Minister Kurtz Mueller Pleads Guilty to Three Wives Living
Chicago April 20 Kurtz Carl Mueller an ordained Lutheran minister admitted in municipal court that he has three wives still living. He was arraigned on the complaint of Wife No 3 Amelia Fehl Carlson who calls him her true love. He said his first two marriages were due to church pressure and money.
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Chicago
Til
Kurtz Carlson
Kurtz Mueller
Mueller
Kate Mazer
Sutton
Neb
Annie DeBlock Mueller
Detroit
Mich
Amelia Fehl Carlson
Alpine
Paxton, HL
Wisconsin
Springfield
Saginaw
Sutton, Neb
Blind Horse Scatters Diamonds in Maiden Lane Break
A totally blind aged horse smashed two plate glass windows of a Maiden Lane jewelry store in New York. Diamonds valued at about 200000 dollars flew into the street as crowds scrambled amid broken glass. Police battled the throng while proprietors counted salvaged gems.
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New York
Maiden Lane
Broadway
Steel plant stoppage over Underwood free list dispute
Construction on the American Steel and Wire Corey Alabama plant halted delaying 600 workers while 2,500 were to be employed. The stoppage follows pressure from steel interests to force Congressman Oscar W. Underwood to drop free list provisions for hoop steel fencing and related products. Underwood vows to stand firm, citing caucus action.
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Birmingham
Ala
American Steel and Wire Company
Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Ensley
Tennessee Coal and Tron Company
House of Representatives
Oscar W. Underwood
United States
Underwood
Chambers of Commerce
Steel
Washington
Steel Corporation
Sete Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Indianapolis New Castle and Toledo Traction Sold at Sheriff Sale
The Indianapolis New Castle and Toledo Traction company was sold at sheriff's sale to W. E. Stevenson and TD. M. Parry for 22 615.39, covering foreclosure costs. The road, under Union Trust receivership, will run for a period while a new company is formed.
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Indianapolis
New Castle
Progressive Republicans Fall Short in Senate Committee Vote
The Senate committee on committees voted 7 to 4 against recognizing progressive Republicans as an organized group. La Follette Bourne Cummits Bristow supported a plan granting progressives one fourth of regular committee seats and designation rights on special committees. Regulars opposed, Bristow and La Follette led the pro side. The panel then began alphabetizing the committee roster, a task not soon finished. Democratic members said they could finish by week’s end.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Committee On Committees
Lafollette
Givng
Messrs
la Follette
Bourne
Cummits
Bristow
Gallinger
Lodge
Penrose
Heyburn
Warren
Smoot
Bradley
Democratic Committee
Dirigible Parseval VI Crashes Near Brunswick in April Wreck
The Parseval VI airship, carrying ten people including two Dutch army officers, descended after a gust snapped a rope and swung the craft into a birch tree. The craft landed roughl y ten miles north of Brunswick. passengers were uninjured though the balloon was damaged. It will be dismantled and moved to Bitterfield for overhaul.
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Berlin
Army of the Netherlands
Amsterdam
Oebisfelde
Saxony
Isenbuttel
Lieferde
Hanover
Brunswick
Bitterfield
Issenbuttel
Horse Kicked Him Sues For 10000 Damages
Clark M Foreman of Wiltshire Ohio sued George W Souers Sons Huntington horsemen in Fort Wayne federal court seeking 10000 for personal injuries. He says on March 21 he bought a Coach stallion told to be quiet but knew to be vicious and the horse struck him March 27 breaking his right arm and leaving permanent disability.
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Clark M. Foreman
Wiltshire, C
United States District Court
Fort Wayne
George W. Souers & Sons
Huntington Horsemen
Foreman
R. K. Erwin
Harper & Eggeman
Sovers
Carpenter Severely Hurt In Falling Timber Incident
Louis M. Brumbaugh a Goshen carpenter employed by I W Miller suffered a severe facial injury when a 1000 pound timber fell at a Straus farm site north of Ligonier fracturing his jaw. He received initial care in Ligonier and was transported to Goshen, where doctors warned of possible permanent facial damage. Miller hurried to the scene after learning of the accident.
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Goshen
Ind
Louis M. Brumbaugh
Indiana Avenue
West Goshen
I. W. Miller
Straus Farm
Ligonier
Lake Shore
Anonny
Miller
Hastenei
iLigonter
Canal conference sought with Fort Wayne business men
Col. John Millis, in charge of a preliminary survey for the Fort Wayne Toledo lake to lake barge canal, seeks a conference with Fort Wayne business leaders. Col. Zinn is urged to supervise the Fort Wayne to Chicago segment. P. A. Randall will arrange the meeting.
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John Millis
Fort Wayne- Toledo
Fort Wayne
Col
Zinn
Chicago
P. A. Randall
Toledo
Randall
Friends of the Enterprise
Howard I. Shepherd
Daughters of the American Revolution seek quiet year
In Washington at the closing session of the twentieth annual continental congress Mrs. Matthew Scott was re elected president general with her ticket in office. The defeated candidate Mrs Storey pledged support for the administration and announced she would run again in 1913. Mrs John Portman regent of the Buffalo New York chapter also announced her candidacy for the next term.
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Washington
Daughters of the American
John Portman
Buffalo, N. Y
Divorce Granted to Dead Woman in Tolleston Case
Mrs Margaret Kohnke of Tolleston died yesterday at her home and, hours after death, was recorded as the successful plaintiff in a divorce and alimony suit. The decree was granted while the court session was in progress.
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Hammond,Ind
Margaret Kohnke
Tolleston
Senate adjourns after Canadian reciprocity passage in House
After six days of debate the Canadian reciprocity bill passed the House 365 to 89. The Senate rested with no session day. The next House item is the Farmers' free list bill. Senate action faces delays from unorganized body and Republican faction splits. Committee vacancies remain unfilled and finance committee action on reciprocity likely two to three weeks.
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Washington
House
Senate
Canada
Finance Committee
Taft Canadian reciprocity bill passes House 265 to 89
Washington April 22 The Taft administration reciprocity pact with Canada cleared the House by 265 to 89. Nearly 200 Democrats supported the measure with many Republicans in opposition. Ten Democrats voted against and 197 for. Republican party split 67 for 78 against. Socialist Berger supported the pact while Independent Akin opposed.
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Washington
Taft
House of Representatives
House
Berger
Wisconsin
Akin
New York
Son of martyred president son of James A Garfield visits Fort Wayne
Harry R. Garfield, son of the martyred president, and a notable Roosevelt era figure, stayed Friday night at the Anthony hotel in Fort Wayne. He traveled to Huntington on Saturday for legal business and then returned to catch a Wabash train east. Garfield, of Mentor Ohio and Cleveland attorney, rose from civil service to secretary of the interior and was part of the Roosevelt era tennis cabinet. He now focuses on law rather than politics.
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Harry R. Garfield
James R. Garfield
Roosevelt
Fort Wayne
Anthony
Garfield
Huntington
East
Mentor
Garfields
Cleveland
Interior
Lttle
Tennis
German American Trust Approves Calhoun Helman Bank Building
Directors sanction plans for an 80 by 75 foot two story bank building to rise at Calhoun and Helman on the site of the old Third Presbyterian church. Henry Hilgeman and Max Irmscher join to own half front. trust company retains 40 feet. Fireproof baking room 20 by 75 feet. brick and terra cotta exterior. Ground floor houses banking hall and three stores with offices upstairs. Cost about $30,000. completion expected by early fall.
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Trust Company
Calhoun and
Helman Streets
Third Presbyterian Church
Calhoun Street
Henry Hilgeman
Max Irmscher
Expert called to inspect city almshouse findings
Alexander Johnson, city resident, submitted exhaustive recommendations on Baltimore almshouse conditions. He lived in the institution for days to study the problem for the city. Johnson, former state school superintendent, now conducts expert examinations nationwide. He authored a three hundred page book on almshouse construction and management to be published by the Russell Sage Foundation. He serves as national secretary of charities and correction and plans the June Boston meeting with speakers including Miss Jane Addams and Janis Brandeis.
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Alexander Johnson
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Johnson
Russell Sage Foundation
Charities and Correction
Boston
Lst
Jane Addams
Janis D. Brandeis
Philippine invitation to Congressmen to visit the Philippines
Speaker Champ Clark and other House Democrats were invited by Commissioner Quezon to visit the Philippines as guests of the Filipinos. Osmena and the Philippine assembly pledge hospitality and support for independence as a demonstration to the American public. Congressman Cyrus Cline received the invitation and aims to arrange a visit before the next session of Congress.
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Washington
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Philippines
Manuel L. Quezon
Islands
Philippine Assembly
Mr. Quezon
Sergio Osmena
Assembly
Philippine Islands
America
Cyrus Cline
Congress
Quezon
Washington, D. C
Cline
Osmena
Islands Congress
Marine Recruiting Station Opens In Swinney Block
The Marine Corps opens a recruiting station on the second floor of the Swinney block rooms 7 8 and 3 under Sergeant Kull who heads the Indianapolis unit. He reports only twenty men are needed to reach the lawful strength of 9521 while current strength sits at 9501. five months of light recruiting have yielded only top material and adding twenty men will trigger further reductions as others are discharged.
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Swinney
Kull
Indianapolis
Central
The
Sentinel
Marine Service
Harmon boom 1s launched for Harmon in 1912 bid
Ohio Democratic leaders in congress meet to back Governor Judson Harmon for the 1912 presidential nomination. The group, including Senator Pomerene and Lieutenant Governor Nicholls, weighs rivals from Missouri and New Jersey and plans publicity and finance committees.
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Washington
Congress
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
Shuck” Coats
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Pomerene
Nicholls
House
Brvran
Representative Cox
Champ Clark
Willson
Clark
American Boys Freed by Diaz Mercy
In El Paso on April 22 Lawrence F. Converse of Glendale California Edwin Blatt of Pittsburgh and Richard Brown of El Paso were released from Juarez prison on Diaz orders at 1230 PM Brown served with the insurrecto hospital corps and did not bear arms Converse and Blatt bore arms and were seized by Mexican federals on Texas soil The Converse father met Diaz in Mexico City and the President pledged mercy if Converse was kept home The prisoners release today follows that promise
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el Paso
Texas
Lawrence F. Converse
Gledora
Cal
Edwin Blatt
Pittsburg
Richard Brown
Juarez
Diaz
Brown
Insurrecto Hospital Corps
Converse
Blatt
Mexico City
Dr W O Gross In Mishap On Pearl Street Collision
Dr W O Gross drove north on Ewing Street when his auto collided with an Indianapolis limited interurban car at Pearl and Ewing Saturday. No injuries occurred, neither vehicle was badly damaged, and Gross escaped injury by jumping. The impact only turned the auto about and moved it about fifteen feet.
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Pearl Street
W. O. Gross
Pearl and
Ewing Streets
Gross
Hamiet Buys Zollars Residence on Brackenridge Street
Jesse E Hamiet of Pennsylvania purchased the former Zollars residence at 117 Brackenridge Street from Slasser Bros of Plymouth for 5500 dollars through Martin & Jones Realty Friday. He plans to improve the property and continue renting it.
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Jesse E. Hamiet
Pennsylvania
Slasser Bros
Plymouth
Judge Zollars
Brackenridge Street
Martin & Jones
Hamlet
Examiners Complete Work In County Recorder Office
Columbia City Indiana April 22 A R Hardesty and W S Gerhard completed a six year examination of the county recorder's office and left for Indianapolis to report to State Accountant Charity Nothing will be known of the report until it is issued from Indianapolis
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Columbia City
Ind
A. R. Hardesty
W. S. Gerhard
County Recorder's Office
Indianapolis
Ceharity
Dr. Moreland
Moreland
DR. E. W. Moreland CO
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Main St
J .C. ‘Hutgelk
Maumee Ave
Hardw, Co
Lakeside Pharmacy
Steel Trust
Blow
Republican
Ognize Junta
Sues
Carpenter
Workman
Col. Millis
MR. Randall Home
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Ohio River
Great Lakes
Great Sea
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St. Lawrence
Maumee River
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Harmon
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