Four Prisoners Escape Kansas State Prison In Lansing
Four convicts escaped from the Kansas State prison in Lansing by scaling a 35 foot wall after overpowering guards and stealing keys. A guard and a trusty were wounded as the group attempted to cut lights, disable the switchboard, and flee toward freedom. One inmate was shot during capture efforts as searchlights scanned the wall.
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United Press
Lansing
Kan
Kansas State
Charles Kavanaugh
Edward Stewart
Stewart
Kavanaugh
John Stitzel
Trusty
Frank Henderson
Henderson
Brizzie Pratt
Delon Richerson
Walter Geary
Alec Smith
Smith
Richardson
Roy Reed
Coperator
Reed
Kavanauga
Man Injured by Auto in Street Scene
Edgar Ellis of 6402 Bellefontaine Street was badly bruised when struck by an automobile driven by Earnest Casto of 519 Pine Street at Pratt Street and Massachusetts Avenue after getting off a street car. Casto was arrested on a charge of assault and battery. Ellis was taken home.
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Edgar Ellis
Bellefontaine St
Earnest Casto
Pine S&t
Pratt St
Massachusetts Ave
Ellis
Casto
Child dies from clothes on fire in Ohio street accident
Mrs. Robert Haley of 723 East Ohio Street left her 14 month old son Robert Jr. alone a moment Monday afternoon. She smelled smoke and found the child’s clothing afire. She smothered the flames but the child died later at the city hospital.
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Robert Haley
Ohio St
Robert, Jr
City Hospital
WALB MEETING ON WGRAY SET FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK
Indiana Republican leaders plan a meeting between Christmas and New Year to press Governor McCray's resignation. Walb says information will be presented to justify the move. Some congressmen oppose the plan, while district chairmen prepare to discuss the situation.
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Indiana
Republican State Committee
McCray
Clyde A. Walb
Fred Schortemeier
State Committee
Washington
Walb
Richard Elliott
Andrew H Ckey
Wald
Will R. Wood
Evansville
Stuart Fisher
Princeton
Billy Pinkerton Dies in Los Angeles
William A. Pinkerton, head of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, died at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles five days after arriving on vacation. His secretary said he grew ill last night and died this morning. He was born in 1846 in Dundee, Illinois, served in the Civil War, and led the agency with his brother after their father's death in 1884.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
William A. Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Agency
New York
Biltmore Hotel
Pinkerton
J. R. Black
Allen Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton
Noed
Secret Service
The
Detective Agency
Dundee
Ill
Army of the Po
Country Club to Elect Four Directors Tonight
Four directors will be elected for three year terms at the Highland Golf and Country Club annual dinner and stockholders meeting at 6 30 tonight. Eight directors with nonexpiring terms remain, and the new directors will select officers soon. Reports on progress of the club and its new home completed this year will be presented.
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Highland Golf and Country Club
Second Hearing of Murder Case Begins at Greensburg
The state attorneys in Greensburg Indiana ask no specific penalty for James R De Prez of Lewis Creek Shelby County at the second trial for first degree murder in the shooting of his father John De Prez on February 3. The jury disagreed in the first trial and the case was moved to Greensburg.
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Greensburg
Ind
James R. de Prez
Lewis Creek
Shelby County
de Prez
John de Prez
Klan Lawyer Laid 10 Plot in Coburn Murder Case
Atlanta December reports reveal prosecutors plan to show Phil E. Fox of the Ku Klux Klan conspired in W. S. Coburn’s murder. Henry J. Norton says imperial Klan officer in New York was tipped an hour before the killing. Northon says evidence spans more than a dozen states in a factional clash.
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United
Simmons
Tsian
Norton
Klan
New York
Coburn
Thirteenth Ward Civic League Formed to Aid Community
A new civic group the Thirteenth Ward Civic League aims to address local welfare by urging city officials on playgrounds improvements and elimination of objectionable practices. Organizer Joseph L. Doerr was elected president with A B Wernsing as vice president and Mrs Josephine Burkit and Mrs Emma Werbe as secretary and treasurer respectively. Meetings set for the fourth Wednesday at 8 p m at the South Side State Bank with broad invitation to participate.
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Thirteenth Ward
Civic League
South Side State Bank
Meridian St
Joseph L. Doerr
A. B. Wernsing
Josephine Burkit
Emma Werbe
Triple wedding leads to six tied by a family honeymoon
A honeymoon train carried three newlywed couples from Indianapolis to Cincinnati after a home wedding at 1206 Bates Street. Miss Audrey Brown, 16, wed Elza Brown, 19, Grace McCann 19 married Frank Brown, 23, Hazel Kaufman 17 joined Roy Brown, 20. The couples, all Brown relatives, plan to reside at Bates Street and Leota Street, following a triple elopement turned home ceremony officiated by Rev. Harry Mount.
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Indianapolis
Ciincinnati
Winfield Scott Brown
Bates St
Elza Brown
S. Alabama St
Grace McCann
Olive St
Frank Brown
Hazel Kaufman
Edgewood
Ind
Roy Brown
Cincinnati
Beech Grove
Leota St
Winfield Brown
Goldie Brown Ploch
Hazel Brown Hamel
Nichols Named Special Prosecutor for Governor McCray Trial
Clarence W. Nichols, who assisted the late Charles W. Moores as special prosecutor, was appointed to succeed Moores and will direct the prosecution of Governor McCray. McCray faces 1924 indictments for embezzlement, grand larceny, forgery, and issuing fraudulent checks. arraignment is January 7 with a likely March trial in Marion County.
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Clarence W. Nichols
Charles W. Moores
McCray
Moores
James A. Collins
Nichols
Marlon
Congress Today Recessed House Committee Formation
Congress is recessed until Thursday as the Committee on Committees continues forming panels. Senate resumes battle over the chairmanship of the Interstate Commerce Committee in a heated party dispute.
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Committee On Committees
Interstate Commerce Committee
Check Artist Swindles Ten Muncie Merchants
Ten Muncie merchants were swindled out of about $500 by a check artist who visited various stores yesterday, bought cheap Christmas gifts, and obtained change on forged checks. He departed town without revealing his identity.
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United Press
Muncie
Ind
Superintendent Shideler Dies After Heart Attack
Indiana reformatories chief George A H Shideler died at St Vincent Hospital at 9 45 am after suffering a chronic heart disease attack Saturday in Indianapolis. He had led the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton and earlier headed the Indiana Boys School at Plainfield and the State Reformatory at Jeffersonville. Surviving are his widow and two sons. The governor and public figures mourned his loss, lauding his humanitarian work and devotion to troubled youths.
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George A. H. Shideler
Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton
St. Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis
George F. Edenharter
Central Hospital For the Insane
Shideler
S. E. Smith
Indiana University
Eastern Hospital For the Insane
Smith
E. R. Smith
Mr. Shideler
Jonesboro
Grant County
D. B. Shideler
Sarah J. Eviston Shideler
George Shideler
New York
Marion Flint Glass Company
Marion
Ind
Columbia Club of
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Margaret Ball
Robert E
Richard
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
McCray
Indiana
Hal’ Shideler
America
J. E. Fogarty
Michigan City
John A. Brown
State Board of Charities
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
States Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Livestock Burned in Dawn Fire at Laurel Orchard Farm
Fire at Laurel Orchard farm fifteen miles south of Connersville destroyed a large barn. Eighteen horses, three autos, and several head of cattle burned as investigators suspected incendiary origin. Loss exceeds $15,000. owners E. A. Schultze and son notified Franklin County authorities to pursue possible suspects.
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United Prena
Deadlock Persists as La Follette Forces Senate Chair
In Washington on December 11 the Senate progressives kept a tight hold on the fight for the Interstate Commerce Committee chair. No votes changed from the prior ballot as seven stalwarts behind Senator La Follette held firm. The second ballot tally stood Cummins 41, Smith 39, La Follette 7. Meanwhile, a man named Altum, 26, of 668 East Eleventh Street, suffered internal injuries and a broken hip after his car collided with a truck driven by E L Gibson, 61, of 332 Massachusetts Avenue, at Tenth Street and Park Avenue.
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United Press
Ashington
Senate Progressives
Senate
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senator la Follette
Cummins
Smith
la Follette
Boy Altum
E. Eleventh St
E. L. Gibson
Massachusetts Ave
Tenth St
Park Ave
Mah Jongg lessons from J P Babcock in The Times
The Times publishes J P Babcock first in a planned series on Mah Jongg rules and strategy. Read the editorial page for the initial lesson by a recognized authority and clip daily installments to build a free rule book.
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J. P. Babcock
the Times
Babcock
New clew reported in Shaw case shocks Indianapolis
Mystery swirls around a purported new crew in the Helen Whelchel murder case as Shaw remains silent in Michican City prison. Indianapolis police press on with questions about Grady and Shaw’s possible link while state officials shift theories on Greenburgh and New York connections.
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Helen Whelchel
Applegate St
Jerry Kinney
McMurtrie
McGlenn
Boozering Trio Found Guilty by Federal Jury
Peter Pacini of Guilford Avenue Joseph La Rosa of New Jersey Street and William Haskell a Franklin Indiana farmer were found guilty of conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition law by a federal court jury. Bond increases and sentences were noted. several co defendants pled guilty and await sentencing. Pacini headed the booze ring. La Rosa sought to shield his father.
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Peter Pacini
Guilford Ave
Joseph la Rosa
S. New Jersey St
William Haskell
Franklin
Ind
Albert B. Anderson
Nunzio la Rosa
la Rosa
S. Delaware St
Haskell
Harry Ice
Gus Wink
Louis Kaiser
Frank Clutter
Edward Dean
Pacini
Anderson
Four Hundred Fostoria Students Strike Over Gym Use
Four hundred Fostoria High School pupils cut classes and paraded to protest the school board allowing a Catholic parochial school to use the public high school gym for basketball practice. Student leaders said they would not return until the gymnasium contract is canceled.
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United Press
Signal Light Changes In Washington St Traffic Control
Traffic Captain Michael J. Glenn orders an immediate rotation change to green red amber red and green. The new flash system makes green govern east and west traffic, red denotes streetcar movement, amber controls north and south traffic, and red flashes again for streetcars before green. The aim is freer streetcar movement after passenger stops in the safety zone.
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Washington St
Michael J. Glenn
Glenn
Fragmentary Notice With Time Fragments
A damaged OCR fragment lists scattered times such as 40 8 a m and 3412 noon and 9 Meeeeeas 35 1p m, with unclear event details and missing context. The readable bits show a schedule fragment from an event or notice but lack names places or actions.
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G.I. Cccess
Fire Tongue by Sax Rohmer
The Times previews Sax Rohmer’s Fire Tongue praising his East and West clash tale. It highlights Rohmer’s past works The Romance of Sorcery and The Dream Detective and asserts Fire Tongue surpasses his earlier masterpieces with gripping suspense.
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Rohmer
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