Maxwell Contempt Case Delayed to October
The committee investigating the merchant marine subsidy lobby will not decide if Indianapolis man John M. Maxwell is in contempt or liable to imprisonment until it reports to Congress. An executive session was held and an agreement reached to delay final action due to illness of Representative Humphreys and to allow a full committee to decide the pending question.
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Sun
Washington Service
Hibbs
Washington
John M. Maxwell
Indianapolis
Congress
Olcott
Humphreys
Birney
Maxwell
London
Longworth
Recaptured after 15 years freedom in Indiana inmate
George B. Warner once from Logansport and convicted in 1893 for the murder of Pulaski Leeds, L&N railroad superintendent in Louisville, has been captured at Deer Lodge Montana. He faces return to Louisville to reenter Hopkinsville asylum. His death sentence was commuted as he was deemed criminally insane. he escaped and was at large 15 years.
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The
Sun
Logansport
Ind
George B. Warner
Pulaski Leeds
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville
Deer Lodge
Mont
Hopkinsville
Warner
Secaffeld
Horse Still Waits Masters Return
Brazil Indiana reports a baffling disappearance as James Witty a prosperous farmer six miles south of town vanishes after leaving a livery barn where he tied his horse. Police say he had substantial money with him and has not been seen since last Saturday afternoon.
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Brazil
Ind
James Witty
Witty
Irvar Cadwallader Charged With Threatening Divorce Case
In Superior Court a charge alleges Irvar Cadwallader sat before her two hours with a drawn razor threatening to kill her if she left him. The case cites fear and threats as central elements in the divorce proceeding.
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Aes Witty Ceadwallader
Irvar Cadwallader
Battle Averted By Steel Men At Pressel Plant
Pittsburg April 20 A strike battle was averted at the Schoenville plant of Pressel Steel Car as 1000 American strikers returned to work individually. A planned march with an American flag was abandoned after foreign strikers threatened disruption. Twenty five hundred other strikers resumed at McKees Rocks plant, with 3000 more expected. No disorders reported.
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Pittsburg
Schoenville
Pressel Steel Car Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Quakes Put Costa Rica In Famine Danger
Costa Rica was hit by a series of terrible earthquakes. Thousands are homeless and many towns reported ruined. San Jose shelters refugees and Cartago faces panic as famine threats loom amid continuing tremors.
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Colon
Costa Rica
San Jose
Cartago
Laundrymen Elect Officers for Year and Name Change
F. E. Krauss of Indianapolis received a diamond ring as retiring president at the closing session. Theodore F. Somerville was elected to succeed him. New officers include Stephen Eastman Vincennes and E. Co. Green Newcastle as vice presidents, George Penn Indianapolis as secretary, John Campbell Logansport as treasurer. Organization renamed to Indiana Laundry Owners association.
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F. E. Krauss
Indianapolis
Laundrymen's Association of Indiana
Theodore FE. Somerville
Krauss
Stephen Eastman
Vincennes
E. Co. Green
Newcastle
George Penn
John Campbell
Logansport
Indiana Laundry Owners’ Association
Steamer Samara Sinks Off Seal Island
The British steamer Samara of 2000 tons with master Capt. A Clyde sank after hitting rocks at Seal Island off Australia's south coast. A crew of 55 is believed lost though fate is not definite. Built in 1906 for Mackay and McIntyre, the single-screw steel vessel hauled triple expansion engines and was bound for Singapore.
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Newcastle
Samara
Seal Island
Australia
Woman shoots and kills two to save friend
In Wheeling West Virginia on April 20 Mrs Alice Cleek wife of a Welch hotel keeper shot and killed John and Louis Jones father and son after they beat Arthur Taylor who she defended when demanding a board bill Taylor was beaten but not seriously hurt and Mrs Cleek was struck with a beer bottle causing serious though non fatal injuries
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New York
Margaretta Drexel
Anthony J. Drexel Jr
Marjorie Gould
London
Viscount Maidstone
Gould-Drexel
Wheeling
W. Va
Alice Cleek
Welch
John
Louis Jones
Arthur Taylor
Joneses
Taylor
Creek
Beech Grove Shops Expansion Planned by Big Four
Bids due April 30 by the Big Four Railroad on a construction project at Beech Grove costing about 1 million dollars. The contract will be let soon and specifications were sent to sixteen leading U S general contractors. Brightwood shops will be vacated after completion and extra trackage added.
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Big Four Railroad Company
Beech Grove
United States
Brightwood
Husband locked out wife after beating at Spring Street
Mrs. Charles Hasket told police that after a violent beating her husband drove her from their home at 112 Spring Street and bolted the door. He then watched from a window until officers arrived. Hasket was jailed at Central police station on an assault and battery charge.
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Spring Street
Biegelemen Schlangen
Odd
Hasket
Five Injured At Union Station Crash In Pittsburg
Five persons were slightly injured when a coach broke loose from a shifting engine and crashed into an empty car at Union Station in Pittsburg. The injured received medical attention and continued their journeys, names not released.
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Pittsburg
Union Station
British oil men aim at America
Lisbon reports a British syndicate has been granted a concession to work all oil deposits in Portugese Timor the easternmost Sunda island. The fields are described as inexhaustible and inaccessible, enabling oil to be sold very low in Europe, with aim to drive American and Russian petroleum from the general European market.
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Lisbon
Portugese
Timor
Sunda
Europe
Rehearing Denied in Raley vs Evansville Light and Heat
Jefferson C. Raley, a lineman, sued Evansville Light and Heat for injuries from a 1902 accident when a rotted pole gave way and a charged wire, poorly insulated, caused him to be shocked. The Gibson county court judgment for the plaintiff was sustained by the appellate court. today the rehearing requested by the utility was refused. Bliss Native Herbs, 255 West Washington Street.
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Jefferson C. Raley
Evansville Light and Heat Company
Gibson County
Rabb
Nght and Heat Company
Kaley
Remarkable Chicago land thread sale closes
Chicago April 20 James Montgomery of 2464 Orchard street announced he closed a deal for a thread of land with three quarters of an inch frontage on Orchard street. The transaction is touted as a record for Chicago and possibly the nation, though it involves neither millions of dollars nor large acreage.
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Chicago
James Mont-gomery
Orchard Street
Give Your Stomach a Chance Trial Package Offer
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to restore gastric fluids. It cites ingredients Hydrastis Golden Seal Lactose Nux Aseptic Pepsin Jamaica Ginger and claims high chemical properties to aid digestion. Forty thousand physicians endorse them. price 50 cents a box with a mail order trial offer from F A Stuart Co Marshall Mich.
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Stuart
Jamaica
Fec
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Building
Marshall, Mich
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