Traction Franchises Face City Board Deadlock
The Dayton and Western traction company refuses to sign a franchise containing a clause to accept city line tickets. A second franchise, unsigned, mirrors terms except for that clause. Local business men and shippers press the Board of Public Works to approve the D W franchise to ease freight operations and possibly suspend the Main Street freight ban for ninety days.
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Dayton & Western Traction Company
Board of Public Works
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
E. M.haas
The
Commercial Club
Haas
Board
T.H
Main Street
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Americans Triumph in Today's Olympiad
London July 20 C M Daniels won the 100 meter swimming semi final in 1 minute 5 2 5 seconds tying the best time. Ray Ewry secured the standing broad jump title with 10 feet 11 1 2 inches.
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London
Eny
C. M. Daniels
Ray Ewry
State Bar Meeting Lacks Local Attorneys In Indianapolis
Local attorneys were not represented at the State Bar Association meeting in Indianapolis. Tomorrow's sessions and banquet may draw attendance. Principal speakers include governor candidates Thomas Marshall and James E. Watson. Several important subjects will be discussed.
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State Bar Association
Indianapolis
Thomas Marshall
James E. Watson
Double Executions at Ossining Electric Chair
Ossining New York July 20 Charles Henry Rogers, condemned for the triple murder of Fred and Willis Olney and Alice Ingerick, was executed at six this morning. Twenty minutes later Angelo Lauderie, the Mulberry Bend bad man, was electrocuted for shooting banker Don D. Ambrass. Rogers confessed robbery motive. Lauderie claimed revenge after blackmail attempts.
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Ossining
N. Y
Charles Henry Rogers
Fred
Willis Olney
Alice Ingerick
Angelo Lauderie
Mulberry Bend
Don D. Ambrass
Rogers
Lauderie
Protests Over Arraignment Tactics By City Inspector
Henry Walterman city inspector of weights and scales defends his probe into ice trust scales on delivery wagons. He says warnings were issued, scales tested, and wagons repaired or reequipped. He notes ice scales can be bent by heavy ice blocks and criticizes fragile seals, urging lead seals and continued scrutiny as protests against arraignment grow.
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Henry Walterman
Ice Trust
Walterman
Long Brothers
Board of Public Works
Icemen
Ice Combine
Negro Voters Split Over Bryan Endorsement in City
Local African American leaders express distrust of Democrat Bryan and oppose shifting support from the Republican party. Dr. Waldron of the National Negro American Political League promotes a Bryan candidate campaign among colored voters, while educators like Dr. Huffman caution against abandoning the Republicans. The piece notes fears of losing political influence if the black vote moves to Democrats and recalls the South’s Democratic dominance.
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J. Milton Waldron
National Negro American Political League
Waldron
Shiloh Baptist Church
Washington, D. C
Republican Party
South
National Political League
League
Bryan
Taft
Democratic Party
W. G. Huffman
Dr. Huffman
Mr. Taft
Canned Bryan Orations Enter Public Dispatch
A Richmond phonograph shop now offers canned William Jennings Bryan speeches and songs via penny slot machines. The Democratic Publicity Bureau plans to preserve Bryan orations and place them in machines nationwide, provoking mixed reactions from listeners and prompting speculation about other presidents’ responses to phonograph imitations.
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William Jennings Bryan
Richmond
Phonograph
Wiliam Jennings
Democratic National Publicity Bureau
Union
Democratic National
Reau
Bryan
Fairview
Genevieve
Roosevelt
Edison
Taft
Mistake is Miade May Not Speak Here
Fort Wayne reports reveal a fatal auto accident near Columbia City left six dead, with misidentification of bodies including Miss Josephine King and Miss Fayma Bradshaw. The Bradshaw family doctor uncovered the mix up. remains were sent to Wabash and Fort Wayne for interment. A related suit accuses the Pennsylvania railroad for failing to maintain a watchman at a crossing. In Hot Springs, Taft campaign plans show a cautious approach with limited speeches and a large fireworks ceremony planned for Cincinnati events and party efforts.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Columbia City
Josephine King
Fayma Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Charles Sherman King
Wabash
Carl Timmis
August Timmis
Mr. King
Harry S. King
Indiana
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Il Fated
Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Canton
McKinley
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Double Tragedy Over Card Game
Frankfort Indiana July 20 Clarence Jones a young businessman shot and instantly killed Claude Pruitt a 23 year old farmer after an argument over a card game. Jones then shot himself with the same revolver dying within fifty feet of Pruitt. Pruitt recently married. Jones leaves a wife and daughter.
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Frankfort
Ind
Clarence Jones
Claude Pruitt
Pruitt
Jones
Capture of Assault Suspect After Violent Struggle
New York police arrested Walter Bryi after a fierce confrontation for attacking Marcella Klein, 19, in the seventh floor apartment at 2610 Broadway. The victim fought for about fifteen minutes before being overpowered. Authorities say Bryant visited to see the colored maid and attacked Miss Klein.
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New York
Walter Bryi
Marcella Klein
Bryant
Miss Klein
Broadway
Battle ships Maine and Alabama reach Manila port
Manila reports the battleships Maine and Alabama arriving today with their crews in good health after a pleasant crossing of the Pacific.
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Maine
Alabama
Manila
P. L
Pacis
Tragic River Jump Leaves Mother and Two Children
New York July 20 Mrs Gussie Benson a 25 year old wife of a former Harlem grocer fled into the East River with her two children aged four and two after she became demented last Friday. The bodies were recovered and identified today.
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New York
Gussie Benson
East River
Supreme Court bars Negro Elks from using title
White Plains New York July 20 the Supreme Court granted an injunction preventing the Improved Order B P O E known as Negro Elks from using the Elks title in any form.
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White Plains
N. Y
Supreme Court Today
Negro Elks “Improved Order B. P. O. E
Weather forecast for Indiana and Ohio region
The Weather Prophet reports fair conditions in Indiana’s north with showers in the south Monday night. Tuesday brings more showers and fresh east winds. In Ohio showers arrive by Monday night.
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Ndiana
Strange funeral tale emerges in Indiana tragedy
Greenfield Indiana July 20 mourners and a preacher gathered beside the bodies of David Bennett Hall and Ernest Harper killed by Pennsylva nia train No 9. John Grigsby claimed the dead men planned to die by their own hand a week earlier. The coroner will verify the tale as 500 mourners attended the funeral near Leonard crossing where the buggy and horse lay.
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Harper
Hall
Leonard’ Crossing
Fight Duel for Love of Girl in New York Suburb
In Mt. Vernon two men Franceso Chiiarello and Sabbato Tuni cello fought a duel in the woods over a shared love. Chiiarello lies dying with a bullet wound to the head as the other man fled.
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Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Francesco Chiiarello
Sabbato Tunicello
Chiarello
Government Not Bluffing on Rural Mail Roads
A letter from V DeGraw Fourth Assistant Postmaster General asserts the U S Postal Service will not bluff county officials over road conditions affecting rural delivery in Wayne County Indiana The department demands passable roads year round and cooperation from township trustees to ensure timely mail service with no extraordinary expense.
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P. ¥. DeGraw
Asistant Post
Regord
Richmond Palladium
Richmond
Indiana
Uncle Sam
Wayne County
V. Degraw
Indiana editors will hear Taft in Cincinnati
The Indiana State Editorial Association will join Taft notification exercises in Cincinnati on July 28. The plan calls for reserving as many cars as needed to convey Indiana Republicans by special train from Indianapolis to Cincinnati on that date. A low rate will be secured.
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Indiana State Editorial Association
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
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Metuchen
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Dolan
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Brotherhood
Union Labor Organization
Frankfort, Ind
Self
Leops
ELKS
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