Democrats Meet at Denison in Mutual Political Maneuvering
Indiana Democratic leaders plan a Denison hotel meeting to set January county primaries and district conventions with a mid January state chairman decision. U S Jackson is favored to return as state chairman while other names like S M Ralston E G Hoffman W H Vollmer A Heimberger and J Cravens are mentioned for various posts.
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Democratic State Central Committee
Denison
U. S. Jackson
S. M. Ralston
Lebanon
E. G. Hoffman
Fort Wayne
W. H. Vollmer
Vincennes
Adam Heimberger
New Albany
Joseph Cravens
Madison
Will R. Wood
Congress
Crumpacker
J. Frank Hanly
Hanly
Wood
J. Frank Henly
Senator Wood
Indiana
Negro Steals Hotel Register in Early Morning Theft
Michael O'Brien, hotel owner at 123 N Alabama, says John Marshall stole the hotel register after a dispute over pay. Marshall, a Cairo Illinois native working as a cook, was arrested on larceny charges by Patrolman Winkler and Gergt. Larsh after oversleeping and seeking directions to the hotel.
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Michael O'Brien
Alabama Street
John Marshall
Marshall
Winkler
Gergt
Larsh
Cairo
Ill
Turnkey Mathey
Mathey
O’brien
Suspected Poisoning Claim In Superior Court Case
Mrs. Bertha Connetto testified in superior court No 1 that she believes her husband attempted to poison her by drugging her coffee while they lived together. She said she fell ill after drinking it, while others in the family did not. She noted an agreement for support months ago, which she says he is not honoring.
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Bertha Connetto
Superior Court No. 1
Ebbetts Expected To Back Heydler In NL Fight
Charles Webb Murphy, Chicago National League president, challenged Ban Johnson to expose umpire graft findings at the Waldorf Astoria. Johnson, with Comiskey and Robinson, entered amid storm delays. News says Ebbetts will support Heydler for NL presidency, boosting election prospects after talks with Herrmann.
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New York
Charles Webb Murphy
Chicago
National League Baseball Club
Ban B. Johnson
American League
Waldorf Astoria
Johnson
National Commission
Ebbetts
Brooklyn
Heydler
Murphy
National League
Charles Comiskey
White Sox
Stanley Robinson
St. Louis
Ebbett
Garry Herrmann
Guts Throat on a Train Murders McHan Bank Official
John Miller superintendent of McHan's National Bank building killed himself on a Pennsylvania train from Atlantic City to his home. Ill health cited as the cause.
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Pittsburg
John Miller
McHan’s National Bank
Pennsylvania
Atlantic City
Merritt Place M E Church Plans New Building
Merritt Place M E Church receives permit to construct a new church at New York and California Streets. The project budget is $20,000.
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Merritt Place Church
Merritt Place
M. E
New York and
California Streets
Piano Maker Hobart M Cable Dies After Illness
Hobart M. Cable president of the Hobart M. Cable Piano company died today after a long illness. Funeral under Masonic direction this afternoon, burial at his old home in Walton, New York.
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Chicago
Hobart M. Cable
Masonic Fraternity
Old Hare
Walton
Windows in Newtor Broken Glass Cracks Fly After Swollen Wood
Five large plate glass windows at D Sommers & Co. new building on Capitol avenue and Washington street shattered Monday. Architect Hunter blames swelling woodwork from damp weather. Building Inspector Winterrowd cites possible vibration from high winds. Crews replaced braces, protected intact panes, and police controlled crowds during repair work.
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D. Sommers & Co
Capitol Avenue
Washington Street
Capiol Avenue
Caose
Winterrowd
Edgar ©. Hunter
Rubush
Hunter
Sergt. Boylan
Volunteers of America Christmas Dinner Drive
The Volunteers of America plan a Christmas day feast for the hungry at a Capitol and Kentucky avenue store room with meals also provided daily in January and February. Last year 9 680 people were fed, plus baskets for the sick, and this year organizers expect more as applications rise. Local hotels offer cooking help and solicitors seek cash or provisions to fund the effort at 14 Capitol Avenue with Lt. Major F. J. Preston urging liberal support.
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Denison Hotel
Capitol Avenue
F. J. Preston
Dummers and Co Open New Indianapolis Furniture Store
Dummers and Co celebrate the opening of their new nine story Indianapolis store at Washington street and Capitol avenue with music, flowers, and gifts for visitors. The building, erected for exclusive use by Dummers, features floors dedicated to parlor, carpets, dining, bedrooms, library furniture, and seating areas with a new lighting system. Visitors from across the region attend, while firm members praise manager H. W. Israel for preparing the store and overseeing the opening.
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Indianapolis
D. Sommers & Co
Washington Street
Capitol Avenue
Meridian Street
Raphael Kirschbaum
Masonic Temple
Indiananolia
United States
Prof. Arndt
Cincinnati
St. Louis
David May
P. J. Trost
A. Waldheim
Leo Lehman
Pittsburg
F. W. Arnold
David Sommers
Col
Louis Zins
Hamilton
E. E. M. Adler
Detroit
Mich
M. C. Well
Charles Hecht
Alfred Hecht
Samuel Sommerfield
N. C. Sanders
Dayton
M. M. Koch
Cleveland
Peter Kroehler
Naperville
A. H. Spiegel
Chicago
M. J. Spiegel
George Freudenthal
A. J. Wormser
Kansas City
M. J. Ehrlich
Martin Lammert
S. Sommers
L. J. Marks
Columbus
Leon Goldsmith
Rochester
H. W. Israel
C. D. Sommers
King Leopold II Revived After Near Death
King Leopold II of Belgium revived after a lengthy near death period following an operation performed earlier in the day. The monarch had been reported gravely ill and near death before the procedure.
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Brussels
Leopold II
Marines Land at Bluefields amid Zelaya Fire
Amid reports of a Managua terror regime and 606 political prisoners, 150 marines landed at Bluefields under fire from Zelaya loyalists. Washington plans more units aboard the Prairie to Nicaragua as Senate debates capture and punishment for Zelaya.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Managua
America
Zelaya
Amelio Estrada
Julian Irias
Leon
Chinangdegun
Corinto
Washington, D. C
Washington Navy Yard
League Island Navy Yard
New England
New York Navy Yards
Colon
Regala
No Hope for Sever in Kentucky
Louisville Kentucky December 18. Hope for the rescue of seven imprisoned miners in the West Kentucky Mining shaft at Clay Webster county has been abandoned. Once water is pumped from the mine, search for the bodies will be made.
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Louisville
West Kentucky Mining Company
Clay
Webster County
Franklin pleads guilty to cadets fund embezzlement
Capt. Thomas Franklin a U S Army officer and treasurer of the West Point cadets mess fund pleads guilty in federal court The case raises a question of jurisdiction moving toward the supreme court for final decision in the embezzlement matter involving five thousand dollars.
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Franklin
New York
Thomas Franklin
West Point Military Academy
Day
United States Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Freighters Ground In Lake St. Clair Off Cross Points
Two large freighters are reported aground in Lake St. Clair near the Cross Points lighthouse with a tug sent to aid them also aground. Names of the vessels are not legible in the report.
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Detroit
Mich
Lake St. Clair
Cross Points
Kiernan Trial Delayed. Catholic Groups React
Pittsburg December 13 The Kiernan trial against P. J. Kiernan, accused of crooked dealing and causing alarm in Catholic circles nationwide, has been postponed from today’s court date.
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Kiernan
Pittsburg
P. J. Kiernan
Mother Gives Up Children In Juvenile Court
Mrs. Della Elmer surrendered her three children to the Indianapolis Orphans Home in juvenile court after being deserted weeks earlier by her husband John W. Elmer a boilermaker at Beech Grove earning up to 150 dollars a month. Neighbors called her worthy and mourned the family separation.
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Indianapolis
John W. Elmer
New York Central
Beech Grove
Elmer
Trial at gel trial against Eldredge Carter for assault with intent to murder
Eldredge Carter, 25, faced criminal court for assault and battery with intent to murder Mrs. Jamie Hathenery known as May Allen. He shot Hathenery, then attempted suicide. she survived and Habener, Hathenery’s husband, later died by suicide. Paul Russe alerted police to the shooting.
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Eldredge Carter
Jamie Hatheney
Court Street
May Allen
Habener
Hatheney Hadeen
Paul Russe
Carter
Russe
Two Attempts at Death by Prisoner at Police Headquarters
Emmett Martineau a 19 year old prisoner at police headquarters attempted two suicides by tightening a handkerchief around his throat and tearing a tin cup to cut his throat. He was sent to county jail to await trial after loitering at Traction Terminal station.
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Emmett Martineau
Martineau
Traction Terminal
Englebright
Turnkey Stout
Greater tie up of trains threatens strike across routes
In Chicago area conference talks between switchmen and trainmen unions and railroad officials reached a critical point with President Hawley warning of a general strike east of Chicago to Buffalo if Northwestern difficulties are not settled. Minnesota Labor Federation backs the strikers and calls for arbitration.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Switchmen
Brotherhood of Railway
Chicago
Frank T. Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
Gompers
Buffalo
Pacific Northwest
St. Louis
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Toledo
Detroit
Cleveland
Minnesota Federation of Labor
Three trusties escape from Jeffersonville reformatory wall
Gov Marshall orders investigation as three convicts slip over a 30 foot wall to flee the Jeffersonville reformatory. Charles Edwards, Edward Shannon, and Harry Bowser absconded. Edwards had been slated for parole at Christmas before escaping.
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Jeffersonville Reformatory
Charles Edwards
Reformatory
Edwards
Edward Shannon
Elkhart County
Harry Bowser
Knox County
Muncie
State Reformatory
Gov. Marshall
A. W. Butler
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Peyton
Arthur Waussbeden
New Albany
Harry Sharp
Gov
Marshall
Blind Wife and Babies in Poverty
Benjamin F. Pike faced a preliminary hearing in juvenile court on charges of neglecting his two young children. Humane Officer Merrill found the family in dire need with almost no food or fuel. a charity group had provided some aid. The mother is blind and Pike is described as a young man whose decline is linked to heavy drinking.
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Benjamin F. Pike
Merrill
Pike
Elkhart Man Stricken Speechless In City Office
Elkhart Ind Dec 18 M M Stewart a member of the street force suddenly became speechless while in the office of Street Commissioner El Coleman on West street. He rapidly worsened from a peculiar paralytic attack and was reported in critical condition. His four year old was said to be in the best of health at the time of the attack.
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Elkhart
Ind
el Coleman
West Street
M. M. Stewart
Stewart
Receiver Sought for U S Telephone Firms in Cleveland Suit
A suit filed in common pleas court seeks the appointment of a receiver for the United States Telephone company and the Cuyahoga Telephone company in Cleveland Ohio. The action requests court intervention to manage the affairs of the two firms amid alleged financial or operational distress.
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Cleveland, CO
United States Telephone Company
Cuyahoga
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