Indiana News Roundup With Hospitals Bonds And Land Gifts
Indiana reports show Wabash county voting to erect a $100,000 hospital, Elwood backs Debs for socialist candidate, and land gifts to DePauw University and Methodist hospital for a nurses' home. Other items note court cases, tax law effects on bonds, hog weight records, and infrastructure plans across several cities.
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Washington, D. C
Indiana
Brest
New York
Elwood
Eugene V. Debs
National Socialist Party
Wabash
Wabash County
Methodist Hospital
Deaconess
State of
Indianapolis
Henry Wahn
Meridian Street
Fall Creek Boulevard
Greensburg
Decatur County
Bayless
Rush Aind
Shelby
Jennings
Muncie
Delaware Circuit Court
W. A. Thompson
Prade
Fred M. Ogle
Mary I. Gott
Stella Hughes
Charles Ogeese
Silso
Eli Stansbury
Gilbert H. Hendren
State Board of Accountants
Marion
Grant
Lafontaine
Joseph Davis
Davis
Andrew J. Smith
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Gdiana
Smith
National Military Home
Terre Haute
Issac Strouse
Goshen
Evansville
United Commercial Travelers of America
Order
Gary
Lake County
Jeffersonville
United States Quartermaster’s
Lebanon
Boone County Fair Ground
Boone County Memorial Park Association
Boone County
South Bend
Walkerton
Epworth Hospital
Frank J. Hayes
United Mine Workers of America
Hungary Bolshviks Seize Power In Wartime Hungary
Vienna reports Hungary proclaims war on the Entente and forms a Soviet style government with Bela Kun as foreign commissary and Joseph Pogany as War commissary. Karolyi resigns amid Paris peace line changes as mobs attack posts and a state of siege spreads across the country. multinational forces and Czech regiments reportedly mutiny or prepare to resist.
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Vienna
Hungary
Karolyi
Budapest
Brody
Stanislau
Lenine
Michael Karolyi
Hapsburg
Proletariat
Copenhagen
Alexander Gorbai
Bela Kun
Joseph Pogany
Kun
Roumania
Paris
Russia
Bohemia
Serbia
Croatia
Austria
Germany
Meoscow
Basle
Foreign Office
Man Slain in Den of Curios in New York
Winfield Scott Philhower electrical expert and avid curios collector was found murdered in his New York den. An ancient Oriental sword and a leather slingshot lay nearby, the latter used by Philhower in a desperate defense. Police suspect a deep grudge or Oriental fanatic, with a paper bearing an address found near the body.
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New York
New York City
Winfield Scott Philhower
Philhower
Phil
Hower
Daniels Lands at Brest
Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, landed at Brest on March 24, as reported from the port.
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Daniels
Brest
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Easter in Rome Draws Thousands of Foreign Visitors
Before the great war Rome welcomed 10 000 to 15 000 foreign visitors for Holy Week. Many were English and American Protestants who joined religious ceremonies, browsed shops, and attended concerts though theatres were closed. Churches displayed mournful drapings on crucifixes and altars.
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Rome
Europe
Distribution of distinguished service crosses by division
Gen. Peyton C. March cites totals of 3 918 DSCs for gallantry, led by the Second Regulars with 664 crosses. The First Division 300, Third Regulars 233, Twenty-sixth National Guard 229, Forty-second Rainbow 205, and others follow with smaller counts across divisions and army branches. Infantry dominates with 2 942 decorations. air service 251. medical corps 235. artillery 183.
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Washington
Peyton C. March
New England National Guard
National Guard
National Army
Rainbow
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
March
Air Service
Medical Corps
Artillery
Engineers
Signal Corps
Tank Corps
Wife May Search Pockets Says Magistrate
New York magistrate ruled a wife may search her sleeping husband’s pockets and take money found. The case of Joseph Corway, arraigned for disorderly conduct, featured his claim a wife has no right to seize cash. The magistrate said a woman has the right to go through pockets especially after alcohol use.
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New York
Frederick J. Groehl
West Side
Joseph Corway
Corway
Dog Carries Liquor at Albany Business House
Two plainclothes officers watched a bird dog enter a business location with a note tied to its neck and leave with a package. Investigation showed a portion of whisky inside, but no one was tied to the crime as the case rested on uncertain evidence.
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Albany
Boy Scouts Sell Millions of War Savings Stamps
The United States treasury credit notes the Boy Scouts of America with selling 42 367 265 75 dollars in War Savings stamps during 1918. About 250 000 boys pledged 2 156 095 signatures while January receipts reach 1 479 721 75 dollars from 74 795 subscriptions. The top seller is G Schuyler Tarbell Jr of Ithaca New York with 77 165 25 dollars in 1918. Scouts emphasize collective effort and positive values fostering voluntary participation.
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United States Treasury
Boy Scouts of America
United States
G. Schuyler Tarbell, Jr
Ithaca
N. Y
Hodgson
McKeesport
James Campbell
Loraine
Gordon Bush
Athens
Federal Reserve District
Robert Clover
la Grange
Young Clover
Wilson
Boy Scout Movement
Montana Memorial Urges Congress to Let Veterans Keep Uniforms
A Montana legislative memorial urges U S Congress to amend army regulations to allow honorably discharged soldiers sailors and marines to retain one suit of uniform outer clothing for ceremonial use. The act passed reversing prior orders requiring turn in of uniforms applies to those discharged since November 11 1918 or later.
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Congress
The
United States
Senate
Port of Missing Men Helps Track Lost Soldiers
A new army division titled the Port of Missing Men gathers letters from across the country sent to the surgeon general’s office. Readers of army hospital papers contribute photographs and clues about missing soldiers, aiding families and officials in locating men last reported in France.
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Surgeon General's Office
United States Army
France
Surgeon General
Army Hospital
New York
Newport News
Washington
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