Prison congress delegates to tour Indianapolis
About 100 delegates from fifty foreign countries and U S states will visit Indianapolis next week for the International prison congress in Washington. The tour includes inspections of state and local institutions, with addresses by Gov. Marshall and Amos W. Butler, and visits to hospitals, schools, jails, and charitable homes.
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International Prison Congress
Washington
United States
Indianapolis
Jersey City
New York
Ohio
Elmira
Argentine Republic
Charles Layman
North
Delaware Street
Gov. Marshall
Charles W. Fairbanks
Oscar Montgomery
Supreme Court of Indiana
Amos W. Butler
American Prison Association
Claypool Hotel
Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument
Manual Training
Shortridge
Indiana Girls’ School
Clermont
Indiana Boy’s School
Plainfield
Women’s Prison
Central Hospital For the Insane
House of the Good Shepherd
Lutheran Orphan'’S Home
John B. Elam
Thomas R. Ellison
Timothy Nicholson
Hugh Dougherty Wis
R. G. McClure
J. I. Holcomb
Warry J. Milligan
Ernest Bross
Mme
Helen Thorner
Preacher William M. Zaring Seeks Retirement After 56 Years
Rev. William M. Zaring 81, pastor of Grace M. E. Church, is known for 56 years of service in Indiana conferences. He preached “Finally, Brethren, Farewell,” and plans to seek retirement while offering to continue if needed. Born near Salem, Ind, he has few vacations and served eighteen years as presiding elder. He will request the state conference to place his home on the list of superannuated pastors.
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Brethren
William M. Zaring
Grace M. E
Indiana
Zaring
Salem
Ind
State Conference
County Convention of W C T U Planned
The Marion county Woman's Christian Temperance Union schedules its annual two day convention at Hall Place M. E. church on Sept 20 and 21. The program features county president Mrs S R Artman, a grand gold medal contest, addresses by Dr Martha B Keller on daily life Christ Christianity, George B McKee on equal suffrage, and Judge Stubbs on the motion picture menace.
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Marion County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Hall Place
M. EB
S. R. Artman
Amanda Whitson
Glasgow
Scotland
Stubbs
George B. McKee
Martha B. Keller
L. E. Scott
Bolster
Cora Harper
Carr
Board of Superintendents
Gipe
Martha E. Keller
Brennan
Judge Stubbs
Business Men Must Favor Square Deal
Senator Beveridge addressed about 200 traveling men at the Claypool hotel insisting that sound economics favor a square deal. He argued that corporations should have no more power than individuals and urged a permanent settlement of business conditions on principle.
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Beveridge
Claypool Hotel
Rock Bottom
Flerein
Salesman Clings to Live Wire, Dies in Rail Crossing
Robert E. Morrow, 30, Gibson salesman, died after clinging to a charged guy wire at the Indianapolis Newcastle & Toledo traction line crossing on Twenty third street. Albert Lynch, a Belt railroad brakeman, found him as a wrecked Morrow car lay two miles away. Detective Ulery freed the body by wrapping rubber around the legs.
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Robert E. Morrow
Gibson Automobile Company
Twentythird Street
Indianapolis, Newcastle & Toledo Traction Company
Albert Lynch
Morrow
Harry Ulery
Governor Opens Campaign October 3 Speech Date
Gov Marshall sets October 3 for his opening campaign speech. Skepticism over a single keynote exists due to diverse Democratic interests and factions. Sen Benjamin S Shively and John W Kern plan opening addresses October 1 at Laporte and Evansville. Sam Ralston to speak about the same period.
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Gov. Marshall
Zinch
Benjamin S. Shively
John W. Kern
Laporte
Evansville
Sam Ralston
Enforcement of closed season on waterfowl begins
Fish and game commissioner George W. Miles leads a push to enforce the closed season October 1 through November 10 with waterfowl hunting allowed only during that period. Ben D. Davis of Corydon Indiana paid a 32.50 fine for hunting without a license and helped Deputy W. E. Lampher obtain one on the spot.
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George W. Miles
Fish and Game Commissioner
Ben D. Davis
Corydon
Ind
W. E. Lampher
State Health Board Targets Social Evil Education
The state health board pledges a vigorous campaign against social ills in the nation. It issues a new pamphlet noting eighty percent of Americans suffer from the social evil and urges parents to shed prudery for their children's sake. Dr J N Hurty calls for public knowledge of medical facts and high ideals.
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State Board of Health
Australia
Siberia
Pioneer Carriage Manufacturer Dies at 75
Christian Stark longtime Indianapolis pioneer carriage man and founder of Christian Stark and son died at 1622 College avenue after three years of ill health. He opened his first shop on Pearl and Alabama streets. Survived by widow six children and a married sister Mrs Christian Busch. Funeral private from home Tuesday afternoon. Interment at Crown Hill.
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Christian Stark
Crown Hill
Hospital Addition Planned at Methodist Hospital
Vonnegut and Bohn will present plans and specifications for a new four story addition to the Methodist Episcopal hospital at Sixteenth Street and Capitol Avenue, costing 110000, for approval by the building committee this week. The wing will include a roof garden, a children’s ward, a maternity ward, and a public dispensary. Committee members are W. C. Vanarsdale, John N. Carey, J. L. Dissette, Rev. William M. Zaring, and Dr. W. T. Graham.
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Vonnegut & Bohn
Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Sixteenth Street
Capitol Avenue
W. T. Graham
W. C. Vanarsdale
John N. Carey
J. L. Dissette
William M. Zaring
Ruth Wentz 15 Hangs Self to Escape Stepfather
Ruth Wentz aged 15 and living at 2927 Columbia Avenue reportedly hanged herself in a woodshed behind the home of foster parents Mr and Mrs John Westman. Authorities say she took her own life to escape threats by her stepfather who had been imprisoned two years earlier for attacking her.
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Ruth Wentz
Columbia Avenue
John Westman
Wed's Brother's Slayer in Kansas City Case
Carl C. Peterson an 18 year old man marries Rose Peterson 22 who two years earlier killed her first husband on a city street after a quarrel. She faced first degree murder charge and was acquitted. The report notes her beauty.
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Kansas City
Carl C. Peterson
Rose Peterson
Peterson
Water Works Meet Set For Tuesday
The Central States Water Works Association will hold its fourteenth annual convention at the Claypool hotel on Sept 20 21 and 22 with delegates from Indiana Illinois Kentucky Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee West Virginia and Wisconsin. Local committee members include H B Barnard Samuel Lewis Shank Dr C G Woods C A Bookwalter Winfield T Miller E B Peck J N Hurry L C Boyd T M Landon F C Jordan and C H Hurd. Hurd will read a paper on Washington Pumping Station and E H Jordan will discuss filter plants. Registration starts Tuesday in the Claypool green room and officers will be elected that afternoon. Mayor Shank will welcome delegates Wednesday and T H Verner will respond. A Columbia club lunch follows. Afternoon tours cover filtration Riverside pumping and Washington pumping stations. Thursday morning conducts business and in the afternoon delegates visit Fort Benjamin Harrison and the sewage disposal plant.
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Central States Water Works Association
Claypool
Indiana
Tllinois
Mkentucky
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
West Virginia
Wisconsin
H. B. Barnard
Indiana State Food and Drug Commission
Samuel Lewis Shank
C. 3. Woods
C. A. Bookwalter
Winfield T
Washington
H. E. Jordan
Indianapolis
Train Hits Sprinkling Cart In City
Pennsylvania passenger train No. 8636 under Engineer Ted McGraw struck and demolished a sprinkling cart driven by J. R. Smith at the Pennsylvania tracks and Noble street after 8 p.m. Sunday. Smith suffered slight injuries to arms and shoulder. mules were torn loose but unharmed.
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Pennsylvania
Ted McGraw
J. R. Smith
Alabama
Washington Streets
Pennsylvania Tracks
Noble Street
Smith
Indiana adds 100000 voters in election plans
BE W McGinnis, chief clerk, says ballots needed will rise about fifteen percent from the last election across sixty counties. The board plans to order at least 100000 more ballots. Lake county reports no figures yet but locals claim 10000 votes added by foreign arrivals. Election law work finished Monday. main change preserves all ballots. other changes affect primary and municipal election rules.
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BE. W. McGinnis
Board of Election Commissioners
Lake County
Marion county assessment funds approved by council
The Marion county council set aside seven hundred dollars for three deputy assessors and approved a total appropriation of 50,217.50. Distribution covers Center 40,680 Franklin 707.50 Perry 987.50 Pike 687.50 Washington 1,120 Wayne 2,700 Lawrence 707.50 Decatur 686.50.
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Marion County
Franklin
Perry
Pike
Washington
Wayne
Lawrence
Decatur
Bainbridge Woman Charged With Theft
A Bainbridge Indiana woman Lulu Belle Coffman was arrested for grand larceny after a Brightwood railroad engineer Harry Kemper reported a robbery Friday night of a gold watch and 115 dollars. Edward Newbury of Rathbone Street was later arrested when he called to inquire about the woman.
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Harry Kemper
Brightwood
Lulu
Belle Coffman
Bainbridge
Ind
Edward Newbury
Rathbone Street
Lincoln Emulators Warned by Pattee
Dean William Pattee of the University of Minnesota law school warned against emulating Abraham Lincoln by studying law at home. He argued a self taught route would take longer and fail to prepare a person for the bar, saying three years of law school cannot be matched by twenty years of self study.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Abraham Lincoln
William Pattee
University of Minnesota
Hoosiers to Be Initiated into 33rd Degree in Detroit
At a Detroit meeting of the Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite five Indianapolis men will be initiated into the thirty third degree of Masonry. Named are Dr Eli W Anderson Robert Coffin Frank E Gavin Homer Sampsel and James W Lilly. Eight additional Hoosiers to be initiated include Fred W Matthews Bloomington Herbert A Graham Elkhart and Harry Strickland Greenfield.
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Supreme Council of the Sovereign
Detroit
Mich
Indianapolis
Eli W. Anderson
Robert Coffin
Frank E. Gavin
Homer Sampsel
James W. Lilly
Arkansas girl confesses to double Oklahoma murder
Ebby Shepard, 16, daughter of J. W. Shepard, confessed to County Attorney Burns and Sheriff Rader that she killed her father and uncle Taylor Shepard in Newkirk Oklahoma after claiming they whipped her. She produced the ax used in the crime and turned it over to officers.
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Arkansas City
Kas
Ebby Shepard
J. W. Shepard
Taylor Shepard
Newkirk
Okla
Burns
Rader
Veterans to reunite in Indiana statehouse room 12
The Seventy ninth Indiana volunteer infantry plans a reunion in room 12 of the statehouse on Wednesday with a dinner for sixty veterans in the basement. One hundred veterans of the Third Indiana infantry will also meet at the Statehouse on October 6.
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Seventy-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Statehouse
Third Indiana Infantry
Taft to push bill fortifying Panama Canal
President Taft plans to push a canal fortification bill through the coming session, aiming to avoid letting the proposal slide to a Democratic Congress. He cites treaty rights and expert army navy support for fortification with an initial 2 million appropriation and a total cost projected between 15 and 20 million. The plan faces anticipated opposition from Keifer and Democratic leaders including Champ Clark.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Panama Canal
Keifer
Champ Clark
Ohio
Congress
United States
Cholera Uprising Report From Rome Naples
Private advices from Naples reported 160 cholera cases in Rome with a death rate near 80 percent. The message, received Monday, cites undeniable authenticity and underscores a severe outbreak in the Italian capital.
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Rome
Naples
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