White River improvements eyed to aid freight flows
A committee from the Indiana branch of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress met miners in Indianapolis to seek approval for a White River deepening project. F A W Davis urged that river works would cut freight rates by about 6.77 million dollars annually and raise Indianapolis population by half a million.
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W. Davis
Indiana Branch of Rivers and Harbors Congress
Labor Convention
Indiana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
United Mine Workers Convention
Indianapolis
Congress
F. A. W. Davis
Indianapolis Water Company
White River
W. H. Freeman
Charles S. Bush
Fort Wayne
Horace Starr
Richmond
Ind
J. Frank Hanly
Bookwalter
J. F. Ellison
Joseph E. Ransdell
National Organization
Henry Riesenberg
Charles F. Zollars
Chicago
James E. Watson
O. P. Austin
German House
Thomas A. Sims
J. E. Ellison
Cincinnati
W National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Perry A. Randall
Henry Warrum
Thomas HR. Shipp
United States Inland Waterways Commission
A. P. Austin
Bureau of Statistics
Washington, D. C
I. H. Odell
Evansville
Sol Kiser
Mother's $100 purchase of a husband for her daughters
In probate court Minnie Ensey testifies her mother paid Algernon Wintermute $100 to find husbands for Minnie and her sister Josephine. Minnie names Albert Lesh as her husband chosen, while noting Josephine did not wed then. Minnie says she divorced Lesh and now lives with a traveling doctor known as Dr Hope.
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Minnie
Minnie Ensey
Joseph Wintermute
Ensey
Josephine
Algernon Benjamin Wintermute
Mrs. Ensey
Albert Lesh
Lesh
Harry Wetter
Dr. Hope
Maxim Foresees Motorized Navies Transform War At Sea
Prof Hudson Maxim declares motorization will revolutionize naval warfare, arguing faster ships and mechanized weapons will redefine sea power and strategy. He outlines potential benefits for propulsion, range, and battlefield mobility.
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Hudson Maxim
Police Court wrangle over venue in liquor cases
Attorney Henry Seyfried seeks change of venue in liquor case against George Knarzer amid claims of biased police court procedures. Knarzer and saloon keeper William O'Hara were fined in police court. grand jury indictments reportedly favored saloon defendants.
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Henry Seyfried
George Knarzer
Jo Ele
Knarzer
William O'Hara
Seyfried
Whalloon
Hack
Oren Hack
O'Hara
Hack and Seyfried
Grand Jury
Seyfrica
Whalou
Railroads and City Plan Meet on Creek Transformation
Railroad officers and Mayor C A Bookwalter discuss plans to lower the creek and run lines into a sewer. A February conference is sought with Indianapolis Union Railway directors, awaiting a set meeting date.
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Lower Creek
C. A. Bookwalter
Indianapolis Union Railway
Archie Dukes Not Moved by Questioning in Robbery Case
After hours of cross questioning Archie Duke aged 2? years stood mute while detectives pressed him. He and his 18 year old brother Walter 16 year old Fred Wright and 2420 E Michigan Jr Guy Brown were arrested on charges tied to a series of eastern city robberies. The youths confessed to safe blowing attempts and burglaries at Stultz & Lee on Sherman drive and A L Reed on Ey Michigan street.
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Archie Duke
Delossst
Bray
Lieut. Manning
Duke
Walter
Fred Wright
S. Sherman-drive
Guy Brown
E. Michigan
Shermuh-drive
New York-at
A. L. Reed
Michigan-st
Justice Stout to Move Court to Beech Grove
Justice Harvey B. Stout, longtime on Washing ton street near Delaware street, will move his office to Beech Grove by month’s end. He was appointed Beech Grove justice Jan. 1 and will leave current quarters when lease ends, amid local complaints over delayed relocation.
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Justice Stout
Beech Grove
Harvey B. Stout
Washington St
Delaware St
Stout
Man Dies After Accidental Revolver Discharge
John Wirt 621 South Alabama street accidentally discharged a revolver he was cleaning Tuesday night. The bullet struck him in the abdomen as he sat at a kitchen table. Mrs Wirt and his daughter found him. he died in his wife’s arms. Wirt, a department store clerk, had lived in Indianapolis since September and previously in Crawfordsville. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Indianapolis Sun
New York
Frank Brady
Macey'’s
Broadway
May Roberts Clarke
New York Hospital
Brady
Wirt
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville
Ira Porter Indicted on First Degree Murder Charge
Winchester Indiana January 22 The grand jury indicted Ira Porter of New Pittsburg for first degree murder after his wife was killed by a shotgun discharge last Wednesday Porter claimed the gun discharged accidentally while she was bringing it to him and faced murder charges in court.
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Winchester
Ind
Ira Porter
Pittsburg
Porter
Guards and dynamite scare at Hayes Cayys warehouse
In Clarksville last night armed guards repelled assailants linked to Hayes Cayys stash. Two intruders were shot when dynamite was found under the warehouse. One attacker named Atkins and another named Watkins were wounded, while Affhird escaped.
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Clarksville
Toni Jesus
Hayes Cayys
Atkins
Watkins
Thaw Codicil Admitted in Evidence in Thaw Trial
Justice Dowling today admitted Harry K Thaw s will and codicil in the murder trial revealing bequests to Edna Chase Paula Desmond Edna Goodrich Marie Courtney and other women connected to the Stanford White case. Anthony Comstock testified Thaw sent letters asking for White s prosecution and described alleged mistreatment of girls.
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New York
White
Marie Courtney
Anthony Comstock
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Thaw
Stanford White
Henry W. Poor
Comstock
Madison Square Tower
Littleton
Society For the Suppression of Vice
Jerome
Mle Girh
Players raid by police at basement craps game
Captain Martin Hyland and a team raided a basement gambling den at 8 Washington Street. Eleven players and one keeper were arrested. Burley Fike was fined 319 and ten days in the workhouse. The others listed, including Mike Hayes and Ivory Gray, were fined five dollars plus costs for visiting the gambling house.
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Martin Hyland
EL Washington St
Sandmann
Quigley
Sergis
Hagarty
White
Washington St
Burley Fike
Baites St
Mike Hayes
Tacoma-ave
Roy Hassey
N. East-st
Ivory Gray
Albert Saylor
Delaware-st
Ralph Smith
Nelson-st
Henry Walters
Virginia-ave
Clyde
Auto speed estimate in Cochran death case at intersection
William Davidson testified before Coroner Petersdorf Tuesday about the speed of the automobile that killed John R. Cochran at Pennsylvania and Washington streets. Davidson placed the speed between 30 and 50 mph. Other witnesses included George Adams Edward Manning and V E Dean. The driver Frank Hill remains under bond on a manslaughter charge.
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John R. Cochran
Pennsylvania
Washington Srs
Davidson
George Adams
Edward Manning
V. E. Dean
Frank Hill
Roosevelt Avenue Shade of Avenue First List Approved
The primary assessment roll for Roosevelt Avenue erading from Gale to Hasel Street was approved by the Board of Public Works on Wednesday.
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Roosevelt Ave
Gale
Hasel
Board of ‘Public Works
Card Party by Women’s Auxiliary at Knights Hall
Woman's auxiliary of the Typographical union will host a card party Friday afternoon at Knights and Ladies of Honor hall located at 53 N Pennsylvania St. Proceeds support union activities.
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Woman's Auxiliary
Typographical Union
Knights and Ladies of Honor Hall
Pennsylvania
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Ilinois
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