Christ on Trial in Murder Case at Venice Court
Henry Christ faces a murder charge for the July 12 killing of Edward Cory, the Electrical Workers union business agent, as defense argues a plea in abatement to exclude an affidavit. The trial likely will last a week with testimony from both sides while public sentiment divides on guilt.
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Venice
Henry Christ
Criminal Court Room
Edward Cory
Electrical Workers’ Union
Venira
Christ
Michael Ryan
John C. Ruckelshaus
Martin Hugg
William W. ‘Thornton
Hexan
Cory
Harry Tutewller
of Christ
Coroner rules on Cory Christ shooting death verdict
The coroner declares Edward Cory was killed by Henry Chelet after a personal encounter while Cory sat at his doorway. Christ faces murder charges. Kruger’s police stance shown. Grand jury delays, juror excuses, and affidavit filings shape the case against Christ as months of hearings proceed.
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Tutewiter
Christ
Cory
Tutewiler
Edward Cory
Henry Chelet
Pope
Kruger
Benedict
Jucore
Sherrick
Alexander Cory
Wife Fou nd Him
David Blunk traveling salesman and Opal Ruel faced arrest after Blunk’s wife shadowed him for a month. She confronted the pair in Opal Ruel’s room, a scuffle followed, and police detained them with Miss Ruel escaping to a roof. Blunk admitted wasting over $500 on Miss Ruel and depriving his wife.
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David Blunk
Opal Ruel
Blunk
Nolice Station
Washington Sr
Mia
Alan Uml
Misa Ruel
Mrs. Blunk
Miss Ruel
Wulechner
Public hearing on state women's prison inquiry begins
A public investigation into alleged cruel and inhuman treatment at the State Woman's Prison and Girls' Industrial School opened at 10 am on E Michigan St. Gov Manly chairs the Board of State Charities with over 10 witnesses summoned. Reports accuse Emily B. Rhoades of incompetence and cruelty, while testimonies from former inmates and staff recount solitary confinement and harsh discipline.
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State Woman's Prison
Girls’ Industrial School
Emily B. Rhoades
Industrial School For Girls and Women’s Prison
E. Michigan St
Board of State Charities
Manly Ia
Chaiman
Hanty
Sidney B. Davis
Terre Haute
Miss Rhomles
Eva M. Hall
Joephine Stutard
Jennie Bowers
Board of Trustees
Miss Rhoads
Emma L. Elam
Indianapolis
Gila B. McCoy
Sarah Lancaster
Lafayette
Young Woman Heads Japanese W C T U in U S Tour
Miss Ula Hayashi president of the largest W C T U in Japan and head of the Osaka orphanage visits Southern California on a two fold mission. She aims to raise funds for the Osaka orphanage and improve her English during a tour that will take her from Los Angeles to San Francisco Chicago and Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ula Hayashi
W. UC
V. U
Japan
Osaka
United
Rise In Temperature Mildly Boosts City Comfort
The coldest blast of winter hit Saturday night with a Sunday minimum near 16 degrees, followed by a gradual rise from Monday morning as warmer air moved in. Indianaplis felt the chill Friday through Sunday, with residents gathering around fires. Weatherman Blythe forecast a temperature rebound by Tuesday with fair skies. Trains ran slightly late Sunday, within expected margins, while streets, telegraphs, and phones operated without major disruption.
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Mercury
Indianepelis
Blythe
Gold Watch Stolen at Bargain Sale
Mrs. gooF vai of 24 Irving Place reported to police Monday that her gold watch worn on a neck chain was stolen during a bargain sale. The watch was unhooked while the chain remained in place and a second woman with unknown name is said to have taken a pocketbook containing a small amount of money.
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Goof Vai
Irving Place
Hite
Two Federal Arrests Involving Obscene Letters and Mailbox Shooting
Deputy U.S. Marginal Ransin arrested Horace LaRue of Jeffersonville and Marshall Brown of Hedford on the federal indictment. LaRue charged with sending obscene letters through the mails and Brown charged with shooting up a rural mailbox.
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U.S
Ransin
Horace LaRue
Jeffersonville
Marshall Brown
Hedford
LaRue
Brown
Weather Outlook for Monday to Tuesday
Pleasant conditions continue with a fair sky on Monday night and Tuesday. The forecast calls for warmer temperatures on Tuesday with daytime warming and a mild evening ahead.
Prisoners in Indiana Reformatory Endure Cold
Eleven hundred inmates at the Indiana reformatory are shivering as steam heat is cut off to regulate city water supply. Chapel services were suspended and shop work paused for days. The disruption stems from new wells and city-wide heating cuts as authorities work to provide chemically pure water.
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Scripps-S Are Press Association
Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
Peter Breining Led Ringgold Band Buried In Terre Haute
Peter Breining, leader of the Ringgold band, was buried today in Terre Haute Indiana. Breining once led the Crescent bands at Pittsburg and organized the Ringgold band here years ago. His band played throughout the central states and he was widely known as a composer.
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Scripps-Aural Press Assaulation
Terre Haute
Ind
Peter
Breining
Ringgold
Tme
Crescent Bands
Pittsburg
Central States
Wealthy lumberman rents train for peritonitis in Barawa
Barawa Michigan resident a wealthy lumberman arrived by special train today to undergo surgery for peritonitis at Mercy hospital. In other news, the Supreme Court rules the United States may tax the South Carolina monopoly as a private entity. In Wyoming No 1 mine disaster only one body recovered of IX workers killed by explosion Thursday night. A man was killed by a train in Fort Scott. Robbers take five stamps and 133 dollars from a Shelbyville post office. Mrs Cassie Chadwick collapses in federal bankruptcy court and is revived. Judge Philips in Kansas City dismisses contempt proceedings against railroads over alleged rebate violations.
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UniwaAwu-seba Jon
Barawa
Mich
Mercy
Tiamondville
Wyo
No. 1
Cleveland, C
Cassie L. Chadwick
Federal Bankruptcy Court
Kansas City
Philips
Fire at Yatesville threatens town in Pa.
Fire, which started today, threatens to destroy the whole town of Yatesville. The Shenandoah fire department was called for aid.
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Yatesvile
Scripps-M'Rre Press Association
Yatesville
Shenandoah Fire Department
Congress Opens Session with Cannon Elected Speaker
Today in Congress at noon the Senate met with Vice President Pairbanks presiding and Clerk McDowell handling House duties. The Senate adjourned at 12 20 p m, while the House elected Joseph G Cannon of Hilnels as Speaker over John Sharp Williams of Mississippi. The wife of Vice President Fairbanks attended the Senate, Miss Aliee Roosevelt was in the House gallery, and prayers were offered for safety and divine guidance by Rev Henry N Couden in the House and Rev Edward Everett Hale in the Senate.
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Washington, Dee
Congress
Pairbanks
Senate
McDowell
House
Joseph G Cannon
Hilnels
John Sharp Wilama
Missingippi
Fairbanke
Henry N. Couden
Aliee Roosevelt
Edward Everett Hale
Coal Prices Advance in Early Winter Trend
Coal prices rose by 25 cents per ton on Monday amid a coal shortage in Indianapolis. Dealers expect the higher price to hold through winter, with December usually bringing a 23 cent rise. At Indianapolis Coal Company offices on East Market Street the advance applied to most coals except Facedontas. coke price unchanged though some reported a one cent per bushel rise. Rail deliveries from Indiana and Pennsylvania mines remain fair, not meeting all demands as cold weather spikes demand.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Coal Company
E. Market St
Facedontas
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Divorce Refused In Superior Court No 3
In Monday proceedings Henry H Williams sought a divorce from Rena A claiming abandonment and refusal to reunite after two years of marriage. The court denied the divorce. Minnie Seidensticker was granted divorce from Barham Seidensticker on grounds of cruelty, inhuman treatment, drunkenness, and non support. The husband, described as fairly well to do, reportedly pressed to sever relations despite previous affection.
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Superior Court No. 3
Henry H. Willams
Rena A
Minnie Seidensticker
Barham Seidensticker
Scene Shifter Heart Winner In Superior Court
Edward Holland, a scene shifter at an Indiana theater who aspires to acting, faced a dramatic superior court proceeding Monday as his wife Oma Holland, 74, sought divorce after detailing alleged mistreatment. She testified he confessed lack of love and described choosing other women. The murky exchange included references to a "red-headed" woman in the audience and a proposed introduction. The same court also nullified Leonard W. Gemmer’s marriage to Minnie F. Gemmer, 17, ruling they were not legally old enough. The ceremony had occurred last June, with Gemmer’s father opposing the union.
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Edward Holland
Indiana Theater
Superior Court
Oma Holland
Um Gorry
Leonard W. Gemmer
Minnie F. Gemmer
J. M. Leathers
William Gemmer
Police guard jail rumor of lynch attempt ends quietly
Evansville Ind Dec 4 A detail of police guarded the jail Saturday night after a rumor that an attempt would be made to lynch Lee Williams an alleged assailant of Mrs Griener but there was no disturbance of any kind
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Evansville
Ind
Lee ‘Willams
Abandonment Talk Grows as Russia Faces Mutiny
Dispatches from St. Petersburg report troop mutinies at Warsaw Kursk Mints Saratof Klursun Novgorod Grodno and Knarkoff with many killed or wounded. A rising belief favors a triumvirate dictatorship led by Grand Duke Nicholas Gen. Trepoff and Count Ignatieff to take power, while Count Witte’s governance is condemned and likely to fall before year’s end.
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Kursk
Mints
Saratof
Klursun
Novgorod
Grodno
Knarkoff
Russia
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Trepom
Alexis Ignatieff
Anter
Witte
Panic on the Bourse in Paris amid tense world markets
Paris dispatch reports a sharp panic on the bourse as French rentes slide four centimes. Officials cite mounting tension in the international situation and Russia's grave state, with fears of new complications involving Germany and strains over Turkish and Moroccan affairs fueling the decline.
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Scripps-Am'rae
Paris
Russia
Germany
Tnfair Ping
Turkey
Money Market Interrupted by Russian Disorder
London financial markets show widespread weakness as turmoil in Russia shocks investors. Imperial Russian securities fall sharply, with the Russian imperials dropping three points to 60, amid a broader decline in securities and unsettled market conditions.
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Scripps-M'Rae Press Association
London
Dutrose
Bell refuses to intervene in Mrs Rogers case
Gov Charles J Bell of Vermont told reporters he will not interfere in the Rogers case and that the end is near unless his opinion reverses. He denied a rumor that execution would cause two deaths, a claim reportedly verified by the prison surgeon. Bell is in Chicago for a New England society banquet.
Morris Mill Burned in Sawmill Fire at Morris
A fire at Morris destroys the sawmill owned by W. E Talbert & Co. in Morris, Indiana. The blaze caused significant damage with about 5000 dollars insured and the exact cause unclear as investigators determine origin.
Michigan City Purchases Street Car System
MICHIGAN CITY The Northern Indiana Railway Company has bought the Michigan City street car system. GENEVA Dr Collins four, was struck by a G R & I train last night and killed. He had just been to see a patient and was returning home. GREENCASTLE Day Crosses cabinet factory destroyed by fire yesterday loss 912,000 with 2,800 insurance. SOUTH BEND The wife of Dr L R Moody died last night. They had been married only three weeks. Death followed a week’s attack of jaundice. TLAINFIELD Dot Bly a merchant here died in Arizona where he had gone for ill health. COLUMBUS Dr J S Arwine one of the best known physicians in Columbus died yesterday. He had been sick a year. DANVILLE Four Big Four laborers were on a spree Saturday night and Sheriff Mendenhall arrested them.
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Collins
Greencastle
Day & Crosses
South Bend
Tlainfield
Dot Bly
Arizona
Columbus
J. 5. Arwiné
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