Texans Launch Attack on Watson Oil Land Row
Washington report details Representative Connelly of Texas proposing a House bill to repeal a 1919 act that placed Red River oil land disputes under Interior Department control. The Burke Divide Company and Oklahoma Texas interests sparked a long controversy with endorsements from Rep Sanders and Sen Watson. Harding signed the measure, now contested as improper for disposing of government land without authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Washington Bureau
New York Ave
Washington
Watson Ofdiana
Connelly
Texas
Yonnelly
House
Red River
Department of the Interior
Burke Divide Oil Company
Texas Rangers
Litton
Supreme 4
Burke Divide Company
Oklahoma
Congress
Sanders
Terre Haute
Watson
Senate
Terre Haute Company
Harding
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Texas Prospectors
Burketwide Corporation
Jackson Adopts Three Children on Birthday
Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bush approved an adoption making Bernard Lai Gilmore 2, and Margaret Lida Pierce 10, Josephine Ruth Pierce 8, legal heirs of Ed Jackson secretary of State. The Knickerbocker Theater crash victim’s child adds to Jackson’s family along with two grown daughters from a first marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Jackson
Mahlon E. Bush
Jackson
Bernard Lai Gilmore
Bush
Knickerbocker Theater
Washington, D. C
Margaret Lida Pierce
Josephine Ruth Pierce
Right to Choose Immigrants Stated by Labor Official
Robe Carl White, second assistant secretary of the Department of Labor, told Rotarians at Claypool luncheon that America should inform the world it wants immigrants but reserves the right to choose. He cited a survey showing foreign-born residents at 14 percent but contributing 20 percent of institution populations and warned that immigration has been a driving factor in the rise or decline of nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Robe Carl White
Department of Labor
the Claypool
White
Fight ends in hospital after alleged crowbar assault
George W. Fuller 41 of 122 E Fifty First St lies seriously wounded at the city hospital after an alleged assault at 559 N Capitol Ave. Harry Finkle of Twenty Eighth and New Jersey Sts surrendered at police headquarters and was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Fuller faces related assault charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Fuller
E. Fifty-First St
City Hospital
Harry Finkle
Student Worker Directs Exhibit at Volunteer Movement Event
Miss Alice Peabody, senior at Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington, directs the exhibit at Tomlinson Hall for the Student Volunteer Movement convention in Indianapolis. The display opens 4 p.m. Friday and runs 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on other days, free to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Alice Peabody
Miss Peabody
Illinois Wesleyan
Bloomington
Peabody
Tomlinson Hall
Thousands Of Students Arrive For Volunteer Movement Meet
One thousand advance delegates to the Student Volunteer Movement convention arrive in Indianapolis for pre convention gatherings. The event opens Friday at the Cable Tabernacle with a mass meeting and registration at Union Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cable Tabernacle
Indianapolis
United States
Canada
Severin
Francis Miller
Y. M. C. A. International
Jessie Dodge White
New York
Shortridge High School
Milton Stauffer
New York Theological Seminary
Harrison Elliott
Columbia University
The
Parton
Claypool
Union Station
Tabernacle
J. Lovell Murray
Tomlinson Hall
Evans Woollen
Indiana football player fined for hunting without permit
William H. Zaiser an Indiana University football player from 1923 was fined by Franklin Indiana police court for hunting on the George Welliver farm near Franklin without a permit. He and his brother George and three colored youths were arrested on warrants. the youths could not pay their fines and were jailed. Fines for the Zaisers were paid by Fred Tully, a Franklin baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Zaiser
Washington St
Indiana University
Squire Sellers
Franklin
Ind
George Welliver
Zaiser
George
Welliver
Young man held after finding of money and ring
Dwight Fritchey 24 of 1611 N Illinois St arrested after police recovered 719.98 dollars a diamond ring and other items in his room and person. He is jailed on vagrancy and blind tiger charges with letters sent to other cities.
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Dwight Fritchey
N. Illnois St
Fritchey
Sheehan
Sixteenth and
Illinois
E. A. Hebble
Illinois St
T. Lunwick
N. Ilinois St
Windsor Jewelry Company
Hamilton
Ohio
Frank Sherin
Charles Bourne
N. Noble St
Proverb Picture Contest Seeks Lost Copies
Get back copies of proverb pictures misplaced before contest closes. Order by number, not date. Copies cost 2 cents after the first fifteen. first fifteen free. Ample time to check answers. mailing instructions to come before the last proverb picture is published. Prizes from 1,000 to 5 and total 2,500 awarded by judges Edward J. Gausepohl James A. Collins and George Buck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Gausepohl
E. J. Gausepohl & Co
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
George Buck
Shortridge High School
Times
the Times
Indianapolis Times
Ralph K. Smith
Fletcher American Bank
Edward J. Gansepohl
B. J. Gannepohl &c
Contractors Seek Meter Installation Order in Indianapolis
Leslie Colvin and the Building Contractors Association of Indiana filed with the Public Service Commission asking for water meter installation by Indianapolis Water Co. The petition cites three Colvin projects: James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Hospital, Continental National Bank Building, and School No. 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Water Company
Leslie Colvin
Building Contractors Association
Builders’ Exchange of Indiana
Public Service Commission Today
James Whitcomb Riley
Charity is duplicated in Indianapolis Christmas gifts
Twenty five food baskets for Christmas were received by an Indianapolis family on Christmas day. Paul L. Benjamin of the Family Welfare Society cites the Christmas clearing house as reducing duplications and notes 2,645 families helped this year, more than 1,000 more than last year, signaling growing support and possible reductions next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Paul L. Benjamin
Family Welfare Society
Christmas Clearing House
Benjamin
Clearing House
Train Kills Indiana Harbor Man at Crown Point
D Zedlinich of Indiana Harbor was killed by a freight train late Wednesday at Crown Point. The body was brought here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Harbor
Ind
D. Zedlinich
Crown Point
Proverb Contest Offers Cash Prizes in The Times
The Times announces a proverb picture contest with 1st prize 1000 dollars and multiple other cash awards. Entrants must submit a complete set of 60 proverb pictures with legible, neatly written answers by January 19 1824 to the Proverb Contest Editor.
Ruth Page Returns Home in Music Box Revue
On New Year's Eve English's Music Box Revue opens a week long engagement at English's. Featured dancer Ruth Page, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lafayette Page of this city, returns home for the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English’s
Ruth Page
Lafayette Page
Actress Charlotte Greenwood Seeks Richer Stage Roles in 1920s Burlesque
Charlotte Greenwood expresses desire to shed typecasting as a contortionist and pursue comedy and dramatic parts, highlighting burlesque and satire as challenging yet rewarding. She discusses audience expectations and her upcoming engagements including The Gingham Girl at Murat and Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn performance at the Murat.
Woman Missing Seventeen Years Reunited At Christmas
Evansville Indiana December 22 Missing for seventeen years and believed dead Mrs George Brock formerly Miss Marietta Hayden is reunited with her Evansville sister Miss Lucetta Hayden at a Christmas celebration. A second Hayden sister Mrs L F Davis of Oakland City Indiana confirmed the family moved from Kentucky twenty years ago. Marietta and Lucetta separated on a western trip years ago and were not heard from until now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Evansville
Ind
George Brook
Marietta Hayden
Lucetta Hayden
Brock
L. F. Davis
Oakland City
Hayden
Kentucky
Marietta
Lugetta
Atchison, Kaw
Fairfield
Krause Names Panel for City Coliseum Plans
J Edward Krause chairman of the municipal coliseum committee will appoint eight prominent men to form a central committee to study costs and plans for a coliseum. The action was authorized at a Washington dinner by a general committee of over fifty civic organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Krause
Krause
Washington
Shank
Indianapolis
Kansas Cty
Kansas City
William J. Freeman
Board of Works
John E. King
Leo K. Fesler
Charles W. Jewett
George J. Marott
Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Henry L. Dithmer
Sol Schloss
National Retail Clothiers’ Association
Money Aids War in Mexico
Washington reports both sides in the Mexican civil war are receiving aid from American and foreign interests. An American oil firm loaned the Obregon government 10,000,000 pesos and gained concessions in Yucatan, Vera Cruz, and Chiapas plus a 46 percent cut in oil exports. Rival firms and British and American interests are accused of backing De la Huerta with ammunition and supplies from New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yucatan
Vera Cruz
Chiapas
de la Huerta
New Orleans
Nominees and politics dominate day in national news
The day's items include a proposed ambassador nomination for William Lemke to Mexico by Senator Magnus Johnson and others after a conference with Secretary Hughes on the German reparations conference. Also, Cambridge official William Hogan is sentenced to one year for bribery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lemke
Fargo, N. D
Mexico
Coolidge
Magnus Johnson
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Owen D. Young
New York
Hughes
United States
William M. Hogan
Cambridge
Mass
House of Correction
Severe earthquakes rock Colombian towns amid border toll
Two of the most severe shocks yet felt rocked Tulcane Cumbal and Carlosama in Colombia wednesday adding to devastation in the border region where earthquakes of the past fortnight have claimed thousands of lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presa
Bogota
Colombia
Tulcane
Cumbal
Carlosama
Engineer Beggs to Retire After 35 Years on Big Four
James M. Beggs of 1145 Dawson Street will make his last run as engineer on December 31 after 35 years piloting trains. At age 70 he reflects on safety, recalling one unavoidable accident and noting motorists’ dangers. Beggs plans to stay active in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers while considering new pursuits.
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James M. Beggs
Dawson Sr
Beggs
Big Four
Indianapolis
Kankakee
Berges
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Fifteen Indicted by County Jury in Marion Court
A Marion County grand jury reported fifteen indictments to Judge James A. Collins. Names include Willie Carey John Ford Thomas Deveney William Murphey Fred Voight Michael Broderick Leonard Hiddble Basil Booker Lawrence Brown Pearl Coleman Orville Edwards Elizabeth Hunter James McAdams John Pipkin Clarence Spencer and others. Several defendants faced charges from auto theft to burglary and grand larceny. Nine were ordered released from bond or jail.
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James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Marion County Grand Jury
Willie Carey
Kentucky Ave
John Ford
New York St
Thomas Deveney
Bright St
William Murphey
California St
Fred M. Voight
Bellefontaine St
William L. Woods
Michael Broderick
Bright
Leonard Hiddble
E. McCarty
Frank P. Martin
Russell Bell
Ted E. Horn
Basil Booker
Michigan St
Lawrence Brown
Pearl Coleman
Orville Edwards
Elizabeth Hunter
Wiliam Jefferson
James McAdams
John Pipkin
Clarence Spencer
Habeas Corpus Denied in Whisky Transport Case
John Marcus and Ben Doncaster were denied habeas corpus by Judge Albert B. Anderson in Federal Court. Sheriff George Snider had arrested them for allegedly bringing a truck load of whisky into Indianapolis. Anderson ruled the Federal government had no jurisdiction and the men were handed to Putnam county authorities after posting bonds in Criminal and Federal Courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marcus
Ben Doncaster
George Snider
Indianapolis
Albert B. Anderson
Putnam County
Anderson
Arrest Alleged Forger Held in Syracuse
Arthur Ludlow said to be from Indianapolis was arrested in Syracuse on charges of issuing fraudulent checks. He faces trial in Elwood for using the name William Gleason on forged checks.
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United Press
Syracuse
Ind
Arthur Ludlow
Indianapolis
Elwood
William Gleason
Sewer Hearing Set for January 8 City Board Action
Sanitary board scheduled January 8 to hear remonstrances on the $600000 interceptor project along Fall Creek and Pleasant Run. The board also re-employed Baker Daniels as attorneys for 1924 at 2400 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall Creek
Pleasant Run
Sanitary Board
Baker & Daniels
Capital liquor scandal letters threaten police chief
Washington dispatch reports threats to Police Commissioner Oyster as authorities prepare to summon government officials named on a 1450 customer list from a bootleg syndicate. Oyster says prosecutions will continue vigorously and vows to reveal the list if needed for the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
National Capital
Oyster
District of Columbia
Lst
Grand
Floods Threaten State Highways In Southern Indiana
Flood dangers along the White and Wabash Rivers threaten several state highways in southern Indiana. Water rises abnormally, complicating road maintenance. At Hazelton the road has been filled for about 5,000 feet from six to eighteen feet, with ten workers in two shifts. Backwater from the Wabash floods Road No. 10 between Paxton and Carlyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Wabash
Hazelton
Paxton and
Carlyle
Leland Stanford Professor F Golder Honored at Columbia Club
Former Governor James P. Goodrich hosted a dinner at the Columbia Club in honor of Dr. Frank Golder of Leland Stanford University, returning from Russia after studying economic conditions. Guests included Beveridge, Lieber, and a group of officials and professors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Goodrich
Columbia Club
Frank Golder
Leland Stanford University
Russia
Golder
Harding
American Relief Commission
Goodrich
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Evans Woolen
Benjamin Burris
Thomas Howe
Richard Lieber
Curt Hodges
Tapy
Gibson
Wabash College
Pierre Goodrich
J. P. Goodrich
E. A. Graff
C. A. Anderson
Senator's Son Marries in Washington
James E. Watson Jr. of Chicago, son of Senator James E. Watson, wed Elizabeth Sharpe daughter of William O. Duckstein of Washington D C in Washington on Wednesday. After a wedding trip they will live in Chicago. Watson, born in Rushville Indiana, studied at Culver Military Academy and Suwanee Military School Tennessee.
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James E. Watson, Jr
Chicago
James E. Watson
Elizabeth Sharpe
William O. Duckstein
Washington, D. C
Washington
Watson
Rushville
Ind
Culver Military Academy
Suwanee Military School
Tennessee
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TEXAN
Watson Oil
Rep. Connelly
Solon
Rotary
G. W. Fuller
William Zaiser
I. U
Dwight
Henry Boffo
Beulah Dillingham
Ohio St
Cecil Smith
N. West St
Tom Nick
A. Benzinger
Madison Ave
Ella Maude Slaughter
Pennsylvania St
BE. W. Grove
Shabers
Ruth
Music Box
Charlotte
Hamlet
Charlotte Greenwood
Claude and
Fannie Usher
Keith's
the Palace
Montmartre
Lyric
Capitol
Broadway
Webster
Lincoln Square
Hell's Hole
Apollo
Old
Mister Smith's
Herbert Rawlinson
Isis
the Circle
Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
the Murat
U. 5
Hiram Johnson
Michigan Blvd
William Butler
Johnson
Auditorium Hotel
Pennsylvania
Monaview Cemetery
Muskegon
Mich
Junius W. Jones
Baton Rouge
Josephine Lanier
William P. Jones
Cowden, al
Springfield
John McIntyre
Mary Smith
William 25. Smith
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Oakley Arnett
Mt. Vernon
Ecuador
Sigi
Leland Stanford
James Watson, Jr
Bride
AETNA
Aeina
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