Senate probes reopen Lori Mer case as audit panel backs funds
The senate audit committee reports the La Follette resolution for reopening the Lori Mer case and says the contingent fund is sufficient to cover any investigation. National House acts to probe three big corporations United States Steel American Woolen Boston United Shoe Machine Boston. Department pessimism over Mexico peace talks with Diaz regime amid wider revolutionary spread. Senator Borah pushes for popular election of senators with a swift favorable report, placing the constitutional amendment atop the senate calendar.
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Committee of Audit and Control
United States
Senate
la Follette
Lorimer
National House of Representatives
United States Steel Corporation
American Woolen Company of
Boston
United Shoe Machine Company of
Borah
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Bribery Indictment Hits City Official Hyde in New York
A grand jury indicts Domestic City Chamberlain Charles H. Hyde for bribery alleging he secured a $130,000 loan to Carnegie Trust from Northern bank and profited from the deal. Other items include Taft opening the National Peace Congress in Baltimore, Michigan banning high school fraternities, a Dominican university planned in New Orleans, and a Nebraskan bank robbed for $1,500. The Missouri almshouse report criticizes conditions, a New York janitor reports his wife dead, and Illinois pardons Edward McCann amid graft charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Hyde
New York
Chamberlain Hyde
Northern Bank
Carnegie Trust Company
Indictments Placed Against McNamara Group in Times Plant Blast
Twenty one new indictments were voted by the grand jury in Los Angeles against James B. and John J. McNamara and Ortie E. McManigal for murder connected to the October 1 Los Angeles Times building explosion that killed 21 men. The group faces charges in federal court, with broader political and legal developments noted across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
James B
John J. McNamara
Ortie E. McManigal
Los Angeles Times
Illness Strikes Gould Family Dredges Public Sympathy
The mother heart of Mrs George Gould is torn by illness in her two eldest daughters Mrs Marjorie Drexel and Lady Decies. Miss Vivien Gould of appendicitis. Nels Poulson dies in Brooklyn as Scandinavian American society in Baltimore applauds his $100000 fund gift. Lutherans set May 14 in St Louis for Dr C F W Walther centenary. NYC area rail workers strike with about 10000 out on Pennsylvania Pittsburg division. Niagara Falls board seeks police protection after four suspected arson attempts at the new high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gould
Marjorie Drexel
Lady Decies
Nels Poulson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Baltimore
Niagara Falls
Board of Education
Ring tied to Essex at Christie’s sale May 19
London reports say Christie’s will auction the famed ring linked to the earl of Essex and Queen Elizabeth’s grief famed gift that led to his beheading. Iceland’s parliament passes a bill granting suffrage to women aged twenty five and older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christie
London
Elizabeth
Earl of Essex
Indiana Child Labor Law Notice Explained in Detail
The Indiana inspector William E. Blakely explains the new child labor law on certificate backs to correct widespread misunderstanding. It bans under sixteen from tobacco warehouses theaters and similar places, allows fourteen to sixteen to work certain jobs, and sets age limits for dangerous tasks and specific industries.
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Indianapolis
William E. Blakely
State Department of Inspection
Inspection Department
Blakely
Governor to Hire Lawyers for Constitutional Suit
Governor Marshall will hire at least two Indiana lawyers to defend the Marion circuit court suit testing the proposed constitution. Attorney General Thomas M. Honan will join in the defense of the Stotsenberg law to submit the constitution to voters in 1912. Edwin M. Carr of Bloomington may lead case preparation for the attorney general's office.
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Marshall
Indiana
Marion
Thomas M. Honan
Edwin M. Carr
Bloomington
House Judiciary Committee
General Assembly
Banquet Closes Indiana Retail Jewelers Convention
The Indiana Retail Jewelers association wrapped up its Evansville gathering with a banquet. Officers elected include President W. H. Miller from Michigan City, first vice president Oliver M. Artes of Evansville, second vice president George S. Kern of Indianapolis, Secretary O. P. M. Squires of La Porte, Treasurer J. H. Noyes of Oshkosh, and executive committee members H. H. Bishop, H. L. Ross, Chris Hewig, J. H. Arnold, and C. Z. Rowe representing multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Retail Jewelers’ Association
Evansville
W. H. Miller
Michigan City
Oliver M. Artes
George 8S. Kern
Indianapolis
O. P. M. Squires
Laporte
J. H. Noyes
Osgood
H . H. Bishop
H. L. Ross
Columbus
Chris Hewig
J. H. Arnold
C. Z. Rowe
Plymouth
Pensions Granted to Indianians List Amounts
Pensions were granted to Indianians including John Hell 20 dollars Pelmelia C Bolton 12 Benjamin Bunch 20 John A Chappelow 15 Thomas M Davis 20 Tizzie Doughty 12 James Duffy 24 Solomon Flant 15 James W Grass 15 Lydia Henderson 12 Clarence P Holloway 17 Lewis M Hunter 20 Mary J Neiler 12 Eva Lang 12 Thomas Llewellyn 15 Henry Phillips 17 John M Pittman 12 Samuel H Sickafoos 20 Ezra M Stahl 17 William T Sullivan 17 John G Titus 15.
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John Hell
Permelia C. Bolton
Benjamin Bunch
John A. Chappelow
Thomas M. Davis
Tizzie Doughty
James Duffy
Solomon Flant
James W. Grass
Lydia Henderson
Clarence P. Holloway
Lewis M. Hunter
Mary J. Neiler
Eva Lang
Thomas Llewellyn
Henry Phillips
John M. Pittman
Samuel H. Sickafoos
Ezra M. Stahl
William T. Sullivan
John G. Titus
Health Officers' Program at Claypool Hotel May 9 10
Dr J N Hurty announces the annual meeting of state city town and county health officers at the Claypool hotel on May 9 and 10. Sessions feature talks by C C Hadley W N Wishard Ludwig Hektoen J P Simonds and others on sanitation infection carriers pure foods health laws water supplies and polio. The program includes receptions and evening lectures on life and services of Robert Koch and oral hygiene.
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J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Claypool Hotel
C. C. Hadley
Indianapolis Commercial Club
W. N. Wishard
Espy K. Schurtz
Waterloo
Statehouse
Ludwig Hektoen
Chicago University
H. E. Barnard
State Food and Drug Commissioner
State Laboratory of Hygiene
J. P. Simonds
Hurry
Robert Koch
Hektoen
George E. Hunt
Indiana Dental College
Thomas M. Honan
Charles S. Woods
Indianapolis
H. R. Alberger
Indianapolis City Hospital
F. A. Tucker
Noblesville
Indiana Inventors Receive Patents From U S Office
Indiana inventors listed include Alando L Blodgett South Bend with clamping device and edge turning blades H Canty New Albany with switch tongue A Duffy Lafayette automatic flushometer valve James M Edler Indianapolis engine starter Samuel P Grant Union City sliding door for storm buggies W E Goldsborough Lafayette alternating current motor F B Hayes and J M Dinkins Indianapolis distributor for magnetos Adam Heim Connersville baling press H D Hunter Marion double disk furrow opener H C Izor Logansport tobacco plug cutter.
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Indiana
Alando L. Blodgett
South Bend
H. Canty
New Albany
A. Duffy
Lafayette
James M. Edler
Indianapolis
Samuel P. Grant
Union City
W. E. Goldsborough
F. B. Hayes
J. M. Dinkins
Adam Heim
Connersville
Baling Press
H. D. Hunter
Marion
H. C. Izor
Logansport
Indiana university to discuss Long hospital site at smoker
President W L Bryan and trustees of Indiana University will attend a Commercial Club smoker to discuss locating the new Robert W Long Hospital. Civic improvements are on the agenda with addresses by Delbert J Haff of the Kansas City park board George E Kessler landscape artist for the local park board and C C Hadley Commercial Club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Hospital
W. L. Bryan
Board of Trustees
Indiana University
Commercial Club
Robert W. Long
Delbert J. Haff
Kansas City Park Board
George E. Kessler
Park Board
C. C. Hadley
Four Knox Businessmen in Fatal Ferry Crash in Fog
Four Knox Indiana business men in a touring car plunged through an iron railing on a bridge over the Yellow river at Toto. County Commissioner Sherman and Postmaster Kuester were injured, with Kuester family members in critical condition as authorities attributed the crash to dense fog and a misjudged bridge approach. Henry Kuester may die.
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Knox
Ind
Laporte
Yellow River
Toto
Sherman
Kuester
Believe Willows Hold Body In Ohio River
Evansville May 6 Despite efforts by about fifty company workers to recover the body of Robert S Ferguson assistant manager of the Evansville Gas and Electric Light Co speculation centers on his drowning in the Ohio River A hundred charges of dynamite were exploded on the Kentucky shore to raise the body but no trace appeared and it is believed to be lodged in willow undergrowth awaiting lower water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Robert S. Ferguson
Hold Trio as Yeggmen in Terre Haute
Terre Haute police hold George Scott J Jennings and George Meno on suspicion. They were arrested at a local hotel where they had lived two months. Police seek links to regional robberies. Pinkerton detective Matt Shipley failed to identify the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
George Scott
J. Jennings
George Meno
Matt Shipley
Pinkerton
Danville Man Sues for 10000 in Sewer Damage
Evan B. Davis owner of land at the county sewer outlet files a $10,000 damage suit against Hendricks county and individual sewer users. The only sanitary drainage in Danville serves the courthouse, jail and library and is tapped by private property owners.
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Danville
Evan B. Davis
Hendricks County
Steps Before Train Kills Man Near Greensburg
George Ray, about forty, died instantly at New Point eight miles east of Greensburg after escaping steam from a freight engine and stepping in front of an approaching passenger train. He was crossing the track, leaving a widow and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
George Ray
New Point
White Slave Case Fails and Two Murder Indictments
South Bend on May 6 reports the grand jury did not indict an unnamed man linked to a suspected white slave ring. It instead returned two murder in the first degree indictments: Grant Winrott, an ex convict, for the murder of his wife, and Stephen Hitler with Stephen Horath for the killing of Stephen Markovic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Grant Winrott
Stephen Hitler
Stephen Horath
Stephen Markovic
Police Shakeup In Marion Imminent After Burglary Surge
Marion May 6 indications point to a general shakeup in the Marion police department within days due to widespread burglary and robbery that have thrived despite police efforts during the past weeks.
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Marion
Wife Finds Husband's Body in Barn Tragedy
In Lebanon on May 6 Josiah Cox aged 55 died by hanging. His wife, calling for dinner, found his body suspended from a barn rafter. Despondency is believed to have caused the act.
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Lebanon
Josiah Cox
Cox
News state briefs from Indiana towns
Fort Wayne reports a death by suicide with a teakettle of stones tied around the neck in the St Marys river. Maude Marshall of Upland, age twenty, is severelyScalded when a coffee pot bursts during breakfast. Fort Wayne notes the city school enrollment at 17040 for 1911, up 378 from last year. In Wa wasee, Roy Crandall, sixteen, drowned April 8 at the lake. his body found by Mr and Mrs Joseph Rink of Indianapolis, whose grief led his mother to die days later.
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Fort Wayne
A. C. Martin
St. Marys River
Marion
Maude Marshall
Upland
Goshen
Roy Crandall
Vawter Park
Wawasee
Joseph Rink
Indianapolis
Crandall
Free Recipe Claims Cure for Weak Kidneys
A Detroit mail offer promises a free $3.50 home recipe to cure bladder kidney and back pain. It claims rapid relief from scalding dribbling and other symptoms and invites readers to request the prescription by writing to Dr. A. E. Robinson at Luck Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
Cure for Severe Infant Skin Rash With Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. M. C. Maitland of Jasper Ontario recounts a three month old baby suffering a severe itchy rash that spread over the body and nearly proved fatal. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment along with one box of Cuticura Dintmert the child slept, improved quickly, and fully recovered with no relapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Maitland
Jasper
Ontario
Not a Singer in Class Whistle Quip Goes Viral
A school scene ends in humor when a teacher asks Johnny to sing and a girl interjects that he will sound nearer if he whistles. She points to Johnny as he stands, the moment reflecting a lighthearted classroom moment.
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Johnny
Castoria warning from infant health ad bears signature
Important to Mothers urged to inspect every bottle of CASTORIA for the correct signature and guarantee of safety. The longstanding remedy for infants and children is promoted as trusted for over 30 years, with a reminder that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Randall’s Bravery Reputation Noted by Rogers
In a Life magazine exchange, Rogers remarks on Randall’s courage, saying his bravery is known to everyone who has been his wife. The comment underlines personal life tied to public perception.
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Randall
Rogers
Suburban Score and Notable Quote Exchange
A sketch of suburban life opening with a playful exchange about bogeys and a yearly tally of cooks, followed by a quotation from Sir James Crichton-Browne on alleviating suffering as a driver of human advancement.
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Sir James Crichton-Browne
Dr Pierces Pellets Marketed As Candy Like Remedy
An early health product promotes Dr Pierce's Pellets as small sugar coated tablets easy to swallow. The claim asserts they regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation.
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Dr. Pierce
Little Wits Are Often Great Talkers Quote
A brief quotation citing De la Roche remarks that small minds can speak loudly while clever wit often speaks softly, suggesting a paradox about communication and intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de la Roche
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Morris
Oscar Collins
Taft
Osborn
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Father Lorenz
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Neb
Missouri
State Board of Charities and Correction
Stephen Muhlner
Annie
Frank A. Palmer
Massachusetts
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Deneen
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Edward McCann
Chicago
Joliet Prison
Edwin A. Brown
Denver
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Little Rock
Huntington Wilson
Cordova
Alaska
Alaska Steamship Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Last Resort
George W. Perkins
Perkins
New York State
Dix
Christopher Columbus Wilson
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Electric
el Paso
Tex
H. R. Hillebrand
L. G. Parker
Methodist Church of
Sterling, Neb
James H. Preston
E. Clay Timanus
Muncic
Franklin MacVeagh
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles P. Leach
Cleveland
Mr. MacVeagh
Leach
Mary W. Gates
Charles G. Gates
John W. Gates
Supreme Justice
Gerard
New York City
Ohio State Senate
Oregon
House
Harmon
St. Louis
C. F. W. Walther
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Altoona
W. E. Blakely
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
State Board of Tax Commissioners
C. O. Bradford
Bradford
L. & N. Railroad
Posey
Vanderburg
A. C. Storer
H. H. Ramsey
Central Indiana Railroad
Big Four
Pennsylvania
Central Indiana
Storer
Indizena
C. C. Matson
John W. McCardle
Daniel M. Link
Auburn
McCardle
Matson
Fred L. Gemmer
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