Wilson Inauguration and Federal Action Report
William Loeb Jr resigns as New York port collector to join Guggenheim holdings. Woodrow Wilson inaugurated president. Thomas Marshall sworn in as vice president. Taft commutes Pittsburgh bank cashier William Montgomery and Heike sentence. Suffrage parade and treasury tableaux. Questionable dissolution of Standard Oil. Tumulty salary set at 7500. Webb liquor bill passed over veto. Money reform talk and mixed money trust reports. Customs and internal revenue yield surplus. Morgan letter contests money trust.
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William Loeb, Jr
Washington
New York
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Capitol
Thomas R. Marshall
Taft
William Montgomery
Pittsburgh
Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburgh
House
Senate
Inaugural Parade Impresses Washington as Wilson Is Sworn
The Jeffersonian style gave way to splendor as Major General Leonard Wood led the grand parade for President Woodrow Wilson. Regulars, cadets, veterans, civilians, and college troops filled Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House amid constant cheers and a crowd eager for the ceremony.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
White House
Wilson
Marshall
Leonard Wood
United States Army
United ‘States
Hia
Wotherspoon
W. W Wotherspoon
Navy Yards
West Point
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Army
Infantry
Signal Corps
National Guard
Albert L. Mills
San Juan Hill
Citadel Cadets
Georgia Military Academy
Grand Army of the Republic
Union Veteran League
James HE. Stuart
Chicago
Robert N. Harper
Civic Forces
Tammany
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
United Hunt Clubs of America
Jefferson
Princeton
Marine Band
White
Gia of
Five Men Arrested as Terre Haute Gambling Raid Closes Saloons
After a raid on the Health Office saloon five men were arrested and four wagon loads of gambling paraphernalia seized. All gambling houses in the city closed for the first time in months, leaving about 150 men out of work and about 150000 dollars worth of devices idle.
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Terre Haute
Sunday School Folk Meet in Johnson County
The Johnson county Sunday schools held their annual convention at the Presbyterian church with a large audience. Rev. Sheldon L. Roberts presided as association president. Rev. Milo J. Smith of Indianapolis spoke on What the Sunday School Can Do for Temperance. Miss Alice McQuinn discussed the Cradle Roll in the Bible School. George M. Burnie and Garry L. Cook of Indianapolis gave additional talks.
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Franklin
Johnson County
Presbyterian Church
Sheldon L. Roberts
Association
Milo J. Smith
Indianapolis
Alice McQuinn
George M. Burnie
Garry L. Cook
Court Makes Fast Record in Howard Court
In Kokomo Howard circuit court John Mosley of Watertown New York and John Taylor of Gary were sentenced to two to fourteen years in Jeffersonville reformatory for house breaking. They entered four stores and were in custody five hours after the crime. Taylor said a brother lived in Gary and asked that word be kept from him. Mosley admitted finishing a sentence in Peru on a house breaking charge.
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Kokomo
Howard
John Mosley
Watertown
N. Y
John Taylor
Gary
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Taylor
Mosley
Peru
Danville May Get Free Mail Delivery
Danville likely to receive free mail delivery within a year as figures show the local post office averaged about $900 in receipts monthly. Eligibility requires good sidewalks and house numbering. Danville meets these and an extra clerk will join the post office staff when the eight hour government workday law takes effect.
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Danville
Hornaday
Court Fines Engineer for Extreme Brutality
William R. Felty an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad was fined 50 dollars and costs for brutal treatment of his three children the eldest four years and his wife. Neighbors testified he seized a child by the ears tossed it to the ceiling and let it drop. He was said to mistreat his wife when she intervened and Mrs Felty plans to seek a divorce.
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Richmond
William R. Felty
Pennsylvania Railroad
Felty
Sheriff Takes Wyman Child Amid Custody Dispute
In Richmond Sheriff Rayer, under a juvenile court order, removed eleven year old Loren Wyman after a complaint by City Missionary Elizabeth Chandler that he and his stepmother were unfit guardians. The court had recently granted custody of the Wyman children to the paternal grandparents following the marriage of Wyman and Mrs. Johnson.
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Wyman
Richmond
William Johnson
Roy Wyman
Johnson
Sheriff Rayer
Loren Wyman
Elizabeth Chandler
Anson
Wounded by Son Then Arrested at Newcastle
A garbled report notes Gus Beeson near Shirley was placed in custody by Sheriff Kirk after an incident in which Beeson fired at an entrance and wounded his son and wife. The father is described as Beeson. the son was injured but the text is unclear.
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Arres Sd
Newcastle
Gus Beeson
Mying
Shirley
Ark
Kirk
Beeson
Bey
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C. S. Over Man
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
New York County
Treasury Building
Standard Oil Trust
Wickersham
Charles B. Morrison
Oliver E. Pagan
Joseph B. Tumulty
Carter Glass
House Banking and Currency Committee
Internal Revenue Department
House of Representatives
Pujo
House Money Trust Committee
J. P. Morgan & Co
Detroit
Senet
Cayuga
William Chambers
International Court At
Samoa
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Matteawan State Hospital
Carmody
Roy L. Leak
United States District Court
New York City
Trenton
N. J
Thread Trust
Coal Tar Trust
J.J. Fitzgerald
House Committee On Appropriations
Courthouse Board
City Hall Park
Bayard Street
Frieda Trost
Trost
Badger
Wyoming
John Duncan
Bartlesville
Oklo
Duncan
Dallas Alexander
Alexander
Cambria Steel Company
Jamestown
Luther Conant, Jr
International Harvester Company
Corn Products Refining Company
Garment Workers
Homer Riggle
Kansas City
Allis- Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
James W. Wallace
John H. ‘McClementy
Francis S. Bange
Sulzersof
Whitman
Navy
Gen. Wood
George Clinton
General Wood
Terre Haute Gambers
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