Body of Mrs Knapp Identified in Ohio River Find
The body identified as Hannah Goddard Knapp, third wife of Alfred Knapp, was found Monday afternoon by dock workers near New Albany after a long river ordeal. Edward King of Cincinnati confirmed the identification based on a forehead scar and a gold band ring. Coroner Starr and Floyd County authorities took charge. the case connects to a murder in Hamilton, Ohio. The Knapps’ household and pension issues complicate arrangements as Mrs Knapp contemplates visiting Hamilton to see her husband.
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Hannah Gocaurt Knapp
Alfred Knapp
Hamilton
U. Tire
Lelleyue
New Albany
Edward King
Cincinnati
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Kalipa
Charles Goddard
Knapp
Minmal
Starr
Floyd County
Ave
Kosep
Goddard Knapp
Tisdort
HE Howy
Knupp
New Atgan
Mer
Albert Knapp
Drs. Happ
Ind
Hannah Goddard Kraps
Shrader
Hannah
Goddard
That's Hannah New Albany Murder Mystery Identified
Charles Goddard of Hamilton identified the body found in the Ohio River as Hannah Knapp of New Albany. Coroner Starr secured the body for evidence in Cincinnati as authorities pursue Alfred Knapp, with the case prompting detention and transfer requests.
Fire Marshal Bill Fails in Legislature Amid Amendments
A historical session sees a proposed fire marshal with salary defeated as an amendment shifts power to fire chiefs and makes investigations the chiefs' duty. Insurance firms would cover expenses. Ada irs bill and others were lost or delayed, with apportionment caucus planned and controversy over the Gray railroad consolidation special order.
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House
Cucaday
Adair
Ir Wan
Lny
Martindale Declares He Won't Seek Mayor Nomination
In a statement to THE SUN on Tuesday, Charles Martindale said he will not be a candidate for mayor under any circumstances. He added no personal ambition drives him to oppose Mayor Bookwalter and would not accept vacant offers or gifts to pursue the office.
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Charlie Martindale
the Sun
Skwerr
Toine
Bookwalter
Charles Martindale
Book
New Line Advertisements on Seventh Page
The seventh page lists new line advertisements including help wanted and property notices such as washing and stage hand wanted, a wagon blacksmith, carriage painter, experienced tailors, a good girl for housework, a modern eight‑room house for sale, and first mortgage bonds on improved properties.
Embezzler James B Pike Sentenced to Six Months Workhouse
Criminal Judge Alford sentenced James B Pike to six months in the workhouse and fined $5 for embezzlement involving $210 in pans and kettles from the Van amp hardware company where he worked. He maintained two households and attempted weekly support for both women. Laura Pike announced plans to sue for divorce as prosecutors consider further action after sentence.
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Alford
Nestigy
James B. Pike
Alx
Pike
Vanamp
Fitesent
Laura Pike
Ruckelsham
al. Yorce
Ohio river boom in Parkersburg and other cities
Reports from wires describe a boom along the Ohio River at Parkersburg W Va and in several other towns. The message notes an epidemic of measles in Lancaster Ohio and mentions a drop in cases elsewhere.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Lancaster
Injunction Halts Planned Rail Strike Action in Missouri
A federal injunction, issued by Judge Adamin in Louis, restrains trainmen and union leaders from calling a strike. The order targets the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, affecting about twenty union officers. Dispatches report Wabash brakemen involved at noon Tuesday due to stalled wage-related demands.
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Maberly
Meerys
Wibash Brakemen
Fcremes Fuuek
Art Ierense
Grand Jury Probes Coal Exchange in Indianapolis
The grand jury is hearing testimony about the coal trade in Indianapolis. Several retail coal dealers, OM P Anderson and Fy J Hopwood, appeared for questioning. Witnesses spent an hour in the jury room as investigators pursue possible price fixing charges.
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Oxchinge
Grand
Monany
OM. P. Anderson
Fy J. Hopwood
Thorawehne
Combine
Tr Tx
Refused Divorce In Circuit Court
Flies G. Ketsny aged T1 sought divorce from Sara L Keesey in Ilacoge ik before Circuit-judge Alltt Tuesday morning. The couple had been married 19 years and Ketsny charged jealousy, but testimony showed trouble stemmed from childishness on both sides. Judge Alten refused the divorce and urged reconciliation, even suggesting a pact as viable as divorce.
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Flies G. Ketsny
Sara L Keesey
Ilacogeik
Circuit-judee Alltt
Plainisf
Jevelry
Butt
Alten
Aten
Staged Disruption Delays Railway Consolidation Vote
Representatives Horace Stilwell and Charlie Maguire of Cors ton traction faced disruption as Speaker Marsholl urged order while the home on the railway consolidation bill neared final reading. Nervous street railway magnetes counted votes as a tense session unfolded.
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Marsholl
Horace Stilwell
Charlie Maguire
Coston Traction Company
Converdale
Anu
Burglary Row Shocks Canaan and Cleveland
In Canaan Connecticut burglars cracked safes at the post office and Collins Jewelry, taking about 3 dollars in stamps money and jewelry. The Colina block exploded in the blast. In Cleveland Ohio Rosa Hough was released after a judge discharged her citing husband’s influence. prosecutors plan new indictments.
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Canaan
Conn
Postoffce and Collins
Colling
Dirksen Puffing At Public Hearing Sparks Turbulence
The scene shows Dirksen at the press table during a tense session as smoke curls from a cigarette in his mouth. Representatives react with shock while Speaker Marshall orders Dirksen to be properly labeled and disciplined for the disruption.
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Roath Tarkington
Werner
Alain
Hwyond
Wille Ve Teylor
Marshall
Dirksen
Keach Seeks ITV Democratic City Committee Chair
James L. Keach, a notable anti Taggart Democrat, announced his candidacy for the Democratic City Committee chair. He says he does not seek to reorganize the party but could influence mayoral alignment, potentially opposing Joseph E Bet, the Taggart-backed candidate. Joseph Fanning is the Taggart choice for chair.
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James L. Keach
Democratic City Committee
Keach
Joseph EL Bet
Joseph Fanning
Ghost railroad detective terrifies North Greencastle
A reported ghost in Greencastle Indiana, dressed as a woman, stalked freight cars and the station at night. The Big Four railroad detective Gonda had been missing from trains, and the haunting led to Inspector Hampton’s involvement and the recovery of valuable freight.
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Greencastle
Ind
North Greencastle
Gonda
Big Four
Mont
Wis
Chinde Hampton
Monun
Hampton
No Politics In Club Vote For Lig Fight Control
Marion club members deny any politics behind the lig fight for control of the etter. The poll will be open at the clubhouse from 12 to 1 30 Wednesday. The two tickets list Regular ticket and Winners' Ticket with names for president, vice presidents, secretary, treasurer, and directors.
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Marion Club
Vaico
Deslace
Potlx
Fargent Ward
William A. Walker
Crate Dd.linnen
Armin U. Kuehine
Thomas
Whallon
Albert IE. Uhl
Treassurer
Thomas A. Wyner
Keanard Quill
Harry R. Wallace
Robert J. Lavideon
James A. Colling
Gaylord J. Hawking
Fred Mheeta
Ucket
Lew W. Cooper
Charter Coffin
Vincent G Cuttard
Barry J Culver
Sam H. Shank
Thomas 2. Wynne
Ed W. Smith
Jon L. McFarland
Elmer F. Gay
Philip Wilkinson
Frederick K Shepard
Samuel. C. Shute
O Talk Over The Track Elevation Bill Reaches Senate
The compromise elevated track bill has reached the senate and is in the hands of the committees on affairs of the city of Indianapolis. An open meeting of this committee will be held Wednesday at 1.
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Senate
Indianapolis
Thia
Six New Albany Men Sentenced for Contempt of Court
Judge Anderson jailed six New Albany men for contempt of court to Marion County jail. Kelso, receiver of the M. Zier plant, received 90 days. others got 10 to 30 days. W. A. Ketcham appealed for leniency, noting Kelso’s role and family. The men were housed separately on the jail’s third floor and kept in good spirits during the transfer, with Kelso bringing personal items.
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Anderson
New Albany
Marion County
W. A. Ketcham
Indiana
Charles B. Kelso
Kelss
M. Zier
Floyd County
Ketcham
Kelso
Keiau
Raymond J. Morris
Sherif
Clante Sitra
Thomas Smithwick
Zier
Fred Stuof
Michael Zier
Jan
Sherif Metzger
U.S
Pettit
John Foley
Jall
Sheri Metager
Mr. Pelt
Metager
Morris
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and threatening with no precipitation likely Tuesday night and Wednesday. Temperature at 7 a.m. reported as 28, at noon as 42, and 2 p.m. around 44. Possible showers and warmer in Indiana and adjacent states with variable winds.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Fine clothes end in a missing wife case in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana A ehsha Gray a mill worker searches for his wife who has been gone a week. He says she loves fine clothes and works at a domaratic job while he cannot supply the clothes. They have six children. He hopes she will return once she earns money for clothing. In Logansport Indiana Daniel O Connner a White county farmer armed with beer bottles drove out Leonard Burton from a Royal Center saloon and emptied several beer kegs in anger after being ejected from the bar.
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Muncie
Ind
Ehsha Gray
Avi
Logansport
Daniel O'Connner
White County
Demattahen
Leonard Burton
Royal Center
Burton
Men Served Supper in Noblesville Presbyterian Dinner
Three men from the Noblesville Presbyterian church hosted a Monday night supper. They wore dress coats and served numerous attendees. Several hundred people were fed, with a few references to piano showcases and photo bonnets noted in the surrounding text.
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Noblesville
Ind
The
Presbyterian Church
Sharp debate over laboratory bill in state house basement
The House voted Tuesday to repurpose part of the state house basement into a laboratory for analyzing ink, wantages, prunes, breakfast foods and edibles. Kirkm an led the fight with statistics from the State Board of Health. The debate traced to a Sunday baseball dispute and pitted the State Board of Health management against the secretary.
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House of Representatives
State House
Hurty Laboratory
Representas Itive Kirin
the State Board of Health
Harry
Boyd
Kirkman
de Kong
Gunman
Dauisman
Betator Oxhorn
Hania
State Board of Health
Supreme Court upholds railroad voluntary relief associations
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that voluntary relief associations run by railroads are valid. The decision involved the attorney general's attempt to bar a Pennsylvania company from offering such insurance to railway workers. The court said the associations are proper and that railroads do not violate their charters or state laws by maintaining them.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Ohio
Gertsion
Pennsylvania Company
Voluntary Relief Association
Woods Was Cleared of Assault Charge in Police Court
Claude Woode a 27 year old barber and former medical student in Chicago faced assault and battery charges after a dispute with his wife whom he married two months earlier. The judge discharged him noting the wife was drunk and detailing Woods past as a student implicated in diploma sales before he left to become a barber.
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Claude Woode
Physicians and Surgeons College
Chicago
Mon- Jay
Ueir
Wiew
Washington-st
Iaw
Fred
Illinois
Alner
Wood
Grayson and Green Brawl Leads to Fines in Court
In police court on Tuesday Frank Grayson and Porter Green, both colored, pleaded guilty to a quarrel on Indiana avenue. Green was fined $2 plus costs for cutting Grayson. Grayson received a $5 fine and costs. A leniency recommendation was made for Grayson, with a suspended sentence.
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Frank Grayson
Porter Green
Indiana Ave
Green
Grayson
Grayagn
Costa
Stubbs
Bolen
Sixteen Shrewd Women Buyers Test Ad Bargain Power
A staged scene at L. S. Ayrom & Co. dry goods displays 16 women reading a The Sun to gauge jacket bargains. They pause, study a catalog, then surge at 5 pm to grab jackets priced at 2.95, while those who did not read the ad paid more. The Sun touted a later sale price of 1.93 for any unsold items, drawing a large turnout and proving readers seek value.
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L. S. Ayrom & Co
Gols ‘Ers
Ano Nitta
Wren
Si'n
SUN
Horace Ryan
Ayres & Co
Governor delays bill on separation of Girls Prison and Industrial School
Senate and house must revisit the separation bill after Governor Durbin rejects the prior version for lacking a tenure clause and salary for a three woman board of managers. Constitutional rules were challenged as Senator Goodwine sought quick passage. notices of diamond price rises and other local notices appear amid the text.
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Senate
House
Durbin
O He Burt
Board of Managers
Goodwine
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