Taft Campaign Faces Ohio Vorys Plans and 16 to 5 Split
Ohio Taft manager Arthur Vorys arrives in springs with Gus Karger as Frank Hitchcock moves to shape the national campaign. Vorys boosts Ohio votes toward a projected 100000 plurality while predicting 16 to 5 Republican to Democrat congressional balance and weighing West Virginia strategy. Taft camps and golf mark his day as advisory committee picks and speaker plans loom.
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Virginia
Vorys
Ohio
Harris
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Taft
Hitchcock
West Virginia
Scherr
Horse Thief Captured in Covington Arrests
Covington Indiana August 11 Mike Phelps of Newman Illinois was arrested after stealing two buggies and a horse at Newman. He fled on the horse with another man who rode a second animal and both were pursued. Phelps confessed and the other man was released.
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Associated Press
Covington
Ind
Mike Phelps
Newman, Hl
Newman
Phelps
Couch Fire Reported At Toledo Street Home
Fire department responded yesterday morning to Joseph Lacoco at Toledo Street where a couch was set ablaze by boys smoking in the room. The house was filled with smoke when firefighters arrived.
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Joseph Lacoco
Toledo Street
Panhandle Pay Car Arrives Tuesday For Employee Payments
The Panhandle pay car is due to arrive here Tuesday at two o'clock and will remain for two days to pay employees.
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Panhandle
Ustar
Frankfort and Center Township Reject Traction Subsidy
In Frankfort Indiana on Aug 11 during a special election the subsidy of 50000 for the Frankfort and Delphi traction line was defeated by about 700 votes with every precinct in Center township opposing. Boss township also voted on a 15000 subsidy for the same company and the measure failed by 108.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Ind
Center Township
Interurban Workers Fall Under Sixteen Hour Law
An Indiana Railroad Commission opinion holds that the sixteen hour law applies to interurban lines as well as steam railroads. The rule prohibits railway officials from allowing engineers firemen conductors and other crew to work more than sixteen consecutive hours. The class of officials includes those on electric lines, with no language excluding interurbans.
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Henry M. Dowling
Reilroad
Railroad Commission
Republican Leaders Convene In Indianapolis For Campaign Planning
In Indianapolis on August 11 leaders from across Indiana gathered to compare notes on congressional campaign work. Congressman C B Landis attended a district editors meeting as part of a series organized by Colonel George B Lockwood. James Goodrich presided at the informal statewide meeting focused on perfecting county local option strategy and organizational efforts.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Congress
C. B. Landis
George B. Lockwood
Republican Literary Bureau of
Indiana
James Goodrich
Mrs J P Johnson Visiting at Camden
Mrs J P Johnson is visiting at Camden. Her sister Miss Nettie Telley, who had been visiting, has returned home.
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J. P. Johnson
Camden
Smuggling Arms Alleged by Anarchist Rings Aiding Revolt
Lisbon reports heavy arms and bombs smuggling amid revolutionary propaganda. Police found 100 revolvers and 50 rifles in Lisbon suburbs and a bombing packing case from Barcelona. A stranding sailboat near Lisbon yielded arms from Belgium. The Seculo links 30 recent arrests to the Black Cross Society with ties to New York and Europe.
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Belgium
Seculo
Portugal
New York
Black Cross Society
Buissa and
Costa
Carlos
Liuse Phillippe
Paris
London
New Belmont Track Record Set by Jack Leyburn
Jack Leyburn, owned by State Senator James P. McNichol, won the Belmont track match aboard Sweet Marie owned by William Bradley of New York. He set a new track record with first heat 2 033 and second heat 2 0642, the gelding faster by a half a length.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Jack Leyburn
James P. McNichol
Sweet Marie
William Bradley
New York
Helmont
Leyburn
Crescens
Banker’s son killed in alleged Boulogne accident
Rumor circulated from Paris that Byron D. Chandler of Boston son of a Manchester New Hampshire banker died in an automobile crash near Boulogne Sur Mer with three others injured. Officials could not verify the report by late tonight.
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Associated Press
Paris
Byron D. Chandler
Boston
Mass
Byron Chandler
Manchester
N. H
Boulogne-Sur- Mer
Boulogne-Sur-Mer
Wrights longest flight at Le Mans thrills crowd
Wilbur Wright of Dayton Ohio sails an aeroplane for three minutes and forty four seconds at Le Mans France in a test flight. The machine circles the field three times at about thirty six miles per hour. He lands near the grandstand to applause and rises again to complete the trial.
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Associated Press
Lemans
France
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Wright
Elder Chicago lawyer guilty in murder plot case
Moses D. Brown the oldest practicing attorney in Chicago along with Austin E. Kelley and Ruth E. McLaughlin were found guilty of conspiracy to murder Annie M. Nolaine. Kelley and McLaughlin received indeterminate prison terms while Brown was fined 1000 dollars. The nurse was involved as the conspirator in the attempted change of ownership through poisoning.
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Cago
Austin E. Kelley
Ruth E. McLaughlin
Annie M. Nolaine
Rittenhouse
Kelley
Brown
Nolaine
Aeroplane Goes at Sheriff's Sale in New York Visit
Henry Farman awaited a backing call for his US tour with the aeroplane imported from France. He said he would crate the machine and book passage for himself and wife. A mechanic's lien for 120 dollars was filed by Joseph Koswiski of Coney Island on the aeroplane.
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Associated Press
New York
Henry Farman
Hotel Astor
France
Joseph Koswiski
Coney Island
Thaw Lawyer Seeks Injunction Over Bankruptcy Move
Daniel O'Reilly, counsel for Harry K. Thaw, says Thaw may cut off Evelyn Thaw's $1000 monthly allowance if bankruptcy proceeds continue. O'Reilly plans to file for an injunction claiming Thaw is a lunatic to halt further bankruptcy actions.
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Evelyn Thaw
Committee Delayed at National Catholic Societies Convention
Boston August 11 The second business day featured addresses by Bishop Hendricks of the Philippines and Prof J C Monaghan of the Washington Agricultural Department. The committee on resolutions worked long without reporting while delegates spent the afternoon sightseeing.
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Boston
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Bishop Hendricks
Philippines
J. C. Monaghan
Agricultural Department
Washington
Committee
Sesson
O’connell
Committee On Resolutions
Salvation Army Camp Opens Preparations at Mounds Park
Active preparations for the state encampment of the Salvation Army at Mounds Park began with tents being set up in Anderson Indiana. The opening meeting is scheduled for Friday and the camp will last eleven days with many army members arriving to assist Captain Bourterse.
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Associated Press
Anderson
Ind
Salvation Army
Mounds Park
Army
Bourterse
Machinists Vote On Strike At Lake Shore Shops
Cleveland dispatch reports machinists in Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway shops across several cities will vote tomorrow on a strike. The walkout threat follows complaints that workers are forced to do piecework.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
International Association of ‘Machinists
Hollis Fined One Cent for Assault Case in Panhandle
Frank Hollis a Panhandle fireman paid a fine of one cent and costs in Judge Smiths court for assaulting James Navin a Panhandle yard conductor at Holliss home 718 Wabash avenue around 3 am yesterday Jealousy over Clara Guilion housekeeper is alleged to have prompted the shooting.
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Frank Hollis
James Navin
Navin
Panhandle Yard
Hollis
Wabash Avenue
Divorce crisis in Howard County as 44 suits await trial
Kokomo Indiana reports next week's Howard superior court term will hear forty four divorce cases, the highest number in county history. Most filings by wives seek child custody while allegations include desertion and habitual drunkenness as principal or contributing causes.
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Howard Circuit Court
Superior Court
Zeppelin Opposed Plan For Navy Like Zeppelin Funds
In Friedrichshafen Count Zeppelin opposes a plan to form a commission led by Walter Rathenau to take over and allocate funds donated nationwide for Zeppelin's airship experiments. The scheme aims to treat the money as a national fund for broader airship work, a move the count's co workers say he will resist. He has received various gifts besides monetary tributes.
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Emperor William
Walter Rathenau
German Electric Company
Aero Club
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Zeppelin
William
Stork Visit at Panhandle Depot Ends in Jail Stay
A Panhandle depot scene unfolded when Mrs. William King and her husband with three children faced possible birth shelter issues. With no city funds or trustees available, the woman was jailed at 2 am after attempts to obtain aid and a physician failed. The family planned to move to South Bend to live with their sons.
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Gallagher
J. P. Hetherington
Hetherington
Panhandle
King
South Bend
Railroads blamed for false harvest job reports in the Northwest
St Paul reports Labor Commissioner Williams says railroad promises of 15 000 to 20 000 harvest workers are a delusion. He calls such claims a snare and criminal flooding of the Northwest with idle hobos to be cared for by municipalities and states. He cites a Philadelphia mayor’s offer of 5 000 idle men as not wanted.
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St. Paul
Minn
North Dakota
Burke
Williams
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Democrats Adjourned at San Antonio Convention
Associated Press reports the Democratic state convention adjourned in San Antonio Texas with delegates returning home after a brief session in August.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
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