuliano Italian ambassador to Great Britain arrives ready to go to Gaeta if summoned for the conference with King Edward and King Victor Emmanuel. Tittoni’s Naples presence supports a high level meeting to discuss armament limits at The Hague peace conference and other international questions. Mrs Nancy Johnson settles for 600 after suing Warsaw for 2000 over injuries from a buggy fall on defective streets. Tried at Columbia City a jury awarded 2090. city preferred to avoid higher court litigation. State Forester W H Freeman of Indianapolis will address Auburn high school on forestry.
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Rome
San Giuliano
Great Britain
Gaeta
Edward
Victor Emmanuel
Tittoni
Naples
The
Hague
Nancy Johnson
Warsaw
Columbia City
W. H. Freeman
Indianapolis
Auburn High School
Public Consistory Held by the Pope at Vatican
Rome April 18 A public consistory occurred at the Vatican amid great ceremony as six new cardinals received red hats. The procession included the Swiss guard and noble guard with the pope in white, cardinals in red, bishops, and archbishops, while the diplomatic corps watched. The ceremony closed with the apostolic blessing and a later secret consistory.
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Rome
Vatican
St. Peter’s
Sistine Chapel
Last private office removed from Whitley courthouse
The final private office is being removed from the Whitley county courthouse and no further rooms will be rented. Surveyors, reportedly hired by an Ohio firm, map an interurban route from Chumbusco to Warsaw. Two 92 year old Whitley pioneers Albert Webster and James Davis are seriously ill. Jesse McGeath resigns as US Express agent at Hartford City, claims a $622 loss in three gambling rooms there.
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Whitley County Court House
Whitley County
Ohio
Chumbusco
Warsaw
Albert Webster
Richland
James Davis
Troy Township
Jesse McGeath
United States Express Company
Hartford City
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