Light Merger Promoter Promises $315 000 Return to 10 Customers
Harley L. Clarke, Chicago utilities magnate backing the Indianapolis Light and Heat merger, testified at the public service commission hearing that the plan could return $315 000 a year to consumers through lower rates for power users. He noted the saving would mainly benefit large users, with a scheduled tariff favoring those with bills above $1.87 but below $3.75. Clarke outlined financing totaling 55 million capitalization and suggested a potential 12.5 cent monthly saving for eligible households, while admitting the lower rates might not be feasible and stressing no binding promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley L. Clarke
Chicago
Indianapolis
Clarke
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Clark
Consolidated Company
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Publi Service Commission
House of Representatives Chamber
State House
Clyde H. Jones
Frank Wampler
John W. McCardle
Howell Ellis
Prohibition Agents Seize Large Hoard in Indiana Raids
Federal agents in Indiana confiscated about 56 000 gallons of Christmas cheer after around fifty raids statewide. The seizures totaled 2 285 gallons of wine 1 920 gallons of beer and 260 gallons of alcohol and whisky. Twenty three arrests were made during the holidays per deputy prohibition administrator A R Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
A. R. Harris
Prohibition
Harris
Tulane Green Wave Fall Season Highlights of 1926
Tulane had a tough 1926 football season, winning only three games. The Green Wave were defeated five times and were held to a single tie, leaving a modest ripple of success amid struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulane
Green Wave
Russell the rookie pitcher goes 0 for season in 1926
Russell, rookie Red Sox pitcher, did not score a run in the 1926 American League season. He appeared in 37 games, batted 21 times, and collected four hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Red Sox
Record Snow Hits Northern Indiana Town
A record snowfall dropped seven inches or more between 7 and 10 p m Tuesday in La Porte Indiana blocking all county roads authorities reported. Local crews worked to clear streets as commuters faced travel disruption and conditions remained hazardous overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
LA Porte
Ind
Rain and fog blamed for fifteen Evansville crashes
In Evansville Indiana heavy rain and fog caused fifteen automobile accidents on Tuesday night. Mrs Kathryn Beer aged 72 was killed after alighting from a street car and struck by a car. One other woman is near death and thirteen people suffer broken bones or serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Evansville
Ind
Kathryn Beer
Five Believed Drowned From River Bridge Collapse
Five men are believed drowned after a bridge span on the Big Sandy River near Catlettsburg Kentucky collapsed under high water from heavy rains. Nine workers were rescued from the icy river as the others vanished beneath the floodwaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Catlettsburg
Sandy
Post Mortem Ordered in Death of Faye Tolson at Oneida Hotel
Coroner Paul F. Robinson ordered a post mortem exam after finding a bottle of acid in the room of 23 year old Faye Tolson of the Oneida Hotel. Tolson died Tuesday night while being transported by ambulance to Indiana Christian Hospital. A doctor who treated her could not be located by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Tolson
Oneida
Indiana Christian Hospital
Paul F. Robinson
Rudner Denies Knowing Pat McDermott in Slaying Plot Defense
Ben Rudner testifies in his own libel trial denying knowledge of Pat McDermott amid allegations of a plot to kill Don R. Mellett editor. Wife of Steve Kascholk, who deserted in Nanty Glo Pa, testifies to counter the informer claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Canton
Ohio
Ben Rudner
Pat McDermott
Don R. Mellett
Rudner
McDermott
Steve Kascholk
Nanty Glo. Pa
Indianapolis School Valuation Cut Reduces Tax Revenue
Indianapolis reports a $5,000,000 reduction from the June 30 certified value of its school property, lowering the total valuation to $242,000,000. County Auditor Harry Du xn notified Frazer, school board business manager, outlining how the cut affects revenue across the special school, tuition, library, and kindergarten funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Harry du Xn
Ure M. Frazer
Frazer
Fatal Snow Crash Claims Mrs Kroeger In South Bend
The first heavy snow storm of the season is believed to be responsible for the death of Mrs Barbara Kroeger age 50 who was struck by a car Tuesday night while returning from a church Christmas program in South Bend Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
South Bend
Ind
Barbara Kroeger
Winter Arrives as Sun Reaches Southern Peak
The article notes winter begins with the sun at its southernmost point, marking the shortest day of the year. It describes a light snow in residential areas, mild 32F morning, and that downtown traffic cleared the snow. Tonight brings potential rain and a slight warming trend, per the Weather Bureau. The sun rose at 7 04 and will set at 4 28 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sung
United States Weather Bureau
Adams & Westlake to Move Plant to Elkhart From Chicago
The Adams & Westlake Company with $4.5 million capitalization and 900 workers will relocate its Chicago plant to Elkhart Indiana. Thomas W Holt, the general manager, announced the plan today as stockholders of Adams & Westlake and Curtain Supply Company in Elkhart will meet in January to discuss merging the two firms. Ward W Willits, president, made the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams & Westlake Company
Chicago
Elkhart
Thomas W. Holt
Curtain Supply Company
Ward W. Willits
Fragmentary OCR Weather Data Snapshot
A cryptic time and measurement fragment shows 6 a m 32 and 10 a m 34 with scattered readings like 86 8 a m 92 12 noon 37 9 and 42. No clear location, date, or complete context appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesesey
Theater Manager Will Aid Family Christmas Program
The Times Santa Claus Club in Indianapolis helps 114 families by matching donors to needy households. In cooperation with the Christmas Clearing House, families are numbered and published daily. readers can call Main 3500 to volunteer as a Santa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Santa Claus Club
Santa Claus
Christas
Inanapolis
Times Santa Claus Club
Indianapolis
Christmas Clearing House
Senate Confirms Foland for Indianapolis Customs Post
President Coolidge's nomination of George M. Foland of Crown Point Indiana to be collector of customs at Indianapolis was confirmed by the Senate. Nomination of Harry W. Beals to be Postmaster at Fort Wayne also was confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Indiana
Times
Washington
Reed committee Report Finds No Grounds in Primaries
A Senate report cites 2.5 million dollars spent in the Pennsylvania Republican primary and calls Oregon Washington Missouri irregularities unfounded. It notes testimony on William S. Ware spending 800 thousand and Senator Pepper spending over 1.5 million, without recommendations for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Missouri
Senate Today
Reed
William S. Ware
Pepper
Reynolds Tenure At Chamber Of Commerce Up For Review
Indianapolis directors consider John B. Reynolds retention as secretary as his contract set to expire December 31. The board discusses possibly keeping two high salaries, while budget measures for 1927 and referendums of the United States Chamber of Commerce are on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce
Dick Miller
City Trust Company
Indianapolis First Movement
Indianapolis
Reynolds
United States Chamber of Commerce
Improvements Asked for Indiana Insane Hospital Funding
The 1926 report shows Indiana’s Central Hospital for the Insane cared for 1,633 patients, up from 1,586 in 1925, with $16,000 paid for 47 extra patients. Additional cost over 1925 equals $10,000 and $639,000 is requested for improvements by the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Central Hospital
Illinois Senator Seat Fight Hinges on Smith Arrival
Washington dispatch reports opposition to seating Frank L. Smith in the Illinois seat will pause until his arrival to present credentials. Governors and senators dispute his appointment to fill the McKinley term as they await formal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Len Small
Smith
William B. McKinley
Federal probe hears graft claims in alien property cases
Washington reports that as a government inquiry into the alien property custodian’s books moved toward the Senate Borah declared in debate that hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars were wasted grafted and stolen in the alien property situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
White House
Senate
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Philip pines independence opposed by White House investigator
Carmi A. Thompson, special investigator for President Coolidge, reports that immediate independence for the Philippines is disapproved. Mindanao and Sulu should remain part of the territory, but American control in these provinces should be strengthened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Philippines
Carmi A. Thompsoén
Coolidge
White House
Mindanao
Sulu
Thomson
Stephenson Habeas Plea Aims to Challenge Noblesville Trial
Gilliam seeks to uphold Noblesville murder conviction of D C Stephenson by arguing venue change from Marion to Hamilton County was proper while Stephenson’s lawyers press for a writ of habeas corpus in Superior Court at Michigan City. Extension granted to file brief. transcript filed Oct 26. case hinges on transfer signatures and legal technicalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C
Stephenson
Marion County
Hamilton County
Noblesville
Gilliam
Harry L. Crumpacker
John H. Kiplinger
Rushville
Supreme Court
Noblesville Court
Kiplinger
Marion
Albert Lesche
Hamilton County Circuit Court
Death list may reach fifty five in launch sinking
The death toll from the Linseed King launch wreck on the Hudson may rise to 55 after a check of the crew. About eighty aboard, twenty one missing, with 30 known dead. rescue plans include lifting the hull from the ice with a derrick as officials reassess casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
New York
Hudson River
Spencer Kellogs Company
Prohibition Administrator Ned M. Green Reinstated
Col. Ned M. Green, prohibition administrator for northern California and Nevada, was reinstated today by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews after his acquittal in San Francisco. He had been suspended pending trial on charges of using seized liquor for personal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Ned M. Green
Prohibition
California
Nevada
Bedford A Gee Case Reversed By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court sent back to Marion Circuit Court for retrial the case of Arthur B. McGee and Harvey W Bedford. Both men were dismissed from the police force after leaving without permission and were Klansmen. The court ruled the circuit judge erred by reinstating Bedford but not McGee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Marion Circuit Court
Arthur B. McGee
Dugwall
Harvey W. Bedford
Circuit Court
Bedford
McGee
Board of Safety
Shank
Robert Watson
N. Richland St
Watson
Colfax
Ind
Duvall
Two Die In Kentucky Flood Isolates Towns In Crisis
In Lexington dated December 22 two men were confirmed dead as Cumberland and Kentucky Rivers flood the region. Pineville and Hazard plus neighboring villages were cut off with impassable roads and broken wire lines. Rail traffic halted due to washed out tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Lexington
Cumberland
Kentucky
Pineville
Hazard
Cumberland & Manchester
L. & N. Railways
Death of Rural Mail Carrier After Boat Shooting
William A. Niedermeier a 57 year old rural mail carrier from South Rockwood Michigan died from gunshot wounds suffered December 3 when he and a friend were shot at by two Federal prohibition agents during a duck hunting boat chase. Agents George B. Pratt and E L Benway said they fired after the pair refused to stop for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Detroit
Mich
Prohibition
William A. Nuedermeier
South Rockwood
George B. Pratt
E. L. Benway
Niedermeier
Temporary halt to air mail service between Atlanta and Miami
Postmaster General New today authorized a temporary suspension of contract air mail service between Atlanta Georgia and Miami Florida effective January 1. The line has run at a loss to both the contractor and the Post Office Department. Service will be suspended until the New York to Atlanta trunk line opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Wash
Atlanta
Miami
Fla
Postmaster General
New Today
Post Office Department
New York
Senate action orders FTC inquiry into stock dividend tax dodges
The Senate directed the Federal Trade Commission to determine how much large corporations avoid taxes by declaring stock dividends. The resolution, introduced by Senator Norris of Nebraska, was adopted without objection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Senate Today
Federal Trade Commission
Norris
Nebraska
Marion County grand jury to finalize graft probe Monday
Judge James A. Collins ordered the Marion County grand jury to file a final report on the corruption inquiry in Criminal Court at 10 a m Monday. The panel, led by Wilson Furnas, began Oct 11 and will wrap up investigations by Friday with nine indictments in the docket and recommendations to tear down the infirmary buildings as a hazard. The jurors also urged new quarters for the county detention home for children and explored infirmary transfers between Julietta and Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Grand Jury
Indiana
James A. Collins
Wilson Furnas
Collins
Marion County Infirmary
Charles C. Sutton
George N. Montgomery
Julietta
County Hospital For
Central
Indiana Hospital
Furnas
Alienists Test Sanity Of Dr Knutte Houck At Gallinger
A panel of alienists at Gallinger Hospital began a delicate insanity examination of Dr. Knutte Houck a psychiatrist expert with the test held under police guard since his return from Hornell New York where he was found incoherent and underdressed. His wife has been missing for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gallinger Hospital
Knutte Houck
Explosion Claims Two Engineers on Bellevue in Philadelphia Harbor
Two engineers aboard the British steamship Bellevue died in a boiler room explosion while the vessel was anchored in Philadelphia harbor last night. The incident was confirmed today as investigators reviewed the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Philadelphia
Bellevue
Public Service Review Sought for Meridian Street Bus Lines
Peoples Motor Coach Company asked the public service commission to extend service to Union Station via two Meridian Street routes. One line would run Union Station to Twenty-Eighth Street then Talbott and Thirtieth Street with twenty minute service. The second would run Meridian to Westfield Road, then northeast to Sixty-Second Street and Valley View Drive with thirty minute service and no southbound connections. Seven new buses would be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Union Station
Meridian St
Meridian
Twenty-Eighth St
Talbott
Thirtieth St
Westfield Rad
Sixty-Second St
Valley View Dr
Ravenswood Rd
Forty- Sixth St
Bondsmen Summoned in Stephenson Case in D C
Bondsmen W J Meskill and John S Hunt of Fidelity and Deposit Co of Maryland were summoned to appear in court at 2 pm January 3 for examination on whether the company holds any of Stephenson’s property. The move follows Nettie Stephenson Brehm’s suit for 125000 for herself and child Florence Katherine Stephenson. An attachment attempt targets Stephenson property to support the plaintiff and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C
Stephenson
Tear Gas Ends Standoff at Meany Farm House
In Jutland Mountain New Jersey three Meany siblings held off twenty-five troopers at their farm house all night. Timothy Meany stood as troopers entered. Beatrice Meany lay unconscious with a bullet wound in the leg. James Meany was found with a severed knee wound from a Springfield rifle shot. The incident began when Trooper Alfred Larson accompanied a PSCA officer over alleged cow cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Somerville
N. J
Jutland Mountain
Timothy Meany
Beatrice Meany
James
Alfred Larson
Somerville Barracks
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Meeney Home
Courthouse Birds Trapped for Meat Sparks Crusade
Municipal probation officer Miss Laurel Thayer stopped a man, W. P. McVey, from trapping pigeons in the courthouse yard claiming they would be killed and sold as meat at the city market. Police advised escalating the issue to county officials as business leaders express concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Thayer
W. P. McVey
Pleasant St
McVey
Claude F. Johnson
Thayer
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Frank T. Singleton
Terre Haute
Mellett
United Press Elkehart
Reed Committee
Reynold
Post Chamber
Central Hospital For Insane
Flapper
Fanny
Remy Acquiesces
Snare
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