Christian Church Plans State Redisricting Conference
Huntington Ind Oct 29 The Indiana State Christian conference adopted a plan to redraw districts seven conferences will be Eel River Western Miami Reserve Central Eastern Northwestern Southern Indiana and Illinois Central and Miami Reserve to be dropped The officers for the next year are President S McNeely Liberty Vice President Joseph Lafute Kokomo Secretary R H Gott Kokomo The next meeting site rests with the executive committee The session featured addresses on recruiting ministers and gospel liberty and discussed church finances ethics and reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. McNeely
Tiosa
Joseph Lafute
Liberty
R. H. Gott
Kokomo
O. B. Whitaker
Union Christian College
Meron
Clark B. Kershner
Darlington
Herald of Gospel Liberty
America
J. C. Francis
Wingate
Temperance urged at White River conference convention
Bishop G M Mathews of Chicago addressed the White River Conference United Brethren laymen urging voters in Indiana to support temperance in the upcoming state election. Rev Joseph Coland, a former Japan missionary, attended and spoke optimistically about U S Japan relations and friendship despite potential conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Coland
Japan
Coland
United States
Fitzgerald Loses Chance to Vote at Election
Frank Fitzgerald did not vote for Bryan or Taft due to city court troubles. He was sent to county jail for thirty days and a $100 fine suspended earlier on the promise to leave the city. Budd Slater also failed to vote, sharing Fitzgerald’s stay in jail for breaking a promise to abstain from intoxicants for two years.
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Frank Fitzgerald
Bryan
Taft
Fort Wayne
Budd Slater
Fitzgerald
Skelton
Tom Rice
Rice
Tom. Corwin
Pattee
Papagos Armed To Strike Yaquis In Sonora Battle
News from War Sources reports a Papago Yaqui clash north of Altar Sonora with forty Yaquis killed. Mexican government armed the Papagos to lure and slaughter Yaquis, though official confirmation is lacking.
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el Paso
Texas
Altar
Sonora
Miss Fairfield and Miss Calmerton Studying Irish School System
Miss Anna Fairfield principal of Hamilton school and Miss Gail Calmerton supervisor of the primary department in the city schools, currently on a two months leave in Europe to study Ireland's education system and have written friends from Dublin.
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Anna Fairfield
Gail Calmerton
Europe
Dublin
Miss Fairfield
Hamilton
Miss Calmerton
Suffragette disruption halts Licensing Bill debate in Commons
In London on October 29 suffragists interrupted the licensing bill debate in the House of Commons. Two women shouted for votes for women and chained themselves to the gallery grille while others cried in support. Attendants struggled to free the chained demonstrators Misses Helen Fox and Matters, as the scene drew loud sympathy from nearby members and spectators.
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London
House of Commons
England
Remnant
Helen Fox
Miss Fox
Miss Matters
Suffragette Protest Ends with Gallery Closure in Parliament
Suffragettes disrupted Parliament as women in the gallery clashed with guards shouting votes for women. A grille section was torn free and chains were padded to damp noise as officers escorted the women from the chamber. Thirteen suffragists were arrested, and both House galleries were ordered closed until further notice by the speaker with Prime Minister Asquith and ex-PM Balfour supporting the action.
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Miss Matters
Miss Fx
Miss Fox
Asquith
Balfour
Strangers
Women’s
Large Barn Destroyed by Fire on Milan Township Farm
A large new barn on Fred Fuelling’s Milan township farm was a total loss after a Wednesday fire that started in a straw stack. Authorities suspect arson. Fuelling had $1,250 in Farmers' Mutual coverage, with a loss likely higher. The Palmers' company had no recent major fires amid dry conditions.
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Fred Fuelling
Milan
Fuelling
Farmers’ Mutual Company
Palmers' Company
Fleet Sent to Japan Prompted by Japanese Emperor
U S Senator Joseph M. Dixon told a Kalispell audience that the Atlantic fleet was sent to Japan at the emperor's request to awe subjects eager for war. He said Washington knew of rising Japanese war sentiment and that Roosevelt approved the plan as an object lesson.
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Anaconda
Mont
Standard
Kalispell
Atlantic
Japan
Matsuhito
United States
Joseph M. Dixon
Roosevelt
Little Hero Gives Life to Save Mother
In San Diego on October 29 an eight year old boy Manuel Miller lost his life saving his mother during a house fire caused by a gasoline stove explosion. Mrs Miller and four other children were inside the Miller home when flames broke out. The mother’s dress snagged on a kitchen window while she tried to jump to safety and she remained suspended above the ground until aid arrived. Manuel re entered the blazing home to find her, but perished from burns in the kitchen when responders reached them.
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San Diego
Calif
Joseph Miller
Miller
Manuel
Indictments for Bribery In Laporte Grand Jury Case
Laporte Indiana October 28 true bills found by the county grand jury against William Blakeman William Belt and Gust George Stevens of Chicago and Cincinnati for conspiracy in offering and receiving bribes to influence a juror. The case follows a prior jury disagreement in a $5000 alienation suit.
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Laporte
Ind
Laporte County
William Blakeman
William A. Belt
Gustaff George Stevens
Chicago
Cincinnati
To .A. Jurof
Biskemat
Jatt
Stephen
Jaunohis
Fire Drives Panic in Eleven-Story Cincinnati Office Building
A noon blaze at the Neave building on Fourth and Race streets injures more than twenty, with several in serious danger. Women on window ledges escape amid life nets and ladders as a firefighter slips and two floors of danger unfold.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Fourth
Race Streets
Neave
Drunken Soldier Fractures Skull In Camp Roundup
Private Bachman of Company G Tenth Infantry is in critical condition with a fractured skull after Corporal Gillis struck him with a revolver butt during a salute to arrest soldiers overstaying their leave. The detachment from Fort Benjamin Harrison camped in Ravine park and headed to Crawfordsville after the incident.
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Attica
Ind
Bachman
Gillis
Tenth Infantry
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Stokes
Ravine Park
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville
Indianapolis Firm Wins Premium on $80,000 School Bonds
At a special school board meeting on Thursday, the J. F. Wild company of Indianapolis bid the highest premium for the $80,000 bond issue. The premium of 1009 was accepted, with the bonds set for ten years and one tenth payable annually. Breed & Harrison of Cincinnati and others offered lower premiums.
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J. F. Wild Company
Indianapolis
Wild Company
Breed & Harrison
Cincinnati
Joseph T. Elliott
Charles C. Wedding Company
Man Ends Life After Marriage in Paris Kentucky
Paris Kentucky October 30 J W Hutchson a Harrison county widower with two children married Wednesday to Mrs Nannie Swinford of Cynthia. They had returned to Cynthia and Hutchson came back to Paris yesterday tried to annul the marriage then killed himself in a livery stable firing a bullet through his brain. Officials of the Markle Memorial church have filed suit at Huntington seeking to collect from W S Smith an ant Effie.
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Paris
J. W. Hutchson
Harrison County
Nannie Swinford
Cynthia
Hatchson
Markle M
Sult
Huntington
Smith
Effie
Battleship Fleet Arrives under Mixed Amoy Reception
Amoy hosts the second squadron of the U S Atlantic fleet as Chinese apathy grows over limited attendance and restricted access. The fleet, led by Rear Admiral Emory aboard the Louisiana, enters harbor amid formal salutations and meetings with Pekin officials, while naval games and preparations proceed ashore with restrictions on entering the native city.
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Amoy
Tai Tai Island
Fei- Ying
Louisiana
William H. Emory
Culgea
Admiral Emory
Sah
Emory
Prince Tu Lang
Liang Tun-Yen
Foreign Board
Pekin
Dalwigh
Niobe
Julian H. Arnold
Prince Tu-Lantey
Rockhill jailed ninety days and fined for brutal assault
William Rockhill received ninety days in jail and a $20 fine plus costs in city court for beating 78 year old Charles Leucht. Leucht testified Rockhill was drunk and assaulted his wife as well. Rockhill sought sentence suspension and hinted at Kansas move but stayed jailed amid prior circuit court pressures.
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William Rockhill
Charles Leucht
Kansas
Leucht
Rockhill
Lottie Evans
Kelly
Delbert Cole
Wabash
Oes
Fie
Deaf mute’s hidden savings found in cellar milk can
James Lanigan died from scalds incurred helping his father with the family washing. Patrolman Linker found $260 in a pocketbook secreted in an old milk can behind a brick-walled cellar opening at 344 Melita Street. The money, largely ten and twenty dollar bills, was turned to Chief Ankenbruck and then to Patrick Lanigan. The discovery came after Sammy Heilbroner, a fellow deaf mute, told police Lanigan had saved money and hidden it at home.
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James Lanigan
Melita Street
Linker
Ankenbruck
Patrick Lanigan
Patrolmar Linker
Sammy He
Lanigan
Deaf man struck by Bluffton interurban car in Bluffton
Marvin Johnson a deaf resident of Sheldon Ind was hit by a Bluffton interurban car while crossing Bluffton s main street Wednesday He saved his grandmother from injury by pushing her out of the track though he was thrown several feet He was taken to Lutheran hospital with facial and body injuries not considered serious and planned to visit this city with his grandmother last night
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Marvin Johnson
Sheldon
Ind
Lutheran Hospital
Bluffton
Johnson
Mother seeks son who wrote her from Fort Wayne
Rufus A. Jameson seeks his son Charles Arthur Jameson who last Saturday wrote to his parents from Fort Wayne. The mother grieves, warning she may not live long without his return. the father reports the letter and forgiveness, while the son claims to have traveled nationally seeking work and asks to be allowed home.
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Fort Wayne
Rufus A. Jameson
W. J. Hosey
Lowell
Mass
Charles Arthur Jameson
Fort, Wayne
Jameson
United States
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