Census figures show 59 new seats. Indiana in ninth place
The census office reports 91,972,266 in continental U S with total 93,402,151. Philippines 7,635,426 uncounted. Projected apportionment adds 59 House seats to 450 total. Indiana slides to ninth, New York remains first, Pennsylvania second, Ohio fourth, Texas rises to fifth while Missouri falls to seventh.
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Benton Declines Terre Haute School Superintendent Post
George W. Benton, ex Shortridge high school principal and current Indigita manager for the American book company, informed Terre Haute school commissioners he would not accept the superintendent role. He returns home Saturday from New York after talks with the company president regarding a better position.
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Shortridge High School
Indigita
American Book Company
Board of
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Terre Haute
Ar. Benton
New York City
Book Company
New York
Winterrowd clears ordinance exemption for power houses
Building Inspector T A Winterrowd testified that floors need not be installed in power houses under construction for workmen safety due to peculiar construction. He spoke before the coroner Friday afternoon and exonerated himself in the death of William Spangler at the T H C E B power house on December 3. He presented building plans and a report showing proper inspection.
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T.A. Winterrowd
William Spangler
Swials Is Chosen County School Head
Lee Swinis is chosen as county school superintendent on Saturday afternoon after nomination by trustees.
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Lee Swinis
Trustesli Ag
Councilman Rubens Returns From Trip
Indianapolis councilman George Rubens released details of a family medical episode after returning from Chicago proposing his brother Louis Rubens was ill in Joliet Illinois. Reports conflict over severity and secrecy with Joliet Herald editor Frank Jones offering an alternate version.
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George Rubens
Council
Joliet
Ill
Indianapolis
Chicago
Harry C. Rubens
Sun
Joliet Herald Asking If Louis Rubens
George
Frank Jones
the Herald
Rubens
Aurora
Louis Rubens
Mr. Jones
Louis
Harry
Printing bills spared as economy move at Indiana session
Senator Robert E. Proctor of Elkhart leads a Democratic committee reforming expenses and pledging not to print all bills before committees. The panel cites last session’s printing costs of 12635 dollars for the House and 11062 dollars for the Senate and argues early public access would raise costs slightly but improve transparency. The plan aims to curb extravagance amid strong lobbying against early disclosure of bills.
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House
Senate
Robert E. Proctor
Elkhart
Democratic Committee
Salem Clark
Indianapolis
Fred W. Beal
Terre Haute
Bank at Milton looted by yeggs
Modern crackmen used electric tools to rob the Milton Farmers National Bank in Indiana, taking about 500 dollars from a tray in the outer compartment while snow fell. They escaped in a stolen horse and carriage after blasting the outer safe door with an electric bore and nitroglycerin, damaging the building but not waking residents.
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Richmond
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Milton
Farmers’ National Bank
Twenty seven dead in Canada mine disaster at Western Collieries
Calgary Alberta Dec 10 A disastrous explosion at the Western Canada Colliery company mine Friday night left twenty seven men known dead by noon Saturday. Seventeen escaped, seven survived, and eight remain entombed as rescuers race to reach them. Bellevue residents fear for relatives while officials probe causes and await American company leadership.
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Alberta
Western Canada
Bellevue
Western Collieries Company
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Winona Tech to Get Photogravure Plant
A committee from the National Association of Photo Engraving Employers of America in Toronto visited Winona Technical Institute. They aim to install a photogravure plant costing about 50 thousand dollars, funded by the organization, making Winona the first such school in the country. Selection of students will be by employers with partial expenses covered.
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Winona Technical Institute
National Association of Photo Engraving Employers’ of America
Charles A. Bookwalter
Toronto
W. Gage
Battle Creek
Mich
L. F. Eaton
Detroit
E. T. Bush
Louisville
Bookwalters
F. O. Climer
Winona
Assailant of Mayor Gaynor Likely Insane, Delayed Trial
In Jersey City New Jersey on December 10 authorities say James Gallagher who shot Mayor William J Gaynor on August 9 will probably not be tried. The trial is scheduled for December 20 but doctors report he is mentally ill and will be sent to an asylum. Mayor Gaynor supports this disposition of the case.
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Fairbanks Guests Taft at the White House
Charles W. Fairbanks former vice president arrived at the White House to be the guest of President Taft for several days. Captain Butt escorted him to the residence in a touring car. Fairbanks will attend the Gridiron club dinner with Taft and share Indiana political insights. Watson and Hemenway, who arrived from New York, may attend. they met Reid there.
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Charles W. Fairbanks
White House
Taft
Archibald W. Butt
Fairbanks
Fhe ‘Station
Andrew Carnegie
Gaynor
Indiana
James E. Watson
Hemenway
Watson
New York
Daniel G. Reid
Wife and Children Inherit $65,000 Estate From Gilbert Ley Rue
Property valued at $65,000 was willed to Bessie La Rue and her two sons Pian Rio and Victor La Rue by Gilbert Ley Rue in a deed filed in probate court Saturday. Mr. Tat Rune, who died Dec.2, was former superintendent of construction of the state hospital for the insane at Madison, Ind. His son Paul is named executor of his will.
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Pian Rio
Victor la Rue
Gilbert Ley Rue
Tat Rune
State Hospital For the
Madison
Ind
Paul
Hog Prices Jump Like Never Before At Chicago Market
Chicago December 10 hog prices surged at the stockyards with openings up about 3.80 dollars and buyers from large packers racing to acquire hogs. The move signals pork prices rising to unprecedented levels in Chicago markets.
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City Fire Insurance Rates May Fall After Committee Talks
Indianapolis leaders convened a three hour session at the Claypool hotel to press for lower fire insurance rates. Chairman Richard Lieber and city officials argued for class 244 or even 14 1/2 rates, with potential annual savings near 100000, while detailing needed department expansion and equipment costs.
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Claypool
Richard Lieber
Whch
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Safe Y and of Works
Civie
Claypool Hotel
W. EH. Townsend
Howges‘carrt
Townsend
America
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Lieber
Parole Hearing Schedules for Hinshaw at Michigan City Prison
The state board of pardons will examine William E. Hinshaw a Randolph county murderer suspected of tuberculosis The special examination occurred Saturday with hearings set for Thursday afternoon Relatives testified to his consumptive condition at the prior hearing
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Randolph County
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Fragmented OCR Reflects Sparse Local Item
A damaged newspaper fragment provides partial readable facts with names and dates missing. The readable portions hint at a local event or notice but lack clear context or full details for a complete summary.
Small Man Arrested After Assault On Wife In Indianapolis
Frank Claspill, described as small, was charged with assault and battery after a domestic dispute ending with him attacking Esther Claspill. Taxicab owner Frank Fox intervened, loading Claspill into a cab and delivering him to Hotel English before police were summoned. The couple had separated, and Claspill located Esther with another man at an East Washington street theater. He dragged her through an alley and struck her, prompting the owner to escort him to the hotel and report to authorities.
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Frank Claspill
Trimpe
Rucker
Claspill
Esther
Fox
North New Jersey Street
English
East Washington Street
Husband and Wife Brawl Ends With Stabbing Threats
Rosa Stansberry of 307 Ogden street confronted bikemen Stewart and Hartsell as her husband, brakeman.Stansberry, armed with a revolver, warned he would shoot the first man. Officers disarmed him after a struggle. he faces assault and deadly weapons charges. The dispute began over a $25 offer and escalated to a stove poker incident injuring their daughter Gladys, 14.
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Rosa Stansberry
Ogden Street
Bicycolemen Stewart and Hartsell
Mrs. Stansberry
Hartsell
Stewart
Stansberry
Gladys
Gladys, 14, Who Mixed In the Trouble. Then Mrs. Stansberry
Recruiting officer rebukes father over desertion mind set
A father at an army recruiting station offered his son, deemed a tramp, to join to avoid prison for burglary. The sergeant rejected him, arguing the army seeks disciplined men and refuses to take those likely to desert or taint the service with a bad reputation.
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Trust companies lack authority to make real estate abstracts
Attorney General James C. Bingham told Auditor of State W. H. O'Brien there is no direct statutory authority allowing trust companies to conduct the business of making abstracts of titles to real estate.
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James C. Bingham
W.H. O'Brien
Train kills laborer near Fortville in 6 a.m. incident
Joe Huske a foreign laborer at the Big Four construction camp near Fortville blocked a fast passenger train on the main track Saturday at 6 a.m. He died shortly after arriving at St. Vincent's hospital.
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Joe Huske
Fortville
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Democrats Face Fast-Paced Fight to Repeal County Local Option Law
The piece predicts a tight push by Democrats to repeal the county local option law via a straight repeal bill in two weeks, risking party discipline and defections from holdovers McCarthy and Tilden. Dry sentiment in Shelbyville and Nashville counties threatens passage, with strategy centered on a party caucus driven measure replacing the law with city and township units.
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