Direct Election of U S Senators Advances in Congress
A Senate vote on a direct election resolution is expected on June 12 after unanimous consent. Other items note cabinet tidings, anti trust measures, statehood timelines for Arizona and New Mexico, and investigations into the Lorimer case.
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Borah
Senate
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
National House of Representatives
Martin
Virginia
United States Senate
Lorimer
Privileges and Elections Committee
United States Senate Committee On Judiciary
Sinking of Taboga Strands 100 Passengers Safe Off Panama
The steamer Taboga hit a rock off Panama and sank with all 100 passengers saved. In Copenhagen greeted the US Atlantic fleet led by Rear Admiral Badger arriving for a weeklong visit. Mexican deputies riot after Diaz Corral resignation. three dead, many wounded as police fire. Provisional President de la Barra sworn in. Lord Lansdown's reform bill for the Lords passes second reading without division.
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Taboga
National Steamship Line
Panama
Copenhagen
United States Atlantic Fleet
Badger
Diaz
Corral
Mexican Chamber of Deputies
el Imparcial
Chamber of Deputies
de la Barra
Lord Lansdown
House of Lords
Lord Haldane
State Millers Close Meeting Sparks Chosen President
Indiana millers report 1911 wheat crop prospects strong with 75 cent starting price. W. L. Sparks elected president. J. A. Wellington VP. T. S. Blish treasurer. About 50 attendees plus speakers from Purdue and national bodies. Training for miners and food safety exhibit noted.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Millers’ Association
W. L. Sparks
Terre Haute
J. A. Wellington
Anderson
T. S. Blish
Seymour
W. A. Creitz
Cambridge City
C. Nieman
Sunman
Agricultural Department
Purdue University
Fred Mayer
Toledo
John F. Russell
Greensburg
Ohio Association
Indiana Association of Assistant Postmasters convenes in Claypool
The group approved parcels post and Sunday closing movements at its convention. Officers elected include Moses N. Ross as president and A E Shearman as first vice president. Resignations of John E Shideler and E L Craw were noted. A paper by Ross on carrier time in city offices examined strict post office rules and route efficiency.
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Indiana Association of
Moses N. Ross
Evansville
A. E. Shearman
Lafayette
W. J. Hess
Indianapolis
W. F. McNaughton
Connersville
H. H. Wasson
Bluffton
J. B. Landner
Newcastle
G. B. Grossnickle
North Manchester
John E. Shideler
E. L. Craw
Fort Wayne
Indiana Association of Assistant Postmasters
Claypool
Ross
Deaths in Indiana Violence Report for April
The Indiana monthly health board report shows 175 violent deaths in April, unchanged from last year. Of these, five were murders and 37 as personal crisis cases. the rest resulted from accidents. Murders included four gunshots and one club. Personal crises: eight gunshots, seven hangings, four drownings, two cut-throats, eight carbolic acid, four strychnine.
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Indiana
State Board of Health
State Tax Board Reports Net Assessment Changes in 1911 Session
The State Tax Board reported a net increase of 1 267 926.07 in the assessments for several transportation and related companies while express and pipeline valuations fell 698 688 and gains were seen in telephone interurban sleeping car and transportation firms. Steam railroads were incomplete. The board adjourned after a lengthy session and will reconvene July 4 to hear appeals and later consider county board assessments. The board plans brief visits to Evansville and Hammond to handle Vanderburgh and Lake county cases and will spend two weeks advising county and township assessors on property assessment.
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State Tax Board
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Evansville
Hammond
Vanderburg
Lake County
County Boards of Review
State Board
Dissatisfied Home Members Plan Suit Over Pension Rule
Several members of the State Soldiers' Home confront a board ruling requiring turning over pension excess to the institution each month after August 1. They prepare to sue to contest the ruling and seek interpretation of the law granting trustees authority for the rule.
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State Soldiers’ Home
Board of Trustees
College Editors Election Sets Richmond for Next Convention
Indiana Intercollegiate Press association delegates meet in Crawfordsville and decide the next convention will be held in Richmond. Newly elected officers are H. Furnas Earlham president T. W. Blair Hanover vice president H. Reed Earlham recording secretary Lawrence Sloan DePauw corresponding secretary and W. N. Watson Purdue treasurer. Delegates reject admission from the Presa club at Moores Hill College.
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Indiana Intercollegiate Press Association
Crawfordsville
Richmond
H. Furnas
Earlham
T. W. Blair
Hanover
H. Reed
Lawrence Sloan
DePauw
W. N. Watson
Purdue
Presa Club
Moores Hill College
Tragedy as 13-year-old struck near railroad trestle
Earl Sanders of Princeton sat asleep near a Southern railroad trestle while carrying dinner to his father at Lyles Station. A freight train struck him, fracturing his skull and causing death shortly after rescue. Train crew did not see the accident.
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Princeton
Lyles Station
Earl Sanders
Southern Railroad
Charles Sanders
Catfish Fin Pierces Thumb Ends In Death Of Minister
Rev. I. N. Ullery sixty years old died after a catfish fin pierced his left thumb two weeks earlier while fishing in the Mississippi river. The wound swelled and blood poisoning developed leading to his death. He was pastor in Marion.
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Marion
Mississinewa
I. N. Ulery
Mr. Ullery
Baby Swallows Morphine Pellets in Logansport
Mary Alice Rush eighteen months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Rush swallowed 12 morphine pills after mistaking colored pellets for candy. Parents called a physician and, with emetics and care, the child was saved.
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Logansport
Mary Alice
Edward Rush
Elks Auto Parade Honors Fleming and Local Elk Leaders
Fort Wayne May 27 Senator Stephen B Fleming won first prize in the Elks automobile parade which highlighted the tenth annual reunion of the state association. Frank Dougher president of the Indiana organization took second prize and Al Riegel a prominent local Elk captured third prize.
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Elks
Fort Wayne
Stephen B. Fleming
State Association
Frank 3Ougher
Indiana Organization
al Riegel
Auto Hits Three-Year-Old Girl In Indianapolis Incident
Katherine Schneider, three, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Schneider of 3154 Central avenue, was seriously injured when a taxicab struck her near Thirty second street and Central avenue while she and her mother were returning from a neighbor's home.
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Auto
Indianapolis
Katherine Schneider
Fred Schneider
Central Avenue
Thirty-second Street
State News Briefs From Indiana and Nearby Areas
Washington reports William Haney jailed after three suicide attempts following a quarrel with his wife. Michigan City tells of Willie Bilski drowning while attempting to retrieve a missing prayer book. Lafayette notes a working man found dead on Monon tracks with head and arms severed. South Bend records Grant Winrott sentenced to life for wife murder with insanity plea. Seymour reports Menzo Cole and Mrs Minnie West killed by an incoming freight train. Hymera notes 600 Consolidated Coal workers barred from mines for failing to deposit certificates. Richmond describes Christopher Smith found dead beneath a broken strap in Otto Rettig plant.
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Washington
William Haney
Michigan City
Willie Bilski
Lafayette
South Bend
Grant Winrott
Seymour
Menzo Cole
Minnie West
Hymera
Consolidated Coal Company
Richmond
Christopher Smith
Otto Rettig
Independent Ice and Fuel Company
Youth Dies in Bathtub at Bloomington Residence
Irvin Minneman eighteen from Logansport and a freshmeat IU student died while bathing at Mrs George V Munsons East Fourth Street Bloomington coroner Dr J W Kentling will determine if death was accidental or self inflicted Minneman told roommate Bernice Hutchins he had a severe cold and asked for quinine before a hot bath after leaving the drugstore
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Hutchins
Fires in Mt Vernon Cause $11000 Loss
Three fires struck Mt Vernon causing $11000 in damage. Clarence Laduke’s Grafton store and Philip Smith’s adjoining saloon suffered about $4000 in losses, partly insured. Chris Riechen’s barn and farm equipment burned for around $5000 after a lantern explosion. Patrick Duskey’s home burned for about $2000.
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Mt. Vernon
Clarence Laduke
Grafton
Philip Smith
Chris Riechen
Patrick Duskey
General Strike Feared in Michigan City Painting Trade
Labor troubles arise as a business agent orders journeymen painters to quit work. Only one crew complied while others left at a building. Contractors refuse unionization, sparking fear of a broader strike across building trades.
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Michigan City
Saloonkeeper Seeks $100 Liquor License Refund
Martin McHale of Logansport filed a petition with county auditor John E. Wallace asking for a $100 liquor license fee rebate. The move mirrors a wave of similar claims by local saloonists awaiting the outcome of McHale's rebate petition filed after applying for a license before the new Proctor law took effect.
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Logansport
Martin McHale
John E. Wallace
McHale
Proctor
Coal Miners Strike Idle Over Wage Dispute in Indiana
Terre Haute reports a strike called at the W. S. Little mines in Pike county and the Wabash Coal mines in Vigo county. One thousand two hundred forty seven miners are idle after a dispute over a mine location led to a fight and a demand for reinstatement that the company refused.
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Terre Haute
W. S. Little
Pike County
Wabash Coal Company
Vigo County
Little Company
Indiana State Bar association to meet in Winona Lake
The annual session of the Indiana State Bar Association will be held in Winona Lake on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 11 and 12. The first session begins at two in the afternoon on Tuesday. The president's address opens the program, with papers read and business transacted. A dinner for members and wives is planned, followed by a steamboat ride on the lake.
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Winona Lake
Indiana State Bar Association
Association
Women Plunge 40 Feet Into Water. 2 Hurt in Bedford Quarry
Mrs. Ida Payton attempted suicide by leaping from a 35 foot ledge into an abandoned quarry. Miss Inez Prather, age sixteen, tried to restrain her and was dragged over the edge. They fell 40 feet into four feet of water, saving them from instant death. both badly injured.
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Bedford
Ida Payton
Inez Prather
Sunday Pupils Parade Marks Hamilton County Sunday School Meet
In Noblesville 500 delegates and 1,500 workers and teachers from 69 Sunday schools paraded through the city to open the Hamilton County Sunday School convention at the Christian church. The two mile procession featured bands cars decorated wagons and marching classes.
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Noblesville
Hamilton County
Christian Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church to Continue Lawsuit Over Lebanon University
Evansville report says the Cumberland Presbyterian church general assembly rejected a $36,500 settlement offer from the North church and voted to continue legal action over Cumberland University property in Lebanon Tennessee. The property is appraised at $225,000 and the education committee's recommendations push an expansive missionary program.
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Evansville
Presbyterian Church, North
Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tenn
General Assembly
The
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Committee On Education
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