Tafts Favors Change McKinlay Insurgent Turnabout
Duncan E McKinlay California representative began as a tariff saboteur insurgent then shifted after Taft’s White House outreach and Cannon disputes He toured the White House and aligned with the Taft administration his party peers note his retreat from insurgent line and praise the president’s influence The senator’s career path traces from Canadian roots to San Francisco legal career ending with a decisive electoral victory over W K Hays in a 1904 bid.
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Congress
Representative McKinlay
White House
Taft
House
Duncan E. McKinlay
McKinlay
McKinley
United States
San Francisco
Orillia
Canada
Flint
Mich
Sacramento
Santa Rosa
Cal
W. K. Hays
WA Tsaihd
Open barber shop door leads to arrests in saloon case
In Shelby street and Cottage avenue a door from Ron Allen's barber shop to Thomas Dampier's saloon caused penalties. Dampier fined ten dollars and costs for violating the Nicholson law and Allen fined one dollar and costs for drunkenness. Both appealed to higher courts. Sergt Streit testified he observed Dampier enter the saloon after 11 pm, carry a flask, and return with it. The officer entered via the barber shop door with Allen and Dampier, finding a woman in the barber chair. Allen resisted, claiming he was not drunk, and was placed in the patrol wagon with Dampier.
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Ron Allen
Thomas Dampier
Shelby Street
Cottage Avenue
Dampier
Allen
Hidker Courts Sergt
Streit
Judge Collins Not Friend Of Brindle Bulldogs
Police Judge Collins expressed strong views on brindle bulldogs during the trial of Carl Midlain. Lester Powell testified after being bitten in the alley near Midlain's home. Judge Collins postponed the case to the month's end to review Powell’s injuries.
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Collins
Carl Midlain
Sheldon Street
Lester Powell
N. Arsenal Avenue
Powell
Michain
Boy and father pursue burglar after break in
Earl White and his four year old son, who carries a cap pistol, joined bicycle policemen Hartsell and Stewart in pursuing a burglar who pried open a side window and stole jewelry at 415 N Delaware. Police watched the chase as the boy mimicked his father.
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Earl White
Delaware Street
Hartsell
Stewart
White
Police see similarities in two murders do not reveal new light
Indiana police note striking similarities between the John B. Emerson and Paul Marks killings. No motive or solid lead emerged in either case. Marks was found near Dover street and West Indianapolis rail yards, shot but initially thought crushed by a train. Two arrestees were released. no connections found. A $1,000 reward aided Emerson case, unlike Marks, aiding no new breakthrough.
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John B. Emerson
Mill
Paul Marks
Emerson
Marks
Toth
Dover Street
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Sun
Johnson
Zueblin to lecture on life insurance at Propylaeum
Gov Marshall will introduce Charles Zueblin the Boston publicist who lectures Saturday night on solving and spending. Local life insurance men will attend as part of the talk covers life insurance as an investment. A special invitation is extended to all young men to hear saving and investment themes. This is the final lecture in the series.
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Marshall
Charles Zueblin
Boston
Propylaeum
Zuehlin
Indianapolis Boys Win Boston Honors in Architecture
Two Indianapolis students, Kurt Vonnegut and K F E Carpenter, earned top honors at Boston Technical School for architectural drawing. Vonnegut’s design is praised as the best submitted, Carpenter for the best total scheme in a contest with about 50 participants.
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Indianapolis
Kurt Vonnegut
K. F E. Carpenter
Boston Technical School
Vonnegut
Carpenter
Hoyt Fined For Soliciting Subscriptions In Police Court
Robert Hoyt faced Judge Collins after soliciting 25 cents subscriptions from several women for a woman's magazine claiming to be a solicitor. He was fined ten dollars and costs and given 0 days in the work house after a short spell of good behavior.
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Robert Hoyt
Hoyt
Collins
Insane Hospital to Have Theater in Washington
The government hospital for the insane in Washington will get a first class theater with a 1200 seat capacity and a stage large enough for the largest troupe. Congress appropriated 100000 dollars for the project.
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Washington
Government Hospital For the Insane
Congress
O'Connor Dead, Irish Leader and MP for West Wicklow
Dublin March 12 James O Connor a foremost Irish political leader and Nationalist MP for West Wicklow died today at age 77 He was formerly connected with the Fenian movement and spent many years in prison for that work
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Dublin
James O'Connor
West Wicklow
Board Approves New Appointees for City Works
City Engineer Klansmann recommended appointments approved by the Board of Works today for the asphalt plant crew including Walter Fisher as timekeeper and several foremen inspectors and chemists. The Light and Heat Company was told to relocate street lights from two alleys near College Avenue to Woodlawn and Shelby streets and the Twenty seventh and Cornell corner. Street improvement petitions were referred to the city engineer for investigation.
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Klansmaonn
Board of Works
Walter Fisher
Rollie Stilz
Fred Netmeyer
Frank Cruger
Mose Hayden
Morris Spinner
Dock Hogan
James Twiname
Joseph Menges
Ed Banka
J. Applegate
Ed Franklin
Havey Phillips
John Herrington
D. J. Cronin
Charles Ferger
H. C. Underwood
Wallace Caldwell
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
College Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Woodlawn Avenue
Shelby Streets
Twenty-seventh
Cornell
No Strike Called on B and O Railroad Wage Accord Reached
Baltimore March 12 official announcement that no strike will occur on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad after mediation led to a wage and service conditions agreement. The deal averts a strike of 14000 workers as Conductors' union leader A B Garretson and Trainmen's chief W G Lee praise gains while noting not all demands were met.
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A. B. Garretson
Conductors’ Union
W. G. Lee
Sends Girl Letter and Is Arrested
Boston March 12 The charge of sending an improper letter through the mails to a young colored girl in Cambridge has been preferred against Addison M Thayer one of Franklin's wealthiest residents. His defense says the letter was an experiment tied to a study of the social evil and its impact on working class women. Commissioner Hayes was inclined to believe the explanation but the letter's plain nature compelled commitment.
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Boston
Cambridge
Addison M. Thayer
Franklin
United States
Hayes
Thayer
Judge rules six months contempt for witness refusal
New York March 12. The United States circuit court of appeals holds a judge may summarily punish a witness who answers I don't remember to most questions with imprisonment for contempt of court rather than sending him to jury trial for perjury. In Schulmans and Goldstein bankrupts case Judge Holt ordered arrest and committed Schulmans to Ludlow Street Jail for six months for contempt.
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New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Coxe
Schulmans and Goldstein
Schulmans
Merchants Protective Association
Holt
Ludlow Street
Wages Raised Again for Wilmington Railway Workers
In Wilmington Delaware on March 12 the wages of Wilmington Railway Company employees were increased for the second time in eight days. The previous raise moved from 18 to 20 cents an hour, and today the rate was boosted to 23 cents.
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Wilmington
Del
Wilmington Railway Company
No Action on Local Option by Ice Men
At a joint convention of the Indiana Ice Dealers association and the Middle States Ice Producers Exchange the local option issue was not voted on amid charges breweries hid agents. EF. C. Balzhiser urged east of the Mississippi and west of the Alleghanies consolidation. W. K. Martin of Crawfordsville opposed. Officers were elected for both groups, with Balzhiser as president of the Middle States group and Schmidt as Indiana Ice Dealers president. Delegates thanked trade papers and the city, and some expected ice prices to rise after a large natural ice harvest.
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Alleghanies
W. K. Martin
Crawfordsville
Middle States
Ice Producers’ Exchange
Fr. L. Dithmar
Indianapolis
J. M. Murphy
Toledo
Haines Len
Cincinnati
J. L. Wick, Jr
Yofnestown
Indiana Ice Cealers’ Association
B. F. Schmidt
W. E. Siddons
Marion
Earlham Debaters Defeat Cincinnati in Intercollegiate Debate
Earlham College defeated Cincinnati University in Richmond Indiana winning the unanimous judgment of the judges. The Earlham team debated the negative on the proposition that working classes can best advance their interests by forming a separate political party. Earlham’s Ches ter C Haworth Homer Morris and W D Nicholson spoke for the team. Cincinnati’s speakers were L J Crawford Jr Arthur M Harris and Thomas H Morrow. Judges were J W Putnam A E Forest and M Keltner. Earlham will debate Albion College March 18 in Albion Michigan on the same topic.
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Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
Cincinnati University
Earlham
Quakers
Chester C. Haworth
Homer Morris
W. D. Nicholson
Cincinnati
L. J. Crawford, Jr
Arthur M. Harris
Thomas
Murphy explains Rockefeller gift to foundation debate
Starr J. Murphy of the General Education Board testified before the Senate District of Columbia committee on the Rockefeller Foundation's incorporation under the Gallinger bill. He could not disclose the amount Rockefeller planned to contribute to the philanthropy project amid the Standard Wilmagnate venture.
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Washington
Starr J. Murphy
General Education Board
Gallinger
Rockefeller Foundation
Senate Committee On the District of Columbia
Wil Magonate
Murphy
Rockefeller
Harvard freshmen expelled over trolley pulling incident
Maas March 12 Harvard University will expel two freshmen, sons of a Boston financier and a Massachusetts mill owner, after they were arrested and fined for pulling the trolley of a Cambridge car following the freshmen banquet. Names given as Wm. Good and Jos. Clark.
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Cambridge. Maas
Harvard
Boston
Cambridge
Wm. Good
Jos. Clark
Nally Hidden in Hospital Eight Days
Chicago March 12 Edward J Nally first vice president and general manager of the Postal Telegraph Cable company has remained incognito for eight days in Michael Reese hospital Fear of alarming relatives and friends prompted the concealment His illness is not regarded as serious
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Chicago
Edward J. Nally
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Michael Reese
Nally
New Salvage Corps Ready for Business Indianapolis
Indianapolis forms a salvage corps led by Supt. Herman Newman with a five passenger Premier automobile stationed at fire station No. 13 on E. Marsland Street. Merchants back the setup, expecting lower insurance rates as the corps prepares to patrol and expand with more covers and eventual quarters.
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Indianapolis
Herman Newman
United States
Newman
Supt
Commercial Club
Merchants’ Association
Manufacturers’ Association
Board of Trade
San Francisco
Mile Square
Flames threaten to destroy Indianapolis gas plant building
A plug blew from a pipe at the Indianapolis Gas Company plant on 8 S Delaware Street and Union tracks early this morning. Flames filled the building as a large tank of pintesh gas used in railroad coaches burned briefly. A worker received minor burns while shutting the valve. the fire damaged woodwork and the property by about 100 pounds.
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Indianapolis Gas Company
S. Deleaware Street
Union Tracks
Representative Cox Seeks Release for Young Seaman
Washington March 12 Representative Cox is pressing to secure the release from the navy of Henry Schierholzer of Tell City Indiana who ran away and enlisted while under age. His mother has been bed ridden since last year and fears she will not recover unless her son is returned to her. The lawmaker has dedicated himself to obtaining his release.
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Washington, D. C
Henry Schierholzer
Tell City
Ind
Henry
Cox
Horse Scatters Mail After Wagon Runaway
A horse hitched to a four mail wagon bolted last night scattering mail across the down town streets. The wagon overturned and was damaged at Delaware and Washington streets where the horse was halted. The animal then shifted course through several streets including Odd Fellows building, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Alabama, Washington, and back west.
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Delaware and
Washington Streets
Odd Fellows
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Alabama
Washington Street
Arrests in county jail after grand jury indictment
Victor Simon, 15 years old, indicted by the February grand jury on a charge by Julia Preston, was arrested Friday by the sheriff and held in the county jail awaiting arraignment. Quincy Farish, charged with wife desertion, was admitted to bail of 4000 yesterday afternoon. Varish, foreman at the National Biscuit company, and Farish will plead before the criminal court Monday.
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Victor Simon
Julia Preston
Olf
Quincy Farish
Varish
National Biscuit Company
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Paris
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