Schrader and O Reilly Defy Mayor Over Engine House
Schrader and O Reilly members of the board of public works refuse to resign, defying Mayor Shank and the council. They oppose bidding before appropriation, backed by Corporation Counsel Kealing and City Attorney Walker, who say bids cannot be submitted without funds. The dispute centers on the new fire engine home and the legality of moves under city law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A Schrader
E. J. O'Reilly
Board of Public Works
Shank
Charles Hutchinson
Joseph Kealing
Merle Walker
Schrader
Mayor Shank
Springfield
Joseph Hogue
Mr. Schrader
Mr. O'Reilly
W. T. Steele
Michael Gill
O'Reilly
Legal Department
Smallpox Alert On Clover Leaf Train In Frankfort Ind
Special to The Sun. At Frankfort Indiana on August 19 passengers fled as two women aboard the Clover Leaf train from Oklahoma were found ill with smallpox. Doctors met the arriving train and warned travelers to avoid contamination while the car was moved to the end of the train. Police reported tense scenes as fear spread and authorities prepared to isolate the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Ind
Oklahoma
Millionaire Held for Killing Girl in 70 MPH Crash
New York August 19 Edward T Rosenheimer a millionaire is held on $25000 bail for examination September 7 after allegedly running down and killing Grace Hough and injuring George Vedder and Anna McCabe while travelling at about 70 miles an hour in a buggy. The buggy was torn to pieces. Rosenheimer denied the auto was his despite damaged lamps and front end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward T. Rosenheimer
Grace Hough
George Vedder
Anna McCabe
Railroad loot shocks Chicago as graft case expands
Three warrants issued in Judge Bruggemeyer’s court name former Illinois Central officials Frank B. Harriman Charles L. Ewing and John M. Taylor in a conspiracy to obtain money under false pretenses Harriman and Ewing were arrested at home while Taylor remained at large The graft probe links the Monon railroad death to Illinois Central corruption and suggests millions looted from the line
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bruggemeyer
Minors Central
Frankb. Harriman
Charles L. Ewing
John M. Taylor
Taylor
Harriman
Ewing
Tartar
Harrison Street
Frank B. Harriman
Tinois Central S
Harahan
Winois Central
Illinois Central
General Belef
Tra G. Rawn
Monon Railroad
Ilinois Central
Hoosier Close in California Senate Endorsement Race
Aug 19 San Francisco reports latest returns in the California Republican primary showing A G Werks, a former Indiana judge, near second place with 38 900 votes while A G Spalding leads with 41 142. Early returns favored Edwin Messarve before swings toward Spalding and Werks, and the result is advisory, not binding on delegates. Werks hails from near Vevay Indiana with Ohio childhood days before relocating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
United States
A. G. Werks
Indiana
A. G. Spalding
Werks
Edwin Messarve
Spalding
Judge Werks
Vevay
Ind
Ohio
Boosters Welcome Terre Haute Trade Tour Stops
Indianapolis trade association boosters tour through Vermilion Paris and Terre Haute with stops at Farmersburg Shelburn and Brazil. Crowds greet delegates amid rain and praise industrial activity while a photographer’s exposure accident injures A Schnull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermilion
Paris
Indianapolis Trade Association
Indianapolis
Térre Haute
Farmersburg
Shelburn
Boosters
Terre Haute
H. Lieber Company
William O'Connor
M. O'Connor Company
Shank
Cincinnati
Board of Works
Support for Cannon Successor Divides Republican Caucus
Washington notes that choosing a successor to Speaker Cannon could split the Republican caucus. Potential candidates include Edmond Madison of Kansas, Walter T. Smith of Town, John R. Mann of Illinois, Ebenezer J. Hill of Connecticut, and Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey, with insurgent votes pivotal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joe
Cannon
Congress
Edmond Madison
Kansas
Madison
Walter T. Smith
Town
Inet
Smith
Committee On
John R. Mann
Illinois
Ebenezer J. Hill
Connecticut
Charles N. Fowler
New Jersey
Death by own action Mania Gets Man and Three Wives
In New York a real estate agent Louis Bauduy shot himself in a hotel at Mamaroneck. His separated wife Leonie Bauduy attempted suicide by carbolic acid. Reports say two former wives had died by their own actions, driven by cruelty and financial ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis C. B. Bauduy
St. Louis
Mamaroneck
Leonie Violet Bauday
John Cecit Clay
Bauduy
A. A. Albrecht
Leonie Bauduy
Bauday
Cotton King Sully Accused Of Fraud
In Washington on August 19 Daniel J. Sully known as Cotton King John Hays Hammond and others were named defendants in a suit in the District of Columbia supreme court by Lemuel A. Greene of Greenville South Carolina. Greene seeks recovery of letters of patent for an improvement on cotton grading alleging fraud by Sully and the others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cotton King
Daniel J. Sully
John Hays Hammond
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Lemuel A. Greene
Greenville
S. C
Sully
Local Forecast with Indiana Sunrise and Sunset
Fair tonight and Saturday with moderate temperatures. Indiana forecast notes sun rises and sets with sunrise at 6 37 and sunset at 5 00 or 6 37 depending on the time segment.
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Indiana
Committee Delays on Endorsements at Special Union Convention
A special committee for the United Mine Workers fails to finish by 9 30 am as delegates adjourn to 8 am Saturday. President Moyer discusses Western federation unity, Guggenheims, Alaska mines, and a national mine inspection bureau with miners and leaders. The convention plans to endorse transport, Illinois accord, and strikes as harmony efforts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Milne Workers
Transportation Committee
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
West
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
Moyer
Guggenheims
Colorado
National Bureau of Mines
Alaska
Samuel Guggenheim
Congress
Mine Inspection Bureau
Hves
Lewis
Illinois
Southwest
John Mitchell
John Walker
International Executive Board
Merry-go-round and water wheel stolen from toy store
Burglars entered the Electric toy company store Thursday night through a side window and took a toy merry-go-round and a water wheel engine heel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Toy Company
Gertrude Wright’s hobble skirt trip in Danville
In Danville Indiana Miss Gertrude Wright wore a Paris hobble skirt and pink stockinged boots. She tripped on a crossing, suffered bruises but no broken bones after a dramatic fall during a dental visit reveal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Miss Wright
Paris
Cholera Spreads in Southern Italy and Alarm Rises
Cholera spreads in southern Italy with eighteen new cases reported in Trani and a death toll likely to exceed one hundred within 24 hours if current rates hold. King Victor Emmanuel debates steps with Premier Luzatti and Minister Secchi while quarantines falter and retirees flee toward the mountains as military precautions rise at Trani and nearby towns.
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Rome
Italy
Trani
Trieste
Russia
Victor Emmanuel
Luzatti
Secchi
Hfe
Barretta
Cerignola
San Ferdinando
Andria
Trinitapoll
Roosevelt Plan Keeps Peace If Principles Safe
Oyster Bay August 19 former president Roosevelt outlines a plan to stay out of New York state campaign, avoid indorsement or criticism of Taft, and enter fighting only if his core policies are in danger. He stresses reluctance to clash with the Taft administration but reserves right to intervene if national policy is seriously jeopardized. Roosevelt will tour the country and may engage if state politics threaten his principles.
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C. 4
Bookwalter
Terre Haute
Felix Blankenbaker
Indianapolis
Harry Murburger
Bill Fiyon
Young Men
Elks Club
Illinois
Harmony
New York State
Old Guard
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Coronel
Sherman
Theodore Roosevelt
Outlook
Congressional Committee
Sheroan
New York
Stephen C. Clark
Albany
John A. Stewart
The
League of Republican Clubs
Horace O. Kvowles
Nicaragua
Albert Shaw
Charles C. Murray
V. Collins
Hamilton Fish
Outlook Office
William Loeb, I Jr
Port of
Lloyd C. Griscom
Republican County Committee
William L. Calder
Brooklyn
Frederick J. H. Kracke
W. W. Cocks
West
Roosevelt
New England
Wryoming
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Allineis
Scourge Alarms England as Cholera Spreads
Britain faces alarm over a global cholera outbreak with Russia reporting rapid spread and daily ravages. Italy confirms eighty deaths in Apulia while Austria Germany Holland Finland and parts of Asia report scattered cases. People flee southern cities as authorities vow to stamp out the epidemic.
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London
Russia
Turkey
Austria
Germany
Holland
Finland
Asia
India
Apulia
Italy
Mayor in race fined $25 after Meridian street collision
George Herff, salesman for the State automobile company, raced Mayor Shank Tuesday night with disastrous results and was fined $25 and costs in police court Friday morning. Robert Newby, chauffeur for the board of works, testified to a several-block race on North Meridian street and said he was instructed by the mayor to stop Herff at the Fall creek bridge. The mayor was out of the city. Hise appealed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Herff
The
State Automobile Company
Shank
Robert Newby
Board of Works
Meridian Street
Herff
Fall Creek Bridge
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Boss Kealing
Payne
Gellios
ST. Paul, Minn
Frank W. Waterman
Ramsey State Bank
Finhout
Waterman
Poace
Charles J. Ewing
Hoosier
Western State
Trade Association
Farmersburg, Shelburn and
Clinton
Linton
Terre Haute House
John N. Carey
Hal Hibben, Jr
Mr. Hibben
Brestige
Brazil
A. Schnull
Schnull & Co
Brasil
Crumpacker
Louis Bauduy
Guggenheim
Gertrude
Danville, Ind
Gertrude Wright
England
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Scourge Alarms
Europe
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