Water Company rate case debated in Indianapolis hearing
City and Chamber of Commerce lawyers introduced exhibits and witnesses to challenge a proposed 20 percent rate increase for Indianapolis Water Company. Testimony aimed to show the utility is not in distress and to scrutinize production costs, canal valuations, and past audits. Continued on page three.
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PARGL MUSHLITZ
Indianapolis
Indanapolis Water Company
public service commission
Tay
Jor F. Groninger
Wiliam A. Pickseng
Chamber of Commerce
Benamin Park
utility
annyates
Arst
Herman G. Morgan
John J. O'Brien
fta
William J. Hegenah
Chicago
Leonard ‘Metcalf
Pickens
fuarl Carter
W. A. McInerny
agenah
Pickena
Groninger
Carter
Hagenah
Missouri street
Market
North
Philip Zoergher
state board of tax commissioners
irik
Generally fair weather forecast for Indiana and Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Star reports a forecast for Thursday and Friday of generally fair conditions with little temperature change. Data from the United States Weather Bureau Special Report includes relative humidity, precipitation, and temperature readings, noting maximum and minimum values for the period and a comparison with the same date last year.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
United States
Bareau
Indianapolis Star
Bon
Tatal arieune ince
raranes Jat
Ppmi
Fraud Charged In Sale By U S Government
Washington July 25 Attorney General Daugherty asked the courts to set aside the sale of the Old Hickory power plant at Jacksonside Tennessee to the Narrhyite Industrial Corporation in a federal petition filed at Nashville. The case seeks a receiver to take over manage or resell the property for the government alleging fraud and irreparable injury. Indictments last August charged conspiracy and fraud against former War Department officials. The government cites wartime construction costs near 385000000 and a sale price of about 3 500 000 to Nashville Tennessee and New Jersey interests with American National Bank of Nashville named as a defendant.
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WASHINGTON
Daugherty
Jacksonside
Tenn
Narrhyite Industrial Corporation
Federal District court
Nashville
Acton
Department of Jusilee
Ernest ©. Morse
War Department
Everly M. Davis
Alexander W. Phillips
Nashville Industrial Corporation
New Jersey
Nashville Industrial Corporation of Tennessee
American National bank of Nashville
War Dept Likely Rejects Dempsey Gibbons Bout at Fort Harrison
Washington reports the War Department will not approve a Dempsey Gibbons boxing match on military land at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Col Walter Johnson notes army policy requires fights on reservations follow state or municipal law, benefit goes to post athletics, and one contestant must be in uniform or allied forces. No formal request has reached his desk and Weeks is away on vacation.
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Indianapolis Star Bureau
Colorado Building
WASHINGTON
Fort Benjamin Harrison
War Department
army post
department
Dempsey-Gibbons Fone
Montest
Walter. Johnson
War Department general staffs
anl army athletic
army
Col. Johnson
Victtorial Guard
marine corps
navy
Fort Snelling
Wemmeyn
naval service
Dempsey
Col
Johnson
Dempsey-Gibbon
Fort Harrison
Weeks
army athletics
allatch
Little Girl Drowned in Fort Wayne City Pool
Ruth Martin five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Martin of Chicago drowned at Fort Wayne Delta lake pool in a city park. The visiting child went wading with other youngsters and vanished. search found body about front feet from shore.
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FORT WAYNE
Ind
Ruth Martin
Frank Martin
Chicago
Delta lake
Brirmette Martin
Terrance Martin
ake
Turkey and United States Reach Commerce Convention Pledge
Pausan ne July 23. American Minister Grew and Jenet Pasha reached an agreement on conventions between the United States and Turkey covering commerce and the status of American citizens in Turkey. The conventions are to be signed within a short time.
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PAUSANNE
American Minteter
Jenet Pasha
United States
Turkey
Turskey
Ttaa
World Court trap to ensnare U S in League
Senator Hiram Johnson denounced Americas proposed entry into the world court at a New York dinner in his honor. He urged keeping America free from entanglements and warned the world court would not solve European issues. The event drew 1,000 attendees and applause, with no clear political endorsement.
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NEW YORK
Hiram Johnson
California
America
Hiram
Johnson
George Henry Payne
Col
Harvey
Grove Harvey
Great Britain
Harding
Senator Johnson
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Z. T. Williams
Boston Transcript
Blizzard Murder Case Goes to Jury
William Blizzard, miners district chief, stands trial in Lewisburg West Virginia for murder. After lengthy arguments, the case goes to the jury with prosecutors urging first degree murder and the defense seeking a special plea for death penalty exclusion. A guilty verdict in second degree could mean five to eight years. The case relates to the armed miners murder in 18__. The jury deliberated for hours and retired for the night.
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LEWISBURG
W. Va
Associated Press
Wiliam Blizzard
C. W. Owenson
neu
uftaccesto y ta
Buzzard
maretrof
gary
Northesk Honeymoon With Carnegie Ends Quietly
Lord Northesk and former Follies dancer Miss Jearica Brown spent a night in LaPorte Indiana then left town without publicity on a honeymoon trip to the Thousand Islands. The visit occurred July 2 and was noted by local recipients.
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LORD NORTHESK
BRIDE
LAPORTE LAPORTE
Ind
Andrew Carnegie
Earl of
Northesk
Jearica Brown
Thousand Islands
Night Presidency Marshall's Choice
Thomas R. Marshall, ex vice president, comments on serving as president on an eight hour night shift. He jokes that the ideal term would be to preside from night until morning while people sleep and do not complain. He says he would not want or seek nomination.
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Uncle Sam
Thomas R. Marshall
Adee
Mr. Marshall
Valparaiso University eyes Klans takeover in crisis
Valparaiso University trustees reportedly approved talks with the Ku Klux Klan to take over the financially crumbling institution. President H. M. Evans and VP M. J. Bowman Jr. described a desperate bid to avoid debt default while preserving education for needy students amid a fire-damaged campus and looming legal fights over valuable buildings. continuation noted on page seven.
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VALPARAISO
Ind
Harvaya
Valparaiso university
Imperiol Wisard Evans
Kuibe Klan
H M Evans
tenue
actuol
Henry Kinsey Brown
M. J. Bowman Jr
dinteriew
breher
Tite
Anthracite Miners Demands Rejected at Open Bargaining
Atlantic City July 3 The anthracite miners demand complete union recognition including the closed shop and check-off was rejected by operators on the Joint committee bargaining wage terms. Both sides held firm today but did not conclude the talks opening bargaining for wage schedules and housing and coal price adjustments.
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ATLANTIC CITY
Joint committee
Wagencrensen
grork
Tha minere
Oparatate
companien
minern
Ambaxandor
Death sparks Minnesota tragedy two generations collide
Morgantown W Va July 25 Martha Hart tried to intervene between her father Mark Swan and her husband in Pursgrove near Morgantown when a shot rang out fatally wounding her. Swan was arrested on a second degree murder charge as authorities planned the funeral in Carnegie.
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MORGANTOWN
iis Dand
Martha Hart
Pursgrove
here
Mark Swan
Hart
Swan
Carnegin
ser heerd
Couple Drowns Walking Into Lake Erie at Rockey Aver
Mr and Mrs C E Reed of Columbus were drowned near Rockey Aver while swimming. They walked from a boat harbor with canes in hand and were pulled beneath an undertow. Both bodies were recovered later.
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CLEVELAND
C. E. Reed
Columbus
Lake Erie
Rorky
Eight Insane Asylum Escapees Remain At Large
Chester Illinois July 25 Associated Press reports that eight of forty one inmates who escaped the state hospital for the criminal insane Sunday night are still at large. No violent incidents have been reported so far, but many farmers in the area are carrying rifles and corn knives for security.
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CHESTER
state hospital
Emma Goldman’s Mother Dies in Rochester New York
Rochester dispatch reports Emma Goldman’s mother Toby Goldman, mother of Emma Goldman, died at her home in Rochester aged about seventy. The obituary notes her long known philanthropy and public involvement, mentioning her prominence in the local community.
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EMMA GOLDMAN
ROCHESTER, N. Y
ROCHESTER
Toby Goldman
Bema all mat
anirchief reader
Soahee
Tewtah elreine
pera
pepe
cially
Fire wipes out department store and endangers city buildings
A fire in Ashes Ille destroyed a large department store and damaged adjacent structures including the city library and theater. Two store employees were injured as flames threatened nearby buildings and the fire department fought the blaze. The loss is pegged at about 300000 dollars.
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elty
One Step Toward Church Union Delayed By Negotiations
A plan to merge the Methodist Episcopal Church South with the Methodist Holocopal church was adopted by the Joint Commission on Unification. It moves to general and annual conferences for ratification, with legal formalities to be completed within two years. Delegations from both branches approved the plan, noting changes made in recent meetings. The Northern church general conference is set for Springfield in May 1924 and the Southern church conference is not scheduled until 1926.
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CLEVELAND
Methodist Holocopal church
Methodist Episcopal church
South
Joint commission
Joint committee
yeeterday
mveting
commiar sion
enmimiasionas
Springfield
Man Dies of Shock After Crash in Indiana Town
The body of Harry Kelley 45 of Ligonier dies in Hammond hospital from shock after a crash that killed Mrs. Francis Gillman 77 of Ligonier and injured Susan Huffman ? in a collision on the Ligonier to Chicago road. Kelley’s body was returned to Ligonier for burial as his relatives from Ligonier and Chicago arrived.
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GOSHEN
Harry Kelley
Ligonier
Hammond
Francis Gillman
tel
Susan Huffman
Chicago
jas beourhe
Mey velley
wil hix
xhoek
Billman
Hufman pemiine
Kelles
Thomas Kelley
WIL Kelles
Second detective dies in gem bandit battle
In Little Rock Arkansas a pistol exchange during a gem robbery left Detective George Moore dead and Arthur Lange wounded. Diamond Joe Shaw Langema and Waddell, all black men, are held awaiting trial for first degree murder tied to the killings.
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LITTLE ROCK
Ark
George Moore
Arthur Lange
penitendars
Wyoming Flood Recedes as Town Reported Wiped Out
Thermopolis, Wyoming, July 2. The Big Horn River floodwaters, after raging since Monday, are receding slowly. Reports say Booneville, a town about thirty miles south, was wiped out. Damage in Thermopolis, excluding railroad property, is estimated at 1.5 million dollars.
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WYOMING
THERMOPOLIS
Wyo
Sheridan
daly
Big Horn
Big price on heads of bandits in Toronto case
A remand of 10 000 was offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of bank robbers in Toronto. The Canadian range yesterday noted the reward after a payout of 193.00 and warnings to three riders. In Buffalo NSW authorities eliminated a wrecked car near Fort Erie linked to the hold up, belonging to a Butisio man.
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TORONTO
Ontario
hamilta abn
heit tno bank omessengers
Toronto’ financial dlarciet vesterday
aacy pinet mith
wamding
BUFFALO
NSW
foe
Fort Erle
Baptists Outline Plan For Churches To Help End Wars
Bibles, missions, and a global peace push feature in a Baptist World Wide Home meeting in Stockholm. The plan urges churches to promote peace, oppose military glorification, and support a League of Nations as nations work toward universal peace. Leaders from the Southern Baptist and other evangelical groups stress mission work as essential to rebuilding moral and spiritual health amid war’s wreckage.
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STOCKHOLM
Peéaghitland
Raghet
Frederik Spurr
Birmvinghan
England
prater
Hampsteads Road
kingdom of Christ
League of Nations
fF Love
miata
Et Lin
donep Taylor
American Baptist Foreign Mission Srcters
China
sali
Cyriati
Christ
DE Taylor
wil
Worker killed by fall from roof at Meridian and Fortyseventh
Paula Adkins, 45, of Meridian and Fortyseventh Street, was fatally injured when his tilting roof harness failed and he fell about twenty feet from a house under construction by Cremer Construction Company. He died at Methodist Hospital shortly after the accident. Authorities seek relatives. Adkins believed from Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Cremer Construction
cs bualld ie
Meridian
Fortyesiath Street
Mathodist hospital
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potter
Apele aernas
Coneinnatt
alice
fiscal
yeaterday
touls Kepner
Fuiler avenue
Beech Grove
Methodist hospital
Pennavivanin
Tivbert Len
masiér
id Over avenue
Thomas
Fische
East
Washington street
Pennsylvania
Midwest Favors Smith Says Boss
New York on June 25 reports confidence in Governor Alfred E. Smith securing the presidential nomination. Charlie F. Murphy parties say Smith has backing from Midwest leaders after return from Proneh Tex. The mood is upbeat, with speculation he could win the nomination if he maintains support among key factions.
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NEW YORK
Alfred EB Smith
Chartee
Fo Murphy leater
Tamemany Hall
Proneh
Wittany
Women in hunger led raid and threats against officials
A New York hearing tied publisher George Maxwell to a plot titled the poison pen and alleged threats against Allan Ryan. Maxwell claimed retaliation would be legal and denounced the DA’s probe as improper while asserting police overreach in a house search. Judge McIntyre freed Maxwell of forgery charges but allowed resubmission to a grand jury.
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nigercy
New York
George Maxwell
Ronan Ja
Maxwell
Allan A. Ryan
mre
Wall street
BMrl
Ryan
Killroe
McIntyre
mranch
Mrs Ryan Denies Court Reports In Poison Pen Case
Mrs Ryan, wife of Thomas Fortune Ryan, rejected court reports amid testimony in New York during the poison pen charge involving George Maxwell. She forcefully denied the allegations as the hearing proceeded, insisting she and her family have no connection to the alleged plot.
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C.F. BERTHUL
Universal Service Stat
PARIS
Bheeft
oie
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wlah
Alten
Av Ryan
missionsure pon
Thomas Fortune Ryan
New York
George Maxwell
Priest Convicted of Booze Fraud in Arvida Case
Father Walter A. Grace, pastor of St. Mathai church in Arvida, found guilty in U.S. District Court of forging permit applications to ship liquor to a local home for the aged. Jury verdict returned after long trial. defense motions for new trial and arrest of judgment filed. Grace faces up to five years and a $10,000 fine. nun Sister Germaine signed the misused applications, with liquor later linked to Denver socialites.
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Mathai
Arvida
duburt
United States District court
new
Pyther Geace
KAA
Tot
Grace
St. Anne
Muileh
thie city
Germaine
sage Khe
J. K. Mullen
Stevedore's Gems Seized for Duty Loss in New York
July 2 report notes $100 000 worth of gems seized from Frank Sud ar an Brook en stevedore linked to a duty evasion scheme. A subsequent July 25 fire in Saskatchewan destroyed much of the town’s business district, forcing dynamiting of buildings to halt the blaze and calling in aid from nearby communities.
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YORK
Frank Sudar
omillionaire stevedare
Brooken
WYNY ARTY
Mobs Stampede Banke Demand Money as Publishing Plots Fail
Bank turmoil triggers stampede as mobs demand cash while publishing houses print currency by the millions to cover losses. Troops mobilized to restore order amid chaos. The drama centers on Banke where printers switch from books to banknotes, signaling a fiscal crisis and public panic.
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Banke
Berlin Banknotes Run As Food Scarcity Roils City
Armed cars guard Berlin as police and Reichswehr hold themselves in readiness amid soaring prices and shortages. Crowds mob markets for potatoes, with women driving off guards. Communist agitators exploit panic while authorities mobilize police reserves and Reichswehr units in Potsdam and Berlin. Reichsbank suffers vault run. printing presses pressed to issue currency. Observers fear a prelude to wider crisis before October.
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Muno
avery
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Von Glasenapp
Reichabank
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Reitchabank
hope
Reichsbanker
Reichsbank
Reichstank
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