Taggart and Marshall clash over Indiana Democratic convention
Gov. Marshall forces a temporary chairmanship for the convention and aims to endorse a senatorial candidate. Taggart counters with a primary plan while factions maneuver over rules, credentials, and the unit rule. Shively opposes Marshall and will speak as permanent chairman after Marshall's address.
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United States
Beveridge
Gov. Marshall
Taggart
Marshall
Thomas Taggart
Stae
Shively
Democratic Legislative Caucus
B. F. Shively
Washington
Marshball
Indiana
Committee On Rules
Credentials Committee
Resolutions Committee
Indiana Woman Fatally Hurt By Elevator
A four year old girl from Chicago pulled an elevator lever at the Hotel Winchester in San Francisco. Mrs. Contant, a Fort Wayne guest, was entering the cage when the lift lurched upward. She fell 20 feet to the pit, sustaining probable fatal injuries including a fractured skull and multiple abrasions.
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San Francisco
Ranuk
Amelie Barnett
B. Barnett
Chicago
Winchester
Contant
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fourth Trial for Axtell Prepared
Special to The Sun Bloomington Ind April 27 Harry Axtell former secretary of the Real Estate Building and Loan association of Bloomington who was freed from Michigan City prison three weeks ago by a supreme court decision will have to fight again for his freedom in circuit court Wednesday attorneys for the building association asked until next Saturday to file new affidavits charging larceny of the association funds Axtell has been tried three times.
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Bloomington
Ind
Harry A. Axtell
Real Estate Building and Loan Association
Michigan City
Supreme Court
Axtell
The
Building Association
Trunks topple at Traction Terminal buries worker
Charles BE Brown of 9% Madison Avenue, employed at the Traction Terminal station, was buried under a pile of trunks Tuesday night. Workers freed him, and he was taken to City Hospital with severe injuries.
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Charles BE. Brown
Madison Avenue
Traction Terminal
Brown
City Hospital
Roosevelt Reviews French Troops in Sham Battle at Vincennes
Colonel Roosevelt rode a French army charger in a sham battle at Vincennes with Gen Jules Dalstein guiding the tour. He praised the troops, commented on tactics from his Spanish American War days, and greeted each company with a salute. The visit included Versailles and a planned state dinner with diplomats and scholars before his Brussels departure.
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Paris
Theodore Roosevelt
Vincennes
Fialil
Jules Dalstein
Roosevelt
Dalstein
Western
America
Louis XV
Donjon
Versailles
Froosevelt
Ambassador Bacon
Brussels
Secretary Root to sail for Europe before peace talks
Washington April 27 Secretary Root says he doubts he will see Mr Roosevelt in Europe and plans to sail May 21 reaching The Hague around May 29 or 30. He heads the United States counsel in the fishery arbitration and foresees immense work at the conference opening June 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Secretary Root
Hague
Urgent health officials meet on bubonic plague spread
Dr. J. N. Murty secretary of the state board of health left for Washington to join a national gathering of state health officials and U S hospital representatives. Discussion centers on the alarming nationwide spread of bubouela plague carried eastward by rats in freight cars.
Census Man Food For Hungry Dog
A census enumerator Blank rushes into a doctor’s office with injuries and a wild tale. He jokes the census way is harsher than dogs and humans, recalls a bulldog that bites cloth, and asks for an extra pair of trousers before leaving.
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Blank
Blainé
Doc
Bure
Northern crop growers gain in optimism Chicago
April 27 The steady rise in temperatures brings warmer weather and signs of crop resilience. Farmers cheer the lack of sun recently as flower and lettuce survive, while brokers and commission men fear crop damage and predict high prices. Consumers hear mixed reports as frost is absent and astronomical observers note the unseen comet’s growth.
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Chicago
Prediction For Indianapolis Says Cold Snap Has Ended
Weather bureau predicts warmer temperatures across the country with the cold snap breaking. The storm remains over the eastern states but is migrating south as the lake region, Ohio, Kentucky, and areas west of the Mississippi report rising temperatures and no rain.
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Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Lake
Ohio
Kentucky
Mississippi
Opposition to railroad bill heats partisan war
Washington records a brewing clash as insurgents and regulars clash over the railroad bill. Rep Mann opposes the commerce court while party factions threaten to derail the president’s pet measure. Cannon may use the bill to retaliate against the White House for past fights with insurgents.
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Mann
Ilinois
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Commerce Court
House
White House
Department of Justice
Cannon
ELOPERS SURPRISED FORGIVEN AFTER WEDDING
Harvey Willania and Miss Florence Edsal of Mishawaka eloped to St. Joseph Michigan to wed on Saturday fearing parental objection over the girl's age. They were surprised to be forgiven.
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San
South Bend
Ind
Harvey Willania
Florence Edsal
Mishawaka
St. Yoseph, Mich
St. Joseph
Treasurer's Wife Dies in Washington County
Mary Godwin, 47, wife of George Godwin, treasurer of Daviess County, died Tuesday night after a brief illness in Washington Indiana. The report notes her spouse and county role, framing the death as a sudden bereavement and listing her age and family ties.
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Washington, Ind
Mary Godwin
George Godwin
Daviess County
Wolter Must Die For Killing Girl
New York April 27 Albert Wolter 19 was sentenced by Judge Foster to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the murder of Ruth Wheeler 15. The crime occurred March 24 in Wolter rooms 224 seventy fifth street where the victim was lured with job prospects. Wolter showed no emotion as the sentence was read and a appeals move was announced. He expressed a wish to marry Kate Mueller before execution, with Mueller in protective custody. The execution date was set for the week beginning June 7. He was taken to Sing Sing after the ruling, to join the others in death row.
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New York
Albert Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
Foster
Sing Sine Prison
Walter
Seventy-fifth Street
Bravato
Wallace Scott
Court of Appeals
Kate Mueller
Walters
Frank Moss
Moss
Rogues’ Gallery
Acccordance
Grand Central Station
Wing Sing
Farm products behind in pace with citizens
New York report on rising cost of living notes farmers face higher costs while demand grows. Secretary Wilson warns neglect and deterioration of eastern farms, railways advancing ahead of homesteaders, and education not meeting farmers' needs as costs to grow rise compared with a decade ago.
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New York
Wilson
Green Receives 150 Offers from Women
St Louis report notes E H R Green president of Texas Midland, visiting from Terrell, Tex., admitted receiving about 150 marriage proposals. Most came from St Louis women in exclusive society. He said he may not have changed his mind on marriage and kept the proposals as exhibits for future friends.
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ST. Louis
E. H. R. Green
Texas Midland Railroad
Hettey Green
Terrell
Tex
Green
Graft trials at Pittsburg suddenly end
Pittsburg April 27 The entire graft panel except the Coffey jurors was discharged by Judge Fraser and ruled no more graft trials would proceed with the present panel. The Coffey jury had not reached a verdict by 12:30 p m Wednesday, and a hung jury was charged in the Simon case, prompting District Attorney Blakely to end prosecutions under the current panel.
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Pittsburg
Coffey
Fraser
A. V. Simon
Blakely
Youthful witnesses testify in Hamner suit for damages
In superior court on Wednesday two 11 and 14 year old witnesses testified in the case of Charles Stevens against William A Hammer. Stevens seeks 5000 damages for the arrest on an assault and battery charge brought by Hammer. Lottie and Lenna Long described the crowd at the time Stevens allegedly abused Hammer's son. Stevens was acquitted of the initial charge.
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Superior Court
Charles Stevens
William A. Hammer
Stevens
Lottie
Lenna Long
Hammer
Whallon
Mrs Beveridge Out of Danger After Illness Crisis
Washington April 27 Mrs Beveridge wife of Senator Albert J Beveridge gave birth to a daughter yesterday. She has improved enough that the senator attended the senate session today. Physicians said the danger had passed and the crisis is over.
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Washington
Whitehouse
Sun
Beveridge
Albert J. Beveridge
Turks Rout by Rebels in Fierce Balkan Battle
In northern Albania the rebels captured Christina and Prisrend as Turkish troops were driven back from Kachanik pass. Heavy casualties on both sides amid artillery bombardment near Godauitz and Gadantz. Albanian civilians suffer as rebel forces press advances toward Uskub-Mitrovitza railroad.
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Christina
Prisrend
Albania
Kachanik Pass
Godauitz
Kossava
Wedresdar
Uskub-Mitrovitza
Party starts climb of Mt. McKinley
New York April 27 The Mt McKinley exploration party led by Prof Herbell Clifford Parker of Columbia begins preparations for the ascent under the American Geographical Society. Accompanied by Herman L. Tucker J N Kuntz and Belmore Brown the group will travel to Seattle to finalize plans. Parker aims to camp within 40 miles of the peak by June 10 and establish a base camp five miles from the glacier foot to study altitude and confirm if McKinley is the continent’s highest peak. They will also pursue Dr Cook’s claimed records.
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New York
Mt. McKinley
Fraf. Herbell Clifford Parker
Columbia
Big
Alaskan
American Geographical Society
Prof. Parker
Herman L. Tucker
Forest Service
J. N. Kuntz
Stevens Institute
Belmore Brown
Seattle
Parker
Mr. McKinley
Canadian Rockies
Cook
Threatening Family With Knife Arrest Near Bedford
Thomas Ferguson, claiming Louisville as home, threatened Elmer Cannedy family with a knife after demanding a room. Mrs. Cannedy alerted kin, Ferguson fled but was captured. A 2 quart bottle of doped whiskey was found on his person. He faces a sanity hearing next Wednesday.
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Bedford
Ind
Thomas Ferguson
Louisville
Ferguson
Elmer Cannedy
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Weill
Wolter
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Sweethear
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