Farmers Divided Over Indiana Highway and Local Options
The Indiana Farmers congress debated repeal of county local option law and a state highway commission plan with a four quarter mill tax and auto taxes. Opponents failed to unite on the highway measure as I M Miller and others pressed opposition, the final vote six to five amid protests from city representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Indiana Farmers’ Congress
Gov. Marshall
General Assembly
David Wallace
Indianapolis
Good Roads Congress
Newsom
Congress
Wallace
Strange
Indiana
I. M. Miller
Grant County
Highway Commission
Insane Women at Christmas Demand Dolls at Hospital
At the Central hospital for the insane in West Washington Street a Christmas craze sees 1210 of 750 women craving dolls, with others choosing handkerchiefs or neckties. Dolls, doll dresses, and craft are planned, while men choose pipes, handkerchiefs, or neckties. Each patient receives eight ounces of mixed candy, one pint of peanuts, and one pint of popcorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Hospital For the Insane
West Washington Street
George F. Edenharter
English aviator Grace crosses English Channel for fifth time
Cecil Grace crossed the English Channel in a Wright biplane for the fifth time, aiming for a $20,000 prize from Baron de Forest. The flight began at Calais and lasted eighty minutes from departure to arrival over Paris headed south. Crowds cheered as Grace disappeared from view.
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Calais
France
English
Cecil Grace
Grace
Baron de Forest
Channel
Paris
Eleven Year Old Fay Pulliam Missing From Home
Fay Pulliam eleven daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Pulliam of 226 North Pine street disappeared from her home Wednesday at 5 p m The father searched all night and found no trace He visited relatives and friends but she was not at their homes The last seen in the front yard her mother called and she was gone Police are urged to find her as her distraught parents suspect no kidnapping and full police effort is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Pulliam
John W. Pulliam
North Pine Street
Americans stone foreign laborers in Stinesville clash
In Stinesville Indiana on Wednesday night houses of foreign laborers were stoned and shots fired. Tensions rose as quarry operators employed many migrant workers and local Americans ceased work in protest. Further trouble was feared as dismissals and unrest followed the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Stinesville
Subscriptions Rally for Sun Prize Drives
Campaign text urges readers to buy newspaper subscriptions to boost votes and win prizes such as a Maxwell Touring Car or $2,000 in gold. It warns time is short, urging action before contest close and advising sharing slips with the department to start or date subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the
Indianapolis Sun
Suspicious Acts Lead to Arrests in City Robberies
Police thwarted a suspected holdup by arresting 18 year old George Stiff of Eagle block near Washington and West street. A rock in a silk kerchief and a revolver were found on him as he trailed a telegraph office victim. Other incidents include a diamond stud theft at a rooming house, two men attempting a hold up on A J Chandler, a $25.99 theft at a saloon, and Isaac Morton’s purse theft charging in court with $1000 bond set.
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Simon and Manning
George Stiff
Eagle Block
Washington
West Street
Stiff
Western Union Telegraph Company
Meridian
Monument Place
Basil Spethenell
Spethonok
Hannah Wilmoth
North Capitol Avenue
George Kirkwood
A. J. Chandler
New Jersey Street
Chandler
David Dodge
Colton Street
William Farber
Blackford Street
Indiana Avenue
William Mason
Mason
Hattie Behmer
Surtherland Avenue
Isaac Morton
Morton
Grand
Council to Decide on City Hall Furniture Funding
A special council meeting Thursday night will discuss furnishing the new city hall. The board of works expected to use about $10,000 remaining from the city hall fund, but a transfer of funds is now being considered. The rest of the text notes caucus maneuvering over committee chairmanships and potential appointments among local political figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Board of Works
Stilz
Owen
Finance Committee
Blumberg
Copeland
Public Service Committee
School Heads to Advocate Salary for County Supervisors
At the semi annual session the association urged legislation to pay the office of county superintendent of schools on a salary rather than per diem and raise pay. Jesse Webb of Johnson County called underpayment in Indiana and urged medical exams for students and full salary when teachers study elsewhere. Resolutions supported keeping the uniform text book law and requiring local verification of teachers’ exam papers by county superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superintendents’ Association
Jesse (. Webb
Johnson County
Legislative Committee
Webb
Indiana
Indiana Democrats Plan Reception for Champ Clark
The Indiana democratic club will host Champ Clark at its Western Union building quarters Friday evening. Gov. Marshall John W Kern and Representative Korbly have been invited to speak. A luncheon of doughnuts coffee and cigars will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
Western Union Telegraph Building
Gov. Marshall
John W. Kern
Representative Korbly
Mauretania’s Record Atlantic Run Nears End
The Cunard steamer Mauretania is due at Fishguard around 10 PM Thursday completing a record Atlantic round trip. Passengers will transfer to special trains for onward travel to London and Dover, with an estimated eleven days fourteen hours and seven minutes to complete the full voyage to New York.
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London
Cunard
Fishguard
Dover
New York
Principals' Club Issues Yearend Program for Indianapolis Schools
The Principals' club of Indianapolis public schools releases a biweekly program for the rest of the school year. Readings cover The High School of Tomorrow, Dental Hygiene, The Psychology of Learning, and John Dewey among others. The final meeting is set for April 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Principals’ Club
Indianapolis Public Schools
High School of Tomorrow
George Buck
Florence L. Richards
P. W. Covert
C. S. Wood
Board of Health
J. K. Bauer
Mabel Kellar
Annie Parker
Henrietta Colgan
Senate committee trims expenses and staff
A senate expense committee meeting with Lieut. Gov. Hall and senators Clark Proctor Maas proposes cutting at least four thousand dollars from expenses. Plans include ten doorkeepers ten regular clerks two committee clerks and fewer printed bills as committee heads hint at chairmanships in Judiciary A Judiciary B Education and Finance and Corporations.
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Senate
Senate Committee On
Salem Clark
Hall
Rushville
Robert E. Proctor
Elkhart
Charles Maas
Indianapolis
Judiciary
Samuel D. Rouse
Terre Haute
Frank M. Kistler
Logansport
George W. Curtis
Mt. Vernon
Tinance and
Corporations
Stephen B. Fleming
Ft. Wayne
James J. Netterville
Anderson
Judge punishes four with six month abstinence pledge
Judge Collins in police court sent four prisoners to spiritual advisers to pledge not to drink for six months. The Dun can couple led the sentence after confessing intoxication and assault. The court ordered monitoring for good behavior with ongoing supervision. Mrs Hamilton and Mary Hanefin were the other two offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hamilton
Mary Hanefin
Indiana firm wins bid to recover royalties in stacker case
Judge Remster upheld Indiana Manufacturing in a circuit court ruling in the case against Nichols & Shepherd. The firm demurred to paragraphs in the defendant’s answer and was sustained, seeking about 18 000 dollars in royalties on pneumatic stackers used with thrashing machines whose patents are held by the plaintiff. The suit is one of many similar federal court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Manufacturing Company
Nichols & Shepherd Company
Remster
Forsyth Wins $500 Art Prize at Chicago Exhibition
William Forsyth, an Indianapolis artist, secures the $500 prize from the Corporation of Fine Arts of Chicago for the best painting among 280 submitted by the Society of Western Artists and Artists of America. The first year prizes were shared by Demmett Grover of Chicago, F. O. Sylvester of St. Louis, and L. S. Meakin of Cincinnati.
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William Forsyth
Indianapolis
Corporation of Fine Arts of Chicago
Society of Western Artists and Artists of America
John Herron Art Institute
Demmett Grover
Chicago
F. O. Sylvester
St. Louis
L. S. Meakin
Cincinnati
Former State Auditor Enters Insurance Field
John C. Reillheimer, former state auditor, will open offices in the Odd Fellows building. He becomes president of the Home Fire Insurance Company now being organized and will serve as state agent for Security Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Reillheimer
State
Odd Fellows Building
Home Fire Insurance Company
Security Life
Colored Gil Scales Walls and Escapes
Mary Hall a 19 year old inmate at the Woman's prison escaped Thursday morning by climbing a lumber pile against the east wall and pulling herself over from the top. She had a key to the east door and unlocked it then fled with no trace. Hall serving two to fourteen years for burglary and previously arrested in Louisville on Nov 24 1909 after disguising as a man to steal diamonds from a rooming house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hall
Louisville
North Senate
Monologue by Frederick H. Wilson at Odd Fellows Hall
Under lodge auspices Indianapolis lodge No. 465 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Frederick H Wilson impersonator presents a monologue drama Thursday evening at the lodge hall 824 Virginia avenue The subject is David Jonathan and Saul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Order of Odd Fellows
Frederick H. Wilson
Lodge
Virginia Avenue
Wilson
David, Jonathan and
Saul
O'Brien Dies at 65, New York Banker and Education Leader
Miles M. O'Brien, vice president of Mercantile National Bank and former president of the board of education for twelve years, died Thursday after several weeks of illness. He was 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miles M. O’brien
Mercantile National Bank
Board of Education
Auditors Choose Legislative Men
Indiana county auditors association closes annual session at Denison hotel with a committee on construction of laws led by John L. Parris Morris Martin and others. Additional committees include Uniformity of administration and OD program chaired by H T Payne and James Cronin Sr.
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County Auditors’ Association of Indiana
Denison
John «Lp
Morris
Martin
A. B. Easterling
Howard
H. L. Knox
Johnson
W. B. Gray
Fountain
J. P. Noftiger
Wabash
H. T. Payne
Vermilion
John
T. Scott
Knox
George Baxter
Tippecanoe
Bennet B. Engle
Monntgomery
James Cronin ,Sr
Blackford
Wil
Legislative committee drafts ideas into bills
The passage lists members Richards Madison C L Airhart Putnam J L Burns Clay Albert Sahm Marion and Thomas Nugent Daviess. The legislative committee has not yet put its ideas into the form of bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liams. Richards
Madison
C. L. Airhart
Putnam
J. L. Burns
Clay
Albert Sahm
Marion
Thomas Nugent
Daviess
Animals Rescued From Fire In Capitol Ave Barn
Two mules and a horse were saved from a burning barn behind Charles Ferger's home at 1019 North Capitol Avenue at 3 30 a m. The barn suffered heavy damage to the upper portion. Ferger says the blaze was started by an incendiary. Firefighters focused on rescuing the animals as flames licked the hay loft.
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Charles Ferger
North Capitol Avenue
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Indiana Democratic Club
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the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
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Woman
O'Brien
Wasson
Dance In
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Muncie
Noblesville
Tipton
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Peru
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