The Sunday Theater Fight Splits Indianapolis Churches
Indianapolis ministers from multiple denominations announce a united campaign against first class theaters opening Sunday shows. Theaters Keith Grand English Park announce Sunday screenings with charity proceeds, while Murat will stay closed. Clergy warn the move undermines Sabbath sanctity and threatens the city’s moral tone, vowing a crusade to halt the expansion.
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United Church
Indianapolis
B. F. Keith
Grand
Park
Murat
Family
Gayets
Colonial
Allan B. Philpott
Central Christian Church
H. C. Clippinger
Edwin Ray M. E
Rev. Clippinger
Joshua Stansfield
Meridian Street M. E
Tam
Avil
Owen
Odell
Presbyterian Church
Albert Hurlatone
Roberts Park
M. E. Church
Major Russell Threatens Self at Market
Major Russell told his wife I am going to shoot myself and revealed a revolver at her poultry stand in the market. John Ray, her brother in law, took the weapon away as bystanders watched in the market house. Ellа Russell and Ray described no real panic amid the incident.
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Major Russell
John Ray
Russell
Ella Russell
John
Mrs. Russell
Ray
Major
Brazilian Sailors Mutiny Ends as Demands Granted
In Rio de Janeiro a naval mutiny successfully pressured the chamber of deputies to grant the sailors’ demands for better pay shorter hours and an immediate end to whipping. The mutineers surrendered ships and pledged obedience while threats of bombardment loomed over the city.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Batiste Das Neves
Minaa Geraes
Ted
Sao Paulo
Bahia
Jan Candido
Vienna
Fonseca
Firth
Marshal Fiorino
Carvalho
Senate
Honan Names McCullough Chief Assistant
Thomas M. Honan, the attorney general elect, has chosen James E. McCullough of Greenfield as chief assistant. The appointment assigns McCullough to oversee legal operations and assist in the transition.
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Honan
Thomas M. Honan
James E. McCullough
Greenfield
Man threatens shooting over stolen shoes incident
Seth Duval, in Mrs Katie Stillwell’s kitchen on East Market Street, swore to shoot the woman who took his shoes after missing footwear. He then bought a revolver with stolen earnings, resisted arrest, and was disarmed by officers Trimpe and Rucker when they arrived after residents fled.
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Seth Duval
Katie Stillwell
East Market Street
Fergiver
Seiliwell
Duval
Mrs. Stillwell
Bieyciemev Trimpe
Rucker
Daval
Dauvel
Census of U S estimated at 91 851 388 population
Preliminary estimates released from the 1910 census show the United States population at about 91,851,389, a million more than experts expected. The bulletin notes the national growth rate may exceed that of the states, with the sixteen states and two territories reporting an average 20.62 percent increase.
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Washington
United States
Alaska
Dynamite Sticks Found Near Plant In Chicago
Nineteen dynamite sticks were found in a vacant lot near the Federal steel construction plant, part of the American Bridge company. Police and guards increased at the plant as authorities linked the plot to similar attacks on bridges in Los Angeles and Peoria and ongoing labor conflicts with former employees of the American Bridge Company.
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Chicago
Federal Steel Construction Company
American Bridge Company
Los Angeles
Peoria
Newcastle
Ind
Bridge Trust
Fight over depth plan fuels split talk at lakes to gulf group
In St. Louis on November 23 delegates at the fifth annual convention of the association debated the depth proposition for lakes to gulf waterways and signaled a possible split as the gathering neared its closing day on Saturday.
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ST. Louis
Association
Holiday lax in city saloons draws curtain fronts apart
Thanksgiving day laxity in enforcing saloon laws is described as back doors open and curtains used to hide activity. Supt Hyland denied official tilting or orders to saloon keepers and said patrols would arrest violations as usual. A corner saloon near the station stayed open all night with a curtain hiding the bar while patrons entered. Patrolman Weilbie in plain clothes observed similar scenes on Kentucky avenue.
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Hyland
West Washington Street
Illinois Street
Weilbie
Kentucky Avenue
Pat Johnan Weible
Sunday sellers fined in local liquor case
Robert Curtis a bartender for Tony Lavala was fined 10 dollars and costs and Laraia was fined 25 dollars and costs. Last Sunday Patrolman Blumberg tried the back door of the Laraia restaurant saloon and hotel and could not get in. He heard men talking. He tried the side door and it gave way. He found Abner Ryan inside and Ryan admitted in court Friday that he had bought one drink of Curtis.
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Robert Curtis
Tony Lavala
Laraia
Blumberg
Abner Ryan
Ryan
Curtis
College Man Lectured Hard in Police Court
Police Judge James A. Collins lectured William Gilleran a well dressed collegiate accused of passing fraudulent checks. He contrasted the college man’s opportunities with two ignorant corn thieves, suspending jail while noting the man’s decline after drinking in New Haven and Indianapolis. Detectives pursued Campbell, with Gilleran arrested weeks ago after identifying a photograph.
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James A. Collins
William Gilleran
University of the World
Gilleran
New Haven
Conn
Indianapolis
Ray Campbell
Keran
Ben Cohen
East Washington Street
Sattinger
Houser
Mullin
Campbell
Mabel Skating in Hobble Finds Life One Bump After Another
In Richmond Indiana on Thanksgiving Day, Mabel attempted skating in a skirt, tumbling repeatedly as she fought balance and a slippery floor. The mishaps drew laughs and kept her from achieving a graceful glide, ending with a clumsy descent and a skirt pulling away.
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Mabel
Richmond
Ind
Penn
Rewards Posted for Madero Head as Anarchy Rises
Mexico City reports the Madero revolution nearly crushed but chaos follows. Federal troops seize Madero property and a 10000 peso reward is offered. Reports say Madero is trapped, wounded, or attempting to reach the United States amid a crackdown on anarchists and rioters.
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Mexico City
Madero
Francesco Madero
Guerrero
United States
Mexico
Chihuahua
Matamoras
Cosio Friday
Villar
Monterey
Mataifioris
Parral
Durango
Danrer
Diaz
Minister of Justice
Pelados
Reyes
Corrall
Europe
Bernardo Reyes
Gen. Reyes
Paris
Murder by Mexico City police sparks U.S. colony stir
In Mexico City a policeman, Sebastian Vardel, shot and killed James M. Reed of Huston, Mississippi. Reed was leaving a restaurant with friends when the officer fired twice, later declaring I have killed the gringo because the gringoes burned a Mexican. The incident unsettles American residents in the capital.
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Mexico City
James M. Reed
Huston, Miss
Reed
Sebastian Vardel
Red light plan eyed to speed police alerts
Superintendent Hyland and the safety board study a red light signaling system to flash alert messages to district patrols. Otway Trusler, police electrician, backed by field tests in eastern cities, says the scheme would deliver instant criminal descriptions to on duty officers and help catch offenders quickly.
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Hyland
Board of Safety
Otway Trusler
Police Department
Themas
Supt
Police
Trusier
Democrats to Make Colbert Custodian
Capt Thomas F Colbert former chief of police of Indianapolis will be the next custodian of the statehouse His term begins December 10 The democratic board of public buildings and property will appoint him Gov Marshall Auditor W M OBrien and Sec Lew Ellingham form the panel Colbert already has orders to retrench and reorganize the custodial staff He will nominally control fifteen janitors a chief engineer and assistants policemen and elevator men but will be limited in hiring compared with current staff.
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Thomas F. Colbert
Indianapolis
Statehouse
Board of Public Buildings and Property
Colbert
Traction Terminal
Democratic Board
Gov
Marshall
W. ME. O’brien
Lew Ellingham
Capt
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