Taft Meets Japanese Ambassador and Mexico Peace Concerns
President Taft cordial with Baron Uchida praising treaty ties and better relations. Reports say Mexico faces a serious crisis prompting possible U S intervention to protect American residents and interests. Post office workers to get one day off weekly to rest Sundays, changing current mail delivery. Talks with M Jusser and the French ambassador explore a broad arbitration framework.
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Taft
Baron Uchida
Japan
Washington
Mexico
United States
White House
Mixed early 20th century news briefs from across the U S
Reports cover U S intervention warnings in Mexico by Dr C F Caracristi urging peace by May 1 Federal court rulings on monopolies Illinois approves woman suffrage with referendum Texas California troops mobilize recruiting drives NYC editor wins $10000 for alienation of affection Four bronze tigers cost 10000 on Washington DC Sixteenth Street bridge Missouri university fire causes 50000 loss White Star liner Oceanic thunderstorm incident vote trends in Milwaukee school board election Harrisburg smallpox scare with 13 cases in legislature and mandatory vaccination order
Denver street killing shocks city as suspect arrested
Antonio C. Puro, an Italian journalist, was shot dead on a crowded Denver street. Phillipe Dropolia was arrested and charged with murder. Louisa Wachter, a former Philadelphia resident, was found guilty of first degree murder in a Denver cafe, with a jury recommending hanging.
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Antonio C. Puro
Denver
Phillipe Dropolia
Louisa Wachter
W. Clifford Burrows
Carnegie Trust Company
New York City
William J. Cummins
Mrs Amanda Fisher Dies in Washington Home
Mrs Amanda Fisher mother of Walter L Fisher secretary of the interior died at the home of her son Dr Howard Fisher in Washington due to a nervous breakdown after an accident a year ago. Peter F Dunne announced his resignation as general counsel of the Southern Pacific company in San Francisco to resume private practice.
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Amanda Fisher
Walter L. Fisher
Secretary of the Interior
Howard Fisher
Washington
Peter F. Dunne
Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco
Socialist Deputy Bissolati Meets Italian King At Quirinal
Deputy Bissolati, head of the Socialist parliamentary group, visits the Quirinal where King Victor Emmanuel III discusses the ministerial crisis. It marks the first time a Socialist deputy has spoken with the king at the royal palace.
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Bissolati
Quirinal
Victor Temimanuel
Rabies Epidemic Expands Across Indiana Districts
Indiana health officials report a growing rabies outbreak with new infected regions in St. Joseph, Laporte, Hamilton, Madison, Hancock, Decatur, Jennings, Jackson, Jefferson, Switzerland, Clark, Harrison, and other counties. Funds from the five per cent dog tax surplus will enable treatment for all afflicted once available. The State Board of Pardons will review four life-prisoner cases including Vogus and Roby Haycock, with petitions urging parole from Orange and Crawford counties.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
J. P. Simonds
State Board of Health
Simonds
J. H. Wrork
Shelburn
Charles Werne
Reynolds
Verne
St. Joseph
Laporte
White
Carroll
Canton
Tippecanoe
Hamilton
Madison
Hancock
Decatur
Jennings
Jackson
Jefferson
Switzerland
Clark
Harrison
State Board of Pardons
Charles van Blarken
John Roby
Oliver Haycock
Harry Smith
Orange County
James Vegus
Kokomo
John W. Kern
Vogus
Vegas
G. E. McReynolds
Michigan City
Edward J. Fogarty
McReynolds
Haycock
Orange
Crawford
Bed Apportionment at Rockville Tuberculosis Hospital
Dr Henry Moore head of the Rockville tuberculosis hospital board announces bed apportionment by county based on population. Each patient may stay 26 weeks, with counties receiving a full bed year regardless of population. Twelve large counties get more than one bed. Marion county has 12. The plan allocates 123 beds for continuous service with some counties to 52 weeks or less than 26 weeks a year.
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Henry Moore
Tuberculosis Hospital
Rockville
Marion County
Women seek representation in new Indiana inspection department
Mrs. W. H. Lockwood told the Social Workers' club at the YWCA that Indiana women deserve one inspector in the new state department of inspection to enforce factory and child labor laws. She backed the child labor bill while criticizing the assembly for not passing the housing law. Rev. F. W. Sumner shared a letter from Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon of Evansville, who pledged to push the housing measure again next session.
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Indiana
State Department of Inspection
Marshall
General Assembly
W. H. Lockwood
Social Workers’ Club
Cold Storage Law Discussed by Officials at State House
Pure Food and Drug Commissioner Hho Barnard will confer with cold storage owners and egg shippers at the Indiana state house in Indianapolis. They will review how the cold storage law operates as it takes effect in April, including plant inspections by the state board of health and license issuance for $10 per site.
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Hho. Barnard
Pure Food and Drug
State House
Indianapolis
State Board of Health
Doctor McKinstry Face Board Over Fraud Claim
Dr. W L McKinstry of South Bend faced the state board of medical registration accused of fraudulently earning his diploma from the National Medical University of Chicago. Prosecuting witness Dr A P Forbes Gammack admitted his motives were revenge as the hearing adjourned to May 10 for a board decision.
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W. L. McKinstry
South Bend
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
A. P. Forbes Gammack
McKinstry
Gammack
National Medical University of Chicago
James Gavin
Pension Tax Sparks Exodus at State Soldiers' Home
Inmates at the Lafayette State Soldiers' Home protest a law requiring pension payments to the state. Married men must hand over pensions above 15 dollars and single men above 10 dollars. Col. W. S. Haggard reports some fifteen residents have left or plan to depart. The measure, passed after Civil War veterans urged state support, shifts funds to the general fund with no earmark for home maintenance.
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Lafayette
Col. W. S. Haggard
Indianapolis
Haggard
Texas charity bills pass legislature and await governor signature
Amos W. Butler reports a letter from Prof. C S Potts noting that the suspended sentence bill and the parole bill have passed both houses of the Texas legislature and are expected to be signed by the governor. Senator Weinert supported the measures as part of various progressive efforts.
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Butler
Amos W. Butler
Board of State Charities
C.S. Potts
University of Ts Xs
Texas State Conference of Charities and Corrections
Texas
Weinert
Anderson Man Details Conflicting Stories in Plew Murder Case
Anderson March 25 Kelly Baker, who moved from here to Ripley county to work on a farm, is jailed in Versailles suspected of murdering Grover Plew. Plew, twenty two, was found dead by the roadside near his home after traveling with Baker and another companion toward Osgood. A noted blow to the head ended Plew’s life. Baker’s arrest followed his conflicting statements about the killing.
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Young Plew
Baker
Jail break thwarted at Lawrenceville by milk boy alarm
In Vincennes on March 25 a jail delivery led by Everett Cardinal and George Delmont was foiled when two bars were sawed apart. A milk boy raised the alarm. Sheriff W. A. Cochran locked the prisoners in their cells, blocking escape. A prisoner's shoe steel shank was used as a saw.
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Vincennes
Everett Cardinal
George Delmont
Lawrenceville
W. A. Cochran
Fire destroys three buildings in Hope
A March 25 blaze of unknown origin destroyed Frank Stapp's drug store Alex Clark's grocery and Norman Rominger's restaurant in Hope. The Knights of Pythias lodge above the drug store lost their paraphernalia. Stapp owned the drug store building Hermann Gruhl owned the other two. Total loss listed at 12000 with partial insurance coverage.
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Hope
Frank Stapp
Alex Clark
Norman Rominger
Knights of Pythias
Stapp
Hermann Gruhl
Fireman Roy P. Wells Dies After Crane Collision
Roy P. Wells of Urbana Illinois a twenty two year old fireman on the Peoria division of the Big Four died at St Vincent s hospital from a head blow received when he leaned too far from the engine cab and was struck by a water tank as the locomotive neared Indianapolis at high speed
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Indianapolis
Roy P. Wells
Urbana
Ill
Peoria
Big Four
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Wells
Tragedy in Michigan City Yard Takes Man's Life
An unidentified middle aged foreign man was struck and killed by a Michigan Central switch engine in Michigan City yards. He had been in the yards hours seeking work as a section hand. Switchmen believe he stepped in front of the oncoming engine, attempting self harm.
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Michigan City
Michigan Central
Monon Men Halt Strike in Lafayette Conference
In Lafayette on March 25 the Monon workforce of about 300 machinists blacksmiths and boilermakers defer a strike after a conference with Motive Power Superintendent May who refused any wage increase. The majority favor action but delay for a few days.
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Monon
Lafayette
The
Fire destroys Vincennes area plant at Lawrenceville
Fire at the American Asphaltum and Rubber company factory and storage plant in Lawrenceville Illinois west of Vincennes destroyed the site with an estimated loss of 35000 dollars. Officials believe a composition kettle boiled over spreading flames through the factory. Steam pipes were used to battle the blaze and neighboring buildings were saved.
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Vincennes
American Asphaltum and Rubber Company
Lawrenceville
Hold Dynamite Suspect Held in Gary For L A Times Wreck
A man answering a Men want description and sought for wrecking the Los Angeles Times building is held at the Gary police station. A $25,000 reward is offered. He gives the name Joachim Harter. Authorities in Los Angeles to verify.
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Gary
Los Angeles
Cal
Joacpi Harter
Physician Threatened Over Ransom Letter in Gary
Dr. Johnson, a prominent Gary physician, received a Black Hand style letter from the Big Six demanding $54 be deposited at Sixth Avenue and Connecticut Street or his daughter would be killed and delivered to his door. The note, dated March 88, was part of extortion attempts targeting local residents.
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Cary
P.O. Johnson
Gary
Sixth Avenue
Connecticut Street
Auto Kills Evansville Man in Fatal Collision
Evansville on March 25 George Ceeil seventy four died after being struck by an automobile driven by Marion R Leathers. He died within hours of the injuries sustained in the wreck.
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Evansville
George Ceeil
Marion R. Leathers
Evansville Bookkeeper Blauth Free While Bond Sums Grow
John W Blauth bookkeeper at Evansville Trust and Savings faces no charges yet amid admitted shortages exceeding 35000 dollars. He remains free under home surveillance, not allowed to roam streets without detective escort as bank officials await a full book discrepancy statement and may rely on a New York bonding company to pursue criminal action if warranted.
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Evansville
John W. Bilauth
Evansville Trust and Savings Company
New York
Blauth
Falls Asleep In Auto and Crashes Near Columbus
Dr E A Tucker while returning from a late call in his car fell asleep at the wheel going about 20 miles per hour. The vehicle swerved off the road and struck a telephone pole, throwing him 30 feet. He escaped with slight injuries as the machine was wrecked.
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Columbus
E. A. Tucker
Oil Man Held for Forgery in Vincennes Arrest
Perry White oil operator was arrested in Vincennes Indiana on forgery charges based on information from the Indiana Bankers Association. Detective H C Webster of Indianapolis tracked White through Illinois last week and proceeded to Vincennes after word of the arrest.
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Indianapolis
Vincennes
Perry White
Indiana Bankers’ Association
H. C. Webster
Webster
White
Illinois
Fire destroys warehouse in Mount Vernon
Fire of unknown origin consumes the Stephens and Herrmann warehouse, a large frame building harboring about 5,000 bushels of wheat and 12 to 13 carloads of wagons and implements. Sparks from a passing locomotive started the blaze, limiting firefighting once outside city limits. Loss estimated around $25,000 with partial insurance.
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Mount Vernon
Stephens & Herrmann
Slaughter of Noisy Blackbirds at Poseyville Alarm
Mount Vernon report says Milt Endicot and Paul Jacquess hunted a roosting flock of blackbirds in a rear orchard and killed 362 birds in one night while crippling many more. One shot brought down 27 birds, sparking owner relief but damaging young trees.
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Mount Vernon
Milt Endicot
Paul Jacquess
Poseyville
Found Dead Near Furnace in Marion Plant
An unidentified man about fifty was found dead near the furnace at the Marion Flint Glass works by workers. He was six feet tall, weighed 185 pounds, poorly dressed, and had no identifying marks or papers. No identity could be established, and authorities suspect he may have been a tramp sleeping in the factory.
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Furnace
Marion
Boy Receives Fatal Hurts In Wagon Crash
Russell Thompson fourteen son of Mr and Mrs Frank Thompson of Fairmount was dragged under a runaway wagon and fatally injured near Sweetser after his horses bolted. He suffered fractured thighs and internal injuries and was expected to die.
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Marion
Russell Thompson
Frank Thompson
Fairmount
Sweetser
Eagles Cancel Carnival Date for G. A. R. Encampment
Richmond Eagles lodge committee pledged to move the carnival date to avoid conflict with the state G. A. R. encampment. Veterans would have no counter attraction, and the Eagles agreed to cancel the original carnival date.
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Eagles
Richmond
Eagles Lodge
Dynamite Tear Car Tracks In City Test
A dynamite device used by a contractor to discharge explosives damaged a city car track, tearing up asphalt for a distance and suspending service for a period in the city limits.
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Wabash
Exhibits On Tuberculosis To Tour Fort Wayne
Indiana Michigan Wisconsin anti tuberculosis exhibits will visit Fort Wayne under health board and local organizations. Dr William S King to lead the tuberculosis exhibit and H E Barnard to head the Indiana pure food display.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Fort Wayne
Port Wayne
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