Primus Sinks After Elbe Collision Near Hamburg
The excursion steamer Primus sank after a collision with the Hamburg American tug Hansa in the Elbe. From Buxehude the Primus carried 185 passengers, 50 of whom drowned including a choral society. the ship broke in two and disappeared between Blanknez and Nein stedten, several miles downstream from Hamburg.
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Primus
Hansa
Elbe
Hamburg
Elbe River
Ing. the
Buxehude
Eilbeck
Grinley Accepts Balloon Race Challenge From Porter
T J Grinley of 525 Kentucky avenue accepts Guy Porter’s challenge for a high balloon race. They will meet at THE SUN office Tuesday to arrange terms. Grinley, older than Porter, has a 65 foot hot air balloon and 16 years of ascent experience. His aeronaut father flew in the Civil War with the Nineteenth Massachusetts regiment.
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T. J. Grinley
Kentucky-ave
Guy Porter
Porter
SUN
Grinley
THE
Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment
Mitchell Again Becomes Silent Over Anthracite Market
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers says the matter is under consideration and declines to reveal plans. The union’s last national convention empowered the executive board to order sectional or national strikes to keep bituminous coal from the anthracite market and to take other necessary actions to aid anthracite workers. An executive board member stated that keeping soft coal out of the anthracite field is imperative.
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Mitchell
United Mine Workers
National Executive Board
Broad Ripple conductors to stop double fares citywide
President Hugh McGowan of the street car company announced Monday that Broad Ripple conductors will be told not to collect double fares within city limits. He called it a concession, noting the company could defend charging only one fare from Thirty-eighth Street. Councilman Fred Eppert urged the Board of Works to protest and to note that a recent company order had not been obeyed.
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Hugh McGowan
The
Street Car Company
Broad Ripple
Fred Eppert
Ward 4
Board of Works
City Life Riot and Freight News Pack Indiana Items
City Life reports Hollenbeck press employee defeated Union pipe works 9 to 1 Saturday. Freight trains at Indianapolis last week 29 056 total cars 19 592 loaded. Belt road transfer 20 80 cars. A baby was found on Thomas Jones’s doorstep at 1310 Silver ave and police removed it after his family refused. Frank Tyre, drunk, attempted murder on Jennie Nicewander at 123 S Meridian St with a slashing knife. Fast Mail No 11 westbound wreck near Belt due to signal misunderstanding. no injuries. Also notices tout Floods Sarsaparilla and Bennett's photos and The Sun liners.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Jones
Silver-ave
Jones
Frank Tyre
Jennie Nicewander
S. Meridian St
Tyre
Jennie
Pennsylvania
Belt
Washington Promised to Speak at Indianapolis Fall
Dr. B J Morgan president of the Flanner Institute announces Booker Washington’s promise to come to Indianapolis this fall to address public school teachers. C W Moores of the school board will seek to have the colored orator talk if he comes, after Morgan reminded Washington of the arrangement from a Tuskegee visit last fall.
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B. J. Morgan
Flanner Institute
Booker ‘Washington
Indianapolis
Mr. Washington
Dr. Morgan
Washington
C. W. Moores
Tuskegee
Whiskers Grow Wild On City Clerk Elliott
Charles N. Elliott city clerk and Republican leader returned from Lake Maxinkuckee with a two weeks growth of beard. The untrimmed whiskers cover his face amid cool winds, while a fever blister on his lip complicates grooming. He jokes about wearing a mask or retreat to Maxinkuckee until the blister subsides.
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Charles N. Elliott
Republican County Central Committee
Republican Machine
Elliott
Lake Maxinkkuckee
Burnside
van Dyke
Kansas
Mr. Eliott
Maxinkuckee
Navy dispatch on Panama harbor fighting between insurgents and gov
A July 20 dispatch from Commander Potter aboard the Ranger reports a slight engagement in Panama Bay between insurgent and government vessels. Consul-general Gudger in Panama cables that fighting continues in the harbor between insurgent boats and government forces, with warnings against bombardment of the city or anchorage.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Panama
Potter
Ranger
Panama Bay
Gudger
State Department
Army and Navy Journal objects to Gen Smith retirement
Washington reports the Army and Navy Journal condemns the president's retirement of Gen Jacob H Smith as unjust and unwise. The publication warns it may provoke anti imperialist backlash and erode support for the military establishment. Other items note Maj Gen Brooke's Mayday retirement, Gen MacArthur's command, Brooke's Pennsylvania governor bid, Col J M O Reilly named surgeon general, and US horses in France.
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Washington
Army and Navy Journal
Jacob H. Smith
John R. Brooke
Department of the East
Arthur MacArthur
Brooke
Pennsylvania
Col
3. M. O'Reilly
Gen. Forwood
Greenfield Faces Smallpox Fear Across County
Six smallpox cases in Greenfield have prompted a possible quarantine. The outbreak has spread to six families, all quarantined, sparking fear and reminders of Knightstown’s earlier experience. Dr Hurty of the State health board urged strict quarantine enforcement during a countywide visit, saying the danger era may be past and noting risk from Knightstown travelers.
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Hancock County
Knightstown
Hurry
Lego
City mulls street lighting contract as legislature weighs ten year limit
Mayor Bookwalter says decision depends on two bidders and Commercial club committee input. Officials expect Indianapolis Light and Power and Home Heating and Lighting to favor delaying the contract. The current provider could extend four to five months, while Home Heating cites its garbage contract and a desire to avoid court over a ten year term.
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Bookwalter
Indianapolis Light and Power
Indianapolis
Rauh
First Weekday Labor Picnic in Indianapolis Attracts Thousands
The Machinists union held its annual picnic on a Saturday for the first time in Indianapolis, showcasing the Saturday half holiday benefit of shorter hours. About 5,000 attended the afternoon event at Armstrong Park with racing, dancing, football, a greased pig prize, and a Diamond chain works versus Atkins saw works baseball game. A late-evening program was rained out. another picnic is planned for August.
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Armstrong Park
Machinists’ Union
Indianapolis
Collins
Street Railway Company
Atkins’ Saw Works
Diamond Chain Works
Llinois
Washington Sts
Mother Jones vows to challenge contempt ruling in Clarksburg
Mother Jones declares she will seek bond withdrawal when she returns to Clarksburg to hear Judge Jackson's decision in the contempt case. She denounces the district attorney, asserts she is an American citizen, plans a Washington appeal, and says she will mobilize public pressure with a congress of the people. She leaves Indianapolis for Clarksburg, where the decision is due on Thursday.
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Clarksburg
Virago
Jackson
Washington
Congress of the People
Congress
Mother Jones
Indianapolis
Nichols
Scranton
Railroad tax clash over twenty seven cents session
The State tax board held a morning session as Three I railroads and others argued over a small 27 cent difference in valuations. Indiana Illinois Iowa sought lower main track rates from 19 486 per mile and rolling stock values were disputed. Gov Durbin and officials listened as the case continued with Monon Erie Nickel Plate and Wabash scheduled for the afternoon.
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R. P. Raffenberrick
Raffenberrick
Charles Murdock
Lafayette
Monon
Erie
Crown Hill Will Pay One Third Of Sewer Costs
Crown Hill trustees and City engineer Nelson met to approve funding for the Northwestern avenue sewer. The original estimate was 61000 dollars, but a later addition will raise total cost to about 73000 dollars. Crown Hill will contribute about 24000 dollars, covering roughly one third of the project.
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Crown Hill
Nelson
Northwestern-ave
City plans two Fall Creek boulevard segments funding
The city intended an ordinance to appropriate 75 000 to 80 000 dollars for two Fall Creek boulevard sections. The plan was deferred due to City Attorney Joss’s absence and will be ready at the next council meeting. Segments span Capitol avenue to Central avenue and New York to Tentkrist with levee work by property owners and a city driveway atop the dyke.
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Fall Creek Boulevard
Joss
Capitol-ave
Central-ave
New York
Tentkrist
Uncle Sam and White River Pollution Debate
West Indianapolis real estate loses about 25 percent value due to water pollution, a government inspector states. Mayor Bookwalter challenges Kingan & Co. and other packers, arguing they would avoid polluting the river due to cost, noting the stream is navigable and questioning federal responsibility.
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Uncle Sam
White River
West Indianapolis
Bookwalter
Kingan & Co
Quarantine Breach Reports Moses Burke Evasion
Dr. Hurty of the State health board received Monday morning word from Sheridan that Moses Burke of that place has broken quarantine and evaded officers, who are making a strenuous effort to land him back with his family.
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Dr. Hurty
The
State Health Board
Sheridan
Moses Burke
Work Starts On Foundation Of New Federal Building
Excavations finished and foundation work to begin Tuesday morning. No work Monday due to delay in crushed stone delivery. Foundation described as a natural base of crushed stone and concrete, forming the building’s base.
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Federal Building
Klondike veteran predicts record gold output in Texas report
Owen Fauntleroy, back from four years in the Klondike, says estimates place this year’s gold output at 325,000,000. The report comes from Fort Worth Texas dated July 21 and notes possible total output nearing twenty five million dollars in value.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Owen Fauntleroy
Klondike
YMCA Camp at Wawasee Hosts New Party of Boys
A new party began at the Y M C A camp on Monday morning at Wawasee with Rev Worth M Tippy Walter Boyd Arthur Guedel and E H Henderson among others. A 40 by 3 foot streamer bearing In Gianapolis Y M C A flies from a tall flagpole cut for the camp by J K Illy, drawing much attention.
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Wawasee
Worth
M. Tippy
Walter. Boyd
Arthur, Guedel
E. H. Henderson
Gianapolis Y. M.-C. A
J. K. Illy
Liners Seek Game Next Sunday
The Sun reports that the Liners want a game next Sunday indicating plans to arrange an opponent and a venue as soon as possible.
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the Sun Liners
City Council to Visit Tom Taggart at French Lick
With few exceptions the city council accepts ex Mayor Thomas Taggart invitation to travel by special car to French Lick for a two day visit. Mayor Bookwalter cannot attend due to city duties. He praises Taggart as a very nice man despite political differences.
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Thomas Taggart
French Lick
Tom
Bookwalter
Tom Taggart
Tag
Weather outlook for Indianapolis area, July forecast
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers 36 hours to 8 p m July 22. Fair conditions with a gradual rise in temperature Monday night into Tuesday. Morning 58, noon 64, 2 pm 68 with generally fair weather across Indiana and nearby states. A receding low pressure system over the St Lawrence drives a brief cold spell, then improvement by Tuesday night.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Mr. Blythe
St. Lawrence
Money Coming In for Strike War Chest in Indiana
Ohio delegation sent 10000 dollars and Illinois would have 50000 more, with funds expected to arrive within days. President Mitchell heads to Wilkes Barre to direct the strike, remaining in the anthracite fields through end of conflict. Secretary Wilson to issue district notices. overall donations aimed at 400000 dollars by week’s end to sustain the strike until weekly assessments start. Central Labor Union of Indianapolis plans to raise at least 500 dollars Monday.
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Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
Wilson
Ohio
Illinois
Indianapolis
Central Labor Union
Catholic Church Dedication At Lebanon Attended By City Clergy
Fourteen coaches carried members of Indianapolis Catholic societies to Lebanon for the dedication of a new church. Bishop Alerding presided at 10 am, with solemn high mass at 10:30. Sermons were given by Rev. Morrissey and Rev. Mulcahy as confirmation occurred. St Joseph’s Church cost 13000 to erect and is under Rev Crawley. Visiting clergy included Rev Duffey, Gavish, Lennert, Gottbehoeda, Dinnen, Guendling, Bleckmann, Quinlan, Moench, Lyons, and Rev Jos FF. from Fort Wayne.
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Lebanon
Alerding
A. J. Morrissey
D. J. Mulcahy
Anderson
St. Joseph's Church
P. J. Crawley
St. Patrick's
F. H. Gavish
C. J. Lennert
St James, Ind
P. Lucas Gottbehoeda
O.F. M
John R. Dinnen
Chas. Guendling
Lafayette
John Bleckmann
Michigan City
John R. Quinlan
Huntington
Louis Moench
Valparaigo
M. W. Lyons
Brownsburg
Jos. FF
Fort Wayne
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the Sun” Office
Will
M’gowan
City Life
Hollenbeck Press
Union Pipe Works
Sheg and
Carnaby
Thomas and
Eeges
Flood
Charley Elliott
Army Journal
Gen. Smith
Walter T. Griffin
United States
Limoges
State
Department
France
Maggie Mitchell Helmbold
Senator Mitchell
Oregon
Francis. Hoyt Griffin
White House
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Greenfield
Hurty
Commercial Club
Gov. Durbin
State Tax Board
I Railroad
Richmond and
Lafayette Street Railways
R. J. Cary
Iowa
M. C
Charlie
Wulschnerm
Jan
Baldwin
Miners’ Strike
Wikesbarre
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