Knox Attourney General Attacked in Atlantic City Cafe
Attorney general Knox was assaulted in a Garden hotel cafe in Atlantic City by Charles T Schoen Theodore Cramp and a Mr Stevenson. The three men caused a disturbance and punched Knox who was with a party of four women and three men. He later described the incident as shameful and said bystanders intervened and restrained the attackers.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Knox
Charles T. Schoen
Pittsburg
Theodore Cramp
Stevenson
Schoen
Mr. Stevenson
Mr. Knox
Mr. Schoen
Mr. Cramp
Cramp
New York
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Garden Hotel
Man with hay fever recounts sick day misadventures
Narrator describes a rough day with allergy symptoms and a cold. He suspects a virus, reports swollen eyes and chest congestion, and complains of a raspy voice and wheezing. He jokes about whiskey and a borrowed cough syrup as cures.
Kin say et al Defense Reiterates Board of Trade as Public Property
More than 9 000 pages were filed Friday in U S court defending L A Kin say and others who face prosecution by the Chicago Board of Trade The answer repeats prior arguments that the boards quotations are public property and asserts the organization is a gambling institution.
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United States Court
L. A. Kin‘say
Chicago Board of Trade
McCormack Tries to End Bedford Quarry Strike
Labor commissioner McCormack traveled to Bedford Friday to settle the stone quarry strike where more than 50 workers remain out. He stated he is not familiar with the trouble but will do all he can to resolve it.
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McCormack
Bedford
Classified ads list for sale and help wanted items
A jumble of New Line advertisements includes agents wanted guitars for sale organs for sale cigarmaker needed six room cottages for sale cheap and various positions. Women seek washing housework dressmaking and cooking jobs while houses and rooms for rent appear along with cattle and meat market solicitations and a stray note about ad placement in THE SUN.
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Cub
Vermont
N. East
Ohio
N. Senate
S. Delaware
Spann
Hoyt
Lexington-aves
Olivest
SUN
Bad Men Hunt Train Robbers From Nashville Escape
Chicago August reports Gus Hyatt leader of a band of 16 convicts who escaped from Nashville is sought for the Savanna Burlington train robbery. Detectives trace Hyatt via Nashville St Louis and the Mississippi route. Also after Butch Cassidy and Harry Longbaugh with past Nevada and Montana crimes. Gorge Kennan, linked to the Savanna hold up, is jailed in St Paul.
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Chicago
Gus Hyatt
Nashville, Tenn
Burlington Express
Savanna
Ill
Hyatt
Nashville
St. Louis
Mississippi
Butch’ Casidy
Harry Longbaugh
Longbaugh
Bill” Madden
Henry Bass
Great Northern
Montana
Deadwood
S. D
Butch’ Cassidy
Nevada
Gorge Kennan
Burlington
St. Paul
Minn
Delayed LAZY CLERKS Report Sparks Government Action
The LAZY CLERKS delay stems from county clerks failing to send the physicians list on time. Dr W A Sturgeon, president of the board, met with the governor and the attorney general to address the recurring neglect. The report it submitted was returned for revision and typewritten for printers with minor changes requested.
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W. A. Sturgeon
Sturgeon
Beveridge declines outside Indiana campaign in fall
Senator Beveridge has been asked by the republican congressional committee to inform dates for appearances in several states during September and October and to speak at the Alabama state republican convention on Sept 16, but he refuses all invitations outside Indiana, dedicating September and October to the Indiana state republican committee.
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Beveridge
Republican Congressional Committee
Alabama
Indiana
Ballots and Ballots Turmoil in Knoxville Election
Knoxville recounts its most brutal election yet with three men shot during the voting row. Officers allegedly stole ballot boxes and blocked counts as mobs filled city streets, leaving several districts unable to complete ballots and prompting potential legal challenges.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Aug
Roger Burnett
James Connor
Budge Shawalters
Edward Powers
Bob Lyon
Air Pumpers Punished in Police Court Fines Set
Tom Cummings and Clement Behymer were fined $50 each for assault and battery after pumping compressed air into 15 year old Ed Bowman at Atlas Engine Works. Bowman is recovering.
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Tom Cummings
Clement Behymer
Ed Bowman
Atlas Engine Works
Young Bowman
Tracy's Body to Be Cremated After Death
The remains of outlaw Harry Tracy arrived in Seattle in care of Constable Staub and were reshipped to Salem Oregon. Four Creston men who shot Tracy claim the rewards while Sheriff Gardner and his posse seek a share. An inquest ruled Tracy died by a pistol in his own hands after being wounded. cremation planned to deter body snatching.
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Seattle
Wash
Harry Tracy
Staub
Wilburn
Salem
Ore
Creston
Tracy
Gardner
Eddy Ranch
Davenport
Indianapolis Turned Into a Tract Society Tract Offer
H C Campbell offers the army board a 1 200 acre tract on Vandalia road just west of Fagie creek one mile from city limits four miles from the monument I and W road runs within a mile Plainfield and Martinsville interurban lines nearby board visited Richardson tracts north of Riverside park and Vandalia site south west of Indianapolis Friday and will remain over Tuesday viewing tracts
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H. C. Campbell
Army Board
Vandalia
Fagie Creek
Monument
Plainfield and
Martinsville
Richardson
Riverside Park
Indianapolis
New Schemes of Operators Spark Shenandoah Shooting
Shenandoah Pa August 8 The troops patrolled the city Thursday night after desultory shooting in several districts. Gen Gobin calls it mere deviltry while labor leaders blame “tools” of operators pressuring authorities to keep troops. Most shots go into the air with no captures. Sentries fire at prowlers but none are hit. Strike leaders say half the regiments here are qualified sharpshooters.
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Shenandoah
Gobin
Gates Cleared Eight Million From Louisville and Nashville
New York August 8 The Gates Belmont Morgan group conference set steps for Morgan to gain full control of the Louisville and Nashville system. Morgan & Co. bought 200000 shares from the Gates syndicate at 150 a share, while Gates had acquired most stock near 110, earning about 8 million dollars.
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New York
John W. Gates
Belmont
Geo. W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Gates Syndicate
Louisville & Nashville
Mr. Gates
Gates
Divorcee of Hanna’s son to wed English noble in fall
A Cleveland report cites a reliable source that Hanna's son Dan has obtained a divorce and will marry a titled Englishman in the fall. The groom’s name is not disclosed, but he is part of King Edward's personal circle.
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Cleveland
City
Hanna
Dan
Eng Nshman
King Edward
Y M C A Plans Renovation Of Reading Room And Facilities
The Young Men’s Christian Association will renovate its reading room lobby offices and game room plus the boys department reading and game rooms. They will be repapered painted and a new cement floor laid in front of marble baths. Work to be finished before Oct 1 with about $000 to be spent.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
Teenage "bum" ends up in Nashua police station
Oscar Blanchard, 16, of Nashua New Hampshire, left home weeks ago to bum his way to Butte Montana. He was arrested Friday and brought to the local police station. Blanchard confessed the trip was a lark and cried when detained. He was found bum ming with Edward Kelley who seems to be a professional “bum.”
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Oscar Blanchard
Nashua
New Hampshire
Butte
Mont
Blanchard
Edward Kelley
Tax Board Still Grinding Over Corydon Bank Appeal
The State tax board met briefly on Friday morning then heard Bank of Corydon appeal. The bank, like Indianapolis lenders, argued that current valuations are proportional to land values. Board decision on bank assessments will be released at a later date.
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State Tax Board
Bank of Corydon
Indianapolis
CITY LIFE ADVENTURES AND SHARED FOLLIES IN TOWN
Reports from Missouri street to Traders Point record a burglary at H Cohen junk shop and multiple street incidents. William McLaughlin nabbed by Officer Griffiths for junk theft, while Charles Rugenstein, returning from Atlas engine works, was beaten by two attackers. Charles Rounds escaped the work house yard but was recaptured in an East Washington street barrel-house. Joseph Shaler tried to sell a bicycle to Doc Lung, was caught with the stolen wheel, and William Prall, 16, was bound over to the federal grand jury for rifling the Henryville post office and forging checks. Albert Bruce repelled a mugging at Ohio street, a woman climbed a tree after being locked out near New York street, and Thomas Walton and his nephew in Traders Point faced a feud with shots but no bloodshed as legal action proceeds.
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Cohen
William McLaughlin
Griffiths
H. Cohen
Missouri-st
Maryland
Washington-sts
Rugenstein
Charles Rugenstein
Tenth St
Atlas Engine Works
Charles Rounds
E. Washington St
Prall
William F. Prall
Henryville
Clark County
Federal Grand Jury
Kile
Capitol National Bank
BOLT
Albert Bruce
Virginia Ave
State House
Ohio St
Bruce
N. Illinois St
E. New York St
Frank Bird Transfer Company
Losh
Duncan
Walton
Thomas Walton
Thomas Walton, Jr
Traders Point
Indianapolis
One More Night At Lockerb Fair To Benefit Mission
Managers announce the Lockerb fair will continue Friday night to aid the Fairview Fresh Air Mission. Rain Thursday kept many away, so another entertainment is planned for Friday to boost attendance and funds.
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Lockerb
Fairview Fresh Air
Plasterer Joseph Ernst Arrested Over Embezzlement Case
Joseph Ernst a plastering contractor was arrested on a charge of embezzlement from Morris Street Building and Loan Association No 2. Receiver C O Roemler says the original shortage was 6500 dollars two years ago when the association failed. Ernst claims to have turned over 5500 dollars and related accounts, but remains in police custody.
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Joseph Ernst
Morris St. Building and Loan Association
C. O. Roemler
Ernst
Bank Stock Valuations Questioned by Tax Board
Indianapolis banks faced scrutiny as the State tax board sought market values for stock assessments. Marion county auditor Harry Smith said newspaper quotes are unreliable due to broker manipulation and cited consultations with 20 financial figures before valuing the bank stocks. The board reviewed the bank assessments under consideration.
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Indianapolis
State Tax Board
Harry Smith
Marion County
Bitter contest for Republican county convention in Shoals
Shoals Ind Aug 8 There will be a bitter contest for control of the Republican county convention here Saturday between the Rogers and Floyd factions. Rogers ex consul to Zanzibar was recently nominated for joint state senator defeating Floyd Both reside in this county The party is badly split and the outlook is very favorable for the election of a democratic senator and representative from this district.
Indianapolis Editor Francis McElroy Dies in New Mexico
Francis McElroy, once a prominent Indianapolis newspaper man, is dying of consumption in New Mexico. He left Indianapolis about a year ago, and his wife, Mrs. McElroy, remains in Kansas.
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Francis McElroy
Indianapolis
New Mexico
McElroy
Kansas
Interurban and Terminal Franchises Committee Meets
The commercial club committee on interurban and terminal franchises spent Friday reviewing documents. Chairman J. W. Kern said they hoped to finish up Friday.
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Commercial Club
J. W. Kern
County Poor Farm Allows Smoking Under Restrictions
President John McGregor of the county board announced that smoking will be permitted again at the county poor farm with strict rules. The old fire risk prompts careful enforcement, amid questions of possible building fires. The decision, to be officially announced Saturday, reflects sympathy for inmates and a trial period now ending.
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John McGregor
Board of County Commissioners
McGregor
Three Children, a Struggling Mother in Filthy Tenement
Mrs. Clara Lyons of 640 Washington Street endures neglect and hunger as her husband John Lyons faces profanity charges. With three coughing children Ida Irene Ruth and plans to send them to Louisville with their aunt, she awaits his trial and vows to seek support for the youngsters.
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Clara Lyons
Washington St
Ida
Irene
Ruth
John Lyons
Discharged on Plea of Guilty in Assault Case
A man calling himself George Carson was arrested for assault and battery on John Simpson aged 16 at Haynes' restaurant. Simpson was convicted and fined while Carson, said to be a police official's son, was released on a guilty plea. The record showed Carson was drunk and involved in the fight. witnesses and a court judge criticized procedural settlement without testimony.
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George Carson
John Simpson
Carson
Haynes
Simpson
A. H. Perry
Stubbs
Perry
Anda
Justice Smock
Chicago Wagon Boys Strike
Chicago Aug 8 the wagon boys strike began Thursday on State street stores and grew into a high fever by Friday morning A general strike followed at 7 and was in full swing by 10 around the big department stores union strikers pulled other boys off wagons stopped horses and shouted The affected shops include Siegel Cooper Co A M Rothschild Co The Fair Boston Store Hillman Co The Hub Carson Pirie Scott Co Charles A Stevens Mandel Brothers The boys demand six dollars weekly instead of four or five and a ten hour day
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Chicago
State St
Siegel, Cooper & Co
A. M. Rothschild & Co
the Fair
Boston
Hillman & Co
the Hub
Carson, Pirie Scott & Co
Charles A. Stevens
Mandel Brothers
Sarah Ann Cissna Dead After Cancer At City Hospital
Sarah Ann Cissna, five, died of cancer at City hospital on Thursday night. Once well off, she owned a farm near Southport. She alleged relatives pressed her to divide her estate and later neglected her care. She was found May 29 roaming aimlessly in the streets and sent to the hospital.
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Sarah Ann Cissna
City Hospital
Southport
Sun Branch Office Adverts At Fergers Occidental Air Store
A branch office of The Sun operates at the southeast corner of Washington and Illinois streets where liner advertisements may be left at any time day or night.
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the Sun
Fergers Occidental Air
Subway for Shelbyville traction line plan approved
A Shelbyville interurban tunnel under steam tracks was approved by the court after protests. The Belt railroad must elevate its tracks to six feet above street level, aligning with the Big Four grade, with a 4 percent street slope and safeguards for lighting and drainage. The Shelbyville line contributes 3500 dollars toward the project. damages to nearby property are to be settled by court order. Local officials express concern over safety and annexation sentiment.
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Shelbyville
Belt Road
Prospect-st
Allen
A. C. Ayres
Allien
Ayers
Behne
Hugg
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicin ity
Forecast for the 36 hours ending at p m August 9 calls for fair conditions Friday night and Saturday with little temperature change. Early readings show 7 am 66 degrees noon 77 and 2 pm 81. Isolated thunderstorms possible in Indiana and Hindis while Kentucky Ohio remain fair and Michigan turns cloudy with northerly winds.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Hindis
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
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Hood
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Bennett
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Joseph Shaler
Doc Lung
Massachusetts-ave
Chinaman
Shaler
Auditor Smith
Niger
J. P. Mullally
THE
Monument Place
Indianapolis Ind
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M’gregor
Under Belt Railroad
Wulschner
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