Tales of Taft Visit Spur Indiana Campaign Gossip
A lively column by L. W. Henley riffs on Indiana Republican operatives as Judge Taft visits Indianapolis. It jokes about Joe Kealing, Beveridge, and the Fairbanks machine, notes on Harry New activity, a taunting blurb about an embezzlement case, and a jab at Fred Sims attracting state salary.
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L. W. Henley
Taft
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio
Joe Healing
Beveridge
Kealing
Joe
Fairbanks
Bryan
Joe Kealing
Harry New
Fred Sims
Mob surrounds woods in manhunt for Pitney near Monroe
A mob has surrounded woods west of Monroe where William Pitney, alleged assailant of 15 year old Sarah E. Smith, is said to be hiding. Deputies in an automobile have gone to the scene to protect Pitney if he is captured. Separate items report Judge Pritchard postponing a suspended sentence ruling in John Wheeler’s assault and attempted robbery case as his sister Catherine Wheeler spurs mercy efforts and pledges to support their ill mother. Strong local support grows to seek clemency and alternate arrangements for Wheeler and his sister.
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Monroe
N. Y
Here
William Pitney
Sarah E. Smith
Pitney
William McCarty
John Wheeler
Gov
Hanly
Young Wheeler
Catherine Wheeler
Marion County
McCarty
Wheeler
Kern boy not improved as father stays by bedside
Continued on page two this California report notes Little John Kern Jr. remained in critical condition Friday morning with no improvement overnight. Father Mr Kern kept vigil beside his son, underscoring concern over the child’s health.
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Little John Kern, Jr
Mr. Kern
Woman Vies for Vengeance Sparks Backyard Fire
Mrs. Belle Wilson of 219 East Ohio Street set a small blaze in the Baker home at 221 East Ohio Street by lighting a twisted newspaper to search for a fallen ice pick. Firemen arrived to find a burning mattress in the backyard, triggered by the earlier smoldering alarm. Mrs. Baker had reported smoke from a basement window on September 15, prompting the call. The incident was a neighborly feud over calls to the fire department.
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Ohio Street
Baker
Fire at Three Es boarding house kills three children
A late night blaze in Lincolnville Oklahoma destroyed the Three Es boarding house after a kerosene can exploded in Newton Cox's hands. Faye Cox 10 Eulah Cox 6 and Dora Knight 10 died. Several others burned include Newton Cox and Walter Keith.
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Lincolnville
Okla
Faye Cox
Eulah Cox
Dora Knigth
Newton Cox
Faye
Walter Keith
Ladder burglar 13 discovered in AGT
Lawrence Fouth of 217 N West street awoke to a burglar placing a ladder at 212 N West street. The intruder climbed partway, fled when confronted, and disappeared with the ladder. Officers Hal and Simon pursued but found no suspect or ladder. A separate break in on Friday night at C M McLaughlin’s home yielded pants, $8 and a watch.
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Lawrence Fouth
N. West Street
Politicians Campaign Across States This Week
Mr. Bryan spoke to large crowds in West Virginia and will appear in New Jersey and New York on Friday. Mr. Taft tours Indiana with events in Indianapolis, while Charles P. Taft plans Ohio and Indiana spending via Republican leadership. Kern tends his ill son as Broughton Brandenburg faces arrest in Dayton over a Cleveland letter sale. Candidate Thomas L. Hisgen spoke at Schenectady Friday.
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Mr. Bryan
New Jersey
West Virginia
New York
Mr. Taft
Indiana
Indianapolis
Charles P. Taft
Hitchcock
Ohio
Mr. Kern
Broughton Brandeburg
Cleveland
New York Times
Dayton
Jerome
Beer Giving Fanatic Sect Infant Abuse Shocks City
Elijah Groomer a three year old in juvenile court charged with feeding beer from a nursing bottle to a one year old in a faulty hovel along with Mrs. Nora Davis. Police found 21 members of the Alpha sect living in four forsaken rooms at 1493 KB Sixteenth Street. Four infants ill with pneumonia and one baby in a drunken stupor with a stale beer bottle were cared for at Eleanor hospital. Groomer admitted buying beer to quiet the baby and hinted beer use was regular. Davis is charged with abandonment and neglect, claiming two babies came from an Ohio orphanage and others from their mothers via Alpha beliefs. The traveling group plans to move toward Oklahoma, many of mixed race, in a heated, sparsely furnished house. Judge Black of Columbus denounces the gang as vile and immoral. The sect is not recognized by Spiritualists.
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Elijah Groomer
Groomer
Christian Spiritualists
Humane Officers
Sixteenth Street
Eleanor Hospital
Nora Davis
Ohio
Davis
Springfield
Columbus
Bishop Walters Addresses S00 in Bryan Campaign
More than 590 colored voters gathered Thursday night at Senate Avenue and Eleventh Street to hear Bishop Walters address supporters. Ex Senator T T Allen of Louisiana spoke urging votes for Bryan. W E Henderson rebutted Jim Crow claims by the Republicans and noted Oklahoma’s admission with a discriminating constitution endorsed by the president and a Republican Congress despite a petition from 25 000 colored citizens.
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Senate Avenue
Eleventh Street
Bishop Walters
W. E. Henderson
T. T. Allan
Louisiana
Bryan
Oklahoma
Congress
Indiana Voters Urged to Favor Economy in Public Office
Judge Edward W. Felt of Greenfield campaigned in Indianapolis on the Democratic state ticket for the appellate court. He praised broad readership of economic arguments and predicted Hancock county will deliver a 1000 vote plurality for Democrats, stressing honest, economical management and voter reading and thinking as paths to reform.
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Edward W. Felt
Greenfield
Indianapolis
Felt
Hancark
Hancock County
Indiana
Miers Layer Silent Before Police Judge
William Pugh who shot and killed Edward Miers at a rooming house on 249 IX South Street was arraigned in police court and waived examination. The body was sent to a brother on N Oriental Street for funeral. Matron Oakes will present this to Judge Stubbs regarding Mrs Miers two youngest children.
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William Pugh
Edward Miers
South Street
William Miers
N. Oriental Street
Venile
Judge Walker Confined to Bed by Doctors
Probate Judge Walker is ordered to remain in bed for several days, not due to relapse but after a period of high activity during typhoid fever recovery. Physicians urge careful rest to aid convalescence.
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Walker
Practice voting machines arrive for Indianapolis wards
Republican county commissioners concede to public demand and announce 15 voting machines will be installed next Monday in each Indianapolis ward for voter practice. Democrats join to cover moving costs, with both chairmen agreeing to fund the scheme.
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Republican County Commissioners
Indianapolis
Republican
Democratic County Central
Fogarty
Ruckelshaus
Marion County
Statehouse
Republican County Committee
Motorcycle match race at Fair Grounds
Erwin Baker and Johnny Sink will meet in a 50 mile motorcycle match race Saturday afternoon at the Fair Grounds track Baker rides a 3 horsepower Indian and Sink a 5 horsepower Thor.
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Fair Grounds
Erwin Baker
Johnny Sink
Baker
Sink
Ex-Banker McCoy Dead in Missouri Home
Alfr McCoy longtime banker in Rensselaer died at his daughter Mrs W A Rinehart’s home in Queen City Missouri He had lived there since his son Thomas J McCoy was tried and McCoy found innocent of embezzlement in June 1907 The article notes his son’s conviction and his own innocence in the charge
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M’coy
Rensselaer
Ind
Alfr McCoy
Thomas J. McCoy
W. A. Rinehart
Queen City
Fire Destroys Part of Erie Masonic Temple
Fire caused thirty thousand dollars in damage to the Masonic temple in Erie Pennsylvania today. Other items note the Austrian battleship Franz Ferdinand being blown ashore near Isola, Indiana men Joe Veltra and Bruno Carbone escaping jail after murder conviction, two black men Edward Honore and Jack Pierce hanged in New Orleans for killing Patrolman Cambias in 1907, and William Drake veteran publisher dying in St. Louis.
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Erie
Trieste
Franz Ferdinand
Isola
Indiana
Joe Veltra
Bruno Carbone
New Orleans
Edward Honore
Jack’’ Pierce
Orleans Parish
Cambias
ST. Louis
William Drake
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Jim Watso
Col. Mulhall
Tate
Seventh
EAR Mob
Adoailant
Catherine
Cell
Judge Pritchard
Kerns
Croke
Mrs. Belle
Csedidate
Thomas L. Hisgen
Schenectady
Frida
Humane
Claudia Libbey Hains
Peter Cc. Hains
Willam Bee. Annis
Hains
Lis
Miers
Grand Jury
Pugh
Oakes
Stubbs
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