Paroled Convict William Pavey Wins Governor’s Clemency
William Pavey a Michigan City prisoner with limited schooling earned mercy from Indiana Governor through devotion to his dying mother at Salem He received a parole to tend her bedside. after her death the governor granted a regular parole contingent on good conduct, as Salem residents praised the clemency and Pavey’s letters to the governor. The report notes his faithful care and ongoing hope for rehabilitation while back among old neighbors.
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Wiliam Pavey
Indiana
Pavey
William Pavey
Salem
Ind
Michigan City
Pevey
Salera
Flo
Eile
Elevators to be Installed in Multiple Indianap olis Buildings
Permits were issued Wednesday for ten new elevators in Indianapolis costing $19,000. Three at the Arthur Jordan building on N Pennsylvania street total $7,000. three at the Pennway building at New York and Pennsylvania streets total $7,000. one at the Denison hotel costs $8,000. one at Spencer house $1,000. and one in a Pratt and Meridian streets building $1,000.
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Indianapolis
Arthur Jordan
N. Pennsylvania Street
Pennway
New York
Pennsylvania Streets
Denison Hotel
Spencer House
Pratt and
Meridian Streets
Denman Estate Appoints Administrator After Self Inflicted Wound
Attorney Richard T. Coleman was named administrator of Joseph H. C. Denman's estate after Denman shot himself following disbarment. Denman's personal property is valued at 700 and cash left behind totals 700.
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Denman
Richard T. Coleman
Joseph H. C. Denman
Fire kills six in East New York tenement blaze
A four story tenement on Herkimer Street East New York burned, killing six occupants and injuring fourteen as flames, fanned by wind, spread rapidly. Fire Marshal Brophy labeled the blaze incendiary. Victims include Jose Caccazole and Dominick Bernardo among others. the building was owned by Long Island Railroad and had only one fire escape.
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Herkimer Street
New York
Brophy
Jose Caccazauld
Lybia Caccazallo
Caccazallo Pay
Rose Caccazallo
Dominick Bernardo
Pietro Bernardo
Caccazallo
Long Island Railroad Company
Juror Helflin Discharged as Night riders Comment Quoted
In Union City Tennessee juror H P Helflin was discharged after admitting he said the night riders should have killed every member of the West Tennessee Land company following Captain Rankin's murder. With another juror jailed yesterday, only five jurors remain and two more may be discharged today.
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Union City
Tenn. Navy
H. P. Helflin
Helflin
West Tennessee Land Company
Jackson
Cenrerge
Women prepare turkeys for Salvation Army feast
Ten women worked at Salvation Army headquarters in Capitol avenue preparing turkeys cranberry sauce and other items for a noon to 1 pm Thanksgiving dinner at Germania hall for 1000 needy children. Governor Marshal will address the youngsters and public school teachers distributed the tickets.
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Germania Hall
Salvation Army
Capitol Avenue
Marshal
Thanksgiving Marriages Anticipated in Local Area
Paul Taylor, marriage license clerk, said he issued 15 licenses in two hours and expects Thanksgiving Day weddings to be plentiful. He noted another large batch issued in the afternoon as many couples hurry to wed on the holiday.
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Paul Taylor
Taylor
Rescue in News Building Pit Reaches Louis Brand
Louis Brand, a Black laborer, was knocked unconscious by a falling board in a basement pit of the News building on Washington street. Ambulance Surgeon Kane and driver Bert Marshall descended 15 feet to assist, then scaffolds were built to form a gradual incline for extraction. Brand lives at 1035 Traub avenue.
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Louis Brand
News
Kane
Bert Marshall
Brand
Employes
Traub Avenue
Scottsburg Votes Dry in County Election
Scott County voters approved local option by 375 votes with all but Lexington precinct voting dry. Lexington township yielded 8 votes for the wets as Scottsburg ends four years of dry status.
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Lexington
Las
Union Savings Bank placed in receivership in Collinwood
News wires report the Union Savings & Banking Co of Collinwood Ohio has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Other briefs note Queen Victoria arriving in London to visit her ill brother Prince Leopold Battenberg and Spanish Rift tribesmen surrender near Nador. An Ashland Wisconsin lumber merchant A H Miles was shot mortally while deer hunting. A suffragette Alice Chapin was found guilty and sentenced to four months. President reportedly offered governor post of New Mexico to Chief Justice Mills of Las Vegas and Mills accepted.
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Ashland
Wis
A. H. Miles
Iron River
Walsh
Bondon
Alice Chapin
Washington
New Mexico
W. J. Mills
Las Vegas
Burglars murder wealthy German in New Orleans home
In New Orleans today burglars killed George Eichhorn, a wealthy German resident, and stole $3,000. His body was dumped in a courtyard well while six family members heard no struggle. Detectives believe he woke during the burglary and was overpowered and shot.
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New Orleans
George Eichorn
Bers
Mr. Eichhorn
Buzzard Roost Accepted as City Park Gift
Mayor Bookwalter and the Park Commission accepted William Watson Woollen’s gift of Buzzard’s Roost to Indianapolis. The 44 acre estate near Fall Creek includes a seven room rustic house and eight miles northeast of the city. The city will name the park Woollen’s Garden of Birds and Botany and use it for park purposes.
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Bookwalter
Board of Park Commissioners
William Watson Woollen
Buzzard
Indianapolis
Park Board
Fall Creek
Woollen
Phone Case Decision Delayed in Stifel Books Audit Suit
After hearings on the demurrer in Herman C. Stifel's suit seeking access to the New Long Distance Telephone Company's books, Judge Remster said he would take the matter under advisement until the latter part of the week.
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Herman C. Stifel
Remster
Excited Sheriff Asks Governor For Soldiers
Bedford Indiana sheriff appeals to Governor Marshall for state troops to quell Bedford quar ries quarrelers thought to threaten property and life. Governor contacts sheriff by long distance to reassure him and says troops will be sent only if Circuit Court judge confirms necessity. Judge James B. Wilson of Bloomington presides.
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Bedford
Ind
Lawrence County
Marshall
National Guard
Lawrence-Monroe
James B. Wilson
Bloomington
Flour Missing Storage Go Sued By Pettis Dry Goods
The Pettis Dry Goods company filed suit against Charles L. Diez Webster E. Dietz and Robert H. Dietz of C L Dietz Storage for 600 dollars alleging conversion of part of a shipment of flour. The complaint claims 100 barrels of Pillsbury flour were received by the Dietz firm while the New York store got 206 barrels and that 60 barrels were unlawfully converted to Dietz use or disposed of.
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Pettis Dry Goods Company
Charles L. Diez
Webster E. Dietz
Robert H. Dietz
C. L. Dietz Storage Company
Dietz Company
Pillsbury
New York
Man with Money in Bank Must Add Family
Elijah Bartlett, a brickmason earning 6 cents an hour, was found guilty in juvenile court of neglecting his two daughters. He was fined $10 and sentenced to 50 days in the workhouse, suspended on payment of $53 to his daughters and $7 weekly thereafter, plus a stay-away order from Indianapolis. Bartlett has $200 in bank and Danville, Indiana property worth $4. his wife has filed for divorce.
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Elijah Bartlett
Indianapolis
Bartlett
Danville
Colored teams to play at Northwestern base ball park
The Herculeans and Columbian Giants will meet in a football game at Northwestern base ball park this afternoon.
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Herculeans
Columbian Giants
Northwestern Baseball Park
Watch Stolen in California Reappears in Indianapolis Case
A watch stolen from Mrs. Jessie Kavanaugh of Los Angeles reappears in Indianapolis after passing through burglars led by Henry Sutton. A pawn ticket found on Sutton ties the watch to a California theft, with McConnell of Mosler Safe tracing the case. Sutton’s gang history and multiple arrests are noted. Swick and Green linked to pawning the ticket.
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William Kavanaugh
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Henry Sutton
Mike Foley
Malin and
Stewart
C. M. McConnell
Mosler Safe Company
Wil
Jessie
Mrs. Kavanaugh
Sutton
Indianapolis
Hearsey
Nowiani Avenue
Martin McGuff
Leutenant
Timothy Splann
Spann
McGuff
Dave Richards
Pat Dougherty
Lieut. Kinney
Splara
Splann
Ed Swick
Swick
No More Witnesses in Campaign Promise Case
Prosecutor Hooton said the grand jury would take no testimony today on the case. Linton A. Cox was not called to testify about alleged promises by Mayor-elect Shank. Shank denies making such promises. Fred Eppert says he circulated the report as a joke to rally Fourth Ward voters. Mars Republicans deem the affair a hoax and see Prosecutor Baker as the victim of the grand jury inquiry.
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Hooton
Linton A. Cox
Shank
Cox
Fourth Ward
Mars
Derety Proscutor Baker
Grand Jury
Lew Shank
Indianapolis
Big Lew Shunk
Shunk
Open Door For The Timid Lew Shank
Indianapolis mayor elect Lew Shank faces pressure from city papers and officials as he assembles his public service boards. Editors and deputy prosecutor Frank P. Baker push for grand jury action, while supporters urge him to assert independence, appoint trusted colleagues, and refuse to be coerced by political factions.
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Samuel Lewis Shank
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Indianapolis Star
Frank P. Baker
Mr. Shank
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