Formal murder charge filed against Sheffer in Auburn case
Nico Sheffer, held in Fort Wayne's Allen county jail, was arraigned in Auburn on murder and related charges in the deaths of James W. Sheffer and Cora Sheffer. He pleaded not guilty and requested a preliminary trial set for July 11, with no bail due to the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Nico Sheffer
James W. Sheffer
Cora Sheffer
Allen County
Fort Wayne
DeKalb County
Justice of Peace
Thomas ©. Kurd
Hoedelmeier
Squires Bite
Justice of the Peace
Sheffer
Pewce Ford
Aibhien
Ann
PeKalb
Supreme Court Strikes State Fair Bond Plan
Indiana Supreme Court rules the 1921 act reorganizing the board of agriculture unconstitutional. It blocks issuing 1 million dollars in bonds for fair grounds improvements and reverses a Marion superior court decision in the suit of Robert C. Scott versus the state board of agriculture. Two justices dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Board of Agriculture
Indiana
Inediana Supreme Court
Louis Bo Ewbank
David K. Myers
State Board
Fair Grounds
Marion
Elkhart Bar Picnic Planned at Eagle Lake
The Elkhart City Bar association Michie will hold a picnic at Eagle Lake on Friday July 12. Goshen association has been invited but date and venue for Goshen outing remain undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Elkhart Grotto Plans $50,000 Temple for 1940s
Maha Grotto of Elkhart has minted plans for a $50,000 temple to be occupied by November 1. The move indicates expansion for the local fraternal organization and its activities in Elkhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Yetober 1
Johnson-Tut Jackson July 4 boxing bout halted by court order
In Mamileon Ohio on July 1 a court order blocked the Johnson-Tut Jackson July 4 boxing match. Local officials and boxing observers report the ruling created uncertainty about the event and its organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamileon
Ohio
Johnson-Tut Jackson
Hela Ip
Washington
Otc
Russia’s Demand for Credit to Reconstruct Germany Aid
The Wague reports European astonishment as Russian spokesman Marin Litvinoff unveils a total credit request of 1.672 billion dollars from powers to reconstruct Russia. He itemizes four categories: transport and ports 525 million, agriculture 462 million, industry 375 million, and commerce and banks 250 million.
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Russia
Marin Litvinoff
JM. Litvinoff
Miles Medical Company Becomes Corporation in Indianapolis
July 21 The Dr Miles Medical company of Elkhart filed articles of incorporation with Secretary of State Jackson. Capitalization is $500 000. Directors listed include Albert Teardsley Andrew Teardsley Arthur Teardsley Charles Miles Herman Compton all of Elkhart and Franklin Miles of Fort Myers Ila.
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Indeanapolis
Dr. Miles Medical Company of
Hikhart
Jackson
Albert, Andrew and
Arthur Teardsley
Charles F. Miles
Herman A. Compton
Elkhart
Franklin Miles
Fort Myers
Ila
County Auditor Loses Combination of Safe
County Auditor Charles A. Croop closed his office last night and locked the large record safe hoping to recall the combination. This morning the combination was missing. Efforts to obtain it are under way from Miss Marian Bruck, deputy auditor, who is at her Kentland home in Indiana.
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Charles A. Croop
Miss. Marian Bruck
Kentland
Ind
Auburn men buy Pratts holdings in car works
In Elkhart the Pratt brothers William and George T B Pratt sold most of their holdings in the Elkhart Carriage and Harness plant to four former Auburn Automobile executives. New capital will fund the industry, with the Pratts retiring from the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eikhartt
William
George TB. Pratt
Elkhart Carriage and Harness Company
Auburn Automobile Company
Pratts
Merger Forms Associated Motor Industries in Ohio
An $80,000,000 consolidation of automobile truck and auto parts makers with factories in seven states has been completed in Dayton Ohio. The new company is named Associated Motor Industries and covers a wide range of motor industry manufacturing.
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Motor Industries
Dayton
Ohio
Associated Motor Industries
ODD FELLOWS PIC HC Northen Indiana
Odds at pint at Addmore park Lak tomorrow for a gathering by the ODD FELLOWS group HC Northen in Indiana with local attendees expected.
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ODD Fellows Pic
HC Northen
Indiana
Addmore’ Park
Two Platoon Fire Department System Adopted in Goshen
The state adopts a two platoon fire department system with Goshen adding four firefighters, total staffing at 1e. Annual expense about 4800 dollars. Each new member paid 100 dollars monthly after selection by public safety board members John W. Egbert John Cripe and William Willhide. Some Indiana cities resist but Goshen follows legal advice.
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Goshen
Michael Waugh
Walter Satysser
Foxeph Meuzett
John W. Egbert
John Bb. Cripe
William A. Willhide
Board of Public Safety
John Miller
Joseph Mouzette
Indiana
Fire Department
Board of Safety
De Valera Reported in Command of Irish Insurgents
Dublin reports that Eamon De Valera is in command of insurgents holding Sackville Street near the Four Courts. Belfast dispatch notes a main line bridge south of Drogheda has been destroyed, severing Belfast Dublin rail links.
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de Valera
Associated Press
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Sackville Street
Four Courts
Belfast
Drogheda
Defeated Candidate Sails From Montreal After Free Trip Win
Miss Mary McKibben of South Bend sailed from Montreal for Liverpool after losing the Good Will contest to Miss Helen Gregory who won the trip to the battlefields of France. Gregory is scheduled to sail July 22.
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Mary McKibben
South Bend
Helen Gregory
France
Montreal
Canada
Liverpool
Miss McKibben
Miss Gregory
Weatherwax in Goshen Hospital Deteriorates After Suicide Attempt
Louis Weatherwax, a patient at Goshen Hospital since an attempted suicide last Monday afternoon, is growing weaker with no prospect for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Weatherwax
Goshen Hospital
Pastor Rev Adams to Retire From First Reformed Church
Rev William S Adams, pastor of the First Reformed Church who came from Akron Ohio August 1 1921 will retire as pastor August 1 next and return to Akron where he has accepted the pastorate of a suburban church. At the time he accepted he was engaged in welfare work for the Goodyear Tire Company in Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam S. Adams
First Reformed Church
Akron
Ohio
Chinéeh
Yoshua
Adams
Goodyear Tire Companie
Intrastate R R Rates Unchanged In Indiana
Indianapolis July 1 The order of Judge A K B Anderson in Indiana preserves intrastate rates at interstate levels. The decision dissolves prior federal interim orders but lets the state commission set future rates within moral limits aligned to interstate schedules. The broader cotton rate restructuring from Mississippi Valley to seaboard and northern cities was canceled by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
A. K B. Anderson
Public Service Comission of
Public Service Commission
Anderson
Railroads
State Commission
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Seaboard
Perry Sailors Abandons Appeal for Prohibition Conviction
INDIANAPOLIS July 1 The Indiana Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Perry Sailors convicted in Etkfart of violating the prohibition law. The joint motion said Sailors would abide by the judgment. He was fined 150 dollars and jailed 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Perry
Etkfart
Supreme Court
Sailory
Road bond sale planned for Locke township project
80 cent bonds totaling 36004 dollars for Locke township road improvement were to be sold this morning in the office of County Treasurer Fred Reed as petitioned by Frank Coppes and others.
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Locke Township
Frank Coppes
Fred Reed
Weather forecast for Indiana turns cooler this weekend
Daily government thermometer readings report 14 hours to noon show a maximum near 88 and a minimum around 52. Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with cooler temperatures in the northwest portion.
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S. W. Witmer
Indiana
North
Conference to Settle Miners Strike Opens at White House
Washington July 1 Representatives of bituminous and anthracite coal operators and United Mine Workers officials gathered at the White House before the set time for President Harding to chair a conference aimed at negotiating a settlement of the nationwide coal strike. Secretary Hoover and Secretary Davis attended as planned. John S. Lewis, UMW president, also was present. The operator list chosen by A M Ogle was not released until minutes before 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
White House
Harding
Hoover
Labor
Davis
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers
A. M. Ogle
National Coal Association
Indiana Grain Dealers Hear Strike End Promise If McCray Wins
In Indianapolis John W. McCardie of the public service commission told the mid-summer Indiana Grain Dealers meeting that if Warren T. McCray were in the White House the coal strike would end in 48 hours. He criticized Governor for failing to praise John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America amid the riot in southern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Warren T. McCray
White House
John W. McCardie
Public Service Commission
Indiana Grain Dealers Association
Bedarks
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
North Dakota Returns Boost Frazier Over McCumber
Reports from the North Dakota primary show Lena J. Frazier capturing the Republican senatorial nomination by about 10 000 votes. Porter J. McCumber trails as scattered precincts narrow the gap to under 2 000. Washington notes say McCumber’s defeat elevates La Follette and Borah as party disturbers.
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North Dakota
McCumber
Fargo
N. D
North
Dakota
Lena J. “Frazier
Porter J. McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Frazier
Washington
la Follette
Wisconsin
Borah
Idaho
Consul Organization Blamed for Hamburg Crimes
Hamburg authorities accuse the Consul organization of internal machinations that have terrorized the city for weeks. Former Lieutenant Warnecke, now under arrest, is named as leader of the murder and bomb squad operating under instructions from the Munich organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Nolice
Warnecke
Munich
Mrs Hirsh Indicted for First Degree Assault
Nassau county grand jury indicted Mrs. Havel Hirsh for first degree assault in connection with the shooting of her husband Oxcar A. Hirsh an electrical contractor on the lawn of Reine Davies moving picture actress at Keport where both had been attending a party last Saturday night
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Mineola
N. Y
Havel Hirsh
Nassau County Grand Jury
Oxcar A. Hirsh
Reine Davies
Moving Picture
Kreeport
Judge Denies Injunction Over Noble County Highway Plan
In DeKalb circuit court Judge Dan M Link refused to enjoin the Noble County board of commissioners from proceeding with a four mile concrete road west from Kendallville at a cost of 120000 dollars. Fd Cole and others petitioned for the injunction.
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Auburn
DeKalb
Dan
M. Link
Board. of Commissioners
Noble
Kendallville
Cole
Et Cal
Middlebury Chautauqua Dates Announced
The annual Middlebury Chautauqua dates are announced for July 21 through July 25. The event features noted speakers and community programs across the five days in Middlebury.
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Middlebury Chautauqua
Japan Backs Ratification of Washington Treaty Provisions
Tokyo reports the privy council has recommended to the prince regent unreserved ratification of the China related treaties from the Washington arms conference. Viscount Ito noted debate over ending foreign post offices in China within a year but the committee chose to honor the conference spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokio
Privy Council
Prince Regent
China
Viscount Ito
Japan
Army Appropriation Bill Signed By President Harding
The army appropriation bill carrying about 271 million dollars and providing for a standing force of 125000 enlisted personnel and 12000 officers was signed by President Harding yesterday in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Publisher Wendler Ousted From Winter Park
Publisher Wendler of the Florida Post in Winter Park was tarred and feathered and told to leave town, as a mob action in Orlando on July 1 1. The incident marks a violent expulsion targeting a local newspaper figure.
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Orlando
Fla
Wendler
Florida Post
Winter Park
Mexican Bandits Raid Tuxtla Oil Plant
Reports say bandits raided the Penn Mexican fuel plant near Tuxtan Mexico and demanded 10000 pesos ransom by July 1. Details are unclear with Consul Shaw awaiting fuller reports on the incident and related oil-field disturbances. It remains unknown if ransom was paid or if federal forces drove off the raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aselated Press
Shingpon
Stiy
Pate Blanco
Tuxtan
Mexico
State Department
Consul Shaw
A. Bruce Bielaski
Cuernavaca
Wife of Former Notre Dame Star Is Given Divorce
Mrs. Mary B. Devine was granted a divorce from John F. Devine Jr. in Chicago with alimony of 41,500 plus an automobile and furnishings. The decree, issued by Judge Hugo Friend, followed testimony that Devine assaulted her after drinking. Devine, a former Notre Dame athlete, has been married twice, with both wives from South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
Chicago
Mary B. Devine
John F. Devine
Hugo Friend
Devine
South Bend
Crow Creditors Will Meet to Name Trustee
Creditors of the Crow Elkhart Motor Corp of Elkhart will meet July 13 to elect a trustee. The firm is in bankruptcy with H B Elstott as receiver and the notice comes from Harry Sheridan of Frankfort, referee in bankruptcy.
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Crow-Elkhart Motor Corp
Elkhart
Harry Sheridan
Frankfort
H. B. Elstott
Horse Dies After Running Into Oak Tree
Water from a fire hydrant unintentionally sprayed a team of horses hitched to a wagon in Elkhart Thursday afternoon causing a panic. The team ran a long distance and collided with a large oak tree, breaking one horse's neck and killing it instantly, while the other horse was only scratched.
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Elkhart
Woolen Mills Increases Stock Overclaim to Eight Hundred Thousand
Announcement states the present capital stock of the South ad Woolen Mills has been raised from four hundred thousand to eight hundred thousand dollars. Readers are advised to call 31 or 57 before seven o'clock if their Democrat carrier misses them.
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South
July 4 Shutdown Notice for Goshen Retailers
All Goshen retail stores will be closed Tuesday July 4 for the holiday and will resume normal hours on Wednesday July 5 with the regular weekly half holiday observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Labor Board Fails to Avert General Railroad Walkout
A nationwide strike by railroad shopmen began at 10 this morning in opposition to the wage cuts ordered by the U S Railroad Labor Board. About 400000 shopmen walked out, with Chicago and vicinity home to roughly a quarter of them, as Rail unions pursue a stance on overtime and working conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Railroad Labor Board
Standard
United States Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
United States Labor Board
Jewell
Board
Hins
le Wats
Joie
Lw Edie
Eos de ES Assacres
Labor Board
Ben. W. Hooper
Stbnoenae Coull
Maintenance Workers Defer Threatened Rail Strike
Chicago reports the threat to strike by 400000 railway maintenance of way workers was postponed after KEF Grable head of the union announced an official US railroad labor board investigation. A meeting of the executive council was called in Chicago to decide the next step.
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Chicago
Jay
Ke.f. Grable
Maintenance of Way Brotherhood
United States Railroad Labor
Grable
Brod Vou
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