Hall Mills case heads to jury with verdict expected
Jurors near a verdict in the Hall Mills murder trial as State attorney Alex Simpson claims Frances Stevens Hall killed Rev Edward Hall and choir singer Eleanor Mills with her brothers on September 14 1922. The judge prepared to charge the jury after lunch with bets on acquittal widely offered.
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Bu United Press
Somerville
N. J
Hall-Mills
Alex Simpson
Frances Stevens Hall
Henry
Willie Stevens
Eleanor Mills
Hall
Edward W. Hall
Simpson
Justice Parker
Senator Case
Defense
Administration of Justice
New Jersey
Canton protests British arrest of fourteen Tianjin nationalists
The south China nationalist government announced a severe note to Britain protesting the arrest of fourteen nationalists in the British concessions at Tianjin. If they were executed, Canton would demand indemnity from Great Britain.
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United Press
Canton
London
Tien Tsin
Great Britain
Prosecutor's Aid Visits Stephenson in Grand Jury Probe
Deputy Prosecutor William H Sheaffer returned from Indiana State Prison where D C Stephenson’s offer to expose political corruption helped fuel an eight week grand jury investigation. Witnesses included State highway commission members Robert Boren and George Hirschman, IRS official M Bert Thurman, and William Shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam H Sheaffer
Indiana
Michigan City
D. C
Robert Boren
Fountain City
George Hirschman
Crown Point
State Highway Commission
M. Bert Thurman
Internal Revenue Collector
William Shine
Remy
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Grand Jury
Fred Parnell
Attica
Ind
Columbia Club
Russell Ryan
Ruckelshaus & Ryan
Harry Dunn
Ryan
Purnell
John D. Williams
Commission
Oil Trial Evidence Highlights Fall-Doheny Case
Government presses the Fall Doheny defense with a letter from H Foster Bain noting no Interior or attorney general opinion was sought. Bain, under cross examination, contradictions emerge as prosecutors push toward testimony from Albert Fall and Doheny about Elk Hills leases and the Pearl Harbor project.
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United Press
Washington
Fall-Doheny
Secretary of Interior
Albert B. Fall
Pearl Harbor
H. Foster Bain
Bureau of Mines
Elk Hills
Interior Department
Attorney General
Bain
Owen Roberts
Doheny
Denby
E. L. Doheny
Pan American Petroleum Company
Interior
E. C. Finney
California
Roberts
Marie at Milan on Return to Roumania
Queen Marie of Roumania arrived in Milan en route to Bucharest, completing a 20,000 mile U S tour. She appeared tired but said news of King Ferdinand’s improving health would have let her finish with less haste. Countess Lucia Pancera met the party at the station.
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Marie
Milan
Roumania
Preas
Italy
Queen Marie of
Ferdinand
Lucia Pancera
Seek Bank Clerk in $100000 Shortage
MEMPHIS Tenn Dec 8 Rush H Parke a clerk at the American Savings Bank and Trust Company fled the city after auditors found a shortage in his accounts exceeding 100000 dollars. He reportedly left as auditors confronted him in his cage and the audit later confirmed the missing sum. Parke had been a trusted employee for several years.
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United Areas
Memphis
Tenn
Rush H. Parke
American Savings Bank and Trust Company
Parke
Park
Four Arrests Reported in City Holdups and Burglaries
Police say Rodney Biggs 23 has been held on a $10 000 vagrancy charge and questioned about recent hold ups. James Gardner 25 Wendell Bridgeforth 26 and Henry Bridgeforth 22 confessed to stealing merchandise from Charles McKinzie drug store and William Schwartz dry goods store, aiding solved burglaries.
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Rodney Biggs
Bright St
Charles McKinzie
Columbia Ave
William Schwartz
Northwestern Ave
James Gardner
Sheldon St
Wendell Bridgeforth
Henry
Yandes St
Claude Worley
Goldrick Rites Set For Spann Co. VP
Private funeral service for David W. Goldrick 45 vice president of Spann Company real estate who died at Methodist Hospital will be at his home 4807 Broadway at 10 a m Monday Rev Thomas R White Meridian Heights Church will officiate Rural services in Memorial Park cemetery will be conducted by the Masonic lodge.
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David W. Goldrick
Spann Company
Methodist Hospital
Broadway
Thomas R. White
Meridian Heights Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Brownsburg Man William Hart Critical After Collision
William T. Hart, 65, a local farmer near Brownsburg Indiana, was in critical condition at Long Hospital after a tractor truck crash damaged his car in Brownsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hart
Brownsburg
Ind
Long Hospital
T. H., I. and E. Traction
Business Leaders Seek Change to Wright Bone Dry Law
Indiana Liberty League members plan a vigorous campaign to modify the Wright Bone Dry Law. The group met with thirty members at the Athenaeum and will push to remove provisions harsher than the Volstead Act, aiming to allow physician prescriptions and reduce felon status for small liquor possessors. H. E. Negley will lead the legislative fight. Representative Frank Burns has announced a bill to modify the law.
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Indiana Liberty League
Harry M. Franklin
Athenaeum
Indiana
Franklin
H. E. Negley
Meyer- Kiser Bank Bldg
Frank Burns
Indianapolis
Fire Destroys Downtown Storage in Big Blaze
A downtown fire at Ogden and Wabash streets caused about 4000 in losses to a Furnas company storage building. The second floor blaze spread to the third floor before fire crews contained it. insurance covered most losses. A stock room and goods belonging to Hartsock also burned, with some damage to nearby facilities.
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Ogden and Wabash Sts
Alabama St
Frank L. Hartsock Commission
Banner Storage Company
New Jersey and
Market Sts
Ohio
Jesse Hutzell
Furnas Ice Cream Company
Hartsock
Hut
W. Market St
William H. Block Company
Cooper Restaurant
Capitol
Park department to abolish assistant recreation director post
Park board announced the dismissal of Mrs. Alice Kessler as assistant city recreation director, signaling the permanent end of the position. President John E. Milner cited rapid movement of Recreation Director Jesse P. McClure as justification, noting past department management from the office. Kessler had been a holdover appointee from the Shank administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Kessler
Park Board
John E. Milner
Jesse P. McClure
McClure
Kessler
Shank
Hotel Men Convene at Claypool Convention
The Indiana Hotel Association opened its convention at the Claypool with Mayor Duvall welcoming attendees. Walter B. Smith presided as president. David Olmsteind of Chicago spoke on Meeting Competition With Operating Economics and was followed by Richard Lieber discussing What Is the Tourists' Business Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Hotel Association
Claypool
Duvall
Walter B. Smith
David Olmsteind
Chicago
Richard Lieber
Prohibition Bans Oriental Dancing in Constantinople
The government in Constantinople bans Oriental dancing and the Charleston as dangerous. The turkey trot and the one step are not banned.
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United Press
Constantinople
Turkey
Fire damages Schoboern palace wing and U S Legation
A fire in Prague on December 3 destroyed the left wing of the Schoboern palace and caused slight damage to the United States Legation. The roof of United States Minister Hinstein's dining room collapsed. The palace was uninsured.
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United Press
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Schoboern Palace
United States
Hinstein
Seek to Release Ice Bound Ships
Sault Ste Marie Mich December reports sub freezing weather keeps upper lake channels iced over locking about forty steamers. Only the Martian broke free earlier while a St Ignace railroad car ferry is expected to arrive to blast a path through the ice with four tugs Sabin Iowa Alabama and Illinois standing by to aid.
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United Press
Iowa
Alabama
Illinois
Boynton pushes Miami cement as city patching solution
Boynton J. Moore city council president seeks paving expert qualification amid promotion of Miami cement to repair thousands of street holes. He cites quick drying and traffic readiness, saying Amiesite Kentucky rock asphalt and tar products have failed. He expects council pressure to test the material.
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Boynton J. Moore
Moore
Miami
Board of Works
Republicans Fear Attack on Gould Wins Seat
At the capitol Republicans brace for possible protests over the seating of Arthur R. Gould Republican designate of Maine who is to be sworn in Monday replacing the late Bert M. Fernald Democrats privately threaten to contest the seating though no party declaration has been made publicly.
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United Preas
Washington
Arthur R. Gould
Maine
Capitol
Gould
Bert M. Fernald
Seven year old saves sister from fire with quick thinking
James Armstrong seven from R I C Box 204 Ben Davis acted fast when Dora Jane six caught fire from an open heater. He fetched water and extinguished flames with his hands after the bucket emptied, saving his sister as their mother cried out and slipped on wet boards.
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James Armstrong
R. R. C. Box
Ben Davis
Dora Jane
James
Dolra Jane
Corporation Counsel Demands Present and Hight Calls Tapping Public Pockets Pernicious
Corporation counsel seeks action against ongoing financial schemes denouncing the tapping of public funds. Former treasurer Hight argues the current system is flawed and demands sweeping reforms to curb waste.
New High For Franc as US Exchange Reaches 3.91 Cents
The French franc hits a yearly high of 3.91 cents in New York trading, surpassing January’s 3.90 cents. The currency has fully recovered from the July 20 low of 1.96 cents after a 60 percent decline.
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Bu United Preas
New York
Burglar Breaks In Jewelry Store Window
Police say a burglar used a glass cutter to cut a hole in the show window at Herbert Trask Jewelry, 914 Fort Wayne Ave, and stole jewelry worth 92 dollars. A second thief ransacked United Brothers Church offices at Park and Walnut Streets, taking a 20 dollar typewriter.
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Herbert Trask
Wayne Ave
United Brothers Church
Park and Walnut Sts
Hourly Temperatures Report
Readable fragment lists temperatures by hour from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. with values such as 36 at 6, 46 at 10, 86 at 11, 51 at 8, noon 54, and 55 at 1 p.m. Likely a weather page snippet noting fluctuating daily highs and lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meese
Amounts Asked in Rucker Suit Against City Officials
City Corporation Counsel Alvah J. Rucker seeks Barrett law interest from city officials in a suit. The list names Mayor John L. Duvall at 90000 dollars, County Treasurer Edward R. Ramsay at 25000, Ralph A. Lemeeke at 170000, Edward G. Sourbier at 150000, Frank S. Fishback at 70000, heirs of Carl Von Hake at 120000, heirs of Ed Robison at 60000, heirs of Oliver Ensley at 100000, heirs of Armin Koehne at 75000. Total estimated at 860000 using Ramsay’s low estimate.
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Alvah J. Rucker
Barrett Law Fund
Edward A. Ramsay
Duvall
Barrett Law
Marion County
Edward B. Raub
Dwight S. Ritter
Ramsay
Ralph A. Lemcke
Edward G. Sourbier
Frank S. Fishback
Carl von Hake
E. J. Robinson
Oliver Ensley
Armin C. Koehne
Rucker
Duvall Rucker
Mayor Duvall
John L. Duvall
Edward R. Ramsay
Secocee Coord
Ralph A. Lemeeke
Ed Robison
Armin C
Koehne
States Agree on Reciprocity for Auto Licenses
Seven states Illinois Iowa Minnesota Kansas Ohio Indiana and Kentucky reached a reciprocity agreement on automobile licenses after a meeting of state secretaries of state in Chicago. They will urge their legislatures to adopt a uniform law covering all but trucks on regular routes. Indiana’s Frederick E. Schortemeier was elected president of the new Mid West Conference of Motor Vehicle Administrators. The group urged repeal of Kentucky’s Interstate operating tracks license requirement.
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United Press
Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
Minesota
Kansas
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Mid-West Conference of
Schortemeier
City to patrol parks to curb Christmas tree thefts
George Morgan assistant parks superintendent announced measures to prevent tree thefts in city parks and boulevards. Sixteen special policemen and two parks department officers will patrol areas and offenders face arrest for malicious trespass and theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Morgan
Parks Department
Edison’s Son Relapses After Operation in Wilmington
William L. Edison, son of Thomas A. Edison, has suffered a slight relapse a week after surgery. His condition was described as serious but not critical as his mother returned to be with him in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Wilmington
Del
William L. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
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Ogden Sts
Furnas Company
State Association
U. 8
Ralph A. Lemeke
Frank
Wishback
Boynton
Council
Corporation Counsel
Barrett
John Becker
Rucker and Associates
Clyde E. Robinson
Coolidge
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