Widow Sues Lover Over Breach of Promise in Hackensack
New York April 23 Mrs Margaret A Vanderbeck testifies before Judge Demarest calling 70 summers a time of romance with James Pulis a Hackensack building contractor aged 73. She recounts years of courting and his promises of marriage while noting his later marriage to another widow after she says she was ready.
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New York
Margaret A. Vanderbeck
Demarest
Circuit Court of
Wil
Palis
Pulis
Hackens
Stowell Leaves Club After Escapade in Chicago
Myron R. Stowell quits his Chicago Athletic Association suite after Tuesday arrest in a Madison Street hotel with Mrs. George H. Moore. Membership committee to decide on expulsion at the May meeting pending municipal court outcome.
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Chicago
Madison Street
George H. Moore
Indianapolis
Myron R. Stowell
Chicago Athletic Association
D. B. Gann
Frank W. Wentworth
Walter Schuttler
Stowell
Fire alarms sweep hotel and nearby homes in early morning incident
Captain W E English smelled smoke at the English hotel shortly after 4 AM. Fire crews responded as three alarms sounded by 5 AM. Sparks from a locomotive engine endangered 1668 and 1670 West Market streets, causing $800 damage to the first home and $20 to the second, while a chimney spark lightly damaged W L Zimmerman’s roof at 110 West Twenty ninth Street.
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W. Market Street
Market Street
W. L. Zimmerman
W. Twenty-ninth Street
Intercollegiate Peace Oratorical Contest in Lafayette
Six Indiana college delegates from DePauw Earlham Goshen Indiana State Notre Dame and Purdue compete in Fowler Hall for a state peace oratorical role with a Chicago interstate final. Judges Dan W. Simms Archibald Hall and Rolla Walter Brown. Purdue Dean Benjamin presiding. First prize is 25 dollars and second 10.
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DePauw
Earlham
Purdue
Goshen
Indiana State
Notre Dame
Lafayette
Ind
Fowler Hall
Indiana
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Peace Association
Elbert Russell
Friends of Peace
Hague Tribunal
L Peace
Iig
Dan W. Simms
Archibald M. Hall
Indianapolis
Rolla Walter Brown
Crawfordsville
Dean Benjamin
Turple Memorial Services Held in U S Courtroom
Leading Indiana attorneys gathered in the federal building courtroom for the memorial service honoring the late David Turple. Gov. Marshall, John W. Kern, D. W. Howe and many others spoke as hundreds attended. funeral to be at St Pauls Episcopal Church at 2 p m with private burial at Crown Hill.
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Indiana
David Turple
United States District Court Room
Federal Building
Indianapolis Bar Association
W. H. H. Miller
Gov. Marshall
John W. Kern
D. W. Howe
Mr. Miller
R. P. Ndehart
Lafayette
Emery SciHlera
Monticello
Woman Guilty in Indiana Barn Arson Case
Mrs. Cora Gray, 32, found guilty of arson for helping plan the Adoniran Farmer barn fire in Warren Township on March 8. Sentencing to 2 to 20 years in the state women's prison. Co-defendants William Rose and Mrs. Grau confessed. Grau to be tried later. The Farmer barn was the ninth farm barn or residence fire in Warren Township in 18 months.
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Huntington
Ind
Cora Gray
Warren Township
Charles Grau
William Rose
Rose
Grau
George B Fish Joins Stock Theater Managers
Chicago April 2 The Association of Stock Theater Managers has been perfected with officers chosen to advance stock theater productions. President W W Whittig Minneapolis first vice president Charles B Marvin Chicago second vice president O D Woodward Kansas City secretary Frank B Howell Columbus C treasurer George B Fish Indianapolis.
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Chicago
Association of Stock Theater Managers
W. W. Whittig
Minneapolis
Charles B. Marvin
O. D. Woodward
Kansas City
Frank B. Howell
Columbus
George B. Fish
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Presbytery Holds Large Progressive Meeting
The Indianapolis Presbytery conducted a lengthy and well attended session with Rev. A. K. Mattingly as moderator. Highlights included reports from the home mission committee and the board of education, endowment talks for Western College, and tribute to Rev. L. P. Marshall who resigned after 16 years as clerk. The meeting also announced the Denver assembly dates and fall meeting invitation from Danville.
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Indianapolis
Neil McPherson
Home Mission Committee
R. A. Brown
G. D. Adamson
Home Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
W. J. Darby
D. D
Board of Education
Western College, of
Oxford
John Grant Newman
Presbytery
Northwest Territory
Ciety
Chicago
John F. Horton
Presbyterian
Franklin
Ind
Himeelf
Tabernacle Church
Train Jump Tragedy Kills One. Injures Two in Craigs
A Lackawanna passenger train derailed near Craigs New York at 10 last night after a defective rail. George Burke of Elmira is dead. Michael Michaelson of Buffalo and William Bunts of New York City are injured.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Craigs
George Burke
Elmira
Michael Michaelson
William Bunts
Walker Street
New York City
Hartmann Furniture Store Reopens After Major Remodeling
Charles L Hartmann has expanded his furniture house to the largest in the city following a dramatic remodeling. The store now spans multiple floors from Washington to Pearl Street with a new plate glass front and upgraded lighting, aiming to serve customers with honest dealings and the latest designs.
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Charles L. Hartmann
Washington
Pearl Street
Mr. Hartmann
Miller and Doty Given Life Terms
Six killers were sentenced to life in Michigan City prison by Judge Pritchard. Harry Doty and George Miller confessed to killing Mrs. Mary Nichols during a robbery plot with Harry Riggin and Edward Decker. Other convicts Fred Cassell and Charles Jackson were also given life terms for separate murders.
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Michigan City
Woessner
Harry Doty
George Miller
Lfe
Pritchard
Mary Nichols
Harry Riggin
Edward Decker
Riggin
Fred Cassell
Myrtle Burnett
Charles Jackson
Madeline Howard
Joseph Clemmons
Gas leak endangers 22 New York officers dormitory
In New York on April 2 22 patrolmen from the West Forty-seventh Street station narrowly escaped serious harm after a dormitory gas leak overwhelmed them as they slept. A prior leak on the third floor had been plugged but forgotten. Doorman Taylor found the men dazed during the wake call.
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New York
W. Forty-seventh Street
Taylor
Empire Motor Car Company Formed In North Indianapolis
The Empire Motor Car company is incorporated with $100000 capital and will occupy the old Mohawk Cycle plant in North Indianapolis. A businessman's runabout selling for $800 is the main product, with directors Carl Fisher J A Allison C E Test A C Newby and R H Hassler. Production to begin at once.
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Empire Motor Car Company
Mohawk Cycle Company
Indianapolis
Carl Fisher
J. A. Allison
C. E. Test
A. C. Newby
R. H. Hassler
Perry Estate Settled by Probate Judge appoints Branson
Probate Judge Ross named Caroline Branson executrix of the Roger Perry estate on Thursday afternoon. Branson, adopted daughter, receives most of the $20,000 estate after Mrs. Perry, who died two years ago, was to inherit most of it. The will also left $3,000 to four relatives.
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Perry
Ross
Caroline Branson
Roger Perry
Branson
Man Suffers Lockjaw After Drinking Water at Plant
Roy Tyron, resting near the Root Glass factory, drank water and collapsed with jaws tightly locked. Physicians say the incident is shock related rather than tetanus, and he should recover in a day or two.
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Tere
Second Toledo Indianapolis game set for Tomlinson Hall this afternoon
The Toledo and Indianapolis teams play in a second game at Tomlinson Hall this afternoon after a lively crowd yesterday. Fans cheered as Graham hit a ninth inning homer and the automatic machine drew applause, with rooting similar to that at Washington Park. The game was called at 3 o'clock.
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Toledo
Indianapolis
Tomlinson Hall
Washington Park
Graham
Troops Refuse Oath in Constantinople Amid Constitutional Crisis
April dispatches report six thousand troops near the Yildiz Kiosk in Constantinople refuse to swear allegiance or defend the new constitution. The sultan may flee to the Tophana palace as the national assembly debates deposition while Abdul's position weakens. About 15,000 Albanians have joined armed opposition to the constitutionalists.
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Vienna
Yildiz
Constantinople
Tophana
National Assembly
Abdul
Woman Died While Making Flower Bed at Home
Laura Albertsmeier, four years old, was found dead in the rear yard at 16 N Illinois Street on Thursday afternoon. She had been making a flower bed, resting against a spade. Her granddaughter Margaret discovered the body after returning from school. The funeral is set for 3 PM Monday at the residence. apoplexy is named as the cause of death.
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Laura Albertsmeier
N. Ilinois Street
Margaret
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