Preacher's plea as mourners face speeding suspects
Arthur Mitchell, whose wife Dolly and friend Miss Josephine Herman were killed by a fleeing car, challenges a group of speeders in Indianapolis jail. Mayor Shank backs the sermon drive to curb reckless driving as city records blame light signals and bright lights for accidents.
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Arthur Mitchell
Montcalm St
City Prison
Dolly Mitchell
Josephine Herman
Mitchell
Shank
Mitchell Wild
Herman
Indianapolis
Wilmeth
Troy Ave
Nine patrolmen disciplined in Shank edict drink raid police sweep
Mayor Shank ordered eight patrolmen suspended for neglect of duty after a police raid on two W Vermont Street houses led to forty three vagrancy arrests. Names include Brumfield Giles Fogarty Clem mons Harris Hadley Kennedy and Brown. Women held on vagrancy bonds. Fortner poolroom owner bonds set.
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Shank
Charles A. Brumfield
Jesse Giles
Richard T. Fogarty
Charles Clemmons
Ray Harris
Jesse Hadley
Roy H. Kennedy
George T. Brown
Brumfield
Giles
Fogarty
Clemmons
Fourth District
Illinois St
Washington St
West St
New York St
Harris
Hadley, Kennedy
Hadley, Kennedy and Brown
Twenty- Ninth
Thirtieth St
Northwestern Ave
Arnold Hoover
Salem St
Fairbanks
Meridian
Thirtieth Sts
Vermont St
Hoover
Asa Guerrant
West
Clifford Reed
California St
Paul Graham
John Drake
Shelbyville
Albert Kenton
Hershel Fortner
Lambert St
Fortner
Wilmeth
Sabina Osborne
Yandes St
Emma Hart
Fannie Weatherstoon
Patient escapes from Central Hospital for the Insane
Police report Collins Barkdall a 36 year old man escaped from the Central Hospital for the Insane. He stands five feet eight inches tall weighs 150 pounds has black hair a smooth face and wore a brown suit a blue cap a white shirt and black shoes.
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Collins Barkdall
Central Hospital
Weather Report Warns of Widespread Rain and Cold
The bulletin notes widespread rains in northern and middle regions with colder conditions across the Mississippi Valley. Freezing temperatures approach the Ohio River while Montana, North Dakota, and northern Minnesota report subzero readings. Snow blankets the far north Rockies and Bismarck, N Dakota records subzero wind chills despite Tamasla reaching 64.
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Mississippi Valley
Ohio River
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Rocky Mountain
Bismarck
N. D
Police search for Ruth Dunn missing since Sunday
Police hunt for 14 year old Ruth Dunn daughter of Mrs Effie Dunn of 2917 E Eighteenth Street missing since Sunday 8 pm. She left to meet two girl friends wearing a brown knit dress a dark tan coat and a brown rat her height five feet and blond hair.
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Ruth Dunn
Effie Dunn
Eighteenth St
State Democrats Discuss Economy and 1920 Debt
Democratic State committee at the Hotel Denison debated economy in legislation and moving to repeal the state tax law. They considered organizing a minority caucus, finding a headquarters, and scheduling a meeting of assembly members, while addressing a $20 000 indebtedness dating from the 1920 election.
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Democratic State Committee
Denison
Petition and Blue Law Repeal Debate in Wabash
Wabash Indiana December 5 A petition circulating for repeal of Sunday blue laws urges allowing shows and amusements to keep the town lively all week Prominent businessmen sign the petition Police Chief Bolte says blue laws stay until a public vote changes them The piece notes wagering and dice games as alleged incidents on weekdays
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Howard McBride
Wabash
Ind
Bolte
Schumann Heink Remains Gravely Ill in Garden City
Opera star Mme Schumann Heink, ill with bronchial pneumonia at her Garden City home, remains in danger despite a brief rest. Dr David Dooman reported at 7 AM that she slept some but the condition could still worsen before any turning point.
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United Press
New York
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Garden City
David Dooman
Schumann Heink
Thirteen Men Face Murder Trial After Year of Delay
In Dixon Kentucky thirteen men will be tried before Circuit Judge Hunt for the killing of L. B. Wylie, mine manager at Bebree, Ky, on Sept 2 1921. A first arrest followed after Guy Warren of Evansville provided information on Jan 4 1922.
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United Press
Dixon
Hunt
L. B. Wylie
Bebree
Guy Warren
Evansville
Withers
Neck Broken Will Live
New York report states Simeon Shulin a 16 year old boy will recover from a broken neck after surgeons announced the outcome.
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United Press
NEW York
Simeon Shulin
Buyer Testifies Against Firing in Trust Case
Witnesses describe a milk trust in Indiana as dairy firms collude to set similar prices. John A. Hook testifies his firm buys 3009 gallons monthly from R. W. Furnas Ice Cream. W. C. Lancaster notes rejections from Ballard and Jessup for low pricing. Hornaday says Vincennes and Lily companies squeezed him out and paid higher butter fat rates.
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Indianapolis
Superior Court
Indiana
John A. Hook
The
Hook Drug Company
R. W. Furnas Ice Cream Company
W. C. Lancaster
E. Nineteenth St
Ballard and
Jessup & Antrim
Hook
Linn Ti Hay
J. S. Lesh
William P. Evans
Marion County
Connersville
Columbus
Fortville
Princeton
Vincennes
la Grange
Herbert B. Hornaday
Ind
Vincennes Milk and Ice Cream Company
Lily Ice Cream Company
Hornaday
Rubber Collars Become Extinct
Indianapolis merchants say the once famous rubber collar is a thing of the past. Few buyers remain especially police and street car men, leading them to refuse new orders. One merchant notes sixteen of his forty eight large size collars unsold after two years.
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Indianapolis
Clara Phillips Escapes LA Jail In Daring Breakout
Los Angeles December 5. Clara Phillips, jailed for the murder of Alberta Meadows, escaped from the Los Angeles jail while awaiting transfer to San Quentin. A ladder and sawed bars aided the escape, with an auto waiting to flee toward Mexico. Authorities across California and Arizona were alerted, and searches intensified along routes to the border.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Coast
Clara Phillips
Alberta Meadows
Mexico
California
Arizona
San Diego
Imperial Valley
Phillips
Texas
Meadows
Treager
Armour Phillips
Harry Karst
Miners Strike Expands in Pennsylvania Fields
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on December 5 5000 miners from Hudson Coal Company collieries in Plymouth and Larksville districts walk off in solidarity with a Boston colliery stoppage. The strike affects more than five thousand workers.
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Pennsylvania
United Press
Wilkesbarre
Hudson Coal Company
Plymouth
Larksville
Boston
Gas Company Seeks Higher Rate in Filed Case
Arguments in support of a brief were presented before Master in Chancery William P. Kappes. H. H. Hornbrook, attorney for Citizens Gas Company, said a rate between $1.20 and $1.25 per thousand feet is needed to earn 7 percent. The suit seeks to block Public Service Commission from approving the increase from 90 cents to $1.25.
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William P. Kappes
H. H. Hornbrook
Citizens Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Two Indianapolis Prisoners Granted Clemency in November Board
The State board of pardons listed two local prisoners among those granted clemency at their November meeting. Dewey Wiley was remitted the liquor law fine and Mable Lancaster was released to pay a $200 liquor law fine.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Pardons
Dewey Wiley
Mable Lancaster
Boy Leaves Home In Connersville Missing Son Sought
Charles Gill of Connersville Indiana reports to Indianapolis police that his stepson Edward Cooper aged 15 left home yesterday. He is five feet six inches tall and weighs 119 pounds. He wore a gray mixed suit short trousers blue shirt and brown cap.
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Charles Gill
Connersville
Ind
Indianapolis
Edward Cooper
Phantom Wolf Blamed As Neighborhood Reports Midnight Raids
Residents along Twenty-Fifth Street and Paris Avenue accuse a phantom wolf of nightly raids on chicken coops and porch viands for over a month. A raid on Joseph Craig's coop at 225 Paris Avenue is cited as proof, while a duck vanished from 427 West Twenty-Sixth Street.
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Twenty-Fifth St
Paris Ave
Joseph Craig
W. Twenty-Sixth St
Arrest of Lara Francis in Florida on Hartman cases
Lara Francis wife of Frank Francis known as the confessing burglar has been arrested in Florida. United States district attorney Homer Elliott says she will be brought to Indianapolis. She testified for the state in the Hartman case in criminal court last spring.
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Lara Francis
Frank Francis
Herbert Hartman
Florida
Homer Elliott
United States
Indianapolis
Hartman
Giminal
Mine Operators Plan Showdown in Indiana Dispute
Indiana mine operators refuse to implement the $4 strike benefit check off demanded by United Mine Workers District 11. Phil H. Penna, secretary of the Indiana association, said the group will force a showdown after a Monday conference, risking a miners strike led by district president John Hessler if the demand is not met.
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United Preas Terre
Penna
John Hessler
City Automobiles to Be Properly Labeled
Mayor Shank warns he will brand city autos with numbers and Indianapolis if needed. The board of public works ordered the municipal garage chief Harry B Newby that no cars leave until the mayor’s command is obeyed.
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Shank
Indianapolis
Board of Public Works
the Eggert
Harry B. Newby
Hylan Blames Reckless Driver After Narrow Escape
Mayor John F. Hylan nearly bowled over by a over as he crossed a street. He chased the chauffeur, got his name and license, and condemned reckless drivers for causing deaths on New York streets. Scores cheered the mayor's remarks.
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United Notes
New York
John F. Hyland
Hylan
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