Indiana History and Civics Meeting Set February 13 14
Indiana State Teachers Association hosts a two day gathering in Indianapolis on February 13 and 14 with sessions on modern civics teaching history course revisions and local history. Notable speakers include Harry W Wood C B Haworth Oscar H Williams Thomas F Moran Harlow Lindley Jacob P Dunne Demarchus C Brown James A Woodburn and John A Lapp with officer elections at the closing joint session of the historical society and Indiana Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Harry W. Wood
Manual Training High ‘School
C. B. Haworth
Kokomo
Oscar H. Williams
Bloomington
Indiana
Thomas F. Moran
Purdue University
Indiana Historical Society
Harlow Lindley
Earlham College
United States
Jacob P. Dunne
James A. Woodburn
Indiana University
John A. Lapp
Indiana Bureau of Legislative Information
Frank S. Bogardus
Indiana State Normal School
Gibson named state bank examiner for Indiana
Auditor of State announces Alvah E. Gibson of Marion to filling vacancy created by Arthur Craven’s advance. Gibson to earn 2500 dollars yearly with headquarters at Marion and travel to cities statewide. He was long time Democratic Marion city chair and 1900s mayoral candidate defeated by J. O. Batchelor. The 1914 Northern Indiana Editorial association meeting will be in Fort Wayne with an invited program including Mrs Hester Alverson Motfet president of the Women’s Press club of Indiana.
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O’brien
Marion
Asa
Giby ‘Son
Arthur “C Craven
Ate Banking Department
Gibson
J. O. Batchelor
Northern Indiana Editorial Association
Fort Wayne
Harry B. Darling
Commercial Club of
Woman’s Press Club of
Indiana
Hester Alverson Motffet
Elwood
Woman's Press Club
Agency reports on dependent children welfare 1913 figures
The board of state charities details non resident dependent cases and agency work for public wards in the year ended September 30 1913. It records field visits 2950 children 921 per cent well 7.5 per cent unsatisfactory and returns to responsible agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of State Charities
Board
Agency For Dependent Children
Religious conference ends in Bloomington with noted sermons
Sessions end in Bloomington after a two day conference of workers at state universities. Dr Shaller Matthews dean of the divinity school at the University of Chicago gave the best attended address on Preparing Religious Leaders. Other talks featured Charles M Stuart of Garret Biblical Institute on Supreme Ideals of Religious Education and Frank D Padelford of the Baptist board of education spoke on securing denomination interest in state university work.
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Shaller Matthews
Divinity School
University of Chicago
National Religious Conference of ‘Workers
Bloomington
Matthews
Charles M. Stuart
Garret Biblical Institute
Evanston, Til
Charles T. Paul
College of Missions of
Indianapolis
Frank D. Padelford
Baptist Board of Education of Boston
State Board Debates Auto Race At State Fair
The Indiana state board of agriculture in the state house discussed adding an automobile race to the state fair next September. No action was taken, left to the executive committee chaired by Clem Graves. RH A Moross proposed a dirt mile event as a special attraction, but members favored caution to avoid antagonizing Speedway promoters. The group noted potential danger and considered premium changes, adding 300 dollars to agricultural premiums while keeping speed event total at 20,000 dollars.
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State Board of Agriculture
State House
Clem Graves
RH. A. Moross
Indianapolis Speedway
Speedway Wh CO
Indiana
Pharmacy board officials visit Anderson drug staffs
Burton Cassidy and Jerome J. Keene toured local drug staffs amid drug safety concerns. Officials would not disclose findings but aim to investigate reports of large quantities of cocaine morphine and related drugs shipped to the city. The Indiana board monitors sales through wholesale houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Cassidy
Indiana Board of Pharmacy
Jerome J. Keene
Anderson
State’ Board
Indiana
Schmidt Must Die Electric Chair for Anna Aumuller Killing
Hans Schmidt former priest was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Anna Aumuller whom he married in a self formed ceremony at St Josephs church. He faces the electric chair at Sing Sing with sentencing set for next Wednesday. He accepted guilt and mocked the insanity defense while appealing is unlikely says his attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
St. Joseph’s, Church
Sing Sing
Schmidt
Supreme Court
A. G. Koelble
Mutiny in Peru Overthrows Government Amid Siege
Lima reports reveal the Peruvian army joined revolutionaries besieging the city on February 6. Government fell within an hour after mutiny, with President Guillermo Billinghurst captured. Other brief items note a major fire in Alexandria, Indiana destroying the Elks home, and a five story apartment fire in New York endangering forty tenants. Washington indicates President Wilson backs a Panama exposition exhibit for the canal opening. Galt Ontario also reports a Shurly Dietrich plant fire causing about 200000 in losses.
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Lima
Peru
Guillermo Billinghurst
Alexandria
Ind
the Elks
New York
West Seventy-first
Washington
Wilson
United States
Panama
Galt
Ontario
Shurly-Dietrich Company
Bed
Ak Oo
Three Poultry Trust Members Sentenced to Prison
The New York Court of Appeals upholds the conviction of 13 poultry trust members for forming a restraint of trade. Eighteen defendants face three months on Blackwell's Island and a $500 fine each. Named defendants include Erving V. Dwyer and A. G. Dwyer of Bayonne, Charles Westberg of Rosedale, W.W. Smith of Roselle, and others from New York, New Jersey. The ruling enables further prosecutions of local combinations involving restraint of trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court of the
Poultry Trust
Blackwell's Island
Erving V. Dwyer
A. G. Dwyer
Bayonne
N. J
Charles Westberg
Rosedale
N.J
W.W. Smith
Roselle
Charles R. Jewell
Belmar
James R. Norris
Brooklyn
William H. Harris
Sea Cliff
N. Y
Charles T. Hawk
Newark
Charles Thatcher
Clendon
Tottenville
Samuel Werner
New York City
Solomon Frankel
Charles” ‘Werner
Holgemere
Appellate Division
Secretary Bryan halts Asiatic exclusion bill push
Secretary of State Bryan urged Representative Baker to drop the Japanese exclusion bill for the moment to avoid straining relations with Japan and Mexico. He told the Immigration Committee the issue would be suspended pending state department recommendations and added secrecy to the briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bryan
Congress
House Immigration Committee
Japan
Mexico
State Department
Raker
California
Burnett
Prison urged for bail men in Morgan case inquiry
Senator Norris urged a new inquiry into the New Haven railroad affair accusing immunity for witnesses of delaying a full probe. He cited charges that Morgan & Co attorneys earned 15000 for drafting subsidiary papers and warned that if true, eight or ten persons belong in penitentiary. Senator Borah pressed concern that immunity might shield guilty parties.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Norris
Morgan & Co
The
New
Haven
Borah
Dog Leads to Drowned Child in Oklahoma Creek
A farmer in Ardmore Oklahoma followed his dog to a creek where the animal led him to a drowning three year old child. The incident hinges on the dog's actions and the tragic outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Okla
James Rivers
Aod
PANKHURST QUITS MILITANTS
Sylvia Pankhurst announces her secession from the militant Woman's Social and Political Union. She will focus on the East End of London federation, once a branch of the parent organization, amid concerns over Mrs. Pankhurst's weakened condition after prison sentences.
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London
Sylvia
Pankhurst
Emmeline
Woman's ‘Social and Political ‘Union
Christabel
Sylvia Pankhurst
Lon‘don
Smiling Bob Bremner Dies in Baltimore
Representative Bob Bremner of New Jersey dies in Baltimore on Thursday after weeks of illness. The unfortunate event ends a career described as marked by resilience and public service, leaving constituents and colleagues mourning his passing.
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Bremner
New: Jersey
Washington
Bob”. Bremner
New
Jersey
Baltimore
Can. Sche
Trains tragedy in Cumbre tunnel linked to bandits
reports from Juarez detail the Cumbre tunnel fire caused by Maximo Castillo. Nine Americans and 40 Mexicans were suffocated as a rescue train with 20 Americans and 50 coffins departed for the scene.
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Chihuahua
Cumbre
Mexico
Northwestern Railway
Castillo
Juarez
Cumbre Tunnel
Maximo Castillo
Bryan
Edwards
Benavides
F. Cc. Herr
Madera
M.j.gilmartin
Lee Williams
H. F. Marders
EH. J. McCutcheon
J. E. Webster
Edward Morris
Thomas, Kelly
James Burgess
New York
Myles Dobson
Huerta
Mr. Dobson
Wilson
City of Mexico
Senate Passes Smith Lever Bill With Jones Amendment Defeat
Washington February 10 The Senate approved the Smith Lever agricultural extension bill without a full roll call. The only formal vote was the defeat of the Jones amendment by 32 to 23. The measure, already passed by the House, goes to conference and could become law within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Smith-Lever
House
Indiana Rural News Briefs Highlight Deaths and Local Affairs
Reports from Indiana towns describe cattle deaths linked to disease, death of Thomas Lyons in Jay county, and upcoming national events. City notes include Elkhart policewoman appointment, Purdue short course in Goshen, and Poseyville smallpox quarantine. Additional items cover County chairmanship in Auburn, a Sherman crossing accident near Sheridan, and legal outcomes in Marion and Fort Wayne clubs.
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Hlad
Indianapolis
Portland
Thomas
Lyons
Jay
Boundary
Ohio
Terre: Haute
Smith
Goshen
Purdue
Elkhart County
Wakarusa
Middlebury
Shelbyville
Maude Marie Childs
Battle Creek
Mich
Evansville
Poseyville
Posey County
Auburn
de Kalb
Ralph
Here
Brown
Marion
Mary C.drake
William Whistler
Moses Barres
Fort Wayne
Mindiana Life Underwriters’ — Association
Julian F. Franke
Arthur, Young
Jacob Hartman
W. P. Cooper
Anthony
Terre Haute
James BH. HS ‘Somes
Indiana Society
English
Charles “W. Miller
Charles W. Moores
J. R. ‘Morgan
Kokomo
James B. Harris
C. E
Jacob
Rose
Ae Cameos Sa
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Indiana State Association
the Historical Society
the Charities Board
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Will
Fage
NEW York Supreme Court
Baker
Deal
Woman's Social and ‘Political Union
Bob
Etoen
Caius
Ina
Havens
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