Moore Jury to Get Case on Thursday Noon
The Menlo E. Moore murder trial enters its final phase as the jury is expected to begin deliberations Thursday around noon. Key testimony focused on Moore’s alleged emotional insanity and defense claims that Mrs. Moore fabricated the story of Gibson’s pursuit.
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Sun
Vincennes
Ind
Menlo E. Moore
Charles Edward Gibson
Millonaire
James House
James Pritchett
Moore
Pritchett
Magdalene
Culbertson
Gibson
House
Commonwealth
Clarence B. Kessinger
Eph Inman
George W. Shaw
Gardner
Willliam H. Davenport
Thomas J. McGowen
B. B. Griffiths
Davenport
Thomas J. McGowan
Winslow H. Vochian
Cochran
Fred
Ballinger Pinchot Committee Reports Filed in Congress
In Washington three reports by Ballinger Pinchot committee members were submitted to Congress, split across majority and minority lines. The Minneapolis document is debated as the real report, while Judge Madison’s inquiry sides with Democrats in finding Ballinger guilty of certain charges. The House likely backs the minority report and the Senate the majority, signaling a tense, partisan clash escalating in the new session.
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Sun
Washington
Hibbs
Ballinger-Pinchot
Congress
Nelson
Minnesota
Senate
Minneapolis
Madison
Kansas
House
Fletcher
Dem
Florida
Ballinger
Minneawpoll
Trim
Minneapols
Interior Department
Frank Hitchcock
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Joint Committee of Congress
Hanninger
Glavis
Ebinchot
Alaska
Pinchot
BalHnger
Ballinser
Lovers Save Love In Cave Courtship Ends In Marriage
Two Newark lovers eloped to a Catskills cave living six weeks in primitive seclusion before weather forced them to move to Yonkers where vagrancy charges followed. They later returned to Newark and married with parental consent.
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Newark
N.J
la Vere Tallman
Beatrice Sanders
N. J
Catskill Mountains
Miss Sanders
Hudson
Yonkers
N. Y
Apples for Indiana Make Future Bright
Indiana horticultural society sessions in the statehouse tout apple wealth and land values. C G Woodbury praises Indiana soil and climate for apples rivaling the Pacific Northwest, with lands priced 25 to 70 dollars an acre. Executives and farmers discuss spraying, tomato gains, and profitable demonstrations at Mitchell and Purdue.
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Indiana
Indiana Horticultural Society
Statehouse
Pacific Northwest
C. G. Woodbury
Lafayette
Agi Iast
Joe A. Burton
Mitchell
Orleans
C. N. Lindley
D. B. Johnson
Irvington
Mooresville
C. Osborne
F. J. Heacock
Salem
Purdue Experimental Station
Frank Moffett
Carmel
Abraham Brothers
Martinsville
M. W. Richards
Purdue Experiment Station
M. W. Ward
Gilford
Ind
J. Stamfield
Seymour
H. ©. Barnard
Football player accused as thief in hotel hotel English
Charles Buser of East Nineteenth street was arrested Wednesday by Detectives Hauser and Mullin on charges of taking $75 from Henry Camman, a hotel English bartender. Camman and five men were in a room when the theft occurred. Buser sat near Camman and left the room before the purse was found missing. Buser, known as a town football player, has a prior record in Louisiana.
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Charles Buser
East Nineteenth Street
Hauser
Mullin
Henry Cammann
English
Camman
Buser
Iamons
Cammian
Louisiana
Indicted for coercion in juvenile case involving Ethel McCallister
In Indianapolis juvenile court Mrs. Jesse Jackson and son Morton were sentenced to thirty days and $25 fines after testimony that they tried to force 16 year old Ethel McCallister to marry Morton. James McCallister, her father, described how he lost control of his daughter with help from the Jacksons.
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Jesse Jackson
St. Clair
California
Ethel
Ethel McCallister
James McCallister
Morton
McCallister
Morton Jackson
Indianapolis
Jackson
City Hall Debuts December 20 With Public Session
Mayor Shank announces the new city hall will open to the public on December 20 with a public program of speeches and a reception at 7 30 PM. Lights arrive December 14. Governor Marshall, Mayor Shank, and former mayors expected to speak, each limited to ten minutes. Montani brothers orchestra will perform in the rotunda with the Italian harpist director Nicholas Montani.
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Shank
Rotunda
Montani Brothers
Nicholas Montani
Indiana and local forecast fair overnight and Thursday
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions Wednesday night and Thursday with little temperature change. In the northern portion, Wednesday night will be colder. Sun rises and sets noted. hourly temperatures listed as 220 dollars in the fragment.
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Indiana
North
Garfingel fined in police court over skirt club scheme
Louis Garfingel manager of Hoosier skirt and petticoat company was fined $500 and costs after a police court ruling on Wednesday for operating a lottery tied to a skirt club. About 250 women attended, swapping tales of promised silk skirts and 25 cent payments, with many seeking refunds and questioning the club’s legitimacy.
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Louis Garfingel
Hoosier Skirt and Petticoat Company
Saks
Lice Court
Collins
Fanny
Susie Haynes
Model Shirt Company
Gairfinger
Edna Brown
Sedalia Harding
East Wrotming Street
New York
Stella Latta
English Avenue
Girfingel
Freed Becomes Free After Powder Firing Police Case
Hildreth Peckham was discharged in police court Wednesday. Beckham faced charges for firing a nitro explosive within 100 yards of a residence in the city while wrecking a building on South Delaware as part of clearing space for a Pennsylvania freight house. Peckham, Babbs, and McGuire claimed the blast used black powder and were released on a technicality. Theut of Battery A testified black powder is not a nitro explosive, noting the ordinance names only nitro explosives.
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Delaware Street
Pennsylvania
Peckham
Charles Babbs
Albert McGuire
Theut. Vinton
Cashier to Face Perjury Charge in Vermilion Court
Frank M. Malone, cashier of Malone & Sons private bankers in Cayuga Indiana, must stand trial on perjury charges after the Indiana supreme court reversed a Vermilion circuit court quashal. The case cites a March 2 1908 auditor request and a bank liability statement of 4892 dollars with deposits listed at 71213 37 dollars. Malone testified truthfully in the reported figures.
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Frank M. Malone
Malone & Sons
Cayuga
Ind
Vermilion Circuit Court
Montgomery
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Vermilion
Malone
Auditor of State
Schubert Case Held For Decision By Safety Board
The safety board heard Ed ward A. Schubert on charges of insubordination and conduct unbecoming an officer. Allegations included drunkenness lending his wife and attempting to whip Lieut. Leet after a call for help from Mrs. Schubert. Schubert claimed he only shook his finger in Leet’s face while discussing family troubles. The board took the case under advisement.
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Board of Safety
Edward A. Sehubert
Sehubert
Leet
Schubert
Insurgents to Nominate Own Candidate for President
Insurgent Republicans plan to field a 1912 presidential candidate, likely Senator Cummins or Senator La Follette. The insurgents will back one of them if the other proves most available, while coordinating with President Taft on key appointments and legislation.
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Washington
Senator Cummins
la Follette
Cummins
Senator la Follette
Cummiins
Taft
Tieep
Senate
Supreme Court
White House
Kirkhoff Named Statehouse Chief Engineer With $82,000 Salary
Statehouse custodian Thomas H. Colbert announces Frank Kirkhoff will become chief engineer, starting December 20, at an annual salary of 82000. Finalists included Tom Dunn and James Anderson. union ties influenced support. Kirkhoff leads Steamfitters and locomotive unions and replaces Sam Schutt after five years.
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Thomas H. Colbert
Statehouse
Frank Kirkhoff
Kirkhoff
Colbert
Tom Dunn
James Anderson
Dunn
Anderson
Machinists’ Union
Steamfitters’ Union
Democratic County Committee
Otto N. Frenzel
Merchants’ National Bank
Charles Mayer
Charles Mayer & Co
R. R. Dagett
Collier
Superior Court
Peace at Shortridge School Nears Settlement
Principal George Buck of Shortridge announced a final decision on the twelve suspended boys after a conference with their attorney C. Pettijotin. Buck said the outcome would be favorable and that relationships with the students had improved. Terms for reentry were discussed but not accepted by the boys.
Boy Struck by Truck In Georgia Street Accident
Romanian Italian boy Gentalia, nine, fled into traffic on Georgia street and was hit by a G. and J. tire Co. truck driven by Frank Hoy. He suffered a fractured right leg and lost four front teeth. Patrolman Giblin called the crash unavoidable.
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Romania
Gentalia
Georgia Street
G. & J. Tire Company
Frank Hoy
Giblin
Good Roads Versus Canal and Tariff Urges Road Buildin
Samuel Hill touts good roads as supreme national need at a Washington speech. He mocks the idle rich, attacks the tariff and Panama Canal, promotes convict labor, and argues common people must rule. He cites road costs, canal misconceptions, and claims post roads funding via mail service lags behind.
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United States Senate
Mr. Hill
James J. Hill
Seattle
Minneapolis
Hill
Washington
Grange
Common West
Panama Canal
State of Washington
England
Tayiff
Panama
New Orleans
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Ballinger-Pinchot Committee
Angel
Friends of Interior
Minority
Speaker
City Hall
Sean Ebeseoste
Garfingel
Hildreth Peckham
Beckham
PLUM
State House
Samuel Hill
The
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