Steele Forces Hearkening 10 Busy Tom Tom
Hartford City Indiana April 7 without a clear front runner in the Eleventh district race Grant county roils as Frank M Beard of Marion reenters the fray aiming to rally around Maj George W Steele the former congressman and now Marion governor of the National Military Home as delegates form for the April 14 convention and potential Steele renomination amid clashes over Thompson support and county by county delegate plans through Cass Wabash and Huntington counties with Beards and Reeves named as possible Steele backers and Thompson backers predicting full delegation for Gas City’s John L Thompson.
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Hartford City
Ind
Grant County
John L. Thompson
Gas City
Frank M. Beard
Marion
Congressional Convention. the Convention Is Set For April 14. Mr. Beard
Mr. Beard
Maj
George W. Steele
Maj. Steele
National Military
Congress
F. M. Beard
Steele
Frederick Landis
Washington
Thompson
Gsoldiers
Lockwood-Steele
E. P. Kiing
Miami County
Cass County
Wabash
Major Steele
Tueventh
Congressionaym
C. A. Reeves
Blackford County
Mr. Thompson
Milton Sayler
Huntington
Huntington County
George “’. Funk
George A. Gamble
Bandons Schedules Wreck Plot Feared
Evansville Indiana April 7 railroad officials fear attempts will be made to wreck trains as conductors and enginemen on the Southern railway between Evansville and Huntingburg have been told to run only two trains an hour until the section hands strike is settled. The strike affects the bread and channelion and Rockport branches.
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Evansville
Huntingurg
Rockport
Y M G A Heads Hold Conference
Crawfordsville Indiana hosts the Indiana state president's conference for Y M C A members from colleges and universities. Purdue's R S Shade presides at the opening in the college chapel. Culver Military Academy’s F P Béal leads devotionals, Wabash College president George L Mackintosh greets visitors, A J Elliott of New York speaks on The Qualifications of Successful Workers.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
T.college and University Students of
Indiana
Young Men’s Christian Association
College Chapel
R. S. Shade
Purdue University
F. P. Béal
Culver Military Academy
George L. Mackintosh
Wabash College
A. J. Elliott
New York
Clews Fail to Find Slayer of Farmer's Wife
Cambridge City Indiana April 7 two search crews and bloodhounds chase leads in the murder of Mrs Frank Allison whose house was burned after her death. Tracks handkerchief scent and a sighting by Mrs Clevenger are explored. none yield a suspect. Coroner Bramkamp and Dr Boyd report coal oil found on clothing.
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Cambridge City
Ind
Cgorman
Richmond
Frank Allison
Clevenger
Allison
Feeders’ Dam
Wayne County
Josh Lucy
Gorman
Richmond Police
Virgil Philpott
Philpott
Joseph Lucy
George Dubois
Gormon
Bramkamp
Boyd
Funeral Tragedy As Wheel Horse Routs Procession
Hartford City April 7 A funeral procession for Samuel Cassel was disrupted when two cars from a Muncie factory frightened William Galbraith 70 a Marion Soldiers' Home inmate driving with daughter Liberty Martin causing his horse to bolt and he was killed when the buggy overturned Galbraith was brother in law of Cassel leaving the family in mourning.
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Hartford City
Samuel Cassel
Wiliam Galbraith
Marion Soldiers’ Home
Liberty Martin
Muncie
Galbraith
Census enumerators named for Monroe County
Bloomington April 7. James A. Zaring announces two women Miss Earl Wingsworth and Miss Minnie M Slaughter join the Monroe county census team starting April 15. The list also includes Oscar M. Miller Thomas L. Thompson Artemus J. Ward John T. Foster Thomas E. Nicholson Thomas M. Heaton Lee M. Strong Ralph K. Carter John G. Bell Austin East Harry Flatt Standley Lowder Richard H. Randall John Myers Todd John H. Whaley Oscar Swindler Lemuel Parks Thomas Brown and John Able.
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the Sun
Bloomington
Ind
James A. Zaring
Mias Earl Wingsworth
Minnie M. Slaughter
Monroe County
Mr. Zaring
Oscar M. Miller
Thomas L. Thompson
Artemus J. Ward
John T. Foster
Boy seeks $5,000 in dog bite damages
Clarence V. Carter by next friend Bertha Carter sues Jacob Schulmeyer for $5,000 after being bitten by a dog. The complaint alleges the boy is a permanent cripple because of the injury.
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Clarence V. Carter
Bertha Carter
Jacob Schulmeyer
Intercity Tennis League Meeting Set in Cincinnati
Representatives from Louisville Indianapolis Cincinnati Columbus and Detroit will meet with Ohio Lawn Tennis Association President Phil Stanbery this Saturday to discuss forming an intercity tennis league.
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Tennis League
Cincinnati
Louisville
Indianapolis
Columbus
Detroit
Phil Stanbery
Ohio Lawn Tennis Association
Reception Given Nominee Ferrell in Shelbyville
Shelbyville Indiana April 7 City Superintendent of Schools S C Ferrell won the nomination for state superintendent of public instruction at the TV republican state convention and was greeted by a mammoth reception on his return. Hundreds of townsmen filled the city building after the Indianapolis headquarters band met his train at Big Four station and escorted him to the officials.
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Shelbyville
Ind
S. C. Ferrell
Ferrell
Indianapolis
Big Four
Broken Bridge Rail Endangers Drivers
In Columbus Indiana on April 7 a horse frightened a buggy near White Creek Bridge causing a plunge ten feet into six feet of water. Mrs George Grasse and her daughter were rescued by workers from Taylors mill. Henry Scofstall and the father were aboard. Earlier Miss Mable Smith was injured in a similar fall from the same bridge where railing had broken off and not been replaced.
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Taylor's Mill
Henry Scofstall
White Creek
Mable Smith
W. F. Smith
State Briefs Reflect Labor Strikes and Local News
Alexandria workers strike after 25 cent wage demand is refused. Lake Erie and Western employees average about $1.30 daily and seek $1.75 flat rate. Anderson minister J A Rondthaler renews one year at First Presbyterian. Irvin Updike returns home from Nashville hospital. Rose Melville buys Henry Morgan house for $20,000, eyes South Bend as future home. Columbus doctor Max Hawley to head state hospital at Kankakee with $1800 salary. Elkhart to host large woman’s union label league April 11. Columbus barn fire kills six horses and 23 sheep, loss $2,500. (Other notes: Paul Cimotoski dies in Vermilion county reformatory history. Evansville sawmill destroyed, loss $9,000.)
Divorce Granted After Brief Filing for Culver Cadet Wife
In South Bend Indiana on April 7 Mrs Glen Phillips 23 won a divorce from her Culver Military Academy cadet husband after a 15 minute court filing. The charge cited cruelty and followed an elopement with Grace Demay.
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South Bend
Ind
Glen Phillips
Culver Military Academy
Gracé Demay
Red Men Parade in Bloomington District Convention
Special to The Sun Bloomington Ind April 7 More than 400 Red Men from Indiana third district attend the annual convention in Bloomington with state officers arriving from Washington Ind Five degree teams will participate in an illuminated parade around the square tonight Bloomington lodge counts 471 members with 38 tribes represented in the district
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Bloomington
Ind
Tndiana
Washington
Winona Forge Adds Hoosier President
Dr. E. M. Crouch resigns after eight years as president of Manchester College North Manchester and accepts post as Latin professor and education department assistant at Winona College Winona Lake assembly in Indiana.
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Wabash
Ind
E. M. Crouch
Manchester College
North Manchester
Iatin
Department of Education
Winona College
Winona Lake Assembly
Judge Adair Dies After Operation in Fort Wayne
Columbia City resident Judge Joseph W. Adair died at Lutheran hospital Fort Wayne following cancer surgery. A long serving circuit judge for Noble and Whitley counties he was about 70 and admired across parties and by Gov. Marshall. Funeral details not yet announced.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Joseph W. Adair
Columbia City
Noble
Whitley
Adair
Anelfio District
Gov. Marshall
Gov
Marshall
Roosevelt and Pope incident report by North Indiana conference
The North Indiana conference appointed Rev. J. K. Cecil as chairman to report on the Roosevelt and Pope incident. A special trip to Warren, Indiana, honored the dedication of a Chepson home endowed by William Chepson, with a $850,000 investment and matching maintenance endowment for about 100 aged residents. Bishops Cranston and McDowell spoke.
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Bluffton
Ind
North Indiana
Roosevelt
Pope
J. K. Cecil
Fort Wayne
Hey
Frank Brown
C. A. Rowand
Gayoustee Chepson
Warren
William Chepson
M. E
Earl Cranston
W. F. McDowell
Krauss Divorce Final Arguments Next Tuesday
Judge Patrick H. Eliott of Grant county superior court will hear final arguments in the Krauss divorce case next Tuesday. The jury found Krauss had committed his wife’s offense, and the judge will hear further argument on this point before ruling.
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Wartford City
Krauss
Patrick H. Eliott
Grant County Superior Court
Elliott
Conscience Skates Returned to Owner in Gas City
In Gas City Indiana a pair of skates stolen 13 years ago reappear as a letter arrives from the thief confessing the theft and seeking to make amends. Dr. Alexander had held the skates for George Broad manager of the Thompson bottle factory who had borrowed them from Broad and left them at a drug store before Broad could claim them. The skates were later stolen again and finally returned by express with the anonymous confession.
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Gas City
Ind
Hatfield
Dr. Alexander
George Broad
Thompson Bottle Factory
Broad
Kyle and Beggs
Express
Alexander
God
Butler Condemns Columbus Prison in Scathing Report
Amos W Butler secretary of the Board of State Charities inspected the Bartholomew county jail and condemned its condition as a disease germ trap. He described the jail as exposing inmates to almost every variety of germs and violations. only the brick wall surrounding the building escaped his critique.
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Columbus
Ind
Amos W Butler
Board of State Charities
Bartholomew County
Wedding Promised in School Romance
Shelbyville Indiana April 7 Howard Clawson prominent teacher and Democratic figure will wed Miss Lorice Gardner April 20 at 8 p m at the Gardner home in Manila. The marriage concludes a romance that began years ago when the bride was a student in the same school where Clawson taught.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Howard Clawson
Lorice Gardner
Newton Gardner
Manilla
Mr. Clawson
Two Women Suspected of Hold Up in South Bend
Mrs. Nellie Horton and Mrs. Louise Williams both of Toledo are under arrest in South Bend awaiting highway robbery charges to be filed within 24 hours. Police say the pair targeted several pedestrians near city hall, disguising themselves with frequent wardrobe changes to avoid detection.
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the Sun
South Bend
Ind
Nellie Horton
Louise Williams
Toledo, O
McGregor Wins Beech Grove Bridge Contracts
John W. McGregor, former county commissioner, is back in bridge construction and has secured the contract for the Beech Grove Traction Company bridges.
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John W. McGregor
Beech Grove Traction Company
Inspection of New Traction Line Ahead of Opening
An inspection crew from the Indianapolis Newcastle and Toledo traction line toured substations power house and route sites from Indianapolis to Newcastle. The party included judges bankers attorneys and Union Trust directors with plans for cars to run to the Terminal station within days.
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Indianapolis
Newcastle & Toledo
The
Union Trust Company
Carter
Union Trust
Maxwell
Shirley
Newcastle
New
J Bundy House
Pullmans
Indianapolis Party
Vincent Carter
R. E. Scott
C. D. Johnson
Edward Daniels
Baker & Daniels
Frank Milligan
T. C. McReynolds
Kokomo, Marion & Western Traction Company
Robert Martindale
Shirley Radiator Company
C. & McBride
J. H. Holliday
W. T. Malott
Henry Eltel
A. A. Barnes
A. C. Harris
E. L. McKee
C. A. Brownell
W. A. Guthrie
G. A. Buskirk
Traction Line Report by Receiver Miligan
Harry J. Miligan, receiver for the Indianapolis Crawfordsville Westers Traction Co, filed February earnings with Judge Anderson. Net earnings totaled 3703.35 after expenses of 7412.45 from 11015.60 gross.
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Harry J. Miligan
Indianapolis, Crawfordsville & Westers Traction Company
Frankfort Trustee Dies By Suicide
Frankfort Indiana April 7 Trustee Henry Bucher of Union township committed death by own action at his home by swallowing prassic acid. He had failed in a prior suicide attempt about a year earlier. Ill health is given as the cause.
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Frankfort
Ind
Henry Bucher
Union Township
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