Teachers close annual meeting and discuss merger
At the thirty-eighth annual Southern Indiana Teachers Association session in Indianapolis Charles C. Coleman of Brazil was elected president. A resolution to merge with the State Teachers Association was adopted by two thirds, with future dissolution pending a October meeting in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Southern Indiana Teachers’ Association
Claypool
R. E. Cavanaugh
Salem
State Teachers’ Association
Indiana
United States
Charles A. Greathouse
Stone
Purdue University
R. H. Cavanaugh
W.W. Black
Bloomington
Richard Park
Sullivan
C. A. Greathouse
E. G. Jerman
Greensburg
South ‘Association
State Association
Charles C. Coleman
Brazil
J. B. Fagan
Bedford
Mary Voight
Jeffersonville
Georgia Mitchusson
Daniel T. Weir
J. H. Scholl
Rushville
W. E. Treanor
Petersburg
Co. B. Melvin
New Albany
J. B. Houston
Aurora
A. Q O. Fulkerson
Washington
John A. Linebarger
Rockville
E. N. Haskins
Vincennes
John W. Kendall
Greenfield
Walter Sims
Columbus
Charles C
Cumberlands
Cumberland Mountains
Kentucky
Madison Gets Convention
At the King's Daughters state convention closing in New Albany officers were elected led by Mrs. Harry L. Askew of Fort Wayne as president and Miss Nell Filbeck of Terre Haute on the Central council. Delegates to the national Detroit convention in May include Mrs. E Scott of Madison and several others. Madison will host the year’s state convention.
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New Albany
Nell Filbeck
Terre Haute
Central Council
Harry L. Askew
Fort Wayne
Robert Harding
J. Ellsworth Monroe
Connersville
L. E. Hitz
Madison
Lewis Orth
Blanche L. Main
Indianapolis
John Conn
Evansville
Walter V. Bullett
Rose Farrington
Detroit
E. ‘Scott
Mabel Salle
Florence Rogers
Margaret Vesey
Sybilla Marsh
Pardon Board Ends Session With Parole Recommendation
The state board of pardons closed its session and will send its recommendations to the governor. Among the petitions heard was for the parole of Yip Ham Loy, a Gary Chinese man sentenced two years ago to life for the murder of a fellow countryman.
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State Board of Pardons
Yip
Ham. Loy
Yipes
Rebels in Torreon as Villa claims Torreon control
Reports from Chihuahua and Juarez say General Villa’s rebel forces entered Torreon with 4 000 troops and seized the business district amid fierce street fighting. In Gomez Palacio four days of combat enabled Villa to position near Torreon, with grenades and hand weapons used in close quarters.
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Torreon
Villa
Juarez
Monclove Herrera
Zaragosa
Gomez Palacio
Mex
Francisco Villa
Gomez, Palacio
Floods Threaten Ohio and New York as Rivers Rise
Reports from March 31 describe high water across New York and Ohio with bridges washed away and traffic cut on interurban lines. The Scioto and Muskingum in Columbus rise, while urban areas flood, boats ferry residents, and fears grow of a disaster like 1913 with two dead already reported in New York.
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New York
Troy
Hudson
Amsterdam
Mohawk River
Schenectady
N. Y
Freeman
Here
Albany
Hudson River
Buffalo
Tonawandas
Tonawanda
Ellicott
Batavia
Whitehall
Champlain
Elmira
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora Traction Company
Chickinnati
Indiana
Scioto
Muskingum
Ship sinks, 18 die as French steamer wrecks near coast
The French liner Touraine sinks after striking rocks 110 miles east of Sandy Hook. The Havre to New York voyage left March 15 with 350 steerage and 209 first and second class passengers. Earlier wireless reports said heavy seas and deranged machinery hindered progress.
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Touraine
Sandy Hook
la Touraine
Havre
Notable global notes from March thirties
Rome reports Countess Deniice di Frasso ill with typhoid fever and planning a Paris convalescence with her mother Mrs Siegel. Lexington police say Mayette Cariou shot Henri Harve as he intervened to protect his stepdaughter from abuse. Dowager Empress Haruko's condition worsens in Tokyo. Suspected El Greco thefts reported in Toledo. Aviator Garaix sets a 5 200 foot flight record carrying eight passengers.
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Deniice di Frasso
Georgiana Wilde
St. Louis
Haruko
Madrid
el Greco
Toledo
Paris
Garaix
Pardoned Man Executed After Governor's Pardon
Fred Pelton, a Black man, was electrocuted at the Arkansas state penitentiary shortly after receiving a gubernatorial pardon that released him from a 115 year sentence for the murder of Melvina Hatton to obtain 50 cents. The pardon followed questions about the legality of the electrocution.
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Little Rock
Ark
Hays
Fred Pelton
Melvina Hatton
Pelton
Federal trade hearings on collective bargaining begin April 6
The federal industrial commission will start public hearings in Washington April 6 on collective bargaining conciliation and arbitration. Witnesses from Chicago and Illinois will appear as six large industries with active agreements are examined. Frank P. Walsh chairs. nine commissioners attend. sessions run four days at Shoreham hotel with railroad officials and labor leaders testifying.
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Washington
Chicago
Illinois
Federal Industrial Commission
Shoreham Hotel
Frank P. Walsh
Queen Eleanore to Visit United States in May
Sofia March 27 Queen Eleanore of Bulgaria announced she would depart from Sofia for a visit to the United States during the third week of May. She will be the first reigning queen to visit America and plans to study American institutions and people, influenced by sympathy Americans showed during the Balkan wars.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Eleanore
United States
Belmont on Stand Hits Son in Separation Suit
August Belmont testified in New York court to aid son Raymond in a dissolution case with Ethel Lorraine Belmont. He reported his son had spent $13,856 since marrying in November 1912 and insisted there was nothing wrong with his son's intellect.
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New York
Belmont
Raymond
Ethel Lorraine Belmont
White House Wedding Near Washington Planned Earlier Than Expected
A shopping tour of Mrs Eleanor is cited as indicating a wedding to Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo may occur soon, with expectation it will take place earlier than previously thought near Washington.
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White House
Washington
Eleanor
Wilson
New York
the Treasury
McAdoo
Seven Bandits Hold Up Bank at Elma Washington
Seven armed men rob the Elma National bank in Elma Washington taking about 3700 dollars. They took the cashier as a prisoner and set the town schoolhouse on fire to distract attention. Several shots were fired but no one was injured.
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Elma
Wash
Tacoma
Elma National Bank
Washington
Mauri steamer destruction rumors denied in Honolulu
Reports that the inter island steamer Mauri blew up near Pearl Harbor with many lives lost were said to be untrue after hours of searching for wreckage. In Fort Wayne, A. Trentman a wealthy brewer was released on ten thousand dollar bonds pending the death of a negro waiter in a separate incident.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Inter Island
Mauri
Pearl Harbor
Fort. Wayne, Inc
A. Co, Trentman
Trentman
Bruce
Carranza Establishes Headquarters at Juarez as Revolt Proceeds
General Venustiano Carranza, supreme chief of the rebels, makes Juarez the provisional capital and center of the revolution as fighting and political maneuvering continue around the Mexican border town.
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Carranza
Juarez, Juarez
Mex
Venustiano Carranza
Mexican
Republic
Panama canal tolls repeal faces adoption vote outcome
In Washington on Friday the house voted 200 to 172 to adopt rules guiding the Panama canal act repeal bill, with Speaker Clark greeted by an enthusiastic ovation. Debates centered on limiting debate to 20 hours and the administration’s position, while Underwood urged party alignment and cautioned against rush.
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Adamson
Wilson
Washington
House of Representatives
Committee On
Aves
Noes
House
Georgia
Congress
Interstate Commerce Committee
Majority
Underwood
Democratic Party
Senate OKs Army Budget Increase Despite Border Tensions
Washington reports the Senate passed the annual army appropriation bill on Saturday totaling 101,750,000 dollars, about 7.5 million more than the House bill and near the prior year's level. Senator Thomas of Colorado criticized the big increase unless border conditions calmed.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas
Colorado
College Head Quits in Iowa City University Leadership Change
The Iowa state board of education accepted the resignation of John G Bowman as president of the University of Iowa effective March 31. The action followed Bowman's request and marks a leadership change at the state's flagship university in Iowa City.
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Iowa
Iowa City
State Board of Education
John G.bowman
Bowman
Silk robberies and prison escape news from the Hoosier towns
Goshen reports silk thefts at Dembatsky's Sons and a train theft totaling $1500 in value. A 15-year-old Boyd McWilliams died after a 25-officer clash in Terre Haute. Ling smuggled from Canada via Detroit to Hammond. A Goshen teacher’s widow Bailey dies by self inflicted gunshot in Knoxville. Educational talks in Bartholomew County. Parole protests over Rae Krauss life sentence. County and city items from Marion Kokomo Gary and more with fires, arrests, and investigations in Indiana towns.
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Goshen
Dembatsky
Toy Ling
Ling
Hammond
Canada
Detroit
Alfred R. Bailey
Germany
Goshen High School
Knoxville
Tenn
Columbus
D. B. Clark
Purdue University Experiment Station
Bartholomew County
I. B. Johnson
Hartford City
Crystal Krauss
Gary
Torreon
Edward Matlock
Villa
Rudolph Fabianski
Huerta
A. P. Swallow
Baldwin
Marion
Lilly Meeks
Velan Bowser
Batchelor
Patterson
Kokomo
Frank Lucas
Pearl Lucas
Lucas
Kentucky
State
Fish and Game
Frank Eiss- Meier
United States
Charles
J.B . Williams
Lafayette
Moll
Fort Wayne
South
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