Indiana Retail Hardware Association Holds Successful Indianapolis Meeting
The Indiana Retail Hardware association closed its annual meeting in Indianapolis with officers and six delegates named for the national convention in May. H. C. Heldt of Oakland City was elected president, W. L. Hubbard and C. S. Torbett of Columbia City as first and second vice-presidents, and Charles E. Wall of Indianapolis as treasurer. Delegates include Frank Bailey Bedf ord J. T. Gardner Scottsburg J. Hardy Dana Charles Lauck Indianapolis I. F. McKnight Cicero and W. Rh. Powell Converse. The alternates are T. L. McCarty Columbus J. T. Harnady Richmond J. T. Gough Farmland W. A. Moon Crawfordsville W. C. Keller Bourbon. The executive committee gains N. R. Stoner Richmond as a member and E. Barrett Lawrenceburg and R. J. Hussey Zionsville were re elected to the governing board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
QC. S. Torbett
Columbia City
Charles E. Wall
Indianapolis
Hall
Heldt
Hubbard
Torbett
Indiana
Thomas
Frank Bailey
Bedford
J. T. Gardner
Scottsburg
J. ©. Hardy
Dana
Charles Lauck
Plan for Expanding Indiana Hatcheries In 1914
Commissioner George W. Miles plans to expand Indiana fish and game hatcheries this year. The state operates three bass hatcheries and five smaller ones with local associations. Upgrades include Tri-Lake near Columbia City, Kosciusko, Brookville in Franklin, Riverside in Indianapolis, and Anderson, with new ponds, improved drainage, and increased output of largemouth bass and walleye eggs for stocking streams and lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Miles
of Fisheries and Game
Coorge Berg
Shire Commissioner of Fisheries and Game
Berg
Tri-Lake
Whitley County
Columbia City
Koselusko
Wawasee Lake
Brookville
Franklin Conny
Indiana
Riverside
Riverside Park
Indianapolis
Marion County Fish and Game Protective Association
Marion
Anderson
Enforcement of Auto Law Mobilizes Officials
L G Eningham secretary of state leads a campaign urging county and local officials to enforce the automobile license law. The act requires all motor vehicles to be licensed by the secretary of state, with detectives possible but enforcement mainly through counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Eningham
Secretary of State
Ellingham
Cullohms Body Buried In Lincoln Memorial Shadow
Former Illinois senator Shelby M. Cullom was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery near the Lincoln obelisk after a service at the state capitol. Statesmen from across Illinois attended and tributes were paid in the House. Cullom died in Washington after an illness of more than a week.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Shelby Moore Cullom
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Lincoln
Illinois
State Capitol
House of Representatives
Cullom
Washington
Shelby M. Cullom
Jile
Train wreck near East Conemaugh kills three in Pennsylvanian run
Cincinnati Indianapolis and Chicago express wrecked on the main line near Buttermilk Falls east of Johnstown. Three killed and several injured, one fatally, as the eastbound train struck an engine and caboose returned from a mountain trip. Details on why the two trains occupied the same block are unclear.
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Johnstown
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
Buttermilk Falls
East Conemaugh
Conemaugh Yards
San Francisco
Cal
Maury I. Diggs
Ida Pearing
Washington
Illinois Central Rairoad
Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Benjamin F. Funk
Funk & Wagnalla Company
Fifth Avenue
Government monopoly urged on telegraph and telephone lines
Postmaster General Burleson forwarded a departmental report to the Senate advocating a government monopoly over telegraph telephone and radio transmission. It estimates civil acquisition costs at 225 million for telegraph and 200 million for long distance lines, with about 3,000 private providers to compensate over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burleson
Senate
Congress
Postmaster General
Ship Nantucket Arrives With 99 Survivors After Hudson River Loss
The Merchants and Miners steamship Nantucket docked in Norfolk with 99 survivors and 41 dead from the Monroe disaster. The rescued recall sudden death at sea as two bodies are identified among those saved, including Mrs. Thomas Harrington and Lieut. le Grand B. Curtig of the Second Coast Artillery.
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Norfolk
Old Dominion
Monroe
Tate
Merchants & Miners
Nantucket
Bolen
New York
Bostein
W. L
Newark
N. J
Budwig
Claussen
W. C
Milwaukee
Curtis
le Grande B
Second Coast Artillery
Watervliet Arsenal
Davis
F. C
Brooklyn
Edwards
United States Navy
Gorman
Philadelphia
Gibson
Gilbert
Poole
C. W
Gray
Popa
Ray
F. F
Sevile
Miss
Marearia Theatrical Company
Smith
Wilson, I
Thomas Harrington
J. Kelly
Stevens Street
Norwalk
Conn
Lieut
le Grand B. Curtig
Swift & Co and three railroads indicted for rebates
A federal grand jury charged Swift & Co. along with the Pennsylvania Railroad, Chicago and Northwestern, and the Panhandle railroad with rebating and soliciting rebates. Swift & Co. faces possible fines up to 1.2 million dollars amid sixty interstate commerce violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Swift & Co
K. M. Landis
United States District Court
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
Panharrdle
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Express Offices Closed in Batavia
The United States Express company has closed its Batavia offices claiming parcel post inauguration reduced express business. The announcement cites diminished activity since the parcel post began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
United States Express Company
Prisoner Found to Be Wrong Man in Mississippi Case
A. D. Oliver a Thomasville Georgia merchant was jailed in Mississippi for two months due to mistaken identity. He bears a resemblance to L. Charles Harding the inmate who escaped from Aberdeen prison prompting his arrest last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
A. D. Oliver
Thomasville
Mississippi
Oliver
L. Charles Harding
Aberdeen
Pindell Declines Russia Ambassadorship to Wilson
Peoria native Henry M Pindell has declined the ambassadorial post to Russia citing false press representations. President Wilson accepts the decision and expresses confidence in Pindell while reports hint at Charles R Crane of Chicago as a likely successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry M. Pintte
Peoria
Russia
White House
Wilson
Pindell
Senate
Tam
Henry M. Pindell
Mr. Pindell
Woodrow Wilson
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Crane
President Declines Plea of Women Suffragists
President Wilson told 400 working girls from ten states at the White House he could not back their cause or endorse legislation. He said suffrage must be supported by the Democratic party before he would voice his views. The demonstrators marched with colors and bands while a committee met inside for an interview.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
White House
Democratic Party
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Goshen
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Wisconsin State Society For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Mayor Bell
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Greencastle
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