Final Hall Mills indictments dropped in New Jersey trial
The Hall Mills murder case ends as Judge Parker dismisses murder charges against Mrs Frances Hall her brothers Willie and Henry Stevens and cousin Henry De La Bruyere Carpender. All four are discharged after the state drops indictments and admits the crime remains unsolved. Attorney General Katzenbach and aide Backes attended, with Senator Simpson not present.
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Somerville
N. J
Hall-Mills
Frances Stevens Hall
Henry
Willie Stevens
Henry de la Bruyere Carpender
Noile Prasse
Hall
Willie
Henry Stevens
Carpender
Supreme Court
Parker
Eleanor R. Mills
Edward Wheeler Hall
Alexander Simpson
Clarence E. Case
Txatzenbach
Katzenbach
Simpson
God Is the Opium of the People in Russia, Brown Says
Hilton U. Brown addressed 1,100 attendees at the Scottish Rite reunion in Indianapolis. He recalled a Russian railroad station sign reading God Is the Opium of the People, arguing Russia needs spirituality for prosperity. Frank D. Stainaker outlined progress on a new cathedral project on Meridian Street.
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Russia
Hilton U. Brown
Indianapolis
N. Meridian St
Frank D. Stalnaker
Indiana dry raid drive targets sixty raids
Word on the results of wholesale dry raids Friday and today in several Indiana cities in the northwest portion of the state awaited deputy Federal Prohibition administrator A. R. Harris. The clean-up followed two months of undercover buys from bootleggers and locating stills, with Harris stating the drive was to total about sixty raids.
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A. R. Harrris
Prohibition
Harris
Kokomo to keep Queen Marie’s gold key at City Hall
Kokomo will retain its gold key made for Queen Marie of Roumania. Mayor S. E. Spurgeon says the key, properly engraved, will rest in City Hall. The Lions Club rejected a proposal to present the key to King Benjamin of the House of David.
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Kokomo
Ind
Marie
Roumania
S. E. Spurgeon
Lions Club
Walter Dixon
Jack Mayer
Will Finch
King Benjamin
House of David
Bride Ends Honeymoon During Dinner Shock
An impulsive marriage between Miss Florence Marjorie Clendenin and Baron Tornow at the Waldorf ended hours later as the bride left the dinner and the baron vanished. Tornow, once a Russian army colonel now calling himself a Wall Street broker, checked out two hours after the wedding and offered no whereabouts. The bride reportedly returned to her parents' home, though no confirmation was given.
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New York
Florence Marjorie Clendenin
Baron Tornow
Clendenin
Joseph Clendenin
American Smelting and Refining Company
Papa
Waldorf
Wall Street
Why Smokers Fear Lighting Three Cigarets From One Match
Harvard professor A M Tozzer suggests the origin of the superstition. He traced it to Boer sharpshooters who found two cigarets could be lighted on one fuse but a third caused fatalities. British Tommies later adopted the practice.
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United Press
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
A. M. Tozzer
Peabody Museum
Tozzer
Safe tampering at Standard Nut Margarine office
Yeggmen tried to break open a safe at the Standard Nut Margarine Company's office on Roosevelt Avenue Friday night. They dragged the safe around the office and caused only external dents, marking the third such tampering in three months. the office was wrecked according to superintendent Harry E. Rumrill.
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Standard Nut Margarine Company
Roosevelt Ave
Harry E. Rumrill
Margarine Company
Earthquake Destroys Armenian Village Kapli
A strong quake, likened to the October temblor, razed Kapli in Leninakan Armenia. Casualties are unknown as doctors rush from the American Near East relief hospital to aid the stricken town.
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United Press Leninakan
Russian Armenia
Kapli
American Near East Relief Hospital
Bandits Gate Herrin House in Armed Standoff
Union County Sheriff Heilman says he will siege a fortified Herrin house after eight armed men repelled officers during a running gun battle linked to a Cobden hold up. Constable Hagler and a deputy accompanied the sheriff seeking arrests.
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United Press
Herrin
Ill
Heilman
Union County
William Hagler
Carbondale
Cobden
Queen Mary Returns to Bucharest Amid Crisis Signals
Queen Marie of Roumania arrives in Bucharest from Paris returning from an American tour. Her ill husband and a political crisis are noted as potential dramatic turning points in her reign.
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Bucharest
Marie of
Fragmented OCR time stamps for milliene data
Readable bits show multiple times such as 6 a m 10 a m 7 m 11 m and noon. Numerical values 36 35 35 35 34 appear with stray letters like B46 E Mm. indicating failed OCR of a timetable or ledger page. An isolated data fragment without coherent event or source context limits precise summary.
City Official Champions Miami Cement for Paving
Boynton J. Moore, city council president, promotes Miami cement as a paving material to fix numerous street holes. City Engineer Oberleas and Dr. H. Underwood note testing but no confirmed endorsement. cement originates from Dayton, Ohio.
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Moore
Boynton J. Moore
Bird Life
Miami
Miami Cement
H. Underwood
City Testing and Chemical Laboratory
Chester C. Oberleas
Oberleas
Fight to obtain Chaplin children custody battle widens
Hollywood reports the Lita Grey Charley Chaplin divorce case shifting from money to custody of Charlie Spencer Chaplin Jr. and Sidney Earle Chaplin. Friends expect out of court settlement on support, but a judge may decide who receives the Chaplin heirs.
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Lita Grey
Charley Chaplin
Chaplin
Friends
Charlie
Charlie Spencer Chaplin Jr
Sidney Earle Chaplin
McMurray Defends Lita Grey Chaplin's Behavior
Robert E. McMurray, father of Lita Grey Chaplin, defends the girl’s conduct and blames her mother for the Chaplin marital troubles. He says during Lita's juvenile roles the mother imposed a fast pace with a $300 weekly contract and lavish purchases.
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Lita
United Press
Wichita
Kan
Lita Grey Chaplin
Robert E. McMurray
Indiana Women’s Democratic Club to Convene Tuesday
The directors will discuss the next campaign at a Tuesday meeting in Claypool. Mrs A P Flynn of Logansport, heading the state women’s organization, was in Indianapolis arranging the gathering.
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Indiana Women's Democratic Club
Claypool
A. P. Flynn
Logansport
Indianapolis
Nomination to U.S. marshal for Indiana eyed
President Coolidge is expected to nominate A. C. Meloy for U.S. marshal Indiana, sending the name to the Senate when Congress opens. Meloy, a former Superior Court Four bailiff and ex street superintendent, has long been active in Republican circles and was linked to the post for months.
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Coolidge
A. C. Meloy
N. Tibbs Ave
United States
Indiana
United States Senate
Congress
Meloy
Superior Court
James E. Watson
Arthur R. Robinson
Charles W. Jewett
Linus P. Meredith
Meredith
Senator Watson
W. P. Squibb & Co
Bonds signed drop after police orders at city prison
The number of bonds signed fell after Police Chief Claude F. Johnson tightened rules for bondsmen. Of 73 arrested Friday, 25 were released by noon, 14 on cash bonds and 11 on property bonds. Ten prisoners scheduled this morning remained unreleased. Johnson banned informal access. bondsmen were barred from visiting unless asked by the prisoner.
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City
Claude F. Johnson
Johnson
Fireman Rescues Cat From Basement Blaze
Lieut Frank Ralph of Pumper Company 15 rescued a cat from a smoky basement at 4 N Eastern Ave Ralph Jacobs home. Fire in the basement was quickly put out with about $20 damage. The cat was revived from coma after rescue.
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Frank Ralph
Cat
Pumper Company 15
Ralph Jacobs
Eastern Ave
Olson Case Death Mystery in Chicago Hotel
Chicago authorities report a youth who died by his own action in a city hotel may be Erdman S. Olson, a college student charged with murdering his sweetheart Clara Olson. The body saved from Potter's Field by a policeman is being examined by Sheriff Sherwood of Crawford County Wisconsin, with possible identification by Albert Olson.
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United Press
Chicago
Potter's Field
Harry Sherwood
Crawford County
Wisconsin
Erdman §S. Olson
Clara Olson
Sherwood
Young Olson
Albert Olson
Noy
John Carr
Plan to See Prisoner in Crawfordsville
Sheriff Harry Sherwood and a Prairie Du Chien detective arrive to try to identify Henry Tanley held on forgery as Erdman Olson, wanted in Wisconsin for the murder of Clara Olson, his intended wife.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Harry Sherwood
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Henry Tanley
Erdman Olson
Wisconsin
Clara Olson
Autopsy Planned for Clara Olson in Prairie Du Chien
Authorities planned an autopsy by Dr. C H Bunting of the University of Wisconsin to determine how Clara Dorothy Olson died before burial in the Kickapoo Valley foothills. The body was found by searchers after her father claimed the girl was murdered by her sweetheart Erdman S Olson.
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United Press
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Clara Dorothy Olson
Kickapoo Valley
C. H. Bunting
University of Wisconsin
Erdman Sanford Olson
Gould Deputy Clerk Named Chief Deputy Clerk
Gould Charles A. Gould was named chief deputy clerk to succeed Frank Childers who becomes county recorder Jan. 1. George Hutsel elected county clerk on the Republican ticket announced the appointments. Ralph Bratton named chief clerk and Burton L. Beville named marriage license clerk. Birdie Billman deputy record clerk and Lela Chesline deputy in main office with Charles D. Bebinger in probate.
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Charles A. Gould
Carrollton Ave
Frank Childers
George Hutsel
Ralph Bratton
Qlief
Paul Malcolm
Burton L. Beville
Margaret Mahony
Birdie D. Billman
Lela B. Chesline
Charles DB. Bebinger
Prosecutor and Aide Out of City With Grand Jury In Recess
Marion County grand jury remains in recess as Prosecutor William H. Remy and deputy William H. Sheaffer are away from town. Judge James A. Collins plans to bring the panel into Criminal Court Monday to clear business including the Stephensonism quiz and set a path for a final report by year end.
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Marion County
Grand Jury
William H. Remy
William H. Sheaffer
Indiana
Remy
James A. Collins
Youths Freed On Attack Charges
Meredith Gustus and Morris Gavin, Indiana University School of Dentistry students, were cleared of assault and battery charges today by Municipal Judge Dan V. White. Miss Rowena Saalman testified she could not remember the night she accused them, and a physician said her wounds were dirty, supporting the youths' claim she jumped from the car.
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Meredith Gustus
E. Twenty-Fifth St
Morris Gavin
W. Morris St
Dan V. White
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Deer Hunter Fatally Shot in Caledonia Camp
Maurice L. Rhoades of Chambersburg Pennsylvania a member of a deer hunting camp at Caledonia near Hagerstown was fatally shot today by another hunter believed to have mistaken him for a deer. The bullet shattered his leg and severed an artery as he bled to death en route to Chambersburg hospital.
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United Presse
Hagerstown
Maurice L. Rhoades
Chambersburg
Caledonia
Here
Poisoned well scars Indiana school. thirteen ill
In Warsaw Indiana thirteen Mount Tabor students at Leesburg near died after drinking water tainted with Paris green arsenic. Investigators found large arsenic quantities in a well. motive and perpetrator remain unknown as two samples failed to reach the lab.
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Indiana
United Pre
Warsaw
Ind
Mount Tabor School
Leesburg
Frank McKrill
Mount Tabor
Rockhill
Pearl Applegate
Indianapolis
T. T. Fermier
State Health Board
Health official to dispatch inspector over Mount Tabor well poisoning
Dr. William F. King state health secretary will send Inspector L. J. Raie to Leesburg Monday to investigate the Mount Tabor school well poisoning after confirming dispatches from the agency.
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William F. King
State Board of Health
L. J. Raie
Leesburg
Mount Tabor
King
Ford Coupe Sold Fast via Times Automobile For Sale
D E Orvis at 3251 N Illinois St advertised a Ford coupe in The Times Automobile For Sale section. The ad sold the car on the third day and cost only 75c. Readers are urged to shop The Times for used cars and call Main 3500 to place an ad with easy credit.
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D. E. Orvis
N. Tlinois St
Times
The
Use Times
Bolivia Accepts Tacna Arica Plan
Washington December four State Department announces unconditional Bolivian acceptance of Kellogg proposal for Bolivia to purchase Tacna and Arica provinces now disputed by Peru and Chile Chile and Peru have not replied formally while their representatives hold talks with the State Department
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United Press
Washington
Bolivia
Kellogg
Tacna
Arica
Peru
Chile
State Department
Washington State Feels Heavy Quake
A strong earthquake rattled Bellingham at 5 50 a m shaking the city for a moment. No damage was reported and residents were awakened by the tremor in the early morning.
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Washington State
Bellingham
Wash
Milton Had a Lamb Election Scandal at Attica
Attica crowds discuss a local election scandal after Assessor-Elect Milton Peter's expense filing reveals a pledge to gift Mrs. Henry Starnes a pet lamb if elected. Peter won by about 600 votes and says he faces no prosecution, asserting he did not ask for her vote.
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Times Special
Attica
Ind
Milton Peter
Henry Starnes
Hills+boro
Peter
Man Still Held in Death Probe
Police keep Cornelius Van Edwards, 89, of 1907 Pleasant Run Blvd., in custody over the death of Guy C. Pritchard, a Fr Benjamin Harrison soldier. Two Kokomo investigators left after questioning, lacking warrant to arrest. Pritchard's body found roadside near Carmel on Oct. 17. theory suggests murder with a blunt instrument and body moved. A letter was found on the victim.
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Cornelius van Edwards
Pleasant Run Blvd
Guy C. Pritchard
Benjamin Harrison
Kokomo
van Edwards
Pritchard
Carmel
Howard County
James Whitcomb Riley Hotel Company Formed in Indiana
Articles of incorporation filed today establish the James Whitcomb Riley Hotel Company to build a sixteen story hotel at Illinois Street and Kentucky Avenue. Ira M. Holmes heads the group with incorporators Andrew C. Weisburg E M Hertzog and J Edward Morris. Weisburg to manage and signed the lease with Jennings interests owners of the tract. Rapp and Rapp of Chicago are preparing plans.
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