Rate Dispute Leads To Court Ruling On Electric Contract
Judge Vinson Carter of superior court No 2 granted a permanent injunction against Columbia School Supply preventing contract cancellation with Indianapolis Light and Heat for power. The court reduced the price from 4.5 to 3.5 cents per kilowatt hour, noting rate variation exists but upholding the plaintiff's contractual right. A petition with over 200 names will go to the Board of Public Works to require filing and approval of a citywide rate schedule.
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Vinson Carter
Superior Court No. 2
Columbia School Supply Company
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
E. C. Atkins Company
Plainiff
J. €. Wood
Board of Public Works
Light and Power Companies
Wood
Board of Trade
Hghting
Hercucles Electric Company
Burnett-Lewis
Electric Fixtures Contract Awarded To Sanborn Company
The Board of Works let the electric light fixtures contract for City Hall to the Sanborn Electric company for 17 245.00 after a midnight conference with G M Brill consulting engineer and architects Preston C Rubush and Wahle Phillips. Bids were trimmed from five to three before selection.
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City Hall
Sanborn Electric Company
Board of Works
Sanborn Company
Wahle- Phillips Company
G. M. Brill
Chicago
Preston C.rubush
Rubueh & Hunter
Burglar Strikes Three North Side Homes in One Night
A burglar broke through a side window at 1537 Broadway Armstrong flats and stole jewelry including a diamond brooch and opal rings valued at unknown amounts. The same burglar entered 618 E Thirteenth street through a second story window while the family was away, taking $15 and a diamond ring among other items. A third break in occurred at 2021 N New Jersey street with only a small amount of change missing. Police Radamache r and Row investigated the incidents on the BE Seventeenth street station.
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Radamaecher
Row
Seventeenth Street
Armstrong's Hau
Pts
Armstrong
Nancy Vonnegut
Thirteenth Street
Gertrude Kine
S. C. Trueblood
New Jersey Street
Women Fight Early Matinee Plan In Chicago
Chicago march 19 women join theater managers to oppose Alderman John H Jones resolution to start matinees earlier so workers can get seats in evening streetcars. Alderman argues matinees end as workers head home. Women vow to fight on council floor.
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Chicago
John H. Jones
Council
Firemen Strike Prevention Efforts Under Way in Chicago
In Chicago on March 19 Commissioners Knapp and Neill pressed to bridge the rift between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and 40 railroads as firemen threaten a strike next Monday. The negotiators seek a peace basis to avert disruption.
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Chicago
Knapp and Neill
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman
How Cannon Began Fight Over Calendar Wednesday
The piece details post re election tension as Speaker Cannon faces insurgent Republicans over the Calendar Wednesday. It describes how Cannon used a census resolution to challenge calendar bills, provoking a constitutional argument. Norris replies that rules making is a constitutional privilege, leading to a deadlock and strategic maneuvers.
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Cannon
Difcrete Week
Wien
Canton
Norris
Nebraska
Dennon
Fire Devastates Yokohama in 3 Million Dollar Blaze
Yokohama, March 19. A vast fire yesterday left over 500 houses ruined and caused extensive damage to the city. Seven bodies were recovered and many others are believed to have perished as authorities conduct a wide search for the missing.
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Yokohama
Governor Pardons Three Murderers In Indiana Clemency
At the board of pardons urging, Gov Marshall pardoned three murderers: Jonas Williams of Vanderburg county jailed since 1906, Anthony McDougal of Floyd county jailed since 1883, and William Messenger of Starke county jailed since 1599. One assault and battery convict from Vigo county, Richard Allen Cline, was also pardoned. Eleven were paroled, including a Marion county inmate. seventeen cases were refused.
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Indiana Board of Pardons
Marshall
Jonas Williams
Vanderburg County
Anthony McDougal
Floyd County
William Messenger
Starke County
Allen Cline
Vigo County
Marion County
Albert Kinley
State Board
Witness Repeats Claim Krauss In Poison Plot
Marion Ind March 19 Mrs Rae M Krauss testified in her husband’s divorce suit cross examining with no mercy. She admitted a written statement exonerating Krauss was written by her and reaffirmed her belief he helped poison their daughter Crystal. The trial is expected to run another week.
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Marion. Ind
Rae M. Krauss
Krauss
William Krauss
Hartford City
J. A. Hindman
Cromwell to preach at King Avenue M E Church
Evangelist Cromwell will preach at King Avenue M E Church tonight at 7 30 PM tomorrow at 10 30 AM and 7 30 PM A general mass meeting is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon in the church.
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King Avenue M. E
Cromwell
Barnard pressured by Republicans to oppose Cannon
In Wayne county Indiana the Republican executive committee telegrammed Congressman W O Barnard urging a firm stand against Cannonism and to back insurgents seeking rules reform. Barnard’s support for Cannon has sparked anger, risking his hold on Wayne County, a GOP stronghold, where he trailed the party ticket by over 1200 in February primaries.
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Richmond
Ind
Wayne County Republican Central Committee
W. O. Barnard
Wayne County
Barnard
Jin
Cannon
Ld House
Ballinger-Princhot Committee
Cannon Organization
Organizers push to extend city streetcar line to Pennsylvania St
Real estate dealer Jesse N Tindall reports a citizen insurgent club formed to pressure the city into extending the streetcar line on Pennsylvania Street from Twenty second to Twenty fifth. A meeting raised funds for counsel and aims to recruit at all termini, hoping for a 10000 member effort by early summer.
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Jesse N. Tindall
New Jersey
Twenty-third Street
Pennsylvania Street
Street
T Twenty-Second
Twenty-ffth Street
Board of Public Works
Mr. Pindall
Tindall
Watson Admits Gavel Pressure in Cannon Row
In Washington March 19 ex Representative Watson of Indiana a former Republican whip worked to sustain Speaker Cannon. Asked about rumors he said only that such a thing had been breached to the speaker. It was believed Cannon might resign the gavel provoking disorder among Democrats and insurgents.
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Watson
Cannon
Washington
Indiana
Wetson
Spea
Insurgents Win Crushing Victory Over Speaker Cannon
Washington March 19 decisive victory by the Insurgents on every motion in the house of representatives. Speaker Cannon humbled as ballots show power shift. Norris resolution to amend rules debated while insurgents and Democrats gain control. Overruling the chair and rule changes mark a sweeping revolt in Congress. Continued on page 9 column 3.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Cannon
National
Congress of the
House
Representative Norris
Tawney
Gaines
Mann
Norris
Mannade
Champ Clark
Representative Dalsell
Pennsylvania
Indiana Rail Commission Ends Three Rate Cases
The Indiana Railroad Commission announced three decisions on railroad rate disputes. It refused to set the Sandusky Cement rate, keeping current protests until a joint rate is created, and rejected the Lafayette Gravel petition for lower gravel tariffs. It proposed concrete product rate cuts to five, four, and three dollars, and approved Burke’s protest against higher switching charges at Jeffersonville reformatory against the P C C C St Louis Railway.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
Sandusky Portland Cement Company
S Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Cement Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Sandusky, C
Syracuse
Ind
Lafayette Gravel and Concrete Company
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company
Jeffersonville Reformatory
James E. Burke
Jeffersonville
Pittsburg, Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company
Boy's Leg Broken By An Automobile
Joseph Franklin aged four was struck by a car driven by Dr. J. T. Wolf of Newmarket in Montgomery county on Indiana Avenue at One Tenth Street. He suffered a broken right leg and facial bruises. Dr. Wolf transported him to City hospital and, per Bicycle Policemen Nick and Hett, to police headquarters. No blame was found. the boy rode on a wagon's rear, jumped off, and ran into the path of the car.
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Joseph Franklin
J. T. Wolf
Newmarket
Montgomery County
Indiana Avenue
Black woman in disguise seeks husband in Marion jail
Mrs. Luella Goodman, white, was sentenced to 11 days in Marion county jail after she blacked her face and traveled in disguise to find her husband, who is a negro. She explained she aimed to locate him without revealing her identity, noting past marriages to a Native American and a deceased husband.
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Luella Goodman
Marion County
Mrs. Goodman
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TO. Petition Works Board
William H. Armstrong
Broadway
Indianapolis Sun
Private Exchange
James J. Hill
James J. Hil
Louis W. Hill
Montana
Hills
Northwest
Great Northern Railroad
Insists Krauss
Wayne County Republican Committee
A. J. Commission
Indianapolis
Galt
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