Labor groups split over Indiana Senate contest in 1900s.
Indiana labor leaders plan to scrutinize Democratic candidates records for labor friendliness before caucus votes. While younger unions back Slack or Hoffman, older leaders favor Kern, Shively, Menzies, Hering, Simms, and Lamb faces opposition due to corporate ties. Strong contenders Kern and Slack deny fear of scrutiny.
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Indiana
United States
James A. Hemenway
Democratic Legislative Caucus
Slack
Hoffman
Kern
Lamb
Shively
Menzies and Hering
Simms
Husband and Wife Sent to Workhouse in Robbery Case
Frank Haflin of Curtisville Ind visited Indianapolis with Mollie Bass. Haflin reported $22 missing, leading detectives Askin and Duncan to arrest Bass and his wife. Charles Bass charged with complicity in a scheme to have his wife rob strangers. Both sentenced to 90 days in workhouse or women's prison.
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Frank Haflin
Curtisville
Ind
Indianapolis
Mollie Bass
Haflin
Askin
Duncan
Juvenile Court Scolds Parents Over Boy Misbehavior
Nine boys aged eight to ten and eighteen parents appeared before Juvenile Judge G W Stubbs on a Saturday for a court lecture on parental duties. The judge blamed both fathers and mothers as the youths, part of a rowdy gang, faced trespassing charges amid citizens' complaints. Mothers cried while the fathers stood
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G. W. Stubbs
Judge Stubbs
Mamas Allow Teens to Marry as Mothers Consent
Curtis A Grigsby aged 16 and Elen R Madison aged 16 obtained a marriage license Saturday with their mothers consent. Grigsbys mother is now Mrs Bila Kam and the article notes the young woman's mother recently remarried.
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Curtis A. Grigsby
Elen R. Madison
Turkish steamer wrecked on Black Sea claim 60 drownings
A telegram from Sebastopol reports a Turkish steamship en route from Constantinople to Sebastopol was wrecked in a storm on the Black Sea. Details are scarce but it is believed the crew and 60 passengers were drowned.
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ST. Petersburg
Sebastopol
Constantinople
Black Sea
Father sues to remove trustee and seek accounting
Bert C. Brunson files suit against his father George H. Brunson contesting a trust under Julia A. Brunson’s will. He asks for removal of the trustee, an accounting of rents and taxes, and a reformation of the trust to protect Bert’s one third share in the Washington township farm and other assets.
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Bert C. Brunson
George H. Brunson
Julia A. Brunson
Asher C. Brunson
Levena Jackson
Letitia Rinkard
A. C. Brunson
Washington Township
Soup conflict dominates divorce plea in crummy court
Dr G Baase sought divorce from C G Baase citing cruel treatment over constant soup. He lamented the household soup plague while Mary Baase pressed for divorce, with the judge hearing partial evidence as to cruelty from incessant soup meals.
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Dr. G. Baase
Charles Ikkemster
Mary B. Baase
C. G. Baase
Ophthalmological Law Attacked by Opticians
Assistant Attorney General White argued before Judge Pliny Bartholomew on Saturday that the state ophthalmological law denies appeals for failed license exams. Opticians, denied licenses, press questions of fairness as they challenge the law across the state.
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Opticians
Pliny Bartholomew
White
Body 15 Found by Janitress in Locked Room
A janitress discovers a body in a locked room. The victim, unnamed, is described as a girl who wore fine gowns and diamonds. The killer proceeds to destroy all evidence in the room, leaving investigators to identify the slayer and motive.
Slain Woman in Padlocked Room Linked to Missing Husband
New York police probe a second floor murder where a young woman, called Flora, was found with throat cut in a padlocked room at 337 E Eleventh Street. Investigators seek her husband, a well-dressed man described with diamond pins, claiming California ties and officer-like bearing.
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New York
Eleventh Street
Steele
Bellevue Hospital
Scherer
Gussie Smiler
Flora
Unidentified Woman Found Mutilated on Third Avenue Line
Police report an unidentified young woman found murdered and mutilated on the Third Avenue surface railway tracks in Harlem. Authorities suspect the body was placed on the tracks after death.
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Third Avenue
Harlem
Farmer Kobie Fined For Short Weighing Turkey
George Kobie of Putnam county was discharged in police court after being charged with selling a Thanksgiving turkey a pound light. He claimed new scales and said Assistant Market Master Bauer advised selling until weights and measures could inspect. He was fined and costs on a charge of having scales not officially tested.
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George Kobie
Putnam County
Kobie
Master Bauer
Koble
Roosevelt Praise Sparks Debate In Indiana Press
The Fort Wayne News blasts Delavan Smith and Roosevelt for elevating him to a dubious honor. The paper predicts the president’s notice will boost Smith’s notoriety and generate ongoing public interest and subscriptions for years.
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Indiana
Indianapolis News
Roosevelt
Delavan Smith
Ananias Club
Katie Hossman Kicked Off Marriage License List
Katie Hossman 16 is barred from obtaining a marriage license at the county clerk office. Parents fear she may wed, prompting warnings to the clerk against issuing any license.
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Katie Hossman
Miss Hossman
Burglar Breaks Into Maple Street Home
Louis Pollock reports a burglar gained entry to a Maple Street residence Friday night by forcing a side window. A small amount of money was stolen.
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Louis Pollock
Maple Street
Persian insurrection battle leaves many dead and wounded
The uprising across Persia peaked in a clash between rebels and loyalists in Tabriz. Loyalist forces routed the rebels, leaving many killed and wounded as news arrived from Odessa on December 12.
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Tabriz
Despondent contractor Thomas Phillips commits suicide
LATENEWS BULLETINS report Thomas Phillips a contractor in New York shot himself today after despondency. Separate items note a Boston fire causing nearly 100000 in damage and two injured firemen, Constantinople elections showing Turkish, Armenian, Greek and Jewish representation, Japan's Okazawa death, and the betrothal of Ronald Lindsay to Martha Cameron in London.
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New York
Thomas Phillips
Boston
Mass
Atlantic Avenue
Constantinople
Chamber of Deputies
Pafik Bey
Tokio
Okazawa
London
Ronald Linn S. Lindsay
Earl of Crawford
Martha
Cameron
J. Donald Cameron
Pennsylvania
Wife Takes $75 Bulldog as Alimony in Court
In circuit court Saturday Dora Brantlinger, divorced wife of Hert Kling, secured alimony and agreed to take a bulldog valued at 25 dollars to settle the remaining 75 dollars due. Kling had paid 75 toward a 200 alimony award and owed 25 more. The judge joked about the dog's value as the couple settled quickly and a supplemental execution suit was dropped.
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Dora Brantlinger
Hert Kling
Mr. Kling
Death of A L Donelson at 122 Ashland Avenue
A L Donelson a 43 year old well known railroad conductor died Saturday morning at his home 122 Ashland Avenue after six months poor health. He worked for Monon railroad for years as a conductor on a fast Indianapolis to Chicago train and knew many travelers on his route. He is survived by a widow and two children.
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Donelson
Ashland Avenue
Trial Begins For Thornton Hains In Annis Killing
New York December report says Thornton Jenkins Hains will face trial Monday for complicity in the death of William E. Annis. Capt Peter C. Hains Jr. remains co-defendant. A Boston impersonator posing as Mrs Hains draws interest as defense attorney Fred L Norton investigates the sham wife claim. Judge Frederick C Crane to preside.
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Thornton Jenkins Hains
Bar of Justice
William E. Annis
New York
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Bos
Fred L. Norton
Claudia L. Hains
Bay State
Mr. Norton
Boston
Capt
Heins
Anmis
Bayside Yacht Club
Aus
Thornton J. Hains
Frederick C. Crane
Supreme Court
Lillian Tull Awaits Grand Jury Trial
Lillian Tull, charged with causing and encouraging delinquency in a young girl, was called for trial by Judge Pritchard in the prosecutor’s rooms. The case, appealed from juvenile court, will proceed to grand jury after correcting the bad affidavit. The woman remained under bond as the quashoverruled matter moved forward.
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Lillian Tull
Pritchard
Wourd Taylor Groninger
Miss Tull
Indianapolis
Pneumonias Claim Ohio Mine Officials Leader in West Virginia
West Virginia wheeling December 12. Patrick McBryde secretary of the Pittsburg Coal Operators' Association of Ohio and second national secretary of the United Mine Workers died of pneumonitis today in Wheeling.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Patrick McBryde
Pittsburg Veln Coal Operators’ Association
Ohio
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Pneumonic
Assassination Attempt Targets Kane County Judge
December 12 in Elgin an infernal machine with powder and timed fuse was found under the judge Slusher of Kane County Circuit Court desk as he returned from luncheon. Deputy Clerk McNerney risked his life to snuff the spark.
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Chicago
Slusher
Kane County
Elgin
McNerney
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Persia
Latenews ‘Bulletins
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