Indiana Senators urged to probe Stephenson graft charges
A partisan call to investigate Stephenson era graft heats up Indiana politics as lawmakers face pressure from voters and editors. The piece mocks party loyalty, cites concerns about the State prison board and public service commission, and questions the influence of campaign donations on governance.
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Wald
Republican Party
Stephenson
Indiana
Senate
Clyde Wald
van Orman
Rucker
Public Service Commission
Marion County Grand Jury
State Senate
The Final Degradation of Pardons and Politics
Opinion warns against transferring pardon power from a state board to judges, arguing it would corrupt criminal justice, invite political pressure and the sale of immunities, and undermine the system established after Stephenson. The piece urges resisting the move to preserve nonpolitical parole decisions.
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Pardon Board
Stephenson
Watson and Smith Decry Insull Campaign Donations in Illinois
The piece laments Senator Watson’s denouncement of Samuel Insull's campaign funding in Illinois as corrupting politics. It questions Watson's own funding history, notes possible public service commission ties, and suggests utilities’ large donations influenced the 1924 commission make-up. It ends by calling Watson a humorous defender against corporate influence.
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Watson
Smith
Samuel Insull
Illinois
Public Service Commission
Insull
Specter of Bolshevik Threat Used to Sell Policy
The piece accuses overworked administrations of pushing a Mexican Bolshevist specter to drum up support in Central America and among the public. It argues the State Department pressured the Associated Press to broadcast the scare while officials stayed hidden, with newspapers eager to see the specter prove real.
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Nicaragua
Diaz
State Department
Santa Claus
Central America
Associated Press
Baseball Scandal Touches Cobb Speaker Wood Leonard
Clark Griffith questions the 1919 fix betting scandal involving Ty Cobb Tris Speaker Joe Wood and Dutch Leonard. Judge Landis has revealed the charges urging sunshine in baseball to keep the sport clean.
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Clark Griffith
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Joe Wood
Dutch Leonard
Fox
Judge Landis
Agriculture Exports Rise Sharply Under Jardine Report
In 1925 exports rose 21 percent in volume and 26 percent above five year pre war average, with value more than doubling any prewar year. By 1926 the share of agriculture in total exports fell to 40.6 percent from 65.2 percent in 1901 and 43.6 percent in 1913, prompting Jardine to forecast a tariff shift toward agriculture as foreign markets shrink.
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Jardine
Crisis meeting in Washington on law observance
Citizens' Committee of One Thousand for Law Observance calls a January 6 meeting in Washington. Prohibitionists headline organizers. Some wonder if the crisis they defend stems from the very law they rally to support.
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America
Washington
Bribery Charges Follow Fall and Doheny Not Guilty Verdict
District of Columbia jury clears Albert B Fall and Edward L Doheny of conspiracy to defraud the Government. Remaining bribery indictments accuse the Dohenys and Fall of improper acts. grand juries allege bribe exchanges and urge trials.
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Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
District of Columbia
Dohenys
Fall
Tracy Judge Landis and a Seven Year Old Baseball Scandal
The piece discusses Judge Landis exposing a seven year old affair involving men out of baseball. It argues the late disclosure is improper, noting existing scandals in sport and other fields and questioning the motive behind rehashing the past.
Probe Epidemic Tests Senate Patience With Probes
The article argues the Senate faces a flood of probes over slush fund scandals involving Senator-elect Frank I. Smith and Senator Gould of Maine. It questions whether the panel should still legislate and handle appropriations, treaties and appointments. It also mentions alleged patronage issues in the South and rights of Black citizens, alien property, and the death of Jesse Smith as potential probe targets.
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Senate
Frank I. Smith
Illinois
Gould
Maine
New Brunswick
South
Jesse Smith
Indifference Amidst Unprecedented Probes Stir Debate
The writer laments a historic shift in public reaction to scandals. They question whether a new moral code or material abundance dulls judgment, pointing to widespread indifference as the most troubling aspect of ongoing exposures.
Government runs speak-easy to trap dry agents indicted officials
A New York Federal Court on Monday highlighted a government run speak-easy to uncover bootleggers and trap dry agents. Two cabinet officers face indictment and trial on serious charges. Campaign costs soar far beyond past scandals, while excuses rise as business thrives.
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New York
Colorful Roumania Sees King Queen and Prince in Turmoil
Old Ferdinand eyes retirement and wants Carol to return to the throne. Carol agrees only if his ex wife leaves the country and the conservative regime is ousted. Liberals hesitate until a reconciliation with Queen Martie emerges, a poised and influential actor in affairs.
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Ferdinand
Carol
Martie
Putsch Rumors Stir Lithuania Amid European Tensions
The piece suggests Lithuania may stage a putsch amid European unrest. Russia suspects Poland-origin plans to annex Lithuania in a trade with Germany over Danzig. Mussolini escalates with a Germany treaty and a clash with the Pope, reflecting risky secret diplomacy.
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Europe
Lithuania
Russia
Poland
Berlin
Danzig
Mussolini
Germany
France
Great Lottery Closes in Spain as Winners Drawn
Millions of dollars in Christmas prize money ready for distribution after Spain completed the annual State lottery drawing. The first prize totaled about 2 250000 dollars. Ticket 17 229 claimed the top award to an orphan from a local institution. The government took in roughly 5 000 000 dollars as its share.
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United Press
Madrid
Spain
Christmas Blues Won't Stop With Right Kind of Music
Read about Okeh and Brunswick records offering old fashioned and modern tunes to chase the Christmas blues. Highlights include Shelton Brooks singing When You're Really Blue and You Sure Am One Sick Man, plus Rodgers, Dalhart, and Stoneman selections, choral works The Messiah and Land of Hope and Glory, and festive vocal duets. Indianapolis theaters show Dante Kemper Coram Spangles and the Yale Dramatic Association presents Out O Luck.
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Shelton Brooks
Okeh
Brooks
Billy Jones
Ernest Hare
Bartone
Vernon Dalhart
Jenkins
Homer A. Rodeheaver
Candy Lips
Eva Taylor
Bill
Columbia
Hallelujah
Sheffield
Land of Hope and Glory
Harold Williams
Brunswick
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
H. A. Fricker
Odeon
Maritza
Edith Lorand
Pannhauser
Dajos Bela
Peter Tschaikowsky
Virginia Rea
Frank Munn
Savannah
Indianapolis
Dante
The
Lyric
Jimmy Kemper
Palace
Coram
Keith's
the Circle
Apollo
Actress in War Picture Revealed on Page 20
The reader is told the actress’s name appears with ten quiz questions from a 1920s era paper. Questions cover the Hall-Mills verdict, Coolidge cabinet size,July days, Mobile Bay, Al Smith wet or dry, women voting age, Cornell location, Nevada vs Pennsylvania reps, and a Dayton teaching case from 886.
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Hall-Mills
Coolige
Mobile Bay
al Smith
New York
United States
Cornell University
Nevada
Congress
Pennsylvania
Dayton
Answers and Explanations From a 1926 Reader Q and A
A reader asks if lake surface water can freeze while warm water remains below and explains the stratification at four degrees Celsius. Other questions cover the mail delivery process, why the U.S. isn’t in the League of Nations, foreign-born population percentage, whether thunder sours milk, and James Oliver Curwood’s latest book The Black Hunter.
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James Oliver Curwood
The
Cosmopolitan Company
New York
Lyric Feature Acts Louise Brice in Patchwork Revue
Louise Brice headlines the Christmas bill at the Lyric with Hall and Brice. The act is described as a novelty filled patchwork revue in one compact package.
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the Lyric
Louise Brice
Hall
Ermine
Brice
Bid conventional to aid partner in Auction Bridge tips
Milton C Work explains how to support a partner and avoid overreacting in bidding. He emphasizes normal partnership support for Major suits, cautions against shifting to No Trump, and illustrates with a sample hand. Readers can send questions to Times for answers from Work.
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Milton C
North Holding Sp
Raymond Street bridge opening brings traffic relief in Indianapolis
In southeastern Indianapolis the Streets Department announces a Christmas gift of improved traffic flow with the Raymond Street bridge opening. The Harding Street bridge remains under repair and the plan includes tackling the West Tenth Street bridge next due to unsafe flooring. Readers ask about sidewalk access and street repair materials, with fixes including a crushed stone and tar compound used to repair streets.
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Raymond St
Indianapolis
Streets
Fixit
Harding St
W. Tenth St
White River
MR. Fixit
Bacon St
Carson Ave
Shelby St
Times Reader
Meridian St
Circle
Hired for Attack on Wife Plea Heard in Chicago
Three men charged with beating and robbing Mrs. Feldman testified they were hired by Jack Schewell to carry out the attack at William Feldman's home. Feldman, a picture frame manufacturer, denied the story though a judge pressed him on the allegations. Mrs. Feldman barely survived the assault.
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United Press
Chicago
Jack Schewell
William Feldman
Feldman
Schewell
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Mexico
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Adolfo Diaz
Sacasa
British
Manchester Guardian
Emma
Wisconsin
Gertrude Ederle
Pacific
Prince of Wales
Tracy
M. E. Tracy
Great Lottery
Carson Robison
Ernest V. Stoneman
Joe
Musi
Stara Nee
League of Nations
United State Senate
Attack
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