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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1909
Page
2
A high wind toppled the north wall of the Jeannette opera house at 8 30 am, crushing Dr. A A Custard’s residence next door. A16 year old Miss Mildred Felton was killed. Grace Swift also 16, niece of Dr. Custard, was injured with head and body cuts. Two others escaped injury.
The School for Scandal in London stars Marie Lohr aged 18 at center with Be Specific actor Vizen on her right and Lionel Brough on her left. The production is directed by Beer sohm Tree in a celebrated revival.
Two hundred suffragettes depart Chicago for Springfield to press for franchise rights. The train will stop at Joliet Pontiac Lexington Bloomington Atlanta and Lincoln to gain support. Miss Jane Addams of Hull House leads the delegation and will introduce speakers during a five minute address.
Eleven year old Margaret Hoff of Brooklyn saved her baby brother George aged two after he swallowed part of a bottle of arsenic solution. She fed milk until a physician arrived and pumped the infant's stomach.
At the Tenth Ward Democratic Club on Hoyt avenue and Laurel street this evening, City Chairman W. F. Moore will deliver remarks.
San Francisco detectives expose Captain Jack R. Graham as a fraud and swindler who wooed Maude Evans, ex wife of Naval Constructor Evans, with noble lineage claims. Records show six months in Vancouver jail for check swindling and three pending charges in San Francisco for obtaining money under false pretenses. Authorities note England inquiries found no verifiable aristocratic heritage and bail was posted when he met Evans. Graham arrived in San Francisco late last year after British Columbia imprisonment.
Justice Henry Graham ruled the state may retain the bottles and malt drinks found in the Foote restaurant cellar as evidence. Joseph Foote was charged with illegal liquor possession after a raid, and his suit to recover the property was denied.
Ruth Anna and Mabel Waldorf daughters of George Waldorf drayman were killed near Rockdale church two miles west of Dubuque by an Omaha flyer. They were en route to Easter exercises when wind and noise hid the oncoming train as they walked with heads down.
Mercer Pennsylvania April 13 armed guards ringed the Mercer county jail after Sheriff William Chagas learned of a plot to free James Boyle and his wife, jailed for kidnaping Willie Whitla of Sharon. Sheriff Chess requested extra guards.
Advert discusses a new skin remedy Poslam claiming to stop itching from eczema and other conditions after first use. It touts external application with rapid healing for infants and adults, notes a 50 cent mini package, two dollar jar, and availability at H J Huder's Weber Drug Co. Indianapolis. Free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
Mrs Claudia Libby Hains expected to testify with letters from Capt Peter C Hains Jr written in the Philippines and in San Francisco. Prosecutors plan to counter with letters from him after reading hers. The trial opens next Monday in Flushing Supreme Court with custody issues and a confession contested.
Chicago April 13. Grocer Joseph Filipelli refused to pay 1300 to blackmailers believed tied to the Black Hand. He was shot and died after identifying Tony Baffa as one attacker. A second man, Carlo, and another target James Arrigo faced gunfire and a wall-embed. Police hunt Carlo.
Olie Homes attempted to go under a wire fence to fetch a baseball in Kempton Indiana when a weed struck his eye just under the pupil. Doctors believe sight will be saved.
Seventy five passengers from Denver remain marooned at Corona summit, with only scarce provisions as a snowstorm derails a snowplow and halts rescue efforts. A trainload of slabborers is stalled several miles away, and a 60 mile gale blankets the main range. Some travelers from Steamboat Springs bound for Denver are still en route after a Fawn Creek start.
Otto Stark, artist, was robbed by a masked man with a revolver as he walked home on State avenue. He surrendered $2. Burglars entered Louis Strauss residence on Meridian Street stealing $15, an automatic revolver and jewelry. I E Seamans home on Kenwood Avenue lost a $21 purse. Easter dance at Fountain Square reports plume theft from headgear. Heaviest losses by Sistelle Craig and Mrs B Reeve.
W L Taylor remains a leading Republican mayoral candidate in Indianapolis. About 15 prominent business men met at the Claypool hotel to discuss prospects and public good with Taylor's name prominently raised among others including Capt Harry New Capt W E English Dr Henry Jameson Judge T C Whallon and W N Harding.
Hartford City Indiana April 13 Mrs Clara E Scott widow of F H Scott killed herself at her home rather than testify in a paternity suit against Rev J J Howard scheduled for Wednesday. The case has been continued to the June term. Mrs Scott's husband recently killed himself by swallowing carbolic acid.
Chicago April 13 Police search for a woman nicknamed Raffles who is suspected in the theft of a heart shaped diamond pendant valued over 5 000 dollars from Mrs J T Harahan at the Auditorium theater on the grand opera night. Mrs Harahan suspects the gem may have fallen from her dress during a walk from an automobile and detectives consider a thief likely. Mr Harahan offers a reward for the pendant's return.
Judge Pritchard on Monday afternoon sentenced Hal Johnson to prison for from one to 14 years after he pled guilty to stealing Dr. John Kolmer's automobile and driving it to Dayton Ohio.
Tornadoes struck Concordia and Maryville areas, demolishing churches in Concordia and injuring residents. Rev Father Mollier and a boy were blown 60 feet with a broken leg, Nelson Marceette’s home wrecked, and a baby fatally hurt. Edward Wells decapitated after being blown from a freight car. In Talmo Mrs Earl Kelly killed, husband injured. A second path northwest of Maryville wrecked several houses across a ten by fifteen mile strip.
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