Runaway Horses Rampage Through City Streets injuring bystanders
Two wild horses belonging to W J Douglas and F M Johnson ran loose Friday afternoon causing chaos from College avenue to Nineteenth street. A driver and a boy leaped free with minor injuries. Johnson’s horse struck a buggy injuring a man who was taken home. Patrolman Trabue tried to intervene as cars stopped nearby. the animals wrecked a laundry wagon before tiring behind a carriage.
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W. J. Douglas
Mctherson Avenue
M. Johnson
North East Street
College Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Columbia Avenue
B. M. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Douglas
Johnson
Fatrolman Trabue
Sixteenth Street
Trip to See Goods in House Costs 14 Dollars
James Perkinson an engineer at the Albert Worm plant in West Indianapolis was convicted of stealing a barrel of coal. In police court Saturday a loan memorandum showed he borrowed 25 pounds on his furniture. He earns 14 dollars weekly, has a sick child, and the court remitted his fine. The memorandum noted 1.60 dollars interest and 14 dollars for services described as a trip to his home to inspect the furniture. He had paid 10 dollars of the loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Perkinson
Indianapolis
Perkinson
West
Police Find Loaded Bread Wagon Lost Saturday
Patrolman Musgrove discovered a bread wagon bearing the inscription Arnold bakery whose whereabouts are unknown. The wagon and its horse sit idle as authorities seek a claimant while noting ongoing high living costs.
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Musgrove
Arnold Bakery
Strikebreakers Held After Pistol Battle
New York on November 12 four strikebreakers hired by Adams Express were arrested at 25 First Avenue after a revolver battle with police. They face charges of stealing silks furs and other articles valued at about 60000.
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New York
Adams Express Company
First Avenue
Trust Is Afraid of Judge Landis
Chicago November 12 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of the U S district court and author of the famous 29000000 fine against the Standard Oil Company is not desired by indicted members of the so called beef trust to preside over their trial on charge of conspiracy in restraint of trade.
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Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
United States District Court
Standard Oil Company
Beef Trust
Tolstoy's wife guards him as he vanishes from life
In St Petersburg on November 12 a distressed Countess Tolstoy reports her husband Count Leo Tolstoy missing since October 10 and fearing government interference. She has twice attempted suicide by ice in a lake near Yasnaya Polana, each time saved. Tolstoy, 62, left a letter requesting solitude and forgiveness, while family organs search for the famed author who has written little since 1900 and faced church excommunication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yasnaya Polana
Tolstoi
Sophia Bersa
Wind Smashes Plane Preventing Sea Flight
A sudden gust at sea wrecked J. C. Mars's aeroplane during ship departure from the liner Pennsylvania. As hawsers were cast off and the ship swung, the plane struck an iron pipe, smashing the propeller and forcing postponement of the first sea flight to Governor's Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
J. C. Mars
Governor's Island
Mars
Government Agent to Inspect Wabash River Trade
Terre Haute Ind Nov 12 Capt Lytie Brown to inspect the Wabash river commercial importance and potential assets as part of a special inquiry. The visit aims to gather information on river traffic waterways and possible economic impact for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Lytie Brown
Webish River
Riots in China Endanger Americans and Missions
Refugees arriving by boat report almost all American missions in China burned as anti foreign rioting spreads from Kwang-Si to Lienchou. Doctors Mabkle Ross and others escape with warning as troops move to quell disturbances. April clashes left missions burned and many beheadings recorded amid famine and tax protests.
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Canton
China
Kwang-Si
American Presbyterian Church
Hospital
American College
Lienenou
Kwang-Si Province
Mabkle
Ross
Carver
Kunkle
Edwards
Patterson
Lienchou
Boston Population Grows by 110000 in Ten Years
Washington reports Boston’s population rose from 560,892 in 1900 to 670,585 by 1910, a gain of about 110,000 over ten years per the census bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boston
Balloon America II Rescued After Remarkable Voyage
The balloon America II, last seen during the Cordon-Bennett race, has been brought to Chicoutimi from Lake Sotoyama after landing near there following its long voyage from St Louis. M George Haward wins a $250 salvage reward for its recovery.
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Quebec
Hawley
Post
Hase
Chicoutimi
Lake Sotoyama
St. Louis
M. George Haward
Stiltz presses cross-town streetcar line at meeting
South Side salon cites direct charge against slow moving corporation as Councilman Stiltz battles for action. He questions board of works and mayor on cross-town line while the traction company faces claimed $3.53 million gross receipts this year. Fred Owen denies the figures and no definite decision emerges.
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Board of Works
Traction Company
Stiltz
Fred Owen
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Kern Refuses To Cut His Alfalfa Grow Whiskers
Special to The Sun from Delphi Indiana November 12 John W Kern declines to shave his whiskers despite a friend’s telegram urging removal He says the whiskers are endorsed by the state convention and voters and he will carry them to the senate with him rather than shave them off
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Ind
John W. Kern
Senate
A. B. Crampton
Crampton
Ikxern
Kero
Dallas Jones Funeral in Wooster Ohio
The funeral for Dallas son of Mr and Mrs Walter Jones of 1421 Bellefontaine street was held in Wooster Ohio on Saturday. He was a member of Memorial Presbyterian church and a graduate of MT H 8.
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Dallas
Walter Jones
Bellefontaine Street
Wooster, O
Jones
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Slogan Contest Offers $100 for Greater Indianapolis
A coalition of Indianapolis trade and business groups launches a contest to craft a city slogan. Judges include W H Howard and Otto Tamm. Entries run Nov 12 to Nov 22, with up to three slogans per person and $100 in gold for the winner.
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Commercial Club
Indianapolis Trade Association
Board of Trade, Manufacturers’ Association
Merchants’ Association
Indianapolis
W. H. Howard
Board of Trade
R. G. McClure
W. H. Davis
Manufacturers’ Association
William J. Dobyns
Trade Association
W. E. Balch
Otto Tamm
German Telegraph
B. F. Lawrence
Indianapolis Star
Hilton A. Brown
Indianapolis News
Charles M. Morgan
Indianapolis Sun
Bruce Brown Wins Savannah Grand Prix in Benz Car
In Savannah on Saturday, David Bruce Brown driving a Benz led the 412.8 mile race, beating Hemery in a German Benz by 1.42 seconds. The event featured fast cars and hazards with Haupt crashing and several drivers retiring from tire and mechanical problems.
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Bruce Brown
BENZ
Savannah
David Bruce-Brown
Hemery
Brown
Wagner
Skidway Road
Louis Ferro
Automobile Club of America
Bosch Magneto Company
Hart
Haupt
Montgomery
H. W. Feyhi
Nazarro
de Palma
Fiat
Arthur Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Tolstoi Missing Exile Feared In Russian Suppression
London observers fear Count Leo Tolstoi has been spirited away by the Russian government and possibly jailed for anti-government views after he reportedly left his Moscow home on October 10 and has not been seen since. The writer had allegedly planned voluntary exile to spend his remaining years in solitude. The countess is in despair.
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London
Leo Tolstoi
Moscow
Count Tolstoi
Love of $20 a week clerk linked to Schenck poisoning case
Wheeling dispatch reports chauffeur Lundy Wilson confessed that Mrs. John O. Schenck, jailed on suspected poisoning of her millionaire husband, was in love with a $20 weekly clerk. She allegedly tried to kill herself with arsenic in jail, and the husband remains in hospital. Wilson says the clerk visited the Schenck garage often and that Mrs. Schenck wished to marry him, amid sensational ties between the couple.
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Lundy Wilson
Schenck
John
O. Schenck
Hus
Ohio County
Wilson
Mexicans Plan Boycott on All American Goods
Mexico City reports rising anti American sentiment as Acting Gov Gellardo urges peace and heavy penalties for inciters. Troops kept in readiness and police told to disperse gatherings while censorship tightens to block rumors of nationwide uprising. Plans for a student led boycott meeting may be blocked to prevent riots. More arrests and jail overcrowding noted.
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Mexico City
N. M
Gellardo
Felix Dias
Republic
School of Jurisprudence
Rangers mass at border as consulate attacked in Mexico
All available Texas rangers concentrate along the border after the Mexican consulate across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass is stoned. Consul Ellsworth reports windows broken and doors splintered. A Mexican commission investigating the Edwards County stake burning travels from Mexico City toward Rock Springs amid rising rural tensions.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Texas Rangers
Luther Ellaworth
C. P. Ding
Rio Grande
Ellsworth
Texas
Antone Rodrigues
Edwards County
Rock Springs
Mexico
Meredith Nicholson Named State Official In Indiana Appointments
Gary Thomas R Marshall announced three appointments to fill vacancies on state boards. Meredith Nicholson Democrat novelist and ally of Gov Marshall was named to the Easter Indiana hospital for the insane board at Richmond. Fred A Sims retiring secretary of state was named to the Southeastern Indiana hospital for the insane board at Madison. James W Sale of Bluffton Republican was named trustee of the Indiana school for feeble minded youth at Fort Wayne to serve his unexpired term. Salaries are nominal and positions largely honorary.
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Gary
Thomas R. Marshall
Meredith Nicholson
Marshall
Easter Indiana Hospital
Richemond
Fred A. Sims
Southeastern Indiana Hospital
Madison
Indianapolis
James W. Sale
Bluffton
Indiana School For
Ft. Wayne
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