Either Help or Quit Shelter House Plea to Aid City
Rev. Thomas H. Nelson urged the Board of Public Safety to earmark 1000 for the North New Jersey street shelter as police daily send needy to him for food and shelter. The board asked the controller to draft an ordinance for the appropriation while a new auto patrol was accepted. its payment warrant awaits legal opinion. The board also accepted Patrolman Herschel B. Gill's resignation and named three new appointees Oliver Pfaffenberger John T. Welch and Eugene E Bruce.
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Sey Street
Nelson
Board of Public Safety
Council
Board of Works
Herschel B. Gill
Force
Oliver Pfaffenberger
John T. Welch
Eugene E.bruce
Robber Robert Harper Arrested in St Louis for Sal Army Theft
Robert Harper escaped from City hospital a month ago and is jailed in St Louis on charges including a Salvation Army charityworker theft. He was arrested in Indianapolis for house robberies after being identified by tattoo marks on his body. He will not be returned to Indianapolis.
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City Hospital
St. Louis
Salvation Army
Indianapolis
St.Louis
Barnsdale to Sell Oil Holdings in Paris Deal
Theodore N. Barnsdale, a millionaire oil and gas operator, rushes to Paris to seal a major expansion. He intends to sell a vast group of properties to a syndicate of French bankers for sums between 12 and 20 million dollars. The holdings span California Oklahoma Illinois and other western and southwestern states.
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Pittsburg
Theodore N. Barnsdale
Paris
Barnsdale
Californian
Oklahoma
Illinois
Bonus ends December 12 000 contest prompts voters to act
A fundraising appeal urges readers to support candidates in The Sun’s $12,000 subscription contest. Messages from Miss Veda West and Miss Elsie Dierdorf describe how subscriptions aid business education and opportunities, while Carl Hummer and Fred Bruns request votes and payments to win cash prizes.
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The
Sun
Carl Hummer
South Hast Street
Brutality Reported in Irwin Mine Strike
Charles P. Gildea reports on the Irwin Pennsylvania strike detailing police and company repression. The strike families faced evictions but aid arrived as the UMWA and AFL fund relief, shelter, and supplies while the fight reportedly continues.
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Irwin
Coa
Charles P. Gildea
United Mine Workers of North America
Irwin Fields
Pennsylvania
International Organization
American Federation of Labor
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Solons Favor Tax for Hospital Need
Marion county legislators led by W. W. Spencer back a bill to empower the city board of health to levy a tax for a new hospital. Senator Salem Clark supports the idea and says Marion county can press the issue. Dr. E. D. Clark warns the old building risks fire and a new hospital is an economical move.
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W. W. Spencer
Marion County
J. L. Freeland
Indianapolis
City Board of Health
Salem Clark
E. D. Clark
Railroads Fined On Guilty Pleas
A jury in the United States circuit court fined eight rail safety appliance violations at $100 each against the Baltimore & Ohio railroad company. Joint defendants Big Four and Indianapolis Union Railway Company were fined $1,000, Baltimore & Chicago $200, Chicago Terminal $200, Monon $100, and the Pennsylvania $100. Following pleas and payments, the jury was dismissed.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Big Four
The
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
Balti
More & Chblo
Chicago Terminal Company
Monon
Pennsylvania
Soldier attempts suicide at Ft Benjamin Harrison
Joseph Davis of Company G Tenth Infantry tried to shoot himself with a service rifle at Fort Benjamin Harrison on Thursday. Fellow soldiers wrestled away the weapon, leaving only a portion of his chin injured. Officials suggest he was deranged at the time.
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Joseph Davis
Tenth Infantry
Benjamin Harrison
Concordia Christmas Entertainment Planned for Germania Hall
Arthur Michel chairs Concordia society committee arranging its thirty third Christmas entertainment and dance at Germania hall on Sunday evening December 18. Children admitted free. Beiser's orchestra to provide music.
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Arthur Michel
Concordia Society
Germania Hall
Beiser
Interurban Operators Up for Hearing December Conference
Indiana interurban operators will be invited to a December 28 hearing at the statehouse called by the state railroad commission. Officials will discuss adopting the commission's recommendations after its study of recent interurban accidents. Focus will be on reforming the double order rule and on new motorman qualifications and block signals.
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State Railroad Commission
Statehouse
Grandchildren to Get 25 Instead of 25000 in Altis Will
Milwaukee judge refuses to amend Mrs. E. P. Altis will, keeping four grandchildren to receive 25 dollars each while the family says the intention was 25000 dollars per child. The erratum involved adding three digits to the bequests in the will of the Allis-Chalmers founder’s widow.
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Milwaukee
Wis
W. H. Halsey
Circuit Court
E. P. Altis
Allis-Chalmers Company
Ink Used As Wine Shocks Carlisle Church
In Carlisle Kentucky on December 15 a Pleasant Valley Christian church incident left several persons violently affected after indelible ink was exchanged for communion wine during a Sunday service.
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Carlisle
Pleasant Valley Christian Church
Insurance stock transfer sparks $75,000 damages suit
Orian S and Miller, stockholders’ counsel, filed suit for a receiver and $75,000 against Auto Insurance Company of America and others. They allege a proposed transfer of stock to Federal Union Surety would wipe out holdings from $100 to $30 per share and dissipate assets. They seek restraining order, book and asset protection, cancellation of contracts, and return of notes. Defendants named include Charles W Clark & Co and David M Parry.
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Auto Insurance Company of America
Federal Union Surety Company
Orian S&s
Miller
Federal Union Company
Charles W. Clark & Co
David M. Parry
Humane Society Receives 240 From Packers Aid Christmas Effort
Indianapolis humane society received 240 from a Packers organization to support horse welfare during the holiday rush. A meeting discussed preventing horse overwork and plans include replenishing sand sacks at police HQ and attaching emergency chains to hooves. Officials will monitor short check reins and tag them where needed.
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Indianapolis Humane Society
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C. E. Gauss
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Main St
Marshall
Mich
the Leading Trust Company
Indiana
the Union Trust Company
Office Company's
Veda West
South Side
Miss West
Miss Dierdorf
Indianapoli Sun
Edu
Cate
Elsie Dierdorf
John Dierdorf Piano Co
Fred G. Bruns
Henry Street
Carl
Hummer
Solons
Indianapolis Sun
Department of the
United States
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Concordia Entertainment
Interurban
O. S. Miller
Emerson Hough
Mr. Hough
M. Leone Bracker
Edmund Frederick
University Square
the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers
Union Squar
New York
Griggs
Rockers
F. W
F. E. Griggs
E. Washington St
Indiana Union Traction Company
MAN
Walter
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the Garment Cleaners
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Pembroke Arcade
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