Miners Tie Up Indiana Strike Faces Convention
Illinois miners head to Indianapolis for a special United Mine Workers convention set for Aug 11 to vote on the compromise and address leadership questions. President Lewis seeks funds and a firm unity while Illinois chief Walker resists concessions amid a nationwide wage dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Walker
Illinois
International
T. L. Lewis
Lewis
Union
Parry
Indiana
Iowa
Wyoming
Montana
Washington
West Virginia
Pennsylvana
Ohio
Crooksville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Finois
Wyomig
America
Aberer
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Lewin
Walker
International Organization
Ilnois
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Tomlinson Hall
Cincinnati
Identified Body Of Car Victim In Indiana Town
The body of the man killed by an Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction car at Acton on Tuesday was identified Tuesday night as Joseph Roster of Jeffersonville. He was 36, a brother of Mrs. M. E. Clegg. Roster left Jeffersonville a week ago seeking work. Capt. Clegg, former Jeffersonville police chief and husband of Mrs. Clegg, arrived in Acton to claim the body held by County Undertaker Stiegman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Joseph Roster
Jeffersonville
M. E. Clegg
Roster
Capt. Clegg
Noon time lunches boost Y M C A in Indianapolis
Noonday lunch hour in 200 Indianapolis workshops and factories will be enlivened with speeches by Y M C A workers who aim to enroll 1000 students in the night school opening Oct 4. R E Mitchell and others will ask, Ten years from now will you be giving or taking orders, and answer that it depends on you. Employers prefer promoting from within, so the push stresses studying stenography, bookkeeping, business correspondence, English and technical courses and civil service prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
R. E. Mitchell
A. L. Ward
A. Terebaugh
Dismisses Appeal and Pays His Fine
John Beyersdorfer, saloon owner north of Indianapolis, failed to appear in criminal court after a notice issue was alleged. He appeared Tuesday afternoon, claimed the notice lay at the post office, and said he did not know of Monday’s hearing. The court dismissed the appeal after discussion and ordered payment of court costs and a $50 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beyersdorfer
Beyersdorfer
Indianapolis
Criminal Court
Mrs Sebold Funeral At Sister's Home
Manslaughter charge against Edgar Sebold for the accidental shooting of his wife was dismissed by police court on Blackwell and police recommendation. Sebold released without bond after noon Tuesday. Tragedy occurred at the Sebold home near Eagle creek West Vermont street while loading a shotgun for his father. Funeral set for Thursday at 2 pm at sister’s home 851 Eastern avenue Crown Hill burial.
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Edgar Sebold
Thomas Blackwell
Blackwell
Sebold
Eagle Creek
Vermont Street
Florists Plan Best Show Yet Next November
Indiana florists announce a fall flower festival at the Statehouse in November featuring rare blooms including the Hoosier Lad carnation, a world class prize winner from F Dorner of Lafayette. Paris judge B G Hill will bring new varieties, with Nov 8 to 12 set for the event, as journalists from Anderson Seymour Cumberland and Indianapolis attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Burbank
Indianapolis
State Florists Association
Statehouse
F. Dorner
Lafayette
McKinley
American Carnation Society
Pittsburg
Americas
Paris
B. G. Hill
Richmond
France
Indiana
J. S. Stuart
J. A. B. Haugh
Anderson
N. H. Gano
Seymour
H. Young
Cumberland
Charles G. Pahud
Albert Pettit
H. L. Wiegand
H. D
Denison Host Delights Eight Rivals At Banquet
F E Malott of Malott coal and lime hosted a Denison hotel dinner inviting eight of his fiercest competitors. The group, celebrating Malott's recent marriage to Bessie Clark of Ft Wayne avenue, drank and laughed as coal and lime topics were avoided.
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F. E. Malott
Malott Coal and Lime Company
Denison Hotel
Malott
Bessie Clark
Ft. Wayne Avenue
Armed lad found patrolling east side
Herbert Stewart a 14 year old was found by bicycle policemen Simon and Glenn armed with a loaded small caliber revolver Tuesday night at Washington street and Tacoma avenue. He claimed burglars were inside his parents home at 214 Tacoma and said he planned to shoot them. The sight of the boy with the revolver frightened nearby children. He said he frequented five cent theaters and watched gangster films there, funding admission with his mother’s money. Police disarmed him and took him home then ordered his parents to bring him to juvenile court Wednesday.
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Herbert Stewart
Simon and
Glenn
Washington Street
Tacoma Avenue
Midweek Concert at Maennerchor in Indianapolis Roof Garden
The Indianapolis Maennerchor male chorus will lead most of the program at the Wednesday Aug 3 roof garden concert. Beiser's orchestra provides instrumental music. The program features marches, serenades, overtures, operatic selections, and popular tunes including The Glow Worm, Golden Girl, Ständerchen, and Red Feather, with Mendelssohn pieces and several selections by Ventilzer and Heyne.
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Indianapolis Maennerchor
Roof Garden
Beiser
Heart of
Apserten
Hacker, Rglection
Ventilzer
Heyne
Vontilzer
Roberts
Thome
Lampe
Man Fatally Struck Crossing Street Car Tracks
Harry R. MacQuithy, 50, of 421 North New Jersey street, died Tuesday afternoon when crossing tracks at Massachusetts avenue and New Jersey streets ahead of an inbound College avenue street car. He carried a lawn mower and rake, stepped from boards over an excavation, and heedless of workmen, was struck and killed. Motorman Edward H. Martin and conductor Clarence Lester were on the car. Martin was taken to the police station and released. Eyewitnesses did not blame the motorman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Avenue
New Jersey
College Avenue
MacQuithy
Edward H. Martin
Clarence Lester
Martin
Riverside park to host large bass hatcheries plan
George W. Miles state fish and game commissioner announced Tuesday that the state will share most of the cost for extensive bass hatcheries at Riverside park. Dwight Lydell of Michigan hatcheries visited, aiding plans to replenish piscatorial life. a meeting and lecture on fish culture will be held at the statehouse room 12 Wednesday night.
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Riverside Park
George W. Miles
Statehouse
Lydell
Burial of H P Wasson at Crown Hill Cemetery
The body of the late H P Wasson was buried in Crown Hill cemetery Tuesday afternoon at 4 oclock. The body had rested in a vault since July 21 and was placed in the family lot. Dr J P D John of DePauw officiated, and the interment was private with only family present.
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Crown Hill
H. P. Wasson
J.P. D. John
DePauw
Demogr at Appointed Workhouse Physician
Dr Thomas Sullivan appointed physician to the county workhouse replacing Dr George H Pendleton who has resigned The retiring physician a Republican thanked the county commissioners for their treatment while in office Dr Sullivan is a Democrat
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Thomas Sullivan
George H. Pendleton
Sullivan
Two Homes Visited by Fire on Bellefontaine Street
Spontaneous combustion in a pile of used cleaning tags started a fire at 2317 and 2319 Bellefontaine Street shortly after 5 am Wednesday, threatening nearby buildings. The blaze damaged the double house occupied by L. E. Williams and Mrs. Alice Tatum and caused about $2,000 in losses, with B. W. Stoddard's 2315 Bellefontaine Street home spared by firefighters after two hours of effort.
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Bellefontaine Street
B. W. Stoddard
L. E. Williams
Alice Tatum
Willama
Williams
Chemists as expert witnesses ruled in Indianapolis cases
City chemists cannot serve as expert witnesses in cases not involving the city, per Dr C B Woods with the board of health concurring. Dr J L Freeland asks for a $3600 annual rise for City Hospital staff, while the tuberculosis clinic transfers to the city dispensary under Dr W T Dodds. The board may seek $3800 for a new ambulance.
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Indianapols
Dr. C. 8. Woods
Board of Health
J. L. Freeland
City Hospital
Wm. T. Dodds
Wider life term sought for embezzling banker
New York Aug 3 Erwin Wider cashier at the Russo-Chinese bank New York branch faces a possible life prison sentence after embezzling about 680000. Bank and district attorney officials doubt he lost all, estimating nearly 500000 hidden for use after release if a short sentence is accepted. Wider is currently indicted for one theft.
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New York
Erwin Wider
Bank
District Attorney's Office
Young Wider
Stock Exchange
Wider
Bandit’s Victim Dies After Pistol Duel
Monroe sheriff Ed mund Dull died Wednesday from a gunshot wound suffered in a pistol duel with a negro bandit on Monday. Armed posses and militia surround the suspect in Kelley's woods near Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe, Mich
Edmund Dull
Monroe
Kelley’s Woods
Ninety-Fifth Birthday Kitchen Hero Still Works
Special to The Sun. Uncle John Powers of Knightstown Indiana celebrated his ninety fifth birthday with a party and a big dinner. He remains able to perform a day's work as a contractor.
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Knightstown
Ind
John” Powers
Boy, 14, Killed Stretching Barbed Wire
Orville Groves, aged 14, died near Washington Indiana after a barbed wire fence was stretched on Tuesday. The wire recoiled and struck him near the heart, in a fatal accident reported as a local tragedy.
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Washington
Ind
Orville Groves
One Cent Accounting Oddity in Indiana School Funds
Examiners William P. Duffy and John W. Barlow report a one cent deficit in Cicero tuition funds traced to a penny credit error by Treasurer Stedman. The state board smiles at minor deficits. in Danville, an illegal $58 allowance is blamed on F. J. Christie, while trustees Pennington and White are commended for precise records.
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Cicero
Ind
William P. Duffy
John W. Barlow
State Accounting Board
F. J. Christie
Charles F. Pennington
Brown Township
Hendricks County
B. A. White
Lincoln Township
James Gogen obituary in Indianapolis editor and printer
James Gogen age 77 of Indianapolis died at home on North New Jersey street. He lived in the city for fifty years and once edited the Boone County Pioneer at Lebanon. He was an active member of Typographical Union No. 1 of Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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James Gogen
Indianapolis
North New Jersey Street
Boone County Pioneer
Lebanon
Ind
Typographical Union No. 1
Card party planned to aid Assumption School
A reception and card party will be held Thursday evening at Assumption hall West Indianapolis to benefit Assumption school. The event is hosted by Mrs Gaynor and her daughter.
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Indianapolis
Blaine Avenue
Howard Street
Fred Strickland
Anderson
Milwaukee
Assumption Hall
West Indianapoliis
Assumption School
Gaynor
Arson Plot Unfolds In 1909 Factory Fire Case
Virna Secrist admits to firing a frame barn used as a box factory at 310 Kansas Street, claiming Alec Alexander hired her for $25 and a new suit. The building insured for 5000 dollars. Secrist confessed to Patrolman Finneran, and Alexander was arrested on arson charges, denying the accusation.
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Virna Secrist
Senate Avenue
Secrist
Kansas Street
Alec Alexander
Alexander
Finneran
Farmers Institute Planned Saturday Readers to Attend
The Marion County Agricultural Institute meeting will be held Saturday at the state fair ground near the Indiana Farmer office, opening at 1 30 with lectures and addresses on education. Theodore M. Kingsbury will present notes on experiment work, Dr EB Collins will discuss farmer mistakes, J C Schlosser will read a paper, and Dr D C Pfendler will preside.
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Marion County Agricultural, Horticultural and Farmers‘ Institute Association
State Fair Ground
Indiana Farmer Office
Fair Ground
Theodore M. Kingsbury
EB. H. Collins
Indiana
J. C. Schlosser
D. C. Pfendler
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Illinois Mine Workers
Chicago
Edwin Perry
Mr. Perry
The
Winds Coup Operators’ Association
Mr. Lewis
J. H. Reed
Jeweler
Weat
Washington St
I Wine
Cardus
Eagle Brand
Castoria
Fletcher's
Dufty
Joseph
Mrs. Sebold
Maennerchor
Harry RB. MacQuithy
Harry R. MacQuithy
New Jersey Street
Grown Hill
Demograt
North Side
Health Board
American National Bank
Thor
Toll
Indianapolis Light & Heat Company
Farmers’ Institute
Sea Jerk Slave Peths Dry Gcos CO
Madras
the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
Office Company's
E. Market Street
Vonnegut
Wouineete
R. B. Kramer
Kramer
Jacob Metzger
Rast Margiana'ss
State Life Insurance Co
Red Gate
Meredith Nicholson
Riverside
Broad Ripple Park
Burghein
Imasie
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