Calls for special session over highway commission issues
Marion County representative Frank J. Burns says organized effort to shield the highway commission faces widespread complaints from Indianapolis and statewide citizens who want an investigation. Russell Duncan and Charles W. Clark back a special session despite cost concerns. Orr's inquiry into the State Highway Garage adds pressure as 2,500 commission employees work there.
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State Highway Commission
Frank J. Burns
Indianapolis
Burns
Russell
Duncan
Marion
Charles W. Clark
Johnson
Highway Commission
Lawrence F. Orr
State Board of Accounts
Eixaminers
Commission
Cincinnati Names Sherrill City Manager At $25000 A Year
Col Clarence O Sherrill superintendent of buildings in Washington is en route to Washington after Cincinnati council hinted he will be named city manager. He is slated to receive 25000 dollars annually with a formal vote anticipated at the Saturday meeting.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Clarence O. Sherrill
Washington
D. C
Sherrill
Kipling Improves After Pneumonia Battle
Early bulletin from Rudyard Kipling’s Sussex Downs estate said the poet passed an indifferent night in his fight against pneumonia but his strength remained and the disease did not spread. Despite the improvement, anxiety over his fate persisted.
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United Press
Eng
Rudyard Kipling
Sussex Downs
Robbers Escape With 8000 From Roselle Bank
Four bandits roped off Roselle State Bank in Illinois locking five employees in a room and taking eight thousand dollars. The incident occurred today as the robbers fled the scene.
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Illinois
Bu United Press
Roselle
Ill
Roselle State Bank
Ambassador to Act French Debt Settlement Through Envoy
Washington observers say France will reopen talks to settle its 4 009 000 dollar war debt to the United States early next year through the French ambassador in Washington. No special debt commission will be needed.
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United Press
Washington
France
America
United States
Coolidge Faces Senate Battle Over Appointees
President Coolidge will push a flood of confirmations when Congress reconvenes, facing opposition from independents who accuse the administration of stacking commissions including the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Shipping Board, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Tariff Commission with loyalists.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Shipping Board
Federal Trade Commission
Tarriff Commission
Thomas F. Woodlock
New York
Charles W. Hunt
Iowa
Commission
Cummins
Hunt
Shipping Board and Tariff Commission
Bribery Ring Exposed In Liquor Smuggling Network
United States Attorney Emory Buckner revealed a coordinated "corruption department" within a liquor smuggling syndicate. The group allegedly paid thousands monthly to coast guard crews and federal agents, led by William Dwyer, a millionaire racetrack owner, with operations spanning the eastern United States and involving twenty five directors and the cutter No. 119 crew.
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United Preas New York
Coast Guard
United States
Emory R. Buckner
United States Coast Guard
Buckner
William Dwyer
Johnson 10 Head Police This Month Event in Indianapolis politics
Claude F. Johnson is named police chief by Mayor Elect John Duvall and will serve before the end of the current administration. He will succeed Herman Rikhoff who resigns to join the park board replacing ill health retiree Bookwalter.
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Rikhoff
Shank
Claude F. Johnson
John Duvall
Bookwalter
Mayr Shank
Park Board
Duvall
Claude Worley
Marion County Criminal Court
Indianapolis
Johnson
Chamber
Times
Robin
Union Asphalt and Granite Sand and Gravel Company
Gravel Association
Charles Duvall
Granite Sand and Gravel Company
Robinson
Harry Dunn
Republican City Committee
William C. Buser
Buser
Gales Cripple Ocean Traffic Across Atlantic Coast
Dec. 4 report states a major storm swept the Atlantic coast from Florida to Maine, crippling shipping and delaying sailings. The naval collier Orion returned to Norfolk with a buckled hull while the schooner Azua neared waterlogging off Savannah lightship. Three deaths reported in New Jersey with numerous injuries and heavy property damage amid widespread traffic delays.
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Pew Zoric
Atlantic Seaboard
Florida
Maine
Orion
Norfolk Navy Yard
Azua
Savannah
New Jersey
Jury Deliberates on Kip Rhinelander Marriage Case
United Press reports in White Plains New York that Leonard Kip Rhinelander and Alice Beatrice Jones face a jury of Westchester County residents after four weeks of testimony about a marriage between a Huegenot son and a taxi driver's daughter. Justice Morsehauser instructed the jurors that even if Leonard was deceived about race, continuing the marriage after learning the facts could bar an annulment.
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United Press
White Plains
N. Y
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Alice Beatrice Jones
West Chester County
Huegenot
Supreme Court
Morschauser
Leonard
Elkhart Politician Leads Tax Board Plea on Bridge Levy
State Representative Walter A. Huffman of Filkhart headed a citizens group appealing to the State tax board to speed action on the Elkhart county tax levy aimed at funding a proposed bridge project. The effort seeks quicker construction by ensuring funds are available.
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Walter A. Huffman
Filkhart
State Tax Board
Elkhart County
Snow and Cold Predicted for Indianapolis Tonight and Saturday
The United States Weather Bureau forecasts wintry weather for Indianapolis with rain changing to snow tonight. Temperatures are expected around 25 to 30, with strong northwest winds and predicted snow flurries on Saturday.
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Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Bushel Basket Millionaire Reenters Finance Scene in Florida
Charles Ponzi once the famed bushel basket man now shifts to real estate dealing in Jacksonville Florida. He touts 200 percent profits in sixty days from Florida lots and vows a first 200 percent dividend soon. Ponzi notes he seeks wealth not for itself but admits high earnings tempt him.
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Times
Acksonville
Fla
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Boston
Florida
Bond Fight Attracts 800 In Indianapolis Hearing
More than 800 people from six Indianapolis organizations are expected at the State tax board hearing on the remonstrance against the 1.2 million bond issue for the new Shortridge High School. The meeting is set for 9 30 a m Saturday in the House of Representatives chamber due to crowd size. The Indiana Taxpayers Association filed the remonstrance ten days earlier. The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce civic affairs committee urges proceeding with the school building program while keeping costs down. Representatives include the Real Estate board Lions Club Scientech Club Shortridge Parent Association.
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Indianapolis
Shortridge High School
State
House of Representatives Chamber
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Civic Affairs Committee
William Fortune
Chamber Civic Affairs Committee
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Lions Club
Scientech Club
Auction sale lifts value of Marion Club furnishings
Marion Club items auctioned by Frank A. Symmes fetched 2831.15 from nearly 100 bidders led by three Republican politicians Hogue Tute wiler and George as Mayor-elect Duvall reshaped the club assets. Smaller lots included cash registers chairs rugs and furniture with mixed profits and some dull on photographs.
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Shank
Joseph L. Hogue
Marion Club
Frank A. Symmes
Symmes
Hogue
Harry Tutewiler
John A. George
John L. Duvall
Board of Safety
Benjamin Harrison
Frank M. Lowden
Fire Threatens Fifteen Miners in Tungsten Mine
Fire in Cardinal tunnel at Fairview Mining Company endangers fifteen to twenty five men trapped about 600 feet underground. Mining inspectors warn oxygen may be exhausted as rescue chances are described as fifty fifty by company president John Bergen.
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United Press Nederland
Cardinal
Fairview Mining Company
John Bergen
One Week Left for Stephenson New Trial Plea
Judge Will M. Sparks signed a bill of exceptions in the Stephenson murder case as defense lawyers seek a new trial over prejudicial remarks made during the dying statement. The deadline for filing the new trial motion is next week, within thirty days of conviction. Stephenson, a prison chair maker, is expected to be brought in under guard for the hearing.
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Noblesville
Ind
Will M. Sparks
Rushville
D. C
Sparks
Stephenson
Indiana State Prison
Sixty Million Dollar Suit Alleges Radio Trust Formed
Reginald A. Feasenden files a federal suit in Boston seeking 60 million dollars claiming a cartel of General Electric RCA AT&T Western Electric Westinghouse International Telegraph United Fruit and Specialty Apparatus Co monopolizes the radio industry and harms his inventions and patent rights.
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United Press Boston
Reginald A. Feasenden
General Electric Company
Radio Corporation of America
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Electric Company, Inc
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
International Telegraph Company
United Fruit Company
Thea
Fessenden
Rich Youth Guarded After Threats in Assault Case
Arthur C. Rich son of a Battle Creek manufacturer faced police protection after threats linked to a jury dispute in the criminal assault case brought by Miss Louise King of Washington Pennsylvania. The incident concerns an alleged attack on Miss King at a golf course near Battle Creek.
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United Presse
Battle Creek
Mich
Arthur C. Rich
Louise King
Washington, Pa
Rich
Grand jury opens probe into mayoral campaign contributions
Marion County grand jury begins investigation to determine if paying interests and corporations contributed to the Duvall for Mayor fund. Evidence includes lists from Clyde E. Robinson and witnesses like Robinson, Charles Duvall, and others, with several paving and food companies named.
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Marion County Grand Jury
John L. Duvall
Clyde E. Robinson
Duvall-for-Mayor Club
Robinson
Charles Duvall
Grand Jury
William H. Remy
William Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Duvall
Remy
Granite Sand and Gravel Company
W. @. Miller
Times
Union Asphalt
C. F. Fitch
Union Asphalt Construction Company
Wood vetoes referendum on Philippine independence
Manila dispatch reports Governor General Leonard Wood vetoed the Philippine legislature’s measure for a referendum on independence. No formal statement was issued from the Governor’s office as to the veto, but belief centers on the action being taken to prevent a referendum on independence.
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United Press Manila
Leonard Wood
Darrow to Represent Levy in Federal Fraud Trial
Clarence Darrow and Eph Inman appeared for Daniel Levy under a $7,500 bond on counts of using the U S mails to defraud. Levy, ex-head of the Fourteen Oil Producers, is charged with an $18,000 stock selling scheme and pleaded not guilty. Trial set for December 14 in Federal Court No 14. Levy arrived from Tampa with Darrow. Darrow left for Chicago after arraignment.
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Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Eph Inman
United States District Attorney
Daniel Levy
Philadelphia
United States
Albert Ward
Alexander Cavins
William Mitchell
Levy
Consolidated, Inc
Gary
Tampa
Fla
Darrow
Search Writs Flaed Again and Prohibition Case
Two men freed on prohibition charges after Judge James A. Collings sustained motions to quash evidence from search warrants. Charles Aslos and Sam Davis were released. Aslos faced an unlawful possession of a still charge, Davis had a blind tiger conviction appeal and a $100 fine plus 30 days.
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James A. Collings
Collins
Charles Aslos
Ketcham St
Sam Davis
Fulton St
Aslos
Wso
George Winkler
Davis
Indiana
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Kip
Elkhart
E. T. Leech
Pie Alley
Tax Board
Marion Superior Court
Clinton H. Givan
Columbia Club
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Asphalt Company
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Denver
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