Industries to Resume Normal Basis in Indianapolis
Indianapolis resumes normal business and rail service as coal restrictions lift. Interurban lines restart, stores reopen, and essential industries such as railroads, utilities, and newspapers receive coal priority. Passenger trains and streetcar schedules resume, with limited services restored first and full prewar patterns returning gradually.
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Indianapolis
fuel administration
board of public works
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Monon
Motta Becomes Swiss President Facing Many Issues
Dr. Giuseppe Motta is elevated to the presidency of Switzerland from the Council, succeeding Gus tav Ader. The new president must handle unsettled postwar neutrality, former royalties seeking refuge, and ongoing diplomatic duties as the Council rotates into executive leadership.
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Giuseppe Motta
Switzerland
Gustav Ader
Ber
staen
Block Nearing Talk as Legion Mobilizes at Court House
Former professor Nearing faces organized resistance from Indiana American Legion leaders who plan peaceful action to cancel his 2:30 pm address at Machinists Hall. Mayor Kinney will deploy police as Legion members rally the Marion County Court House for a mass meeting at 2 pm. The Socialist party of Indiana backs the event, while Legion officials urge attendance of all district posts.
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Short Nearing
United States
Machinists’ Hall
South
Delaware street
American Legion
Nearing
Socialist party of
Indiana
L. Russell Newegent
the
legion
W. H. Remy
Marion County
the legion
Fred A. Davidson
W. H. Thurston
Jewett
Kinney
William H. Henry
state Socialist party
Marion County American Legion
I. Russell Mugent
Scott R. Brewster
William 4H. Remy
gouth
Court House
Mariott County
Seventh District committee
Alexander Asch
Tarry Stephenson
Walter F. Kelly
Irvington
Thomas E Garvin
Indianapolis
Fred R Pitcher
P H. Thurston
Theodore L. Locke
Robert E. Kennington
Indianapolis Stop Included in New Air Mail Route
Washington reports that the Post Office seeks 461127 to establish an aerial mail route from Pittsburgh via Indiana to Kansas City. The plan includes stops at Indianapolis and Cincinnati with parachute drops at Terre Haute. The service would cut Pittsburgh to Kansas City time from about 24 hours 50 minutes by rail to roughly 10 hours 40 minutes, carrying 87,620,000 letters annually.
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WASHINGTON
Praeger
House Post office Committee
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Kansas City
Congress
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Cincinnati
St. Louisa
East
St. Louis
MB Praeger
Wheeling
New York
End of World Predictions Haunt Oklahoma and Puerto Rico
In Lawton Oklahoma fear grips tribes and elders as Dec 17 predictions spread with drumbeats and chants. In San Juan Puerto Rico five hundred university students seek a recess to be with families amid alarming newspaper prophecies. New York dismisses planetary danger per Harvard astronomer Dr Har Stetson.
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LAWTON
Okla
Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains
SAN JUAN
Porto Rico
Planeta
commission of education
NEW YORK
Har. Stetson
Harvard astronomical laboratory
Old Man Zero to Breeze In Today After Vacation
After a brief vacation zero weather returns today with fair skies and a rise in temperature forecast by the local weather bureau. A new cold wave spreads across the midwest and plains with temperatures dropping to 16 in Indiana and 6 to 28 below in Montana, while Seattle records 16 above and Oklahoma and Texas report unusually low readings.
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weather Bureau
Indiana
Montana
Seattle
Peoria
Springfield
Ill
St. Louis
Ohio valley
Oklahoma
Texas
Fortune resigns as War Chest president in Indianapolis
John H. Holliday named to fill the vacancy on the War Chest board. C Huesmann, vice president, elected to succeed William Fortune as president. Charity Organization Society chief John H. Holliday added as director to fill Fortune's seat. Board includes J K Lilly, Stoughton A Fletcher, L C Huesmann and others. Fortune cites policy disagreement over consolidating local charities. His two resignations were rejected before final retirement.
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William Fortune
Indianapolis War Chest
C. Huesmann
War Chest board
John H. Holiday
Charity Organization Society
Mr. Fortune
J K. Lilly
Stoughton A. Fletcher
L. C. Huesmann
W. J. Mooney
C. B. Sommers
James W. Lilly
New York Bureau of Municipal Research
Indianapolis
Fortune
Indiana
Weather forecast for Indiana and Indianapolis area
United States Weather Bureau Special Report for The Indianapolis Star offers a forecast for Sunday and Monday. It notes fair skies, continued cold with fresh west and northwest winds, and includes almanac data such as sun rise and set times, humidity, precipitation, and temperature readings from yesterday.
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United States Weather Bureau
Indianapolis Star
ga.m
Max
Griffith movie party lost off Florida coast
Miami Florida December 13 Submarine chasers and planes search for the yacht Grey Duck which left Miami for Nassau with motion picture producer David W Griffith and thirty six actors crew and others All aboard the sixty foot yacht with 200 horsepower motor were thought to be en route to Nassau but no trace has been found after seaplane and cutter patrols Strong storms and high seas hinder the search with engineers joining the party and the Griffith company remaining in Nassau for additional scenes
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MIAMI
Fla
Nassau
David W. Griffith
Bahama Islands
New York
Griffith Company
Will J. Read
Fort Lauderdale
Marion
Burton Mamk
Nassau Hotelman
David W Griffith
Elmer Clifton
Jack Lloyd
Herbert Sutch
Mrs Sutch
J H. Manning
D W Bitzer
Bitzer
L. Bitzer
A. Reid
F Steffes
F. Summers
Carol Dempster
Robert JH. Alexander
Thelma Patton
C. Macquarrie
A. Randolph
Porter Strong
Fiume Settlement Near as D Annunzio Agrees to Leaving
Trieste reports unofficially that Gabriele d Annunzio and the Italian government have reached an agreement. D Annunzio will depart Fiume with his troops replaced by regulars. The decision ends the improvised siege and shifts control back to standard forces.
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TRIESTE
Gabriele d'Annunzio
D’Annunzio
Fiume
American Envoy Joins London Conference on Peace Pact
U S ambassador John W. Davis joined Prime Ministers Lloyd George and Clemenceau and advisers at Downing Street as talks touched on proposed peace terms to gain U S public support. Italian ambassador Imperiali and Japanese envoy Viscount Chinda also attended. Communique notes cordial talks, solidarity, and readiness to finalize issues with Turkey and Russia.
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LONDON
John W. Davis
Downing street
George and
Clemenceau
Davis
Wilson
United States
Marquis Imperiali
Viscount Chinda
Associated Press
Great Britain
France
Loulgoucheur
Scialola
Adriatic
Turkey
Krupp Plants Head Seeks Forty-Year Credits
Herr Krupp Von Bohren head of the Krupp plants asks for long term credits of thirty to forty years to Germany to restore confidence worldwide. Gustave Krupp Von Bohlen is director of the group of which his wife Frau Bertha Von Krupp VonBohlen is principal owner. The Krupp works, once the world’s leading armament maker, now produce farm machinery locomotives automobiles and structural steel.
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Herr Krupp Von Bohren
Breat Krupp
Germany
Gustave Krupp VonBohlen
Frau Bertha Von Krupp VonBohlen i
Krupp
Entente Hints Reservations To Ratify Preamble Contained
Washington reports frequent talks among entente diplomats suggesting readiness to accept treaty reservations to gain Senate ratification. It is noted this hinges on unclear instructions and illness of President Wilson. Diplomats say they will avoid declaring their governments willing to accept reservations to prevent interference in internal politics.
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WASHINGTON
entente
Senate
Wilson
Senate foreigh relations committee
Allies open to Versailles treaty reservations in Senate compromise
Paris dispatch reports that after a London conference led by Premier Lloyd George and Premier Clemenceau the American government will be informed that the Allies are prepared to accept, to a large extent, some reservations to the Versailles treaty as urged by the foreign relations committee, to facilitate a compromise in the U S Senate.
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PARIS
London
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Senate
foreign relations committee
Matin
John L. Donovan Dies at 44 in Indianapolis Area
John L. Donovan, 44, died yesterday afternoon of heart trouble at St Francis Hospital after a five week stay. A former Indianapolis councilman, he later ran a saloon at New Jersey and Louisiana streets. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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John L. Donovan
St Francis Hosptal
Villistas hold Americans and Mexicans for ransom near Muzquiz
Frank Hugo an American ranch manager in Muzquiz is held for 10000 dollars by the Villistas after a raid. Englishman R B Rawson of Eagle Pass is released. Don Miguel Murquiz Pena, a wealthy Mexican rancher, is among several Mexicans kept for 5000 dollars each. The bandits fled toward Chihuahua, raising alarm in Piedras Negras as residents stay vigil with lights burning.
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LAGCLE PASS
Tex
Frank Hugo
Muzquiz
Coahuila
Villistas
Hugo
R. B Rawson
Eagle Pasa lumber company
Don Miguel Murquiz Pena
Mexico
Rosita
Fino Solo
Pancho Villa
Chihuahua
Senator Sheppard seeks probe over Hugo kidnap claim
Senator Sheppard of Texas asked the State Department to investigate reports that Frank Hugo, manager of the J. M Dobies ranch in Mexico, was kidnapped and held for ransom by the Villistas who raided Musquiz last Tuesday. American Consul at Juarez reports no Americans harmed.
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WASHINGTON
Sheppard
Texas
State Department
Frank Hugo
J. M Dobies
Mexico
Villistas
Musquiz
Department
Juarez
Federals and Indians Clash Near Mexican Line
Reports from Nogales Arizona dated December 13 describe sharp fighting between Mexican Federal troops and Yaqui Indians at El Capitan located south and east of Buena Vista Station along the Southern Pacific of Mexico.
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NOGALES
Ariz
El Capitan
Buena Vista Station
Southern Pacific
Mexico
Berlin Committee May Cause William's Arrest
Berlin December 13. A parliamentary subcommittee discussed war responsibility and considered arresting former Emperor William of Germany possibly via Holland. A decision was postponed pending fuller information on prewar events.
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BERLIN
WILLIAM
Associated Press
William of
Germany
Holland
Garfield First Witness Calls Public a Loser
Garfield testifies as first witness labeling the public as a loser in a miners related case. The hearing centers on industry impact and public scrutiny of mining practices.
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GARFIELD
Resignation Accepted Over Coal Strike Plan Debate
Dr Harry A Garfield former Federal fuel administrator told a Senate subcommittee his resignation was accepted after outlining why he opposed the Wilson administrations coal strike settlement. He argued the proposed independent commission to fix wages would favor miners and the public, risking higher costs and prices. He said Cabinet members largely supported his wage principles but rejected the 14 percent increase plan and noted he assumed responsibility for pushing the settlement without unanimous agreement. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
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WASHINGTON
Prince
Wilson
Harry A. Garfield
Senate
Garfield
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Townsend
Michigan
Myers
Montana
Palmer
Senator Townsend
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