Navy defects in battleship design debated by committee
Washington March 11 serious defects in American battleship construction were charged by Captain C McR Winston and Commander A L Key. They criticized armor belts and gun decks as too low and questioned ammunition hoists safety. Key attacked speed tests while Winslow defended Russian admiral Ros esvensky and urged raised armor to avoid underwater belt exposure.
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Washington
C. McR. Winston
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
A. L. Key
Roosevelt
Hvans
Hampton Roads
Rosesvensky
Key
Capps
Winslow
Connecticut
Lord Nelson
Mr. Tillman
Michigan
South Carolina
Admiral Evans
Mr. Burrows
Tillman
Department
Orchard Pleads Guilty to First Degree Murder in Idaho
Harry Orchard, before Judge Fremont Wood in Caldwell, Idaho, withdrew a prior not guilty plea and entered a guilty plea to first degree murder for the Dec. 30, 1905 bombing that killed former Governor Stennenberg. Sentencing set for March 18. Orchard said he fully understood the plea and acted of his own accord after consulting his attorney. Haywood Pettibone and Moyer were previously tried. Moyer’s case was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Fremont Wood
Wood
Orchard
Stennenberg
Stonenberg
William Haywood
Charles H. Moyer
George Aa. Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Pettibone
Boise
Moyer
Thaw and Nesbit to Seek Annulment in Divorce Action
In New York on March 11, counsel for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Harry Kendall Thaw confirm she will file for an annulment of their marriage. The grounds allege Thaw was insane at the time of the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw
Markets Report From Indianapolis and Major Trade Posts
Indianapolis grain and livestock prices show mixed readings with wheat at 9.7c premium for No 2 red and corn at 63c. At Cincinnati and Chicago, wheat No 2 red ranges around 97c and 1.01 respectively with hogs trading up to 4.85 and 4.70 in various markets. New York livestock quotes list cattle up to 5.85 and hogs near 6.20, while East Buffalo records cattle to 15.90, hogs to 5.05, and lambs up to 7.75. Toledo reports May wheat at 96 44c and cash at 86%0.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Mothers Above Soldiers In Roosevelt Speech At Welfare Congress
Washington March 11 The White House hosted the first international congress on child welfare with 900 delegates as President Roosevelt praised mothers as the nation’s supreme asset and urged self denial in motherhood education and family duties over military achievement. He stressed the mother’s role in shaping the next generation and condemned both neglectful and shirking spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Mothers’ Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Slain in a Duel: Louisiana Senator-Elect Kemp Killed
Amite Louisiana March 11 Democratic State Senator-Elect Kemp was shot and killed by C F Hyde a local political and business leader after a quarrel over the state primary election Hyde claiming Kemp lied The pair briefly dueled after Kemp slapped Hyde Hyde was uninjured and there were no other injuries
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Kemp
Louisiana Falls
Amite
C. F. Hyde
Hyde
Four Negroes Lynched Near Biloxi Mississippi
Four Black men named Dave Pow Tom Ranston and two Jenkins brothers were lynched by a 30 man mob at VanCleave Mississippi twenty miles north of Biloxi while in custody of Deputy Sheriff Evans of Jackson County on the way to jail. Incendiary warehouse fires had inflamed local sentiment. The victims confessed to crimes before the mob hanged them from trees beside the road.
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Mobile
Ala
Dave Pow
Tom Ranston
Jenkins Brothers
VanCleave
Miss
Biloxi
Fivans
Jackson County
Platform planks shape coming Indiana convention
Indianapolis March 12 Congressman John W. Chaney is favored for permanent state convention chairmanship with Jesse Overstreet as temporary chair. Discussion on platform planks flags tort revision temperance reform and local option law. Logansport Mayor McKee wins delegates despite intoxication charges, while Shiel and English consider senate bids. Mayoral and district races create a busy political scene across Cass Marion and Madison counties.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Chaney
Jesse Overstreet
George P. McKee
Logansport
Cags County
McKee
Frederick Landis
Cass County
Marion
Unusual Floods Ravage Indiana Valley Cities
Hammond Indiana reports severe floods as Little Calumet and Kankakee valleys flood. One fourth of Lake County under water. homes abandoned. rail lines damaged. improvised rafts used in Gary streets. livestock rescued by boat. Tolleston Gun Club area submerged.
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Hammond
Ind
Lake County
Crown Point
Tolleston Gun Club
Henry Euler
Black Oak
Gary
Ohio River Still Rising Threatens Flood Damage
The Ohio river at Evansville Indiana continues to rise at about one twentieth of an inch per hour, likely reaching forty two to forty three feet by Thursday or Friday. The lower Wabash rises flooding lowlands near New Harmony and submerging wheat fields as tenants shelter in upper stories. Green river climbs slowly, risking Evansville and Paducah packet service and isolating landings between Evansville and Cairo. In Evansville, detective Charles Dixon is arrested for larceny after allegedly framing three store workers at Parsons and Smith. stolen goods were recovered and Dixon now faces charges.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio
Wabash
New Harmony
Wabash River
Green River
Paducah
Here
Cairo
Evanaville
Charles Dixon
Chicago
Parsons & Smith
Dixon
Woman dies in mansion blaze after clothing set on fire
In Shelbyville Indiana on March 11 Mrs F Davis reportedly set fire to her clothing. Her body was found in a field after neighbors searched for hours. She had suffered dementia for years and lived near the Bartholomew county line with a husband and two children.
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Shelbyville
Ind
F. Davis
Bartholomew County
Dividend News for Depositors at Aurora National Bank
Lawrenceburg Ind March 11 Frank B Shutts receiver of the defunct Aurora National bank at Aurora has paid depositors a 50 percent dividend and before closure another dividend likely between 30 and 50 percent is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Frank B. Shutts
Aurora National Bank
Aurora
Trolley Cars Crash Leaves Noblesville Injured
In Noblesville Indiana on March 11 a collision between freight and passenger interurban cars on the Noblesville branch of the Indiana Union Traction injured eleven people severely and many others were shaken up or hurt.
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Noblesville
Ind
Indiana Union Traction
Nurse Falls on Stairway Saviour Child Dies
In Goshen Indiana on March 11 a nurse descending the stairway at the George A Riley home slipped and fell. The eight month old child she was carrying suffered a broken back and died instantly.
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Goshen
Ind
Geo. A. Riley
Mrs. Riley
Deaths and obituaries from Fredericksburg and nearby areas
A bulletin of deaths and funerals across Fredericksburg and surrounding towns reports elderly residents B Hooker Hancock aged eighty eight buried at home. infant child of Osborne Smith dies. James H Curte dies at Dewitt Missouri aged eighty. Henry Schrenber dies in Oklahoma. Mrs Elizabeth Scheller 70 dies near Silver Creek Clark County. Powerlor dies near city aged 68. Virgil Atkine two years dies of pneumonia in Floyd Knobs. Mrs Samuel Fite former resident dies in Chicago at 72. Frederick Von Allmen 75 dies on Green Valley road of paralysis. funeral of Harry Ackley 15 held at Fairview cemetery. Additional notices: Antonette Fougerousse 2 dies. Capt John Thomas Shanks 78 dies in Salem. Mrs Catherine Smith 44 dies at 1716 Locus Street. Wheeler Goldman 23 found dead near West Fork with epilepsy. Mrs Anna M Gulitz 53 dies of stomach disease. Mrs Elizabeth Biermann 78 dies Lafayette Township. W R Boyden 57 dies Silver Grove. Maude L Phelps 27 dies at home near West Tenth Street. funeral swept to Elizabeth. The item ends with a fragment from a Philadelphia Ledger dialogue.
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B. Hooker Hancock
Fredericksburg
Osborne Smith
Weat First
Main Streets
James H. Curte
Harrison County
Dewitt
Henry Schrenber
Oklahoma
Lafe Keach
William and Joseph Schreiber
Pioya Knobs
Elizabeth Scheller
George Scheller
Silver Creek Township
Clark County
Powerlor
St Joseph's Catholic Church
Virgil Atkine
Clarence Atkins
Green Valley Road
Atvroken
Harry Ackley
John Ackley
West Sixth Street
Fairview
Antonette Fougerousse
Joseph N. Fongerousse
Elm
St. Mary's Cemetery
John Thomas Shanks
Salem
Dspt
Shanks
Washington County
Anna M Gulitz
Herman Gulitz
St Edward’s Hospital
Gulitz
Elizabeth Biermann
Joseph Biermann
Lafayette Township
Ms. Mary's
Knobs
Odd Fellows Lodge
Fairview Cemetery
Maude L. Phelps
William D. Phalpa
Weat Tenth
Cherry ‘Streets
Robert L Bowling
Weat Seventh Street
Elizabeth
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Raval Committee
Captain Winslow
Commander Key
Massachusetts
Lima
Kearsarge
Kentucky
East Buffalo
Toledo
Mothers of the
Republican Partics
Harry Brunaugh
Pritchard
Brunaugh
Indiana
Madison
J. M. Cravens
Lincoln Dixon
Cravens
Jefferson County
Pittsburg
Young Peopla's Missionary Movement
Pittsburg Exposition
Catherine Smith
Robert D. Smith
Locus Street
Wheeler Goldman
West Fork
Crawford County
Nell
May
St Belle
Philadelphia Ledger
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