Rochester Auto Tragedy Inquest Begins With Survivors Testimony
Survivors Carl Bucher and Miss Agness Eckert prepare to testify in Rochester car wreck inquest. Deputy Coroner Val Zimmerman and train crew are questioned about speed and distance as witnesses describe the collision that killed three aboard the auto and prompted burial plans for Mrs. Eckert’s daughter.
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Val Zimmerman
Charles B.thompson
Huntington
Wells Fargo
Samuel Snyder
Alva Abbott
M. ‘E. ‘Selby
J. M. Bowers
Bowers
Deaths and Burials After Rochester Incident
Mrs Keip improves at Woodlawn hospital Rochester and is out of danger. Charles Lambert chauffeur is buried at Mt Hope cemetery after services at 115 Barrow street. Mrs Eckert to be buried today at St Joseph church. Miss Wagner funeral held in Indianapolis at St Marys church.
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Rochester
Keip
Woodlawn Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital
Charles. Lambert
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Joseph Craig
Barrow Street
John Eckert
St. Joseph’s Church
Father Kroeger
Miss Wagner
Indianapolis
St. Mary’s Church
Seeeks Teddy at Roosevelt Home Saga
A historical note reports a pursuit of Theodore Roosevelt at his home with a colonel involved in a saga at Hill. The item sketches a dramatic search and the historic setting around the Roosevelt residence.
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Teddy
Roosevelt
Supposed Harmony Try In Taft Administration
Taft administration sparks talk of harmony within the party. Teddy may not endorse the Taft line and openly questions remain. Taft receives a Filipino guest and signals a possible island visit soon.
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Teddy
Taft
Roosevelt Holds Quiet Sagamore Hill Meeting
Oyster Bay August 15 Associated Press report on Theodore Roosevelt and Lloyd C Griscom chairman of the New York Republican county committee. Griscom carried a Taft message but Roosevelt remained reticent not endorsing the Taft administration and focusing on the New York state political scene. Roosevelt offered no detail on national politics saying he did not discuss it at length.
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Associated Press
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Lloyd C. Griscom
New York
Republican County Committee
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Mr. Griscom
New York State
Roosevelt
Beverly
Mass
Griscom
Taft Hints Philippines Visit Possible During Term
President Taft told Leonard Osorio a former governor of one Philippine province that he might visit the Philippines during his term. Osorio asked when independence would be granted as independence remains undecided.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Leonard Osorios
Indian land graft exposed in congressional hearing
Details from a congressional probe into Indian land affairs reveal schemes by land grabbers to enrich themselves at the expense of minor Indians in Oklahoma. Guardians drained estates while heirs received meager sums, with courts and buyers implicated and millions in land held for sale.
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Associated. Press
Sulphur
Okla
Congressional
Oklahoma
Durant
United States
J. F. McMurray
Thomas B. Crews
St.Louis
Lynch mobs converge near Quinnemont after double assault and murder
In Charleston West Virginia on August 15 mobs gather within twenty five miles of Quinnemont intent on lynching two black suspects in a case where a miner named Arliss and his wife were attacked on a railroad track. Arliss survived and identified a suspect as authorities pressed for arrests.
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Associated. Press
Charleston
W. Va
Quinnemont
John Arliss
Arliss
Beveridge to Speak Here for Rural Carriers
Loganport on September 4 and 5 hosts a talk by Beveridge for rural carriers outlining postal service efforts and policy. The event aims to inform carriers about wage benefits routes and service changes.
Beveridge and Landis to Speak at Rural Carriers Meet
Local Cass county carriers convene in Spencer Park to plan the Indiana Rural Letter Carriers Association state meeting on September 4 and 5. Beveridge and Landis are invited speakers. post office official Woltz will attend in Washington. A picnic dinner, trolley ride, and program of speeches and music follow the Sunday gathering.
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Rural Letter Carriers Association of
Indiana
Federal Building
Spencer Park
Cass County
Albert. J. Beveride
Frederick Landis
Association
Post Office
J. M. Woltz
Post Office ‘Department
Washington
Agnold Motor Co
Broadway
Christian Church
Ninth Street
Beveridge
Logarisport
Carnival Scenes at League Park Exhibit
A late evening carnival unfolds at League ball park with electric lights and a Mazeppa show. Crowds surge through gates to view acts including horse taming, a wild animal display, a Buffalo Bill style wild west act, and side attractions culminating with a fat lady and refreshments.
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Congress
Col. Berry
Mazeppa
Backentoe
Phillion Performs on Globe in Night Show Spectacle
End of the evening crowds watch a large globe act with Phillion ascending a spiral runway to about fifty feet then dropping in a shower of fireworks. He moves with tigerlike grace though a misstep could cause serious injury. The grounds host multiple attractions with the Ferris wheel set to operate and dust-suppressing wagon prepared.
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Phillion
Hev
Broad way Paving Contract Set for Friday in Logansport
Logansport eyes creosoted wooden block pavement on Fifth Street with two resident signatures supporting the petition. The board of public works plans a Friday letting amid debate over pavement type with attention on overall progress of Broadway paving plans.
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Logansport
Fifth Street
Board of Public Works
Broadway
High
Mahlon Conover
Peter Freis
Chicago
Board of Public
Recall of Ohio militia Ends Weeks of Rioting in Columbus
Columbus Ohio Aug 15 Recall of state militia to Columbus for riot duty ended three weeks of disturbances. True Battery C Columbus and a Cincinnati regiment were to arrive tonight. Authorities planned to protect troops with pilot engines and train guards as they detrain and move into the city. Mayor Marshall assumed full charge of security and warned troops would shoot to kill if violence resumed.
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Marshall
Mpitia
Speaks
Sion
N. G
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State Association OF Rural Carriers
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Park
Busi
Ness
Church
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United Carnival
League Ball Park
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Columbus
Ohio
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