Municipal League Plans Program in Gary Indiana
The Indiana Municipal League sets July 8 to 10 in Gary with sessions at 1:30 p m opening remarks by Thomas Knotts and Mayor Shank. Dr J N Hurty speaks on city sanitation with health officials guiding discussions and Gary site inspections of streets sewers parks and utilities. Indiana Masons elect leaders in Indianapolis and discuss Masonic home site bids from Crawfordsville Rushville Franklin Zionsville Bedford and Jeffersonville along with a Holt estate donation near Louisville. Five blind pupils receive diplomas at the Indiana School for the Blind with a commencement program and Governor Ralston addressing graduates.
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Indianapolis
Arthur D. Cunninghham
Indiana Municipal League
Gary
Thomas F. ‘Knotts
Shank
J. N. Hurty
W. C. Duncan
Board of Health of
Columbus
W. G. Swank
Crawfordaville
W. G. Faulds
Public Service Commission
Public
Lawrence Becker
Hammond
W. D. Hamer
Huntington
Ezra Shoecraft
Laporte
A. P. Helton
C. J. Cottingham
Noblesville
Robert H. McGrath
Board of Public Works
Lafayette
Martin A. Morrison
Frankfort
Joseph A. McKee
Jeffersonville
Frank EH. Gavin
Calvin C. Prather
Lewis Brown
William C. Geake
Fort Wayne
Will CC. Pulse
Greensburg
Charles P. Benedict
Commercial Club of
Crawfordsville
Moses F. Dunn
Bedford
West Baden
French Lick
Rushville
Lodge of Franklin
Grand Lodge
Franklin College
Zionsville
James A. Holt
Louisville
Lexington
Jeffersonville Lodge
Ohio River
Holt
Indiana School For the Blind
Lola Walling
Everett Addington
Ralph Brown
Pearl Roach
Russell Harrison
Genevieve Wiley
Katheryn Schneider
Marie Helder
Pearl Brown
Ethel Strafner
Elizabeth Schrodes
Maud Schneider
Hillis Thompson
Fred Schwartz
Rnesel Harrison
Liebesfreud
Cc Ces Kreisler
Indiana School Enumeration Falls Amid Floods and Declining Birth Rate
Indiana reports a net enumeration gain of 1,433 for the year, down from 3,309 in 1912, with total students 762,927. male white 386,417. white females 360,805. colored males 7,843. colored females 7,862. City gains lead at 6,733, towns and townships show losses, floods disrupting counts.
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Indiana
Ernest I. Welborn
Charles A. Greathouse
Mr. Welborn
Welborn
State Department
apThe
Goux Wins 500-Mmile Indianapolis Race in Peugeot
France’s Goux won the 500 mile race at Indianapolis in a Peugeot with a time of 6 hours 31 minutes 43.46 seconds and a 76.59 mph average. Wishart finished second in a Mercer earning $10,000. Merz placed third in a Stutz amid a dramatic car fire of flames under the engine.
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Indianapolis
France
America
Indianapolis Speedway
Goux
Wishart
Mercer
Merz
The
Speedway
Spencer Wishart
Charles Merz
Varied Early 1900s Deaths and Accidents Reported
News wires report multiple incidents: John Noyes dies from pony related injuries near LaRue Kentucky. William Smith a Warrenton Virginia jockey dies after a fall at Belmont Park. Charles W Morse elected Hudson Navigation president in New York. Reverend George Holford shot by his wife near Montrose Jasper County Illinois. Dixie Flyer collision with freight in Fulton Kentucky injures eighteen.
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Marion
John Noyes
LaRue
New York
William Smith
Warrenton
Belmont Park Race Track
Charles W. Morse
Hudson Navigation Company
Hudson
Jackson
Miss
George Holford
Montrose
Jasper County
Fulton, Ky
Japan to Reply Soon on California Alien Land Law Dispute
Washington reports Japan will soon send a formal rejoinder to Secretary Bryan regarding California’s alien land ownership law. Tokyo and the Tokyo embassy have exchanged cables seeking precise details on U S naturalization and land laws. Some advice suggests Canada’s approach of strict racial exclusion as a model for calm in the dispute.
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Washington
Japan
State Department
Bryan
California
Foreign Office
Tokyo
British Columbia
America
Receivers Appointed for Frisco System Railroads
United States Judge Sanborn named two receivers for the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad known as the Frisco system and Judge Carpenter appointed receivers for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad as part of the same system. Names named include Benjamin L. Winchell and Thomas H. West, with William J. Jackson and Edwin W. Winters also cited. The action followed the Frisco system’s failure to meet $2,260,000 five per cent notes due June 1.
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St. Louis
United States
Sanborn
San Francisco
Frisco
North American
Benjamin L. Winchell
Frisco Company
Thomas H. West
St. Louis Union Trust Company
Carpenter
United State District Court of Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Railway Steel Spring Company
William J. Jackson
Edwin W. Winters
New York
Train Collision Near Brant Kills Four in Missouri
Four people died and 20 others were injured when two Missouri Pacific passenger trains collided head on near Brant Missouri, about 20 miles west of Jefferson City. An expanded list of injured passengers and crew was to be filed at the local Missouri Pacific office as details continued to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Brant, Mo
Jefferson City
Senate probes insidious lobby over tariff bill
President Wilson charges a hidden lobby seeks to influence the tariff bill. A Senate committee questioned sixteen senators who denied any knowledge of such lobby or money. The White House said Wilson leads the inquiry and will not appear. Senator Reed will cross examine witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Senate
Wilson
Congress
Overman
Walsh
Clark
Arkansas
Senate
Chamberlain
Oregon
White House
Reed
Cummins
Editor Wins Contempt Suit in Missouri Case
The Missouri Supreme Court discharged William R. Nelson editor and owner of the Kansas City Star from contempt of the Jackson county circuit court. The ruling was unanimous. Nelson had been found guilty and sentenced to one day in jail for publishing that Judge Guthrie refused to dismiss a divorce suit until fees were paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
William R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Jackson County
Supreme Court
Nelson
Guthrie
Suffragette Leader Drummond Undergoes Operation
Gen Mia Flora Drummond, a leading suffragette figure, was operated on in London after falling ill during police court proceedings against suffragette leaders in early May. Paris hosts the World's Women's Congress opening with the suffragette question to be addressed but subordinated to other topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Mia
Flora Drummond
Paris
France
Mondey
Roosevelt Wins Libel Suit in Nominal Damages Verdict
Colonal Roosevelt wins a libel suit against George A. Newett editor of the Ishpeming Iron Ore with nominal damages six cents. The colonel sought vindication and stated he did not pursue money, while Newett retracted the charge and aired inquiries into sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette, Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
George A. Newett
Ishpeming Iron Ore
Flannigan
Newett
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Nbel
van Renschoten
Pound
Michigan
Colonel Roosevelt
Newetti
Schoolgirl Dies in Fire as She Attends School
In Clarksville Tennessee a schoolgirl named Tei Evans died after her clothes were set afire with gasoline following her mother’s permission to attend school. The incident left authorities and neighbors shocked by the fatal blaze.
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Clarksville
Tend
Tei Evans
Iic
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Municipal League Plans
John W. Hanan
Lagrange
Grand Lodge of Free
Masons
Elmer ¥. Gay
Shera
Foresta
Il Lomas
Odell
Rachmaninoff
George 8. Wilson
J W. Millikan
Adelaide M. Carman
Zora Tomlinson
Palace of Agriculture
Charles C. Moore
Wishert
Mikado
Canada Act
Illinoia
M. P
W. R. Nelson
Gen. Drummond
Colonal
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