Two Bills to Repeal Primary Highlight Daylight Robbery Event
Two hold up men robbed Abraham J. Solar's dry goods store at 2302 E Washington St at 7 15 am taking 859 from the cash register. Solar and a clerk and his son Israel aided by police recall the incident as payday at nearby Pennsylvania Railroad shops. The bandits escaped in a dilapidated Ford touring car after slugging Solar with a blackjack.
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Abraham J. Solar
Washington St
Solar
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alabama St
Israel Solar
Hexsie Gordon
S. Tiiois St
Stretc
Thea
Soler
Holklup
Israel
Miss Cordon
Israel Sola
Sollar
Beville Ave
Germany defaults payment linked to Germany war machine
Paris dispatch reports Germany found guilty of default as France declares its readiness with a modern war machine. Censorship blankets Rhine troop movements while cavalry artillery infantry and an immense fleet of planes and tanks remain visible near the Rhineland borders.
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United Press
Paris
France
Germany
Rhine
Rhineland
Terrorists Identified in Klansman Case at Bastrop Courthouse
At Bastrop Court House on January 9, James T. Norseworthy, former Klan official, identified black hooded mask as Klan regalia used in kidnappings and murders. He linked the Morehouse parish vigilance committee to the Klan and described its role in directing actions.
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United Prena
Bastrop
Watt Daniel
Thomas Richards
James T. Norseworthy
Klu-Klux Klan
Norseworthy
Klan
Mer Royce
Vigilance Committee
Morehouse ‘Arish
Fiery Cross Ignites Tacoma Ave Lot Night Fire
Flames from a wooden cross soaked with oil lit up a vacant lot at Tacoma Ave and New York St at 10 p m Monday. Firemen extinguished the blaze as residents looked on at the scene of arson likely.
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Tacoma Ave
New York St
Weather roundup shows heavy precipitation and cold snaps
Considerable precipitation hit the Lakes region from the upper Mississippi valleys through the Alleghenies with rain and snow in the Northwest. Cold air moved in with zero to 20 below in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Snow cover extended south in the central valleys to Iowa and northern Indiana. The coldest entry was 8 above at Bismarck, while Los Angeles reached 63.
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Mississippi Valleys
Alleghenies
Northwest
Plains States
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Iowa
Hlinookand
Indiana
Bismarck
N. D
Los Angeles
French Advance Guards Reach Ketrwig Near Essen
Advance guards of French troops under General De Goutte have arrived at Ketrwig near Essen, Germany. Citizens of Essen were surprised they did not enter during the night as railroads and hotels were ready to receive them.
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United Press
Berlin
de Goutte
Ketrwig
Essen
Reparations Commission Finds Germany in Default
The reparations commission voted three to one that Germany defaulted on coal deliveries to France in the past year. France backed by Belgium and Italy moves toward occupation of Essen with invasion seen as near. Marshal Foch’s plans hinge on the commission’s finding and expected action ahead of Poincare’s deputies’ address.
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United Press
Paris
Reparations Commission
Germany
France
Boyden
John Bradbury
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Essen
Kappes to Hear Debate on Gas Rate Findings
The master in chancery will hear arguments on the tentative gas rate report by W. P. Kappes. The report holds Citizens Gas Company entitled to 1.252 per 1000 cubic feet, using replacement value of property minus 15 percent depreciation as the rate basis.
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W. P. Kappes
Kappes
Citizens Gas Company
Patient, old-fashioned man resents nurse opinion
In a dialogue rich with mood, Alice Adams and Virgil clash over the dangers of night air for the sick. The patient’s bitterness grows as he recalls his mother’s wary warning to avoid the night air, revealing strain in care and control.
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Virgil
Sleep and Smoke Over Night Air in April
Booth Tarkington's Prize Story unfolds with a patient in bed talking with Miss Perry about malaria Mosquitoes and swamp drainage set the scene The city outside hums with night traffic as the patient battles sleep and the eerie sense of a living metropolis while awaiting May night air.
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Miss Perry
Germany Rejects French Pressure Over Essen Seizure
Chancellor Cuno calls France's proposed seizure of Essen a breach of the treaty and an act of force against a defenseless people. He renews Germany's offer of a peace pact, says allies in Paris refused proposals, and warns the country will not yield to threats while accepting suffering if necessary.
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United Press
Berlin
France
Essen
Cuno
Germany
Paris
Pastor's Wife Names 112 Co-Respondents in Divorce Suit
Mrs Minnie L Englehart accuses her husband Adolph Englehart of infidelity and cites 112 co-respondents described as patients in his healing church. The Providence case outlines a formal divorce proceeding with the unusual breadth of alleged partners referenced.
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Nanes
Nie L. Englehart
Adolph Englehart
Urphanage Found In Pooh Onape
A Marion county report harshly criticizes the Colored Orphans' Home at Boulevard EL and Twenty-First St. for overcrowding and poor conditions. Inspectors count sixty four children on Dec 11, urge relocation to country land and immediate action by county commissioners.
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Marion County Board of Charities and Corrections
H. O. Chamberlain
Circuit Court
Board of County Commisioners
Boulevard EL
Daugherty Wing House Acquittal
The House Judiciary Committee adopted a report exonerating Attorney General Daugherty from impeachment charges. The panel left to the House floor the question of disciplining Keller for refusal to testify and the related rules.
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United Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Daugherty
Representative Keller
Minnesota
House
Keller
Judiciary Committee
Police raid nets Chinese gin and wine in Los Angeles Chinatown
Police seized 600 gallons of Chinese gin 40 cases of Chinese wine and a large still during a dawn raid in Los Angeles Chinatown. Tipster claimed to have seen Clara Phillips the escaped hammer murderer but she was not found.
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United News
Los Angeles
Clara Phillips
Hammer
Clara
Life sentence for instigating circus owner's murder
Harry C. Mohr was sentenced to life imprisonment in Mount Holly New Jersey for instigating the murder of circus owner Ilonest John Bru nen on March 10.
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United Press
Mount Holy
N. J
Harry C. Mohr
John" Brunen
Wife of Gary Assemblyman studies legislative moves
Mrs J Glenn Harris of Gary is a longtime supporter of her husband and sits in at the Statehouse. The Harris family is prominent socially in Gary, and she has attended prior sessions when Harris held committee chairmanship fights in the House.
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Gary Assemblyman
Legislative
J. GI
Epeiature
J. Glenn Haurris
Gary
Statehouse
NN Harris Harrises
Harris
Hiarris
Woman Hanged With Paramour in London Executions
Mrs. Percy Thompson was hanged at Holloway jail for murder of her husband on Oct 4. Frederick Edward Bywaters, her lover, was executed at Pentonville for the same crime. Crowds gathered in the rain as the death bells tolled, marking England's first female execution in 15 years.
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United Press
London
Percy Thompson
Holloway
Pentonville
Frederick Edward Bywaters
Thompson
Street Cars Spread Disease, Says Illinois Professor
Dr. Frank Smithies of the University of Illinois told a Chicago audience that 2,000,000 street car riders suffer more than 100 million headaches annually from inadequate service. He warned street cars are the best disease spreaders known to science.
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Chicago
United News
Frank Smithies
University of Illinois
Fifty Families Evacuated by Fire at St Benedict Apartments
A blaze at the St Benedict apartments in Chicago today forced fifty families from their beds in night attire. Firefighters extinguished the fire with minor damage. The cause was a cigarette discarded into a dummy elevator shaft.
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United Press
Chicago
St. Benedict
Plan to repeal state primary law sparks legislative clash
Legislation to repeal the state primary and make it optional locally is introduced in both chambers. Senator Will K. Penrod and Representative Julius G. Schwing lead the efforts amid party splits. Backers rally to defend the primary as opponents mobilize public sentiment and prepare committees for favorable reporting.
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Senate
Will K. Penrod
Loogootee
House
Julius G. Schwing
Lawrenceburg
Indianapolis
Toner
Joseph M. Cravens
Lawmakers push World War I bonus and related measures
A bill introduced by G. Remy Bierly and Ezra W. Graham proposes a World War I bonus for soldiers sailors marines and nurses with payments from 320 to 2500 over three years funded by a state levy. A service recognition board would rate benefits and immediate relatives are named beneficiaries. Other measures include tax changes on non taxable road bonds and an eight hour day for women workers.
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House of Representatives
G. Remy Bierly
Elizabeth
Ezra W. Graham
Warsaw
State Tax Commission
Judiciary Committee
Raymond C. Morgan
House
Senate
George W. Freeman
Kokomo
Judiciary
Morgan
Louis C. Schwartz
Indianapolis
Committee On
Labor
Albert B. Clapp
Marysville
Committee On Criminal Code
Charles F. Riede
Terre Haute
Senator Proposes Felony Offenses for Still Ownership and Liquor Transport
Indiana Senate action targets illicit liquor with two Buchanan bills. One makes ownership or operation of a still a felony with prison terms up to five years and fines up to $1,000. The other makes transporting over a quart of liquor a felony with penalties up to two years and a $1,000 fine.
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Indiana
Senate
Charles J. Buchanan
Indianapolis
Buchanan
City rolls out license board to urge quick fees
Indianapolis city controller Joseph Hogue posted a license sample board in the roll call room at police headquarters to accelerate collection of license fees. The display includes the full range of license varieties.
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Indianapolis
Joseph Hogue
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