Navy reports Missouri six inch gun accident at Magdalena Bay
Six inch broadside gun on the battleship Missouri exploded during target practice at Magdalena Bay. No injuries. Gun muzzle blown off with fracture clean. Admiral Jevans reports the gun broke 149 inches from the muzzle. First such accident in the navy. Torpedo boat Blakely shells pierced hull during St Josephs Bay exercises and repairs ordered at Pensacola yard.
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Washington
Missouri
Magdalena Bay
Jevans
Hanly to defend at Republican state convention
Gov. Hanly will address the Republican state convention Tuesday afternoon as a reply to Democrat Robert W. Meirs who charged the state party at the Dem gathering last week. Republican leaders acknowledge Meirs’ accusations put the party on the defensive and expect Hanly to meet them openly at the campaign’s start.
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Robert W. Meirs
Meirs
Hanly
Crash injures Indianapolis abattoir collector
William Schultz, 85, collector for the Indianapolis Abattoir, was thrown from a buggy at West and Morriss streets when a wheel detached and caused the horse to run away. He suffered a fractured skull and facial injuries, was unconscious on arrival, and was taken to City Hospital by Dr. Mayer. Schultz lived at 1245 S Meridian.
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Anapolis Abattoir
West and Morrissrs
Parse
Shultz
Fair Autolst Denies Speeding Beyond Limit
Miss Minnie Lehman of 2602 N Delaware St told Police Captain Hyland she was driving the touring car when a motorcyclist claimed she was under arrest. The officer listed 25 mph in a boulevard incident, though she says 15 mph. She was released to appear in court Tuesday.
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Miss Minnie Lehman
Delaware St
Gibney
Miss Lehman
Experts Submit Report on County Printing Contract
Experts Parmelec and Lockhart present a second graft probe report to the county commissioners and grand jury. It covers Sentinel Printing’s county work in the 1960s and seeks recovery of payments allegedly improper or exceeding appropriations. Bills from 1907 and related charges are scrutinized, with the council disallowing 2720.24 in 1907.
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Sentinel Printing Company
County Council
Sentinal Printing Company
Negroes Held in Walnut Street Murder Case
Joseph Cole, 48, died from a fractured skull after an assault near Walnut and Agnesis streets. George Bell, saloonkeeper, confessed striking the fatal blow and is held without bond along with Samuel Spaulding and Mandison Moore. The motive remains unclear. Bell says Cole insulted his sister Eva Morton.
Life Insurance Firm Capital Life Faces Receiver Suit
Attorney General James Bingham seeks a receiver and dissolution of Capital Life Insurance Company claiming insolvency and failure to create required reserve funds. The firm, organized May 27, 1907, allegedly lacks the emergency reserve mandated by law.
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Capital Life Insurance Company
Burglars Target Hen Roosts In Local Neighborhood
Sunday night burglaries struck three residences. At F. S. Hill 2521 Park Ave thieves opened an ice box taking a dressed chicken butter and bacon. S H Norton 703 Fort Wayne Ave thieves took five live chickens. Fay Long 1401 Bellefontaine St burglars stole $3. Lawrence and Mrs Thompson 805 Division St found drawers and cabinets emptied and jewelry valued at $200 missing.
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F. S. Hill
Park Ave
S. H. Norton
Fort Wayne-ave
Fay Long
Bellefontaine St
Lawrence Thompson
Division St
Congressmen Watson to Receive 20006 Roses in Indianapolis
New Castle Ind March 30 Congressman James K F Watson of Rushville seeks the Republican nomination for governor. He will receive 20006 American beauty roses at his Indianapolis headquarters Wednesday to distribute to friends.
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New Castle
Ind
James KF. Watson
Rushville
Indianapolis
Real Helpers of Candidates Girls in Politics
Nine young women in Rushville and Indianapolis work for James E. Watson and other Indiana campaigns. They handle correspondence, memorize names and dates, map counties and districts, and support campaign staff in Claypool and Denison offices. Their zeal matches male workers as they train for the convention day.
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Indiana
Rushville
James E. Watson
Meredith Dove
Hollie Mack
Fannie Study
Margaret Yunker
Nannie Hoggsett
Effie Hillman
May Sbebout
Anna Waite
Ethel Love
Indianapolis
Miss Hillman
Emma Messing
Claypool
Hugh Th. Miller
Columbus
W. L. Taylor
Messing
Gillette Executed for Grace Brown Murder at Auburn Prison
In an Auburn New York death chamber at 6 14 this morning Cheater Gillette was executed by electric chair for the murder of his sweetheart Grace Billy Brown of South Iselic Big Moose Jake on July 11 1906. Reverends Macleavy and Herrics state no mistake was made in the electrocution and Gillette faced death with calm stoicism after a last night of sleep and spiritual consolation.
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Cheater Gillette
Grace
Billy") Brown
South Iselic
Big Moose
Jake
Gillette
Japs Paying Loan Installment Promptly
Tokio reports that on April 9 payment of 10 050 08 will be made as the first instalment toward equalization of the 100 003 000 national loan. The Official Gazette announced the step today.
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Tokio
No Legal Mistake Made Say Spiritual Advisers
Auburn New York March 30 spiritual advisers to Chester Gillette declare no legal mistake was made in his electrocution. Rev Henry MacIlravy and Cordello Herrick say they cannot comment further due to their privileged relationship.
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Auburn
N. Y
Henry Maclleavy
Cordelle Herrick
Chester Gillette
Nugent Fined After Assault on Indianapolis School Board Chief
William F. Nugent contractor was fined $1 and costs in criminal court after pleading guilty to assault and battery on Charles W. Moores president of the Indianapolis school board. Nugent met the judge after a prior carload stone incident. He shook Moores’s hand and invited him to dinner.
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Indianapolis
W. O. Harding
Nugent
James A. Pritchard
Moores
Grand Jury
Pritchard
Pants Theft Case Ends With Fine and Workhouse Time
Nathan Yankuner, a clothing dealer, testified that Thomas Keterick wore his brown trousers and matched vest. Keterick admitted buying the pants at a Salvation Army store but denied stealing them. Judge Whallon fined him 23 dollars plus costs and ordered 30 days in the workhouse.
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Whallon
Keterick
Man Shoots Self at Buffalo Crematory
Melvin A. Root, 69, of Bay City Michigan, shot himself on the steps of a Buffalo crematory after being despondent over his wife's death. He sent three cowardly notes before the act.
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Melvin A. Root
Bay City
Micin
Buffalo Cerematory
Tle
Marshall in Favor of Fewer Laws Aims for Clean Governor Nomination
Thomas Riley Marshall signals a plain speaking stance in the Indiana Democratic governor race. He pledges a constitutional approach, fewer laws, and courts revival while avoiding personal attacks. He notes plans to Arizona for client work and a two week western trip with Mrs Marshall.
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Columbia City
Ind
Thomas Riley Marshall
Indiana
Mrr. Marshall
Columbia
Mar. Marshall
Arizona
West
Mrs. Mar
the Sun
Congress
Washington
Watson Named as Indiana GOP Campaign Leader
Indiana Republican leaders plan to nominate James E. Watson for governor at the April 1 convention in Tomlinson hall to counter Democratic nominee Thomas R. Marshall. The party faces a bitter delegation struggle between factions led by C. W. Miller and W. L. Taylor, with Watson favored to unite labor and conservative wings.
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James E. Watson
Watson
Thomas R. Marshall
Columbia City
Wats'n
Marshall
Indiana
C. W. Miller
W. L. Taylor
Whitmore Trial Set for April 3
Jersey City March 30 The trial of Theodore H. Whitmore, New York motorman, charged with murdering his wife, has been scheduled for April 3.
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Whitmore
Jersey City
N. J
Theodore
New York
H.s
Vermont Man Becomes Senator After 12 Year Absence
John M. Stewart of Vermont was sworn in as senator to fill the unexpired term of Senator Proctor after an absence of 12 years. Stewart is 84 years old.
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John M. Stewart
Vermont
Senator Proctor
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