Drexel Quits Aero Club Over Rule Juggling At Meet
New York November 1 More aeroplanes were smashed than records set at the second international aviation meet. J Armstrong Drexel resigned from the Aero Club of America claiming rules were made on the spur of the moment to block Grahame White from the Statue of Liberty prize. Only one world record was set Ralph Johnstone reaching 9714 feet in a Wright biplane. Thirteen planes were wrecked with Moissant and Grahame White among prominent participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aero Club of America
Claude Grahame-White
Drexel
America
John
Moissant
Aero Club
Grahame- White Anyother
Sherrys
Plaza Hotel
Grahame White
England
de Lesseps
Latham
France
Baldwin
Harmon
Harkness
Hamilton
Willard
Hoxey
Audley
LeBlanc
Simon
Plaza
Wright Bros
Wright Brothers
Hoxsey
Tigers
Grahame-White
Cortlandt Field Bishop
The
Aero Club of American
Bishop
White
International Federation
Aviation Committee
Ralph Johnstone
Wynemalen
Overalls Replaces Waist of Girl with Halloween Joke
Union City Indiana on November 1 William Corbitt planned a Halloween prank by swapping Miss Rena Debolt's skirt and waist with his greasy overalls. Town marshal Zeke Henning issued a warrant for stealing clothes. Bill claimed it was a joke but left with Debolt’s laughter echoing as he fled.
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Corbitt
Zeke Henning
Bill
Debolt
White Wives Can See Chinese Hubby Now
New York reports Chinatown reform impulse ends quickly as Deputy Commissioner Driscoll withdraws a curfew order. Whites restricted no longer, respectable white men and women may traverse Chinatown at any time. White wives of Chinese men are now allowed to go freely. Restaurant proprietors petitioned Mayor Gaynor, citing investments between 25 000 and 75 000 dollars per establishment and profits mainly between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m., calling the prior order confiscatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chinatown
Driscoll
China
Gaynor
Train service extended to Michigan City and Peru
Through passenger service will be established by the Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana railway between Michigan City and Peru starting Wednesday. Four trains will run daily, each trip about thirteen hours, with plans to eventually extend service to Indianapolis.
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South Bend
Ind
Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company
Michigan City
Peru
Indianapolis
Kansas expert to address Indiana cattle feeders meeting
H J Waters president of Kansas Agricultural College will speak at the fourth annual Indiana cattle feeders association gathering in Lafayette on November 19. Waters, renowned for finishing cattle for market, directed large Missouri experiments on wintering and finishing cattle and conducted a major study analyzing steer carcasses. His address is expected to draw many stockmen seeking top authority guidance.
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Fayette
President Waters
Missouri
Indiana
Wireless President Is Sent To Tombs For Contempt
New York November 1 Judge McComb of the United States Supreme Court ordered President P P Wilson of the United Wireless Company sent to the Tombs and kept jailed until he produces letter books demanded by the federal government The directors were also ordered to produce the books and warned of contempt if they fail Col Wilson and other company officials are under indictment for using the mails to defraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McComb
United States Supreme Court
P. P. Wilson
United Wireless Company
Col. Wilson
Wireless Company
Halloween shooting wounds 22 year old in Lafayette crowd
William J. Reed of Clarkshill fired into a Halloween crowd in Lafayette injuring Harry Sliger 22 who may lose his leg. Reed was arrested. Earlier a Halloween party at Lewis Hurst’s home saw the floor collapse injuring several youths.
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Lafayette
Ind
William J. Reed
Clarkshill
Harry Sliger
Sliger
Reed
Lewis Hurst
Campaign raises funds for central M E church
J E Powell, a brotherhood worker, completed a brisk campaign that raised 50000 dollars to build a 30000 dollar Central M E church. W H Young and the Myers heirs each contributed 10000 dollars, with the remaining 10000 from local citizens.
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Lurkingfield
J. E. Powell
M. E. Church
W. H. Young
Myers Heirs
Rider’s horse spooks wagon. stove injures man
Rushville Indiana November 1 Bert Newbold’s horse bolted when startled by a passing auto causing the wagon to overturn a stove fell onto Bert Newbold dislocating his shoulder local accident report from Rushville Indiana with brief onlookers and no further injuries indicated
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Stove
Sholder
Rushville
Ind
Bert Newpold
Newbold
Ring Buyer's Arrest Shocks Local Shoppers
Ed Willard of 1483 Silver avenue went into a 5 and 10 cent store and bought a ring and a clerk says he picked up another. Bicyclemen Hartsell and Stewart detained him following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Willard
Silver Avenue
Hartsell and
Stewart
Republican meetings set for Wednesday
A slate of Republican meetings is listed for Wednesday featuring candidates such as Senator Albert B. Cummins Gifford Pinchot and Charles B. Landis among others. Events span cities like Warsaw Noblesville Mishawaka South Bend Bloomington and Indianapolis with performances at Indiana Bijou and Shepard and Howard streets.
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Gifford Pinchot
Worthington
Einora
Senator Beveridise
Warsaw
Mishawaka
South Bend
Charles B. Landis
Battle Ground
Winfield T. Durbin
Noblesville
Fred Landis
South Head
Edgar D. Crumpacker
Kouts
William L. Taylor
Plainfield
William Dudley Foulke
Students’ Meeting
Bloomington
William D. Headrick
Roanoke
Finley P. Mount
Martinsville
Oscar E. Bland
Bicknell
Otis E. Gulley
Elnora
Edward E. News
Thomas A. Daily
Parr
John H. Weathers
New Albany
W. F. Adams
Bloomfield
W. R. Wood
Montmorency
S. K. Bell
Hector
T. Praig
FE. Boone
St. John
Harvey B. Stout, Jr
Bedford
Lawrence County
Ralph Victor Sollitt
Denver
Ed Jackson
Decatur
M. Grimmer
John H. Hackman
Whitley County
George H. Hester
L. K. Babcock
Lagrange County
Mrs Rice Reveals Dark Secret of Husband Life
Mrs Francia Drake Rice, newly divorced, describes George Graham Rice as a scoundrel and coward who used gambling and bank schemes in Galveston and New York. She details his Maxim & Gay venture, a New Orleans tipping bureau, and a life of deception leading to his current bail and a government raid on Scheffels & Co.
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New York
George Graham Rice
B. H. Scheffels & Co
Boston
Chicago
Francia Drake Rice
Rice
Upper West Side
Galveston
Rochester
N. Y
New Orleans
Maxim & Guy
Rive
Lhce
Maxim & Gay
Goldfield
Reno
Scheftels
Dupes
Pastor leaves long-time charge for Beaver Falls church
Dr. Willard H. Patterson, former pastor for nine years at the United Presbyterian church in Princeton, Indiana, has accepted a call to the United Presbyterian church in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and plans to depart for the new position in late November.
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Princeton
Ind
Willard H. Patterson
United Presbyterian Church
Beaver Palls
Southern Serenaders to Sing at Simpson Chapel Concert
Old southern songs form the program by the Southland Serenaders, a quartet of men and women from the local colored community, performing Friday night at Simpson chapel on Missouri and Eleventh streets.
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Southland Serenaders
Simpson Chapel
Missouri
Eleventh Streets
Caret
Kleiman bound over after affair with Glayds Powell
Andrew Kleiman of Cumberland, bound over to the grand jury by Judge Collins, is the same man who befriended Glayds Powell less than a year ago. Police say Powell used him to mortgage his farm for her divorce and other needs, while Kleiman faced a horse theft charge. He had no prior troubles before the Powell incident.
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Andrew Kleiman
Cumberland
Collins
Police Court
Glayds Powell
Kleiman
Fowell
Thore
Grand
Powell
Kidman
Storm Sweeps British Isles Causes Damage Across Coasts
London report tallies fierce storm hitting England and Scotland coasts and Ireland's eastern shore. High winds and torrential rains flood Irish sea shores, wreckage strewn along coastlines, ships in distress. Douglas Manx hotels flooded. Mona Castle hotel first floor underwater. Lowland towns suffer flooding and fishermen fear for small craft.
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London
England
Scotland
Ireland
Irish Sea
Ife Savers
Douglas
Isle of Man
Mona
Honest man turns over lost purse in St. Louis
St. Louis on November 1 a trustworthy conductor at the south Broadway sheds turned in a lost purse containing 128 dollars. The finder was Mrs. Wil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Purse Recovered After Realizing Loss on City Trip
Mam Kreischer left her purse on a car seat while en route to a Carondelet real estate payment. She stopped at Jonas Bloch’s store, then learned her purse had been found by Conductor A. Owen at the car sheds ten minutes later. She retrieved all her money and rewarded the conductor with a $5 bill.
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Mam Kreischer
Kreischer
Carondelet
Jonas Bloch
Bloch
A. Owen
200000 Men Threaten Welsh Coal Strike
In Cardiff Wales on November a potential strike could halt coal mining as 200000 miners are angered by the use of nonunion workers. Nixon colliery plans a walkout by 7000 workers and another mine with 3000 miners is idle. Police protection is sought amid fears of violence. If the pattern holds, much of the coal belt may idle within 48 hours. The dispute stems from nonunion workers replacing persistent strikers who did not return after a prior six week stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Nixon
Woman's League Advocates Measures in Chicago
Over 100 leading Chicago women form the Woman's suffrage party of Chicago and Cook County with figures like Mrs. Raymond Robins and Miss Margaret Haley. The declaration pledges to promote measures aiding men to shape a government meeting all citizens' needs rather than denouncing them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Raymond Robins
Margaret Haley
Union Labor
Woman's Suffrage Party
City of
County of
Cook
Host Fatally Shoots Guest in Gassaway Hotel
In Elkins West Virginia George Disharoon owner of the Gassaway hotel shot and killed Hirson Buckner superintendent of a stove factory who was staying at the hotel after a bowling contest dispute. Disharoon was disarmed by his wife and fled the scene.
Italians Captured After Escape From New York Quarantine
Four Italians who fled quarantine after arriving from Naples where cholera is prevalent were captured in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Local authorities reported the men had escaped the New York quarantine before being transported.
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Wilkesbarre
Fpa
New York
Naples
Aley Praised as He Leaves Board Post for Maine Uni
The Indiana state board of education honors Dr. Robert J. Aley superintendent of public instruction, praising his courteous manner and wise leadership. He resigns November 12 to become president of the University of Maine, taking charge December 1. The board notes his ripe scholarship, broad experience, and devotion to public service as he moves to a new field of labor.
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State Board of Education
Robert J. Aley
Statehouse
Aley
University of Maine
University of Maigg
Ulua
Tadlana
Aged Couple Needs Stove Help From Charity
An aged couple unable to work and living with bare necessities has been found by the Charity Organization Society. Their two small rooms are not heated and they request a cook stove to burn coal for cooking and heating. The organization can be reached at its new address, 334 North Hanoi Street.
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Charity Organization Society
Hinois Street
Mothers Club Meets at Lucretia Mott School
The Mothers club of Lucretia Mott school on Rura Street near Washington will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:15 P.M. in the school.
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Mothers’ Club
Mothers Club
Lucretia Mott School
Rura Street
Washington
S15
Avelock
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Goodness
Albert B. Cummins
Wabash
F. R. Liddell
Kingsbury
Ww. C. Weir
B. ¢. Rees
T. T. Watson
Willvale
N. E. Rowley
Linton A. Cox
Alfred C. Evans
Alva J. Rucker
M. L. Clawson
Bijou
Oliver Avenue
William E. English
Charles F. Hurst
Mrs. Rice
Schefters Head
Wife
Gladys Powell
British Isles
Cardiff
Woman's League
Maine
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Milwaukee
Pabst Brewing Company
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