Mine Workers Meeting Auditing Committee Set for Monday
The auditing committee of the United Workers arrives Monday to canvass referendum returns on national officers, also serving as credentials committee for delegates to the three week national convention beginning Jan. 19 in Indianapolis. About 1,200 delegates expected. banquet plans and Mitchell reception under discussion with figures like Samuel Gompers and Lee Morrison signaling attendance.
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the United Workers
Central Labor Union
Alleen
Iteheg
Indianapolis
F. Mitchell
Cme
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Lee Morrison
Cigar Makers
Owenee
Mu- B
Wagon Struck by Car on Union Traction Line
An inbound car struck a wagon of the In Coffee and Spice Company at Twenty-ninth street and Sutherland avenue last night at 7. Driver Clem McDonald of Rembrandt street was injured, knocked from his seat, and later treated at the company surgeon’s office before being taken home. Another worker, York, was injured unloading rails near West Washington street and taken to City Hospital. Cooper of Atlas works lost sight in one eye after a molding machine explosion, with additional spine injuries.
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Union Traction ‘Company
McDonald
J. G. Fisk
York
Lis Street Railway Company
West Washington Street
South Bismarck
Cooper
Atlas Works
Police Commissioner Named in Sullivan City
Governor appoints Sharon Republican to fill the unexpired term of A. Garman who resigned as police chief. Durbin was unavailable amid accumulated correspondence while Sheriff Dudley’s rate drew attention. the Governor intends to resolve the case shortly.
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Durbin
Dudley
Sullivan
Pemerany
Sharon Republican
A. Garman
Coliseum committee advances plans for city project
Indianapolis business leaders show rising interest in a city coliseum. President Bliss chairs the panel with Hugh J. McGowan leading the Horse Show group. Two meetings have outlined a broad stock plan to fund construction and upkeep, spurred by holiday crowds and interurban service.
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Coliseum
Bliss
Horse Show Association
Indianapolis
Hugh J. McGowan
English
Opera House
County Council Approves 4000 Yearly Appropriations
County Council met in the County Commissioners office and passed an ordinance appropriating about 4000 to settle Marion county obligations for the year. Items include courthouse and jail telephone service, poor farm salaries, Home for Incurable Insane insurance, power house supplies, sheriff juror service, and December salaries for county recorder and clerk. The voting machine purchase funding to be discussed in January, potentially triggering a constitutional test led by County Attorney Martin Hugg.
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Marion County
Julietta
Indiana
Martin Hugg
Calumet canal bill to be reintroduced in modified form
Senator T Edwin Bell of Hammond will sponsor a new Calumet canal bill free of prior railroad opposition. He predicts broad local support for the project, anticipating eventual construction and major industrial growth for Lake and Porter counties. Possible city Merger talks and a primary election bill also surface as election season nears.
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Calumet Canal
T. Edwin Bell
Hammond
Agnew
Bell
Indiana
Senator Bell
Lake
Porter Counties
Whiting
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Senate
Indianapolis
Guthrie
Speakership candidate meeting stirs Indiana race
Three candidates Sayre Morgan and Kirkman meet at the Spencer House amid word of possible combinations as Marshall faces pressure. Sayre denies any alliance while recounting a light hearted tale on compromise and warns that with four in the race the first two ballots may fail to nominate a speaker.
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Sayre
Wabash
Rshall
Lafayette
Morgan
Indianapolis
Denison
Irkman
Richmond
Kirkman
Spencer House
Marshall
Spencer
Mr. Sayre
Kirkman and
Identified Gambler Darland Captured After Bank Robbery
William Darland, long known as a gambler in this city, was captured in Whitesville Tennessee for blowing a bank safe. He listed himself as George Carroll when arrested in Memphis. His measurements and photograph circulated nationwide, revealing his past in 1889 for stealing silk. The rogues gallery linked the Tennessee suspect to Darland, who also used aliases James Davis W H Davis and William Davenport.
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William Darland
Whitesville
Tenn
Darland
Memphis
George Carroll
Land site near West Newton eyed for army post purpose
Speculation mounts over a government purchase near Indianapolis with land west of West Newton and south of Indianapolis favored. Ralston Camden agents say West Newton is best in the county and that about 1,000 acres may be needed, including Mann hill as a prime elevated feature for firing practice.
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Indianapolis
West Newton
Ralston & Camden
Board of Army
Ralston
Mannhill
Marion County
New plane at 165 dollars and up at Wulchner's
A local ad announces new planes beginning at 165 dollars and rising at Wulchner's. The listing highlights affordable options and invites shoppers to visit the store for demonstrations and inventory details.
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Wulchner’s
Eligibility of Deputies in Indiana Oil Office Controversy
Debate over whether T H Johnson and A W Dudley, recently named deputy oil inspectors, may hold the posts since they were former legislators who passed the change in the law. State Oil Inspector Conger says they are not ineligible, while Attorney General Taylor considers a careful ruling needed. specialists note Johnson and Dudley left the Legislature after election and the 1911 modification shifted appointment power from geologist to the governor.
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T. H. Johnson
A. W. Dudley
Johnson
State Senate
Jay County
Dudley
Vigo
Conger
Taylor
General Assembly
Primary Election Plan Outlined By Committee
A legislative committee reviewed a rough draft of a primary election bill drafted by Senator Charles N Thompson. It endorses only qualified voters voting in their precinct with ballot secrecy, adopting Australian ballot principles. The bill remains non compulsory and hinges on party choice at precinct meetings with further review planned.
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Charles N. Thompson
A. C. Harris
R. O. Hawkins
A. O. Marsh
Thompson
John W. Kern
J. F. McCullough
Marion
Man accused of attempted poisoning held for grand jury
James Titsworth, a Brown County farmer, faced a preliminary hearing for assault with intent to poison his wife Thanksgiving morning at her Irvington workplace. His alibi placed him on his Nineveh farm. neighbors’ depositions were read. Mrs. Titsworth identified his voice but said darkness obscured facial features. He was sent to the grand jury.
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James Titsworth
Brown County
Irvington
James Collins
Titsworth
Nineveh
Indianapolis
Holtz and Wallace
Collins
Gifford
Ritter Avenue
Judge Deliberates Over Wayward Boy In Court
In juvenile court Judge Stubbs faced Grover Davis a fourteen year old with four prior appearances and charges of loitering and disturbing the peace. Davis admitted selling papers but earned a suspended sentence of one dollar and ten days in the workhouse after his grandfather urged leniency and offered to secure work for him. Patrolman Lee and several Northwest residents testified to a pattern of depredations by the group, with Lee Oliver a barber shop employee named among the reform candidates. The other boys were discharged after parental pleas.
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Stubbs
Grover Davis
Lee
Indiana Avenue
Blake Street
Grover
Plainfield
Hiser
Davis
Lee Oliver
Oliver
Indiana Historical Society elects officers in regular meeting
At yesterday's session in the state Librarian's room the Indiana Historical Society chose officers led by President Judge Daniel Wait Howe and first vice president Gen. John Coburn. The executive committee noted a pamphlet The Mission of the Ouabache and additional documents, with $3,000 English fund invested and $142.67 cash reported. A policy committee of Howe Coburn Martindale Henry and Coffin was named to study society policy details.
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Indiana Historical Society
Daniel Wait Howe
John Coburn
W. E. English
Bishop D. O'Donoghue
C. E. Coffin
J. P. Dunn
A. L. Roach
A. C. Harris
John R. Wilson
Charles Martindale
Ouabache
Indiana
Paris
Gowdy
Howe
Messrs
Coburn
Martindale
Henry and
Coffin
Fletcher Plans New $60,000 Sanatorium at Market and Highland
Dr. W. B. Fletcher prepares to erect a 100 room hospital at Market street and Highland avenue. It will include Turkish baths and hydropathic treatment rooms and cost about $60,000. Plans are being sent to contractors for estimates. The current sanatorium site will become Dr. Fletcher's residence once the new building is finished.
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W. B. Fletcher
Market Street
Highland Avenue
Seaton's Hat Store Insurance Ad and Grocery Teasers
An old ad listing options from Seaton's Hat Store and German Fire Insurance of Indiana. It promotes fire, tornado, and explosion coverage and mentions general offices at 28 South Delaware Street. It also advertises JANES'S Dustless Oats and Mrs. Austin's Pancakes with grocers supplying them.
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German Fire Insurance of
Indiana
South
Delaware Street
Remedy for insomnia from a returning tourist
A returning tourist promotes a cure for insomnia used abroad. Soak white stockings in cold water, wear them on wet feet, then cover with thick woolen stockings to induce sleep. The item presents a home remedy commonly circulated in period newspapers.
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Aeeere
Cleopatra
L. S. Ayres
Bissel
Adger Furniture Co
Mine Workers’ Meeting
Mitchell
Clem McDonald
Railroads
Photic
Tennessee
Mann Hill
Ele Stansbury
Wil- Hamsport
Stansbury
State Bar Association
Henry W. Marshall
City
Legislative
Fremont Goodwine
Willamsport
Joseph M. Cravens
Madison
Jasper A. Gauntt
F. Jones
Marion Evans
Malion
Grant County
Jones
Republican Central Committee
Frank I. Grubbs
Dan Storms
Harold Taylor
Anapole
Henry Whittaker
Sid Conger
Mr. Whittaker
Twin Bell
Calumet
Roby
Edward W. Clark
Prohibition State Committee
Illinois
Judge
State Historical Society
Seaton’s Hat Store
Janes
Mrs. Austin
Lilly
Stalnaker
Rogers
Lilly & Stalnaker
Washington Street
Sanatory Food CO
Benton Harbor, Mich
The
Cecilian
Piano
Starr Piano CO
Pennsylvania
T. Indiana
Postoffice
N. Pennsylvania
E. J. Heeb
Esiab
Ocean Steamers
QSS. Co
New York
Quebec
East Washington Street
Pearson’s
Ind
Coburn Coal CO
Verie
Bousiness Cotvec
HE. D. Vories
Penn. and
Court Srs
Joseph Taggart
Massachusetts Ave
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