Methodists Hold Annual Meeting Elects New Officers
The eighty first Indiana annual M E B conference opened in Jeffersonville with Bishop Charles W. Smith presiding. New officers named include Secretary H W Bald tidge and treasurers C S Whitted and others. Obituaries noted ministers and spouses, with transfers announced from Kentucky Illinois Southern Illinois Northern Michigan and California conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles W. Smith
St. Louis
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Luther B. Wilson
Cincinnati
Smith
H. W. Bald- Ttldge
G. B. Walls
F. Schneider
C. C. Bennell
W. H. Howerton
C. S. Whitted
L. H. Ice
George E. Garrison
J. G. Moore
J. O. Powell
J. W. Elier
G. E. Bennett
Arthur Jean
John D. Hartsock
Quincy
John Woodruff Culmer
Willis Wininger
New London
Merriman S. Heavenridge
Washington
David S. Nickerson
Pleasantville
Robert A. Kemp
New Albany
David Almon Robertson
Abram MN. Marlatt
Connersville
Isadore Harrison
Elizabeth Brann Noble
Rebecca M. Kemp
Virgil W. Tevis
A. H. Pitkin
Bloomington
Daniel Onstott
Kentucky
George O. Warner
J. Benig
William McPheeters
California
War Veterans Reunion at Indiana Soldiers Home Picnic
About 1200 veterans and wives attended the annual picnic and reunion on the grounds of the State Soldiers home in Lafayette. Officers of the home and trustees welcomed guests as regimental reunions formed on the grounds. Eli Ritter delivered the principal address and D H McAbee presented the banner to the largest G A R delegation. A bugler led the assembly, and speeches and musical performances followed including a rendition of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Lafayette
State Soldiers’ Association
Soldiers’ Home Fire
Mulberry Band
D. B. Kehler
M.’ We. Collett
Logansport
Board
James H. Mitchell
Soldiers’ Home Commissary Department
Indianapolis
Eli Ritter
Soldiers’ Home Board
G. A. R. Post
D. H. McAbee
R. J. Powell
America
Elmer D. S. Boyer
Collett
Home Board
Ritter
Marietta Baker
Helen Rose
Danville
Indiana Board Estimates 786423 Votes for November
State board officials estimate 786 423 votes will be cast statewide in November across all parties, with 1 250 000 ballots to be sent out after adding 25 percent per precinct and 2 000 extra ballots per county. Edwin D. Donnell reports a year end surplus of 12 903.63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Election Commissioners
Secretary of State
Indiana
Brown County
Edwin D. Donnell
Election Board
State Bureau of Printing and Binding
Marion County Board of Election Commissioners
Indiana Library Trustees Plan Annual Meeting in Indianapolis
Members of the Indiana Library Trustees' Association are expected to attempt action at its annual meeting in Indianapolis. The note suggests organized discussion by association members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Library Trustees’ Association
Indianapolis
Indiana state board assigns inspections for colleges and high schools
The state board of education assigns pairs to inspect Indiana colleges including Central Normal Danville Miami Venice Oakland City Winona Lake Indiana University Valparaiso Tri State Angola Teachers College Rochester Normal South Bend Training Butler Evansville Tramping Fort Wayne Trashing Purdue Vergity Wabash DePauw Manchester North American Gymnastic Union Indianapolis Moores Hill Goshen Muncie Convent Oldenburg Franklin Indiana Central Vincennes Hanover with each member also visiting about 45 high schools statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Indiana
J. H. Tomlin
William E. Stone
Central Normal College
Danville
Miami Normal School
Oakland City College
Winona College
Winona Lake
Indiana University
George H. Tapy
R. L. Kelly
Valparaiso
Tristate Normal School
Angola
Teachers’ College of Indianapolis
Rochester Normal School
South Bend Training School
Butler College
J. G. Collcott
J. C. Webb
Earlham College
Evansville
Tralping
Fort Wayne
Purdue Uni. Vergity
Wabash College
J. N
William L. Bryan
DePauw University
Manchester College
Orl
Manchester
North American Gymnastic Union
S. Normal College
Indianapolis
Moores Hill College
Goshen College
Muncie Normal School
Charles A. Greathouse
AV. Parsons
Indianapolis City
Convent of Sisters of St. Francis
Oldenburg
Franklin College
Indiana Central ,University
Vincennes
University
Hanover College
County Jails in Indiana Receive Harsh Criticism
The Indiana Board of County Charities reports severe faults in county jails across the state. Bartholomew County’s Columbus jail is described as filthy and insanitary with basement filth and poor ventilation. Jeffersonville’s Clark County jail is noted as wretchedly ventilated with feet of water under the building. The Jeffersonville jail houses 15 men and three women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Board of County Charities
Indiana ‘Bulletin of Charities
Board of “State Charities
Bartholomew County Board
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Bulletin
Jeffersonville
Clark County Board
Midwest Specialty Company Incorporation in Indiana
Indiana corporation records show Midwest Specialty Company, chaired by D. A. Young and J. Tweedle, incorporated with capital of 15000 dollars to manufacture and sell journal packing. Directors listed include C. company with initial funding of 5000 dollars to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Midwest
Hammond
Young
J. A
Tweedle
C. ‘Company
Standard Oil Directors Still Meet At 26 Broadway Table
Richard C. Weit testifies before a referee that former Standard Oil directors still gather at 26 Broadway, though interlocking directorates and confidential plans have been abolished after the trust's dissolution. He notes daily meetings ended with the breakup last December and that discussions are now stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company
Broadway
Richard C. Vest
Standard Oil Company of New York
Standard - Oil- Waters-Pierce
Samuel Untermyer
Waters-Pierce
John .D. Archbold
Percy Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
J. A. Moffett
A. C. Bedford
H. C. Folger, Jr
C. M. Pratt
Walter Jennings
W. C. Teagle
M. F. Eliott
Trust
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Oil Trust
Federal Supreme Court
Weit
West
Battle Near Derne Marks Bloodiest Tripoli War Clash
Rome reports the war’s bloodiest engagement occurred near Derne on Wednesday. The Derne area lies on the Mediterranean coast about 110 miles northeast of Benghazi.
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Rome
Italy
Tripoli
Derne
Mediterranean
Bengazt
Maid of the Mist Runs Aground Near Falls in Niagara
The Maid of the Mist steamer carrying passengers to Niagara Falls struck rocks just below the cataract but broke free after skilled maneuvering. No injuries are reported and the vessel resumed its run.
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Niagara Falls
N._Y
Falls
Backed Mexico War Moves In New Orleans
Diplomatic adviser Juan Didapp accuses Charles P. Taft Henry Clay Pierce and Harriman representatives of funding the Diaz-opposed revolt for President Madero. He claims 5 million dollars loaned and repaid with a 20 million premium. A new junta to replace the broken one is planned. In Marfa Texas Col. Orozco and four staff fled Presidio and were held on neutrality law charges. trial to be before U S Commissioner Griffin with several attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Charles P. Taft
Henry Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Harriman
Juan P. Didapp
Diaz
Madero
Didapp
Mexico
Mex
United States
Mathews
Griffin
Utah Mine Strike Expands as Deputies Fire Upon Pickets
In Bingham Utah on September 23 a large strike crippled 6200 mine workers. Greek and Cretan guards had vacated trenches, but vigilance remained high. Pickets patrolled access roads and deputies exchanged fire while attempting to move toward the hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Utah
Spry
English Bid Is Lowest for Navy Shell Contract
Secretary Meyer must decide on awarding a navy contract for 2,000 fourteen inch shells to the Steel Company of Hatfield England after the firm underbid all competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meyer
Navy
Steel Company
Hatfield
England
Tobacco firm to seek $50 million funding in New York
A new tobacco company with a $50 million capitalization is reported in formation in New York. It is said to have the financial backing of Daniel G. Reid, chairman of the Rock Island & Pacific Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tobacco Company
Daniel G. Reid
Chicago
Rock Island &Pacific Railway
Trials in dynamiting case set for October first
Ortie McManigal is expected as principal witness as the government plans trials for fifty one indicted men on October first. The district attorney will present documentary evidence from International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers files showing a conspiracy to dynamite property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
John J. McNamara
Ryan
Ortie McManigal
Rioters Attack Street Cars in Superior Riot
A mob of about five thousand strike sympathizers wrecked street railway property in Superior. Six cars burned and police were unable to stop the violence as shots and bricks flew at conductors and motormen. More than 30 people were injured, and the sheriff called in deputies to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
Fourth Street
Ogden Avenue
Edward McKinnon
Belknap
Tower
East End
Ogden and
Marines Fired At Granada Rescue Mission
Three marine companies with three machine guns moved from Managua toward Granada amid reports rebels fired on U S sailors and marines. Pendleton's force dispatched to Granada harried toward Masaya, with Major Butler leading the first detachment signaling need for reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Managua
Granada
United States
General Mena
Navy Department
General Pendleton
Pendleton
Masaya
Butler
Whisky raids ruin liquor in Petersburg and other Indiana towns
Revenue officers raid three places in Petersburg destroying hundreds of gallons of whisky in a dry town. Reports from Hartford City Elwood Laporte Gary Madison announce various crimes and accidents including arrests, a fatal horse accident, a divorce filing, a murder by compressed air, a crippled newsboy offering his limb, a church centennial, labor strife at Laporte, a gasoline tank explosion in Booneville, and fatal railroad injuries in New Albany and Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Whitney
Gary
William Rugh
Cary
Ethel Smith
Miss Smith
Rugh
New Albany
Joseph Brocketts
Ford
Kentucky and Indiana
Brocketts
Vanderbilt Heir Born In England With Great Wealth Ahead
Baltimore dispatch reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt at Betchworth England. The cable notes both mother and child are well and the infant is expected to become extremely wealthy, potentially heir to at least 50 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Betchworth
Surrey
England
C. Hazentine Basher
Vanderbilt
Marguerite Emerson
Washington
Dumba Nominated Ambassador to Austria Hungary
Vienna announces Konstantin Theodor Dumba currently minister to Sweden is chosen to succeed Baron Hegelmuller von Mengervar as ambassador to Austria Hungary in Washington. It also reports New York City budget plans for next year showing $38,300,000 to run the schools, up $4,500,000 from 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Konstantin Theodor Dumba
Sweden
Baron Hegelmuller von Mengervar
Austria-Hungary
Washington
New York
Board of Education
Noted scientists gather for international hygiene congress
Washington hosts the international congress of hygiene and demography with about 500 delegates from Europe and America. President Taft greets the visitors as honorary president and later hosts a garden party at the White House, praising the large foreign participation and the congress's past work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Congress of Hygiene and Demography
Washington
Henry P. Walcott
Boston
Europe
America
Association
Congress
White House
WILL PROBE MONEY TRUST
The house committee on banking and currency will resume the money trust investigation in New York mid November with J Pierpont Morgan and Charles W Morse among the first witnesses. Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms White is said to have served subpoenas on these financiers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Money Trust
House Committee On Banking and Currency
J. Pierpont Morgan
Charles W. Morse
White
House of Representatives
Armies Tied Up by Flyers
Cambridge England September 21 an official announcement says army maneuvers were abandoned and a military conference will be held to assess the effects of aviation on warfare. Rival forces of about fifty thousand men reached a stalemate due to air scouting causing constant tactical changes and blocking any broad plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
England
Mrs Champ Clark Named Judge at Missouri Ham Show
Mrs Champ Clark was named president of the Missouri ham and bacon show at the University of Missouri Agricultural College in Columbia. She will serve as a judge in the ham and bacon contest in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Park
Columbia
Champ Clark
University of Missouri Agricultural College
Knox Attends Emperor Matsuhito's Funeral Dinner Host
Philander C. Knox, special ambassador of the United States, attended the state emperor Matsuhito funeral and was guest of honor at a dinner Friday hosted by Baron Shibusawa in Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Tokyo
Philander C. Knox
Matsuhito
United ‘States
Atla
Shibusawa
Auto Drives Over Cliff Death Notice
A report from Los Angeles California dated September 24 notes a fatal self-inflicted car crash as a man unable to win the affection of the woman he loved reportedly drove his automobile over a cliff. The incident involves Niles, C., Folsom, and Thelma Bartee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Niles
Folsom
Thelma Bartee
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Methodists
St. So_oophia
Constantinople
Turkey
Justinian
Mohammed II
St. Sophia
Rockefellers
Richard C. Weit
H. Clay Pierce
Blingham, Utah
Senator Kern
U. S
Nicaragua
Hoosier News
Hartford City
Botts
Montpelier
T. J. Hillyard
United States Department of Justice
Toledo
Marguerite Schuyler
Celina
Wabash
Durbin Crill
Crill
Elwood
Mary Ann Tucker
Samuel Tucker
Laporte
T’rosecutor Smith
Albert Liebig
Michigan City
Joe Syposki
Madison—Carmel
Rumely
Booneville
William Matthews
Charleston
Ill
Joseph Lantisa
Wabash Railroad
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Andrew Lantisa
Shelbyville
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