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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1910
Page
2
A Indiana Republican slate shifts to back Edgar Crumpacker for speaker to dodge Joe Cannon. The plan aims to force candor on Cannonism and align candidates with insurgent sentiment, with statewide campaigning through August in counties and towns.
New York dated August 8 reports Christopher Columbus Wilson president of United Wireless Telegraph Company was indicted on his wedding day for conspiracy and using the mails to defraud. His stenographer Stella Lewis, 18, stood by as he, aged unknown, posted bail at $25,000.
The corner stone of Brookside United Brethren church at Eleventh and Olney streets was laid Sunday afternoon. Rev. J. E. Paddock of Indiana Central University placed the stone, aided by Rev. D. O. Darling who organized the Brookside congregation in 1889. The cement block church seats 500 and includes a stone with the names of 81 Sunday school children, trustees, officials and church publications. services will be held in the basement until completion.
The County Auditors' Association of Indiana, grouping ninety two county auditors, will meet Wednesday morning August 17 for a two day session at the Denison hotel. An varied program includes talks by city and state officials and several papers by auditors. The association, formed four years ago to standardize and improve administration of the county auditor's office, will be led by President Thomas Nugent of Washington with W. T. Richards of Anderson as vice president and A. F. Zearing of Indianapolis as secretary treasurer.
The socialist party of Indianapolis will hold a number of meetings this week. Members and supporters are urged to attend as the schedule includes several gatherings at key local venues.
A negro peering through a window at Mrs. O. N. Ellis’s ground floor flat in Roberts Annex 239 North Illinois woke her at 2 AM. The same suspect is linked to a prior jewelry loss weeks earlier. Separately a rear group near John T. Brush’s home aroused by caretaker James Ford, then fled. Robberies at 2520 East Eleventh Street yielded $27, open-window entry at 226 West Tenth Street produced $5, and a theft of $4 from a pocket occurred at 1682 Cornell Avenue.
Indianapol is city council promised a permanent bathhouse and swimming pool. Pop Snyder proposes under College Avenue bridge a two floor bathhouse costing 700 to 1000 dollars with room for 250 to 300 lockers. The current bathhouse is temporary and may be unused after this summer.
The Young Men's Christian Association began summer vacation swimming classes with thirty boys at its pool. Classes run 8:30 to 9 and another half hour, with three more sessions planned for August 17. Officials aim to attract boys from the streets who will benefit from eight lessons plus transportation for fifteen cents.
Warren Williams of 1430 North New Jersey street was struck by an automobile owned by Frank Bird and driven by Harry Levis on Saturday afternoon. He was thrown to the street with a wrenching impact to his left wrist and hand, the bicycle and rider sustaining damage in the mishap.
The United Mine Workers converge in Indianapolis to fund strikes while a leadership rift between Thomas L. Lewis and John Walker dominates debate. Perry notes impeachment mentions but expects a quick, discreet resolution, with Lewis's plans unclear and Walker’s moves awaited at the convention.
Special to The Sun. Jesse Hall aged 68 died allegedly from arsenic poisoning to avoid being charged with bigamy. His wife went to Vincennes hospital for cancer treatment, and after her departure he claimed to have married Anna Curtis. His first wife returned to Evansville Sunday.
Noble Shepard, rider from Indianapolis to Philadelphia with the national motorcyclists’ tour, completed the entire Kokomo to Philadelphia leg without a break in his motorcycle.
Passengers on a Nickle Plate east bound train were jolted from their seats and badly frightened when the locomotive collided with an open switch at the depot in Fort Wayne Indiana on August 8.
When summer heat and daily toil raise temper the remedy is a simple cool drink. The passage suggests a comforting glass to steady nerves and refresh the body amid high temperatures and exertion.
An aging woman visits the Indianapolis post office daily for twelve years hoping for a letter from her son believed lost with the Maine in Havana harbor. A young man seeks news of a deserted love, a fashionably dressed sixteen year old waits for a forbidden sweetheart, and others come daily. Postmaster Bryson estimates about 900 people, mostly nonresidents, call at the windows 7 am to 9 pm with over 70 percent not receiving any mail. staffers include Geory Steele Barker Clarke and Bailey.
Everett W. McGinnis of Local No. 1 and Joseph F. Obergfell of the Brewery Workers’ union lead the race for president of the Central Labor Union as a heated dispute over who may vote unfolds. Obergfell push favors limiting votes to delegates at July meetings, while Charles P. Koster backs full seat entitlements. If all delegates vote, McGinnis is seen as likely to win. Balloting starts Monday at 7 PM.
An automobile belonging to Patrick Mc Andrew of the English hotel, taken from 224 North Pennsylvania street, was found Sunday night wedged in the shattered cement work of a bridge on the Crawfordsville pike. The cap and goggles of the driver were recovered with the steering gear.
A fragment notes an adjoining field and a person being thrown by the collision force. The machine involved is described as wrecked, but details such as time, location, people, or outcomes are missing.
Special to The Sun. Danville Indiana August 8 This is commencement week of Central Normal College. The baccalaureate sermon was preached by the Rev E W Strecker of the M E church Sunday. Monday night the scientists give their class day exercises Tuesday night the classics present Shakespeare Twelfth Night Wednesday night the annual alumni address will be delivered by Judge John M Lewis of Seymour followed by a banquet. The commencement ends Thursday when 150 students will receive diplomas State September Robert J Aley delivering the address.
Nikola Meeks, 23, an Austrian laborer, was crushed by a Big Four work car near Cynthiana on Saturday in Princeton Indiana. He died at the scene, and the accident is under local investigation.
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