Merger Millions and the Fight Over Public Power
A lengthy discussion argues the proposed merger of two local light and power companies at a valuation above 55 million dollars. It contends the cost to the public would rise through higher dividends and interest, while a single, efficiently managed system would save money. The piece questions current appraisals, labor costs, and the need for open hearings and legal scrutiny of rebates and potential criminal conduct by utility firms. It links to broader cases involving public regulation, rate fairness, and the Teapot Dome oil lease scandal, signaling ongoing legal action and calls for investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Commission
Gilliam
Light and Power
Gillom
Indianapolis News
Wall Street reacts to 40 percent stock dividend
The United States Steel Corp is praised for a 40 per cent stock dividend as stock prices surge. The piece notes Steel’s 25 year history, 23 billion in business, 2 billion in net earnings, and a large surplus, then pivots to Senator-elect Frank L. Smith and the risk of unseating him over campaign funds. It highlights the potential political stalemate if Smith is unseated, risking Senate control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Tracy
Wall Street
Judge Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Frank L. Smith
Tinois
McKinley
Smith
Senate
Alice Singer to Recital at Athletic Club Monday Night
Alice Singer the American harpist brings a Paris acclaim recital to the Athletic Club on Monday December 20 at 8 20. The event, third in a winter series organized by a committee chaired by Kurt Vonnegut, features Miss Singer with Rashmiri folk songs and East Indian raga pieces by Miss Devi and works by Debussy Gabriel Faure and others. Singer will stay as guest of Louise Schellschnidt Hoehne, her former teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurt Vonnegut
Alice Singer
Paris
Ratan Devi
Miss Devi
Gabriel Faure Mise
Singer
Louise Schellschnidt Hoehne
Indiana College music announces lecture course by Oscar Seagle
The Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts schedules a lecture course headed by Oscar Seagle of Schroon Lake New York with the first talk set for Monday January 21 1927 open to all vocalists. info available at the college office. Sigma Alpha fraternity Christmas party details follow. ARL FRYE leads carols at Central Christian church December 19. Irvington School of Music guest day December 19 features Veda Norman readings. Five Sunday concerts begin January 23 with Fritz Kreisler, Carl Lamson. Kreisler discusses artistic growth and the garden of surprises in music. Maria Jeritza to be heard more in opera per demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts
Oscar Seagle
Schroon Lake
N. Y
Sigma Alpha [Ata Fraternity
Indiana College Co. Music and Fine Arts
E. E. Flickinger
Park Ave
Flickinger
Henry Schurmann
Grace Watson Ducknall
Anna May Johnson
Arl Frye
Ferdinand Schaefer
Young People’s Department
Central Christian Church
Irvington School of Music
Robert Schrepferman
Ruth Griffith
Catherine Smith
Dorothy Hogle
Charles Dickens
Francis Kanekotte
Bonita Klotsche
Veda Norman
Ona B
Maria Jeritza
Metropolitan Opera Company
Take-Out Doubles and Redoubles in Auction Bridge Tactics
A column by Miltom discusses when to take out a partner after a double, stressing pass when weak and caution with redoubles. It presents sample hands and advised actions, noting risks of misbidding, and invites reader questions to Work for Times.
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Om North
South
North
John F. Dilla
Work
Fall Doheny Verdict Declares No Guilty Finding
A jury acquits Albert B. Fall former Secretary of the Interior and Edward L. Doheny oil operator of attempting to defraud the Government in the Blix Hills naval oil lease case. Jurors believed Doheny lent money as a friendship act and rejected bribery claims, while Judge McCormick’s related ruling is noted.
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Fall
Doheny
Secretary Fall
Mr. Doheny
Edward L. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
United States of America
Pan-American Petroleum Company
United States
McCormick
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth District
Supreme Court
Harry F. Sinclair
District Supreme Court
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
Owen J. Roberts
Atlee Pomerene
Fall-Doheny
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Senate
Paris
H. M. Blackmer
Midwest Refining Company
J. B. O'Neil
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Cheyenne
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Blix Hills
J. McCormick
Los Angeles
Cals
Defense Slump Threatens U S Sea Power, 1920s Warning
Washington faces a looming defense slump as Congress resists budget omissions and President Coolidge. Experts warn the navy lags Britain by about fifty percent in sea power, with Britain and Japan leading in cruisers aircraft carriers and planes. The piece notes stalled Washington Arms Conference gains and limited U S tonnage, two building aircraft carriers, and a single Los Angeles dirigible amid broader naval shortfalls.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Britain
Japan
France
Great Britain
Los Angeles
Coolidge
Spain
Roosevelt
America
State rights not defense for corrupt officials
The text rejects state sovereignty as a shield for public officials charged with corruption. It argues that election does not make an official innocent or immune from accountability. Congress and the law retain power to judge and prosecute, ensuring crooks cannot escape justice through tenure. It asserts that election does not place a candidate beyond law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
House of Congres
Courage in Reichstag as cabinet ousted over army plan
Philip Schneidemann presented charges against the cabinet for secretly pursuing an army and arms supply, earning praise from many for exposing the breach of treaty. The Reichstag backed him, showing a stern republican impulse, while President Hindenburg safeguarded the Weimar constitution by accepting resignation of Marx and aides after a confidence vote.
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German Republic
Philip Schneidemann
Reichstag
Germany
Longevity Icon John A Stewart Dies at 104
John A. Stewart, who died at 104, led United States Trust Company into his 99th year and served as pro tem president of Princeton at 88. A Civil War adviser to Lincoln, he helped fund the national debt and witnessed twenty five presidential administrations. He credited longevity to moderation on his 102nd birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Stewart
Mr. Stewart
United States Trust Company
Princeton
United States
Lincoln
Morse
Stewart
Mutual Burlesque Circuit Plans 44 Theaters Midnight Show
The Mutual Burlesque Association announces an extra midnight performance in each of its forty-four theaters on New Year's Eve. Based on past seasons, total gross receipts are projected to reach $100,000. The Mutual is the local burlesque house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Burlesque Association
Mutual
Bible Quiz From Page 14 Test Questions
A reader quiz asks about biblical events and figures across Old and New Testaments, including fiery furnace, entry to Canaan, creation of beasts, Elisha’s miracles, Jesus parables about wealth, the first New Testament book, Methuselah’s age, and the order of God’s creations. The questions reference Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Aaron, and Pentecost.
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Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Nebuchadnezzar
Aaron
Promised Land
Israel
Elisha
Methuselah
Beik Announces Change in Indianapolis Recital Date
Fragments indicate Frances Beik of the Metropolitan School of Music extends her New York season delaying a March 18 recital in Indianapolis to Sunday March 26. Ticketed March 13 rites are valid for March 20. remaining Sunday concerts feature Rachmaninoff with Hayes and Schipa, and two symphonies with Stokowski conducting the Cincinnati Orchestra Braslau soloist.
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New York
Indianapolis
Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Enterprises
Rachmaninoff
Roland Hayes
Tito Schipa
Chicago Opera
Philadelphia
Leopold Stokowski
Cincinnati Orchestra
Sophie Braslau
Answers and Facts From The Bronxana Times Q A Column
A compendium of brief Q A items from the Washington Bureau and New York lines covering topics from profits terms to naturalization waits, Dempsey service, railroad centers, radio operator salaries, Omega meaning, Richard Dix age, and livestock bone counts. The column also notes peppers bitterness, pepper safety, and a note on Laura La Plante’s height and appearance.
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Bxtanapola Times
Washinton Bureau
New York Ave
Washington
Students Act In Birds Christmas Carol At Prison
Cast includes Vir ginia Habig Emily Mae Johnson William Craigle Stuart Williams Helen Kingham Jane Hirshman Ida Jane Waltz Martha Grace Williams Evelyn Woiford and Helen Foster. Same program at St Pauls church with same cast. student Van Walker tenor soloist at Meridian Street Methodist Church. Butler University Glee Club sang at Butler chapel with Christmas carols. Mu Phi Epsilon party at Miss Charlotte Lieber home December 22 directed by Mrs James A Moug. Messiah solos and group numbers by local musicians and Sinfonia member Edwin Jones. Helen Emert praised for ingenue roles with Stuart Walker repertoire in Huntington. Robert Schultz to be piano soloist for Women’s Department Club radio program.
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Woman's Prison
Virginia Habig
Emily Mae Johnson
William Craigle
Stuart Williams
Helen Kingham
Jane Hirshman
Ida Jane Waltz
Martha Grace Williams
Evelyn Woiford
Helen Foster
St. Paul's Church
Muit Phi Epsilon
Metropolitan School of Music
Charlotte Lieber
Park Ave
James’ A.’ Moug
Jane. Johnson Burroughs
Henry
Chapman
Johnson
Sinfonia
Fraternity For Men
Rochester
Helen Emert
Frances Berk
Stuart Walker
Huntington
W. Va
Berk
Miss Emert
Robert Schultz
Earle Howe Jones
Women’s Department Club
Ine Et Nicholls
Recital on Monday Night in Indianapolis Event
In Recital on Monday night December 20, harpist Alice Singer will perform in a recital at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. The program features classical selections through a formal concert setting in the city venue.
Readers debate utility mergers pay and wages
A Times reader questions the merging of two city utility companies and the high wealth of magnates. The letter criticizes wage levels for skilled labor like electricians and steamfitters, argues unions may be needed, and doubts ever receiving wage increases. The writer fears retaliation if signing his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Indianapolis Light-payan
Michigan Guests Attend Front Page Stuff Event
Michigan will host a gathering of high school football players and faculty at the Michigan Opera at the Mural tonight for the alumni event with Coach Alonzo Goldsberry and Mr Simon P. Roache listed among representatives. The Bentdag boys and others group are named with professors Beese and Maxwell attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Opera
Michigan
Shortridge
Alonzo Goldsberry
Simon P. Roache
Joe Kelsey
Johnman
Kenneth Gna
Wildon Stillwell
Neg Aumapo P Sctler
Tewis Skint
Ppences
Grant Brown
Braxton
Lek Monge Ate
Beese and
Maxwell
Btndag Boys
Kell Jones
Ine Joa
Flal Ral Michel
Ide Hatton
Ore Rice
Gg Rue
May
Haro Man Iene Pecs
Pares Wens
Jaw B Sone
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Tracy
Athletic Club
T. S. Ryan
R. 8
Osborn
the Murat
Yale University Dramatic Association
Yale
Miltom
William Philip Simms
Frances Beik
Wether
Jack Dempsey
Chicago
Chicago District
Omega
Richard Dix
Paramount Studio
Pleroy Ave
Sixth St
Long Island City
United States Army
Laura la Plante
van Walker
Edward Nell
Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Butler University Girls
Franklin N. Taylor
Butler Chapel
Indianapolis Athletic
Times
Voice
Rex
P. S
International Association of If Dancing
Cleveland
Ohio
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