Logsdon Strikes Again in Bribery Conspiracy Case
Prosecution will show that Dr. G E Hunt counterfeited a telegram to discredit detective Arthur Stahl alias James W Smith. An affidavit by Edwin D Logsdon alleges a conspiracy to bribe and logs the roles of George E Hunt James W Noel and others. Henry N Spaan prepared the affidavit and more testimony is expected at the police court proceeding.
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G. E. Hunt
Arthur Stahl
James W Smith
St. Louis
Citizens’ League
Edwin D. Logsdon
Board of Public Works
Stahl
James W. Noel
Council Investigating Committee
George Edwin Hunt
Logsdon
Mr. Logsdon
Aes
Ed Logsdon
James W
Noel
George E. Hunt
Indianapolis
Indiana
State of
Holmes
Henry
Spaan
Horner
Colbert
Smith
Telegraph Authority
Fred Heler
Western Union
Indianapolis News
Taffe
Richard Sylvester
Washington, D. C
George Hunt
Hunt
Traction Lines Merge Union Traction and Indianapolis Northern
Union Traction and Indianapolis Northern merge to form a single system. Stockholders will receive a large dividend in common stock from the consolidation, signaling a major restructuring in regional transit ownership and control.
Union Traction merger forms Indiana line with Anderson HQ
In Anderson Indiana May 27 the Union Traction Company of Indiana and the Indianapolis Northern Traction Company merged. The consolidated firm will be Union Traction Company of Indiana with 5 500 000 capital stock. Indianapolis Northern stockholders receive Union Traction stock totaling 7 percent dividend. Headquarters set for Anderson and new board to be elected June 4. Fifty shares of Union Traction common stock sold on the Indianapolis market.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
Union Traction Company of Indiana
Indianapolis Northern Traction Company
Indianapolis Northern
Union Traction
Consolidated Company
Common
Preferred
Union Company
Ion Traction Company
F Levering Jones
Philadelphia
Indianapolis Northern Company
Randall Morgan
City
Hugh J. McGowan
Secretary of State
Recorder
Traction Company
Concorn
Indianapolis
Union Traction and Indianapolis Northern Stock Merger Notes
Exchange yesterday at prices from aT to . Brokers review Union Traction common history. There is $5,000,000 of this stock and it shares equally with the preferred in the distribution of $3,500,000 of Indianapolis Northern common, merged with Union Traction Camp. Each Union common holder will receive seven tenths of an Indianapolis Northern common share. Two years ago Union Traction common sold at 11 cents and stayed around 5 to 7 cents until six months ago when it rose to 10 shares at 89. Union preferred is bid at 107. Northern common called at 3 1/2, with no offers, likely near 3 1/2% to buy.
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Union Traction Common
Indianapolis Northern
Union Traction Camp
Unionion Common
Indianapolis Northern Common
Union Preferred
Northern Common
Interurban service links Indianapolis to Richmond
John W. Chipman, secretary of the Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company, announced tracks between the city and Richmond were completed yesterday. Cars will run between Richmond and Dublin by July 1 with a fare near $1.25. Large cars cost $6,000 each and will be limited.
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Richmond
John W. Chipman
Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
Indianapolis
Dayton
Dublin
Plainfield Traction Board Plans Danville Fall Meeting
The Plainfield Traction Company board will hold its fall meeting in Danville and travel in their private car. They expect cars to run between Indianapolis and Danville by early September and aim to extend the line to Greencastle and Brazil before winter snow.
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The
Plainfield Traction Company
Danville
Indianapolis
Greencastle
Brazil
Traction Cars May Reach Crawfordsville and Lafayette
By November the Indianapolis and North Western Traction Company may run cars to Crawfordsville and Lafayette. The Lebanon power house is completed and machinery set up. Track stretches from White River to midway between Lebanon and Frankfort and will reach Frankfort by June with cars to begin running in July.
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Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction Company
Crawfordsville
Lafayette
Lebanon
White River
Frankfort
Traction line to Noblesville progresses toward November finish
Indianapolis Shelbyville & Southeastern Traction crews push the Noblesville line toward an expected November entry into Indianapolis. Much of the steel for the tracks is already delivered and laid. In Shelbyville the company filed land-purchase suits to condemn parcels near Fairland for a viaduct. Benjamin Bass faced $115 appraisal, rejected the sum and filed a $1,000 lawsuit.
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Indianapolis & Northern Traction Company
Noblesville
Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Indianapolis, Shelbyville & Southeastern Traction Company
Fairland
Benjamin Bass
Eight Men Killed In Southern Railway Wreck Near Birmingham
A head end collision on the Southern Railway near Bryan twenty eight miles west of Birmingham early today killed three engineers four firemen and one brakeman. Twelve loaded freight cars and eight empties were destroyed and engines damaged. The dead include Henry Acton L G Chester Sam Johnson Roland Mad Ingram Bob Hancock J D Hill. Acton died en route to Birmingham and Johnson died at the hospital.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Railway
Bryan
Henry Acton
L. G. Chester
Sam Johnson
Roland Mad Colored
Otto Wood
Premanve Ingram
Bob Hancock
J. D. Hill
Acton
Johnson
Johson
Convict Escapes Jail As Guards Lose Track In Office
George Harris escaped from custody while awaiting transport to the Indiana Reformatory for a sentence of one to three years. He slipped from guards during a stop in a jail office and is at large. Authorities seek help locating Harris and apprehending him.
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Indiana Reformatory
Lst
Jeffersonville
John Kimball
McNulty
Harris
Criminal Court
George Stallman
Aschoch Manning
Escape of Prisoner Harris Shocks Marion County Jail Visitors
George Harris, a convict from Marion county jail, slipped away yesterday during visitors day as Sheriff Robert Metzger and Detective Adolph Asch prepared to escort three prisoners to Jeffersonville Reformatory. A reward is offered for his capture, while deputies investigate how a door was left open.
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George Harris
Marion County
Indiana Reformatory
Harris
Kimball
McNulty
Nim Davidson
Alfred Darges
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Robert Metzger
Adolph Asch
Metzger
Asch
Davidson and
Darges
Samuel Gerber
Gerber
Stampede After Fulton Street Car Fuze Explosion
Four men were badly injured and one possibly fatally hurt when a fuze explosion on a Fulton street Brooklyn car triggered a stampede last night. Passengers near the door were knocked from the platform by the crowd surge and trampling as the car filled with fifteen to twenty women who helped manage the crisis and aided others as flames broke out aboard.
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New York
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Cool-Headed Superintendent Saves Italians in North River Tunnel
Chicago dispatch reports Superintendent Brady faced down panicked Italian workers in a New York North River tunnel compartment. He drew a revolver to deter removal of doors as water flooded in and air pressure threatened collapse. Brady directed air intake, ordered sawdust bags, and had workers seal the opening to prevent tragedy.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
New York
North River Tunnel
Brady
Jersey City
Mob Seizes Jail In Bluefield Western Virginia Incident
A mob of about two hundred men stormed the Bluefield jail on May 2 seeking release for two prisoners, brothers named Johnson. Police faced attacks as one brother struck Chief Calloway and both were subdued after a fierce confrontation. Bond was offered for the prisoners, who died amid the ensuing riot.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Johnson
Calloway
British Seize Three Islands Near Pitcairn
News from Tahita reports that three small islands near Pitcairn were seized by England. British Consul Simonds ordered an English resident to take over the islets to aid Panama Canal plans, with a supporting man‑of‑war confirming possession. Ducie Island offers a harbor and Elizabeth Island features, though the group has no inhabitants.
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Tahita
San Francisco
Pitcairn
England
Simonds
Panama Canal
McCoy
Pitcairn Island
Simond
Foreign Office
Ducie Island
Elizabeth Island
Uniform Rank Pythians Meeting in Louisville
The Supreme Assembly Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias convened in Louisville on May 27 with Major General J R Carnahan and Adjutant-General George W Powell of Indianapolis and about twenty members from various states visiting parks to pick a site for the biennial national encampment to be held in Louisville next year. The site decision will be made at the executive session tomorrow along with other business.
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Louisville
Supreme Assembly
Knights of Pythias
J. R. Carnahan
George W. Powell
Indianapolis
Contractor shoots woman then kills himself in St Louis
Charles E. Wola a contractor talking with Mrs Louis P Nelson at Grand and Chouteau avenues fired twice at her head then shot himself laughing as if murder and death were jokes both victims believed to die at hospital authorities report May 27 St Louis Mo
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ST. Louis
Charles E. Wola
Louis P. Nelson
Grand and
Chouteau Avenues
Rain Wind and Hail Fatalities At Montpelier
A cascade of weather hazards leaves Cass Farmer dead after a lightning strike. A man is crushed by a falling derrick in Montpelier amid rain wind and hail. Casualties are reported across the area with authorities investigating the incidents and identifying victims and locations.
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Cass
Montpelier
Destructive Midwestern Windstorm Hits Kokomo
A destructive May windstorm swept Kokomo Indiana causing factory damage at Ford and Donnelly Steel and a fence works, uprooting trees and blowing houses from foundations. Loss in city and county estimated near one hundred thousand dollars with hail and heavy rains. A Lake Erie passenger train entering town had the engine cab blown off as engineers restrained at posts.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Ford & Donnelly Steel Company
Lake Erie
Lightning Strikes Claim Ligonier County Farmer
Landford Stephenson, a young farmer baling hay on his Walton area farm, was killed by lightning. Hugh Hull, fishing near Decatur, struck by a tree during a storm, unconscious for six hours but likely to survive. Oil field storms in Adams and Geneva counties cause heavy losses, while a nitroglycerin load nearby remains undetonated. Mrs. Ethel Henderson, a newlywed from Windfall, is unconscious after a lightning strike.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Landford Stephenson
Walton
Decatur
Hugh Hull
Adams County
Geneva
Ethel Henderson
Deadly Place of Refuge in Fort Wayne
Ira Dixon a section hand on the Chicago division of the Wabash Railroad was killed when a tree toppled in heavy rain and lightning near Hamilton station. The storm caused widespread damage across Ossian with hail, shattered glass, damaged crops, and downed trees. Marshall Comincavish was knocked unconscious by a nearby lightning strike near Spy Run Avenue.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ira Dixon
Chicago
Wabash Railroad
Hamilton
Dickson
Ossian
Marshall Comincavish
Spy Run Avenue
Wind and Storms Injure Several in Hammond
A violent wind and electrical storm ripped through Hammond on May 27 injuring several people with one reported dying. The incident caused damage and disruptions across the area as responders rushed to scenes including homes and businesses. Further details and casualty figures were expected to be provided in continued reports.
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Hammond
Ind
Page & Col
Arrest of A W Machen in Post Office Bribery Case
Washington May 27 August W Machen superintendent of free delivery of the Post Office Department was arrested at 1 PM on a charge of bribery. He allegedly took 22 000 in a patent fastener contract for attaching letter boxes to posts. Diller B Groff and Samuel A Groff arrested for giving bribe. Groff brothers own device contracts totaling 168 000. Civil action to recover 22 000 bond posted 20 000. Machen's officers defend him while postal authorities insist the case is solid.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
W. Machen
Post Office Department
Diller B. Groff
Samuel A. Groff
Groff Brothers
Machen
Postmaster General
United States
Douglass & Douglass
Bonine
August Machen
Toledo
Postal Service
Ohio
Perry
Heath
Department
Payne
George W. Beavers
Division of
Attorney General's Office
James N. Tyner
Harrison Barrett
Groff Bros
August W. Machen
Groff
Associated Press Dispatch
Free Delivery Service
General Bristow
Taggart
Philadelphia
Free
Bristow
A. W. Machen
Washi D. C
Postoffice Department
Samuel M
Atf Payne
Groff duo linked to postal box divy scheme arrested
D B and S A Groff, named in the alleged postal box division fraud, were taken into custody as investigators claim they profited by a forty percent cut of a $22,000 payment. The case centers on the scheme and its alleged organizers.
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D. B. and
S. A. Groff
Divy
Postmaster General vows relentless probe in postal graft case
The postmaster general declares the investigation will proceed to the end with absolute justice for the guilty while many claimants suspect officials. Diller B. Groff of Groff Bros is arrested on bribery allegations connected to government purchase bids. Samuel A. Groff is later arrested and released on bail.
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Post Office
John E. Monk
Arrest of Machen and Bristow Payne Hearings
The AP dispatch reports A W Machen general superintendent of free delivery arrested for receiving about $22,000 tied to Groff Bros contracts. Bristow and Payne dispute or explain the charges as officials plan civil action and a June 5 hearing.
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Richmond Line
Plainfield Line
Indianapolis & Northern
Seattle
Geo. Harris
Sheriff
Britain
Howard County
Cass County
Steuben County
MR. Payne
Sensa
Bristow and
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