Name Van Nuys as Ticket's Head for Fifth District
Frederick Van Nuys of Madison county, Democratic prosecutor, is urged as the successor to J A M Adair on the Democratic congressional ticket in the Eighth district if Adair seeks the Senate. Adair’s gubernatorial hopes make a third congressional win unlikely, while Van Nuys would attract strong rural support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick van Nuys
Madison County
J. A. M. Adair
Adair
United States
Congress
van Nuys
Republican Harmony
Eighth District
Benator
Advocates Chance for Bad Women Reform
Katharine Davis of New York argues at the Political and Social Science association meeting that the accidental offender may be a refined woman forced to associate with habitual offenders. She favors reformatory schooling over workhouse sentences for some women and promotes probation over confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Katharine Davis
New York
Political and Social Science Association
Miner
New York City
Preparing Report On Living Problems In Indianapolis
A comprehensive study of living conditions in Indianapolis highlights the struggles of foreign and poorer workers. L. M. C. Adams, with support from the Indianapolis Charity Organization Society, collected data on 1500 families and is tabulating 75 questions for a forthcoming thesis. The project notes housing law gaps, including a Washington Street dwelling with no sunlight, lit by a lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Charity Organization Society
L. M. C. Adams
Danville
Indiana University
W. Washington Street
Farmer repents after cheating Governor Stubbs in Kansas
An Osage county farmer plans to pay restitution for 18 bushels of corn valued at $9 that he kept from Gov. Stubbs, after a 23 year conscience period. He mailed $29.70 for principal and 10 percent interest, saying two crop failures prevent immediate cash payment.
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Topeka
Ixsan
Ciicken
Vov
Stubbs
Kansas
Osage County
Knox and his son now reconciled
New York April 13 Secretary of State Knox has reconciled to his son Philander C. Knox Jr marriage to Miss May Boller of Providence R I The couple visited Waldorf Astoria with Reed Knox acting as envoy They then took a train to Washington The Knox affair is described as a triumph of diplomacy with Reed Knox praising his brother's handling of the governor and diplomacy The elder Knoxs earlier eloped in 1907 with Elizabeth McCook of Pittsburgh and were welcomed by the senior Knoxes
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New York
Knox
Philander C. Knox, Jr
May Boller
Providence
R. I
Young Knox
Detroit
Waldorf, Astoria
Reed Knox
Washington
Reed K Knox
PhMander
Knox Brothers
Knox, Jr
Philander
Elizabeth McCook
Pittsburg
Alexandria
Simplified spelling urged as economic aid for immigrants
Chicago on April 14 reports Prof Homer H Seerley, president of the Iowa State Teachers association, argues spelling simplification eases language learning for 3000 recent Ellis Island immigrants. He says phonetic spelling can teach basics in 40 to 50 lessons, turning language into an economic advantage for newcomers.
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Chicago
Homer H. Seerley
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Hawkeye Fellowship Club
Seerley
Ellis Island
Europe
Frederick Voight the German Cavalier of Jokes Arrives
Frederick Wilhelm Voight a Koepenick cobbler famed as a German military prankster has reached the United States on a leisure visit. Three years ago he led a regiment in a prank impersonating a colonel, arresting the mayor and seizing the treasury. He was jailed, released, and rumored to receive about $100 monthly from admirers of his tricks.
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Frederick W. Voight
New York
Frederick Wilhelm Voight
Koepenick
Germany
Voight
Lord Kitchener
San Francisco
Australia
United States
Canada
Bermuda
First Ward Republicans invite crowd to April 14 meeting
The First Ward Republican club led by C M Davidson and Theodore Hewes invites Republicans to a Thursday evening gathering at headquarters Seventeenth and Roosevelt avenue. County candidates will attend to meet voters. Music, humor, and a cash basis, five dollar membership fee, and a playful password two cans of corn mark the event.
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C. M. Davidson
Theodore Hewes
First Ward
Republican Club
Seventeenth
Roosevelt Avenue
Charles Hurst
Arthur Campbell
Seventeenth Street
Rag time preaching condemned by bishop at Troy conference
In Saratoga New York on April 13 Bishop McIntyre of St Paul condemns rag time preaching on pulpits. He told candidates seeking admission to the Troy Methodist conference that success comes from ardently preaching great church truths not from serving religion cold to congregations.
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Saratoga
N. Y
McIntyre
St. Paul
Troy
Naval officers inspect Indiana stations for three days
Lieut Charles Bullock of the Indianapolis recruiting station and Surgeon T W Raison departed for a three day inspection tour of the Terre Haute Evansville and Vincennes stations They will also launch an active drive to recruit new sailors and gather names of former sailors seeking to join the proposed navy club.
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Charles Bullock
Indianapolis
T. W. Raison
Terre Haute
Evansville
Vincennes
Navy Club
Woman's quick wit and revolver stop jail escape plot
Plattsmouth Nebraska. Mrs M E Manspeaker wife of the deputy jailer deterred three burglars from breaking through the jail wall by confronting them with a 38 caliber revolver. She ordered them back to their cells and guarded the corridor for half an hour until help arrived. No one escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsmouth
Neb
M. E. Manspeaker
Manspeaker
James Lynch
Henry Marrison
Arthur Brann
Lynch
Judge Denies Receiver for Illicit Saloon at Blake and New York
Judge Remster denied Louis Gray and William Shores a receiver to operate their saloon at Blake and New York streets. The court found the business illicit and refused to appoint a receiver. Evidence showed the men were operating under a license issued to John Stearns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remster
Louis Gray
Blake and
New York Streets
Gray
William Shores
John Stearns
Fitzgerald Defeats Mexican Challenger at West End Club
West Philadelphia middleweight Tack y Fitzgerald toppled Kid Mitchel who claimed Mexico’s championship at the West End club. Mitchel used a low crouch guarding head and jaw, making it hard for Fitzgerald to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tacky Fitzgerald
West Philadelphia
Kid Mitchel
Mexico
West End
Fitzgerald
Wedded on Rollers for Novelty at Riverview Rink
W H McGrath and Miss Hattie Baldwin wed on roller skates at the Riverview rink in Milwaukee on April 13 with a Justice of the Peace officiating. A large crowd watched as pink clad bride rolled to center, groom in a business suit prepared to catch a train to St Paul. The rink donated $50 in gold and a $50 bedroom suite from a furniture company to the couple.
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Milwaukerf
Wis
Mendelssohn
W. H. McGrath
Hattie Baldwin
Riverview
Justice of the Peace
Edward J. Burke
Miss Baldwin
St. Paul
Riverview Rink
Road work started toward Speedway
Under street commissioner Joseph CO Hogue supervision teams began grading today and hauling gravel from Indiana Avenue to the White River dam near Riverside park. The park board will extend the project to Emrichsville Bridge, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Company will continue to the speedway. About 500 wagon loads of gravel will be hauled as the speedway company agrees to roll and oil the boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph CO. Hogue
Crawfordsville Road
Indiana Avenue
White River Dam
Riverside Park
Park Board
Emrichsville Bridge
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Company
Speedway
Speedway Company
Ten switchmen arrested in Kansas City rail theft ring
Ten switchmen from the Kansas City Southern railroad were jailed on charges of operating a theft syndicate. Officials say $60,000 to $100,000 of goods in transit have been stolen over two years, with a $3,000 shortage last month. A foreman is accused of planning the robberies and directing cars to skirts of the city. Items stolen include clothing, hardware, firearms, liquor, cigars, shoes, foodstuffs, and lawn mowers. some stolen goods were recovered and others found in suspects’ homes.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Sheffield
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