Floral Parade of Fine Autos Opens Indianapolis Show
The great floral parade of Indianapolis autos will form on Fall Creek Boulevard with cars distributed on north and south streets. Judges include five prominent Indianapolis women, prizes attractively offered by dealers, and an expected record display. The auto show, with 500 dealers from across the state, will be the most complete in the region.
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Indianapolis
Fall Ereek Boulevard
Theoulevard
Capitol Avenue
Washington Street
East Street
Delaware Street
Delaware
Circle
Meridian Street
Sixteenth
Michigan
Massachusetts Avenue
Pennsylvania Street
Monument Circle
United States
Denison Hotel
Indiana
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway
Antos
Dilapidated Invaders Reach Houston in Bad Shape
A staff report from Houston, March 25, notes the In vals arrived in a dilapidated state. Bowerman remains ill, Hayden is improving but too sick to play, and Manager Carr is weak. A catcher, an infielder, and an outfielder may be borrowed for the Houston games. Williams and Hayden protest sore throats.
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Houston
Tex
Frank Bowerman
Tack Hayden
Carr
Indianapolis
Williams
Hayden
Capture of a Wolf on the Cold Rail in Nebraska
A 1896 story from Duncan Nebraska describes Herman Ernst freezing a wolf to a rail with its tongue attached after licking rabbit blood on a bitterly cold morning. The jack rabbit blood, frozen saliva, and metal created a vise like hold, yielding a wolf hide later sold to the narrator.
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Wide World Magazine
Duncan
Neb
Union Pacific
Omaha
Herman Ernst
Herman
Ernst
Derby Work At Lexington For Boola Boola And Morris
Kentucky derby hopeful Boola Boola and Joe Morris turned a half mile in 0 52 3 5 yesterday while Kentucky Oaks candidate Sylvestris logged a half in 0 52 3 5 as preparation for upcoming races.
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Lexington
Boola Boola
Joe Morris
Sylvestris
Will Mahmout Return Home After Tuesday Match
Antoine Pierre, manager of Will Mahmout, said in Chicago that if Mahmout loses Tuesday night to Zbyazko he will not wrestle in this country again. The remark casts doubt on Mahmout's future and outlines the immediate consequence of a defeat.
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Mahmout
Yussiff Mahmout
Zbyazko
Chicago
Antoine Pierre
Seven confess to part of graft in Pittsburg case
Seven more councilmen conceded guilt before Judge Frazer in Pittsburg. William Brand, former council president, and Charles Stewart, former select branch member, reportedly added confessions. The graft involved switching privileges to A M Rogers Co and city deposits to banks. District Attorney Blakely announced no more confessions today and warned of full prosecutions for bribe-givers. Wasson testified on municipal corruption, and Klein named five Pittsburgers who aided banks in depository legislation.
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Pittsburg
Robert §&. Frazer
William Brand
Common Council
Charles Stewart
Select Branch
A. M. Rogers Company
Blakely
Joseph C. Wasson
William A. Blakely
John F. Klein
Gade ts Barred Sparking At Naval Academy Hop
Baltimore era reporting from Annapolis describes midshipmen confined to the naval academy after a “silence” imposed on their officer in charge Lieut Wallace Bertholf. Their first class cohort faces a bitter blow as action targets the proposed first class club. Young women supporters crowded the academy chapel and main gate as notes and visits tried to circumvent restrictions. Capt Bowier’s stance remains firm with no conciliatory move observed.
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Annapolis
Bowier
Naval Academy
Wallace Bertholf
Academy
Old Town
Bowler
Midshipmen
No Miners Strike In Indiana District Predicted
Cincinnati Ohio March 23 It is stated no agreement will be reached in the Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania joint conference and the conference here will end this afternoon or tomorrow. Ohio operators will resist miners demands while Pennsylvania and Indiana miners and operators plan district conferences with expected new contracts by early next month. A strike seems inevitable for Ohio 60 000 miners on April 1.
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Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Powell vs Memsic Match Set for Ogkhed Next Month
Frisco fighter Lew Powell faces Los Angeles rival George Memite Memcis in a scheduled bout at Ogkhed next month. Powell and Memite are named clear favorites in regional boxing notes.
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Lew Powell
Frisco
George Memate
Los Angeles
Ogkhed
Deported: Mme. Laroche Ordered Out Of New York
Madame Louise Laroche known as Colonelle Harla Zie Bey and her companion Theodore Maxim arrive on Themistocles and are ordered deported aboard the same vessel. Laroche cites jealousy and declares she will not return to the United States, while Maxim says they came for a tour and can travel to Constantinople when desired. Laroche maintains dignity as she boards the steamship with trunks and jewels.
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New York
Louise Laroche
Colonelle Harla Zie Bey
Theodore Maxim
Themistocles
Maxim
Constantinople
Theodore
United States
Scorpion
Navy
Mme. Laroche
Fillis Island
Taft Snubs Woodruff at Astor Reception
New York date March 23 Politicians note a deliberate snub by President Taft toward Timothy L Woodruff at a reception for Congressman Herbert R Parsons at the Hotel Astor. A rumor from Albany said Woodruff will resign as state committee chairman within a month or six weeks due to sentiment against him. Woodruff followers deny plans to quit.
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New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
Taft
Herbert R. Parsons
Hotel Astor
Mr. Woodruff
Billion Dollar Special Train To Cross U S
Santa Fe agents plan a billion dollar special from Pasadena to New York with four two day Grand Canyon stopovers. Six private cars will carry the Carnegie family and servants, Mrs Russell Sage, Mrs Slocum, Edwin Gould and party, plus Mrs Webb and others. A Vailman sleeper will host nearly fifty servants aboard.
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Pasadena
Cal
The
Santa Fe
New York
Grand Canyon
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Miss Carnegie
Russell Sage
Mas
Slocum
Edwin Gould
Gold
W. Seward Weoh
Webb
Vanderbilt
Vailman
Rescue girl from white slave den in Hoboken
In a raid on a candy store rear, police rescued Catherine Moore a 19 year old Boston girl held chained nearly constantly in a tiny dim room. Lena Delli and Anthony Delli were arrested and held for the grand jury after an anonymous tip to the police chief.
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Catherine Moore
Boston
Lena Delli
Anthony Delli
Prince Jaime Gazetted as Soldier in Spanish Army
In Madrid on March 23 the Infante Don Jaime second son of King Alfonso was gazetted as an ordinary soldier in the Fourth regiment of mounted artillery. The court tradition was observed with a banquet at Carabanchel barracks to mark enlistment and champagne toasts from King Alfonso. Rumors say Don Jaime may be heir apparent due to infirmities of speech and bearing attributed to the Prince of Austria.
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Madrid
Spain
Infante
Don Jaime
Alfonso
Seville
Carabanchel
Prince of
Austrias
Howard Accepts Terms With Louisville Club
Bloomington Illinois March 23. Word from Kenney North Indiana says Del Howard former Cub has decided to join Louisville and has gone to join that team.
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Howard
Louisville
Bloomington
Kenney
del Howard
Cub
Democrats Gain Ground In New York Politics
New York Democrats gain in upstate races while Republicans fret. The Massachusetts district shift to Democrat Eugene Foss fuels concern among party leaders in Albany as calls for reform and a statewide corruption probe loom. Locally, Saratoga voters back Democrats in most wards, signaling a possible national trend.
Despondent tennis star and banker commits suicide
Fritz Ward, a leading figure in western New York society, prominent tennis player, and cashier at Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit, killed himself this morning in Rochester after mourning his wife’s death a year ago. Local authorities reported no further details.
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Rochestahr
N. Y
Fritz Ward
New York
Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Steele for Evansville signs two players for 1909 season
Evansville Central league manager Aggie Grant announces the signing of Frank Steele an outfielder who played in the Blue Grass league with Frankfort Kentucky in 1908 and with Bloomington in the Three I league last year He also signed Clarence Craft a pitcher who played with the Marion Kentucky independent team last year.
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Evansville
Ind
Aggie Grant
Frank Steele
Frankfort
Bloomington
Grant
Clarence Craft
Mayion
Can t Beat the Irish Amusing Denison Hotel incident
English guest Joseph Ferger and American Michael Flarity share a lobby yarn as Ferger recalls deep English mining while Flarity jokes about an Arizona mine tale. The tale ends with a quip on hell by trolley and a plug for Cababi Company stock tied to Indianapolis businessmen.
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Denison Hotel
Joseph Ferger
America
Michael Flarity
Mr. Ferger
Mr. Flarity
England
Plarity
Flarity
Ferger
Lords Renounce Hereditary Privilege in Reform Move
London March 28 jubilant over the lords renouncing the hereditary right to legislate. The Rosebery third resolution passed 175 to 17 with 200 of 616 peers voting. Liberal peers offered tepid support while Rosebery signals a new regime without a bill, leaving government to propose specifics.
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London
House of Commons
Lord Rosebery
Rosebery
England
House of Lords
Vic
Being Kind to Girl Lands Him in Cell
New York police report a 16 year old girl Sadie Ginsberg missing for two weeks. A Children's society agent spotted her with Edward Williams who claimed he acted as a Good Samaritan. Williams was charged with abduction after the girl disappeared from a Twentieth Street address. Williams wept as his mother, aged and ill, faced the shock. The girl was placed in Children's society care.
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New York
Sadie Ginsberg
One Hundred Twelfth Street
Children’s Society
Henry J. Cook
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Edward Williams
St. Felix Street
Brooklyn
Cook
Liv
BL Twentieth Street
Williams
Noun
Third Avenue
Willian
E. Twenty-second Street
Sixth Avenue
Willaams
Ten Round Draw Between Baker and Griffin in New York
Max Baker of Boston and Charley Griffin of Australia fought ten fast rounds to a draw in New York. The featherweight bout ended with no winner after a hard fought ten rounds.
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New York
Max Baker
Boston
Charley Griffin
Australia
Garfield May Attack Taft in Cleveland Speech
Columbus, O March 23 Great interest centers on a Cleveland speech by James B Garfield to the Tippecanoe club. He is expected to attack the Taft administration and refuse to run for governor on a Taft platform, aligning with Roosevelt policies instead. The move follows charges about his state senate record and could unsettle Ohio politics as Garfield weighs a bold bid against Harmon.
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Columbus
James B. Garfeld
Tippe Canoe Club
Cleveland
Garfield
Taft
Roosevelt
Harmon
Ohio
Washington
Decline of Saloons In Indiana Shown By Statistics
A state bureau table shows 3,537 liquor licenses in Indiana last year, down 907 from the prior year, with local option reducing 556 saloons and remonstrance laws removing 36 more. Marion County reports 11 licenses in Indianapolis and seven in city cuisine.
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Bureau of Statistics
Indiana
W. N. Denny
State Bureau of Statistics
Vanderburg
Sct. Joseph
Vigo
Dubois
Laporte
Spencer
Lippecanoe
Cass
Marion County
Indianapolis
Boxing Stop Ordered in Evansville After Police Ban
Evansville Indiana police ban boxing in the city. Glove contests were halted by officers last night, ending local fights amid enforcement action.
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Evansville
Ind
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Judge Swift
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J. 8. Philips
Lee
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