Norris Attacks Nicaragua Policy and Merger Dismissal Sought
Senator Norris condemns U S use of Marines in Nicaragua says Wall Street-backed revolts seek money and influence. In Indianapolis the public service commission hears a motion by Alvah J Rucker to dismiss the two utility merger case to save about 50000, with delays sought and property access granted to opponents.
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Public Service Commission
Alvah J. Rucker
Harley L. Clarke
Chicago
Rucker
Frederick E. Matson
Chamber of Commerce
Albert S. Richey
Benjamin Perk
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Richey
Worcester
Mass
Perk
Frank Wampler
Rickey and
Ricker
Commission
Snowy Indianapolis Meant End Of Snow
The forecast says fair weather will follow, with rising temperatures on Thursday. Lows tonight near 15 to 20 degrees, high tomorrow around 30. The Tuesday snowfall totaled 3.8 inches as workers clear streets and slush from a six inch blanket.
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Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Mercury
Adams Calls Indiana Legislature to Probe Graft in Hoosier Officials
Vincennes publisher Thomas H. Adams and chairman of the Republican press probe committee says a Marion County grand jury report supports charges of interference with constitutional authority and legal procedure. He urges self protection meetings to form a group to back a vigorous state investigation.
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Marion County
Thomas H. Adams
Vincennes
Republican Press
Two Miners Die in Coal Mine Explosion Near Acosta
Press RSET Pa December 29 report a gas explosion at the Con dated Coal Company mine near Acosta injures two miners who were working at the time. The dead are George Meholic 22 of Acosta and Robert Singo 30 of Acosta. Bodies recovered by the fire boss.
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Mess Press
RSET
Plan Not Guilty Plea for Alleged Slayer to Be Entered
Harold J. Croarkin, son of wealthy parents, is expected to plead not guilty at arraignment before Chief Justice William J. Lindsay in Chicago Criminal Court. He faces an indictment for the murder of 5-year-old Walter Schmith whose body was found at a riding academy on December 15. A medico legal battle looms as five state psychiatrists find him sane while defense alienists may claim lifelong intermittent insanity.
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Bay
United Press
Chicago
Harold J. Croarkin
William J. Lindsay
Walter Schmith
Croarkin
Hotel Greeters of Indiana Convene on Hotel Education
More than 100 members attend the fifteenth annual Hotel Greeters of Indiana convention at Severin and Lincoln. Allan G. Hurst of Worcester will speak at noon, with a national focus on civil law advertising and interior design. Afternoon discussions feature David Olmsted and other leaders.
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Hotel Greeters of
Indiana
Severin
Lincoln
William H. Wells
Indianapolis
Allan G. Hurst
Worcester
Mass
Hotel Greeters of America
National Association
America First” League
David Olmsted
Chicago
C. L. Carpening
J. L. Horgan
Cincinnati
Amy V. Pace
Convention Bureau
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Hurst
The
No Time for Winter Stop Hits Greensburg Courthouse
Times Special reports Greensburg Indiana on December 29 with King Winter halting life as snow and ice accumulate. The courthouse clock is stopped by wintry conditions and people cope with the freezing weather.
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Times Special
Greensburg
Ind
King Winter
Farmland Values Show Stabilizing Trend in 1926
Agriculture Department reports farm real estate values per acre averaged 76.47 dollars on March 1, 1926, down from 107.80 dollars in 1920, a drop near 30 percent. Declines were sharpest in grain and live stock states of the Middle West and in several Mountain and cotton states.
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United Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Middle West
Owsleys Acquitted in Liquor Law Case After 18 Hour Jury
Mrs Harriett Owsley and her son Argol Owsley were discharged by a Criminal Court jury on liquor law violation charges. The trial was the first liquor case in sixteen months and lasted eighteen hours. The jury disagreed on a nuisance charge against Mrs Owsley. The son was found not guilty of specific sale.
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Harriett Owsley
Argol Owsley
Sixteenth St
Bus Extension Petition Calls for Indianapolis Route Expansion
Residents near West Morris Street and the National Road petition the public service commission to require the Indianapolis Street Railway Company to extend motor bus service west from Lynhurst Drive to the junction of West Morris Street and National Road. They argue no extra buses are needed.
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W. Morris St
National Rd
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Lynhurst Dr
Hello London to Be in Vogue Soon
Indianapolis residents soon can talk to friends in London via a wireless Atlantic telephone circuit. Indiana Bell president C H Rottger announced a NY to London link will operate early next year with $75 for three minutes and $25 for each extra minute, estimating about 500 words per call.
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London
Indianapolis
C. H. Rottger
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Atlantic
New York
Birger Gang Leader Expected to Surrender in Mayor Slaying
Charley Birger, Southern Illinois gang boss, to be formally arrested on a murder charge in the slaying of Mayor Joe Adams of West City. He agreed to surrender after sheriffs from Williamson and Franklin Counties moved in. Adams was shot at his home door as rival gangs battled over beer traffic in the Harrisburg area.
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United Prix Harimsburg
Charley Birger
Illinois
Joe Adams
West City
Doughty Little Gang
Harrisburg
Williamson
Franklin
Birger
Williamson County
Lige Turner
Saline County
Biger
Adams
Shelton
Bonuses for Employees by Straus Company in Chicago
8 W Straus & Co announces a decade long saving drive for workers. A thrift society started in 1916 lets employees save 5 percent of wages up to 250 dollars yearly. The firm matches deposits, promising bonuses near four hundred percent of savings over ten years for those who contribute the full limit.
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United Press Chicago
W. Straus & Co
Reports of Nicaraguan situation rise in Washington
President Coolidge and Kellogg confer with Senator Borah as talks reopen on Nicaragua. A Foreign Relations Committee member drafts a bill to require registration of Washington agents for both factions in Nicaragua and Senator Moses moves an inquiry into the situation.
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United Press
Ashington
Coolidge
Kellogg
Borah
Rep
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Navy
Wilbur
White House
Central American
Washinton
Nicaragua
Moses
New Hampshire
Burglars Ignore Sign at Local Lumber Company
Police report burglars visited the Anderson Davidson Lumber Company at 1140 E Forty Sixth St Tuesday night. A sign on the safe claimed it was unlocked and empty. the thieves knocked off the lock but no money was stolen.
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Anderson-Davidson Lumber Company
E. Forty-Sixth St
Cost of Jury Probe Tops $16 000
The Marion County grand jury investigation into alleged graft and corruption in Indiana politics cost more than $16 000 over eleven weeks. Norman Metcalf billed 3 300 for shorthand work, half paid by the county, with 1 200 already paid by the State. Grand juror salaries billed 810 to the county. Special prosecutors Ralph Kane and Fred C Gause each received 5 000 from the State. Miscellaneous expenses were not yet submitted, likely totaling several hundred dollars.
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Indiana
Marion County Grand Jury
Norman Metcalf
Ralph Kane
Fred C. Gause
Denatured alcohol urged nonpoisonous by Wheeler
Washington reports Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League urged nonpoisonous denaturing of industrial alcohol after a White House conference. The death list from liquor rose to twenty seven by Dec 29 with many in critical condition. Boston records show alcoholism killed 147 residents in 1926, down from 197 the prior year.
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United Press
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Due Empts
Wheeler
NEW York
Alexander O. Gettler
Medical Examiner
Boston
US air squadron officers travel to Tampico for Veracruz flight
Maj. H. A. Dargue Captain McDaniel and Lt. Weddington of the Pan American flight squadron rode to Tampico by train after visiting Mexico City and meeting President Calles. Four planes at Tampico were to be flown to Vera Cruz the next day to join the SN ma.
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United Press
Mexico City
H. A. Dargue
McDaniel
Weddington
United States Army Pan-American Flight Squadron
Tampico
Calles
Vera Crus
SN Ma
Typhoid Death Rate Seen Rising In Indianapolis
City health officer Dr. Herman G. Morgan warned typhoid deaths in Indianapolis could quadruple from 1924 to 1926 with final statistics. He urged immediate sewage and drainage improvements as the city grows and blamed outside vaults and waning vaccination renewal after WWI for the rise. City sewer engineers also called for more sewers at once.
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Indianapolis
Herman G. Morgan
Morgan Haid
Morgan
List of Coasting Areas Placed in City Parks
City Recreation Director Jesse P. McClure announces streets roped off for coasting citywide. Snowfall draws crowds as families use Coasting areas including Colorado Street two blocks south of Washington Street Illinois Street Kansas to Wyoming Streets Thirty Fourth Street near Euclid Avenue Twenty First Street east of Bellefontaine Park Addison Avenue and Washington Street near I. and W. shops River Avenue by Riley Park Iowa Street Pleasant Run Boulevard New York Street west of Highland Avenue Villa Avenue Fall Creek playgrounds and Fall Creek areas at Rhodius Brookside and Garfield Parks.
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Jesse P. McClure
Colorado St
Washington St
Illinois St
Kansas
Wyoming Sts
Thirty-Fourth St
Euclid Ave
Twenty- First St
Bellefontaine St
Park Ave
Thirty-Seventh St
Watson Rd
Addison Ave
River Ave
Riley Park
Iowa St
Pleasant Run Blvd
New York St
Highland Ave
Villa Ave
Fall Creek
College Ave
Rhodius
Brookside
Garfield Parks
Prince Yoshito Chichibu Thunders Through New York
Prince Yoshito Chichibu of Japan, son of the late Emperor Yoshihito, spent a few hours in New York before flying to Washington en route to Tokio. He received condolences from officials including J Butler Wright, Charles Plunkett, and Hugh Drum, and will meet President Coolidge Thursday. The trip, summoned from Oxford, will be devoid of social engagements.
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United Press
New York
Yoshuto Chichibu
Japan
Yoshihito
Washington
San Francisco
Tokio
J. Butler Wright
Charles P. Plunkett
Hugh A. Drum
President Coolidge
Oxford University
Fall Improves After Pneumonia in El Paso
Former interior secretary Albert B. Fall, hospitalized in El Paso with pneumonia, shows continued improvement and physicians say he will likely be out of danger in a few days.
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United Press
EL Paso
Texas
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Governor Talks Martial Law to Stop Hooded Floggings
In Georgia Governor Clifford Walker considers declaring martial law in Tombs County to curb hooded mob floggings. He warns mobs with flour sacks over their heads will not rule Georgia and offers a 1000 dollar reward for the first conviction in the Wimberly E. Brown case. Nathan Bedford Forrest denies Klan involvement.
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Georgia
United Press
Atlanta
Tombs County
Clifford Walker
Walker
Wimberly E. Brown
Lyons
Brown
Ku Klux Klan
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Oppose Seating Smith by Democratic Senators
At the Capitol on December 29, two Democratic senators voiced opposition to seating Frank L. Smith of Illinois. Senator Ashurst threatened to move to bar Smith from taking the oath, while Senator Dill said he would oppose any unanimous consent to allow Smith to take his seat.
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United Press
Washington
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Senate
Capitol
Ashurst
Arizona
Smith
Dill
Pennsylvania
Stephenson in Michigan City as habeas petition amended
In Superior Court Michigan City Indiana the case of David Stephenson life prisoner and ex Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon returns to court after his lawyers file an amended writ of habeas corpus. Judge Crumpacker reconvenes to consider action while Stephenson, guarded, meets with attorneys and prosecutors discuss next steps.
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Statt Correanonden
Michigan City
David
Stephenson
Indiana State Prison
Harry L. Crumpacker
Indianapolis
Lloyd O. Hill
P. 8. Newman
John S. Kiplinger
Rushville
Robert H. Moore
Arthur L. Gilliam
Crumpacker
Chicago
McDermott to receive life sentence in Mellett murder case
Patrick McDermott was to be formally sentenced to life imprisonment in Canton Ohio as Peggy Cavanaugh, his former sweetheart, was to be released from Stark County jail after testifying against him. She testified in the trial of Don R. Mellett editor, and may again testify against co conspirators Ben Rudner and Louis Mazer. A threat to Prosecutor C B McClintock prompted talk of a police guard around his home, which he rejected.
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United Press
Canton
Ohio
Patrick McDermott
Peggy Cavanaugh
Don R. Mellett
Stark County
McDermott
Ben Rudner
Louis Mazer
Mellett
C. B. McClintock
McClintock
Firemen Die Battling Blaze at Kentucky Drug Sundries
Two Louisville firefighters were killed while fighting a blaze that heavily damaged the Kentucky Drug Sundries Company building. The dead include Capt. William A. Fisher, assistant chief, and Charles Webb, a fireman. The fire caused about 125000 dollars in damage.
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United Press
Louisville
Kentucky Drug Sundries Company
William A. Fisher
Charles Webb
Lest We Forget Marion County Grand Jurors Report No Indictment
After eleven weeks in a graft and corruption probe into Indiana politics, Marion County grand jurors presented a no indictment report to Criminal Court Judge James A. Colling on Monday afternoon. Foreman Wilson Furnas led the panel with members Joseph C. Schaf Otis Calvin William E. Webb Herman E. Sprundel and Hilary Morris listed by residence.
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Marion County
Indiana
James A. Colling
Wilson Furnas
Bridgeport
Joseph C. Schaf
Marott Hotel
Clothing theft ring allegedly linked to five youths
Detectives arrested five youths including three high school students in a case at William H. Block Company's department store. The ring stole 245 dollars worth of clothing and planned to sell it. Charged are Clifford Elmore 19 Cumberland and Russell Quinn 2005 E Tenth St with grand larceny. Roembke leader of the ring accused of theft and others charged with receiving stolen goods.
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Dennis Houlihan
Emmett Englebright
William H. Block Company
Clifford Elmore
Cumberland
Russell Quinn
E. Tenth St
Quinn
Wilbur Roembke
E. Garfield Dr
Block's
Roembke
James Cole
Sherman
Robert Schultz
N. Talbott Ave
Coolidge to Speak at Trenton 150th Anniversary Event
President Coolidge will deliver his first winter speech in Trenton New Jersey tonight at the Trenton Historical Society’s 150th anniversary celebration of the Revolutionary battle. A special train will take him to Trenton where he will attend only the banquet among the day’s activities with the governors of the original thirteen colonies and other notables at the speakers table.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Trenton
N. J
Trenton Historical Society
Fire at Bellevue Hospital Sparks Quiet Alarm
Fire caused by an overheated dynamo ignited lint from a laundry at Bellevue Hospital in New York on December 29 but was quickly controlled. The blaze was fought so swiftly that virtually all of the 3,600 patients remained unaware as no alarms rang.
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United Press
New York
Bellevue Hospital
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