Weekly News Notes Condensed For Busy Readers
The piece summarizes federal action and proposals: the Ways and Means committee estimates the farmers free list bill would cut tariff revenue by 10 016 495 based on last fiscal year imports. Wisconsin Socialist Rep Berger seeks a constitutional calling power via a proposed amendment. Former Speaker Cannon criticizes Canadian reciprocity as harmful to American trade and farmers. Senate action foreshadows a rough path for direct election of senators. a House referral plan to the judiciary committee failed temporarily.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Underwood
Cannon
United States Senate
Judiciary Committee
Bloodied drama in Livermore scene ends in tragedy
Will Potter a nezvo is central figure as 50 townsfolk string him up on the Livermore opera house stage and shoot his body after a fatal quarrel in which Frank Mitchell, 22, white, was killed. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott of Bloomington Illinois was reelected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington. A $10,000 check toward Lorimer’s election jackpot was claimed to have been given by C F Weihe of Virginia Minnesota. William Burgess of Duluth testified at Helm committee that Weihe, Edward Hines brother-in-law, relayed the tale. New Jersey police probe Ontario & Western express car robbery with over $1,000 cash missing and $5,000 in valuables gone at Weehawken. Princeton faculty form a vigilance association in response to burglaries. Secretary MacVeagh urged bipartisan politics at Summerville. Grand jury probing Oteric deaths examined the ship in Honolulu. children died of measles and other diseases. J O Dalzell and wife died from illuminating gas in Spokane. Taft orders Sixth Cavalry reinforcement to Agua Prieta as tensions rise. Minnesota house filibuster erupts in riot over O Neill attack on Frankson. Ver Milion grand jury disbands without action after vote-buying probe.
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Will Potter
Livermore
Frank Mitchell
White
Senator Lorimer
C. F. Weihe
Virginia
Minn
Helm
Springfield
William Burgess
Duluth
Weihe
Edward Hines
Bathtub trust hearings draw claims of consumer harm
Testimony from prominent manufacturers across the country said the agreement among 16 sanitary enameled ware makers violated Sherman anti trust laws and benefited robbers and consumers. A Grand Rapids furniture workers strike began with 6 000 to 7 000 unionists leaving nearly sixty factories. In Agua Prieta Mexico federal troops and rebels fought all day, 250 federal deaths and many wounded. seven Americans were wounded. Municipal Illinois elections produced high turnout and socialist mayors in Granite City Grafton O'Fallon and Davis. Greek steamer Athinas smuggling case prompts a European hunt for officers. A Kansas farmer Homer Little was fatally shot when his baby tripped and discharged a shotgun. Agua Prieta battle ends with federal victory as rebels retreat.
Notable Moves and Losses Hit Early 1900s Figures
William A. Day becomes president of Equitable Life Assurance Society in New York. Edward A. Moseley, longtime Interstate Commerce Commission secretary and labor legislation originator, dies in Washington at 65 after illness. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska recovers enough from vertigo in Washington to return to his hotel. Dr. C. G. Abbott of the Smithsonian is awarded the Draper medal for proving the sun is variable and its heat and light change. Edna Goodrich reportedly writes about her divorce experiences in a new book. Former President Roosevelt returns to New York after a seven week western tour and greets Easter visitors. Pastor Russell of Brooklyn accepts London tabernacle pastorate in Paddington.
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Edward A. Moseley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
C. G. Abbott
Astrophysical Observation
Smithsonian Institution
Packey McFarland Tames Harlem Tommy Murphy In Short Bout
Sporting Packey McFarland of Chicago outboxed Harlem Tommy Murphy in ten rounds at the Fairmount Athletic club New York City. Speed and cleverness prevailed over the rugged opponent in a brisk performance.
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Packey McFarland
Chicago
Harlem
Tommy Murphy
Fairmount Athletic Club
New York City
Jewels Lost on Amerika Not Found by Mrs Maldwin Drummond
Foreign Mrs Maldwin Drummond returned to England aboard the Lusitania without locating any trace of the $130,000 worth of jewels lost on her recent trip to this country on the Amerika.
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Maldwin Drummond
England
Lusitania
Amerika
Indiana Railroads Profit Up Ten Percent in 1910
Indiana railroad commission reports 61 roads in the state showed a 10 percent rise in profits for the fiscal year ending June 30 1910 with a tonnage of 116 097 794 tons. Total state mileage 17 274.52 miles spent 481 736.60 on new lines and 5 359 728.37 on additions and betterments. Rabies in Indiana declared more serious with eight positive brain cases in January and eleven in February and multiple counties affected including St Joseph Laporte White Carroll Clinton Tippecanoe Hamilton Madison Hancock and Decatur Jennings Jackson Jefferson Switz erland Clark and Harrison.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Railroad Commission
Indiana
Chicago & Wabash Valley
J. P. Simonds
State Board of Health
State Board
St. Joseph
Laporte
White
Carroll
Clinton
Tippecanoe
Tippecanoe County
Purdue University
Lafayette
Hamilton
Madison
Hancock
Decatur
Jennings
Jackson
Jefferson
Switzerland
Clark
Harrison
Lake Michigan
Ohio River
Clinton County
Jefferson County
Brown County Leads State Birth Rates in February
Brown County topped Indiana with a February birth rate of 37.4, Putnam County the lowest at 11.4, while the state average was 21. The report lists 4,365 births statewide, 2,135 girls, and a March death rate of 14.1 with 3,238 total deaths. Measles and influenza were the leading illnesses, with city rates varying across major towns. The piece provides county and city comparisons and notes delays in birth reporting.
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Brown County
State Board of Health
Putnam County
Howard County
Indianapolis
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
South Bend
Muncie
Anderson
Richmond
Hammond
New Albany
Lafayette
Bakers Association Names 1912 Convention City
The Indiana Association of Master Bakers ended a three day convention in South Bend by selecting Indianapolis as the 1912 convention city. The old officers were reelected: President John Swissler of Richmond, Vice President H. P. Sullivan of Peru, Secretary Richard Voigt of Terre Haute, Treasurer W. F. Geller of Indianapolis. A joint Indiana Ohio convention was not favored.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Association of Master Bakers
South Bend
John Swissler
Richmond
H. P. Sullivan
Peru
Richard Voigt
Terre Haute
W. F. Geller
Indiana
Ohio
Associations of Master Bakers
State House Cabinet Meets in Indiana Democracy Drive
Governor Marshall held a conference with all Democratic state officials including judges. The meeting, while not about statecraft directly, planned broader discussions of political conditions and reports from the people back home. He targets a June broadside against opponents of his constitution and a June 2 address in Laporte to spur 1912 campaign efforts.
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Marshall
Supreme
Indiana
State House
Democratic State Editorial Association
Laporte
Indiana Democracy
Laundry Owners Convention Opens in Logansport
The State Laundry Owners association of Indiana opened its fifteenth annual convention at Logansport in the Barnett hotel auditorium. John F. White of Indianapolis presided as chairman. L. H. Fisher of Kansas City, president of the national association, spoke in the afternoon, with Mayor D. D. Fickle and E. O. Green among others delivering welcomes. The session stressed contract enforcement as the best way to curb underhand competition and support the new firm entering the city workforce.
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State Laundry Owners’ Association of
Indiana
Logansport
Barnett Hotel
John F. White
Indianapolis
L. H. Fisher
Kansas City
National Association
D. D. Fickle
E. O. Green
Newcastle
Le Roy Foundry Company and Vincennes Transit Inceptions
Articles filed with the secretary of state disclose The Le Roy Foundry company Maine with capital stock 50000 certified in Indiana as salesmen and no stock represented Robert Le Roy president and Vincennes North South Traction company Vincennes capital stock 10000 to construct and operate interurban lines directors E D Logsdon B M Willoughby and J M House
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Secretary of State
le Roy Foundry Company
Maine
Indiana
Robert le Roy
Vincennes North & South Traction Company
Vincennes
E. D. Logsdon
B. M. Willoughby
J. M. House
Train crash kills three near Sellersburg Indiana
Henryville April 22 Three people died when a north bound Pennsylvania passenger train struck a wagon just north of Sellersburg. Conductor Jackson and Engineer Graney were in charge. The wagon was covered, view blocked despite repeated whistle blasts. Victims are James Taney and his wife, aged sixty and fifty, and their adopted daughter May Hodge, eighteen. The pilot carried Mrs. Taney to the train after impact.
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Henryville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jackson
Graney
Sellersburg
James Taney
May Hodge
Taney
Rescue Car Arrives in Terre Haute to Aid Miners
The United States mine rescue car arrives in Terre Haute as miners and Vandalia Coal officials form the Vandalia First Aid society to protect employers. E. L. Powell, a government expert, leads instruction visits in the city yards and plans to extend training after the car departs.
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Terre Haute
United States
Vandalia Coal Company
Vandalia First Aid Society
Vigo
E. L. Powell
High School Boys Under Ban Indictments
Newcastle April 22 grand jury returns riot and throwing missiles indictments against ten local high school boys. The case stems from an earlier Spicellind basketball game when eggs and missiles were hurled at an interurban car, injuring passengers who testified.
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Newcastle
Cuss Words Lead to Jail for Farmer Collett
Marion, April 22. Charles Collett, a wealthy farmer southwest of Fairmount, is jailed to serve $11.65 in fines and costs for profanity, convicted before Justice Van Arsdall. Neighbor W. W. Cox filed the charge. Collett refused to pay or let family or friends pay.
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Marion
Charles Collett
Fairmount
van Arsdall
W. W. Cox
Collett
Newsboy's tip helps police in Logansport arrest burglars
Newsboy Willard Butz was en route to fetch papers when he spotted a man loading a revolver on a corner. He alerted police, who within a half hour arrested three burglars after a gun battle on Cicott street.
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Logansport
Willard Butz
Cicott Street
Cornerstone Laying Quiet in Columbus Federal Building
The cornerstone of the new $70,000 federal building in Columbus was laid with no ceremonies. The inscribed stone names Franklin MacVeagh as Secretary of the Treasury and James Knox Taylor as Supervising Architect.
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Columbus
Franklin MacVeagh
Secretary of the Treasury
James Knox Taylor
Vanderburg Grand Jury Weighs Embezzlement Case
Evansville April 22 the Vanderburg grand jury began hearing evidence in the case of John W Blauth former bookkeeper at Evansville Trust and Savings charged with embezzling $43000 Bank Examiner C L Howard is expected to testify Friday.
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Blauth
Evansville
Vanderburg
John W. Blauth
Evansville Trust and Savings Company
State Bank
C. L. Howard
Dies of broken heart at sister’s bier
In Lafayette on April 22 Mrs. Otis Johnson died during funeral services for her sister Mrs. Ortha Ann Goans. A physician attributed death to grief and a broken heart as onlookers stood by the coffin.
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Lafayette
Ortha Ann Goans
Otis Johnson
State News Briefs From Indiana Regions
Huntington Parker five years old died from burns after playing near an open grate. Bedford Michele Cardone twenty six employed by Indiana Quarry company was run over by a car and killed. Terre Haute a motion for a new trial filed for William Coan convicted of murder of John Lawrence near Clinton last June. Evansville an arrest warrant suspect swallowed corrosive substance and will die. Goshen Melvin Armey twenty nine insane from close study confinement in county jail will be sent to Longcliff asylum.
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Huntington
Anna Parker
Burns
Bedford
Michele Cardone
Indiana Quarry Company
Terre Haute
William Coan
John Lawrence
Clinton
Evansville
Charles J. McCarthy
Goshen
Melvin Armey
Longcliff
Killing Fatal at Pippinger Farm In Indiana Trial
Samuel A. Michael stands trial for the murder of Levi Pippinger. Everton Arrick, a threshing crew member, testified he saw Michael shoot Pippinger as the farmer advanced with a pitchfork. The witness described two shots, Pippinger fleeing toward a tool shed and Michael escaping in a wagon driven by Thomas Brennan. Mrs. Samuel Michael testified she owns the land where the tragedy occurred.
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Logansport
Samuel A. Michael
Levi Pippinger
Everton Arrick
Pippinger
Michael
Arrick
Thomas Brennan
Samuel Michael
Dairymen Confront Pure Food Inspectors in Terre Haute
Dairymen organize with an attorney to challenge pure food inspectors alleging bullying tactics and publicity menaces. Fox Brothers firm bankruptcy follows plea of guilty over Sanitary Milk plant unsanitary conditions. Inspectors say many milk samples obtained and several prosecutions pending.
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Terre Haute
Fox Brothers
Sanitary Milk Company
Pure
Stock Buyer on Trial for Robbery and Fraud
Walter English a Bloomfield farmer and stock buyer faced a circuit court jury charged with obtaining money under false pretenses and robbery. He allegedly drew $1,000 from Worthington Exchange Bank via a sight draft on an Indianapolis firm to buy cattle, then claims highwaymen beat him and took the money.
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Bloomfield
Walter English
English
Worthington Exchange Bank
Indianapolis
Man Missing Near Home In Kokomo Mystery
Arlet Golding vanished after bidding a companion good night near his home. The young man of clean life and steady habits has no known reason to leave. Cisterns, barns, and railroad yards have been dragged and searched without finding a trace.
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Kokomo
Arlet Golding
Clue Found to Missing Woman in Indiana
Kokomo reports that Mrs. Sarah Kirkpatrick of Delphi, a wealthy resident, is believed located at a Tipton County relative after disappearing from her home. A woman with a jaded horse arrived at a livery, boarded a southbound interurban to Tipton, while fleeing Carroll County court action over guardianship of property interests.
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Kokomo
Sarah Kirkpatrick
Delphi
Tipton County
Tipton
Carroll County
Hammond Extends Boundary in Nine Square Miles
Hammond city council passed an ordinance annexing nine square miles in North township. The new territory brings Hammond to 25 square miles and aims to deter Gary's westward expansion that threatened growth to the south.
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Hammond
North Township
Gary
Robbery in Wilcox Bros Store Leads to Arrest
A thief smashed a large plate glass window in Wilcox Bros store in the business district and took a number of silver dollars from the display to sell for goods. Vernon Herwood, 22, is under arrest on suspicion of the crime. He carried two knives and a revolver.
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Coln
Newcastle
Wilcox Bros
Vernon Herwood
White Slave Case Cleared In Indianapolis
Police court officials declared the White Slave traffic case at Indianapolis cleared. Carrie Scott resort keeper on West Maryland street was fined 100 dollars and costs while Orsa Hazlebrigg was discharged after testified she had been brought from Greenwood by a traveling salesman to a Scott resort inmate.
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Indianapolis
Carrie Scott
West Maryland Street
Orsa Hazlebrigg
Greenwood
Scott Resort
Collins
Scott
Hazlebrigg
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