Currency Bill Faces Long Hurdles as Commission Reports Delay
Washington reports suggest Taft fears currency reform may yield no lasting results this session. The National Monetary Commission, led by Senator Aldrich, delays a bill due to deep differences among financial interests. Keifer proposes a 250000 celebration grant for Lake Erie’s centennial. Graves, new U S forester, adopts Pinchot positions on forests and water flow, stirring debate over Appalachian reserves. relations within the Republican ranks show mounting pressure over tariffs and Senate seats.
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Colorado
Monetary Board
Hernando D. Money
Mississippi
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Lake Erie
Warren Keifer
House of Representatives
General Keifer
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Chesapeake
Shannon
Graves
Pinchot
Appalachians
White “Mountains
Committee On Agriculture
Debate on Deaf School Pupils Leads Indiana Session
Indiana hearing program chief asserts many public school pupils are effectively deaf, hindering education. He urges expanded capacity and compulsory schooling to expand enrollment. Also notes findings on paroled inmates and insurer tax suit. reports on indeterminate sentence results and health labeling rulings.
Women run Indiana state reformatories praised by committee
The legislative visiting committee praised Indiana state institutions run by women the Indiana Woman's Prison and the Indiana Girls' School in Indianapolis. They highlighted improved conditions since the Jeffersonville reformatory era and commended the superintendent and trustees for financial and inmate care. Charlotte Dye acted as superintendent at the girls' school with Mrs. Sarah E. Campbell leading the board. The school trains delinquent girls ages ten to twenty-one in domestic work and right living, with an enrollment of 304 against a 245 capacity. 114 girls were received last year, prompting dormitory conversions.
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Indiana State School For Deaf
Legislative Visiting Committee
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Washington, D. C
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Indiana Woman’s Prison
Indiana Girls’ School
Woman’s Prison
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Charlotte Dye
Sarah E. Campbell
Anderson
Lorimer Cleared of Bribery in Senate Seat Vote
A senate subcommittee found no evidence that Lorimer was bribed to win his May 27 1909 election. The report notes his constitutional majority would remain intact even if seven bribed votes were proven, and the full committee plans to consider the report before adjournment.
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Lorimer
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Bulkeley
Connecticut
Frazier
Tennessee
Johnston
Alabama
Senate
Burrows
Chicago
Ilinois
Wllneis
Mr. Lorimer
Taft Sees No Danger From War Scare
President Taft told the American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes there is no war scare danger. He said the U S is at peace with all nations and will likely remain so. He urged more trained officers and ammunition for ready use and noted coast defenses for important harbors.
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Taft
American Society For the Judicial Settlement of
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A. Republic
United States
Bedouins Attack Christians After Turkish Massacre
Reports from Jerusalem describe Bedouin forces undertaking brutal acts against Christians after massacring Turkish soldiers. At Kerak, captives were crucified and tortured while others were enslaved. numerous women were taken, and dead bodies bore mutilations. Bedouins are praised for martial skill but condemned for cruelty.
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Syria
Kerak
World Peace Efforts Energize International Disputes Group
Washington. The Hague Peace Conference inspired the American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes to hold a three day conference here. The gathering includes the president of the United States and leading European figures, highlighting disarmament and the push for an international court to settle disputes without war.
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International Court of Justice
American Society For Judicial Settlement
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St. Louis Ball Club Sold to Local Syndicate
R L Hedges majority owner of the St. Louis American League team transfers his holdings to a local syndicate. Principal buyers include E M Hodgman Mark Ewing Nathaniel Ewing Louis M Hall and Edward Prendergast. New York National League adopts a 154 game schedule for 1911 starting April 12 ending around October 12.
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Louis M. Hall
Edward Prendergast
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National League of Baseball
National League
Senators Back Direct Vote For Senators
A subcommittee of the judiciary committee favors a constitutional amendment to allow direct election of U S senators by the people. The vote was two to one with Borah and Rayner in the majority and Dillingham in the minority.
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Senate Committee On Judiciary
United States
Borah
Rayner
Dillingham
Forts at Panama Urged as Greatest Weapon for Peace
Cambridge Massachusetts discusses frowning forts at both ends of the Panama Canal. Guns ready to annihilate any fleet that dares molest U S supremacy. Theodore Roosevelt presents fortifications as America’s formidable peace offer.
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Panama ' ‘Canal
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Slays Wife's Companion at Kouts Indiana Barn
Jacob Walters shot Albert Johnson in a barn behind the Glissman hotel in Kouts Ind Johnson was killed instantly after Walters claimed the victim was too attentive to Walters wife Mrs Walters was missing from her room and Walters pursued her from the barn firing two shots Johnson staggered fifty feet and died Inquest deemed it justifiable Walters then turned himself in to the sheriff.
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Walters
Walter
Indiana
School Ma'am Fights Fire at Country Schoolhouse
Miss Merle Graves of Bloomington presided over a rural school when flames appeared on the roof. With no nearby water and no house for a mile, she organized a bucket brigade, used a ladder and ax to remove burning shingles, and helped direct the firefighting effort.
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Bloomington
Merle Graves
Indiana University
Anderson Population Reaches 25187 In City Growth
Residents celebrate government announcement that Anderson now has 25187 people. Officials had estimated 22000 to 23000 as recent growth. city shows about 25 percent increase despite natural gas failure and Madison County population decline. Growth from 12517 in 1890 to 22611 in 1900 noted.
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Anderson
Madison County
Swindling Scheme Tied to Rushville Vendors
Reports allege a man named Pave operated a hotel keeper in Rushville and was held awaiting 277 fliers. He is said to have used a printed letterhead scheme with town advertisements on the back, targeting Rushville Greensburg and other places.
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Rushville
Fayer
Greensburg
Presbyterians Gather for Crawfordsville Presbytery Meeting
Ministers from ten counties totaling about seventy five attended the Crawfordsville presbytery annual meeting. Dr Warren H Wilson of New York spoke on Country Life. Rev. E B Landis reported on rural churches and their relation to country life. Counties represented included Tippecanoe Benton Warren Montgomery Carroll Clinton Boone Clark Vermilion and Fountain.
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Lafayette
Crawfordsville
Judge Nolled Dozens Of Cases In Rushville Court
Rushville judge Blair, on Deputy Prosecutor Wallace Morgan’s motion, nolled forty two criminal cases in the Rushville circuit court. Twenty were liquor law violations and the rest included assault and battery petit and grand larceny allowing minors to play pool wife desertion and malicious trespass. Only five cases remain on the docket.
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Blair
Wallace Morgan
Circuit
Narrow Escape From Fire At Chicago School
Miss Julia Russell a prominent Kokomo socialite and daughter of E R Russell narrowly escaped a $100,000 blaze at the Chicago School of Physical Education and Expression. She and other school members reached the roof and were rescued by firemen.
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Kokomo
Julia Russell
Russell
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