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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1926
Page
1
Gillliom asserts utilities still grant rebates in violation of law and that private ledgers are kept. He assails character assassins during the petition hearing.
Attorney General Gilliam accused the two Indianapolis electric utilities of ongoing rebating violating the law and questioned private ledgers. The PSC heard jurisdiction issues over amended merger petitions as engineers valued the combined companies at 33 567 595 dollars. Indianapolis News was named as a rebate recipient while officials urged the commission to inspect ledgers and enforce penalties for rebate offenders.
Harley L. Clarke the utility baron urged James W. Fesler to protest the delay in valuation figures during the hearing led by Commissioner John W. McCardle. Clarke claimed a right to speak for Merchants Heat and Light Company, though not listed as stockholder or officer.
Will O Feudner Rushville publisher resigns as secretary of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association. In a letter to members he accuses J Frank McDermond of tying the press to politics and claims McDermond reversed his stance after an inquiry into alleged political corruption by Thomas H Adams. Adams’s charges sparked a Marion County grand jury probe into Stephensonism.
Three year old Alice Deckerd died after her clothing ignited from an open grate where she played. Her mother found her in flames as the fire consumed her clothing and the child died almost immediately.
Four masked bandits dressed neatly robbed two Maurer and Sons textile mill employees as they entered the plant, taking a $7,715 payroll. The armed robbers fled after the holdup in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In Canton Ohio witnesses testifying against Pat McDermott linked repeated death threats to Don R. Mellett the slain editor who attacked Caton vice lords. Testimony tied accomplices Ben Rudner and Louis Mazer to an underground conspiracy. Norman Clark recalled Mazer saying Mellett ought to be pumped off.
Prosecutor William H. Remy said a report on alleged Indiana political graft would be delivered before Jan 1 by the Marion County grand jury. The panel questioned Harry Pearson and indicted Frank Richter and Raymond Lubrner on auto banditry and robbery as backs of a widening investigation into Stephenson era corruption.
Forecast shows a 26 degree morning, with a low around 15 to 20 tonight in Indianapolis. Clouds linger and temperatures will rise little tomorrow, with Friday remaining mostly cloudy and near 28 from Thursday’s high.
Eugene Powell reports Indianapolis residents donated 3 09 in an hour and twenty minutes on a downtown corner. The money goes to the Christmas Seal fund of the Marion County Tuberculosis Association for aid to the poor.
The Times Santa Claus Club lists needy families and the donor Mrs. Frank Baldwin offers to help a dear old lady who died before Christmas. Neighbors note the club's ongoing work, providing daily lists of families in need drawn from the Christmas Clearing House.
Joseph Tillman a 19 year old Manchester College sophomore died after taking poison following suspension for smoking with Dorothy Papenhausen a co ed expelled for smoking and for violating dormitory and auto riding rules. Tillman had previously failed West Point exams and faced multiple disciplinary incidents. North Manchester Indiana mourns his death and the family is respected in town.
Isidor Watson and Deputy County Prosecutor John J. Niblack clashed in Criminal Court over the arrest of Walson and Conrad Keller Center township justices of the peace for usurping public office. The men allegedly married couples in violation of municipal law, with Edward L. Dietz named as the valid justice. Wulfson defended his actions, blaming Republican headquarters and vowing to stay in office until the Supreme Court rules.
Four armed men waylaid W A Green a Fidelity National Bank messenger on a crowded downtown corner seized a satchel said to hold 79000 dollars and fled in a car. Green fired three shots at the getaway vehicle as Christmas shoppers watched.
Berlin report: Chancellor Wilhelm Marx and his coalition resigned and President von Hindenburg accepted the move. The cabinet was commissioned to continue provisionally after a Reichstag defeat. The vote on the motion of no confidence stood 249 to 171 with Nationalists abstaining.
Public service commission engineers estimate reproduction cost of Indianapolis Light and Heat and Merchants Heat and Light at 33.6 million dollars amid a proposed 55 million merger. Hearings set to be open, with opposition demanding full disclosure of accounts and jurisdiction.
In Chicago the Illinois Senate race looms as the U.S. Senate weighs legal moves to unseat Frank L. Smith. Smith will decide today whether to accept Governor Len Small's appointment creating the McKinley vacancy. He will stay in Chicago for most of the day with only a planned meeting with Allan Moore and his campaign manager.
Washington report says Col Frank L Smith Republican of Illinois faces a cool welcome as he seeks to present credentials in the Senate. Republicans fear his refusal to heed warnings against the Illinois seat and oppose seating him. Senator Watson Indiana telephoned to urge Smith to decline the appointment, while Smith claims a right to present his case.
Fragmentary weather jotting lists hourly temperatures for May 26 to May 29 with values around 26 degrees and placeholders for times. It notes 10 am May 26 26 degrees and noon May 28 28 degrees, but many entries are garbled.
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