Sonntag elected Indiana Bankers president in Indianapolis
At the seventeenth annual Indiana Bankers convention in Indianapolis M S Sonntag of Evansville was chosen president succeeding J L McCulloch of Marion. Officers also elected included John P Frenzel Jr and Guy Bracklin with Andrew Smith reelected secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Sonntag
American Trust and Savings Bank of
Evansville
John P. Frenzel, Jr
Merchants’ National Bank
Guy Bracklin
Farmers’ Deposit Bank of Montpelier
Andrew Smith
Association
J. L McCulloch
Marion
Council of Administration
Aquilla Q. Jones
W. E. Balch
Indianapolis Merchants’ Credit Bureau
Bureau
Muncie
Thomas F. English
Indiana Electric Light Association
W. D. Ray
Hammond
Thomas Donahue
Lafayette
J. C. Kester
Kokomo
J. W. Robb
C. C. Perry
F. A. Bryan
T. F. Grover
F. A. Newton
Jackson
Mich
L. T. Block
St. Louis
Gac
R. C. Huddel
Madison
Wis
Thomas Duncan
Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Commission
Mr. Duncan
Pardon Board Closes Session With Clemency Pleas
The Indiana Board of Pardons completed its quarterly hearing in Indianapolis and will soon forward recommendations to the governor who typically follows the report. A surge of life-term clemency petitions and several burglary cases dominated the session.
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State Board of Pardons
Indianapolis
Gerhardt Ittenbach
Madison County
Ittenbath
Ralph Nalley
Indiana Reformatory
Naley
Reformatory
Nalley
George D. Franklin
Lafayette
Charles Bethel
Attica
Lee Bethel
Percy Bender
Johnstown
Bender
Dekalbd County
Indiana
Leo Kaminsky
Indiana Library Association Annual Meeting Speakers Named
Librarians announce the Indiana Library Association annual meeting in Marion October 15 to 17. William A. Rawlen Indiana University will discuss extension work and libraries. C Pierce Burton Gary will lecture on The Ministry of Books to Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Library Association
Marion
William A. Rawlen
Indiana University
Merle Sidener
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
C. Pierce Burton
Gary
Ministry of Books
G. A. H. Shideler
L. J. Bailey
Association
Annette L. Clark
Mr. Burton
Arthur H. Sapp
Huntington
Demarchus Co. Brown
Hugh T. Gary
Alice Goldthwaite
B. B. Shively
Marlon
Mr. Rawles
Frank G. Bates
Bloomington
Indianapolis
Legislative Reference Bureau
Logan Bsarey
Indiana Historical Survey
John A. Lapp
Henriette I. Scranton
Elwood
Add L. Bernhardt
Richmond
Sidener
Carl H. Milam
Public Library Commission
Bailey
Gary Pubic
Julia Mason
Princeton
Petition seeks impeachment of Justice Wil l Van Devanter
Des Moines reports that D. T. Blodgett filed with the House a petition demanding impeachment against Associate Justice Wil l Van Devanter. The charges center on Van Devanter's denial of a habeas corpus writ after Blodgett’s forgery conviction and claim he twice faced jeopardy. The matter was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Willig van Devanter
Supreme Court of the United States
Committee On Judiciary
D. T. Blodgett
Des Moines
van Devanter
Blodgett
Iowa
Archduke Ferdi nand to Visit King George Next Month
News out of Calcutta reports Archduke Ferdinand heir to the Austrian throne will visit King George of England next month. Other dispatches note a Calcutta head constable shot by three Bengali youths amid political overtones and a jury dispute in an Ohio murder trial.
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Vinna
Ferdinand
George
England
Calcutta
Springfield
Arthur B. Smith
Florence Cavileer Smith
Hagan
Diedenhofen
Germany
Tiegs
Enaign Foerster
Yarmouth
New Haven
Conn
William Howard ‘Taft
Kent
Yale
Yale Law School
Hammondaport
N. Y
Lincoln Beachey
Train Shootings Spark Harriston Race Riot Tragedy
Mississippi town Harriston endures a dawn outbreak as two mutilated brothers unleash a day of killings. Three white men, four Black men, and a Black woman die, twenty wounded. National guardsmen quell the riot. Walter Jones is lynched and Sheriff Hammett is killed in the chaos.
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Harriston
Miss
Natchez
Walter Jones
Will Jones
G. P. Hammett
Jefferson County
Jones Brothers
Frank Keinstly
Johanna Aiken
Tom Weeks
Jesse Thompson
Thead Grayson
Teller Warren
Walter
Frank Keliustly
Yazoo
Hull Explains How Income Tax Will Affect Citizens
Representative Cordell Hull outlines the 1913 income tax plan from March 1 1913 to June 30 1914 detailing normal 1 percent on income over 3000 and additional rates up to 6 percent over 500000. He notes withholding at source starts November 1 1912 and outlines deductions and who pays.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Officers
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Treasury
Hull
Internal Revenue
United States
Woodruff Stricken After Fusion Meeting Address
Timothy L. Woodruff former New York lieutenant governor suffered a stroke of paralysis at Cooper Union during the fusion notification meeting. Physicians described his condition as serious after the Monday night episode.
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New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
Cooper Union
California Millionaire Acquitted in Barker Case
George 4. Bixby, Long Beach millionaire, was acquitted by a jury in Superior Judge Bledsoe's court of contributing to the delinquency of a minor Cleo H Barker.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
George
Bixby
Long Beach
Bledsoe
Cleo H.barker
Sulzer Gains Thrice as Trial Hurls Barter Claims
Albany October 1 Governor Sulzer wins a triple victory at impeachment trial as Judge Cullen bars evidence of corrupt bargains with Assemblymen Patrie Sweet and Prime over highway and bridge bills. Prosecution nears end with more campaign contribution and Wall Street speculation testimony. Colwell and Reilly linked witnesses may testify.
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Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Cullen
High Court
Patrie
Greene County
Sweet
Oswego
Prime
Essex
Wall Street
Assembly
Frederick L. Colwell
Frawley Committee
J. . Gray
Stock Exchange
Fuller & Gray
Arthur L. Fuller
Colwell
Hugh J. Reilly
Reilly
Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Georgia congressman Seaborn Roddenberg dies in Georgia
United States Representative Seaborn A. Roddenberg died at his home in Thomasville Georgia after a nervous breakdown forced him to leave Washington. Born January 12 1870 in Decatur County he was a Mercer University graduate and a lawyer. He served in the Sixty-first through Sixty-third Congresses and is survived by Mrs Roddenberg and five children.
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Thomasville
United States
Seaborn A. Roddenberg
Washington
Seaborn Anderson Roddenberg
Decatur County
Georgia
Mercer University
Macon
Roddenberg
COMPLETE THE TARIFF BILL
Washington reports the tariff bill nearly finished though the cotton futures tax remains unresolved after two weeks of closed door talks by eight Democrats on the conference committee. Republican members were recalled for a full committee session to review the measure. One item notes lawyer Frank Shopp of Paris, Illinois, killed in Terre Haute after jumping from a sheriff’s car.
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W. J. Gaynor
New York
Trinity Church
W. H. Tat
Washington
Senate
House
AlInota
Terre Haute
Ind
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Evanaville Man
State Association
J. L. McCulloch
Pardon Board
Librarians
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Mississippi
T. L. Woodruff
Brooklyn
Fallp
Judge Favorg
NEW York Executive
Cotton Mart
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