First Witness for Defense Explains Gibson Murder
In Vincennes Indiana on December 1 Judge Gardiner opened the defense in the Moore murder trial recounting Menlo B Moore's alleged inroad into the Moore home. Gibson warned Moore's wife and then abducted her to Cincinnati while threatening to publish secrets. Witnesses described Moore's nervous state and alleged insanity as the defense seeks to cast doubt on Moore's capacity and Gibson's size and actions.
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The
Sun
Vincennes
Ind
Gardiner m
Gibson
Moore
Union Depot
Cincinnati
Chicago
Lee Williams
Washington
Menlo B. Moore
Charles Edward Gibson
Asa Evans
Wshington
Evans
George Gardner
Wiliam Long
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Oln Gibson
Wheeling
W. T. Moore
Charles Gibson
Twig Girdler Pest of Forests Reported in Indiana
The tenth annual forestry department report to Gov. Marshall notes a twig girdler severing branches from a persimmon tree fifteen feet tall on the Jeffersonville reservation. The site drew 375 Indiana visitors in one year.
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Forestry Department
Gov
Marshall
Charles C. Dean
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Retiring Busch Acknowledge Cause of Gift in St Louis
Louis E Dennig, longtime city salesman for the Busch brewing concern, presented a check for 175,000 dollars to August Busch in his office in St Louis on Thursday. Dennig has resigned to enter the oil business after many years with the company.
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St.louis
August Busch
Louis
E. Dennig
Deer
Busch Brewing Concern
Inauguration of Diaz in Mexico City with strict guards
Troops poured into Mexico City to guard the inauguration of Porfirio Diaz as president for the eighth time. The ceremony was held in the new School of Mines with tight security and invitations limited to officials and diplomats. Rumors swirled that rebel leader Madero may act Thursday, while Vice President Corral faced health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Porfirio Diaz
Diaz
Uisally
Chamber of Deputies
Corral
Madero
Bombs Reported Used in Mexican Uprising
Northern Mexico reports indicate revolutionists used bombs against Ding and American targets. An infernal dynamite machine under the Institute Calon, a Methodist school, was found after an attack during anti American riots in Guadalajara, with fears for Chuviscar near Chihuahua as rebels reportedly hold the town.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Institute Calon
Guadalajara
Chuviscar
Chihuahua
Battle near Padernalles leaves 42 dead in Chihuahua
News from El Paso reports a battle between Mexican revolutionists and federal troops near Padernalles, Chihuahua. Thirty insurgents and twelve regulars were killed. The revolutionists hold every town along the Mexican Central. The first train from Madero ename ran Wednesday. Passengers saw heavy firing in the mountains and many wounded carried on litters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Padernalles
Chihuahua
Madero Ename
Lecturers Called to Teach Mothers in Indiana Institutes
W W C Latta reports broad calls from nearly every Indiana county for competent lecturers to farmers institutes to educate women in child rear ing science and domestic science. He notes demand for experts to teach mothers time management for reading rest and recreation. Fifty Women s farmers institutes were held in twenty four counties during the year to Gov Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institutes
W.W. C. Latta
Purdue
Indiana
Marshall
Man Dies After Folding Bed Traps Engineer in Harlem
Benjamin Lott a civil engineer lies in Harlem Hospital with a broken neck after a folding bed trapped him in his home early Thursday. His wife Mrs Lott was nearly smothered but rescued as cries from the couple drew neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benjamin Lott
Harlem
Local Indiana Weather Forecast Passes Cold Nights
Fair and continued cold conditions expected Thursday night and Friday across Indiana. Clear skies with sun rising and setting times noted. hourly temperatures unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Debutante Helen Taft Soaks Washington Society
Washington society bubbles over the White House reception honoring Miss Helen Taft, the president’s daughter, with a formal 5 to 7 pm tea. The event tests entry to the four hundred and continues a lineage of White House debutantes from Jefferson’s era to Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
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Washington
Dec. L
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
White House
Helen Taft
Miss Taft
Whitehouse
Anne Jefferson Randolph
Jefferson
Martha Jefferson Randolph
Maria Monroe
Petite Alice Tyler
Washington Society
Virginia
Mary Abigail Filmore
Edward VII
England
Harriet Lane
Buchanan
Lincoln
Miss Edwards
Mary Wallace
Nellie Grant
Algernon Sertoris
Hayes
Miss Platt
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Ethel
Trial set for officer before board on December 7
Supt Hyland filed charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and insubordination against Patrolman Edward Schubert. Trial is scheduled for December 7 at 1 pm before the board of safety. Allegations include intoxication at home and abusive conduct toward a superior.
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Hyland
Hdward Schubert
Board of Safety
Leet
Joseph Patterson
William Tobin
Siboke
P. F. Brown
Big Four
Brown
Indianapolis
Two Shocks Felt In Victoria After Nearby Quake
Two tremors were felt in Victoria on December 1 following a quake nearby. Reports describe light shocks with minor damage and no injuries observed at midmorning. Local authorities investigated as residents were startled by the unexpected tremors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
Court orders sale of Star Publishing properties
A federal court decree by Judge Anderson orders sale within sixty days of Terre Haute Star Muncie Star and Indianapolis Star and their equipment and franchises. Edward Daniels will conduct the sale in Indianapolis with a minimum bid of 1 175 000 and a list of debts and priority. John Hart Payne appeals, alleging twenty four errors in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Publishing Company
Anderson
Federal Court
Edward Daniels
Chancery
Terre Haute Star
Muncie Star
Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis
Western Trust and Savings Bank
John C. Shaffer
George F. McCulloch
George C. Hitt
John Hart Payne
John (. Shaffer
Court of Appeals
Seventh District
Ife
Last Day of Grace to Smoke Sinners
The last day of grace granted by Smoke Inspector P. F. Brown ends Thursday as he visits plants with his camera to document smoke emissions. He plans actions Friday against offenders who persist in violating the ordinance.
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P. F. Brown
Brown
Fire destroys thirty scrapte dwellings and mills in Dallas
A major Dallas fire on December 1 wiped out thirty scrapte dwellings, six small stores, six large hoarding houses, and portions of the Buell planing mill and Dallas ice and fuel plant. Five hundred people were left homeless and two firemen were seriously injured. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Dallas
Tex
Buell Planing Mill Company
Dallas Ice and Fuel Company
Emma Goldman denials spark Indianapolis speaking clash
Emma Goldman faces refusal to speak in Indianapolis as Dr. Ben L. Reitman leads a free speech effort. Officials including Superintendent Hyland and Mayor Shank resist, while Reitman weighs legal appeal and possible test case with notable backers such as Brand Whitlock and Eugene V. Debs. Goldman remains defiant, describing smear campaigns and vowing to press on.
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Emma Goldman
Indianapolis
Br. Ben L. Reitman
King of the
Chicago
Dr. Rettman
Tam
Superintendent Hyland
Dr. Reitman
Dr. Bettman
Free Speech Committee
America
Emma
Propylaeum
Jock
Stock and Barrel
Mayor Shank
Shank
Hyland
Reitman
Gov. Marshall
Theodore Schroeder
Clarence Durrow
New York
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Rose Pastor Stokes
William Marion Reedy
The
St. Louis Mirror
Ellis
Jones
Charles Howard Russell
Louis F. Post
Clarence
Darrow
Moyer, Haywood and
Perticbone
Eugene V. Debs
United States
F&e
Mayor Won't Sign Without Angels in City Hall
The mayor clashed with the board of works over a contract for decorations. He demanded angels in his new offices and urged approval of F J Mack’s lower bid, saying he favored the angels, while the board backed Ham F Behrens of Cincinnati.
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Shank
Board of Works
Hoosier Named Clerk of Senate Appropriations
Kennedy F. Rae of Holton Indiana was appointed clerk of the senate appropriations committee succeeding the late Thomas F. Cleaves Rae, a nephew of William S Holman, rose through roles on both the House and Senate committees and will earn six thousand dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy F. Rae
Ripley County
Senate
Sun
Washington
Hibbs
Holton
Indiana
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ceed Thomas F. Cleaves
Congress
William 8. Holman
Appropriations Committee
House
Watch Dog of
the Treasury
Roe
House Appropriations Committee
Holman
Hemenway
Rae
Cannon
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Senate Committee
Hale
Skae
Desperate search ends as valve bursts at plant
Lights failed in downtown stores during a frantic search for a man believed dead after a valve burst at Merchants Heat and Light Company on West Washington. Assistant chief engineer Newton Wiley, scorched and heroic, dragged a colleague to safety before a shutoff and plant power resumed. Wiley was taken home to 733 Fletcher avenue.
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Merchants’ Heat and Light Company
West
Washington Street
Newton Wiley
Wiley
Whiley
W. J. Maxwell
E. Darrow
Pearl Street
Fletcher Avenue
Mayor says Vories slated for ax amid hall graft probe
Mayor Shank states custodian W D Vories at Tomlinson hall faces dismissal as Board of Works continues investigation. President A Schrader hints more evidence may be revealed. Likely action targets janitors at the hall if substantiation for petty graft charges is found.
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W. D
Vories
Tomlinson Hall
Shank
Board of Works
A. Schrader
Fletcher Transfers to New York Office After 19 Years
After nineteen years in the Cincinnati district and an Indianapolis posting as post office inspector, W. T. Fletcher will depart Saturday for New York where he has been transferred by Chief Inspector R. J. Sharp. He will headquarter in an upstate city under Warren R. Dickson, inspector in charge.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
W. T. Fletcher
New York
R. J. Sharp
Mr. Fletcher
New York City
Upstate
Warren R. Dickson
Company seeks new trial after verdict in Averitt case
The Indianapolis traction and terminal company filed a motion for a new trial in circuit court Wednesday claiming the court erred in instructing the jury and the damages awarded to Mollie Averitt, who received $3,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Mollie Averitt
Mrs Ellen Howard Dies at 80 in Indianapolis Home
Mrs Ellen Howard aged 80 died at her son M E Howards home 376 South Senate Avenue from pneumonia. She had lived in Indianapolis for twenty five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Howard
M. E. Howard
South Senate
Indianapolis
Indiana Gop Verge of Restoring Old Boss Rule
Washington reports a bold Indiana Republican power bid by the Fairbanks Hemenway Kealing Watson wing to regain control of patronage newspapers and nominations. The plan aims to oust Bevveridge, extend influence to Washington, and possibly field an Indiana man for president in 1912, risking further party discord.
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Sun
Washington
Indiana
Fairbanks-Hemenway-Kealing-Watson
Bevveridge
Beveridge
Senate
Congress
Hemenway
Joseph B. Kealing
Taft
Mke
Frank H. Hitchcock
Crane
Harry S. New
Republican National Committee
Fittsburg
Roosevelt
Petition Aims Cross Town Line On Thirtieth Street
Councilman Charles B. Stiltz plans a 500 name petition to the board of works urging a cross-town line from Central avenue to Brightwood avenue on Thirtieth street. The petition will be presented Friday morning. Signers are city residents from the district, not mainly on Thirtieth street.
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Charles B. Stiltz
Board of Works
Thirtieth Street
Central Avenue
Brightwood Avenue
Stiltz
Ttem
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Helen Tait
Miss Helen Taft
Capital
Smart Set
Shaffer
Ben L. Reitman
Angels
Mnyor
Fletcher
Company
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