PLEADING OF WATSON AND OTHERS FALL TO HALT THE GOVERNOR
Governor Hanly plans a special session on Monday to push county unit local option and seek repeal of the Vincennes university claim. He aims to address southern Indiana Night Riders and obtain enforcement funds. The move sparks alarm among Republican leaders who fear reform as a party test and jeopardize Watson’s candidacy.
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Watson
Hanly
Vincennes University
Eave Ic
Bingham
Hope Watson
Fred Sims
Republican State Central Committee
David Myers
Republican Party
Republican Machine
Claypool Hotel
J. E. Watson
Vincennes
Stalds
Gov Hanly Calls Indiana Special Assembly Session
Gov. J. Frank Hanly issues a proclamation calling the Indiana General Assembly to convene in special session on Friday at 11 a.m. The move aims to reappropriate unexpended funds for Purdue University, the State Normal School, Girls' School, School for the Deaf, and hospital and monument projects, citing lapse of appropriations and need to finish ongoing construction before next year.
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Republican’ State Central Committee
General Assembly
Indiana
Julianas
I. J. Frank Hanly
State of
Sixty-Fifth
General Fund of the Treasury
Purdue University
State Normal School
School For the
Southeastern Hospital
Umane
Ccc
Cece
Vicksburg
Andersonville
Lew Wallace
Women's Prison
Clermont
Tragedy mystery as key witness misses coroner inquest
Miss Myra Fisher, sole witness to the Struckman double tragedy, failed to appear at the coroner's inquest. Coroner Petersdorf warned an officer would compel her return from Anderson if needed. Fisher, staying nearby, declined to disclose full details of the night’s events.
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Myra Fisher
Struckman
Henry Struckman
Petersdorf
Miss Fisher
Independent telephone move ties Ohio firms under one banner
Ohio independents plan a new company with at least five million dollars in capital to operate the Cuyahoga United States and Columbus Citizens lines, offering stock to existing holders at fifty percent and to 300 plus independents. The deal, backed by a million in cash, aims to align Ohio’s independents and may retire key leaders. Rumors of talks with Bell Telephone surface but gainsay.
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Ohio
Cleveland Leader
Cuyahoga, United States
Columbus Citizens’ Company
Cuyahoga
United States
H. A. Everett
James S. Braitey
Indianapolis
Toledo
Cuyahogs
Cleveland Trust Company
Bell
New York City
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Breakfast with a Corpse Confession Shocks Boston
In Boston, Chester Jordan formerly of Indianapolis confessed to police after killing his wife in Somerville. He described quarreling, killing, dismembering, and storing body parts, then transporting the trunk to Boston and awaiting a ship that never left. He was arrested at a Hancock Street boarding house.
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Chester
Jordan
Somerville
Mass
Boston
Shortridge High School
Oston
Chester Jordan
Indianapolis
New York
Harvard
North Station
Hackman
Hancock Street
Tenth Street
Park Avenue
Phineas G. Jordan
Shortridge
Nellie
Jesse L. Livermore
Phil Brown
The
Park Theater
Murderous mystery and political wrangle unfold in era notes
The report blends a grim Boston murder case, Ches ter Jordan, an actor, jailed for killing his wife with a butcher knife, dismembering her, and hiding the remains in a trunk shipped from Somerville. It ties to Mrs. Jesse L. Livermore and family prominence in Somerville society, plus a broader note on Indiana politics and Governor Hanly’s emergency call amid state treasury shortages. The piece also references James E. Watson and Senator Fremont Goodwin amid Republican maneuvering around the special session.
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Boston
Somerville
Chester Jordan
Jordan
Jesse L. Livermore
New York
Phineas Co. Jordan
Kendall
Republican State Central Committee
Hanly
James E. Watson
Watson
Mr. Watson
Fremont Goodwine
James
Rooming House Thieves Known in St. Louis
William Roeder and Albert Woerner were arrested in Greensburg Indiana after robbing a room at a North Illinois street boarding house. Police say they are well known thieves in St. Louis and have robbed several people. They will be tried in Indianapolis.
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William Roeder
Albert Woerner
Greensburg
Ind
J. D. Douglas
Jack Schaffer
N. Ilinois Street
St. Louis
Detectiv Department of
Bray
Indianapolis
Kinder’s pistol incident ends with $1 fine, police court
William C. Kinder of 14 W Twenty-fifth Street faced a police court Friday over a revolver incident in Broad Ripple. Kinder claimed he fired at a holdup man on Thursday night. police records indicate the event and outcome cost him a dollar.
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William C. Kinder
Twenty-fifth Street
Dolla and Costa
Kinder
Broad Ripple
Newsboys to visit Wonderland in Indianapolis Fete
Sun's newsboys head to Wonderland tonight hosted by the Indianapolis Sun. Hundreds of energetic lads who sell the Sun will ride routes to homes and receive complimentary tickets and carfare. The park welcomes the young paper merchants with free refreshments and attractions, promising a grand night for the newsies.
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Wonderland
Indianapolis Sun
Sun
Wife tells her story of bustin death on porch
In Omaha on September 4, Mrs Frederick T Austin gave a first interview from a coffin room about her husband shot and killed on his front porch early Tuesday. She described waking to a shot and finding him in distress before fainting herself.
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Omaha, Neb
Frederick T. Austin
Hitchcock in Indianapolis to discuss party work
Frank Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican national committee, toured Indiana Friday. He conferred with state committee members and leading politicians, visited all departments at the state headquarters, and met Vice-President Fairbanks, who pledged support for Taft when called upon.
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Frank Hitchcock
Rrepublican National Committee
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Taft
Firemen battle smoky urban blaze at 114 S Pennsylvania
Firemen fought a two‑alarm fire at the vacant National Printing building on 114 S Pennsylvania. Smoke filled the third floor and rear, with one firefighter injuring his ankle. Loss estimated at 1200. Investigators consider possible incendiary origin.
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S. Pennsylvania Street
National Printing Company
Coats
Jack O'Brien
Dan Hill
Maryland Street
Bray
Harriman firms sign 500 steel gondola cars contract
Johnstown reports show Cambria Steel to build 500 steel gondola cars under a Harriman agreement. In Greensburg the H C Frick works suspended due to water shortage, marking a historically dry summer. Johnstown reservoirs run dry with a third sole hope for water. In Braddock Otto Boswich, Hungarian nobleman and millionaire, arrested on robbery charges with Chicago police involvement.
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Johnstown
Harriman
Cambria Steel Company
Greensburg
H. C. Frick Coal and Coke Works
Mammoth
Pittsburg
Otto Boswich
Braddock
Lutz
Chicago
Police
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