Reforms Planned for Indiana Tax System by State Board
The Indiana state board of tax commissioners announced a September short session to draft a report for the 1913 legislature. It will propose drastic changes in the state tax system after reviewing reports from many states and will include county assessments and uniformity issues. The board upheld county work while noting uniformity concerns and addressed appeals, including the Baldwin estate case granting exemptions for municipal bonds and cash.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Indiana
Marion County
County Boards of Review
Daniel P. Baldwin
Cass County
Red Spider Threat Prompts Warnings To Tree Owners
State entomologist warns tree owners to watch for red spiders that threaten maples elms blackberries and ornamental shrubs as rainy weather favors pest growth. The report notes pale bodies with two black spots, recommends sulfur spray exposure and thorough washing as control measures.
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Baldwin
Interstate express rates questioned by state commission
The Indiana Railroad Commission in Connersville investigated Interstate express charges applied to ships within the state. The inquiry stemmed from complaints by an ice cream maker and a laundry using United States Express to College Center near the Ohio line. The commission found the company billed 25 cents above Indiana rate limits for each shipment and return of empties due to post office location.
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Interstate Express
State Railroad Commission
Connersville
College Center
United States Express Company
Indiana
Ohio
Express Company
Paint Adulteration Rumor Hits Rensselaer Farm
H E Barnard chief chemist of the state board of health told a farmer at Rensselaer there is no New York law preventing paint adulteration. The farmer bought paint from a Chicago house and found a gasoline smell and flammable burning when tested. The Chicago maker suggested tampering after receipt by a local painter seeking another paint.
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H. E. Barnard
State Board of Health
Rensselaer
Chicago
Misapportioned Funds Reported by State Auditors
Edward P Brennan and Edward B Farmer from the state accountant’s office examined county records in Terre Haute and prepared a report on misapportioned funds. The findings were forwarded to County Auditor Wallace for review and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. “Brennan
Edward B. Farmer
State Accountant's
Terre Haute
Wallace
Pleads for Care of Childs Body at Health Week
Dr Ada Schweitzer of Indianapolis urged Lafayette women to end double standards of morality and teach youths about body care. She warned industrial emancipation shifts moral balance and called for parents to provide factual guidance, with teachers and doctors sharing responsibility.
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Ada Schweitzer
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Jefferson High School
Doctor Schweitzer
Unearths Drug Frauds and State Watch on Remedies
H E Barnard and Will D McAbee lead efforts to uncover drug frauds across Indiana. Based on state lab analyses, results will appear in the state board monthly for physicians officials and consumers. Many frauds involve cheap standard remedies sold under costly proprietary names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Barnard
State Board of Health
Will D. McAbee
Barnard
State Board
Mr. Barnard
Milady
Bribery Plot Exposed in Detroit Aldermen Case
Detroit officials including Aldermen Walsh Rosen thall and Glinnan face graft charges after Detective Burns set a trap and $6 000 to $8 000 in bribes were allegedly paid to obtain a Wabash railroad concession. Several council members confessed or admitted involvement.
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Detroit
Mich
Andrew J. Walsh
David Rosenthall
Wabash Railroad
Recorder’s Court
Burns
Jeffries
FE. R. Schreier
Council
Glinnan
Tom
E.R. Schreiber
William J. Burns
Thomas Glinnan
E. R. Schreiter, Jr
Bisio
American League of Municipalities
Joseph L. Theison
Martin J. Ostrowski
Patrick O’brien
Louis Tossy
Frank J. Matson
Louis Brose
Deimel
Beef Plan Is Off The Books Says Justice Dept
Washington July 29 The government will not sue to dissolve the National Packing company after inking a voluntary plan by the Mor ris Swift and Armour packers The plan aims to revive active competition and promises no further restraint once competition returns An injunction from 1906 remains cited as a restraint on trade officials said at a conference with Wickersham James Wilkerson and Ralph Crews joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Beef Trust
Department of Justice
Wickersham
National Packing Company
Morris, Swift and Armour Packing Companies
Supreme Court of the United States
Morris, Swift and Armour
United States
James, Wilkerson
Chicago
Ralph Crews
Sugar Tariff Bill Passes Senate Compromise Adopted
The first pure Republican revision measure, a sugar tariff bill, passed the Senate in a late night vote. It trims the current duty from 1.90 to 1.60 a hundred pounds, ends the Dutch import standard and the refiners’ differential, saving about 20 million dollars in retail sugar and cutting government receipts by roughly 5.5 million. The Bristow Lodge plan carried 52 to 3 with most Republicans and a few Democrats in support.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Committee of the Whole
Thornton
Foster
Louisiana
Heyburn
Foster and Thornton
Alaska Home Rule Bill Clears Senate
The Alaskan civil government bill establishing a one house legislature passed the senate with little opposition. The house has approved it but a conference will be needed to reconcile differences.
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Washington
Senate
House
Taft Enters Pauline Wayne in Pennsylvania Cattle Show
President Taft competes with his prize cow Pauline Wayne at the Pennsylvania Cattle Show. The event opens September 19 at Devon with Taft serving as honorary head of the association.
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Taft
Philadelphia
Pauline Wayne
Pennsylvania Cattle ‘Show Association
Devon
Denver Editor to Vail Sentenced for Criminal Contempt
Frederick G. Bonfils, Denver Post publisher, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and a $5,000 fine for criminal contempt. The charges were brought by William G. Evans.
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Denver
Vail
Colo
Frederick G. Bonfils
Denver’ Post
William. G. ‘Evans
Big Storm Ravages Fayette County and Wisconsin River Area
The Fayette county flood from cloud bursts killed at least nineteen people including a boy in Dunbar and damaged eleven businesses and seventy five homes. The county loss nears one million dollars with bridges and streets wrecked. In Wisconsin, two dam breaks on the Wisconsin river near Wausau caused about 1.4 million dollars in damage.
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Pittsburg
Fayette
Here
Polecat
Evans Station
Lemont No. 2
Dunbar
Wausau
Wis
Wisconsin River
Miss Gamble Cleared In Father Slaying Case
Miss Ethel Gamble who killed her father Charles Gamble at her home in Kansas City was discharged Wednesday after the case against her was dropped. In Springfield many passengers were injured when an east bound Kansas City St. Louis train derailed near Lebanon Missouri on Wednesday.
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Kansas City
Ethel Gamble
Charles
Gamble
Springfield
Kansas City-St. Louis
St. Louis & San Francisco
Lebanon
Roosevelt Policies Endorsed by Iowa Progressive Convention
The Iowa Progressive convention in Des Moines on Wednesday endorsed Theodore Roosevelt and his candidacy for the presidency. Eight hundred delegates attended and will go on to the national convention in Chicago on August 5. President Taft was denounced as deserting the people's cause to serve the bosses.
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Des Moines
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
London Accepts Gift of Civil War Records for Guild Hall
The London corporation accepted with thanks last Friday an offer of 120 volumes of official Civil War records for the Guild Hall library. The donation comes from Reid and adds a significant archival collection to the city’s holdings and public access.
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London
Reid
England
London Corporation
Guild Hall Library
Beveridge Named Temporary Chairman of Progressive Party
Chicago July 27 Albert J Beveridge former senator from Indiana has left the Republican party and will be temporary chairman of the national Progressive party convention in Chicago.
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Beveridge
Chicago
Albert
J. Beveridge
Indiana
Republican
Taft Responds to Taft Faction Declares Verdicts Just
The Taft campaign issue a long White House statement arguing that the presidential tribunals were right in every contest. It says there is no evidence of bias and notes Roosevelt supporters filed 160 contests they abandoned, signaling poor faith.
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Washington
Taft
Chicago
White House
Executive Mansion
Roosevelt
Iowa Democrats Back Initiative and Referendum Platform
Cedar Rapids July 27 Iowa Democrats adopt a platform endorsing initiative and referendum and direct primaries. They nominate Maurice O Connor Fort Dodge and John E Craig Lee County for the supreme court on ballots from ten candidates with O Connor on the second and Craig on the third.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Supreme Court
Maurice O'Connor
Fort Dodge
John E. Craig
Lee County
O'Connor
Craig
Indiana Brevities Roundup of civic actions and notices
Bloomington sees a new Civic League organized with over 10000 dollars subscribed to back law enforcement, including saloon closures and anti gambling efforts. Princeton reports a crusade against cigarettes aimed at minors, with affidavits against dealers and theft of cigarettes. Connersville plans to fill a stagnant pond to curb mosquitoes in the east. Danville notes the 37th annual Central Normal College commencement August 2 with 200 graduates and a July 7 alumni banquet. Evansville’s Public Utilities plan seeks a gas rate cap of 85 cents for ten years aligning with future revisions.
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Bloomington
Civic League of
E. M. C. Hobbs
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
B. F. Adams
Charles H. Springer
John W. Cravens
Samuel W. Collins
Simeon C. Freese
Princeton
Fort Branch
Here
Danville
Central Normal College
Cloyd Goodnight
First Christian Church
Shelbyville
Evansville
Henry W. Marshall
New Public Utilities Company
Board of Public Works
Thaw Denied Freedom as Insanity Remains
Justice Keogh ruled on Thaw's third habeas corpus bid, finding Harry K Thaw still insane and a release dangerous to public safety. The writ was dismissed and Thaw ordered returned to Matteawan asylum.
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White Plains
N. Y
Keogh
Nberty
Thaw
Mattea- Wan
Matteawan Asylum
Harry K. Thaw
Harry K
Matteawan
Minority report urges federal incorporation for interstate firms
Washington July 30. The minority on the Stanley steel investigation calls for federal incorporation of all concerns in interstate commerce with capitalization over 50 million dollars. The report by Republican Gardner and Danforth advocates federal regulation of prices only if needed. Sterling and Young dissent from full price regulation, while agreeing with incorporation as a remedy.
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Washington
Stanley Steel Investigation Committee
Gardner
Danforth
Sterling and Young
Michigan
Messrs
Sterling and
Young
Captain Mikkelsen Is Saved.
Captain Mikkelsen was rescued after a perilous incident near New York. Details remain sparse but authorities confirm his safety and transfer to medical care. Local reports describe ongoing recovery and gratitude from his crew.
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Captain Mikkelsen
New
York
Uly
Fire destroys Two-Mile House saloon near Columbus
The Two-Mile house saloon run by John Schmak er two miles west of Columbus burned from gasoline ignition after a tourist party asked for a fill up. Loss was about 5000 dollars insured. Elwood reports cornerstone ceremony for the Federal building with Masons in charge and speeches by John A. M. Adair and Rev. George Winfrey. project costs 60000 dollars, due next April. Fort Wayne item notes a robbery at Columbia City where Heber Mosher resisted a gunpoint hold up and 145 dollars were taken.
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Columbus
John Schmaker
Schumaker
Elwood
Lodge of Masons
John A. M. Adair
George Winfrey
Summitville
Fort. Wayne
Heber ‘Mosher
Pennsylvania _ railroad
Columbia
Mosher
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State Board OF Commissioners
Red Spider
of State
Indiana Retail “Merchants” ‘Trading Stamp’ Association
Stockholm
U. K.D
U. S
Bristow
Alaska
Pennsylvania
Corporation
Minority
Stanley Steel Committee
Gard
Wildermuth
Slava Chelbrow
Jovan Sivo
Frank Badgley
South Bend
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