Farmer Smith Has Final Talk At Statehouse Custodian Case
Thomas F. Colbert filed suit in Superior Court No. 3 seeking ouster of Charles J. Wheeler as custodian of the Illinois statehouse. Damages claimed total 2000 dollars for Wheeler’s refusal to surrender keys, papers, and books after Colbert’s April appointment. Wheeler, not drawing salary, had agreed to forego pay without injunction.
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Thomas F. Colbert
Statehouse
Marshall
Superior Court No. 3
Carter
Charles J. Wheeler
Mr. Colbert
Wheeler
Billheimer
Sims
Colbert
John W. Holtzman
Bernard Korbly
Millard F. Cox
Farmer Ed Smith Blocks State Books Contracts Meeting
Farmer Ed Smith told Superintendent Aley he has no interest in state school book contracts during a Friday morning visit at the statehouse. Governor Marshall and Fort Wayne board member Mr Study discussed the big contract but the State Board postponed the decision until Saturday, with fears of outside influence and wire pulling as talks continued about enforcing old contracts and avoiding price increases.
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Supt
Aley
Statehouse
Study
Firom
Fort Wayne
Gov
Marshall
State Board of School Book Commissioners
Gov. Marshall
Combine
Board of
School Book Commissioners
State Board of School Bock Commissioners
Indiana
Govud
Heiress Who Eloped Reunites With Boy Husband in Brooklyn
Hazel Drew the eloping heiress who vanished from her Brooklyn home has been found in Montreal where she wed Walter McGreal, a Trenton admirer. The couple are now back under Dr. I J McGreal’s roof in Brooklyn after a day of tears and reconciliations.
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Lyn
Brooklyn
Montreal
Canada
Walter Mgreal
Trenton
New York
Hazel Drew
Walter McGreal
I. J. McGreal
Beveridge Fights Tobacco Trust In Senate Tariff Debate
Sen Beveridge exposed a vast tobacco monopoly during a May 14 speech in Washington D C. He cited wartime tax shifts and short weight packs that kept revenues from the government, alleging the tobacco industry kept $134 million over eight years while undercutting rivals to force competition out.
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Washington, D. C
Beveridge
Tobacco Trust
Hammer and Tongs
Senate
Shuler to Sell Several Trotters at Cleveland Sale
Shuler will consign three horses to the Fairy-Tipton sale in Cleveland next week. among them Miss Linoks, a high class half mile track trotter, and Telemachus, a 3 year old bay stallion. L O Turner also ships Abbie Gratton, a 6 year old bay mare, with a strong line of ancestors.
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V. L. Shuler
Cleveland
L. O. Turner
Shuler
Miss Linoks
Bessie McKinney
McKinney
Telemachus
Quwiard Filver
L. QO. Turner
Abbie Gratton
Gratton
Vokes
Aberdeen
Letta
Former Marion page loses arm while travels around world
Hallie Heaton, once a Marion superior court page, served in the navy after joining from the home for soldiers' sons. A railway collision in Oklahoma cost him an arm, altering his fortunes from two farms to one limb. Heaton returns to Indianapolis seeking work, with Bailiff Phipps seeking employment for him.
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Hallie Heaton
Marion
Heaton
Indianapolis
Phipps
Soldiers’ Sons
Washington
Navy
Soldier's Wife Sues For Legal Separation
Mrs Ethel M Hughes sues for divorce from husband Theodore WJ Hughes claiming a 1906 marriage date of November 12 and alleging separation after he struck and choked her. The record notes a swelling injury and asks court action to grant separation.
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Ethel
M. Hughes
Theodore WJ
Hughes
Heinze Indicted Again in New York
New York May 14 federal grand jury charged F. Augustus Heinze with misappropriation of Mercantile Trust National Bank bonds. Heinze pleaded not guilty through counsel with leave to amend or demurrer. No bail set. he remains on $50,300 bonds from a prior indictment.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
F. Augustus Heinze
Mercantile Trust National Bank
Heinze
Elbira Wrennick Granted Divorce From George T Wrennick
Elbira V. Wrennick was granted a divorce Friday from George T. Wrennick by Judge Remater. The wife alleged she furnished money to invest in the cigar business and that he deserted her.
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Elbira
Heel Crushed Between Bumpers At Big Four Yard
John Stoer a 42 year old Big Four railroad section hand suffered a crushed right heel when his foot was caught between freight car bumpers. The accident happened at Harding Street and the Big Four yard. he was moved to his home at 550 West Washington Street.
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John Stoer
Big Four
Stoer
Washington Street
Harding Street
Wife Deserter Sent Up by Indiana Judge
John B. Roundtree found guilty of wife desertion and sentenced by Judge Pritchard in criminal court. He must serve from one to three years in the Indiana reformatory.
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John B. Roundtree
Pritchard
Indiana Reformatory
Ruling Supports Telephones United Against Injunction
Judge Anderson of the Federal court refused to grant the injunction sought by Seymour Home Telephone against Central Union, Merchants' Mutual, and Brownstown to block connections between the firms. The decision, praised for clarity, held the order would discommode the public and questioned the exclusivity of the contract, with Ohio precedent noted and various attorneys listed.
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Anderson
Seymour Home Telephone Company
Central Union Telephone Company
Merchants’ Mutual Tele
Ohio
Taylor
Cleveland
Central Union Company
Wood and Jones
Seymour
W. B. Mann
D. P. Williams
Indianapolis
Central Union and
Bell Companies
Male Visitor's Loud Perfume Sparks Divorce Suit
George H. Moore, real estate and insurance man, received a divorce from Judge Leathers after wife Elizabeth Moore fled Indianapolis with Myron Stowell on April 20. Stowell, a Chicago organist, was accused of visiting Moore's home while ill and wearing conspicuously strong perfume. Evidence cited cruelty as the grounds. Mrs. Moore did not appear. her attorney was John S. Duncan.
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Mrs. Moore
Myron Stowell
George H. Moore
Elizabeth Moore
John S. Duncan
Leathers
Stranger Dies While Serving Workhouse Days
Edward McIntosh aged 60 died at City hospital after being sent to the workhouse on intoxication charges. Found on the west side after leaving Hotel English without paying a bill, he was an agent for Shakesperian work and likely hailed from Chicago. Coroner Blackwell will seek relatives.
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Edward McIntosh
City Hospital
McIntosh
Blackwell
Wooley and Cronin
Chicago
Pony Giveaway Contest Attracts Indianapolis Youth
The Indianapolis Sun offers two ponies to youths under 16 via a story contest tied to the Gentry Dog and Pony Show. Readers must save a ticket coupon, write a 200 word story on show impact, and mail it to the Story Editor by 9 am next Saturday. The show opens Monday at Twenty-fifth and Illinois.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Sun
Ange
The
Twenty-fifth
Ilinois Streets
Accused Supt. 10 to Be Heard Over Beating Claim
Directors of the German Protestant Orphans Home weigh action after a conference with Dr. Charles Pfafflin and police on whether Henry Roesener should resign or face prosecution for beating 15 year old ward Bessie Sturgeon. The board favors thorough investigation before any move. A warrant was issued for arrest. testimony shows back wounds from a strap. The girl is in juvenile court care. her mother is dead.
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Roesener
Humane Society
Bessie Sturgeon
Reesener
Charles Pfaffin
Pfafflin
Bey
Indiana Supreme Court orders retrial in Showalter will case
The Indiana supreme court reversed the Marion circuit court in the Aseneth Showalter will dispute. Viola Hoffbauer alleged unsoundness, undue influence, or fraud in the will’s execution. The court held the jury instructions erroneous and that the burden lies with proponents to prove due execution and mental capacity.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Montgomery
Marion Circuit Court
Aseneth
Viola J. Hoffbauer
Joseph R. Morgan
Aseneth Showalter
Meriam Gerhardt
Showalter
Supreme Court
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Congress
Senator Beveringg
Miss Brooks
N.Y
Elbira Wrenrick
George T
Po Ats
Mutual Company
the Seymour Home Telephone
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Brownstown
Stowell
Dianapolis
Mr. Moore
Stranger
Eva Grimes
Orphans’ Home
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