News Notes Of A Week Highlighting Steel and Politics
A week of sweeping headlines covers E H Gary's push for enforced publicity and control in steel pricing, the Senate probe into Lorimer and the Illinois jackpot, attempts to criminally prosecute Standard Oil and American Tobacco executives, and Supreme Court decisions shaping anti trust enforcement. Also noted are wheat harvest plans, Yale prize announcements, a mob lynching in Tennessee, court verdicts, and major railroad financing moves by J J Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
American Tobacco Company
Pomerene
Ohio
Supreme Court
Gia
Standard Oil
American Toacco Company
Wickersham
House Committee On Expenditures
Department of Justice
Taft in Chicago and navy views on sea power
President Taft spoke in Chicago at the Western Economic society about Canadian reciprocity. Assistant Secretary Winthrop urged a strong navy to keep sea control, addressing Annapolis graduates. The piece also notes varied happenings from a poisoning scare in Los Angeles to Fourth of July plans in Denver and other political and social items.
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Taft
Chicago
Western Economic Society
United States
Winthrop
Annapolis Naval Academy
Indianapolis Speedways First 509 Mile Race Winner
Sporting for fame and fortune, one life was sacrificed and seven injured in the inaugural 509 mile Indianapolis speedway race won by Ray Harroun in a Marmon at 6 hours 41 minutes 8 seconds. Ralph Mulford finished second in a Lozier with forty cars starting and ten finishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Ray Harroun
Ralph Mulford
Lozier
Diaz Leaves Mexico for Spain Amid Tense Farewell
Porfirio Diaz and family boarded the steamer Ypiranga at Vera Cruz bound for Spain. He told a guard detail that the government must use his methods again to restore peace. Madero was attacked during a dance at Juarez customs house. hundreds of guests were endangered. Cruz Rey, ex mayor of Guadaloupe, was arrested with a bomb found on him. Las Lomas fortifications near Managua were exploded, killing about 150 soldiers and damaging the presidential palace and other structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Spain
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico City
Juarez
Cruz Rey
Guadaloupe
Las Lomas
Managua
Nicaragua
Indiana Opticians Meet in Columbus June Twenty six
The Indiana State Optical Society holds its semi annual convention in Columbus on Monday June 26 at the Knights of Pythias castle hall. Over 150 attendees are expected with a banquet and multiple speakers on topics including ocular health and optometry practice. Demonstrations of ophthalmoscope and retinoscope precede a city automobile ride for visitors.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Optical Society
Columbus
Knights of Pythias
Billy B. Watson
Will Straw
M. O. Reeves
L. Topaz
Chicago
Flora Kitchen
J. Walter Wilson
Alexander Foster
F. W. Dragoo
Laporte
Clarence Harris
Colimus
Milton H. Fetters
Louise Schmitt
Joe Smith
Cincinnati
James F. Wolfe
Scottsburg
C F. Hope
J. H. Ellis
South Bend
Oris Booth
N. Topaz
Practical Optometrist
Talks on Industrial Education at State School for the Deaf
Charles A. Bookwalter told the Indiana State School for the Deaf graduating class that Indiana places students in dark basement rooms for industrial training. He urged safer, cleaner workspaces and outlined plans for trade schools at the Technical Institute. He cited the growth of manual training high schools and their rise in demand. Right to Carload Rate: The Indiana railroad commission notes a recent ICC ruling allowing shippers to combine goods for carload rates without revealing ownership. The Export Shipping vs Wabash case sets that carriers cannot separately charge based on ownership when goods are shipped together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State School For the Deaf
Charles A. Bookwalter
Indiana Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Export Shipping Company
Wabash Railroad Company
Spiritualists Conclude Indiana State Association Convention
The Indiana State Association of Spiritualists closed after a business session electing J. F. Carney of Martinsville as president A. H. Boullen of Indianapolis as first vice president E. M. Prper of Hammond as second vice president Miss Libbie Skelton of Indianapolis as secretary Mrs Laura E. Williams of Indianapolis as treasurer and Emory A. Gray of Bakbee and Clarence Fry of Martinsville as trustees.
Rabies Reporting Forms Ready for Communities
Dr. J. P. Simonds announces blank rabies case reports for brains of animals sent to the state health laboratory. Reports go to local health officers with six month specimen counts and positive rabies results, plus cited state act provisions on dog muzzling and quarantines and penalties for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Simonds
State Board of Health
General Assembly
Trial Date Set for Constitution Case in June
Judge Charles Remster fixed June 19 for the trial of the Constitution case brought by John T. Dye against Lew G. Ellingham and other state officials to block submitting the proposed new constitution and to declare the legislative act unconstitutional. The governor's office reports the Bureau of Inspection to begin by June 15 with Elliott R. Hoolen John F. Gallivan and John J. Walsh to supervise three departments and invitations sent to applicants for department chief roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Remster
Circuit Court
John T. Dye
Lew G. Ellingham
Bureau of Inspection
Elliott R. Hoolcn
John F. Gallivan
John J. Walsh
Massive iron tank crashes six stories in Indianapolis
An iron tank weighing two and a half tons fell from the roof of the Block building on Illinois and Ohio streets, crashing through the Hearsey-Willis Automobile and Supply Co. into three stories below. It endangered seven workers and damaged vehicles and goods in the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ilinois
Ohio
Hearsey-Willis Automobile and Supply Company
Hearsey-Willis
Compromise After Verdict in Shelby Circuit Court
Miss Mazie Lamb of Indianapolis accepted $500 from David McCord of McCordsville as full settlement after a Shelby circuit verdict of $1,900 in a breach of promise suit originally seeking $10,900. McCord planned appeal but agreed to pay costs and the reduced sum. Case originated in Hancock county.
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Shelbyville
Mazie Lamb
Indianapolis
David McCord
McCordsville
Shelby
McCord
Hancock County
Indiana University Students Plead Not Guilty in Vote Case
Bloomington June 5 28 Indiana University students charged with casting illegal votes in the local option election plead not guilty. Earl Stroupe of Circleville is to be used as a test case with J M La Follette assisting in defense. If convicted in this case the other 27 cases will be pursued separately.
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T. U
Bloomington
Indiana University
Ilegal
Earl Stroupe
Seircleville
Simpson Robertson
J. M. la Follette
Rabid Dog Bites Three in Tipton
Fear of rabies after a dog went wild led the state board of health to order all un muzzled dogs killed. Three patients, John Supard and his two sons, were sent to Indianapolis for treatment at city expense. A cow bitten was killed and a fine Angora goat owned by Charles Recobs was declared mad and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
State Board of Health
John Shupard
Indianapolis
Charles Recobs
Gary Police Miss Capture of Gunmen in Calumet Marshes
Gary police failed to seize William Red O Connor and two associates said to be hiding in the Little Calumet river valley marshes near Black Oak. Chief ordered six pistol-clad officers to track the trio, who have eluded the manhunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
William
Red”) O'Connor
Little Calumet River
Black Oak
Martin
Gary Postal Savings Bank Sets East Coast Record
The Gary Postal Savings bank reports deposits totaling 2 800 20 for May ending May 31 1909 establishing it as the top postal savings bank east of the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Gary Postal Savings Bank
Postal Savings
Mississippi River
Gary Bank
Fights to End Existence in Rushville
June 5 in Rushville Charles Bell attempted suicide by morphine. Belief he was driven by discouragement over business matters. He fought to the last against being saved after a physician arrived.
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Rushville
Charles Bell
Fall From Barn Proves Fatal
Noah N. Wise aged sixty one died from injuries after falling from a barn he was working on about two weeks ago. He is survived by his widow and four children.
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Anderson
Noah N. Wise
Paris Green Fumes Fatal in Home Spraying Incident
Carmel report states John Michener aged seventy three died from inhaling paris green fumes while preparing a tree spraying mixture at his home. The death occurred in Carmel on June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Green
Carmel
John Michener
Prison sentence for theft of chickens in Hammond
Charles Big, convicted of stealing four chickens, was fined $305 and sentenced to one year in prison by Judge Walter Riley after unable to pay. In Jeffersonville, Indiana reformatory trustees upheld Superintendent D C Peyton in his refusal to reinstate dismissed guards.
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Hammond
Charles Big
Walter Riley
Jeffersonville
Board of Trustees of
The
Indiana Reformatory
D. C. Peyton
Landlady touts seven million dollar mansion across street
A landlady tries to wow a prospective tenant by pointing to a mansion across the street and whispering that the neighbor hood is extremely eligible, claiming there is seven million dollars there.
Strange Children and Levi Lincoln on the Massachusetts Road
Historian George Jancroft recalled by Percy H. Epler in Master Minds at the Commonwealths Heart tells of Levi Lincoln nearly blind and in a rural scene a geese drive on Lincoln street prompts him to throw pennies and call out God bless you, my children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jancroft
Massachusetts
Levi Lincoln
Percy H. Epler
Lincoln Street
Lunch Fit for a King by Grape-Nuts Advocate
A young businesswoman credits Grape-Nuts with curing nervous prostration and dyspepsia after a prior decline. She cites noon lunches with Grape-Nuts and fruit as nourishing, saving her from giving up work. The testimonial endorses The Road to Wellville and the Postum Company in Battle Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Weillvit
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William Lorimer
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Steel Investigating Committee
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Kansas
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State Free Employment Bureau
Yale Art School
J. H. Halladjian
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Turkey
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Yale Anatomy
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White Haven
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Pike County
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Letroit
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Mary Ada Clarke
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Sumterpost
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Sons of Veterans
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Luck Bone
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