Berger seeks Gompers post at labor congress
Victor Berger the Milwaukee socialist Democrat congressman-elect travels to St Louis to lead an insurgent opposition to Samuel Gompers as AFL president candidate. He criticizes Gompers for a long tenure while praising his labor organizing, and labels Cannonism Bryanism and Rooseveltism as guiding influences. Max Hayes is seen as the movement’s reader and organizer.
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Victor Berger
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St. Louis
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Max Hayes
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Tie Man Mad With Burns To Save Him
Special to The Sun. Guy Wicker sham, a livery barn hustler in Kokomo Indiana, started a coal oil fire in his room causing an explosion that set his clothes alight. He ran downstairs crying and blazing, colliding with Bruce Freeman at the foot of stairs and burning Freeman's attire. Freeman's hands burned. otherwise he was unharmed. Wickersham kept running in circles until he was restrained and the flames were put out.
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Kokomo
Ind
Guy Wickersham
Bruce Freeman
Wickersham
Freeman
Brother imprisons maniac in theater
At Fort Wayne Indiana on November 15 a Greek man, Louis Charles, was found hidden in a wooden crate cell behind a theater after actors and audience heard shouting during a play. Police learned he had gone mad about ten days earlier and his brother John had confined him to avoid county asylum while the visitor traveled on to Greece.
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John
Greece
Newspaper Carriers Protection Bill Proposed in Columbus Ind
Charles F. Schwee, former councilman, drafts a bill to protect newspaper carrier boys by making it a crime to defraud carriers of money for papers. He has two carrier sons. A divorce settlement awards Emma Lehman $300 for attorney fees and $50 monthly for life. Funeral plans urged to be cheerful. Sunday school class to sing. High cost of living blamed on extravagance, credit, and automobiles. a return to simpler customs urged.
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Columbus
Ind
Charles F. Schwee
Schwee
Emma Lehman
Louis J. Lehman
Nev. W. H. Book
Tabernacle Christian Church
Grand jury fails to indict in Indiana cases
Greensburg Indiana November 15 The grand jury was dismissed and a new venire ordered by Judge Hacker. The discharged panel drew sharp criticism as Prosecutor W V O Donnell seeks vindication. About fifty affidavits charged violations of the equor law but no indictments were returned.
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Ind
Venice
Hacker
W. V. O’donnell
Columbus
Miss Hazel Manus Dies by Her Own Hand in Worthington
Miss Hazel Manus, 19, committed death by suicide with acid on Monday in Worthington. She had lived with the family of P. N. Berens after being brought here from a Catholic orphans' asylum in Chicago. She was described as of morose disposition.
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Worthington
Ind
Hazel Manus
P. N. Berens
Chicago
Slogan Contest Draws Wide Attention for Indianapolis
The Sun and other city papers receive countless slogan ideas for Indianapolis with a $100 prize, judged by a panel from newspapers and local business groups. Entries span from city residents to states afar, offering many bold phrases such as Indianapolis the Circle City and The Gateway City while reflecting a strong regional pride and push for progress.
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Sun
Indianapolis
Patrolman Bets $5.15 For Shave After Bet
Martinsville Indiana November 15 A patrolman named Mills paid 5.15 for a shave after making a bet with a democrat friend that neither would shave until the sheriff candidate won The bet lasted several days and Mills chose to lose the money rather than keep a long beard lasting until the election concluded
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Martinsville
Ind
Mills
Slogan Contest Entry Coupon Instructions
Cut out and fill in the coupon and mail it to the Slogan Contest Editor for entry. Include the entrant name address contact details and the proposed slogan as part of the mailed submission.
Patrolman Attacks Chief of Police in Marion Office
Charles Clark, a discharged patrolman, attacked Chief Ben Phillips in his Marion office with his fists. The chief overpowered him and handcuffed him, blam ing Phillips after the incident occurred Monday.
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Marion
Ind
Charles Clark
Ben Phillips
Clark
Chief Phillips
Children Kidnapped by Father Recovered in South Bend
The final chapter of a five year sensational kidnapping ends as Mrs. Mary Bazinski of Chicago regains her two children with help from South Bend officials. The kids were taken after the couple's separation and divorce. the father, named by the mother as the kidnapper, vanished until a death notice appeared near South Bend last week.
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South Bend
Ind
Mary Bazinski
Chicago
Birth of a Son Reported in Pittsburg Wires
A Pittsburg newspaper item notes the birth of a son and says a reply was received within the hour as soon as wires could carry the message.
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Pittsburg
Missionary Society Holds Convention at DePauw University
The Women's foreign missionary society of the United States met in Greencastle Indiana on Monday attracting delegations from several states. In the afternoon visitors enjoyed events at DePauw University Women's Hall with speakers including Mrs Mary Mathias Mrs Frank Wells Mrs Will Lockwood and Mrs Helen Montgomery. An evening program at Meharry hall featured Mrs Noble Mrs Maury Mathias Dr Isaac Headland and Mrs Montgomery with Dr McConnell presiding.
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DePauw University
Mary Mathias
Frank Wells
Indianapolis
Will Lockwood
Shanghai
China
Mary Noble
India
Helen Montgomery
New York
Meharry Ball
McConnell
DePauw
Noble
Maury Mathias
Isaac Headland
Pekin
Montgomery
City forms club to enforce laws at Wabash Indiana
In Wabash Indiana a law enforcement club formed after detectives secured a raid prompted by Prosecutor Carpenter. Thirty five affidavits and arrests for alleged blind tigers were recorded. Fred I. King is president, Harry Palmer secretary, Daniel Showalter treasurer. The club aims to enforce liquor laws and oppose county option repeal. King was a former Wabash representative and congressional candidate. Wabash county led Indiana as the first dry county.
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Ind
Carpenter
Fred I. King
Harry Palmer
Daniel Showalter
King
Wabashi
Wabash County
Indiana
Stranger Still Unnamed in Kokomo Coroner Case
Kokomo, Ind. coroner cannot identify the stranger who allegedly brought Bessie Michaels home after a Sunday night incident. Michaels herself says she does not know the man. The inquiry centers on W. P. Elsen's death, whether by self harm or gunfire by an unknown rival. Elsen had claimed a Logansport man was meddling, a detail shared with his nephew Will Harrington.
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Kokomo
Ind
W. H. Harrison
Bessie Michaels
W. P. Elsen
Elsen
Elser
Will Harrington
Logansport
Teeter-Totter Rule Likely Reinstated At School
Princeton Indiana reports seven year old Johnnie Bess broke his leg on a public school teeter totter. Years ago a playground ban followed many injuries and now officials threaten to rule out teeter totters again to prevent further harm.
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Princeton
Ind
Jobhnnie Bess
Teeter-Teetter
Typhoid victim dies in Greencastle DePauw student toll rises
Greencastle Indiana reports William Neet died after contracting typhoid fever while at DePauw University. He died Monday in Warrensburg Missouri and will be buried Wednesday. Two other students, Marion Hedges and Porter McCoy, recover in Indianapolis.
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Ind
Willam Neet
Warrenburg
DePauw
Phi Gamma Delta
Marion Hedges
Porter McCoy
Indianapolis
Leader in business and politics dies at 66
Henry C. Adams of 1413 North New Jersey street died Monday at 7 p m after bronchial troubles. A bugler who rose to captain in the northern army, he later led Indiana Republican county politics as sheriff in 1890 and built Nashville reservoirs and the Central avenue bridge. Survived by four children Bertrand, Henry Jr, Mrs Johnston and Mrs Hocker. Funeral Thursday.
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United States
Indiana
Knights Templars
Indianapolis
Republican Party
Republican County
Nashville
Tong
Central Avenue
Bertrand R. Adams
Henry C. Adams Jr
S. A. Johnston
Aged Greentown Citizen Arrested
Kokomo Indiana November 15 William Helmick Greentown age 70 is under arrest for assault and battery upon Mrs Mida Parks. J L Batter reports theft of several bee hives. Thomas Fletcher colored a paroled prisoner from Michigan City was returned for abusing his wife.
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Kokomo
Ind
Whiam. Helmick
Greentown
Mida Parks
J. L. Batter
Thomas Fletcher
Michigan City
Fate Bears Grudge In Edens Family Tragedy
Harry Edens son of John Edens died after being thrown from a wagon in North Dakota. The body is being brought to Hartford City Indiana. Three uncles an aunt two cousins and a sister have all died violently in the past years with no natural deaths in the Edens family for many years.
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Hartford City
Ind
Harry Edens
John Edens
North Dakota
Edens
Auto Rams Into Pole Near Mooresville
A car carrying Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hodson of Indianapolis skidded off the road near Mooresville on Saturday and struck a telephone pole, breaking the top of the pole which then fell on the car. The occupants escaped injury.
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Martinsville
Ind
Harry Hodson
Indianapolis
Mooresville
Richmond ministers seek to retain county option law
Richmond Indiana November 15 The Richmond ministerial association plans to petition the West legislature to keep the county option law as it now stands. An effort will be made to secure all possible signers.
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Sun
Richmond
Ind
Richmond Ministerial Association
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