Prominent men address impending Christian convention
Indianapolis May 7. The Indiana Christian convention opens May 12 at Central Christian church and Butler college with sessions for ministers women Sunday school and Christian Endeavor groups. Gov. Samuel M. Ralston to deliver welcome. Rev. W. J. Wright to preach opening sermon. Other topics include country church missions and ministerial relief. Also noted are pharmacy rulings and a Knights Templars conclave in Crawfordsville May 13-14.
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Indianapolis
the Christian Church of the State
Indiana Christian Missionary ‘Workers
Christian Church
Indianapolis Ministerial Association
Butler College
Central Christian Church
Samuel M. Ralstoy
W. J. Wright
Franklin
Christian Women's Board of Missions
College of Missions
Irvington
F. E. Lumley
W.R. Motley
Newcastle
J. W. Darby
Washington
Melnette Miller
Linton
W. R. Warren
St. Louis
Our College
T. C. Howe
Christian Endeavor Societies
W. D. Bartle
Christian Endeavor
Garry L. Cook
W. T. Barbie
Rockville
Misa Hazel A. Lewis
Disciples of Christ
J. M. Scudder
Huntington
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Grand Commandery of
Mandela
Committee On
Templars
Rapier Commandery No. 1
Masonic Temple
Asylum of
Crawfordsville Country Club
Temple
W. W. Goltra
M. B. Rountree
Tully C. Crabbs
Charles W. Ieff
Bennett B. Engle
The
Conference urged by state official on vocational law
Charles A. Greathouse, Indiana state superintendent, supports the Indiana Bankers association state conference in Indianapolis June 3 and 4. He urges county officials to name at least five delegates to learn about the new vocational law including agriculture home economics trades and domestic science, and to receive program materials.
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Charles A. Greathouse
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Indianapolis
Greathouse
County Board of Education
Indiana
Bewhiskered jibe sparks tariff debate in Washington
May 5 in the house, Thomas Mann and Fordney clashed over tariffs. The exchange included light mockery about bewhiskered looks and moonshine metaphors. Gardner of Massachusetts demonstrated cotton cloth to illustrate underwood tariff effects as the cotton schedule passed with no change.
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Washington
House
Thomas
Mann
Fordney
Ilinois
Illinois
Congressional
Representative Langley
Kentucky
Kansas
Gardner
Massachusetts
New England
No Wage Increase by Roads in Eastern Conference
New York May 3 The conference committee of managers rejected the conductors and trainmen demands from the forty three eastern roads. They note that in 1910 roads granted an aggregate wage rise of 30 million to avert a strike. The current increase of 17 million would burden the public, likening it to 425 million in 4 percent securities. Trainmen and conductors may later modify demands or hold a referendum strike vote among their 100000 members.
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New York
Thaw denies paternity in Nesbit Thaw case
Harry K Thaw issues a statement from Mattea wan denying fatherhood of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's boy born 1910. He says he and his wife have been separated for over five years and claims no relationship with the child or his wife. He states he did not know she was going abroad and that reports of a breach are false.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
White Plains
Familly
Lone robber holds up Kansas City Southern train
A lone bandit boarded Kansas City Southern passenger train No 5 at the depot and robbed passengers after departure, taking about $1500 in cash and jewelry. Passenger Jesse E Short of Joplin, after being ordered to surrender, drew a pistol and fired. the robber returned fire, Short was wounded, the bandit was hit and fled from the train.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Southern
Jesse E. Short
Joplin
Short
Mellen argues 1903 stock profits reimbursed campaign funds
President Mellen told the Interstate Commerce Commission that the $102,000 profit from selling New Haven railroad stock in 1903 was repaid to him to reimburse contributions to the Republican campaign fund of that year.
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Boston
Mass
Mellen
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Webb alien land bill passes California senate and assembly
In Sacramento on May 6 the California senate approved the Webb alien land ownership bill by 26 to 2 and the assembly shortly after adopted it. The measure now requires the governor's signature to become law. Secretary of State Bryan delivered a farewell message to the joint session, urging the legislators to act in line with federal objections and the president's position, and inviting use of initiative and referendum to reflect the voters’ will.
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Sacramento
Cal
Senate
Assembly
Tower House
Bryan
California
State Senate
Memorial Webster site museum to be dedicated August
The memorial museum at the Daniel Webster birthplace site in Franklin New Hampshire will be dedicated August 28 with expected participation by President Wilson traveling from the summer capital at Cornish. The dedication will mark the house where Webster was born as a national tribute.
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Franklin
N. H
Daniel Webster
Wilson
Cornish
Denver
Colo
Alice McMillen
California
New York
Sweeney
Hussey
Martha
Thompson
Whitman
Tokyo
Seki
Boston
Charles River
Cambridge
Paul Arthur Sorg
Hast Highty-seventh Street
Sorg
Gompers 10 Prison Contempt Case Upheld In Part
Gompers reduced to 30 days in jail on contempt in Buck Stove case. Mitchell and Morrison spared imprisonment, fined $500 each. appeals to Supreme Court planned. Corrections noted by DC Court of Appeals with dissents cited. Mitchell at home says an appeal to high court is likely.
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Mitchell
Morrison
Washington
Samuel Gompers
Buck Stove & Range Company
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Gompersa
Bucks
American Federation of Labor
Mount Vernon
Gompers
Morrissey
Bomb Found in London Post Office Parcel
A bomb with nitro glycerin was found Monday among parcel post packages in the southeastern district post office. Police suspect militant suffragettes though no clues were obtained. The package was submerged in water after a metallic sound alerted hundreds of on duty employees.
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London
Southeastern District
King Nicholas to abandon Scutari fortress in face of pressure
Cetinje Montenegro May 7 King Nicholas of Montenegro ordered evacuation of the Scutari fortress in response to Austrian and allied pressure. The cabinet resigned in protest against the policy of relinquishing Scutari after a six month siege that cost thousands of Montenegrin and Ottoman lives.
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Cetinje
Montenegro
Nicholas
Scutari
Eighty-Seven and Restored Empress Eugenie
Ex-Empress Eugenie near full recovery from illness that confined her recently. Monday marked her eighty seventh birthday with celebratory observances in Paria May 7.
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Eugenie
Paria
Eugenie Ia
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Pharmacy Board
State Board of Pharmacy
Jerome J. Keene
Gard
White House
Harlakenden
Solon
Slayer
Rail Body
Japan
Webb Law
Uegee
Austria
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