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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1910
Page
3
Imperial window glass company may liquidate before the government trial on conspiracy in restraint of trade. Trial set for November 14 in Pittsburgh. Directors favor disbanding. 573 pots still producing glass. Hartford City would suffer, with potential loss of industry and jobs.
Burl Matthews and Miss Lottie Harlan married in Paris Illinois on Sunday after a strained courtship. Matthews had earlier been jailed for a fight with a Greek rival accused of wooing Miss Harlan, and later worked in a local quarry following a suspended sentence.
Indiana university will send delegates to the Y M C A international convention in Toronto on Oct 29 to 31. Dr Ernest H Lindley represents the faculty Rev Thomas R White represents the churches Jesse Howard serves as vice president and Secretary Voris of the Y M C A participate. The sophomore fall term dance is scheduled for Dec 3.
Evansville Ind Oct 25 Mrs Jane Abney wife of a Rockport Ind businessman committed death by own action Monday by taking morphine after she had gone to an undertaking firm and purchased a coffin and burial robe.
Jeffersonville Ind Oct 25 Roy Smith the trusty who ran into a street car after leaving Maj D C Peyton at a lecture and then fled across country was found Monday asleep in a field His days as a trusty are at an end Smith is an inmate of the reformatory and had been treated as a trusty by Supt Peyton who used him for some time
In Greenfield Indiana on October 25 Democrats announce an all day campaign event for November 4 with John E. Lamb of Terre Haute as principal speaker. Republicans have not held public meetings in the county this campaign. Multiple burglaries occurred since Friday with five businesses and several residences robbed. Revival at Shioh Christian church draws large crowds with twenty six new members last Sunday.
The Indiana state federation of clubs holds its formal opening Tuesday in Richmond with delegates arriving and a large attendance expected. Mrs Grace Joan Clarke of Irvington, the president, is likely to be re-elected as no other candidates are known.
John W. Kern told the Jackson club at Indiana University that Senator Beveridge allied with trusts and toured the state portraying himself as the savior. Kern charged Beveridge voted for ship subsidy and the amendment enabling Morgan ship line consolidation and refused to answer or explain his income tax vote.
In Columbus Indiana on October 25 Mayor Barnaby ordered the arrest of moochers and pledged to curb the practice. A candidate said he was begged for money six times in one block by voters. Cholera and high prices have reduced hog supplies, with local buyers importing them. fresh core corn hits five cents a bushel after years. Republicans and Democrats clash over party emblem placement on voting machines with Republicans favoring below names and Democrats above.
The biggest rally of the campaign planned for Thursday in Mishawaka as Republicans of St. Joseph county gather to welcome Gifford Pinchot. Marching clubs from Mishawaka and South Bend will take part in the event.
Special to The Sus. Tipton Indiana October 25 William Nash learned he was divorced on Saturday when he did not appear for service. He encountered his wife on Monday and, after a heated argument, they went to the county clerk seeking a remarriage, a request that was not granted.
Lafayette Ind Oct 25 Mr J G Imboden of Decatur has accepted an invitation to speak at the Indiana cattle feeders association fall meeting in Lafayette on November 19 1910. A prominent and successful cattle feeder and dealer he sells many range steers to Illinois and Indiana and has been a consistent winner at the International stock show. He is an expert judge of fat and breeding cattle and a noted writer and speaker in live stock circles.
In Hammond Indiana on October 23 Mat Prazer faced Justice Harlan after a garnishment scheme led to his salary being seized for a bill claimed as board costs when it was not. An investigation found a collecting agency tied to the court constable used affidavits on about twenty similar cases. Prazer’s children were entrusted to the board of children's guardians as he declared he had no money left.
In Terre Haute Indiana a judge jokes with Hanna Reed as rats ruin papers proving marriage. Reed claims a Kentucky marriage five years earlier and says their licenses were hidden away then rats ate them, prompting the court to dismiss her case if she leaves town quickly.
In Evansville Indiana on October 15 Thomas Littell George Klemn and William Raley were acquitted of charges that they stole 2100 worth of diamonds from a jewelry store where they worked.
Prof. Charles Stricker formerly of Newport Kentucky was badly bitten by a circus ape at his training quarters in New Albany Indiana. The incident was reported as a special dispatch to The Sup.
South Bend dispatch notes reports on Senator B. F. Shiveley’s condition have been exaggerated. It is unlikely he can speak during the campaign as an operation to remove two pieces of dead bone from his foot is scheduled for this week.
Chicago police pursue a gang of women alleged to use the sick drink pretense to steal in hotels. Julius Pauly, a 70ish New York dry goods merchant, lost 6000 in negotiable notes after a woman feigned illness at the Palmer House. Detectives recovered the wallet and notes. multi-hotel scams are believed linked.
Walter Donnell, 23, arrested by Bartholomew horsethief detectives on charges of setting fire to the large stock barn of W. T. Newsom on a farm near Columbus. The blaze caused about $5,000 in losses. Donnell, employed in a Indianapolis restaurant, was en route to Louisville by bicycle and denies the accusation.
Terre Haute Ind October 25 After the marriage of Haden Haber and Tauline Long at Dawn Sunday night several businessmen friends of the groom kidnapped him chained him in an automobile took him to Danville Illinois and kept him there Sunday night and Monday Monday evening the bride threatened to take regal proceedings against the kidnappers if they do not bring him back at once
William L. Carey, long a Chicago commission house representative, recently sold the Calf of Man, an islet off the Isle of Man near England. The Calf of Man, five miles around and covering about 1000 acres, had been in the Carey family for years.
Green Castle Indiana October 25 Dr. Edwin Post, who traveled to Florida for rest, reports he had to pack his trucks and live on top of them during the recent hurricane as waves battered the coast and the walls of his seashore home withstood the storm without burning.
Special to The Sun reports a severe Hammond crash on Monday injuring three. W. C. Belman, cashier, struck contractor Peter D. Bok, who near-disemboweled himself and dies at St. Margaret's hospital. Alexander Katona and his son John sustained serious injuries when their piney collided with the other automobile.
A Fox yacht valued at 25 thousand dollars named Senta burned near the harbor edge and sank into the water early Tuesday.
Hammond Ind Oct 25 H W Roberts horse ran away on the road scattering buggy harness and people until it reached Michigan Central tracks where a freight train came and the horse died of its injuries.
WABASH Ind Oct 25 Mrs Peter Wright died Monday at North Manchester. She and her husband had shared sixty six years of marriage. The couple who survive include Mrs Wright and her husband both long married residents of the area.
A boat tragedy near Edgartown Massachusetts on October 25 narrowly spared John A. Vox of New York, his two guests Mrs D A Williams of Noank Connecticut and Miss W K Barnes of New York, and a crew of five men as they faced a perilous escape.
A Portland physician writes that health depends on diet and hygiene and praises Grape-Nuts as nourishing for both healthy people and those with stomach weakness. He notes over 20 years of experience treating many diseases and urges breakfast with Grape-Nuts and cream for strength, cautioning against heavy morning meals.
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