McCray Pushes Two Cent Gasoline Tax Plan
Indiana Governor McCray reiterated a highway funding program for the next Republican House. He urged no two cent per gallon tax and endorsed actions to fund the Pendleton reformatory, state fair building, and tax-law updates while limiting new laws. The session opened with informal talks and jockeying for the speakership amid eight candidates.
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Indianapolis
Associated Press
McCray
House of Representatives
House
Jim
Senate
Pendleton
State Board of Agriculture
Want Commutation Of Sentence Given New For Murder
Los Angeles December 11. Application for commutation of the sentence of Harry New from 10 years to life imprisonment for second degree murder in the death of his sweetheart Freda J Lesser was on the way to Governor Stephens today. New, after a sensational trial, was committed to San Quentin nearly three years ago.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Harry New
Freda J. Lesser
Stephens
Walter J. Little
Attorne New
San Quentin Penitentiary
Juries Named for Circuit Court December Term Opens
Jury Commissioner Clarence Gardner and County Clerk Charles W. Foulks announced the circuit court juries for the December term opening Monday. Grand jurors include Edwin C. C. Rowe Washington township Floyd Ott John Shaffer Benton Karl Burkey Cleveland Oscar Reed Locke Pratt Curtis Elkhart townships. Petit jurors list Noah Moneyheffer Jackson Mrs Kirkdorfer Middlebury Melvin J. Bainter Jess W. Price Harvey Hawks Judson Swihart Fred M. Moby L. R. Boyle Peter E. Hildish Washington Charles Morse Jefferson Robert Sellers Osceola William Sawyer Baugo townships.
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Clarence Gardner
Charles W. Foulks
Edwin C.C. Rowe
Washington Township
Floyd Ott
John Shaffer
Benton Township
Karl Burkieyr
Cleveland Township
Oscar Reed
Locke Township
Pratt Curtis
Elkhart
Noah Moneyheffer
Jackson Townships
Mr. Kirkdorfer
Middle
Petition for Plymouth Road Paving Filed in Elkhart Township
Alpha Gorsuch leads 170 residents in Elkhart Township to seek concrete paving of Plymouth road from Goshen city limits to township line about two and a half miles. The petition was filed with County Auditor C A Croop and will be heard by county commissioners at the next session on January 2 1923. If granted, paving costs would be taxed to Elkhart Township under the three mile road law.
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Alpha Gorsuch
Elkhart Township
Plymouth
Goshen
C. A. Croop
Governor Russell Damage Case May End Today
Presentation of evidence in the $100,000 damage suit of Miss Frances C. Birkhead against Governor Lee M. Russell for breach of promise is expected to close today in Oxford Mississippi.
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Russell
Oxford
Miss
Frances C. Birkhead
Lee M. Russell
Bogus Mute Impostors Target Goshen Citizens
Warry Marshall from Pittsburgh and his companion John Mullen were arrested in Fort Wayne for obtaining funds under false pretenses while posing as a deaf and dumb man. Marshall canvassed Goshen for money offering printed matter and refused a dime, asking for a quarter. He was sent to the state penal farm to work off a $50 fine after investigators linked him to a temperance bar incident and noted his well dressed appearance during the Goshen rounds.
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Fort Wayne
Warry Marshall
Pittsburgh
John Mullen
Marshall
Goshen
Court House Proposes Action Over Vandalism
A court house notice warns that theft of electric light bulbs from the comfort station will force county offices to close the station. further disfiguring of the manule trees in the courtyard may lead to prosecution. Two fine trees in the park were recently damaged by an axe-wielding vandal.
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Court House
Roof Fire at College Avenue Residence Extinguished
Fire crews responded to a morning alarm at 101 College avenue to quell a small roof fire at the home of Mr C Sehrock. Fire department reported the blaze caused little damage and was quickly controlled.
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C. Sehrock
College Avenue
Pope Pius Warns On World Plight In New Consistory
Pope Pius the Thirteenth held a secret consistory naming new cardinals with Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli leading the gathering in Rome. He urged the Brussels conference to temper justice with charity and warned that talks without action will fail to ease the world’s suffering.
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Tome. Pee
Associated Press
Dpope Pious III
Rome
Vincenzo Vannutelli
Sacred College
Pope Pius
Genoa
Brussels
Funds Raised in Goshen for Orient Colleges
More than $200 was raised for the Orient fund in Goshen without a formal canvass. The First Reformed church contributed about $50, the First M E church about $50, Goshen College over $100, and the Eighth Street Mennonite church also contributed. The drive had been set for Saturday, with committee members Mrs. Henry W. Pease, Miss Katherine Harper, and Mrs. Winifred Burke.
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Orient
First Reformed Church
M. E. Church
Goshen College
Eighth Street Mennonite Church
Henry W. Pease
Katherine Harper
Winifred Burke
Falls 35 Feet In South Bend Ladder Fall
Contrady of South Bend employed by Christman Construction fell 35 feet from a South Bend building after losing his grip on a ladder. He will recover.
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South Bend
Christman Construction Company
Moonshine Killers Sought After Duff Death in Kentucky
Federal and sheriff forces pause actions after a deputy is killed and field teams chase moonshiners Bob and Charles Ballard. David Treadway died in the ambush, heightening tension as authorities seek the Ballards with state rewards offered.
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Mount Sterling
Associated Press
R. E. Duff
David Treadway
Treadway
Duff
H. R. Prewitt
Manifee County
Morrow
Ballard Brothers
Woman Declares She Is Victim In Foiled Plot
Detroit December 11 Efforts to reduce the $25 000 bail for Mrs May B Ford charged with plotting her husband Ney D Ford s death continue her attorney and her Fort Wayne Ind brother R D Dutton say a writ of habeas corpus will be sought if bail is not lowered Her exam is set for December 18 and she seeks a speedy trial She repeats she is the victim of a frame up at the county jail a preliminary hearing for divorce is scheduled for December unknown date.
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Detroit
Associated Press
May B. Ford
Neyd. Ford
R. D. Dutton
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ditton
Two Hadley Brothers Arrested After Auto Theft Try
Paul Hadley aged 19 and Clarence Hadley 18 both Huntington youths were jailed after attempting to steal a Ford touring car owned by Joe Zollinger from Court Park Square. They fled as Zollinger and his wife acted. Paul escaped while Clarence was captured in Warsaw after riding a freight train. They admit guilt and face arraignment in the circuit court next week.
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Paul Hadley
Clarence Hadley
Huntington
Joe Zollinger
South Twelfth Street
Court Park Square
Goshen
The Democrat's Commercial Department Prints Swiftly
A brief note indicates the Democrat's commercial department prints with dispatch, signaling rapid production and efficient workflow in the publication's advertising division.
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The
Democrat’s Commercial Department
Dispatch
Four Girls Escape Jumps Into River in Embankment Crash
Four girls Misses Ida Anglin Mary Roberts Catherine Harley and Wilma Blodgett narrowly escaped death when their car plunged over an 18 foot embankment into the Tippecanoe river at Warsaw Indiana Sunday. They were rescued from the water and one girl suffered a sprained back.
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Warsaw
Ind
Tippecanoe River
Ida Anglin
Mary Roberts
Catherine Harley
Wilma Blodgett
Goshen
Former wife fears for witnesses in Sheffer case
Irma Hoff-Sheffer, former wife of Nic Sheffer, says she would leave Indiana if he is acquitted and fears retaliation against state witnesses in the murder of Davies W. Sheffer. She testified she heard threats to kill during their marriage and has stayed at Hendry hotel since the trial began. A bombshell came as Miss Marcie Holman provided an alibi for William Chaney, linked to the double killing.
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Angola
Ind
Nic Sheffer
Davies W. Sheffer
Auburn
Irma Hoff-Sheffer
Sheffer
Chaney
Miss Holman
Taft Likely Witness in Daugherty Impeachment Hearings
Chief Justice Taft informed Chairman Volstead he would appear before the house judiciary committee for the Keller impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty, if called. The decision comes as the impeachment inquiry moves forward in Washington with Taft remaining willing to testify.
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Taft
Washington
Associated Press
Volstead
House Judiciary Committee
Keller
Daugherty
Bank attaches fire policy to cover note judgment
Averring that Lewis B. Whicker, a ten ant on Mrs. Florence Chamberlain's farm four miles east of Elkhart, faces a state departure and concealing property to avoid a $1,371 judgment by St. Joseph Valley Bank, the bank seeks to attach a $2,800 life insurance style policy. A Thanksgiving Day barn fire on the Chamberlain farm destroyed a $4,000 barn and Whicker’s $3,000 personal property, insured with Farmers Mutual Aid through agent Charles Pooley of this city.
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Lewis BE. Whicker
Florence Chamberlain
Elkhart
St. Joseph
Chamberlain
Whicker
Farmers’ Mutual Aid Association
Charles Pooley
Two Pontius Brothers Arrested for Larceny near Elkhart
Herbert and Roy Pontius of Elkhart were arrested on larceny charges after farmers David Burton and John Hammon reported thefts. The suspects allegedly stole 45 bags of corn from Burton and two cords of wood from Hammon, measured as a mile southwest of the city.
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Herbert
Roy Pontius
Elkhart
David Burton
John Hammon
Burton
Hammon
Unsettled Indiana Weather Forecast With Rain Turning to Snow
Daily government thermometer reading by 8. W. Witmer notes unsettled weather tonight and Tuesday with probable rain changing to snow. Colder tonight in the northwest portion, then much colder Tuesday afternoon or night, with strong shifting winds.
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Indiana
Northwest
Motorists Must Have New Plates By Feb 15
Chief of Police Edward A. Rimpler received a letter from Secretary of State Ed Jackson announcing that 1923 motor licenses will start December 12 and that state motor vehicle police are ordered to give motorists until February 15 before enforcing the law. The Goshen police are asked to cooperate with state police in this policy.
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Edward A. Rimpler
Secretary of State
Ed. Jackson
Goshen
Firebug Suspected After Monroe Blaze Series
Seven fires of unknown origin erupted across Monroe Michigan Saturday night and Sunday. Fires hit River Raisin Paper plant Consolidated Paper plant Beck Lumber yards and a residence. Authority suspect arson following prior Monroe Paper plant fire. Mayor Gilmore urged plant owners to post guards.
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Monroe
Mich
River Raisin Paper Company
Consolidated Paper Company
Beck Lumber Company
Atea
Monroe Paper Company
James H. Gilmore
Eighth Street Bond Issue Planned for Asphalt Pavement
City officials announce a bond issuance of fifty thousand dollars for Eighth Street to fund an asphalt pavement project tying into Col Jege Avenue. About 300 assessors are listed, with all but two settling. cash payments total forty one thousand eight hundred twenty six dollars and forty six cents. W J Lang Construction Co of Chicago arranges the bond sale, six percent interest, bonds to be issued and disposed of by the company.
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Eighth Street
Col Jege Avenue
John N. Swart
City Counoiler
Rod. McLean
H. White
W. J. Lang Construction Company
Chicago
Auto hits street car injuring Elkhart farmer
Melvin Seaver a 35 year old farmer six miles north of Elkhart is in serious condition at General hospital after his Ford struck a city street car Saturday night. His companion Peter Whitmer escaped with minor injuries and pleaded guilty to public intoxication this morning. Seaver suffered multiple fractures to his left arm and possible internal injuries.
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Melvin Seaver
Elkhart
General Hospital
Peter Whitmer
Seaver
Progressive Head Attacks Harding At Progressive Conference
About 200 delegates from nearly every state gathered in Cleveland to open a two day conference for progressive political action. William H. Johnston, international president of the machinists union, declared the first experiment ended and urged equal justice, praising the November 7 vote against what he called captains of industry and discredited Harding administration. Prominent leaders included Warren S Stone, D B Robertson, Sidney Hillman, Edward Keating, and Morris Hillquit.
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Cleveland, O
Associated Press
William H. Johnston
The
Machinists Union
Johnston
Harding
Warren S Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Sidney Hillman
New York
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Edward Keating
Washington
Morris Hillquit
Socialist Party
Premiers Fail to Agree on Reparations Conference
London reports the allied premiers adjourned for eight days amid rift over Guernica reparations and Ruhr actions. Britain opposes military measures against Germany while France seeks a price for concessions, with U S mediation hoped to bridge gaps.
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London
Associated Press
England
France
Guernilla
Todiy
Ruhr
Poincare
Bonar Law
Proiice Poincare
Guy
Germany
Paris
United States sticks to debt stance ahead of London talks
The United States has no change in its position on European debts and sees no reason to alter its stance before the allied premiers discussions in London. No US suggestions are offered for the conference on cancellation of French debts as reported by the state department.
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Washington
United States
State Department
London
Agnes Szabo Declares End to Booze Running Era
Agnes Szabo an 18 year old known for transporting contraband liquor from Chicago to South Bend told a federal grand jury in Indianapolis that she is through with liquor law violations. She said no member of her family will continue in the business and that the activity is bad.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Agnes Szabo
Chicago
South Bend
Szabo
Indianapolis Mayor Launches Speed Squad Tour
Indianapolis mayor Lew Shank forms a special speed squad and patrols boulevards and main streets to stop motorists exceeding 25 miles per hour.
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Indianapolis
Lew Shank
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