Civic Leaders Discuss Gas Firm Transfer
Civic leaders at a luncheon of two Chamber committees debated whether the city should exercise its option to take over Citizens Gas Company properties under the 1905 franchise. Swift urged honoring the original promise and turning over the gas company property to the city, while trustees and officials listened.
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Citizens Gas Company
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
William Fortune
Gas Company
James W. Noll
John R. Welch
Gus Schnull
Robert Lieber
Lucius B. Swift
Edward B. Raub
John F. White
Swift
Fortune
Welch
22 blue blood horses perish in farm fire
Twenty-two thoroughbred horses including brood mares Pit-A-Pat and Mary Oh were burned to death when a new barn burned at a Latonia area stud farm near Erlanger Kentucky. Polk Laffoon and Henry Yeiser owned the property with an estimated loss of 140000 dollars. The blaze, caused by defective wiring, trapped the animals before discovery.
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United Press
Erlanger
Pit-A
Mary Oh
Here
Polk Laffoon
Latonia
Laffoon
Banquets Too Day Speech Draws Vanderbilts Critique
Professor Gus Dyer of Vanderbilt University told the Columbus Academy of Medicine that prohibition has blighted the crop of after dinner speakers. He said the present speakers may be as brilliant as former ones, but audiences were less receptive.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
Gus Dyer
Economics
Vanderbilt University
Columbus Academy of Medicine
Hearing Set On Indianapolis School Bond Proposal
The state tax board scheduled a hearing for December 28 at 10 a m on the remonstrance against the proposed 185000 dollar school bond issue by the Indianapolis school city. Bonds were to fund school building sites. Objections were filed by Harry Miese and thirteen citizens.
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Indianapolis
State Tax Board
Harry Miese
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Christmas Ship Sails Last Paris of French Line
The Paris of the French line sailed from New York early today as the last vessel to depart in time for Christmas arrival in Europe. It carried 5,190 sacks of mail and freight. Outgoing telephones from Chicago offer quick, dependable service with basic rate $1.05.
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Liner
Europe
United Preas
New York
Paris
Chicago
Bicknell Christmas Cheer Fund Aims to Aid Hungry Children
Indiana authorities and Indianapolis volunteers organize Bicknell's Christmas Cheer Fund to feed about 2,500 children amid coal field layoffs. Dr. Ernest N. Evans chairs the effort with civic and labor leaders coordinating food, toys, and cash contributions to support hungry families in the mining town. The fund will accept money at United Labor Bank and Trust Company or The Times, with headquarters at 1137 North Meridian Street opening Wednesday.
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Indianapolis
Bicknell
Indiana
Harry B. Dynes
Davis
Apolis
Ernest N. Evans
Federation of Churches
Hugh H. McGibeny
William A. Hacker
Social Service Department
Indianapolis Public Schools
Francis H. Gavish
Eugene C. Foster
Indianapolis Foundation
William Dobson
United Labor Bank and Trust Company
Department of Labor
Miners’ Union
Dynes
Reqo
Una
Bicknell’s
The
Times
Bicknell Christmas Cheer Fund
North Meridian Street
Kellogg Pact Approved by Committee Plea to Senate
The Kellogg Pact receives committee approval with a push to pass before Christmas. Readers are urged to ratify the treaty as America's gift to the world and to vote yes in support through the Indianapolis Times Peace Editor.
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Senate
America
Indianapolis Times
Coup by Anti-War Treaty Faction Reaches Senate Floor
A push by Borah and treaty supporters moves the anti war pact out of the foreign relations committee to confront the naval cruiser bill on the Senate floor. The maneuver may force an open vote on which measure to consider first as other committees weigh prison goods restrictions and interior policy matters.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Reed
Missouri
Hawes-Cooper
Coolidge May Visit Sapelo Island During Holidays
President Coolidge may visit Sapelo Island off the Georgia coast during the Christmas holidays. He probably will stay away from the White House until after the new year if the southern trip is decided upon.
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President Coolidge
Sapelo Island
United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Georgia
White House
Cincinnati Banker Hinsch Dies After Appendicitis Surgery
Charles A. Hinsch aged 63 president of the Fifth-Third Union Trust Company and former American Bankers' Association leader died in Cincinnati after an appendicitis operation. A German idea for new auto crash protection is noted in the report.
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Charles A. Hinsch
United Press Cincinnati
Fifth-Third Union Trust Company
American Bankers’ Association
War Mothers and Veterans Back Kellogg Peace Pact
Two Marion county figures, Mrs. E May Hahn and Arthur G Gresham, endorse ratification of the Kellogg peace pact as a gift to the world. Indiana War Mothers and Marion county society have urged Senate action and plan letters to senators. The Times notes strong American press support for immediate ratification with minority pre treaty views from Kansas City Star and Omaha World-Herald.
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Times
Scripps-Howard
Senate
E. May Hahn
Central Court
American War Mothers
Marion County
Arthur G. Gresham
Walter Q. Gresham
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Coolidge
Hahn
John Rutchback
Ashland Avenue
Marion County Organization
Society
United States
Rutchback
The
Kansas City Star
Omaha World-Herald
Hourly Temperatures From A.M. Readings Recorded
Readings show temperatures from 2:30 a m to 1 p m with values ranging from 27 to 34 degrees. Early morning lows near 27 and 30 degrees rise to a noon high around 32 to 34 degrees.
Lighting of the airways moves ahead for mail planes
The Department of Commerce plans to light the Cincinnati Indianapolis Chicago airway within days, Postmaster Robert H. Bryson said. Contracts have been awarded and Philip Jackson, aviation division inspector, is coordinating the setup. The illuminated route will allow later schedules for air mail planes.
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Department of Commerce
Robert H. Bryson
Philip Jackson
Aeronautical Division
Bryson
Cat wins blue ribbon at Waldorf Astoria show
In New York on December 18 Bil da a Shahite cat born in a Greenwich Village ash can and reclaimed by Miss Elsie Raymond won a blue ribbon at the opening of the cat show at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
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New York
Bilda
Greenwich Village
Elsie Raymond
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Fight for Slayer Confronts Pardons Board in Ida Le Bouef Case
New Orleans federation plans to appear before the state pardon board in Baton Rouge Thursday to advocate for Mrs Ida Le Bouef and her alleged lover Dr Thomas E Dreher who await execution at Franklin on January 5 for the murder of her husband.
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United Arena
New Orleans
New Orleans Federation of Women's Clubs
State Pardon Board
Baton Rouge
Ida le Bouef
Thomas E. Dreher
Franklin
First Citizen Born in Lynhurst Community
The first native citizen of Lynhurst, the new community west of Indianapolis incorporated Saturday, is Ransom Charles Hazelip. He weighed six pounds and was born Sunday night to Mr and Mrs Ransom Hazelip of 5218 Wayne Avenue.
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Lynhurst
Indianapolis
Ransom Charles Hazelip
Ransom Hazelip
Wayne Avenue
Royal Guards Band Plays Death March Under Ruler's Window
London dispatch reports King George remains in grave danger as doctors renew efforts to save his life. Public bulletins emphasize fluctuating condition and caution against reading one day’s improvement as proof of recovery. The Royal Guards band played Madame Butterfly’s death scene near Buckingham Palace while physicians pressed the treatment.
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United Press
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Royal Guards
Heaviest Guard Guards Kidnaping Trial In Chicago
In Chicago the courtroom braced under heavy security as 10 year old Billy Ranieri testified in a kidnapping for ransom trial. He identified Angelo Petetti Andrew Cappellano and Cappeysnos son Tony as participants while police fortified the audience and corridors after the Scully murder and threats against witnesses.
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United Press
Chicago
Robert E. Gentzel
Damagain
Billy Ranieri
Billy
Angelo Petetti
Andrew Cappellano
Cappeysnos
Tony
Frank Loesch
Scully
Loesch
Pig No Poke Delivers Wild River Run in Lottery Case
In Holyoke Massachusetts on December 18 a porker drawn in a raffle by Max Heinicke won him a roast but escaped. The pig swam the Connecticut River twice before capture, nearly defeating the purchaser in a peculiar turn of events.
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Holyoke
Mass
Pig Sense
Max Heinicke
Connecticut River
Law firm Miller Dailey Thompson to dissolve this year
The firm will end December 31 and three successor firms will form. Samuel D. Miller Sidney Miller and Lou Robertson start one firm. Frank C. Dailey and Perry ONeal another. Will H. Thompson Albert Rabb and Tom D. Stevenson the third. Offices on Consolidated building floors. No truth to Everett Sanders joining after March 4.
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Miller, Dailey & Thompson
Middle West
Samuel D. Miller
Sidney
Lou Robertson
Frank C. Dailey
Perry O’neal
Will H. Thompson
Albert Rabb
Tom D. Stevenson
City to Elect President at First January Meeting
The city council will elect a new president at the first January meeting. Edward B. Raub Sr., a Democrat, is likely favored for re-election according to indications.
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Edward B. Raub Sr
KIWANIANS Host Santa Day At Claypool Luncheon
Kiwanis Club observes Santa Day with a Wednesday luncheon at Claypool. Fifty under privileged children will attend as guests, receive a turkey dinner, and enjoy special entertainment.
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Kiwanis Club
Claypool
Water meter plan branded huge gouge plan brande
State Senator Robert R. Moor accuses Indianapolis Water Company of using meter installation as a self serving policy. He says the public forced into debt, borrowing money to comply with meters. Moorhead plans to submit an affidavit at the public service commission hearing December 27. He asserts poor residents bear the burden while the company benefits and vows to push law changes for better counsel and commission funding.
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Indianapolis Water Company
Public Service Commission
Robert R. Moorhead
Frank Singleton
Moorhead
Indianapolis Times
Singleton
Commission Legal Department
Judges uphold farm chief power to cut stockyard fees
In Omaha on December 18, three federal judges ruled that William Jardine secretary of agriculture can set maximum rates charged by livestock commission firms at stockyards. The ruling confirms authority under the Packers and Stockyards Act and supports Jardine’s call for a $4 per car reduction, a move expected to save livestock breeders money.
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United Press
Omaha
Neb
William Jardine
Secretary of Agriculture
Livestock Commission
Packers and Stockyard Act
Jardine
Fall Ill Trial Postponed Indefinitely in Bribery Case
In Washington on December 18 the district supreme court postponed all or part of the bribery trial of former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall to January 14 after special government attorney Atlee Pomerene moved for the date. The delay was granted as Fall’s physicians in El Paso Texas advised his physical condition would not permit a trial at the time.
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Senate Public Lands Committee
Interior West
Senate
Smith
Swing
Coolidge
House
Scully
Peretti
Fred Petetti
Angelo
Petetti
Fred
United Press
Washington
Atlee Pomerene
Albert B. Fall
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
E. L. Doheny
Californaa
District Supreme Court
el Paso
Tex
Fall
Liquor Raid Nets Arrests At North Holmes Saloon
Frank Turk, 41, of 969 North Holmes avenue, arrested on a blind tiger charge by Lt Ralph Dean after Dean caught Martin Hession, 43, Brownsburg Ind leaving Turk's dry beer saloon with a pint of colored mule whisky. Hession admitted buying the liquor from Turk. Port news reports a cotton steamer afire at Bremerhaven as the Galtygore with 16 000 bales arrives from Huston Texas.
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Frank Turk
North
Holmes Avenue
Ralph Dean
Dean
Martin Hession
Brownsburg
Ind
Turk
Hession
United Preas B III
Galtygore
Huston
Texas
Bremerhaven
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Pauline Hooper
Hooper
Herbert Lee Hooper
Kellogg Pact
O. K
Cincinnati
War Mothers of County
Veterans
Marion County Society
King George’s
Women’s Club
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Native Sons of
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Ole Scully
Ranieri
Frank A. Ranieri
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