Tremor Strikes Mexico City Wrecks Prisons and Arsenal
An earthquake at 4 o clock shattered buildings across the capital including artillery quarters where seventy soldiers were buried. Fifty to seventy dead or wounded, with a gas explosion at the armory barracks and railway damage at Buena Vista. The shock damaged the national palace and Santo Domingo cathedral while Belem prison houses thousands of inmates. Francisco I Madero Jr. was greeted by an ovation despite the disaster. A telegram from Santa Maria suburb reports many homes wrecked and friends safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Buena Vista
Armory
Belem
Santo Domingo
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Homes in Mexican American Colony Wrecked
A telegram from El Paso dated June 7 reports many fine homes in the American colony in Mexico City were wrecked. W. Brown, president of the Mexican ore company, indicated the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso
Texas
Mexico City
W. Brown
House Will Not Accept Change In Direct Senate Election
Washington June 13 Republicans in the house backed the Bristow amendment for direct election of senators but Democratic leaders refuse to accept it insisting the Senate must vote again. Representative Underwood said the house action against a federal supervision amendment shows the resolution would face serious opposition in conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Bristow
Senate
Representative Underwood
Poles Selected for Western Gas Company Project in Kendallville
Kendallville officials chose a black pole design from the Western Gas Company of Fort Wayne at a Friday meeting. Each pole, without fixtures, costs 42.80 dollars and requires council approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
Western Gas Company
Fort Wayne
Warsaw Band Plays Open Air Concert in City Park
The newly organized Warsaw band gave an open air concert at the corner of Buffalo and Center streets last evening. The concert began at 8:15 PM and consisted of seven numbers. The band has spent weeks in rehearsals and is now able to offer excellent entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Buffalo and
Center Streets
Local Business Convention Held In Napa District
Fragment shows a district business event in Napa with references to a convention and involvement of Pisces. Details are unclear but indicate a gathering or meeting at a local business venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nvention
Pisces
Western Mexico suspected after Lawrence quake
A violent earthquake was recorded by the seismograph at the State University in Lawrence Kansas early today. University authorities believe the quake originated in western Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence, Kas
State University
Mexico
Fordham seismograph records strong far quake
A heavy quake was recorded at Fordham University about 3000 miles from New York. It began at 6 11 am with the main shock seven minutes later. Direction east to west with slight north to south movement, resembling the San Francisco quake. Telecommunication lines remained unaffected. Prof. Tiznan called it the heaviest Fordham has logged in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fordham University
San Francisco
Prof
Tiznan
Fordham
Seattle Seismo Record Notes Western Mexico Quake
A violent earthquake likely in western Mexico was recorded on the University of Washington seismograph between 3 and 4 this morning. The chart showing east and west vibrations toppled from the drum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Mexico
University of Washington
Earthquake Felt at Spring Hill College Mobile
A heavy quake was recorded by the seismograph at Spring Hill College in Mobile Alabama early this morning. The college director said the shock appeared to be continental in origin with no preceding tremors noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Spring Hill College
Hughes Under a Grave Operation
John Hughes, a young motor cyclist injured in a race at Driving Park last Sunday, underwent brain surgery at St Joseph's Hospital. Surgeons Dr E J McOscar and Dr McCaskey removed a skull piece and a large clot under the membrane pressing on the brain, which had caused complete paralysis on the left side. The operation began at 9 30 and lasted about an hour. doctors concluded it was his best chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hughes
St. Joseph’s Hospital
E. J. MccOscar
Hughes
McArdle
McCaskey
McQscar
McOscar
Sentinel
Teamster Breaks Leg After Bluffton Incident
In Bluffton Indiana a teamster sustained a broken leg following a workplace incident. Fred McCallin and teammate Charles are named in reports detailing the injury and immediate medical response.
Purse Theft and Runaway Boy Highlight City Court News
Fifteen year old William Dreher from Plainfield Industrial School, on parole, stole Verna Keays's handbag on a Nickel Plate coach and fled with cash and watches. Police recovered all but the watches, which were sold to an amusement stand employee. Dreher was turned over to juvenile officers. Other cases include a 12 year old boy named Fred Bates detained after taking a horse and rig, and two cases dismissed as the husband of a woman involved had left the city. Sixty one garbage affidavits were filed as men in the south city district pledged to buy new cans. several prominent business men were listed among those arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dréher
Plainfield
Verna Keay
Patrolynn Crawley
Dreher
Ball Park
Robison Park
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Fred Bates
C. E. Moellering
East Main Street
Clem Bates
Maumee Avenue
Courtleney
Schonefeld
New Haven
Charles Strack
Helen May Campbell
Ira Campbell
Pennsylvania
Wabash
Hst
Commencement attendance ties Leo to Fort Wayne events
Quite a number of people from Leo attended the Fort Wayne commencement exercises Saturday. Several local residents visited relatives and spent time in nearby towns, with multiple families listed as visiting, staying, or hosting over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo
Ind
Fort Wayne
William Boger
Springfield Township
H. L. Moody
Edwin Dickson
Shannon Gloyd
Huntertown
Ida Long
Bertha
Willard Moss
Maude Moss
Roy Meoudy
Eck van Zile
William Schlatter
Bula
Roy Moody
Dertha
Henry Moody
Lizzie Hursh
Sim
Jennie Hursh
Fred Deventer
Caroline
Tena Schlatter
Beulah van Zile
Robison Park
Leon Martin
Charles Fishburn
Edith
Nora Hellopeter
Ohio
Miller faces manslaughter verdict in Croy case at Auburn
The supreme court reversed a prior ruling on evidence involving Mrs Miller, sending the case back. At Auburn Miller was found guilty of manslaughter with a two to twenty-one year sentence. Key witness Fred LaDuke tied John Stout to the shooting and robbery, while Miller claims innocence. Stout pled guilty and received life in Michigan City. John Baker was convicted of manslaughter in Huntington and served a two to twenty-one year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preme
Joe Faulkner
John Stout
Croy
John Baker
Miller
Stoutt
Michigan City
Huntington
Building Boom At Tri Lake Resort North Of Columbia City
In Columbia City Indiana June 12 a building boom is underway at Tri Lake resort north of the city. Never before have so many cottages been erected in a single season and many more are planned for the summer. Around one hundred cottages may be rented at the resort right now as demand surges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
Tri-Lake Resort
Sugar Trust Was a Clam In Sugar Refining History
Washington reports tense testimony in a sugar trust inquiry revealing that American Sugar Refining kept details secret from stockholders. BE. F. Atkins testified that New England holders gained control in 1910 and that H. C. Havemeyer held only about 2,000 shares at his death, challenging public assumptions of his vast ownership. The committee noted 63 percent of shares were held by New England owners, including many women, limiting representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Sugar Refining Company
BE. F. Atkins
Sugar Trust
Havemeyer
New England
H. C. Havemeyer
Atkins
Warriner Garb On Trial And Big Four Embezzlement
Cincinnati June 13 Judge Hunt barred clerks from testifying about destroyed Big Four books as higher officials only may testify. Warriner, in prison garb, testified on his $643,000 theft from the railroad while detailing dealings with Edgar S. Cooke. He described Cooke’s $90 monthly handling of funds and a $24,000 discrepancy that Cooke admitted after initial denial. Warriner linked his losses to Mrs. Jeannette Ford and stock market efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Big Four Railway
Charles T. Hunt
Edgar S. Cooke
Charles Warriner
Warriner
Ohio Penitentiary
Ford
Real estate transfers include numerous small parcel actions
Real estate transfers list multiple transactions in Fort Wayne area including Hoffman to Eckels, Strauss Brothers to Frederick Meyer, Mier to Blessing, Cook to Bennet, Marhenke to Walper, Treece to Treece, Fort Wayne Trust Co to Walsh, Pettit to Shideler, with varied parcel sizes and prices from $150 to $13,545. Transactions cover Wayne and Adams townships, Lake and Marion parcels, and include additions such as Epeerarean Acre and Lake parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. Hoffman
Ee J. Eckels
Epeerarean
Acre
Wayne
Strauss Bro. Co
Fredk
Meyer
Marion
A.B. Mier
Chas
Blessing
Lake
Ernest W. Cook
J. Oo
M. Bennett
E. Pontiac
Louise
Marhenke
Marfor Leone
Adams
Walper
Arthur
White
James Treece
Geo. A
Mary Treece
Broadway Park
Fort Wayne. Trust Co
Lydia J Walsh
Avondale
R. Pettit
I. P
E. Shideler
Pettit
Andrews Man Robbed by Pickpocket at Circus Day
Huntington Ind June 9 S M Minnich longtime Andrews resident and newspaper correspondent was first circus day pickpocket victim. He was touched for his pocketbook as he stood among crowds.
Pontiff Prays for Conversion of England Clergy Converts
Rome June 13 Cardinal Merry del Val ordained six English clergymen as subdeacons who left Protestantism to join the Catholic priesthood. The pope praised the conversion and said daily prayers for English speaking countries. Granito, pope's legate, heads to London for King George VI’s coronation with gifts.
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Rome
Italy
Cardinal Merry del Val
Ecclesiastical Nobles' Academy
Vatican
Merry del Val
Papal Apartments
Pius X
England
America
Mer. Granito
Prince of
Belmonte
Holy See
King George
London
Mary
Formation for Turner Parades in Fort Wayne
Announcement was made today of the formation for two parades during the Kreis Turnfest in Fort Wayne this week. Friday night features a torchlight procession with city officials and judges followed by district Turner societies from Wisconsin Chicago Lake Erie Ohio Indiana in that order. Saturday night places the executive committee and judges first, then Fort Wayne Turners and Vorwaerts groups, with multiple divisions of district societies and flags. Music will be supplied by local bands and drum corps as a tented city rises at Driving Park where visiting turners will stay.
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Fort Wayne
Court House
Turner
Wisconsin
Chicago
Lake Erie
Ohio
Indiana
Fort Wayne Turners
Turnverein Vorwaerts
Turners’ Society
Ladies
German Alliance
Concordia Singing Society
Kreis-Stolzenau
Packard
Citizens’ Bands
Toledo
Walton Avenue
Wabash
Bahn Frei
Milwaukee
Monroe
Wis
Turnverein
Central Turnera
Schweizer Turnverein
Newport
Independents
Indianapolis
Vorwaerts
Incident in Calhoun and Jefferson Streets
A rider named Nom Vanderman was thrown from a horse at noon near Calhoun and Jefferson streets. He sustained injuries but remained conscious and was helped by bystanders as medical aid arrived.
Federal jurors discharged as court finds error in case
A Fort Wayne federal panel was dismissed minutes after convening when the $10,000 Foreman versus Souers case was found filed in the district court not the circuit court. The matter was refiled in circuit court and postponed to next term. Judge Albert B. Anderson arrived with officials including United States Marshal Edwin Schmidt. The jury list included multiple named residents and bailiffs were designated for the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
Fort Wayne
Albert B. Anderson
Clark M. Foreman
Wiltshire
Ohio
George W. Souers
Huntington
Horze
Foreman
District Court
Circuit Court
Ciy
Anderson
City
Indianapolis
United States District Attorney
Charles W. Miller
Noble C. Butler
Edwin 4. Schmidt
United Statessmarshal
District of Indiana
Henry C. Pettit
Frank Nicolai
Auburn Bank
Arthur Allen
Hicksville
Henry C. Baird
Boone Grove
Ernest Bement
Laporte
David Birchim
Rolling Prairie
Albert J. Black
W. J. Bone
Bryant
Clems Brink
Chesterton
Charles Brotherton
Redkey
George B. Cain
Vistula
Philip Carper
Auburn
Joan Dietrich
Larwill
Charles J. Goheen
Huntertown
Addison Hamlin
Angola
John Hebel
Fred Hickemeyer
Monroeville
R. Henry Horn
Grahill
Emory Johnston
Hudson
Fred C. W. Klaehn
George T. Miller
Valparaiso
John McConnell
Leander McFadden
Richard IL. Stone
Albion
George W. Willemar
William P. Wyss
Hoagland
Samuel J. Errington
William J. Bright
Walter
Lumber Trust Case Hearing Reveals Output Cut
Kansas City reports the continuation of the ouster suit against the lumber trust. R A Long of Long Bell Lumber admits his firm cut yellow pine output by 33 1 3 percent for six months following a recommendation by the Southern Lumber Manufacturers association. He also says price list and trade report committees existed but were abolished earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St. Louis
R. A. Long
Long-Bell Lumber Company
Southern Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Long
Association
Committee of Trade and Reports
Marriage Licenses Published For Numerous Couples
August Pepe and Mary Jevine. John F. Byers and Ethel M. Arnold. George J. Voirol and Mamie Ehinger. Joseph Stauffer and Lola E. Mieks. Edward E. Fisher and Agnes M. Beaver. Anthony F. Berg and Lorella E. Wyss. Orville B. Connett and Eva M. Donley. Albert S. Middleton and Sylvia R. Zehendner. Boyd Jackson and Susan D. Lepper. Edwin H. Meier and Alta L. Childers. George H. Adam and Elde M. Koehlinger. Victor H. Dimke and Anna W. Kable. Diederick F. Huncke and Mary V. Ray. William S. Schleicher and Minna Koehlinger. Henry E. Lichtsin and Iva E. Flesher. William L. Benedict and Ruby A. Thompson. Frederick C. Doctor and Emma A. Ropa. Peter P. Schible and Esther K. Martin. John S. Sprague and Hattie C. Bowers. Ralph Sites and Edith E. Seslar. James M. Richardson and Estella E. Ertle. Rudolph C. Heckman and Luella R. Kellermeyer. Solomon P. Wright and Agnes M. Lauer. Arthur G. Gailmeier and Serena E. Wehrmeister. Frank J. Cumminegs and Frieda Marie Butz. Gottlieb Nietert and Sophia Bradtmuller. FS Rummel and Cora Ella Burry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Pepe
Mary Jevine
John F. Byers
Farmer
Ethel M. Arnold
George J. Voirol
Hosiery Comany
Mamie Ehinger
Joseph Stauffer
Lola E. Mieks
Edward E. Fisher
Agnes M. Beaver
Anthony F. Berg
Lorella E. Wyss
Orville B. Connett
Iron Worker
Eva M. Donley
Albert S. Middleton
Sylvia R. Zehendner
Boyd Jackson
Pressman
Susan D. Lepper
Edwin H. Meier
Electrician
Alta L. Childers
George H. Adam
Elde M. Koehlinger
Victor H. Dimke
Anna W. Kable
Diederick F. Huncke
Mary V. Ray
William S. Schleicher
Carpenter
Minna Koehlinger
Henry E. Lichtsin
Iva E. Flesher
William L. Benedict
Ruby A. Thompson
Frederick C. Doctor
Emma A. Ropa
Peter P. Schible
Esther K. Martin
John S. Sprague
Hattie
C. Bowers
Ralph Sites
Edith E. Seslar
James M. Richardson
Estella E. Ertle
Wise puzzled by leniency in sugar prosecutions
Washington June 10 Henry Wise district attorney of New York told the house committee on expenditures in the department of justice that the government had not confiscated millions of dollars worth of sugar tied to frauds. He said policy was set before his tenure and he had pursued defendants, noting Havemeyer could have been prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry& Wise
New York
House Committee On Expenditures
Department of Justice
Wise
Beall
Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Mr. Wise
Sugar Corporation
Many Trades of Deadly Nature
Boston June 13 Dr Alice Hamilton warned that industrial diseases are undercounted in the United States as many poisonous trades employ newly arrived immigrants. She cited the Illinois Sincis Commission study on lead poisonings and the general ignorance of dangers among workers and employers, calling for broader state inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
Alice Hamilton
Philadelphia
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Hamilton
Sincis Commission
Illinois
England
Europe
Commission
Ilinois
Editor Heavily Fined in Hartford City Libel Case
Hartford City Indiana June 7 Charles A Reeves editor of the Hartford City Journal and former congressional candidate in the Eleventh district was fined 500 dollars after the jury in the libel case of Marshall Sauer against the editor returned a verdict following several hours deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
Charles A. Reeves
Hartford City Journal
This City
Congress
Marshall Sauer
Three Days Celebration Underway In Portland Indiana
Portland Indiana June 8 The drive to raise funds for the July 4 5 and 6 celebration began Wednesday Ross Ault returns to lead the effort with local business leaders to decide attractions and the level of funds needed to ensure a successful event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Ross Ault
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Ney
Committee
Alice
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