Veneman Seen As Best Choice For Democratic Speaker
Indiana politics center on Evansville lawyer Albert J. Veneman as the most viable speaker candidate amid factional feuds. Fleming’s stance will decide whether Veneman or Wise, Cravens, Seidensticker or Sunkel gains the gavel, with Governor Marshall’s camp opposing Wise.
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Veneman
Evansville
Fleming“Taggart
Boehne-Nolan
Marshall
Taggart
Cravens
Wise
Seidensticker
Venemen
Plymouth
Joe Bell
Tim
Steve Fleming
Fleming
Warwick
Indiana
National Organization of Democrancy
Sninkel
Sunkel
Marshalls
Wold
Taggart Forves
Ways and Means
Reidensticker
Hay
Rod
Marion County
Spencer
Venenian
Tengan
Explosion In Leyden Mine Traps 12 Men Near Denver
A Leyden coal mine explosion west of Denver entombed at least twelve workers. Fire trapped the upper workings, rescuers pump air into shaft No 2, hoping to reach survivors while efforts to fight the blaze continue and the fate of the miners remains uncertain.
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Denver
Colo
Leyden
Leyden Coal Company
Miners Escape After Greene Mine Gas Blast Tragedy
In Bluefield West Virginia a gas explosion at Bond coal company mine in Greene left nine identified dead. G T Leatman and John Swede escaped after 24 hours entombment with a surviving mule. Rescue efforts continue for eight or nine remaining victims as fans restore airflow and crews prepare to reenter.
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Blackdamp
Blueyfield
W. Va
G.T. Leatman
John Swede
Greene
Gren
Bond Coal Eompany
Here
Coal Econpamy
Barronwman
William Ritchie
Lee Rowland
Charles Williams
Jesse Ritchie
Charles Whitaker
Jonn Roden
Arcil Leslie
Journ Ritchie
Lewis Confident He Will Score Victory for Union Presidency
T. T. Lewis says he will be reelected president of the United Mine Workers by a 40,000 to 50,000 majority based on returns up to date. He notes strong anti Lewis sentiment in some districts but cites Ohio and the West as favorable. McCullough claims carry in Pittsburg district with Feehan defeated, while Gibbons leads Feehan for district president by over 4,000.
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United Nine Workers of America
Athough
Tlewis
FE. &. McCullough, Candidate For the Vice Presidency, Now In the Pittsburg
Francis Feehan
Lewis
Robert EK. Gibbons
Feehan
John P. White
Ohio
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Leavenworth
Missouri
Hlinois
Thnois
McCullough
Hayes
Indiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Oregon
Towa
Massachusetts
Montana
New York
Iowa
North Dakota
Slogan Choice Narrows as Campaign Ends
Forty nine thousand two hundred slogans were discarded leaving enough candidates for a final round. A Wednesday committee meeting trimmed the field to 801 remaining suggestions to be narrowed further over the next month. The $100 prize winner will be announced after the year’s campaign concludes.
Pleads to parole as poverty-stricken mother appeals
Mrs. James A. Stewart testified at a pardon hearing on behalf of her husband, jailed for horse stealing, pleading for home to support their two children. The board eyed the appeal while other cases featured perceived injustices in juvenile court and a life-sentenced hold-up case involving Nathan Rankin.
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James A. Stewart
West
Washington Street
State Prison
Ft. Benjamin Morrison
J. R. Clem
A. McNerney
South Bend
Nathan Rankin
Laporte County
Englewood High School
Chicago
Hourly Temperatures Preview
A garbled OCR passage outlines a temperature schedule with times and figures. readable parts mention a range around day and night hours. The fragment hints at hourly readings but lacks clear values or locations for a precise forecast.
Lamb in Washington Boosts Marshall Nomination Year 1912
Sun's Washington Bureau reports John Kd. Lamb of Terre Haute predicts Gov. Marshall's 1912 presidential nomination and says John W. Kern will be nominated for senator without a legislative caucus. William T. L. La Follette, cousin of Wisconsin's senator, arrives as insurgent representative-elect from Washington.
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Sun
Washington
Hibbs
John Kd. Lamb
Terre Haute
Gov. Marshall
John W. Kern
Willian TL. la Follette
Pullman
Walsh
la Follette
Wisconsin
Harvey M. la Follette
Indiana
James A. Mount
Miles Poindexter
Thorntown
Ind
Suit Shows What Actors Draw at Colonial Theater
The International theatrical company of Chicago sues the FitzGerald Amusement Company owners of the Colonial seeking judgment. It alleges a weekly contract to supply acts and a 15 percent share of salaries plus a 24 weekly booking fee. Notable sums listed include Anna Eva Fay earning 500, Mabel McKinley 350, and Ethel Whiteside and her pickaninnies 200.
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Colonial
International Theatrical Company of Chicago
Tfitzgerald Amusement Company
Ene Chicago
Anna Eva Fay
Indianapolis
Mabel McKinley
McKinley
Ethel Whiteside
Quiet War Report Suppressed After Taft Conference
Washington officials announce that after talks with President Taft Secretary of War Dickinson Senator Root and House Military Affairs Chairman Hull the War Department report replying to the McLachlan resolution will be suppressed The document stated the United States was unfit for war and at the mercy of European nations or Japan.
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Washington
Taft
Dickinson
Root
Hull
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
McLachlan
United States
Japan
Hundreds Slain by Bedouin Fanatics in Turkish Syria
Refugees report mass killings in Turkish vilayets and Syria as Bedouin tribes torture soldiers and officials. Christians spared but robbed. Muslims killed. American tourists robbed near Kerak. Turkish troops sent to aid and protect areas. rail links to Damascus and Kerak feared disrupted.
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W Turk Vilayets
Jerusalem
Syria
United States
Miller
Chicago
Kerak
Turkish Vilayet
Damascus
Wherak
Governor Marshall Hides To Write Message
The governor is absent from the state house as his secretary refuses to reveal his location. He has begun work on his message to the General Assembly and has secluded himself to avoid interruptions until it is completed.
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Gov. Marshall
Mark Thistlethwaite
Statehouse
General Assembly
Little Brother of Victim 15 Now Safe After Atropine Incident
Dr W H Foreman reports Chester Staley 4 is out of danger while John Staley died after a physician prescribed atropine. Coroner Blackwell investigates with druggist Neidheimer testifying that Haworth copied a ten drop dose to five drops. John Stanley to be buried Saturday.
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Chester Staley
Chester
John
W. L. Haworth
City Board of Health
Blackwell
C. B. Neidheimer
Shelby Street
John Staley
Neidheimer
John Stanley
Kimball Angered by Mayor Over Remark
City Controller Kimball and Mayor Shank clash after the mayor suggests offering a bookkeeper job, prompting Kimball to defend his roles as accountant auditor and controller not bookkeeper, while noting the mayor’s remark implies unmet requirements for the position.
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Shank
Kimball
Myor
Wallace
Sit
Rebels Routed by Mexican Federal Forces at Guererro
Galveston Tex Dec 15 Gen Navarre commanding Mexican federal troops routed the revolutionists at Guer ero early Thursday for the second time since Sunday Diaz horsemen pressed the rebels into the mountains More than 300 killed or wounded chiefly rebels 500 retreated and were said to be joined by heavy reinforcements
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Galveston
Tex
Navarre
Guerrero
Burglary Target Sparks Night of Local Theft Attacks
In dark rooms residents report thieves stealing trousers and small sums amid a string of petty thefts. Police arrest a colored youth and girl for store thefts, with others charged for purse grabs and a suitcase heist at a terminal station. Theodore Smith linked to five recovered suitcases.
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John Gillespie
Marion Avenue
Gillespie
Golnisch
Bastain
South West Street
Theodore Smith
Traction Terminal
William H. Moore
College Avenue
Helen McGinley
Washington Street
Mattle Hicks
Wohlfield
Wohlfeld
Fletcher Parkhouse
Lorker
Harry Perey
West Henry Street
Craig Hotel
East Washington Street
Daley and
Shine
Terminal Station
Weighty State Questions Set for Legislature
Problems and plans surface as many states this winter consider progressive laws. LAPP outlines other state intentions and how sessions may address broad policy changes.
Problems Before Indiana Solons
Repeal of county option law and township ward options, liquor traffic regulation, interurban railways safety, employers liability and workmen's compensation, voter registration, highway commission, teachers' pensions, uniform commercial acts, primary elections expansion, commission government, governor removal power, abolition of township advisory boards and county councils, certified public accountants, child labor night messenger service, corporate capitalization, convict labor, corrupt practices, law delays, recall.
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State Highway Commission
Commission
Cities
Certified Public Accountants
Indiana to lead winter legislative push on wide reforms
Indiana joins many states in a broad reform agenda this winter. John A. Lapp highlights national measures including workers’ compensation, uniform insurance and divorce acts, liquor regulation, voter registration, and road and utility reforms. Governors’ power shifts and school inspections also figure in agenda.
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Indiana
John A. Lapp
Legislative Reference Department
State Library
Special Libraries
Lapp
Commissioners
Association of Food and Drug Commissioners
Cold Wave Warning Alerts Washington Forecast
The Weather Bureau issued a cold wave warning on Thursday afternoon in Washington. Temperatures are expected to drop 20 or more degrees within the next twenty four hours with high northwest winds.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
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Herbert Mason Clapp
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Clapp
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Kimiball
Solons
California
Kansas
Woodrow Wilson
Connecticut
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