Pinchot shifts to Taft as Lafollette bid drops
Washington June 16 close Pinchot allies abandon a Lafollette propaganda plan and back Taft for 1912. Spreckles Bourne and Bourne continue Lafollette boosters while Garfield may join the Taft fold. Roosevelt smiles as Garfield nears White House guest role and Taft’s renomination gains White House support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National News Association
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Rudolph Spreckles
San Francisco
Jonnahan Bourne
Lafollette
Republian
Mr. Pinchot
Taft
Pinchot
Walter Fisher
Interior
National Conservation Association
Forrester
Stim- Bop
Leeds Block Sold to McLeland for New Stores on Main
Two new mercantile businesses will open on Main Street a women’s ready-made clothing store and a dry goods house to be run by out of towners. H V McLeland bought 624 Main for about 000 and will lease to a prominent Indiana city clothing merchant. A report also claims Central Hotel at 525 Main Street was sold to William Turner of Kokomo and West Manchester who plans to tear it down and erect a dry goods building. Mrs Swift declined to comment.
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Main Street
Leeds
H. V. McLeland
Central Hotel
Hannah Swift
William Turner
Kokomo
West Manchester
Swift
Change Their Minds Divorce Case Dismissed in Wayne Court
The suit of Mary A. Winburn against Willis Winburn for divorce and custody was dismissed in Wayne County Circuit Court today, at the plaintiff's cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Winburn
Willis Winburn
Wayne Effcult
Trust Buster Kellogg Denies Steel Company Fees
Frank B Kellogg special counsel for the Department of Justice in the Standard Oil case, known as the trust buster, testified before the Stanley Steel Trust committee that he had no ties to the United States Steel Corporation. An official says a $15000 fee for prior services was approved and paid in October 1907 after he began trust prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Kellogg
Department of Justice
Trust
Stanley Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Minnesota
Kellogg
Steel Corporation
Oneness
Boston To Become C&O Rail Yard Center
Boston Indiana expects substantial growth as the C and O railway plans to close options on land for yards and repair shops. The site near town is ideal and grading will be minimal. About 100 railroad families will relocate, new homes and stores will rise, and total investment may near 100000 dollars as work begins.
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Boston
Ind
C. & O. of Indiana Railway Company
Lana
Gotham Gangsters Murder Aged Man
New York June 16 William Bley an aged musician in a theater orchestra was attacked by six members of a gang known as Paddy's Market crowd in front of 249 West Thirty-eighth street and felled to the pavement with such force that he died of a fractured skull before an ambulance could reach the place. The men accosted Bley for money and when he refused they attacked him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National News Association
New York
William Bley
Paddy
West Thirty-eighth Street
Bley
Ammunition Car Seizure Hit Spanish Frontier
Madrid June 16 Spanish authorities seized two carloads of arms and ammunition consigned from Hamburg to Portugal for monarchist plotters at the frontier. Four other carloads reportedly escaped detection crossing into Portugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National News Association
Madrid
Hamburg
Portugal
Earlham Debt Campaign Near Goal As Pledges Rise
Richmond workers push to raise 4500 more of the 10000 target for Earlham debt fund. Today’s pledges bring total to 45445 with Phoenix Society contributing 251 90 as students and classes add funds. County canvassers cover Cottage Grove Hagerstown Williamsburg Greens Fork in renewed drive.
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Phoenix Society of
Standard Oil Suffers Court Ruling Blocking Three Subsidiaries
National News Associations Topeka June 16 The state supreme court prohibits three Standard Oil subsidiaries from doing business in Kansas to stifle competition The defendants are Standard Oil Company of Kansas Standard Oil Company of Indiana and Prairie Oil and Gas Company The ruling alleges a combination to curb all competition focus
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National News Associations
Topeka
Kan
Standard Oil Company Today
State Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
Kansas
Indiana
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Harrison resigns as justice of the peace in June
S Harrison, elected on the Republican ticket, filed a resignation with the county clerk this morning. The move, effective June 30, states he no longer desires the office as it is unprofitable and interferes with his other work. His court operates in the Westcott block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Range S. Harrison
Slow uncovering of Maine wreck progresses visibly
From Havana on June 16 General Bixby of the United States board of Engineers reported the raising of the battleship Maine will likely take another month before full exposure. The wreck appears a tangled mass of debris with the forward area still partially buried under wreckage and heavy rains hindering progress. Pumps run overnight and ten feet of upper main deck were seen this morning as cofferdams may be reinforced.
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National News Association
Havana
Cuba
Bixby
United States Board of Engineers
Maine
Gen. Bixby
Mrs Ford in Cincinnati Dying After Testimony
Mrs Jeanette Steward Ford, linked to the Big Four embezzlement cases, is believed dying in a Cincinnati hospital after confessing that her six year old daughter is the illegitimate child of Edward S. Cooke, who is on trial for stealing $24,000 from the railroad. Physicians fear the shock may prove fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National News Association
Cincinnati
Jeanette Steward Ford
Edward S. Cooke
Cooke
A Grewsome Record in Chicago Murders and Homicides
Chicago reports tally two hundred twenty three murders and three hundred twenty five homicides since October 22, 1909. Most crimes went unpunished amid the abolition of execution for murderers and a noted share blamed on the Chicago Mafia. After each killing several suspects are arrested then released for lack of evidence.
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National News Association
Chicago
Explosives Blamed for Fire at Peru Store and Furniture
Peru reports a fire that destroyed McCaffrey's general store and Peru Furniture Company, with total losses estimated at 50000 dollars. The blaze started in McCaffrey's basement from explosives mishap, occurring yesterday morning in Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National News Association
Peru
McCaffrey
Peru Furniture Company
Campfield Claims City May Purchase Water Works Any Time
E M Campfield of a bidding company explains that under his water works proposition the city could acquire the plant at any time, countering Richmond City Waterworks claims. He outlines payment schedules, trust arrangements, and how bond certificates and stock transfers would affect control and annual costs over a 25 year period. The discussion notes that preferred stock can be bought at par and that common stock would be trust held to allow city ownership.
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E. M. Campfield
Richmond City Waterworks
Palladium
Campfield
Dill
Mr. Campfield
Richmond City Water Works Company
Woman shot at Williamsburg restaurant over elopement plea
In New York on June 16 a 20 year old worker at a Grand Street restaurant was fatally shot by a man who demanded she elope. The shooter, identified as 32 year old John Omega, fled after threatening bystanders including the infant in the establishment. Police hunt Omega for the fatal attack.
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National News Association
New York
Grand Street
Williamsburgh
Carmiella de Graccia
George Capos
Korkas
Charles Sorlis
John Omega
County Attorney says no compromise on traction tracks
County Attorney John F. Robbins states there is nothing for the commissioners to consider about Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction tracks on the National road west. He notes a widely believed compromise was offered to the traction company and rejected, leaving the mandamus suit in Wayne circuit court to decide track placement beyond the south curb line of the 46 foot road. The board will also act on an option election petition in Wayne township outside Richmond tomorrow.
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John F. Robbins
Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
National Road West
Traction Company
Wayne Circuit
Robbins
Traction
Wayne Township
Richmond
Big St Louis Fire Destroys Several Plants In District
Fire swept a factory district in St. Louis causing more than 1.9 million dollars in damage. The Huttig Sash and Door, Flathman and Miller planing mill, Missouri Stair, Koken Iron Works, and Mound City Box were destroyed. About 20 000 residents watched from the streets as flames threatened to spread toward the terminal yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National News Association
St. Louis
Huttig Sash and Door Company
Flathman & Miller Planing Mill
Missouri Stair Company
Koken Iron Works
Mound City Box Company
Banker Admits He Was Easy Mark in Forger Case
Chicago June 16 Charles L Johnson former Union Bank of Chicago director and former partner of $500000 forger Frank G Jones said he was an easy mark for Jones He resigned from the bank board due to chagrin at his lack of business acumen and claimed to know nothing of the shady operations Jones admitted forging acknowledgments of indebtedness and releasing cash to big firms corroborating Johnson’s lack of knowledge
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National News Association
Chicago
Charles L. Johnson
Union Bank of Chicago
Frank G. Jones
Jones
Johnson
Honor Scholar Leads 1911 Richmond High Class
The 1911 Richmond High School graduating class, the largest yet and first in the new building, includes 77 students with Hubert C. Smith as the top student at 97.2 average. Principal I. E. Neff presented diplomas amid Benton’s talk on immortality and moral achievement, with a varied program by the school orchestra and vocalists.
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Richmond
Guy Potter Benton
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Benton
Hubert Conover Smith
Charles Edward Smith
Gertrude Acton
Violet Elmina Stidham
Frederica Clare Seifert
Roland Nusbaum
Albert Wallace Gifford
Hubert C. Smith
Jana
Goulds
Vanderbilts
Jesus Christ
Moses
Washington
Gladstone
I. E. Neff
J. F. Radcliffe
M. E
Richmond High School
Light Cavalry
Suppe
Edris
Grunewald
Helen Nicholson
Helen Jameson
Moritz Moskowski
Mozart
Verdi
Aileen Shreeve
Harriet Ware
Marguerite Hasemeier
Howard B. Ashley
Martha Marie Brown
Norman Arthur Brown
Blanche Leo Bayer
Ruth Ann Bradley
Esther Beatrice Beck
Charles Buell
Myrtle Glendyl Comer
Edythe Cory
Earl Rutherford Cotton
Lewia Craighead
Joseph R. Darnell
Lillian Bliss Dean
Charlotte Catherine
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Gifford Piachot
Forester
Roosevelt
Garfield
Fhe
Mpleland
Woman's Garment Concern
Boston, Ind
Gotham
Spain
Earlham College Hope
Phoenix Society
Earlham Debt Fund
Micamong
Earlham
Kelly
Poenix Society's Aid
Standard Oil
Harrison
Opera
Robin Hood
Mrs. Ford
Big ST. Louis
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