Closed season urged to protect state bass population
George W. Miles new state fish and game commissioner seeks a lake bass closed season from April 1 to May 15 and a daily bag limit of 18 bass to ensure natural reproduction. He aims to persuade the legislature to pass the law and urges strict enforcement with cooperation from truce sportsmen.
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Indianapolis
George W. Miles
Fish and Game
Z. T. Sweeney
Miles
Mr. Miles
Fish and Game Department
General Assembly
Fish All Game Department
Crawfordsville Chosen as Next Indiana Municipal League Meeting
Crawfordsville was picked to host the Indiana Municipal League session with officers named Lemuel S. Darrow of Laporte as president James E. Burke Jeffersonville as first vice president John Thom Noblesville as second vice president Loring W. Melette Elwood as treasurer Fred B. Robinson Crawfordsville as secretary Gary opposed Crawfordsville but withdrew after indicating support for waiting and the selection was made unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Lemuel S. Darrow
Laporte
James E. Burke
Jeffersonville
John Thom
Noblesville
Loring W. Melette
Elwood
Fred B. Robinson
Gary
Deputy Secretary Grubbs Promotes Tax Law Education Fund
A small oil firm sent a $5.44 draft to the secretary of state, with $1 for an automobile license and the rest for the current corporation tax under the new national tax law. Elam H. Neal, IRS collector, notified the firm it owed $4.44 to the national government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank I. Grubbs
Elam. H. Neal
United States Internal
Tax protest dooms Indiana bureau query on back pay
Indiana Manufacturers bureau secretary Harry Miesse sought guidance from John B. Cockrum and H. H. C. Miller on recovering corporate tax payments if Supreme Court voids the levy. The attorneys concluded protests do not protect refunds unless a levy interrupts business, in which case payment under protest may preserve a later recovery claim.
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Harry Miesse
Indiana Manufacturers’ Bureau
Bureau
United States Supreme Court
John B. Cockrum
H. H. C. Miller
Chicago
Mine Roofs Must Be Safe
An appellate court rules coal mine operators bear an absolute duty to remove loose rock and slate before workers enter. Judge Rohr states the owner must make dangerous areas safe and exclude workers not engaged in safety work, rejecting the notion that practicability or interference with mining could override the law.
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Rohr
Pensions Granted to Indianians Listed by Amounts
Pensions have been granted to several Indianians. Names include Newton Beal 14 dollars Samuel R Bolinger 14 dollars William W Brant 14 dollars Ada C Chittick 12 dollars Mary J Deweese 12 dollars Joseph Frey 15 dollars Thomas J Graves 10 dollars Caroline Hart 12 dollars Elmer G Harvey 20 dollars Samuel R Herrons 20 dollars Omer H Overton 20 dollars Asa Huffman 30 dollars Samuel Jennings 12 dollars John P Jessup 24 dollars Emma Killinger 12 dollars Henry M Rochers 15 dollars Gabriel Miller 24 dollars Margaret Morss 12 dollars William E Pheasant 15 dollars Sarah Skelton 12 dollars James W Sipes 24 dollars Thomas D Tharp 20 dollars Elmore A Thomas 12 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Beal
Samuel R. Bolinger
Wiliam W. Brant
Ada C. Chittick
Mary J. Deweese
Joseph Frey
Thomas J. Graves
Caroline Hart
Elmer G. Harvey
Samuel R.herrons
Asa Huffman
Samuel Jennings
John P. Jessup
Emma Killinger
Henry M. ‘Rochers
Gabriel’ Miller
Margaret ‘Morss
William » E. Pheasant
Sarah Skelton
James W. Sipes
Thomas D. ‘Tharp
Elmore
Baptists Open Convention in Indiana Gathering
Two hundred delegates from various parts of Indiana attended the opening meeting of the joint state convention. The event reflects broad regional participation in the Baptist gathering.
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Indiana
Landis quashes indictment in beef trust case
Judge Landis sustains demurrer to the government indictment against National Packing Co and ten subsidiaries for restraint of trade. A special grand jury venire of 75 is ordered for July 14 to begin a second inquiry. The court finds no interstate commerce charge proven and voids the indictment.
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Chicago
National Packing Company
Keneshaw M. Landis
United States District Court
Beef Trust
Landis
Funston Near Death in Heart Attack at Leavenworth
General Frederick Funston, commandant of the army service schools at Leavenworth, Kansas, is dangerously ill with angina pectoris. Post physicians and top nurses attend him at home as Mrs. Funston, in California, was notified Friday. The illness is linked to long-standing heart trouble worsened by recent heat.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Frederick Funston
Army Service Schools
General Funston
Army
Miss Roosevelt Not to Wed Denial Sparks Scandal
Theodore Roosevelt denied a rumor that his daughter Ethel was engaged to James Thompson Williams Jr. after a New York visit by the former president, calling the report scandalous infamy of a scoundrel and denying any betrothal.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Ethel
James Thompson Williams, Jr
Sagamore Hill
Standard Oil Lowers Refined Oil Prices Nationwide
New York reports a cut in wholesale refined oil to seven and a half cents per gallon from one and one half cents. Standard Oil controls over seventy percent of refined output, making the impact widespread across the country.
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Standard
New York
Standard Oil Company
Triumph for Americans in German oil inquiry
Hamburg prosecutor ends official probe into Deutsche Vacuum Oil s German operations led by E L Quarles finding no grounds for indictment. The case, sparked by German press attacks on American graft methods, marks a notable American victory in Germany and follows a pattern of slander when Germans cannot compete with Americans.
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Berlin
Standard Oil Company
Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company
Hamburg
Vacuum Company
E. L. Quarles
SAY CHARLTON IS INSANE New York Porter Charlton case grips Jersey City
New York Porters named Charlton confesses killing his wife Mrs Mary Castle Charlton and hiding the body in a trunk tossed into Lake Como Italy. Extradition to Italy faces strong opposition from Judge Charlton and lawyers who plan an insanity defense. Alienists report Charlton is insane and incurably so, as extradition battles unfold.
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New York
Porter Charlton
Mary Castle Charlton
Lake Como
Italy
Hudson County
Jersey City
Charlton
R. Floyd Clarke
William D. Edwards
Washington
Irene
Hoboken
Rome
Chariton
Record of Huge Egg Lot Stored in Newark Warehouse
Forty five million eggs have been shipped into Newark since April 1 and stored in cold facilities by warehousemen. They cost about twenty six cents a dozen and were bought at an average price of 2344 cents per dozen. If sold in New York next winter at 45 cents a dozen, profit would be 19 cents per dozen totaling over $700,000.
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Newark
New York
Actress Marion Dell Taylor Drowned in Hudson River
New York reports an actress known on stage as Miss Marion Dell Taylor drowned in the Hudson River when a small skirt raft with three others was struck and smashed by a barge. Her real name is Marion Dell Sneider, and her parents live in Kankakee.
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New York
Marion Dell-Taylor
Hudson
Taylor
Marion Dell
Sneider
Kankakee
Bandits Rob Train In Ogden Nevada? No Utah
Three masked bandits robbed the Oregon Short Line northbound train No. 1 from Ogden at 1 30 am. They rifled the express car and coaches, injuring two passengers and two trainmen. A woman lost diamond earrings and a foreigner was assaulted. Deputies pursued as bandits fled in a buggy.
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Ogden
Utah
Oregon Short Line
Second Street
N. B. Franklin
Franklin
John Hutchens
Kirkwood
J. H. Ball
Taft's Son's Auto Strikes Laborer Near Pride's Crossing
In Beverly Massachusetts the Taft automobile driven by Robert Taft struck a street laborer near Pride's crossing as a crew oiled the road. The victim was knocked into the gutter and taken to a hospital with possible skull fracture. Taft's companions were Lendall King and George Harrison.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Robert T. Taft
Robert
Lendall King
Minneapolis
George Harrison
Washington
White House
Massachusetts North Shore
Pride’s Crossing
Desperado Bostwick Killed by Soldiers Near Irwinville
W T Bostwick, barricaded in his Irwinville area home, shot and killed two besieging militiamen before soldiers rushed the house and killed him. His six children were unharmed and removed from the scene amid threats to burn the residence. The military company traveled from Fitzgerald to the scene of the gun battle.
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Atlanta
W. T. Bostwick
Irwinville
Bostwick
Fitzgerald
Senate Passes Postal Savings Bank Bill In Swift Action
Washington reports the Senate concurred with the House on the postal savings bank bill by a 44 to 25 vote, sending it to President Taft for signature. The plan allows deposits up to 100 a month, 500 total, with 2 percent interest and bonds purchased to back deposits. A 65 percent redeposit rule and 30 percent bond use are outlined, with a central board of trustees including the postmaster general, the secretary of the treasury and the attorney general.
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State Board of Medical Examination
Wwot. Gott
M.S. ‘Canfield
S. G. Smelser
Smelser
John F. Sparnhurst
Gott
Canfield
Sparnhurst
Doctor Spaunhurst
Washington
Taft
Senate
House Postal Savings Bank
House
Bational
Secretary of the Treasury
Attorney General
Postal-Savings Banks
Harmon Renominated for Governor and Harmon for President
The Ohio Democratic convention renominated Gov Judson Harmon for governor by acclamation and adopted a resolution endorsing him for the presidency in 1912. Atlee Pomerene of Canton was named lieutenant governor on the second ballot, and the motion to endorse a U S senator was defeated 840 to 254.
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Dayton, O
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Harmon
Atlee Pomerene
Canton
Indorse
United States
Wedded in Runaway Match in Delaware
Miss Edith Augusta Gaynor daughter of New York Mayor and Harry K Vingut millionaire horseman eloped to Wilmington and wed in the Office of Delaware Attorney General Andrew C Gray with Rev George L Wolfe officiating at First Methodist Protestant Church.
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Wilmington
Del
Edith Augusta Gaynor
Gaynor
New York City
Harry Kermit Vingut
George L. Wolfe
First Methodist Protestant Church
Andrew C. Gray
Delaware
Twenty Mexican Soldiers Slain in Mexico City
A report from Mexico City states twenty federal soldiers were killed in a confrontation. Details on the clash, location, and outcomes remain limited as authorities investigate the incident.
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Mexico City
Taft Signs Harbor Bill and Other Measures
President Taft signed the rivers and harbors bill and other measures as the sixty first congress adjourned sine die. He warned Congress to reform how river and harbor projects are framed and will withhold approval if future bills fail to adopt changes.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Postal Savings Bank
Treasury Department
Gore
Oklahoma
Senate
Indian Affairs Committee
Beverly
White House
House
McGuire
Carter
Martin
Dem
Colorado
Philippines
Interior Department
Philippine
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Ship Fire Tragedy Leaves Multiple Dead Injured
A ship fire in La Crosse Wisconsin results in four dead and many injured as passengers attempt to escape the burning hull. The incident reports indicate a large number of casualties and critical injuries.
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Municipal League
Frees National Packing Company
Gen
Funston
Dangerously
Kansas
Miss Roosevelt
Georgia
Gov
Harry Vingut
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