Senate Confirms Taft Cabinet Nominations Today
President Taft sees a full slate confirmed as cabinet nominees Knox MacVeagh Dickinson Hitchcock Meyer Ballinger Nagel Windersham Wilson and others are approved. Knox receives courtesy confirmation amid remarks by Senator Tillman. Senate orders recess to report remaining nominations and organize the body.
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Washington
Senate
Tillman
Knox
Taft
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Franklin MacVeagh
Ilinois
Treasury
Jacob M. Dickinson
Tennessee
George W. Windersham
New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
George W. L. Meyer
Navy
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
James Wilson
Iowa
Charles Nagel
Missouri
Commerce
Labor
Huntington Wilson
Beekman Winthrop
William Loeb, Jr
District of New York
Lewis Dalby
Virginia
John P. McDowell
Illinois
Williston
N. C
Sherman
Hale
Cherokee Strip
Root
Gallinger
Culberson
Stonecutter Offers Large Money Bundle in Court
George Washington Tolen, a Van Wert stonecutter, appeared in Fort Wayne city court seeking liberty with a certificate of deposit worth 1675 dollars. The judge deemed him still heavily under the influence of his first installment purchase and remanded him until Monday morning pending charges described as buiblies Satopionsion.
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George Washington Tolen
van Wert
Fort Wayne
Street social disrupted by patrolman fine list of attendees
Mary Stevens Ella Coudret Frank Johnson William T Adams and Frank Fordham were among those present at a South Calhoun street social last night. Four were fined five dollars and costs for drunkenness. Fordham’s case was continued on a separate warrant. Felix Henderson was fined one dollar and costs for drunkenness and jailed.
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Mary Stevens
Ella Coudret
Fordham
Felix Henderson
Dr Snearly Held For Murder Of His Wife
Dr George B Snearly 28 was arrested in Wabash Indiana on a murder charge for poisoning his wife Sarah 39 by strychnine tests showed convulsions and poisoning but post mortem found no natural death cause. exhumation requested and inquest held with undertakings by her brother and prosecutor Frank Carpenter.
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Wabash
Ind
George BE. Snearly
Sarah L. Snearly
Madison Guynnup
Dennis
Roann
Snearly
Frank G. Carpenter
P. G. Moore
Lorin W. Smith
G. H. Brodbeck
G. P. Kidd
Jesse Crist
Fort Wayne
Miller druggist pleads guilty in Noble circuit court
B B Miller druggist of Albion pleaded guilty in Noble circuit court Tuesday to two counts for illegal liquor sales. He received a $50 fine and costs on one count, while the other count's sentence was suspended.
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B. B. Miller Druggist
Albion
Nobie
Coats
District Attorney Kealing Resigns in Protest
United States District Attorney Kealing of Indianapolis resigns to avoid aiding the department of justice in bringing Delavan Smith and Joseph Pulitzer to Washington for criminal libel trials over Panama canal publications. He served nearly eight years and is noted for a high DOJ standing. He previously prosecuted Elkhart bank officers including Walter Brown, a Republican state committee member and close friend.
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Washington
United States
Kealing
Indianapolis
Department of Justice
Delavan Smith
Joseph Pulitzer
Panama Canal
Elkhart Bank
Walter Brown
Republican State Committee
Kealing resigns as U S attorney over libel removal dispute
United States Attorney Joseph B. Kealing resigns to avoid aiding removal of Delavan Smith and Charles R. Williams of the Indianapolis News to Washington for trial on criminal libel charges. He cites dangers to government foundations and asks for Taft to name a successor. Do. W. Miller of Goshen expected to be recommended by Senator Beveridge.
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Indianapolis
United States
Joseph B. Kealing
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Indianapolis News
Washington, D. C
District of Indiana
District of Columbia
Taft
U. S
Do. W. Miller
Gosnen
Ind
Indiana
Beveridge
Mr. Kealing
President's trip shortened by Washington storm
United States Commissioner T. J. Logan returned to the city after a three week tour through Norfolk Washington New York and Philadelphia. He said the trip was thoroughly enjoyable despite illness in Washington from tonsillitis and an inauguration day storm disrupting plans. Logan met Roosevelt through Representative Gibbs.
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Washington
United States
T. J. Logan
City
Norfolk
New York
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Giihams
Topan
Option Fight WN Shireys Hand In County
The fate of over two hundred saloons in the county rests with Rev N C Shirey Fort Wayne district Anti Saloon League superintendent. He consulted state supervisor Rev E Shumaker and weighed local sentiment before any move toward a county option election. He noted strong local anti liquor interest but cautioned about liquor forces and the need for thorough campaigning and a $2000 working fund. A farmer guest hinted country districts would vote dry though not as recently.
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Saldons
N. C. Shirey
Fort Wayne
Anti-Saloon League
Shirey
State League
Allen County
Calumet Plan Aims to Unite Northwest Indiana Cities
In Hammond a mass meeting launched steps to merge Hammond Whiting Indiana Harbor and East Chicago into Calumet with about 75 000 residents. The plan would add a dozen smaller towns and position Calumet as the state s second city Gary would join as a rival and likely seek a broader corner of the state.
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Hammond
Ind
Whiting
Indiana Harbor
Chicago
Calumet
Gary
Hamilton National Bank Enlarges Frontage in Calhoun Street Deal
Hamilton National Bank bought the 20 by 80 foot Calhoun street frontage from Adolph Foel linger for 32000 to expand its quarters. The four story stone front building houses Dukes Rose Schirmeyer and others and remains under lease. Upon possession the bank plans remodeling to connect with existing banking rooms and use the building’s elevators for access.
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Hamilton National Bank
Adolph Foellinger
Calhoun Street
Bank
Dukes-Rose-Schirmeyer
Hamilton
Bank clearings rise in Fort Wayne to a weekly total
Fort Wayne bank clearings last week jumped to 31 135 435 70, far higher than 709 819 90 a week earlier and 803 331 59 the prior year. Daily figures show a pattern with Monday through Saturday totals ranging from about 136 992 to 248 446, indicating a strong week overall.
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Fort Wayne
Local stocks active buoy market week
Don W. Schuler, stock and bond broker in the Tri-State block, reports sales including twenty shares of Home Telephone preferred at par and accumulated interest, nine shares of Home Telephone common, a block of Federal Security, thirty four shares of Wayne Knitting Mills common, fifteen shares of Fort Wayne Hotel, and £1000 Citizens' Gas gold 6 percent bond at 10116 and interest.
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Don W. Schuler
Tri-State
Home Telephone
Wayne Knitting Mills
Fort Wayne Hotel Company
Citizens’ Gas Company
Indianapolis
TROLLEY LINE TO REACH FORT WAYNE PLANS
Toledo March 4 acting for creditors of A L Irish master of high finance att orneys pressed the referee in bankruptcy to learn if Irish had any property tied to a proposed interurban line from Toledo to Fort Wayne and St Louis He testified he went to Boston to sell stock but did not own or sell shares while earning 200 a month He noted a booklet said the line would be electric and right of way reached Fort Wayne with grading done Irish affiliated firms organized several subsidiary railways for the project
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Toledo
Ohio
A. L. Irish
Irish
Fort Wayne
St. Louis
Toledo, Wabash and
Boston
Atlantic Construction Company
Examination Reveals Irish Employee Salary Details
The record shows Irish stated his motto as the people by the people for the people and that his memory had not improved since last summer. He clarified he was merely a company employee earning $300 a month.
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Irish
Saloons Lose Ground as Jay and Sullivan Go Dry
In Indianapolis on March 4, Jay county voters approved a dry status by a two year tiebreak, effectively ending saloon operations. Sullivan county also voted to remain dry, with turnout dipping to about 60 percent of normal amid poor weather. Anti-Saloon league efforts boosted March votes, though Sullivan saw little campaign activity in the county seat.
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Indianapolis
Jay County
Sullivan County
Anti-Saloon League
Sullivan
Means More New Schools Bond Bill Passed by Legislature
The legislature approved a local school board framed bill allowing bonds up to 2 percent of city taxable valuation. It enables about $200,000 to be raised for new school buildings, reversing prior repeals and past limits. Representatives Roggen Elliott and Senator Fleming supported the measure.
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South Bend
Fort Wayne
Roggen
Elliott
Fieming
Black Promoted to Chief Clerk at Anthony Hotel
Will A. Black is advanced to chief clerk at the Anthony hotel succeeding P. J. Behan who resigned to return to the Knickerbocker hotel in New York. Behan will go east after aiding start up the Anthony. The hotel staff after the change includes Martin Detzer and H. J. Otten. Water connections are being completed and the hotel is nearing full operation within ten days.
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Will A. Black
Anthony
P. J. Behan
Knickerbocker
New York City
Mr. Behan
Keenan
Martin Detzer
H. J. Otten
New York
Rudolph Buys Fine Farm Near City for $13,000
William Rudolph purchases the George Ewing 165 acre farm four miles southwest of the city. He plans a new house and outbuildings and the property borders the Country Club holdings. Rudolph, formerly foreman of the Journal-Gazette press room, now runs a dairy business.
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William Rudolph
George Ewing
Country Club
Rudolph
Journal-Gazette
Ely's Cream Balm Promoted for Catarrh Relief
Advertisers tout Liquid Cream Balm as a new form of Ely's Cream Balm, claiming it is the only remedy for Catarrh that can be depended on. The product is marketed as easing inflammation and clearing nasal passages to enable natural breathing.
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Ely
Taft Calls Special Session as Cabinet Takes Oath
President Taft issues a call for a special session of the Sixty first Congress to convene March 15 without stating the session’s object. Six cabinet officers are sworn in at the White House by Chief Justice Fuller, including Knox, Hitchcock, Meyer, Ballinger, Wilson, and Nagel, with Wickersham having been sworn yesterday.
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Washington
Taft
Sixty-first Congress
White House
Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
Knox
Philander C. Knox
Frank H. Hitchcock
George von Lengerke Meyer
Navy
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
James Wilson
Agriculture
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
George W. Wickersham
Messrs
Dickinson and
MacVeigh
Carpenter
Burton
Ohio
Richard D. Harlan
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
John Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Senate confirms Loeb and Winthrop to key posts
The senate met in executive session at noon to confirm William Loeb Jr as collector of the port of New York and Beekman Winthrop as assistant secretary of the navy. Both selections were approved and the body adjourned until March 15. Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin did not yet have credentials to be sworn in.
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Washington
Senate
William Loeb, Jr
New York
Beekman Winthrop
Navy
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Retaining Wall Crumbles After Flood At Lakeside Dike
About 250 feet of the lakeside retaining wall at the east end of the Lakeside dike collapsed as waters subsided. Faulty construction caused concrete laid on dry dirt to fail to unite. The Herman Tapp Construction Co did the work. city has not accepted it and no assessments are set. Estimated loss around 3000 dollars. total dike work cost about 10000 dollars with a 5000 dollar guarantee.
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Herman Tapp Construction Company
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