Shell Sentenced to Federal Prison for Mail Fraud
Edward M. Shell of Fort Wayne pleaded guilty to using the U S mails for fraudulent purposes and was sentenced by Judge Albert J Anderson to one year in Fort Leavenworth. He paid a 100 fine plus costs and may return to Fort Wayne briefly to wrap business before reporting. Shell previously denied guilt, but admitted to the plea after being indicted by a federal grand jury on mail fraud charges stemming from repeated orders and questionable communications with growers and dealers nationwide.
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Sentinel
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Edward M. Shell
Fort Wayne
Fort Leavenworth
Albert 3. Anderson
Anderson
Shell
W. C. Geake
Federal Grand Jury
Post Office
Officially Pick Winners Of Race In Indianapolis
Official announcement confirms the ten money winning cars for the 500 mile race led by Harroun Marmon and followed by Mulford Lozier Bruce-Brown Fiat Wishert Mercedes Lawson Marmon De Palma Simplex Merz National Turner Amplex Belcher Knox and Cobe Jackson. Final times show Harroun 6 hours 42 minutes 8 seconds at an average speed of 74.61 mph.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Joe Dawson
Marmon
Fred Belcher
Knox
Harry Cobe
Jackson
Tenors
Harroun
Mulford
Lozier
Bruce-Brown
Fiat
Wishert
Mercedes
Lawson
de Palma
Simplex
Merz
National
Turner
Amplex
Boiler Flue Accident Injures Engineer at Van Arnam Plant
Abbott Becker of 734 Third Street remains in serious condition at St. Joseph's hospital after a steam explosion in the Van Arnam Manufacturing boiler room around 6 am Wednesday. Becker, employed as an engineer, was preparing fires when a steam tube blew out, enveloping him in escaping vapor and prompting immediate hospitalization.
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Abbott Becker
Third Street
Toin
St. Joseph's Hospital
Arnam
Five Boys Arrested Over Fatal Dollhouse Murder Mystery
In New York a detective tale unfolded as Piombino confessed firing the fatal shot that killed 11 year old John Miale. Four playmates aged 10 to 14 were detained after admitting involvement and stealing about $15 used for candy and cinema. The body was found in a Cherry Street tenement coal bin with a breast wound.
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New York
Carmine Piombino
John Miale
Miale
Stony
Piombino
Johnny
Cherry Street
Andrew Leone
John
Second victim of Henwood's gun at Brown Palace
Denver reports the second fatality from Harold F. Henwood's midnight barroom shooting. George E. Copeland of Victor, a wealthy mining man, died after leg injuries and infection followed by attempted amputation. Henwood pleaded not guilty to murder. bail hearing set for June 3.
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Denver
Col
L. von Phul
St. Louis
Harold F. Henwood
Brown Palace
George E. Copeland
Victor
Henwood
Copeland
von Phul
Plans to Split Nic aragua into Two Nations
Rumors from New Orleans indicate Nicaragua may be divided into two independent republics for Pacific and Atlantic provinces. Adolfo Diaz would lead the Pacific nation with Estrada as Atlantic president, aiming to end internal dissension following Zelaya’s overthrow.
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New Orleans
Nicaragua
Tropics
Liberal Party
Atlantic
Pacific
Zelaya
Adolfo Diaz
Juan Estrada
Pacific Nation
Estrada
Diaz
Managua
Vandals damage new Guichin public playground
The Guichin public playground, opened just over two weeks ago, has three baby swings broken and other equipment damaged by vandals after the watchman leaves. Playground association officers vow swift arrests and ask local shop baseball league members to assist as volunteers detectives to curb the vandalism.
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Guichin
Playground Association
Shop Baseball League
Vacant East Columbia Street Frame Building Torn Down
The 60 by 150 foot three story frame building formerly housing the Foster shirt waist factory on East Columbia Street will be torn down and the site cleared. It is owned by S M Foster and is expected to yield substantial salvage lumber.
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Columbia Street
Foster Shirt
S. M. Foster
Indiana gets three banks designation for postal savings
Postmaster General Hitchcock announced seventy four more second class post offices across forty one states will become postal savings depositories starting June 27. Listings include Florence Alabama Searcy Arkansas Fernandina Florida Hawkinsville Georgia Blue Island Indiana Linton Bowling Green Kentucky Bogalusa Louisiana Brookhaven Mississippi Santa Fe New Mexico High Point North Carolina Niles Michigan Sapulpa Oklahoma Wagoner Oklahoma Laurence South Carolina Brownsville Tennessee Tullahoma Tennessee Nacogdoches Texas Fredericksburg Virginia Warrenton Virginia Keyser Martinsburg West Virginia.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Florence
Ala
Searcy
Ark
Fernandina
Fla
Hawkinsville
Blue Island
Harvey
Savannah
Til
Alexandria
Bedford and Linton
Ind
Bowling, Green
Bogalusa
Brookhaven
Miss
Santa Fe
Swimmer Hurt By Glass Bottle Blow In Maumee River
Frank Farra a 16 year old son of Joseph Farra of 1029 Cochran e street was injured while swimming in the Maumee river Sunday a boy tossed a beer bottle into the stream and Farra diving head first struck the bottle shattering glass cut a deep scalp wound and caused a lengthy hemorrhage before medical help arrived He remains weak but is recovering with doctors treating his head injury and blood loss.
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Frank Farra
Joseph Farra
Cochrane Street
Maumee
Farra
Fatra
Explosion at Tiscapahiji fortress kills 150 soldiers
Reports from San Juan Del Sur Nicaragua say the fortress on Ma nagua was blown up at 3 pm yesterday. One hundred fifty soldiers perished and all munitions were destroyed. The cause is unknown. Censorship bans details and many believe it was a criminal act linked to the new administration of President Adolfo Diag.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Adolfo:Diag
Auto crash pins six near Manchester Indiana
North Manchester Ind June 1 An automobile carrying Mr and Mrs Adam Ludw Mr and Mrs Aaron Neu and son Wilbur and Mrs Barnhart Ned aged 84 years enroute from Elkhart to Isaiah Butterbaughs home three miles north of the town skidded on Clay road and turned turtle pinning all occupants at the Butterbaugh placenearby
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Manchester
Ind
Adam Ludw
Aaron Neu
Wilbur
Barnhart
Elkhart
Isaiah Butterbaugh
Butterbaugh
Roceu
Wickersham testifies on steel trust and sugar refining fees
Attorney General Wickersham told a house committee that he advised the United States Steel Corporation from 1901 to 1909 while at Strong and Cadwallader in New York and that he received about 26000 dollars from the firm for services to the American Sugar Refining Company, with Henry W Taft personally handling the work.
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Washington
Wickersham
House Committee On
Department of Justice
United States Steel Corporation
The
Steel Trust
Strong and Cadwallader
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Agar Trust
Henry W. Taft
President Taft
Diaz Bids Farewell to Mexico from Vera Cruz
General Porfirio Diaz left Mexico for Spain aboard the Ypiranga after a farewell ceremony in Vera Cruz. He spoke to soldiers guarding him, pledging loyalty and signaling willingness to return if needed to defend the republic, while Huerta praised the army and Diaz expressed gratitude amid a solemn scene.
School Board Receives Attorney General Ruling on Playgrounds
The city school board has been advised by Attorney General Honan that it may legally provide for purchasing equipping and maintaining public playgrounds near schools or elsewhere in the city. During school terms only pupils may use them. outside those times the public may access. The board plans to proceed with near school playgrounds and equip the first plot bought for the James H. Smart school this summer.
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Honan
Playgrounds Association
James H. Smart
Auto collision injures Mrs Schuman in Columbia City
Five occupants of Dr. O E Schuman’s car in Columbia City escaped serious injuries after a Berry street and Broadway crash with a northbound street car. Mrs Schuman suffered a severe nervous shock and was taken to a residence to recover as the car was towed to a garage. Dr Schuman blamed the street car motorman for not signaling.
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F. E. Hedges
O. E. Schuman
Columbia City
Berry Street
Broadway
Schuman
David Clugston
City Court Fines Carrie Carlton for Disturbance
Carrie Carlton, wife of a local ice plant employee, was fined $5 and costs after admitting beer at Geisdorfer's road house and Poirson's chill parlor, plus a nip of whisky at home. Patrolman Crawley found her yelling on Poirson's sidewalk and the judge disagreed with her denial.
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Geisdorfer
Poirson
Superior
Calhoun
Carrie Carlton
Crawley
Big Auto Misses Lad After Corner Collision
Spectators in front of the Baltes hotel at Berry and Harrison watched a bicycle accident at 2 pm Wednesday. Raymond Coffee, 12, rode around a corner as a large car driven by A T Vail’s daughter horned repeatedly. The wheel crushed no bones. Coffee rose, brushed off injuries to his bicycle, and a physician declared no broken bones.
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Berry and
Harrison Streets
Raymond Coffee
Fox Avenue
Young Coffee
Baltes Hotel
A. T. Vail
Watch offer lands man in jail amid odd details
Sam Biggerstaff offered a gold watch for 75 cents at a local pawnshop triggering Patrolman Spillner. He claimed to have bought it in Pittsburg for $2 after months of unemployment but the owner could not verify the deed. Judge Mungovan questioned why someone would spend $2 then sell for less, amid suspicions tied to the timepiece. Boyle, who accompanied him, also faced penalties. other offenders had cases continued or held over.
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Jonas Fry
Fry
Floyd Harris
George W. Harris
George W. Murphy
Rudy Gerberding
Julia
Amos Couch
Sam Biggerstaff
Charles Spillner
Baie
Pittsburg
Pickpockets at Circus Reported Robberies
Alfred W. Richard a Lake Shore road car repairer said he was robbed of 140 dollars from a pocketbook at the circus last week. Joe Smith alias shortchanged five dollars in the sideshow after paying with a ten dollar bill. George E. Dubois of 309 Elizabeth street reported a purse stolen with 10 dollars, a 43 dollar check and a 15 dollar note.
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Alfred W. Richard
Lake Shore Road
Joe Smith
George E. Dubois
Elizabeth Street
Air Bug Stings Huntington Man With Dream Of A Flying Machine
Edward Reilly, a Huntington, Indiana fire department extra man, returns from Fort Wayne with plans for a novel aeroplane built from light aluminum and multiple planes. He envisions a craft that can rise from a street and require little space to start, though details remain in his own mind.
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Huntington
Ind
Edward Reilly
Fire Department
Fort Wayne
Curtiss
Reilly
Andrews Woman Dies At Local Cemetery Mystery
In Andrews Indiana on May 31 Mrs Owen Shively of Andrews dies at the cemetery after a companion asks who will be first to fill the grave. The exact circumstances are unclear as the report contains garbled phrases.
Attorney admits work opposing Canadian reciprocity in Congress
Whidden Graham of Allen and Graham in New York testified before the senate finance committee that he was employed by the National Grange to oppose the reciprocity measure. He declined to confirm other clients and said neither he nor his partner are lawyers, but they aid manufacturers by preparing literature to influence legislation.
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Washington
Whidden Graham
Allen & Graham
New York
Senate Finance Committee
National Grange
Congress
Graham
Allen
Bureau of Inspection to Open by June 15
Indianapolis June 1 The new bureau of inspection planned by the last legislature will begin operation by June 15. Elliott R. Hooton John F. Gallivan and John J. Walsh named to supervise the three departments met with Governor Marshall to discuss appointments. Letters go to chief applicants regarding deputy positions with expected replies in days. Each head to appoint three deputies plus office staff. Frank I. Pearce Brazil named state mine inspector to take office today succeeding James Epperson.
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Indianapolis
Marshall
Bureau of Inspection
Elliott R. Hooton
John F. Gallivan
John J. Walsh
Hooton
Walsh and Galvan
Frank I. Pearce
Brazil
James Epperson
Pearce
State House
Post Office Safe Blow Open at Shoals Indiana
Safe-blowers enter Shoals post office early today and take 500 dollars in cash and 2000 dollars in stamps. Four charges of nitroglycerin used to open the safe. No crew found. government inspectors arrive to investigate.
Fatal Speedway Crash Near Indianapolis Leaves Two Dead
Mr and Mrs Guy J Gilbert and Mr and Mrs Clyde Bookwalter witnessed a May 30 Indianapolis speedway crash in which Arthur Greiner of Chicago was badly injured and his mechanician S P Dickson was killed instantly. The car blew two rear tires, flipped, and the body of the mechanician was horribly mangled.
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Guy J. Gilbert
Clyde Bookwalter
Indianapolis Speedway
Arthur Greiner
Chicago
S. P. Dickson
Fort Wayne
Gilbert
Greiner
SANE FOURTH AT WINONA AND OTHER WINONA LAKE ACTION
Warsaw IND June 1 Winona Lake will observe a sane Fourth of July under Warsaws guidance to enforce a quiet national birthday observance The Winona council also approved a contract with Standard Oil for tank car oil for city streets a dog control ordinance requires dogs to be prowessed or chained on cottage property during summer
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Warsaw
Ind
Winona Lake
Winona
Standard Oil Company
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Spain
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