Mayor pledges aid of city to sugar beet refinery plans
The Fort Wayne Commercial Improvement Club heard H C Berghoff pledge city support if the Pennsylvania company can route a switch from Gay to Calhoun streets without seizing street space. John Bass faced pressure over land needed for the Be-g sugar plant with partial compensation debated. A Sugar Beet culture talk by John Peach highlighted yeilds and profits, noting beet farming in Allen and Van Wert counties and refinery plans for Fort Wayne. A committee was formed to report on refinery proposals and land use, with discussions on financing and lot allotments pending further details.
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Vee
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Elub
Great Britain on the anxious seat over Venezuela crisis
London dispatch reports no official news yet on Venezuela. Rumors of fighting in La Guayra rise as Britain seizes a vessel at Puerto Cebello. Public mood calls for parliamentary explanations, possible occupation implications, and US or French intervention to avert hostilities.
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Venezuela
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Foreign Office
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United States
France
Bowen
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Woast
May Be The Westville Bank Robbers
Washington Init Dec 11 Local authorities believe two trampe arrested in Cenaciburs after a citizen posse pursued them through the city. The suspects, armed with revolvers, forced several housewives to prepare meals and may be hiding in the Westville land calber. Wesley Reynolds died in the manhunt. The captured men refused to reveal their names but claimed origin from Idlaniapolis. Both are in custody.
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Wesley Reynolds
Wight Watchwan
Idlaniapolis
Bank robbers flee after escape from jail six months later
Two tramp companions, one with a bandaged arm, broke free from custody at Westville as ten day sentences hung over them. Authorities issued a fresh search for the fugitives and requested a description of the robbers.
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Mrs O Malley To Be Tried At Philadelphia
Mrs O Malley and Heszin face trial on charges of stealing jewelry valued at around 900 from Dr Joseph O Malley of University City and brother of Prof Austin O Malley. Indictments returned Tuesday in Philadelphia.
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Nev
Aline O'M
Austin O'Malley
South Bend
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Willam J. Hearst
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Heszin
Joseph O Malley
Unis City
Gold Drive In Gas Field Tour Highlights Declining Supply
A Hartford City field visit by Fort Wayne Gas officials led by Max Hofmann examined two new pumping stations and field pressures. The party, including city council members, learned about drilling progress with sixty new wells this year and seventy-five last year, and noted gas lines extending into Blackford, Grant, and surrounding counties while local residents brace for a continued drop in natural gas supply.
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Blackfard County
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Borkerstein
William’ Ghebel
G Max Hofchann
C. Moffat
The
Daily News
Journal-Gazette
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Melman
Kerlin
Holtmann
Peace Conference Talks End, Baseball Leagues Meet
Vermin conference plans described in a chaotic report reveal the National and American leagues arranging a peace meeting at Victoria Hotel. Letters from Ban Johnson and league presidents indicate a tentative session to discuss terms and timing, with attendees from Cleveland Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati.
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A. Peace
Nationn League
Rim weYence
Bun Johnson
American League
Clairles Sumintes
Cleveland
J. & Kiltoyle
Cleveland Elan
August Herrman
Cincinnati
James Mart
Chicago
Frank Denase Robbon
St. Linus
National League
Takrson
Dora Lightner Acquitted in Murder Case
The jury found Dora Lightner not guilty of the murder of Miss Lucy Wheeles after a closing argument period. The case centered on the alleged involvement of Lightner in the fatal events surrounding Wheeles.
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Ree
Dora Lightner
Lucy Wheeles
Wabash Threatens Transcontinental Line Over Fair Play
President Ramsey warns Pittsburg councils that if fair play is refused the Wabash Railway will abandon plans for a great trans continental passenger line and instead focus on freight terminals. The move would halt city bridge work and a $1,560,000 downtown passenger station, with ties to steel orders and regional access.
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Joseph Tramsey
Pittsburg
Te American Bridge Company
Monenguela
Rameey
Coal strike probe hears Crawford defy price questions
Miners strike commission hears Crawford, president of the People's car company, refuse to disclose his coal price, while operators defend high during the dispute. Del Lackawanna workers testify they earned 99 cents a car before the strike and faced wage and price changes as testimony continues.
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Crawton
Inda
Oxford Cotiesy
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Gray
Darrow
Ue: Commission
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Delaware, Lackawannah& Western Company
Former Fort Wayne Man Dead in Scranton Gas Plant Accident
A former Fort Wayne man, Joby Kane, was fatally burned yesterday in the generating room of the Scranton Gas and Water Company plant on Bridge Street. Kane, once a passenger on the Pennsylvania Lines and later a South Hanna Street grocer, was near a leaking oil pipe when a lit torch ignited vapors. He fell fifteen feet, his clothing ignited, and he died after being hospitalized.
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Statehood bills trigger clash among Senators in debate
The senate grappled with a bill fixing compensation for the antiracile coal strike arbitration commission. A $4,000 lump sum was set to remove pay from the president, and expenses for commissioners and assistant recorders were raised to $18 per day. The commission’s name was changed, and amendments to ban civil or military officers from serving were debated before a vote was delayed until Monday.
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Vermont
Allison Ng
Heary Frally
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Hate
Beveridge
Lodge
Hale
Indiana House Debates Election Contests and Probes
The Indiana House spent most of the day on a resolution to cut the period for taking testimony in the Wagoner Butler contested election case, adopting it 135 to 118 to allow handling this session. The session noted members Butler and others, with references to commissions, penalties, and various appointments, including postmasters and a request to repatriate a body from Mexico.
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Wagoner Butler
Butler
Russell
Cisnnecticut
Sheppard
Destatfengeld
Texas
Senate panel backs Merriam retirement as major general
The senate committee on military affairs favorably acted today on a bill to retire Gen Merriam as major general rather than brigadier. Representative Sulzer of New York introduced another bill in the house to require large corporations to make annual returns to government authorities. It proposes creation of a bureau in the Interstate Commerce Commission to supervise corporate affairs with a chief at its head.
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Lnterstata Commerce Commission
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WW. Q. Merriam
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Representative Sulzer
New York
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Trena
Burke Fatally Ill in Jeffersonville Cancer Diagnosed
Frank Burke a district attorney candidate two years ago in this district is fatally ill in Jeffersonville with intestinal cancer. An operation has been performed and another is planned, with little hope for recovery.
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Dev
Frank Burke
Stiles
Jeffersonville
Me. Burke
Sensational Decline Hits Lake Superior Shares After All Night Session
Philadelphia report details an all night directors meeting over Comalidated Lake Superior shires le Hay. It cites rumors of a steel rail mill closure and non delivery of material causing a stock plunge of over 12 000 to a value near 6.50. Capital stock fell, preferred shares dropped sharply amid a $200 000 auditor claim and broker activity linked to unsettled accounts. The company owns 2000 miles of lands in Canada and other industrial assets valued at unknown levels.
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