Important News Notes Of A Week And Congress Moves
A week of national politics with tariff legislation planned by Democratic senators led by Senator Simmons. Senator Crawford accuses Ethan Allen Hitchcock of a land swap involving Santa Fe Railway. The Interstate Commerce Commission defines public terminals at rails with wharfs. Taft to Beverly for summer, Sherman backs a popular vote for senators, and a near clash between George P. McCabe and Representative Nelson was averted at a House committee hearing on meat inspection.
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
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George P. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Nelson
Wisconsin
House Committee
Washington
Meat Inspection Service
Industrial and political events from early 1900s era news
Bethlehem Steel in Harrisburg files to raise capital from 29.5 million to 79.5 million. Rosett bankers of New York enter bankruptcy with liabilities 746 thousand and assets 943 thousand. Gypsy band arrested in Golconda Illinois recover 40 dollars from farmers. Two drowned six injured as Flyer steamer gate collapses in Seattle with 150 thrown overboard. Methodist Church maintains anti dancing and gaming rule after Minneapolis vote 446 against change 369 for. John Kirby Jr opens Manufacturers Association meeting in New York calling for a new party to preserve government under the Constitution. Detroit baseball team on strike over Ty Cobb suspension for striking a spectator. Texas battleship launched at Newport News christened by Claudia Lyon. Farmers' Grain Dealers associations plan to unite 150,000 member farmers across several states. Dolly Madison birthday celebrated by 400 Democratic women in Washington with descendants and relatives attending.
Miners Reach Agreement After Seven Weeks Idle
The anthracite mine workers convention in Wilkesbarre Pa ratified a sub committee pact and miners resume work after seven weeks of idleness. Vote 323 to 64.
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Anthracite Mine Workers’ Convention
Wilkesbarre
Resignations and honors include Dock leaving dean post at Wash U Med
Personal Dr George Dock resigns as dean of Washington University Medical School St Louis to continue as professor of medicine. The boyhood home of Mark Twain in Hannibal Missouri is donated for city preservation. Rev Dr Homer C Stuntz elected bishop on first ballot at Minneapolis conference receiving 577 of 802 votes. Rev Dr Mark Allison Matthews chosen moderator of Presbyterian general assembly in Louisville. A healthy baby boy weighing 9 pounds 14 ounces born to Mr and Mrs Harvey W Wiley in Washington DC with joy from Doctor Wiley.
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George Dock
Washington University Medical School
St. Louis
Homer C. Stuntz
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Minneapolis
Mark Allison Matthews
First Presbyterian Church
Seattle
Wash
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Louisville
Harvey W. Wiley
Washington, D. C
Wiley
Expedition to Vesuvius Crater Reported by Scholars
Professor Mallada and an assistant describe a hazardous climb into Vesuvius crater after an exhausting trek. Their account details the perilous conditions and the scientific observations gathered during the ascent.
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Mallada
Vesuvius
Utah Delegates Named for Taft by Provo Convention
The Provo Utah Republican state convention named eight delegates to Chicago and instructed them for President Taft. Debs of Indiana was nominated for president by the Socialist national convention in Indianapolis on the first ballot, with Seidel of Wisconsin as vice president. Champ Clark will secure 22 of Michigan's 30 Democratic delegates and Woodrow Wilson the remaining eight. if the delegation votes as a unit in Baltimore, Clark would win all.
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United States
State Department
Provo
Utah
Chicago
Taft
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
Socialists In National Convention
Indianapolis
Emil Seidel
Wisconsin
Champ Clark
Michigan
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
Clark
reprieve granted in Fritz execution postponing hanging
Governor Marshall delays the June 14 death sentence of John Fritz for the Jeffersonville reformatory guard killing. The reprieve moves the execution to January 22, 1913 as Fritz seeks Supreme Court review. Defense attorney E C Hughes urges examination of trial influence and alleged insanity based on reformatory official testimony.
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Marshall
John Fritz
State Reformatory
Jeffersonville
E. C. Hughes
Charlestown
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Hughes
Supreme Court
Louisville
D. C
Peyton
Reformatory
May Queen Contest Won By Esther Bevan
Esther Bevan wins the Elks state convention May Queen title with 39 129 votes in Anderson. Bertha Munchoff places second with 32 580 votes. Norma Malcomson Mae Hocket and Harriet O Meara follow, with the four beaten contestants to serve as parade aids on the float.
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Anderson
Pastor Becomes Policeman in Kokomo
Rev. Alva Huddleston, 36, resigns from Hemlock Friends church to join Kokomo police. He plans to preach the gospel to men he arrests, saying the force allows access to a difficult audience.
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Alva Huddleston
Friends’ Church
Hemlock
Police
Huddleston
G A R Encampment Opens in South Bend
South Bend on May 21 hosts the thirty third annual encampment of the Indiana department G A R and auxiliary bodies. The three day gathering expects about 8 000 delegates and visitors with hotel and residence lodging arranged. The city wears holiday dress and is more decorat ed than ever before.
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South Bend
Indiana Department
Angry Suitor Wields Knife in Ohio Incident
In Elwood on May 21 William Gordon a factory worker was fatally stabbed and his cousin Clarence Massey injured in an alleged attack by John Davis. Davis angry over denied calling on his stepdaughter and threatened Gordon beforehand. Davis arrested held on heavy bond charged with assault with attempt to murder.
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William Gordon
Clarence Massey
Marion
John Davis
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Sleep on Tracks Ends in Death for Roy Pyles
Roy Pyles a 27 year old single resident of Columbus was killed while asleep on a railroad track. Three Pennsylvania freight trains passed over him before discovery. The victim suffered the loss of a hand, a leg, and an arm with the head found 300 feet from the body.
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Columbus
Roy Pyles
Pennsylvania
Auto Speeders Sought After Carriage Crash Near Anderson
Police seek a party of autoists who struck down a carriage carrying Barney Essington and family south of Anderson. The driver fled the scene. Occupants were thrown from the carriage but suffered no injuries.
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Anderson
Barney Essington
Richeson Executed for Avis Linnell Murder at Charlestown
Clarence V. T. Richeson was electrocuted at 12:17 a.m. in Charlestown state prison for the murder of Avis Linnell. He faced the sentence with calm resolve, spent his final day reading the Bible and singing, and greeted his spiritual adviser before the execution. He will be buried in Amherst, Virginia, beside his mother, and requested returning gifts from his fiancée and framed portrait to Linnell’s mother.
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Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Charlestown State Prison
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Mr. Johnson
Joseph I. McLaughlin
J. J. Murphy
Nathan B. Allen
Virginia
Amherst
Willam A. Morse
Violet Edmands
Milwaukee flight plan for youth aims at over water record
Farnum T. Fish, Los Angeles High School student, intends a Chicago to Milwaukee flight next Thursday to set a world non stop over water record. He previously verplaned 3,000 feet in Chicago and was arrested for landing an aeroplane in a city park but discharged after explaining risk of neck injury.
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Wis
Farnum T. Fish
Los Angeles
Chicago
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Auditorium Hotel
Pioneer Limited In River Wreck Near Winona
The Pioneer limited train on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line derailed near Homer eight miles east of Winona due to washed out roadbed from heavy rains. Two sleepers and a baggage and buffet car were submerged in the Mississippi river. traveling salesman William West was slightly injured.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Pioneer Limited
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Minneapolis
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Garibaldi of Persia slain in tent near victory
Teheran May 21 Kahn Zephram widely known as The Garibaldi of Persia was murdered while seated in his tent after a brilliant victory over Salar Ed Dowleh's command. Zephram, constitutional general of Persia, led 600 men and decisively defeated Salar Ed Dowleh who commanded 1,500. The killer is unknown and the murder has caused a huge sensation.
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Teheran
Wisconsin paper makers raise prices and test substitutes
Madison reports an immediate price advance for paper and withdrawal of prior quotations. The move stems from rising wood pulp costs prompting experiments at the United States forest products laboratory in Madison. Similar tests will occur at a new $30 000 laboratory in Wau-6a.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States Forest Products Laboratory
Dentist’s Office Burglary In Decker Building
While Dr. T. L. Lewis dined, a thief entered his Decker building office and took gold fillings worth 75 dollars. Police have no clue to the thief’s identity.
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Anderson
T. L. Lewis
Decker Building
Indiana industry commission ready to report findings
Bloomington reports the Indiana industrial commission completed its visit to Indiana University and will prepare a legislative report. Prominent locals including President W. L. Bryan and W. N. Showers endorsed teaching trades and domestic science in graded and high schools during the fifteenth city visit.
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Bloomington
Indiana Industrial Commission
Indiana University
W. L. Bryan
W. N. Showers
Justus Family Wins $5,000 Verdict in Kingsland Wreck Case
In Portland a circuit court jury awarded Mrs. Mary J. Justus of Bluffton five thousand dollars against Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction for the death of her husband Louis C. Justus one of 41 killed at Kingsland on September 21 1910. The plaintiff was riding on a pass and the company plans to appeal.
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Mary J. Justus
Bluffton
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Louis C. Justus
Kingsland
Justus
Elliot Sought for Barres Hall Shooting Incident
Peru authorities pursue Charles R. Elliot a colored ex Indianapolis police officer after he opened fire on William Wilkins a 40 year old colored man in the Barres hotel hall Wilkins accused Elliot of overfamiliarity with his wife Winona Lake and a confrontation followed Twenty Winona college of agriculture graduates received diplomas as Prof A T Wiancko Purdue soils chief spoke on opportunities for agricultural students Logansport jurors may get rocking chairs Judge V C Hanawalt bought six chairs to ease juror service Valparaiso Pennsylvanian road worker Chris Koepff 35 married was killed by an eastbound mail train near Wheeler
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Charles R. Elliot
Indianapolis
William Wilkins
Barres Hotel
Elliot
Wilkins
Winona Lake
Winona College of Agriculture
A. T. Wiancko
Department of Soils and Farm Crops
Purdue University
Logansport
V.C. Hanawalt
Hanawalt
Valparaiso
Chris Koepff
Wheeler
Suicide attempt and hospital assault report from Indiana
Lafayette James Rowe sixty five a former Tippecanoe county farmer tried to kill himself at the county infirmary by cutting his throat with a pocket knife He lost a great amount of blood and is believed to die Rowe lived at Dayton forty years despondent over poor health and finances Laporte Mr and Mrs Frank Gland hospitalized after a boarder in their home attacked them with a razor inflicting breast wounds on the wife and knee and arm injuries on the husband The wife faces a slim chance of recovery while Gland is expected to live
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Lafayette
James Rowe
Tippecanoe County
Rowe
Dayton
Laporte
Frank Gland
Gland
Looking Forward to College Plans for an Eight Month Old
In a social chat the mother hints at Marian taking a domestic science course along with music and regular studies when at college. A stranger remarks on age. the mother replies she is only eight months old but enjoys looking ahead.
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Marian
Indianapolis News
Physician Advises Cuticura Remedies for Eczema
Irven Hutchison of Three Rivers Michigan says four years ago a dry eczema attacked his wrist and shin with intense itching and bleeding. He used doctor prescribed ointment, then Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, which cleared the disease and he reports no relapse since. Free sample offers are extended by Cuticura Department L Boston.
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Irven Hutchison
Three Rivers
Mich
Rhine Tour Purchases and Gift Ideas
A nostalgic note on what to buy during a Rhine summer tour. The speaker recalls past travels and seeks advice while a waiter brings the wine card, signaling a leisure vignette about travel shopping curiosity.
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Rhine
Noah’s Ark Foreshadowed by Dry Wit During Flood
The scene shows Noah at a window of the Ark reflecting on jeers from contemporaries who mocked the vessel. He notes their folly for not appreciating his dry water wagon joke as the flood rises.
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Noah
Garfield Tea Claims Youth Rejuvenation Promise
Advertisers tout Garfield Tea as a remedy to stay young or grow younger, promising improved looks and energy through its purported effects.
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