Christmas Charity Spread Across Indianapolis Homes
Christmas in Indianapolis welfare institutions highlighted acts of charity across the city. Prisoners shared a light communal hour in the workhouse, women at Randolph and Michigan streets received handmade gifts and their first Christmas tree in years, and girls at Clermont enjoyed a glove distribution and planned entertainments. Salvation Army distributed 500 baskets and 200 pairs of shoes to needy families, with a thousand children at Tomlinson Hall for a holiday treat. Orphans’ Home kept a quiet day, while City Hospital saw abundant holiday aid from church groups and hospital staff members.
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Indianapolis
Ben Franklin
Woman's
Woman’s Prison
Randolph
Michigan
Clermont
Eriday
Weyl
Joshua Stansfield
Christ
Charlotte Dye
Salvation Army
Tomlinson Hal
William Escott
Collins
Westwashington
Garfield
John R. Wilson
Oran Perry
City Hospital
Society of St. Bridget's
St. Margaret's’ Guild of Aul's Durch
Young Judies
Society
Senators and Families Benefit From Fat Federal Salaries
Washington dispatch details the senate secretary’s annual receipts and expenditures exposing salaries of relatives on the federal payroll. It cites Smoot, Gallinger, Tilman, and De Soto Money among others with subsistence, printing, and committee roles, plus numerous newspaper subscriptions and odd furnishings bought for the senate.
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Washington
Hibbs
United States Senate
Smoot
Ulysses G. Bb. Pierce
Chapman
Senate
W. H. Gallinger
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
B. R. Tilman, Jr
Senator Tilman
South Carolina
Cecil Grace Disappears After Channel Flight
London Dec 26 Cecil S Grace the British aviator has not been heard since his fogbound return from crossing the English Channel on Dec 22 He flew from Dover to Caylais France but on the return trip vanished in fog possibly sinking in the North Sea A search along the coasts was discontinued by official orders though friends' vessels continued the hunt Grace is presumed dead with a prize still sought by Baron de Forest.
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London
Cecil S. Grace
English Channel
Baron de Forest
Great Britain
Grace
Dover
Caylais
France
North Sea
Chicago Honors Firemen Dead in Morris Plant Fire
Chicago paid tribute to Fire Marshal James Horan and eleven firemen killed at the Morris packing plant fire with services at Holy Name cathedral. The day featured a lengthy funeral procession, a mounted guard, and leaders from city and national fire services. Fund relief surpassed $100,000, raised largely by Edward Morris and others. Packers were blamed for not contributing to families. Eight victims were buried Sunday.
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Chicago
James Horan
Morris
Holy Name Catholic Cathedral
Quigley
Healy
Calvary Cemetery
Steward
Milton J. Foreman
National Guard
Busse
Conlon
New York
Knights of Columbus
Edward Morris
Morris & Co
R. Keene Ryan
Garfield Boulevard Presbyterian Church
Church Receives Two Gifts of 85000 for Debt Relief
Two gifts of 85000 each were presented to the First Baptist Church at Meridian and Vermont streets on Sunday. Pastor Rev. Frederick F E Taylor announced at the morning service that A A Barnes and Arthur Jordan donated the sums to aid the church debt, praising the donors' generosity.
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First Baptist Church
Meridian
Vermont Streets
Frederick FE. Taylor
A. A. Barnes
Arthur Jordan
Shelbyville Man Appointed Counsel for New York Central Lines
Isaac Carter of Shelbyville has been appointed counsel for the New York Central Lines for Indiana, filling a vacancy of about three years. A leading Shelby County lawyer, Carter is connected to the firm Carter Morrison and presented the Big Four line proposal.
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Isaac Carter
Shelbyville
New York Central Lines Fur
Indiana
Carter
Shelby County
Morrison
Big Four
Dana Will Ianry Couple at Dance
Mayor Shenk will preside at a Monday night Masonic ball and speak the fatal words that will unite Guy Marin and Sylvia Robbins for life or until divorce court intervention. Marin, a theatrical press agent, allegedly arranged the public ceremony during the dance. The dance hall manager says the wedding is on the level, while the mayor and his office remain unaware of the contracting parties. An additional wedding is planned for Tuesday morning in the mayor’s office, though names are not known to the mayor.
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Shenk
Guy Marin
Sylvia Robbins
Marin
Sullivan
Shank
Bombs Applied in Gamblers' War in New York
New York police prepared for a dynamite campaign among gamblers after two bombs exploded. The city had seen more than thirty infernal machines in Chicago, and investigators believe a Chicago gang may have been hired to replicate the violence in New York, heightening the gambling turf war.
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New York
Chicago
Dewey, 73, Enjoys Natal Celebration
Washington December 26 Admiral George Dewey hero of Manila Bay celebrated his seventy third birthday at his K street home. He is in excellent health. Many prominent diplomatic and army and navy men called to congratulate him.
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Washington
George Dewey
Manila Bay
K Street
Navy
Gas explosion in Warwick Quebec kills four children
Four people die and two are seriously injured after a gas explosion in Warwick Quebec about seventy five miles east of Montreal. The blast occurred around 10 30 Sunday night. The deceased are children aged between 2 and 8 years.
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Montreal
Warwick
Quebec
Demerit System Tightens Rules for Railway Mail Clerks
The latest general order supplement details 105 offenses for railway mail clerks and imposes a demerit-based discipline. Clerks face penalties for badge failures, improper reporting, and lamp mismanagement, with promotions tied to demerit totals and no formal merit system for good performance.
Sailors Threaten Lynching After Hospital Incident
In San Diego on December 26 a group of sailors from U S warships forced police to move J Smith a Black fireman from the county hospital to the county jail. The clash stemmed from a knife fight between Smith and Indian fireman P E Dextater of a destroyer.
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San Diego
Cal
United States
J. Smith
Smith
P. E. Dextater
Bloomington Tragedy Blamed on Foes in Foreign Tension
Special to The Sun Oscar Childers was shot in Bloomington Indiana on December 26 during a fracas between American friends and foreigners in Chanunelersville. The blast shattered a window pane and toppled a stove in the Childers home. A stallian who aided the shooting was named.
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Bloomington
Ind
Oscar Childers
Chanunelersville
Childers
Stalian
Heroic father dies trying to save wife in blaze
Julius H. Wellemeyer, 40, of 2527 Webb Street, died Sunday morning while rescuing his wife from a burning home. He made two trips inside and carried out his five children, the eldest 10. Mrs. Wellemeyer escaped via a second story window with bed clothes aiding her jump. Firefighters from stations 7 and 26 fought the flames but could not reach him. his body was found after the fire. The family had lost their home a year earlier in a prior blaze.
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Lerk
Ieee
Ieee Eee
Egee A
Julius H. Wellemeyer
Webb Street
Kellemeyer
Christmas Holiday Bloodshed in City Streets
Police records describe a violent weekend with multiple stabbings and a murder. Arthur McPherson shot Mike Hurt during an argument over a $5 debt, while purse snatching led to George Bell and brother Charles Bell's arrest. Other incidents include a white man stabbed on a streetcar, a saloon brawl, and a fatal chest stab wound to Harry Elliott after a drunken episode.
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Mike Hurt
Orange Street
Arthur McPherson
Goley Avenue
South
California
John Angelesca
Thomas Hayburn
Joseph Bush
Ben Lansing
Blake
Washington Streets
Bush
West
Washington Street
William Shine
Police Involved Car Crash Kill For 7 Year Old Boy
A car driven by Ambrose Doyle and occupied by Patrolmen Tate and Strauss killed Maurice McCoy, 7, at Thirtieth and New Jersey streets. Doyle, arrested for manslaughter, and the two officers, suspended for late and evasive reporting, face board of safety action after disguising identities and delaying the true account.
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Ambrose Doyle
North Capitol Avenue
Tate and
Strauss
Maurice McCoy
Thirtieth
New Jersey
Doyle
Kruger
Franklin
Hyland
Tate
Board of Safety
Young Doyle
Horace Woods
Capitol Auto Company
George Barker
Charles Busey
Capitol Avenue
James Scanlan
Thirty-eighth Street
Kissel Avenue
Fair Grounds
Tate and Strauss
Supt. Hyland
Twenty-seventh Street
Hrland
Scanlan
Supt
Henry C. McCoy
North
New Jersey Street
Crane
Clipper Editor Captured at Fostoria Ohio
Clarence Blaine Hamilton editor and proprietor of the Garrett Clipper and Miss Margaret May Hachet of this city were captured here Sunday. Local brief notes indicate the pair were detained during a routine city stopover. Further details were not immediately available.
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Fostoria, O
Clarence Blaine Hamilton
Garrett
Ind
Margaret May
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