Martial Law Enforced as Strike Town Quiets
Indianapolis reports martial law in Muncie after Governor Hanly orders General McKee in charge with twelve Indiana National Guard companies. Traction cars run with no passengers. saloons closed. crowds show mixed reactions. State labor leaders meet with Indiana Union Traction to seek settlements while troops arrive from multiple cities to reinforce order.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
McKee
Muncie
Signal and Hospital Corps
Indiana National Guard
Meikce
Mineie
Marion
Ind
Trenly
Traction Company
Guthrie
Geo. W. Purcell
Chas. F. Woerner
State Labor Commission
Arthur Brady
Indiana Union Traction Company
Mil Brady
Brotherhood of
Indiana Batallion of Infantry
Indiana Union Traction Line
Hospital Corps
Signal Corps
Big Four
Melero
Crawfordsville
Martinsville
Greenfield
Franklin
Warsaw
Winchester
Columbia City
Kokomo
Thaw Rests on Insanity Plea In Second Trial
New York January six. The second trial of Harry Kendall Thaw opens with a plea of insanity at the time of the Stanford White killing. Justice Dowling presides as jurors are chosen with a new three session daily schedule and the panel locked up throughout. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw enters court guarded by police as crowds gather, with Thaw's counsel led by Martin W Littleton seeking an insanity defense.
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New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Victor J. Dowling
State Supreme Court
Stanford White
Charles E. Gremmels
Jerome
Eighly
Evelyn Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Court House
Penny
Talesmen
Thaw
Martin W. Littleton
Senate Finance Panel Unveils $250 Million Bank Circulation Bill
Washington on January 7 press reports the finance committee's bill to issue up to 250 million in bank notes secured by non government bonds including state and municipal issues. Comptroller of the Currency would regulate issuance and timing and amounts to be awarded to banks. The new circulation cannot exceed 75 percent of the deposited bond value.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Reso lution seeks airing of Admiral Brownson incident
Representative Gill of Maryland has introduced a resolution asking the secretary of the navy to provide the House with copies of all official letters reports orders and related documents in the Navy Department concerning the appointment of Surgeon Charles F Stokes as commander of the US hospital ship Relief and the appointment and resignation of Rear Admiral Willard P Brownson as chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
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Washington
Gill
Maryland
Admiral Brownson
Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
House of Representatives
Navy Department
Chas. F. Stokes
United States
Relief
Willard P. Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Robbery Targeted Ansonia Leader’s Home in Derby
In Derby on January 7 a burglary at the home of Charles F. Brooker of Ansonia, a national Republican committeeman and American Brass president, netted about $20,000 in jewelry from a bedroom jewel case during dinner. Entry likely came via an unfastened window. Victim Josiah Greensfelder, longtime White Fruit official, is recovering at his Derby residence on Ewing street.
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Derby
Conn
Charles F. Brooker
Ansonia
National Republican
American Brass Company
Josiah Greensfelder
White Fruit House
Itill
Ewing Street
Steamer Mount Royal Returns After Boiler Trouble
Queenstown reports the steamer Mount Royal from Antwerp with 300 Hungarian emigrants and a 100 crew. After days missing, she reentered safely despite boiler trouble and gale winds. She declined tug assistance and is slowly under her own steam. All aboard are well.
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Mount Royal
Queenstown
Lizard
Atlantic
Bermuda
Canadian Pacific Railway
Antwerp
St. John
No. B
Old Head
Kinsale
Night riders carry torch in Kentucky towns and counties
A Paris Ky summary reports night riders sweeping the Burley district late last night visiting two towns in Fleming and Bath counties. They destroyed two warehouses and a large general store without firing any shots and departed quickly after completing their work.
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Louisville
Paris
Burley
Fleming
Bath County
OMAN WILL BESTOW HER BRAINS
Miss Louise Randolph, famed for memory, vows to bequeath her brain to the Anthropometric Society for scientific study after death. She notes no woman has done this before and cites support from Dr. BE Spitzka. The plan follows society rules requiring members to donate brains for research.
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New York
Louise Randolph
Miss Randolph
BE. A. Spitzka
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Anthropometric Society
Spitzka
Walt Whitman
Judge imposes jail term then suspends it in liquor case
Judge B W Skelton sentenced George H Brown proprietor of the bar in the New Aveline hotel to ten dollars fine and costs and thirty days in jail for liquor law violation in city court this morning. The judge suspended the jail term.
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George Brown
B. W. Skelton
George H. Brown
Bar
Aveline
Skelton
Many Bidders File Figures On The New Hotel
Contractors from many cities and states filed bids for the New Anthony hotel in Fort Wayne before 3 PM. The executive committee will open and tabulate bids, then submit them to the board for consideration. About fifty contractors were in town, with 12 to 15 bidders for the general contract and more for subdivisions. A canvass of bids likely starts tomorrow. figures are not disclosed and may exceed company estimates.
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Anthony Hotel
Fort Wayne
Charles McCulloch
Anthony Wayne Club
Weatherhogg & Crocker
Bold Robbery Attempt Aboard Missouri Train
Four men attempted to rob passengers on a Missouri, Kansas and Texas train at Union station in Kansas City. They fled empty handed as conductor Had Nerve and others resisted. The incident occurred shortly before the 2:20 departure of the Fiver bound for the southwest.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Southwest
M. H. Kennedy
H. W. Drew
David White
Heinze Arrested on Indictment for Illegally Certifying Check
New York January 7 F Augustus Heinze was arrested today by a United States Marshal on an indictment charging him with illegally certifying a check on Mercantile National Bank. He pleaded not guilty and was held on fifty six thousand dollars bail.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
United States
Mercantile National Bank
Burglary At Hartman Grocery Seizes Cash and Goods
Burglars raided J. E. Hartman & Son grocery at 192 Hanna Street Monday night and escaped with $99 in cash plus cigars and other merchandise. Police are investigating the motive and details as Hartman family members lingered in the store after closing.
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J. E. Hartman & Son
Hanna Street
Hartman
Tokyo minister misquoted over India trade stance
Tokyo reports a London mis translation of Count Okuma Kobe speech sparked inquiries as he distanced himself from urging India against Britain. He affirmed support for fair competition with Great Britain and denied making the cited remarks. The Japanese foreign office received cables from Paris Berlin St Petersburg and London seeking repudiation.
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Tokio
London
Count Okuma
Kobe
India
Great Britain
Paris
Berelin
St. Petersburg
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Theodore Whitemore
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ELIE
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Mittee
Depot
Augustus. Heinze
J. H. Hartman
Ally
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