Keach Pledges Sensational Expose On City Bosses
Indianapolis Democratic City Chairman James Le Roy Keach hints at a dramatic expose against the Bookwalter administration. In a candid, taunting exchange with a Journal reporter he demands the name of a tall dark saloon campaign collector, vowing to reveal it publicly once named. He hints at reform plans and emphasizes his track record of keeping promises.
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James le Roy Keach
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Journal
Spector Logsdon
Bookwalter
Spector
Holtzman
Indiana Silver Club
George Hitz
Bryan
Railroad Officials Attend Wright Jordan Funeral at Home
Funeral services were held yesterday at 4 p m for Wright Jordan at 2210 North Illinois Street attended by many railroad men including W J Lynch Big Four general passenger agent L Wharton system advertising agent and C S Blackman Eastern representative A large floral tribute from Cincinnati drew special notice Pallbearers included Charles S Blackman E A B Kellum and others Mrs Mary Gordon widow of Judge Gordon of Wabash died yesterday morning and leaves six daughters and one son The Gordon funeral will be private and Mrs Honora Dean died Sunday at 71 years old with services planned at St Joseph s Church
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Jordan
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Illinois Street
W. J. Lynch
Big Four
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System
C. S Blackman
Aes
Eral Eastern
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X”Ax
Cincinnati
E. E. South
E. Berrill
N. Y. Co
H. R
Chicago
B. A. B. Kellum
Andersen
Charlies Mordaugh
Mr. Lynch
Cinncinnati
Charles S. Blackman
E. A. B. Kellum
J. E. Morrard
E. B. Maxfield
8. M. Hice
T. G. Smiley
Mary Gordon
George E. Gordon
Wabash
David F. Swain
Gordon
Third Presbyterian Church
F. M. Herron
R. A. Kerfoot
Brazil
David ¥. Swain
George Andrews
Charles E. Holloway
HM. H. McLane
Terre Haute
Joseph E. Gordon
Honora Dean
Terence Dean
New York Street
Ireland
Avenies
Thomas A. Dean
New York
Mary
Bedford
Ind
Honora
Bridget
St. Joseph's Church
Mrs Anna T Palkenbergs Dies At Home Of Daughters
At the homes of her daughters Mrs Hess and Mrs Orbison Mrs Anna T Palkenbergs died yesterday after a fifteen week illness. A resident of Indianapolis for twenty one years she came here from Greensburg. She leaves a husband three daughters and a son.
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Hess
Orbison
Anna T. Palkenbergs
Indianapolis
Greensburg
Howard Child Dies of Pneumonia in City Funeral Set
Jane Howard, year old daughter of Mr and Mrs B T Howard, died Sunday night of pneumonia. Funeral planned for 4 PM Tuesday at 16 North Senate Avenue.
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Jane
B. T. Howard
Senate Avenue
Prof Forrest Injured After Horse Runaway at Butler Corner
Prof J J Forrest of Butler College sustained serious injuries yesterday when a frightened horse bolt toppled a tuggy at Butler and Indiana avenues. He was taken home to 0649 East Washington Street after medical help was summoned.
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J. J. Forrest
Butler College
Butler
Indiana Avenues
East Washington Street
County to Order New Voting Machines for Election Use
County Commission agrees to order sixty five sixty key voting machines at fifty thousand dollars total. Each machine offers seven voter capacity and will be loaned to multiple precincts. Delivery is set thirty days before the city election to allow residents to learn proper operation.
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Eee
Republican City Committee Rooms Move to Lemcke Building
Two fourth floor rooms in the Lemcke building are turned over to the city Republican committee, which will relocate its quarters there. The article notes the move but provides no further details.
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Republican City Committee
Lemcke
City Republican Committee
De Soto Block Work Grows Beyond Committee Space
The committee notes the De Soto block has housed their efforts for some time but says the scope of their work has outgrown the current facilities, signaling a need for larger space.
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de Soto Block
Trial of Lunch Vendors Opens in Police Court
The lunch vendors case begins this afternoon with jury trial granted by Judge Whailton. Over sixty State witnesses will testify as the Grocers’ and Restaurant Keepers’ Association aims for a conviction in Police Court, with possible appeal to higher courts.
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Whailton
Man Injured At Carmody’s Candy Factory
John McCormick of 522 East Merri street suffered severe arm injuries at Carmody's candy factory when his arm was caught in a pulley's dynamo wheel. He was taken to City Hospital where Dr Cunengpeme attended and Dr Wallace dressed the wound.
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John McCormick
East Merri Street
Carmody
Cunengpeme
Wallace
City News Notes and Local Updates
Mrs. Jennie H Arnold wife of J A Arnold died at her home yesterday. The Monon excursion to Yellowstone Park returned after a ten days trip led by E E Lowe. Rev J E Sherrill of Danville has been called to Garden Baptist church and will preach his first sermon next Sunday. City parks bring in $2100 from boating and other privileges. An exam for all grades of teachers licenses will be held at Shortridge High School on Saturday Aug 29 at 830 am with a one dollar fee for first-time applicants. Manuscript blanks and pens will be furnished and blanks sold at the building.
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J. A. Arnold
Hide, Leather and Belting Company
Monon
Yellowstone Park
E. E. Lowe
J. E. Sherrill
Danville
Garden Baptist Church
Sherrill
Clyde Power
Shortridge High School
Boulevard bond ordinance stalls in finance committee
The council failed to report back the boulevard bond ordinance despite months in committee. It would fund a $70,000 Fall Creek pleasure drive and a $0,000 South Side boulevard and awaits sufficient votes. Park officials reported Boswell estate gift accepted for a park along Fall Creek. Chicken ordinance also not reported.
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Council
Finance Committee
Fall Creek
Billingsley
Park Board
Boswell
Central Avenue
Thirtieth-street
J. Clyde Power
Eppert
Sourbier
City approves Sun Vapor Light Co contract for gas lights
Council ratified yesterday’s Board of Works deal with Sun Vapor Light Co for fifty lights at eight dollars per year each for five years. The sixty candle power incandescent lights will give about thirty percent more light and replace older, poorer fixtures. One other bid was irregular and rejected.
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Board of Works
Sun Vapor Light Company
Megrew
Ad of Works
Meeting at Flanner Guild on moral uplift for colored youth
Daisy Walker presided at a Flanner Guild session held yesterday to discuss elevating the moral standard of the city's colored young men and women with plans to continue Sundays from 5 to 6 o'clock. The Shiloh Baptist Church announced emergence due to Rev James W rr’s absence.
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Flanner Guild
Daisy Walker
Guild
Shiloh Baptist Church
James W.rr
Boy injured at fair grounds in playground accident
Oliver Grove, a small boy living at 1407 East Fifteenth Street, was severely hurt yesterday afternoon while climbing a stone crusher with a friend at the fair grounds. He caught his foot in the machine and was thrown, dislocating his right hip. Dr Cunningham attended him as an ambulance arrived.
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Oliver Grove
East Fifteenth Street
Grove
Brianes
Cunningham
McCulloch Tendered a Dinner Incident
R. G. McCulloch of this city served as state agent of the Connecticut Insurance Company when he was tendered a dinner from unidentified sources. The brief item notes the gesture in a local notice.
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R. G. McCulloch
The
Connecticut Insurance Company
Farewell Dinner for Insurance Official Before Ireland Trip
A dinner at the Denison last evening honored Mr. McCullouch of an insurance firm. Fifteen men with similar positions attended. He departs today for New York and sails Saturday for a three month visit to his old home in Ireland, a place he has not seen in seventeen years.
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McCullouch
New York
Ireland
Roosevelt Reviews Great White Fleet in Warm Naval Panorama
President Roosevelt visits the naval review aboard the Mayflower as ships from the Pacific Fleet pass in review. He honors sailors from the middle West and praises high standards, noting the fleet’s efficiency and the duty of every crewman from officers to landsmen. The ceremony includes twenty one gun salutes and a parade past the flagship line.
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Naval Review Aboard the Mayflower in Oyster Bay
Gray destroyers loomed from a hazy sound as the Mayflower and Sylph moved through a fleet of battleships cruisers and destroyers. President Roosevelt along with Moody Dewey and other naval and civilian dignitaries boarded for the first salute and a grand naval pageant.
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W. Butler Duncan
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Mayflower
Roosevelt Attends Naval Fleet Salutes and Returns to Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt visits the fleet arriving aboard the Mayflower and is saluted by all ships. Admirals accompany him as he inspects the Kearsarge and other vessels, lasting over two hours. The ceremony ends with the fleet passing the Mayflower and the President returning to Oyster Bay. Roosevelt declines Philadelphia launching invitation. Secretary Moody to represent the government.
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Admiral Dewey
Barker
Portland
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Massachusetts Repairs Move Toward Departure for New York
Captain Emory reports the battleship Massachusetts can likely be repaired enough to sail from Bar Harbor to New York by next Thursday. The ship will be docked at Bar Harbor for full damage assessment before departure.
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Emory
Indiana
Department
Massachusetts
Bar Harbor
New York
Luzon Railway Plan Tied to U S Government Guarantee
Secretary Root has discussed with Governor Taft a six hundred mile Luzon rail system for the Philippines with lines Manila to the north coast, Manila to Batangas, and a coast route Dagupan to the island north end. Government guarantees of interest are seen as a lure for private capital.
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Taft
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Manila
Luzon
Batangas
Dagupan
Manila and
Secretary of War
Philippines
Philippinevernment
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Mindanao
Manila & Dagupan
United States
Government Scientist Quits Over Bureau Clash
Prof. William J. McGee, a prominent member of the Bureau of Ethnology, resigns amid disputes with chief Prof. W. H. Holmes. A protege of Maj. John W. Powell, McGee rose from blacksmith origins in Iowa to world wide fame as geologist and ethnologist. His writings include studies of Southwestern tribes and aboriginal practices.
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Washington
William J. McGee
Bureau of Ethnology
W. H. Holmes
Bureau
McGee
John W. Powell
Geological Survey
Powell
Holmes
Iowa
Jury seated for Walkin g Delegate Sam Parks extortion trial
New York August 17 a jury was secured for the trial of Walking Delegate Sam Parks on extortion charges and Recorder Goff adjourned the opening of the case until tomorrow.
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New York
Sam Parks
Goff
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Chinery In Candy Factory
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West Market Street
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