Butler Says Prison Conditions Not As Reported
Amos W Butler secretary of the board of state charities dismissed the report on Jeffersonville reformatory as imagination. He contrasted it with remarks from delegates to the International prison congress praising the reformatory and denied existence of hole cells or iron gloves. The report claimed nearly 300 boys toil hours sewing shirts for meager pay and harsh punishment with confinement in the hole and hospital stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos W. Butler
Board of State Charities
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Terre Haute
American Federation of Labor
Phillip K. Reinbold
Mr. Butler
International Prison Congress
Reformatory
GIVES UP MARRIAGE TO PROTECT FRIEND
Otto Henderson 19 of East Eighteenth Street asked the clerk to cancel a marriage license with Miss Emma Neal after his father learned of the plans. The license was canceled and the youths may marry when Otto turns 21. The friend’s identity was not disclosed.
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Otto Henderson
East Eighteenth Street
William Berner
Emma
Neal
Fountain Street
Berner
Charles Henderson
Otto
Henderson
Young Henderson
Benderson
Denial of crooked dice brings fines in police court
Ten gamblers faced Judge Collins in police court on Monday. Dayton Gibson challenged the keeper William Deacon at 415 Indiana Avenue as the dice were said to be crooked. Several defendants admitted falsehoods, with six fined ten dollars plus costs and ten days for gaming, three others fined 35 and costs. Otago Beck, a Filipino, avoided stay after denying involvement and was released. An exchange at the end included a threat from Deacon toward Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welcher
Collins
Dayton Gibson
Welching
William Deacon
Indiana Avenue
Gibson
Otago Beck
Beck
Deacon
Niggah
Wabash Collision Injures Twenty Near Missouri City
In Kansas City on December 5 twenty people were injured when a Wabash train from Excelsior Springs rear-ended the St. Louis bound train one mile west of Missouri City. Three victims were most seriously hurt: engineer Cc. J. Williams conductor Ezekial Smith and passenger Mrs. W. A. Summers.
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Kansas City
Excelsior Springs
St. Louis
Missouri City
Cc. J. Williams
Ezekial Smith
W. A. Summers
Model Tenements Planned in Western City Area
Building Inspector Winterrowd backs condemnation of unsafe shacks in the western city sector. After a Saturday inspection with Mayor Shank and Dr Woods, plans call for new motel tenements or hotels to be built at fair prices. Existing shacks will be condemned to clear the area for civic improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Winterrowds
Winterrowd
Shank
S. Woods
Dr. Woods
Indianapolis Commercial club to host commission government talk
Judge A L Mason will be invited to attend a smoker where John Mac Vicar of Des Moines will discuss the commission form of city government. A post talk discussion is planned but not a formal debate. A separate Indiana conference on commission government will meet Thursday afternoon at the club hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Mason
Indianapolis
Commercial Club
John MacVicar
Des Moines
MacVicar
Indiana
Federated Commercial Clubs of Indiana
Winfield S. Miller
The
MacVi¢ar
LeBlanc Murder Trial Advances Defense Victory
In Cambridge Massachusetts the defense secured a ruling barring the prosecution from introducing three questions asked Hattie LeBlanc during her arrest hearing to prove her command of English. Attorney Samuel D Ellmore disclosed he had received 4000 dollars from Mrs Glover after Clarence Glovers death to cover expenses protecting her from alleged plots by her husbands brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Hattie LeBlanc
Clarence Glover
Samuel D. Ellmore
Census Returns Made Show State Populations and Gains
Washington reports North Carolina at 2,206,287 residents, up 16.5 percent from 1,893,810 in 1900. Mississippi reaches 1,797,114, up 15.8 percent from 1,551,270. Kentucky totals 2,298,905, up 6.6 percent from 2,147,174. Apportionment grants Mississippi one more congressman, and North Carolina and Kentucky one each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Carolina
Mississippi
Kentucky
Heinze Case Reversed by U S Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reversed the New York circuit court ruling in the United States v. F A Heinze. The conviction for dissipating funds of the Mercantile National Bank of New York City is set aside and the case remanded to the lower court for trial.
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Washington
Dec
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of New York
The
United States
F. A. Heinze
Mercantile National Bank of
New York City
Auto truck burned at Shea and Co grocers yard
A truck belonging to M. C. Shea and Company Grocers at 210 North Illinois Street was damaged by fire for about 1000 dollars. Fire department answered a still alarm and extinguished the blaze. The truck, parked in the rear of the grocery, was ruined with unknown cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Shea and Company Grocers
North
Ilinois Street
Exhumation Under Way in New York Trunk Mystery
Foster R I Dec 5 The search for the slayer in the New York trunk mystery extended to this town Monday with an order to exhume the body of William E. Lewis who was killed here on November 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
R. I
New York
William E. Lewis
Empire Theatre Opens Burlesque Night With Cherry Blossoms
A large crowd awaited doors as the Empire offers advance seat sales for the week. The program titled The Cherry Blossoms features burlesque Any Little Girl with Parisian costumes and musical numbers. Vaudeville includes Granville and Mark, Joe Carr, Lillie Perry, Cherry Bonger trio, Joe Barton, Charles Edwards company, Loro and Payne.
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the Empire
Tack Perry
Granville and
Mark
Joe Carr
Lillie Perry
Cherry Bonger
Joe Barton
Charles Edwards v
The Midnight Sons and Going Some Headline Indiana Run
The Arvine Benton players present Going Some at Majestic this week a farce by Rex Geach and Paul Armstrong praised for speed. The Shubert Murat theater opens Monday with The Midnight Sons a three night vaudeville musical after major city runs. The show features 125 cast and a Merri Murray theater scene with a four midnight sons plot and jokes.
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Benton
Rex Geach
Paul Armstrong
Lew Fields
Shubert Murat
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Glen McDonough
Raymond Hubbell
Midnight Sons
Constant Noyes
Merri Murray
George Monroe
Harry Fisher
George A. Schiller
Joseph M. Ratliff
Denman Maley
Willard Curtis
Alan Brooks
Maude Lambert
Nan J. Brennan
Marcia Harris
Gladys Moore
Mazie King
Gus Baci
Pittsburger
The
Marvelous Millers
English Pony Ballet
Arvine-Benton
Consul the Great Tops Colonial Week Shows
Consul the Great makes his last West Coast appearance this season at the Colonial before a six weeks New York engagement. He is billed as vaudeville’s last panzee and will be frequently greeted by receptions after matinees for women and children. Marie King Scott and company present Boots and Slippers as the added attraction. Miss Scott is a city native.
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Consul the Great
West
American Music Hall
New York
Consul
Marie King Scott and Company
Miss Scott
Progressives Press Taft for Broad Progressive Reform
Washington, Dec 5. Insurgents led by Senator Bristow and Representatives Norris Murdock and Madison urged the president to enact sweeping progressive legislation. Murdock demanded a tariff board with authority to investigate, and argued wool schedule action could be justified now. He noted differences with Taft remain but cooperation on tariff reduction is possible.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Senator Bristow
Kansas
Supreme Court
Bristow
Representative Norris
Nebraska
Representative Madison
Victor Murdock
Murdock
Republican Party
Aviator Walter Archer Dies in 700 Foot Flight
Denver report details the death of 17 year old Walter Archer during a secret 700 foot flight. He built the aircraft alone and ascended on a long wire before falling to his death as his family and sweetheart watched. The incident may cost the loss of a potential new aeroplane design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Archer
Walter
Berry picking contest crowns Miss May Valentine winner
Miss May Valentine of the Buster Krown company returns to Park Monday for a three day event. The former southern Indiana cherry picking champion will seek to defend her record by filling the most quart boxes in the competition, a feat she reportedly achieved after rising before dawn and outpacing rivals by five quarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss May Valentine
Buster Krown
Miss Valentine
Indiana
Tim Murphy Stars In Mr Opp At Murat Theatre
Tim Murphy delivered a finished performance in Mr Opp at the Murat Theatre on a Saturday night. Douglas Z Doty adapted from Alice Hogan Rice. humor remains but staging disappoints and opportunities go unrealized. Except for Herbert Heywood as Nick Fenny, supporting work falls short. Murphy earns curtain calls and poised speeches. The New York Hippodrome show next, with plans for a large engagement at Shubert Murat Theatre.
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Tim Murphy
Mr. Opp
Murat Theater
Douglas Z. Doty
Alice Hogan Rice
Herbert Heywood
Nick Fenny
Mr. Murphy
Mr. Heywood
Pogue's Run Damages Claim Over Rail Bed Fill
Edward C. Osgood seeks 2000 dollars from the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis railroad after filling Pogue's run to divert the stream along his property north of the Bellefontaine track turning land into marshes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago
Gary Judge Selected by State and City Officials
Ora J. Wildermuth will serve as Gary city judge after Governor Marshall ordered a commission. Endorsements from Mayor Knotts and the city council support the appointment, unifying local and state authority and resolving jurisdiction questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora J. Wildermuth
Gary
Marshall
Knotts
Kentucky Wins Suit Over Railroad Franchise Taxes
Washington December 5 Kentucky won its suit against the Illinois Central railroad for 8 847 000 in railroad franchise taxes by a decision of the United States Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State of
Kentucky
Ilinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
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James Whitcomb Riley
Louisa M. Alcott
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Shubert Murat Theatre
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Harry Fields
Grand Opera House
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