Indiana Republicans Name Dates for State Convention
The Indiana Republican state committee met at Claypool headquarters in Indianapolis and set April 1 and 2 as the state convention dates at Tomlinson Hall. James P. Goodrich was unanimously reelected state chairman with Carl W. Riddick as secretary and Frank D. Stainaker as treasurer. The convention will nominate state officers and elect national delegates and electors, with a 1467 delegate roster apportioned by county.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Republican State Committee
Claypool
James P. Goodrich
Iiler
George To Dhinsuke
Frankfort
Carl W. Riddick
Winamne
Riddick
Frank D. Stalnaker
Usua
Repubiican
Tomlinson Hall
Supreme Court
Avalanche traps hunter in mountain snowball
In Utendorf a hunter firing a rifle loosened snow and triggered an avalanche. The slide grew into a massive snowball that rolled into the valley, burying the man alive. The body was found hewn from the hardened mass with difficulty.
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Vienna
Deutsches Volkstruit
Utendorf
Haitian Exiles Launch Revolution Near Genaives
An exile expedition led by Jean Juneau landed near Genaives, about 65 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince, and occupied the town in a first major move against Haiti’s government. Juneau previously commanded troops during the 1962 uprising under Antenor Firin.
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Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Jean Juneau
Genaives
Here
Antenor Firiin
May Invoke Kuklux Law in Durango Murder Case
Federal attorneys plan to invoke the Kuklux law to pursue conspiracy charges against William R. Mason and Joseph Vanderweid after their trial for the murder of Secret Service Agent Joseph Walker in Durango Colorado. The action signals a revival of the historic statute once used in the Kuklux cases forty years ago.
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Denver
Colo
Kuklux
William R. Mason
Joseph Vanderweid
Secret Service
Joseph Walker
Durango
Virtue Traded for Diplomas in Senate Speech
Columbus special reports Senator William H. Meek of Dayton waved a sealed envelope said to hold the affidavit of a woman teacher alleging corruption in state teachers certificates He demanded a legislative committee be appointed to investigate before releasing the affidavit as cries of Read Read filled the chamber
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Columbus
William H. Meek
Dayton
Senate
Meek
Italian soprano Tettrazzini shines in New York debut
Mme Lusa Tettrazzini, hailed as a premier Italian singer, brought Verdi’s La Traviata to the Manhattan Opera House and received rousing acclaim from a packed audience. She was repeatedly called before the curtain after the first act and again after subsequent scenes, with a voice praised for wide range and mellifluous timbre.
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New York
Adelina Patti
Christine Nilson
Mme
Lusa Tettrazzini
London
Manhattan Opera House
Tettrazzini
Rich county man victim of downtown confidence game
Jonathan S. White of Glenwood called Stamper White, a wealthy Rushville farmer, says he lost 920,000 in a fraud that recruited two neighbors and Indianapolis confidence operatives to buy spurious money. Earl Ruff recovered 10,000 at gunpoint. two-thirds of the remainder to be returned. grand jury to probe.
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Rushville
Ind
Jonathan S. White
Glenwood
White
Rush County
Indianapolis
Earl Ruff
Mr. White
Harness Boat to Big Whale At Sea Near Long Beach
Frank Paschall and James Harvey sail from Long Beach in a small skiff to check their set line. A forty-foot whale suddenly towed their boat at high speed. The boys secured the line to a seat, rode three miles, then the line broke and the whale disappeared.
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Long Peach
Cal
Frank Paschall
James Harvey
Town Douses Fire With Snowball Barrage
In Boswell near Johnstown Pennsylvania a large crowd saved the mining town from disaster by tossing hundreds of snowballs at a rapidly spreading fire. With no fire department and scarce water, residents prevented an explosion by targeting the powder storage and confined the blaze to about six buildings.
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Johnstown
Boswell
Under Water Three Minutes At Illinois Athletic Club
Frank Sullivan swimming director at the Illinois Athletic Club set a new professional record for underwater endurance by resting at the bottom of the pool for three minutes. The previous mark of two minutes and twenty seconds was held by Finney of England.
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Chicago
Frank Sullivan
Illinois Athletic Club
Finney
Col James Ryder Randall Dies in Augusta
Augusta special: Col James Ryder Randall author of Maryland My Maryland dies at his home in the city.
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Maryland
Augusta, Ga
Col
James Ryder Randall
Seek to Save Slayer From Electric Chair at Expense of Legal Separation
New York special reports the Thaw defense shaping a plan to spare Evelyn Nesbit Thaw from the electric chair by proving Martin W Littleton can force a legal separation via insanity to void the marriage. If successful, Thaw could be committed to a sanitarium. if acquitted on insanity, the family fears disgrace and loss of their fortune. Green bug in the wheat: Kansas study notes destructive wheat pests with a $10,000 state aid plan and ongoing Hessian fly damage in southern Kansas. winter wheat promises questioned in eastern areas.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Martin W. Littleton
Evelyn Thaw
Littleton
Justice Dowling
White
Evelyn
St. Louis
Miller's Crop Outlook
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Walsh Found Guilty In Bank Embezzlement Case
Chicago banker John R Walsh, president of the defunct Chicago National Bank, was found guilty on 54 counts of misappropriating funds from the bank and allied institutions, with a nine week trial and jurors out over 48 hours.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Walsh
Home Savings Bank
Equitable Trust Company
Ireland
Philanthropist Lydia Bradley Dies at 92 in Peoria
Mrs Lydia K Bradley a renowned Illinois philanthropist dies in Peoria at age 92 Her fortune is estimated at 4 000 000 she hailed from Switzerland county Indiana and was among the state's best known benefactors.
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Peoria
Ill
Lydia K. Bradley
Illinois
Rumor Connecticut Blown Up Denied by Navy
A rumor circulated that the battleship Connecticut flagship of Admiral Evans was blown up in Rio de Janeiro harbor. No dispatches supporting the report reached the Navy Department, and officials provided no confirmation.
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Washington, Special
Connecticut
New York Clearing House Loans Reach 97 Million
The New York clearing house issued loan certificates totaling 97 million 9 thousand during the recent stringency. Only 74 million was used. the retirement movement started after the crisis and has advanced rapidly, according to a statement by Alexander Gilbert of the Clearing House Association.
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New York
Special
New York Clearing House
Alexander Gilbert
Clearing House Association
Roosevelt Life Insurance Policy Figures Revealed
New York reports President Roosevelt insured his life for 5000 pounds. The Spectator Company plans to publish a list of over 5500 policyholders carrying sums from 50000 to 4006000.
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New York
Roosevelt
Spectator Company
Brazilian Police Uncover Anarchist Plot Aiming At U S Fleet
Rio de Janeiro authorities report an international anarchist ring plan to blow parts of the American fleet in harbor. Conspirators centered in Rio and Petropolis with a key figure Jean Fedder, fled to Sao Paulo interior as police coordinate with Sao Paulo and Minas Geraes to seize suspects.
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Rio Janeiro
Petropolis
Sao Paulo
Minas Geraes
Jean Fedder
Fedder
Washington
Paris
France
Germany
Ian
United States
Charles Emory Smith Dies at 63 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia editor Charles Emory Smith former minister to Russia and Postmaster General died suddenly at his home aged 63. He held the Postmaster General post in McKinley’s cabinet during the Spanish American War and into Roosevelt’s early years.
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Philadelphia
Charles Emory Smith
the Press
Russia
Smith
McKinley
Roosevelt
Des Moines Telegraph Operator Receives Estate Allowance
W E Gearhart of Madrid Iowa a 50 year old telegraph operator on the Milwaukee Road is to receive 10000 from the estate of the late C C Thompson of Chicago Gearhart while employed by the Great Western at Melbourne in 1889 saved Mrs Thompson and her daughter from being run over and killed by a freight train.
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Des Moines
W. E. Gearhart
Madrid
Iowa
Milwaukee Road
C. C. Thompson
Chicago
Gearhart
Great Western
Melbourne
Judge hands $12,600 fine to International Harvester
Shawnee County District Court Judge Dana finds International Harvester Company guilty on forty three counts of violating the Kansas anti trust law and imposes a total fine of $12,600 in Topeka Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
Dana
Shawnee County
International Harvester Company
Auto Crash Claims Billups and Wife in Baltimore
A speeding car owned by George L. Billups, proprietor of Billups Hotel, skidded on a curve and overturned. Both Mr Billups and his wife were killed instantly in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Baltimore
George L. Billups
Billups Hotel
Alarming Rumors On Pope Pius Health In Rome
Circulating rumors in Rome claim Pope Pius suffered a stroke or apoplexy and a fatal fainting spell. Reports also allege a sudden worsening of his heart disease as a major concern among observers.
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Rome
Pope Pius
Boston heiress dies by jumping from St. Regis window
Mrs. Herbert M. Sears of a wealthy Boston family, a guest at the Hotel St. Regis, leaped from a thirteenth story window, dying as a result of the fall.
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New York
Herbert M. Sears
Boston
St. Regis
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