Political graft alleged in Indianapolis police reform bid
The piece argues that Indianapolis police and fire departments are being pressed to align with Democratic mayoral candidate William Schoppenhorst and Republican ally John D. Volz. It claims $25,000 was approved to establish four police substations and 26 new positions, with site selection and appointments controlled by Schoppenhorst, amid accusations of patronage and bias in the Board of Public Safety and city council.
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Indianapolis
William Schoppenhorst
Schoppenhorst
Board of Public Safety
Charles A. Bookwalter
Bookwalter
Republican City Committee
John D. Volz
Volz
Senator Hemenway Will Not Reply to Roosevelt Letter
Senator Hemenway refuses to respond to Roosevelt's attack in Hale’s letter. He asserts fraud exists, says the president unfairly targets Congress, and directs readers to his report for his full reply. He adds no further comments at this time.
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Washington
Hemenway
Roosevelt
Senator Hate
Congress
Hale
Noose Waits for Slayers as of York Senate Vote
The Indiana senate voted 23 to 17 to keep the gallows as a state institution as a warning to murderers. The Grube bill to abolish capital punishment was killed with the majority report adopted. Senator Grube urged the minority report favoring passage and claimed he had no committee hearing.
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Noose
Slayers
AS OF
York
Indiana
Grube
Senate rail committee tightens freight train limit to 75 cars
The Senate committee on railroads released a dividend report on the 70 day train bill urged by labor groups. Railway company representatives opposed the measure in an open meeting. labor advocates argued for it. The committee majority recommended killing the bill while the minority report urging passage was adopted, setting 75 cars as the maximum freight train length.
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Senate Committee On Railroads
Burglars Enter Rouse on Illinois Street
Burglars entered both sides of a double house at 615 and 617 North Illinois Street Monday night. Mrs. Josephine Driscol, age 17, found that burglars had carried off clothing and a purse with a small amount of change. Next door, nothing was taken. Both homes were broken in through the front window.
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N. Ilinois Street
Josephine Driscol
Headlight Bill Passes Senate Rapidly
The bill requiring railroads to equip freight and passenger locomotives with 1 000 candlepower acetylene headlights passed the Senate. The action occurred on a Tuesday as noted in The Letter.
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Senate
Special Judge Named in Prestolite Damage Suit
Special Judge Charles Remster presided Tuesday in the Prestolite damage case noting court activity. The brief item records a procedural development with no verdict announced.
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Charles
Remster
Explosion Kills Dozens in Port Blanchard Mine Blast
A blast at 8 am in Erie company Port Blanchard mine injures many and traps workers. Fifteen dead or dying, and authorities fear about 30 remain buried as fire rages in the 14 foot vein. Rescue efforts continue amid thousands of spectators and chaotic scenes.
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Pittston
Erie Company
Port Blanchard
Miama
Senators Fear Anarchy Armed in Ohio Senate
In Columbus on March 2 two-thirds of the Ohio senate arrived armed with revolvers after a threatening letter from John Kemiska to Senator Gillette. Senator Yount warned he would open fire at the first sign of danger from the galleries.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Gillette
John Kemiska
Senate
Yount
Visto
Ohio
Father and Son Die Within Minutes in Indiana Pneumonia
In Linton Indiana Newton Strickland a well known farmer and his son William died early today of pneumonia. The deaths occurred thirty minutes apart. Two other family members are afflicted with the same disease.
Widow Receives Entire Estate in Probate
The will of William Kettler filed for probate Tuesday leaves all property to his widow Mrs. Kettler who is named administratrix.
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William Kettler
Mrs. Kettler
Option repeal near a vote in Indiana Senate
The Proctor Tomlinson liquor bill faced a tense session as Senator Yarling was absent tending a dying brother in Kokomo. Senator Durre proposed a 3 pm special order to move the bill, cooling tensions. Republicans and two Democrats pressed to proceed, with a clash averted as the count held.
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Yearling
Kokomo
Ind
Senate
Tilden
Senator Kistler
Senator Durre
Durre
Springer
Yarling
McCarty
Forgeries Charged in 100 Cases at Richmond Arrest
Louis Lowenstein of Deveringen Prussia was arrested in Richmond at the German consular request on numerous forgery warrants totaling 25 000 dollars. The item lists multiple districts and dates from March 2.
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Richmond
Louis Lowenstein
Deveringen
Prussia
Husband Who Assaulted Wife Is Sentenced
In police court Acting Judge Philip Wilkinson sentenced Jacob Garber after he brutalized his wife Mrs. Garber. He received a $200 fine and 180 days in the workhouse. The case described repeated blows breaking a rib and biting teeth into flesh. Friends offered support for Mrs. Garber.
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Jacob Garber
Philip Wilkinson
Garber
Wilkinson
Physician Sees Recovery For Mrs Suhr After Lamp Accident
Mrs. Charles Suhr remains in City Hospital with painful burns from a lamp overturn at a home carousal at 639 Warrer avenue. Doctors say her condition has improved from Saturday night to Tuesday morning and recovery is believed certain. Her husband Frank Suhr and John Kanaubh are detained by police for an investigation into the lamp incident.
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Charles Suhr
Warrer Avenue
City Hospital
Frank Suhr
John Kanaubh
Suitcase Thief Receives Long Prison Term
Thomas Fletcher colored was convicted by a jury in criminal court Tuesday morning of stealing a suitcase filled with clothing at Union Station and was jailed on a long sentence after this theft.
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Thomas Fletcher
Union
Ste
New Haven Must Sell Trolley Lines in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court orders the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad to sell all trolley lines in the state by July 1, ruling the lines were acquired illegally. The New Haven company has the right to appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Cision
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New Haven
Supreme Court of the United States
Telephone Merger Bill Fails in Rouse House Vote
The Wells bill to allow one telephone company to absorb another failed in the house by a 50 to 39 vote lacking a constitutional majority. The measure would have permitted consolidation of phone systems in New Haven Allen county but critics called it a trust measure. An appropriation bill is expected this afternoon.
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New Haven
Allen County
Mother warns clerk to withhold license in marriage case
The mother of William Mackey warned County Clerk Quill on Tuesday not to issue a marriage license to her son. She believed he planned to marry but did not know the bride's name.
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William Mackey
Quill
Piqua Relays Revive Roosevelt Record Sprint
Dr G C Throck Morton rests after beating Roosevelt’s relay mark by three horses in a Sydney to Troy route relay from Piqua to Troy. The event covered about 1 salle distance with a 40 minute time.
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Teddy
PIQUA
G. C
Throckmorton
Roosevelt
Sydney
Troy
Salles
Eure
Minerten
Sunday baseball bill passes House amid lobbyist glare
The Brosley Sunday baseball bill clears the Indiana House 56 to 39 after a swift 15 minute session. Several lawmakers switch positions including Kessler Wise and Stewart while McKinnis votes against the bill. Debate features Talbott and Judge Smith as the bill goes to the Senate committee on rights and privileges for action.
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Kessler
Miami County
Wider
Elkhart
Grieger
Laporte
Wise
McKinnis
Stewart
Howard
Talbott
Smith
Orleans
Hawina
Wife and husband fight divorce amid arson and rumors
James Thompson of Indianapolis testifies his wife, enraged, threw pies and food into the fire after conflicts over balls and late nights, claiming she disrupted the home. Ida Basye sues Oliver Basye for divorce alleging failure to provide and public notices branding her crazy and naming her vile. Daisy P. Ross seeks legal separation from Edward Rose claiming lack of support for her and their child.
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James Thompson
Indianapolis
Ida Basye
Oliver Basye
Spruce Street
Daisy P. Ross
Edward Rose
Rushville
Arm of Workman Torn Off at Central Folding Box
Albert Keesling 29 of 1429.5 New Jersey St was severely injured Tuesday when his left forearm was crushed at a box cutting machine at Central Folding Box Co 420 Illinois. He reached in to free a box as his chair slipped and his arm was mashed below the elbow. Dr Duncan carried him to St Vincent's Hospital.
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Albert Keesling
Central Folding Box Company
Illinois Street
Duncan
St. Vinecent’s Hospital
Keezling
New Jersey Street
Rush for Building Permits in Warm March Demand
The warm March weather spurs a surge at the city controller's office as a large batch of building permits is issued on Monday and Tuesday. Many permits cover repairs and remodeling while several authorize new residences and sheds.
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