Jurors Fail to Agree in Ertel Murder Trial Discharged
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Portland Indiana June 192? At 8 19 o clock the jury in the James W Ertel murder trial had not agreed on a verdict and was discharged out since Friday. rumors of eight to four for conviction could not be verified. Judge Smith ordered release as instructions were read again and the defendant remained in court.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
James W. Ertel
George? P
Thomas Whipple
Smith
Marion
William G. Trowbridge
James Lacy
Trowbridge
Paulus
Henry Peters
William Bike
Edward Griffith
John Whitney
George R. W. Hightower
Whitney
Griffith
Bike
Peters
Shelbyville
Fannie B. Wilson
Indianapolis
Marion County
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Hancock County
Shelby County
Marion labor strife hits two Marion papers in city
In Marion Indiana trades council threatens a strike against News-Tribune and Chronicle unless editors publish a letter from the American Flint Glass Workers' Union. Employers' Council seeks quiet, while workers plan possible action as mediations diverge and co operative shop plans emerge for tailors to open July 1 if space is found.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Trades Council
News-Tribune
Chronicle
Employers’ Council
Newsne
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Rca
Uift
Tailors’ Union
Enterprise
Iors’ Union
Gas Rate Fight In Muncie Prompts Metered Gas Plan
In Muncie Indiana Heat Light and Power wants 27 cents per 1000 cubic feet by meter. City council scrutiny follows secret meetings as current rates are 12 cents per 1000 feet and charged by rate. Opposition expected. proposal lacks fixed pressure or guaranteed gas supply. Nearby Decatur reports a giant Indiana gas well on Clifford farm blew casing under high pressure. tested at 1 pounds. Bluffton notes sale of half interest in 2) acres of Huntington county oil territory for 9.0% with six wells producing forty barrels daily.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Heat, Light and Power Company
Gae
Decatur
Indiana
Clifford Farm
Trenton
Decatur Ol and
Bluffton
Michael Long
Bolgers & Gilson
Salamonte
Huntington County
Knightstown Smallpox Reports Marketed as Fear
Editor W K Deem refutes sensational Knightstown smallpox stories. He states 30 to 40 cases, all mild and in quarantine, with no exodus or widespread panic. No closures or money-driven cures. officials claim the scare is overstated. Dublin reports smallpox reaching the town council area.
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Intianapett
Knightstown, Inc
Knightstown
Knightstown Banner
Quarantine Expanded After Knightstown Outbreak
Cil met this morning and quarantined against Knightstown Lewisville and all other infected towns. A guard is stationed at the Panhandle depot and at the Nations road. Straughn four miles west also guards the Panhandle depot. Travelers are closely questioned. The Walters family from Knightstown fled here and are under practical quarantine. mother and four children vaccinated. Mr Walters returned to Knightstown.
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Cil
Knightstown
Lewisvile
Panhandle
Nations Road
Straughn
Charles Walters
Smith
Walters
Jacobs Nhares Home From Health Ride Across States
Indianapolis youth William H. Jacobs, aged nineteen, rode a pony from Kit Carson Colorado to Terre Haute and planned to finish to Indianapolis. He claimed new 1000 mile and 220 mile records and spoke of the journey’s health benefits despite fatigue and rain. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Danville Ill June 28. Twenty five youths poisoned by ice cream at Harry Miller’s residence near Rossville Illinois. one escapee with headache. No fatalities reported.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
William H. Jacobs
Charlies P. Jacobs
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Street
Kit Carson
Col
Greencastle
Mr. Jacobs
Colorado
Vandalia
Ill
Jacobs
Danville
Harry Miller
Rossville
Elderly Inmate Killed by Interurban Car Near Elkhart
Jacob Oberholtzer, 87, an infirmary inmate, was killed when struck by an interurban electric car three miles south of Elkhart. He had just fled the infirmary hours earlier and was not heard before the accident. motorman could not stop on the grade.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Jacob Oberholtzer
Death of Kokomo plate glass worker William Drummond
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports William Drummond a longtime head potmaker at the plate glass works in Kokomo was found dead on a railway track near Saginaw Michigan today. He had left Kokomo several days ago to take a job at the Saginaw plate glass factory.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
William Drummond
Plate Glass
Saginaw
Mich
Summer school enrollment at Indiana University reaches 479
Bloominton reports total summer enrollment at Indiana University rising to 479 with 58 in the Winona biology program. Last year’s summer cohort stood at 453. Dr. Robert J. Aley delivered graduation remarks at Bethany Park. A social committee forms for the term and a new three-lecture, one-dollar course debuts. Hawthorne Concert Company opens the season. Chapel talks feature John W. Cravens on Indiana University and Dr. Weatherly on The Cliff Dwellers.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Winona
Robert J. Aley
Bethany Park
Morgan County
Hawthorne Concert Company
John W. Cravens
Weatherly
Bryan
Great Southern Line aims to extend from Cincinnati to New Orleans
Promoters of the C R M plan to stretch the line southward after completing the Chicago to Cincinnati segment. They foresee timber belt development in the South and view southern expansion as key, with aim to connect Cincinnati to New Orleans and tap new timber resources.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Chicago
Sparte
Miski Miskimen Furnace Co organized in Logansport
Logansport Indiana June 2 The Miski Miskimen Furnace Company organized in Logansport with capital of 0 000 and twenty five officers and stockholders listed. The firm plans furnace manufacture in Logansport within thirty days employing fifty men.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Miskimen Furnace Company
W. Miskimen
Horace J. Crismond
Orge W. Walters
Harry T. Tomlinson
Geo W. Miskimen
H. J. Crismond
G. W. Walters
H. T. Tom
Sourwine to sue state authorities over alleged illegal supers
William Sourwine of Vigo county hires Weir and Weir to file a suit in Vigo county Circuit Court or the Federal Court in Indianapolis seeking about 10000 in damages. Attorneys claim a strong case. In Logansport an order allows private sale of one fifteenth share in the Wabash and Erie canal towpath from Lafayette to Wabash, appraised at 8000. Warsaw hosts the National Young People's Bible Conference starting tomorrow led by Rev. J Wilbur Chapman and Rev. Arthur J. Smith, to run through July 6 with many youth religious groups represented.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette, Inc
Frank B. Cook
Chicago
United States Circuit Court
District of Indiana
Sterling Electric Works
Cook
Sterling Company
Sterling Works
Laporte
Ind
William Sour‘wine
Vigo County
Weir & Weir
Porte
Federal Court of
Indianapolis
Sourwine
Logansport
Wabash and Erie Canal
T. J. Immel
James Co. Mount
Lafayette
Wabash
Warsaw
National
Young People’s Bible Conference
Winona
J. Wilbur Chapman
Arthur J. Smith
New York
Wilt Wholesale Grocery Company Incorporated at Fort Wayn
Fort Wayne in June 8 reports the Wilt Wholesale Grocery Company incorporated with capital of 150000 dollars. F P Wilt elected president and Alfred Dorsey treasurer. Wilt previously a wholesale cigar dealer and Dorsey was chief clerk for A H Perfect Co. Washington Ind June reports a divorced woman Mrs Leo Tropler bought morphine for a friend but ingested it during a quarrel with her sweetheart and died.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wilt Wholesale Grocery Company
F. P. Wilt
Alfred Dorsey
A. H. Perfect & Co
Washington, Ind
Leo Tropler
Saloon Porter Louis Willhanging Suicide in Michigan City
Louis Will, 52, a saloon porter, hanged himself today in the saloon where he worked. Ill health was given as the cause for the act, and the tragedy occurred in Michigan City, Indiana.
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Indianapolis Journal
Michigan City
Ind
Louis Will
Midland steel works and Indiana Iron mill close for summer break
In Muncie Indiana two large factories Midland steel works and Indiana Iron mill shut down today for their annual summer time off. Public Tron and Steel Company and Indiana mill are among the largest local employers. The closure affects hundreds of workers and national steel supply plans.Industry and labor leaders expect resumed operation in early July.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Midland Steel Works
Indiana Iron Mill
Indiana Mill
Tron and Steel Companyy
Local obituaries from Indiana towns report several deaths
Two week vacation pauses and ongoing town exodus noted as workers stay in Midland area. Obituaries list David Durham of Winfield age 72 a Civil War veteran. Philip Yearling Shelbyville resident born 1817. Flora Weaver Wilkinson age 38. Andrew Barkley 71 longtime Adams County resident. Funeral details and burial plans provided for each case.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Philip Yearling
Darmstadt
Germany
Shelby County
Kathrine Mohr
Wilkinson
Mechanicsburg
Decatur
Andrew Barkley
Adams County
Monon opens new Bedford-stone passenger station at North and Fifth
Lafayette reports the new Monon passenger station will open Sunday with the first train stopping Sunday night. The old Columbia Street station is being dismantled as clerks move to the Bedford-stone building, noted for its handsome architecture and eighty foot frontage. Marion plans a paper box factory in Gas City offering free site, water and light for a year, costing $6,000 to build and $3,000 to equip, employing 18. Muncie sees the National Metallic Bed Company plant move from Marion, with BE. J. Hickson owning it since December and operating it there. the new Muncie factory will hire 75 workers and begin July 15. Martinsville council elected W. C. Barnett to fill the unexpired term of the late Asher W. Cure in the Second ward.
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Lapayette
Monon
North
Fifth Streets
Columbia Street
Marion
Gas City
Muncie
National Metallic Bed Company
Ind
BE. J. Hickson
Martinsville
W. C. Barnett
Asher W. Cure
Capt Sam Bryant Dead Turfman of National Repute
CAPT SAM BRYANT DIES IN LOUISVILLE AT ABOUT SEVENTY AFTER LONG ILLNESS. NOTED AMERICAN TURF FIGURE OWNED HORSES INCLUDING UNCLE BOB, DERBY WINNER IN 18%, PROCTOR KNOTT FUTURITY AND GREAT TRIALS AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY. DESPITE ILLNESS HE ATTENDED AMERICAN DERBY VIEWING RACE FROM TRAIN COUCH. HIS PASSING ENDS A REMARKABLE CAREER IN RACING.
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Louisville
Sam Bryant
Captain Bryant
Uncle Bob
Proctor Knott
Sheepshead Bay
Washington Park
Chicago
West Point Cadets Appointed At Large and Alternates
The president named cadets at large for the United States Military Academy in Washington on June 28. Inductees include James M. Lockett Reynolds Hayden Frederick T. Dickman Jonathan E Wainwright Walter M Yeatman Marcellus H Thompson Henry H Clagett W C F Nicholson John S Pratt Henry W Torney with alternates George E Turner M Wilder Henry Wessels Jr Edwin V Sumner Albert D Carroll ordered to report at West Point on July 0.
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Washington
United States Military Academy
James M. Lockett
James Lockett
Fourth Cavalry
Reynolds Hayden
Edward E. Hayden
Frederick T. Dickman
Joseph T. Dickman
Eighth Cavalry
Jonathan E. Wainwright
R. P. Wainwright
Fifth Cavalry
Walter M. Yeatman
Richard T. Yeatman
LU. S.A
George E. Turner
John W. Turner
M. Wilder
Maj
W. E. Wilder
Henry W. Wessels, Jr
H. W. Wessels
Third Cavalry
Edwin V. Sumner
E. V. Sumner
Albert D. Carroll
Senate confirmations list diverse federal posts
Washington June 2 confirms William H. Code of Mesa A T as Indian inspector irrigation engineer William H Smead of Montana agent for Flathead Indians and marshal F S Elgin Western district of Tennessee collectors of customs Robert Smalls district of Beaufort S C William Mahone Petersburg Va and B M Grove to be postmaster at Liberty Ind.
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Washington
Senate
William H. Code
Mesa
A. T
William H. Smead
Montana
Flathead Agency
Elgin
Western District
Tennessee
Robert Smalls
Beaufort
S. C
William Mahone
Petersburg
B. M. Grove
Liberty
Ind
Fears of Japanese Tea Trade With America Cited
In Tokyo a June meeting of about 20 tea merchants heard from Baron Komura and Mr. Hirata that America remains the top tea customer, consuming three quarters of world production. Japan’s tea trade with the U S has made no progress in ten years, while Russia could become a strong market if Japan shifts focus.
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Tokio
San Francisco
Japan
Shidzoutta
Hirata
Agriculture and Commerce
Baron Komura
America
United States
América
Russia
Osama Kahie
The
Central Tea Guild
Cae Mata Sane
Protective tariff talk on foreign tea impact
A historical note asserts that years of economic pressures make it not improbable that the American government could someday impose a heavy duty on foreign tea to shield domestic industry, reflecting ongoing protectionist sentiment.
Railway Managers Reject Union Recognition in Wage Talks
Chicago June 23 union wage scale demands faced general managers who adopted the superintendents conclusions and refused to recognize the Freight Handlers Union. Officials will confer with internal road committees but not with other roads. Omaha June 28 Union Pacific machinists ordered to quit work by executive committee seeking 10 percent pay raise reinstatement of senior machinists and no piece work.
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Chicago
Railway General Managers
Omaha, Neb
Union Pacific Railroad Today
Sree Aonermee
Struck to Assist Telephone Girls in Des Moines
Des Moines June 28 electrical workers and linemen on local telephone exchanges quit work at 1 PM in sympathy with the hundred central girls on strike. Employers refused to hold consultations. Further sympathetic action is expected next week.
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Des Moines
Central Girls
Des Moines Consolidates Register and Leader News
George F. Roberts announces consolidation of the Des Moines Leader with the Register. The new Register and Leader Company forms with $300,000 capital, incorporators include George E. Roberts Samuel Strauss and O Connell. Roberts will direct editorial work and secure the AP franchise and modern facilities.
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Des Moines
George F. Roberts
Register
Des Moines Leader
Register and Leader
Register and Leader Company
George E. Roberts
Samuel Strauss
Leader
O'Connell
Retiring Iowa State Register editor honored with gold make-up rule
In Des Moines Iowa on June 28 the employer of the Iowa State Register composing room presented Richard P Clarkson the paper's retiring editor a solid gold make up rule of regulation size. Clarkson has cared for the paper's appearance for over twenty five years maintaining its distinctive look.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Register
Richard P. Clarkson
Register
Clarkson
Fire causes water damage at Stead and Miller upholstery mill
In Philadelphia on June 233 a slight blaze at the Stead & Miller upholstery mill on Second and Cambria streets caused about 100 dollars in water damage. The automatic extinguishing system was activated, stock ruined, yet all 300 female workers were evacuated safely without injury.
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Philadelphia
Stead & Miller
Second
Cambria
Death by own action of an Insurance Agent in Chicago
Chicago, June 3. Charles W. Gale, an insurance and real estate dealer, tried twice to shoot Albert McMuller then killed himself in his office as police forced entry. A quarrel over a woman is said to have sparked the tragedy.
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Chicago
Charles W. Gale
Albert McMuller
Union Detective Bureau Sale Notice
Union Detective Bureau announces an auction of experienced operatives and associated assets, with bidding opening on the specified date and location. Phone contacts provided for bids and inquiries.
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