Primaries Drop as Cox Re-Election Looms in Logansport
Logansport and surrounding counties held perfunctory primaries for district delegates. Edward Cox of Hartford City is the district chair, with delegates chosen across wards while statewide gatherings in Evansville and county mass meetings favored Benjamin Bosse for delegate chair and backed Governor Marshall and Congressman Boehne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cox
Hartford City
First Ward
George B. Davis
W. A. Graffis
Michael Courtney
William Graffis
J. B. Stanley
William Berger
Frank Madland
Thomas Courtney
William Pickett
John Wallace
John McGreevy
John Arvey
Harry Gardner
J. A. Shafer
Warren J. Butler
Evansville
Ind
T. D. Scales
Boonville
Benjamin Bosse
Bosse
Vanderburg County
Thomas R. Marshall
John W. Boehne
Indiana
Posey County
Marshall
Boehne
Spencer County
Pike County
Gibson County
Moose Lodge Minstrel Fills Nelson Theater In Debut
Members of the Moose lodge and friends filled the Nelson theater for the first minstrel performance. Earl Denbo hosted the show with local hits in a rapid fire of jokes. Frank Regan Russel Wagner and Prof. Gerber with Miss Vera Loge delivered polished parts and dancing. Special dances by many girls drew strong applause and the program was encored repeatedly.
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Moose Lodge
Nelson Theater
Earl Denbo
Frank Regan
Russel Wagner
Gerber
Vera Loge
Billy Sunday Visit Sought by Logansport Delegation
A Logansport booster group traveled by special car to Winona Lake to interview evangelist Billy Sunday about a revival. Sunday showed optimism about visiting Logansport, with a tentative promise for a May or November date, though no definite plans were set for 1912. The delegation listed local pastors and leaders among its members.
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Logansport
Winona Lake
Billy Sunday
Winona
Rev. Granstaff
J. MacJohnston
C. W. Graves
S. B. Boyer
Major Gordon
W. B. Smith
Oswald Smith
A. B. Stanton
Philip Voorhees
Sumwalt
Co. L. Dilley
Charles Wilkinson
Simon
Messrs. McCain
Etnire
Guard
Zimminger
Justice
Bohannon
Bopp
Campbell
J. Bert Winter
Fraser
Emory
Toll consecrated as Chicago suffragan bishop
The Rev. William E Toll was consecrated suffragan bishop of the Episcopal church in the Chicago diocese. He becomes the third suffragan bishop in the United States.
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Chicago
Ill
William E. Toll
Episcopal Church
Toll
United States
Plan to unionize Mexico’s miners debated by federation
Denver Colorado December 27 plan to unionize two hundred thousand Mexican miners will be considered by the Western Federation of Miners executive committee, which is scheduled to meet here January 1. The move signals expansion of organized labor activity into Mexican mining regions.
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Denver
Col
Mexico
Western Federation of Miners
Packers Mercer First Show Fails Court Challenge
Mercer failed at the first show court a verdict records defeat as Packers secure a court ruling against modification in a legal dispute.
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Mercer
Witness Describes Two 1902 Plans for Big Pack Merger
Albert H. Veeder testifies that Swift Morris Cudahy Armour failed to finance a merger plan in 1902 with capitalizations of 923 million and then 750 million. He says New York financiers were to fund it for a 10 million payoff and outlines officers and asset values. National Packing Co formed March 18 1903 to carry on the business, with no proven merger connection.
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Armour, Swift, Morris and Cudahy
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
New York
Mr. Weeder
E. H. Harriman
James Stillman
Gustavus F. Swift
Edward Morris
Michael Cudahy
J. Ogden Armour
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Cudahy & Co
Michael Cuday
Armour, Swift and Morris
Mr. Veeder
National Packing Company
Veeder
Henry Veeder
A. H. Veeder
Death of Ernest Hockenbeamer in Arizona
Paul Hockenbeamer reports the death of his brother Ernest in Arizona after a period of illness. The family had known he was ill but details of the illness were not previously disclosed.
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Paul Hockenbeamer
Ernest
Arizona
Wurdon Denies Ugly Charges In Open Letter
Norman C. Gordon husband of a woman who died by suicide near Albuquerque denies allegations from a western newspaper dispatch. He claims the report is imaginative and defends his conduct in explosives work and his character with affidavits while noting no trace of an ante mortem letter. He asserts no debt or wrongdoing linking to his wife’s death and vows further inquiry.
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The
Tribune
Norman C. Gordon
Gordon
Albuquerque
N. M
William Gordon
the Tribune
Kelly
New Mexico
Proprieter Plant Not Guilty in New York Trial Acquittal
The proprietors of Triangle Plant are not guilty of the charges and were acquitted in a New York trial. The verdict clears the defendants of the 147 counts for which they were tried.
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Triangle Plant
Not Guilty in Triangle Fire Manslaughter Case
New York December 27. Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, owners of the Triangle Waist Company, are acquitted of manslaughter in connection with the March 25 blaze that killed 147 workers. The crowd hissed and police kept back the press. the defendants fled via a subway entrance after a tense verdict and brief courtroom drama.
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New York
Triangle Waist Company
Isaac Harris
Max Blanck
Court House
Harris
Blanck
Margaret Schwartz
Royal Center Man Found Dead After Mysterious Absences
Noah Kline, 55, missing since Saturday night, was found dead at his Royal Center home at 9am Tuesday. Coroner Palmer ruled death from apoplexy, the fourth such local death since Thanksgiving. Relative Samuel Minthorn found the body. no signs of foul play despite facial injuries from the fall.
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Noah Kline
Royal Center
Kline
Palmer
Ben
Samuel Minthorn
Limited in Smash derailment injures fifteen on Big Four
The Twentieth Century Limited on the Big Four railroad derailed at LaGrange thirty five miles west of Cleveland tonight injuring fifteen passengers none seriously. The smoking car rolled over into a ditch and was the only car to leave the track.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Twentieth Century Limited
Big Four
Lagrange
Here
Drunken duo locked up after drunken spree disorder arrests
The second offender in as many days, Tony Shockome of Humphy street, is jailed after a drunk and disorderly arrest. His family feared for their safety as he cursed officers. Across town, “Drunken Bill” Smith faced gunplay charges unresolved, fined $25 and costs, with a 35 day commitment plus 15 days added for a prior sentence.
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Pearl Street
James Bible
Grace
Baker
Florence Baker
Russell Dickson
H. A. Hawkins
Bible
Witnesses tie Seattle to nationwide dynamite plot
The federal grand jury hearing into a nationwide dynamite conspiracy resumes in Los Angeles as Seattle resident Dr G D Wagner testifies about a 1910 McNamara meeting. William Brown of the Los Angeles Times also recalls McNamara in the Times building blast area seeking work as a newspaper mailer.
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Associated Presse
Los Angeles
Cal
H. W. Polhman
Seattle Ironworkers’ Union
Federal Grand Jury
Seattle
G. D. Wagner
Wagner
James B. McNamara
Dr. Wagner
Lyons
Pacific Coast
Wagner Company
William Brown
Los Angeles Times
Times
Brown
McNamara
Paul Scharrenburg
San Francisco
State Federation of Labor
Grand
Republicans 10 Hold Primaries Upon Jan 26 27
Indianapolis December 27 Republicans plan county conventions January 26 27 to select delegates for district conventions February 2 for state committee reorganization January 29 precinct chairmen elected January 31 district conventions held Taft faction seeks earlier dates versus anti Taft line and a looming fight for Indiana party leadership with district chairmen meeting February 2 to finalize the state chair and reorganization.
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Edwin M.lee
Indiana
Andrew J . Hickey
Ihaporte
Samuel Thomas
South Bend
Thirteenth
Demas. D Bates
Kee
Washington
Taft
Indianapolis
Lee
Patrolman Moynihan Robbed After City Hall Errand
Detroit police report Patrolman Timothy Moynihan, serving the city treasurer, was assaulted and robbed of 1376 on his way from city hall to the garbage plant near Twenty fourth Street. The funds were to pay plant workers.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Migh
Timothy Moynihan
Twenty-fourth Street
Gotch Defeats Munro in Two Falls
Kansas City report says Frank Gotch, the world wrestling champion, defeated English champion Alec Munro in two straight falls. The first fall lasted twelve minutes with Gotch securing the win, followed by a second fall proving his superiority.
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Kansas City
Frank Gotch
Alec’ Munro
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Cass Democracy
Cox
Vention
District Organization
Third Ward
P. J. Farrell
E. M. Howard
John J. Murphy
S. A. Harness
Harvey W. Wright
Fourth Ward
B. F. Louthain
Edward Hankee
John Barnes
Elmer McAllister
Fifth Ward
Joseph Guthrie
Walter Osmer
W. W. DeHaven
Lon Saxon
D. D. Fickle
W. A. Osmer
Byron Haley
George Schneider
Newton Larue
Billy
Bishop Toll
Swift and Company
National Packing
Albert H. Veeder
Chicago Packers
Ernest Hockenbeamer
Grace Baker
Shields
Burlington Avenue
Wurdon
Jin
Acoauinuedon
Isaac Harris and
Days
Tony Shockome
Hum
Phrey
Shockome
State Central Committee
Compro
Republican State Central Committee
Dele
Gates
Mitteemen
Munro
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