Move Against Steck Draws Indiana Interest in Congress
A Des Moines dispatch predicts Senator H D Stephens of Mississippi will seek Steck's unseating in Congress over alleged improper use of funds for attorney fees in Steck's election contest. Indiana investigations note Klan figures like Zumbrunn and Watson linked to Steck seating. Des Moines report cites Steck receiving 15000 dollars, 5000 routed to Zumbrunn.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H. D. Stephens
Mississippi
Congress
Dan Steck
Steck
Smith W. Brookhart
Senate
Indiana
James A. Reed
Milton Elrod
Indianapolis
Fiery Cross
Klan
Hiram W. Evans
Klan Imperial Wizard
William H. Zumbrunn
Washington
Brookhart
Elrod
Reed
St. Louis
Zumbrunn
Senator Mayfield
Texas
Watson
Walter F. Bossert
The
James E. Watson
Des Moines Dispatch
Dale to fight tout he says
Muncie December 6 George R Dale of Muncie's fighting editor vowed to fight it out with his enemies after being sentenced to ninety days at the Indiana State farm and fined 400 dollars for criminal libel He plans an appeal to the State Supreme Court a shot was fired at his home shortly after the ruling prompting police to place a guard while the libel charge stemmed from a Dale story that described Raymond Warner as involved in liquor law violations theft and Ku Klux Klan membership supposedly helping him escape prosecution and sparked the dispute
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Times
Specia Muncie
George R. Dale
Muncie
Dale
Clarence W. Dearth
Indiana State Farm
State Supreme Court
Arthur Jones
Raymond Warner
Curb on Kidding Ministers Proposed by Church Group
Dr George Reid Andrews chairs a Federal Council of Churches drama committee report calling on stage and screen managers to delete caricatures of clergy. The plan seeks cooperation with Will Hays to remove offensive depictions and applies to movies and legitimate theater directors.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Minn
George Reid Andrews
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Dr. Andrews
Will Hays
Phone Petition Filed for Western Indiana Telephone Merger
A new merger petition has been filed with the Indiana public service commission seeking to unite seven western Indiana telephone firms into the Associated Telephone Company. Indianapolis attorney Carl H. Mote, tied to Insull interests in the electric merger, is named as president, with financing to mirror the local electric deal. The companies listed include Wolcott Telephone, Western Indiana Company Goodland Starke County North Judson and San Pierre Mt. Ayr Klondike St. Joseph Lapaz Bremen Home Bremen Tyner.
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Indianapolis Electric Utilities
Indiana Public Service Commission
Indiana
Associated ‘Telephone Company
Carl H. Mote
Indianapolis
Insull
Associated Company
Wolcott Telephone Company
Wolcott
Western Indiana Company
Goodland
Starke County
North Judson
San Pierre
Mt. Ayr
Klondike
St. Joseph
Lapaz
Lakeville
Bremen Home
Bremen
Tyner
Chaplin Advised by Ex-Wife on Matching Youth with Maturity
Mildred Harris, Chaplin's first wife, counsels the star to avoid sweet sixteen romance and seek a mature, mentally brilliant partner to match his mind. She critiques his marriages to Lita Grey and Merna Kennedy and suggests a woman of experience, calm moods, and understanding of human nature.
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NEA
Mmolfred Harris
Charlie Chaplin
Mildred
Chaplin
Merna Kennedy
Charlie
Lita
Mildred Harris
NEA Service, Inc
Gilliam Rules On Guard Fund Handling
Adjt. Gen. William H. Kershner passed a fines question to Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam. Gilliam ruled that money from enlisted men fines goes to the county for the battery or company fund while officer fines go to general Indiana National Guard use.
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Adjt
William H. Kershner
Arthur L. Gilliam
Gilliam
Adjutant General's Office
Cary Forkner
Madison County
Battery B
150Th
F. A
Elwood
Ind
Adjutant General
Indiana National Guard
Poison Ingested By Opera Star Lydia Lindgren In Boston
Opera star Lydia Lindgren wrote three letters including a will before swallowing poison in her Copely Plaza suite. She rode to Boston City Hospital by taxi and is listed on the danger list though physicians say she is comfortable and likely to recover. Her husband Raoul Quirze, an operatic tenor, was notified and is at the Hotel St. Andrew in New York. Police confirm a letter addressed to Otto H. Any of Pr was among the writings.
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Times Special
Boston
Lydia Lindgren
Copley Plaza
City Hospital
Raoul Quirze
St. Andrew
New York
Miss Lindgren
Otto H. Any
Council Moves To Save Police Women In City Budget
City council President Boynton Moore announces an ordinance to appropriate about 20000 dollars to pay policewomen. He blames the 1927 budget cuts on the City Controller and Chamber of Commerce official. Public opinion supports retaining the women officers amid opposition to zoning and business block changes near Delawre Stil bridge and Fall Creek.
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Duvall
Boynton
J. Moore
Moore
William C. Buser
Leonard V. Harrison
Chamber of Commerce
Delawre Stil Bridge
Fall Creek
Forty Sixth St
College Ave
Church Federation of Indianapolis to review 1927 program
The executive committee will receive final committee reports at a luncheon at the YMCA. The 1927 program includes the Guy H. Black evangelistic campaign from January 9 to February 12 with city district divisions and planned city-wide minister and lay visits.
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Federation
The
Church Federation of Indianapolis
Guy H. Black
Fearful wife guarded as escaped inmate linked to attack
Police watched the home of Irma Hack Comstock 23 at 702 N Euclid Ave amid fears her husband Everett Comstock who fled Putnamville Indiana Friday night may strike. He was sentenced to six months and a heavy fine after authorities said he seized their infant and beat the wife, described as the most brutal case heard.
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N. Euclid Ave
Everett Comstock
Indiana State Farm
Putnamville
Ind
Comstock
Paul C. Wetter
Viola Comstock
Franklin
Perry Arom
Clair Denerett
Rites Held Today for Eliza A. Blaker Pioneer of Kindergar ten Education
Funeral services for Eliza A. Blaker 72 longtime Indiana educator and president of Teachers College of Indianapolis will be private at her home 2327 North Alabama Street The service led by Rev Jean S Milner burial at Crown Hill Cemetery She died Saturday afternoon after a bronchitis relapse and had lay in state at the college building Her work established the first Indianapolis kindergarten and the Teachers College training program 22 000 women graduated over forty four years LL D honorary degree from Hanover College in 1917 Survivors include a nephew Gilbert H Blaker and a niece Mrs Elwin Bolling</s>
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Eliza Blaker
Teachers College of Indianapolis
Pioneer
Alabama St
Jean S. Milner
Second Presbyterian Church
Crown Hill Cemetery
Blaker
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Citizens’ Committee
Handley & Robert's Academy
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Teachers’ College
Hanover College
Severen Hotel Receiver Sought in Suit Against Company
Augustus Jennings holding 1000 dollars in preferred stock filed suit in Superior Court seeking a receiver for the Severin Hotel Company alleging mismanagement and fraud and that no dividends have been paid since 1921. Fred C. Gardner denied mismanagement and said profits funded hotel growth. Gardner also claimed Jennings backs the proposed 3 million dollar Riley Hotel at Illinois Street and Kentucky Avenue to hurt the Severin.
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Augustus Jennings
Severin Hotel
Severin
Fred C. Gardner
Garner
Jennings
Riley
Illinois St
Kentucky Ave
Parley on German Disarmament in League Session
In Geneva on December 6 the League of Nations council adjourned the opening session after a brief public showing to allow the Big Three to privately discuss German disarmament. A Chinese Kuomintang delegation arrived in Europe and urged abolition of unequal trades, arguing the North China government no longer represents the Chinese people and Canton should negotiate.
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United Press Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Council
Europe
League
North China
Canton
Tinymites Ride to Santa Land in Flight Dream
A merry group of Tinymites cling to a touring car then chase a driver who stops the auto and later boards an airplane. They glimpse a future trip to Santa Land as a Times cliffhanger continues the adventure in the next story.
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Scouty
North Pole
Santa Land
Ukey
Timies
Good Old
NEA Service, Inc
Young Hoosier Writes Christmas Pageant
C Norris Houghton of Short Ridge wrote a Christmas pageant to be staged before Christmas at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. He led rehearsals with a church group committee and Fred Newell Morris arranged and led the musical score. Miss Wilouise Woodbridge of the Herron Art Institute handled scenery. Two performances are planned for December 19 and 26 at the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church.
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C. Norris Houghton
Shortridge
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Houghton
Fred Newell Morris
Wilouise Woodbridge
Herron Art Institute
Hillside Church Holds Three Services and noon Banquet
Hillside Christian Church at 1737 Ingram St. held three services and a noon banquet on Sunday. Rev. Homer Dale preached "Why We Love The Church" in the morning and "Forty Days To Live" at the evening services. An informal afternoon service was led by Carl A. Rush with short guest talks.
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Hillside Christian Church
Ingram St
Homer Dale
Carl A. Rush
Bible School
Pleads for Tolerance in Jewish Mission Sermon
Rev. Elias Zimmerman of the American Board of Missions to the Jews urged Tabernacle Presbyterian Church that Christmas attitudes toward Jews must change before they can be brought to Christ. Zimmerman, born in Russia and trained as a rabbi, argued that saying God has cast off the Jews would imply God is unfaithful and undermine the basis of Christianity.
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Elias Zimmerman
American Board of Missions
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Zimmerman
Russia
Norton Accepts Post as Indiana Telephone Chief
Charles F. Norton of 1305 Gladstone Ave resigns from Indiana Bell to become secretary treasurer of the Indiana Telephone Association at 24 Stokes Building. He replaces F O Coppey and Max T Hosea as treasurer and manager. Norton previously served as the association's first secretary from 1905 to 1908. He was born in Columbus and attended DePauw University.
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Charles F. Norton
Gladstone Ave
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Indiana Telephone Association
Stokes Bldg
Norton
F. O. Coppey
Lafayette
Max T. Hosea
Hosea
Columbus
de Pauw University
U S Agent Aids Poison Probe At Mt Tabor School
L. J. Rail of the United States public health service travels to Warsaw Indiana to assist in the Mt Tabor school poisoned well investigation. Prosecutor Morrison Rockhill may present the case to the Kosciusco County grand jury. Thirteen pupils became ill from arsenic laced water Paris green suspected.
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L. J. Rail
United States Public Health Service
William F. King
State Board of Health
Warsaw
Ind
Mt. Tabor School
Leesburg
King
Morrison Rockhill
Kosciusco County
Stolen Cars Headed From Fortville and Nearby Areas
Automobiles reported stolen to police include a Studebaker linked to Robert A. Keller of Fortville Indiana 573-473 from 720 E Pratt St. A Ford associated with Elmer Harrah of Michigan and Pennsylvania Sts 554-716 from 357 N Addison St. A Chevrolet tied to Paul H. Bynum of 821 N Bradley Ave 527-836 from 733 E Fifteenth St. A Ford tied to Leland P. Davis of 1430 N New Jersey St 536-220 from above address.
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Robert A. Keller
E. Pratt St
Studebaker
Fortville
Ind
Elmer Harrah
N. Addison St
Ford
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Paul H. Bynum
N. Bradley Ave
Chevrolet
E. Fifteenth St
Leland P. Davis
New Jersey St
Automobiles Found Reunited With Owners Across Town
Vehicles located at multiple city spots reunite owners: Thomas Hall 2825 N Buckle St Ford at 541 E Washington. Buick with Ohio plate 487 597 found at 1138 S Richland. Jacob Schaffer 1934 Hoyt Ave Ford at Sherman Dr Washington. Gusta Weber 2559 S Meridian St Ford at 2569 Prospect St. Martin Stianka 1867 Pleasant Run Blvd Chandler at Walnut St Holmes Ave.
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Thomas Hall
Buckle St
Ford
Washington St
Buick
Ohio
S. Richland St
Jacob Schaffer
Hoyt Ave
Sherman Dr
Gusta Weber
S. Meridian St
Prospect St
Martin Stianka
Pleasant Run Blvd
Chandler
Walnut St
Holmes Ave
Matches Pennies Loses Dollars
In Chicago visitors called the capital of crime are warned to avoid a penny matching game. M. W. Mahsam a self described Berlin university law doctor reported two strangers lured him into the game and stole 100 dollars one penny at a time.
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United Press
Chicago
M. W. Mahsam
University of Berlin
Indianapolis Man Killed as Train Strikes Crossing Vehicle
A weekend Indiana crash toll rose with twelve deaths blamed on icy roads. In Indianapolis Harry McAninch 48 died when his machine at Madison Ave and the Belt Railroad was struck by a westbound freight train. his wife and two sons were seriously injured. Other incidents killed Duke Howard 45 in Indianapolis and Frank Sassadeck 46 in Michigan City, while multiple cross-traffic collisions and a fatal milk-truck crash occurred near Anderson Mishawaka Logansport Muncie and Richmond with several injured. A coroner's inquest was planned for McAninch.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Logansport
Anderson
Michigan City
Muncie
Mishawaka
Richmond
Harry McAninch
Park Ave
Edgewood
Ind
Madison Ave
Belt Railroad
Olive McAninen
Robert
John
Methodist Hospital
Warman Ave
Morris St
Duke Howard
W. Wilkins St
Nic Turner
Belle Vieu
Turner
Howard
Everett Groninger
Theodore Dock
Edith Marie
Paul Norris
Wells County Hospital
Frank Sassadeck
Otto Rudnick
Charles Davis
Charlie Chaplin
Charles Ward
John Coburn
Ward
Elbert Foster
McAninch
Charles C Baugh
Ray Smith
N. Gale St
Henry Stone
W. Twenty-Ninth St
Enos Sunderman
Duncan Puett
Harold White
Russell Sjames
Pennsylvania
Ray Adams
W. Morris St
Margaret Lyons
Hillside Ave
Adams
Henry Rousch
R. R. C. Box
Rousch
Esther LeMay
N. Liberty St
Leo Lenchesky
Linton
Harold Foltzenlogel
Union St
McKinley Slips in Health as Week Passes
Martinsville Indiana December 6 Senator William McKinley of Illinois shows little change in condition physicians report Dr Robert H Egbert attending physician says the senator is gradually weakening but no drastic changes or setbacks have been observed and no alarming symptoms noted
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United Press
Martinsville
Ind
William McKinley
Illinois
Robert H. Egbert
Eobert
Farmers Gather United In Stand To Seek Relief
Three thousand farmers attend the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in Chicago to press for farm relief legislation. Sam H. Thompson asserts unity and no favored sector, with grain cotton and stockgrowers represented. Frank O. Lowden is scheduled to speak, seen as a potential 1928 presidential candidate and strong farm relief advocate.
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United Press
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Sam H. Thompson
Middle Western
South
Western Plains
Congress
Washington
Farm Legislation
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Lowden
Far and Near Across Towns in Diverse Notes
In Arlon Luxembourg the love-lorn Fair grows from St. Nicholas roots with introducers and marriageable pairs urged to pair off. New York reports a $100000 Persian animal rug sale. London showcases a raspberry plant named the Lloyd George for off season fruit.
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Arlon
Luxembourg
St. Nicholas
Helligsmaenner
London
London Society
Two Crown as Auto Plunges Into Pond
In Plymouth Massachusetts Miss Sarah Swift a 22 year old public stenographer and Antonio Thomas also 22 were found dead after their car plunged from a ten foot embankment into Little pond. The car was recovered about 150 feet from shore with cuts on Thomas left arm suggesting he shattered the coupe window to try to free Swift.
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United Preen
Plymouth
Mass
Sarah Swift
Little Pond
Antonio Thomas
Thomas
Miss Swift
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Buser
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Eliza A. Blaker
Teachers College
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Gardner
Young Hoosier
Hillside Church
Jesus
Speaker
Bell
U.S
Charles L. Wright
Lima
Terre Haute
Wright
Greencastle
W. E. Albrecht
Albrecht
Perry Coffman
M’kinley
American Bureau Federation
Parish Watson
Charles Bodeker
Columbia School of Dentistry
Philip Dumas
R. N
Surrey County Council
Tara Wall
National Council
Annabelle Marchi
Charles Bertoli
Grand Rapids, Mich
Jim Pontiac
Chief Pontiac
Grand Rapids
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