Lee Placed at Head of Committee in Indiana Republicans
Edwin M. Lee of Lawrenceburg was elected Republican state chairman by a unanimous committee drawn from city and county workers. Henry W. Bennett became vice chairman with John F. Hayes as secretary and Frank D. Stamaxer as treasurer. Senator Beveridge urged close ties to the people to ensure victory in Indiana across four campaigns, warning of Democratic gerrymandering and stressing public welfare and national stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin M. Lee
Lawrenceburg
Henry W. Bennett
Indianapolis
John F. Hayes
Indianapois
Frank D. Stamaxer
Beveridge
Columbia Club
Indiana
Frankly Tod
Rnse
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Congress
Taft
James P. Goodrich
Fred A. Sims
Carl W. Riddick
Mr. Sims
Jim Goodrich
Claypool
W. H. O'Brien
O'Brien
Law
Four men ordered to repay $80 from craps loss
Louie Brown and three accomplices faced Judge Collins after Robinson reported an $80 embezzlement from a craps game at 546% W Washington. The court withheld one sentence and gave them until Saturday to return the money, while Robinson testified he lost $104 and the $80 belonged to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie” Brown, Jr
Collins
John Robinson
Brown
Washington Street
Robinson
Judge Collins
Everett Middaugh
Robert Walters
Bert Boens
Gerber
Holtz
Boys Refute Claims In Freight Train Coal Incident
Railroad Detective Young testified that two boys William Childers and Artie Pompey threw off three tons of coal from a stationary freight train at the L E W junction in five minutes. The boys deny being on the train and say the officer fired six shots and grabbed them. Police court judgment was withheld Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Childers
E. Twenty Second Street
Artie Pompey
Arsenal Avenue
Young
L. E. & W. Junction
Childers
Pompey
Pure Food Law Probes Dairy Lunches and Men
James M. Solenberg proprietor of a dairy lunch at 33 W Ohio street and Frank Guyette manager of the Thompson dairy lunch were fined ten dollars and costs each for one charge. A second charge was postponed until they comply with pure food law requirements by keeping foods in glass cases. Inspectors seized warrants for Oscar Bartel and George North amid charges of preservative acid in mince meat. Hearings adjourned until February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Solenberg
Ohio Street
Frank Guyette
Thompson Dairy Lunch
EB. Washington Street
Collins
Bert Cohn
State Pure Food Commission
Oscar Bartel
EK. Washington Street
George North
Noble Street
No Revolver Denied to Ex-Detective Holder of Sizable Cash
Joan Von Koske claimed he once was a detective and said a revolver would have prevented a Thursday night holdup at Liberty and Washington streets in which three men took 45 cents while he overlooked $75 in his pocket. He was stopped at the Tremont hotel and, lacking a permit, was refused the weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan von Koske
Liberty
Washington Streets
von Koske
Tremont Hotel
New Jersey
Massachusetts Congressman Lovering Dies in Washington
Congress reports the death of Representative Lovering of Massachusetts after several weeks of illness. He passed away this morning in Washington with a long service record in the House and Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,d. C
Lovering
Massachusetts
Box admits killing Barrett in self defense at Indianapolis saloon
Thomas W. Box ex sheriff of Lawrence County and farmer testified he killed Martin E. Barrett in defense of his life after Barrett struck him and broke toward his revolver in a saloon doorway. Box said Barrett attacked him on the Illinois Georgia corner and followed him to threaten further harm. He described the confrontation and the two-shot sequence to the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Barrett
Thomas W. Box
Lawrence County
Box
Barrett
Spaan
Indianapolis
Michigan City
Marion County
Oneida
S.illinois Street
S. Illinois Street
Mitchell Box
Martin E. Barrett
Rusagil
Mr. Box
Illinois
Georgia
Pritchard
Criminal Court
Roosevelt's Lecturing Services In Demand Across Europe
In Mule Uganda Protectorate on Feb 4 Theodore Roosevelt’s lectures are sought at about a dozen European centers. He cannot accept new engagements beyond those arranged. He plans to reach England on May 15 and return to America about a month later. He arrived today with the hunting party and will not shoot for two weeks until Gondokoro, 110 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inmule
Uganda Protectorate
Theodore Roosevelt
England
America
Gondokoro
Half Million Workers Victims Of Accidents
Dr Tolman, director of the New York Museum of Safety and Sanitation, told physicians at Turck sanitarium that 1909 saw a conservative estimate of 300000 killed and wounded in America's industrial workforce, with an annual wage loss of 250 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
William X. Tolman
New York Museum of Safety and Sanitation
Turck Sanitarium
Anti-Saloon League Campaigns for Chicago
Volunteers of the Anti-Saloon League worked all night in Chicago to reach 6,100 signatures for a direct vote on wet or dry Chicago. With 300 names still needed, they pressed on with hours to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Anti-Saloon League
Meteor Falls in Iowa Leaves Sky Ablaze Near Keokuk
A huge several ton meteor is reported to have fallen west of Keokuk Iowa early today. The brilliant light was visible in Keokuk and from Alexander Hampton and Quincy and many nearby towns felt the shock of the blast. The blast described as like a great conflagration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Here
Alexander
Hampton
Quincy
Packers May Compete With Cattle Raisers
Chicago February 4 Edward Morris of Morris & Co packers has bought a ranch in Old Mexico spanning 1 250 000 acres for 1 000 000 dollars to breed beef cattle for American consumption. The purchase suggests packers will compete with farmers and ranchers as cattle breeders amid supply shortfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward Morris
Morris & Co., Packers
Old Mexico
Squealers in Beef Trust Probe Prompt New Secrecy
Chicago date line reports district attorney seeks to bar witnesses from grand jury sessions after former Armour & Co official W. D. Miles testified. Additional ex-packers are said to be eager to testify for the government amid fears of trouble for the packing firms and disclosure of inner workings of the beef trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
District Attorney
W. D. Miles
Armour & Co
Prohibitionists to Hold Marion County Convention in Morrison Hall
The Marion county Prohibition party holds its first county convention in Morrison hall on February 12. E. W. Chafin of Chicago, the 1896 Prohibition presidential candidate, will speak. Delegates will be chosen for the state convention, and tickets, orders, and other business will be transacted with sessions at 10 20 am and 1 30 pm and a banquet at the YMCA building at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Party
Marion County
Morrison Hall
Lincoln
E. W. Chafin
Chicago
Prohibition
Vandalia seeks halt on Indiana headlight order
The Vandalia Railway sues the Indiana Railway Commission in superior court No. 3 to bar the order requiring locomotives to have 1500 candlepower headlights. The company calls the power class legislation and says $100 per locomotive is too costly. Penalties for noncompliance range from $100 to $1000 per case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia Railway Company
Railway Commission of Indiana
Mayor Shank's Office Postpones City Departments Meeting
Mayor Shank is out of town in St Louis attending the Model License league convention. A private secretary says the special meeting of city department heads scheduled for Friday afternoon has been postponed to next Friday afternoon to discuss departmental work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
Babcock
St.Louis
Model License League
Indiana Lincoln league heads toward Columbus convention
Judge Ed Jackson of the Henry circuit court is poised for Indiana Lincoln league president with a Columbus convention expected to be the largest in the league’s history. Grant Fitch and Miles J. Furnas are active candidates while David E. Peer seeks Democratic state treasurer nomination. Duffin, Lamb ally, may run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Jackson
Henry
Indiana
Lincoln League of Republican
Columbus
Judge Jackson
Claypool
Grant Fitch
Miles J. Furnas
Winchester
League
Lincoln League
Kentucky Sinks After Hull Leak On Horn Voyage
The steamship Kentucky, an aging liner, sprang a leak six hours after leaving New York for the Horn voyage. The Mallory liner Alamo rushed to the scene after receiving the distress call via wireless operator McLarney who reported the vessel unfit for the trip. The Kentucky, built for multiple lines and refitted for the Horn, is said to be sinking some distance southeast of Hatteras but was still afloat at noon with a wireless relay confirming the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Wireless Company
Newport News
McLarney
Wireless Company
Waldorf- Astoria
Alamo
Kentucky
Eastern Steamship Company
Lincoln
Boston
Bath
Martinique
Miami-Nassau
Joy Line
New England
Alaska-Pacific Company
The
Horn
Navy aids Kentucky after distress near Cape Henlopen
The Navy Department sent wireless orders to the battleship Louisiana, at sea off the Virginia coast, to assist the steamship Kentucky reported sinking near Cape Henlopen Delaware as crews monitor the situation and respond to the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Louisiana
Virginia
Kentucky
Cape Henlopia
Del
Train wreck derails in Mississippi injuring ten
Ni cois Central train No. 3 the Chicago New Orleans special derailed near Tallahatchie Mississippi this morning. Ten people were reported injured none seriously. The engine struck a defective rail causing the derailment and overturning. Baggage mail and express cars followed the engine but passenger coaches remained on the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahatchie
Miss
New Orleans
Blaze Threatens National Refining Boiler Room
A rapid blaze in the boiler room of the National Refining Company on OK and Harding streets was discovered shortly before 4 AM Friday. Firemen from Hose Company No. 1 arrived quickly, contained flames, and estimated losses not to exceed 315 dollars. The discoverer’s identity was learned by responders who found no one present on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Refining Company
Harding Streets
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Lee
Bennett
Detegtae
Ninols Street
Ersonages
Ernest Henry Sackville-West
Lord Sackville-West
London
Victoria Sackville-West
Lord Sackville- West
Josefa Duran
Ernest Henry Sackville- West
Lord Sackville
Roosevelt
Bames
Iowa
Vandalia
David E
Marshall Democrats
Samuel C. Foster
Fort Wayne
W. H. Schehman
Foater
Hugh Dougherty
Bluffter
Wella County
Marion Trust Company
Marshall
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