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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1910
Page
11
President Taft has virtually decided on his recommendations for Congress, though he will not draft the annual message until returning from his Panama canal inspection. He plans a strong economy focus, two new battleships, six torpedo boat destroyers, and a pension retirement bill linked to wider government reforms.
Police say only one saloon keeper, Patrick J. White of 401 Patterson Street, was arrested after a rear bar was found open and selling. Despite raids, many downtown saloons remained undetected as officers noted rising craft in evading enforcement. Emma Dew, 719 West Allegheny Street, was charged with running a blind tiger after bottled beer in ice was found. Emma Bowers, 305 Elsworth Street, and several patrons including three black men, four black women, and a well dressed white woman named Catherine Moore were also found at another location where beer was present.
At Chicago river docks on October 31 two men drowned and a third just avoided death after a fierce melee claimed to involve lake sailors. Witnesses saw the trio fall over the edge as they grappled, with lifesavers rescuing Charles Miller, a marine engineer, while the others remained missing. The fight involved only fists and feet with no weapons.
Cleveland Ohio October 31 The Detroit and Cleveland aero company plans the first air ship line in the United States linking Cleveland and Detroit. The venture is formed by officials of the Detroit and Cleveland steamship company and was disclosed Monday.
Washington October 31 A Prospect Hill cemetery laborer George Anderson tired of life swallowed weed terminator poison. He told the cemetery superintendent he wished to die and died within five minutes.
W. H. Freeman demands a retracting report on a forestry board matter be published after a state examiner disputed claims of a deficit. Freeman counters with voucher 3987 showing 966 paid on a 950 item, noting an overcount of 14 dollars owed to him by the state, and acknowledges a 2 dollar addition error.
Three federal cases filed long ago were dismissed Monday for want of prosecution. The Diamond Stone Sawing Machine Company versus Romana Politic Stone Company of Indianapolis claimed patent infringement on stone sawing machines, filed June 11, 1907. Isaac Totten estate administrator Charles L. Hildreth sued Lake Erie and Western Railroad for $10,000 over Totten’s death by a train. Samuel Briner sought $5,000 for injuries in a separate action against Lake Erie and Western Railroad.
In Acapulco three men are jailed on suspicion of involvement in the Los Angeles Times building dynamite case. Names listed on the boat papers include Harry Ham Carlson and Dan Archer. Captain Swan Hogdeth and engineer Adolph Adolphson remain on board under guard. others are imprisoned. The captain says he was contracted for 130 dollars to sail from San Francisco to the Galapagos.
Santa Fe New Mexico convention members said after four weeks of work the constitution for the new state will likely be submitted to congress at the next session. They expect to finish before November 15 and plan a special election for ratification before it is sent to Congress in December.
Fire in a dormitory adjoining the main building of the state infirmary and dumb asylum at Berkley caused total loss of the building and a stampede among inmates. No fatalities occurred as inmates were dining in the main building at the time.
London on October 31 reports the death of John Adams Acton England s foremost sculptor who died Monday Among his sitters were King Edward Queen Victoria the late Kaiser and the kalserin
Bernard Francis O'Neil of Wallace Idaho, now on the executive committee of the American bankers association and chairman of Idaho’s Republican state committee, returns to New York after thirty years. He started as a newsboy aided by the Children’s Aid Society and rose to become a millionaire through farming and profit sharing. He credits study at night and hard work, noting honesty and effort as keys to success and praising help for ambitious youth.
WANTED female consult Dr Clayton specialist consultation and examination free Postal Telegraph Bldg southeast corner Meridian and Washington sts WANTED strong woman or girl colored or white at once 904 Germania ave Phone Main 5357 WANTED assistant bookkeeper one who knows stenography must come well recommended Address Box E 38 1 WANTED lady white or colored who understands sewing and pressing 303 N Capitol ave
Susan Reese widow of David W. Reese dies aged 72 at home 608 Caldwell. Burial Crown Hill. William Alexander Kirby husband of Josephine Kirby dies at 2312 Adams St aged 60. Funeral at home November 1. Numerous classified ads seek barber trainees, railway clerks, sales, loans, and services at 2023 State Life Building and other downtown addresses in Indianapolis.
Advertised opportunity offers 50 to 100 percent return on a $500 to $2000 investment. Claimed to be fully risk free after rigorous checks by Indianapolis figures of trust and conservatism. Correspondence confidential. Highest references requested. Address E55 Sun.
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