Recounting Votes Finds Fraud in Indiana Primary
Paul B. Brewer said fraud appeared in every precinct counted as 114 of 295 precincts in the Updyke Dexter race for the Indiana House Republican nomination were reviewed. He put only 15 percent of ballots as legal and noted marks and other indicators of law violations. Marion County Prosecutor William P. Evans said the grand jury would investigate to assign criminal responsibility.
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Paul B. Brewer
Ralph Updyke
Thomas Dexter
Indiana
House of Representatives
Brewer
William P. Evans
Marion County
Russia Wins First Round at The Hague Conference
At The Hague on June 27 the Soviet delegation won the opening clash by insisting credits be the first topic. The French protests over Russia's stance grew as Litvinoff refused to discuss debts and private property, and a credits sub commission meeting was set for 4 PM.
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Hague
Russia
Sub-Commission On Credits
Litvinoff
Guards surround Herrin hospital for Lester massacre survivors
In Herrin Illinois twelve survivors of the Lester massacre are guarded in a local hospital after reports of their danger. An attempted discharge last Saturday was stopped by staff as investigators suspect mob members feared the wounded men knew too much. Herrin business leaders urge a small state military escort to move them from danger.
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Herrin
Ill
Lester
Tark the dog of Mayor Shank earns official recognition
Tark, Mayor Shank's dog, is featured on dog license certificates for the new year starting July 1. The city hall favorite's portrait appears on licenses as payments are due July 1. Only 655 licenses issued for a dog population estimated at 7,900.
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Shank
Tark
Spectacle Frames Stolen From American Optical Co Display
C Cozzens assistant sales manager for American Optical Company of Southbridge Mass reported the theft of ten cold spectacle frames valued at 350 dollars from the display in the Athenaeum showroom located on New Jersey and Michigan Streets.
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Cc. O. Cozzens
American Optical Company
Southbridge
Mass
Athenaeum
New Jersey
Michigan Sts
Survey Shows Gas Depots Grocery Stores in Indianapolis
Fire department announced a city survey finding 210 gas depots in Indianapolis along with 1,200 groceries and 300 drug stores. The count reflects a broad snapshot of essential businesses in the area.
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Indianapolis
Miscellany of quirky quotes from Tom Sims era
A string of short, humorous items comments on society and culture. Notable lines reference a dynamite shortage in Chicago, lipstick rumors, a 73 year marriage claim, and jokes about art, weather curses, and jazz. The collection preserves a newspaper’s voice with brisk observational bits.
Railroad Labor May Delay Call of Strike
United Press reports union leaders in Chicago discussed postponing the July 1 strike call after the U S Board on Contract Work condemned railroad contract labor. The move aims to push wage and working rules concessions and test railroad compliance with the board order. About one third favored a strike. a harmony conference of sixteen unions is planned with potential strike dates of July 15 or August 1 affecting roughly 1,000,000 workers including 580,000 maintenance of way and 219,100 shop employees.
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United Press
Chicago
Brotherhoods
Harmony
Maintenance of Way
Film Colony Wealthy Actress Reconciles After Shooting
Mrs. Hazel Hirsh, the Hollywood East social leader, tends to her hospitalized husband, still bearing a black eye from the shooting. Nassau County prosecutor Elvin Edwards prepares evidence for tomorrow’s grand jury as the wealthy couple’s case unfolds.
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United Preas Freefort
N. Y
Hazel Hirsh
Prospective groom held in Missouri slaying
Joseph Giambrono, 20, was held by police in St Louis pending investigation of the death of Miss Mary Nagle, 20, found slain by a bullet at the Giambrono home. Giambrono and Miss Nagle, who planned to marry next Saturday, claim she killed herself.
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Joseph Giambrono
Mary Nagle
Giambrono
Miss Nagle
Veterinarian O F Mingle Found Dead Near Pendleton
Dr O F Mingle a 45 year old prominent Pendleton veterinarian was found dead in his yard today near Anderson authorities suspect suicide his body wrapped in a blanket and discovered at his home June 27 a terse news brief from the Times.
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Speriat Anderson
Ind
O. F. Mingle
Pendleton
Mother seeks juvenile court help after husband abducts children
Theresa Lynch asks juvenile court authorities to recover her two children William Jr 3 and Philomena 4 abducted by their father in a taxi. She says the separation followed disputes and the father used a disguise. Police refused to act, suspecting the father took the kids to Atlanta.
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Theresa Lynch
School Street
Lynch
School St
William
Philomena
Eleventh Hour Effort for McCumber in North Dakota Primary
Non Partisan Sioux forces rally to back Lynn J. Frazier against Senator Porter J. McCumber in the North Dakota Republican primary. McCumber backers cling to his twenty four years in Washington as last minute factions seek a patch up while national officials rush to assist.
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N. D
North Dakota
Lynn J. Frazier
Porter J. McCumber
McCumber
Washington
National
Old Guard
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Confab Likely as Harding Pursues Mine Strike End
At the White House the administration hinted a conference of coal operators and miners may be called to settle the strike. Persuasion remains the main effort to end the walkout, with forcible action reserved for threats to public safety.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Mrs. Longworth Sr. Dead at 77 in Cincinnati Home
Mrs. Nichlas Longworth Sr., 77, mother of Congressman Nicholas Longworth, died at her Cincinnati home today. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Cincinnati
Nichlas Longworth Sr
Nicholas Longworth
Land of Liberty Claims Life of Foreigner's Pet
Jacob, an unnaturalized immigrant from Russia, had a pet St Bernard named Dick on a small farm near Lansdale Pennsylvania. Magistrate Howard Boorse ordered Dick to be killed because he belonged to an un naturalized alien, despite the dog never harming anyone. Dick's owner laments the ruling and the heartbreak it causes his family.
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Land of Liberty
United News
Lansdale
Jack Silverman
Russia
America
Jacob
St. Bernard
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Howard Boorse
Indictments Filed Against Edgar Hiatt
Thirteen indictments were returned against Edgar F. Hiatt former president of the Dickinson Trust Company. The bank closed in April after investigations showed over 600000 in questionable securities. Ten counts allege embezzlement two overdrafts and one perjury. Hiatt reportedly turned over assets worth 100000 to a bank committee and stockholders covered a deficit. He is charged with diverting funds to C L Peck Company Chicago and to Herman Olson Martin Moehn Jesse Vermillion Frederick Hollingsworth and Thomas Reynolds.
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Richmond
Ind
Edgar F. Hiatt
Dickinson Trust Company
State Banking Department
Hiatt
Chicago
C. L. Peck Company
Herman Olson
Martin Moehn
Jesse Vermillion
Frederick Hollingsworth
Thomas Reynolds
Burglars Take Cash From Two Homes In City
Burglars stole 35 dollars from a trunk at Clarence G. White's residence 1309 Yandes Street and 11 dollars from a room at Mrs. Josephine Aculilus's home 215 North Capitol Avenue during the night.
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Clarence G. White
Yandes Street
Josephine Aculilus
North Capitol Avenue
Tragic Accident Claims Ray Allen Aged Four
Ray Allen four, son of James Allen of 427 B Market Street, was run over by Joseph Shaffer 34 of 106 Garfield Avenue in front of 35 North East Street while crossing home from a grocery. He died after rushed to city hospital. Shaffer held on murder charge of man slaughter.
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Ray Allen
James Allen
B. Market St
Joseph Shaffer
Garfield Ave
N. East St
Alonzo Ferry
Allen
Dora Gulley
Ray
France
Shaffer
New Agency Favored To Combine Charity Groups
A Community Chest survey committee backs creating one agency to take all duties assets and liabilities of the Charity Organization Society Mothers Aid Society and Childrens Aid Association. The move passed 17 to 3 and will go to the Community Chest board with unanimous stance by the committee. Mothers Aid members split 11 to 5 against merger. board had previously approved division of work among the three societies.
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Charity Organization Society
Mothers’ Aid Society
Childrens’ Aid Association
Community Chest Committee
Community Chest
William H. Insley
Board of Directors
Mayor signs broad ripple annexation and hospital bond
Mayor Shank joked he has no time to read ordinances while signing two measures. He affixed his initials S. L. Shank to the Broad Ripple annexation ordinance and approved a 425000 dollar bond issue for a city hospital nurses home and administration building.
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Shank
S. L. Shank
Germany fears royalist plot after Rathenau murder
Amsterdam reports Herr Von Haniel to succeed Walter Rathenau as foreign minister amid Berlin turmoil. Berlin honors Rathenau at his funeral as trains halt for two minutes. Police and troops monitor rallies by Communists and Socialists while royalist plots loom for Versailles treaty anniversary. Nine suspects, including Tillesen and Hoffmann, linked to Erzberger and Rathenau cases, are detained. Berlin mourns public life.
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Herr von Haniel
Walter Rathenau
United Press
Berlin
Germany
Fortign
Rathenau
Flathenau
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kaiser
Erzberger
Connec
Leutenant
Karl Tillesen
Frankfort
Captain Hoffman
Taft Calls for Arbitration Education at English Speaking Union
Former President William H. Taft now serving as Chief Justice told the English Speaking Union that Americans focus on wheat prices more than international affairs and urged education on arbitration among nations.
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London
William H. Taft
American Supreme Court
Taft
United States
Five fines assessed on blind tiger charges
Five persons including a woman were found guilty in city court on blind tiger charges. Frank Spounch of 912 Amada Ave was fined 100 dollars and costs after June 18 arrest with seven quarts of wine. Andrew Kirtley of 870 W Twenty Fourth J was fined 50 dollars and costs after the same day arrest. Hattie France of 31 Eugene Apartments, arrested June 26, was fined 100 dollars and costs. George Long of 1443 W Morris St was fined 50 dollars and costs and Don C. Ditmer of 821 Jefferson St 100 dollars and costs.
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Frank Spounch
Amada Ave
Andrew Kirtley
W. Twenty-Fourth &J
Hattie France
Eugene Apartments
George Long
W. Morris St
Don C. Ditmer
Jefferson St
Watson and Walsh View Tariff Clash in Party Lines
Republican Senate leaders arm the McCumber tariff as worker protection arguing it guards American wages and raises prices. Democratic opponents counter that the measure inflates costs while stressing wage comparisons with other nations. The United Press provides signed outlines from the rival camps.
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Washington
Senate
United Press
Tariff beliefs and profiteering pressure described by Walsh
Senator Walsh argues that protective tariffs raise prices to boost profits and criticizes the pending bill as abandoning Republican protection theory. He warns that protectionists have targeted foodstuffs with higher duties, ensuring food costs rise and profits expand, as Congress yields to these demands.
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Congress
Forty Americans Held by Bandits in Mexican Campaign
Washington reports Mexican bandits under General Gorozabe seized Cortez Oil Company property near Tampico and detained forty American citizens and valuables. The State Department, led by Secretary Hughes, demands immediate release, punishment of perpetrators, and protection for Americans, as censorship delays communications.
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Gorozabe
Cortez Oil Company
Tampico
State Department
Shaw
Tampool Hughes
Hughes
Consul Shaw
Department
Summerlin
Mexico City
George Summerlin
Ransom Sent For Bielaski Release From Mexico
Mrs Ruth B Shipley notified the State Department that 5000 dollars in ransom was en route to Mexico for the release of her brother A Bruce Bielaski who was seized by Mexican bandits. Dispatch said Bielaski’s New York employers reported the money sent to Mexico City. Mexico City reports say Bielaski is safe and will be freed upon receipt of 10000 pesos.
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War
Navy Departments
War Department
United Press
Washington
Ruth B. Shipley
Mexico
A. Bruce Bielaski
Shipley
New York
Mexico City
Bielaski
Police Do Western Act Capture Cow After Chase
Three police officers captured a stray cow at 2 a.m. in the Twenty-First Street area near Northwest ern avenue after a tense chase. The animal was tied in the backyard of Patrolman Harry B. Manuels at 2077 Highland Place. Police believe the cow escaped from an interurban freight.
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Twenty-First Street
Northwestern Avenue
Harry B. Manuels
Highland Place
Mexican bandits seize land area held by Cortez Oil Company
No damage or casualties were reported as Mexican bandits occupied a several thousand acre development area run by the Cortez Oil Company near Port Lobos Tampico. About forty American workers are employed under Camp Superintendent Shelly and drilling machinery and equipment remain on site ready to be destroyed if needed.
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Philadelphia
Cortez Oil Company
Cortez Company
Shelly
Tampico
Port Lobos
Funeral of Mrs Small Signals State Honor in Illinois
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Moore Small wife of Governor Len Small will be held at the Small home with burial in Mound Grove Cemetery. State officers at Springfield will suspend activities during the funeral and a two minute pause is proclaimed by Lt Governor Fred Sterling and Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson.
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Iit
Ida Moore Small
Len Small
Illinois
Mound Grove Cemetery
Springfield
Fred Sterling
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Bootleggers Lose Fight on Train in New Jersey Heist
Eight bootleggers attempted to hijack a fast Erle train carrying twenty five thousand dollars in liquor near Waldwick New Jersey. Detective Edward Hamilton fought them off in a pistol battle and was shot and seriously wounded. Three bootleggers boarded the train and severed an air hose as the engine sped into a secluded stretch.
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Pohorus
N. J
Edward Hamilton
Waldwick
Hamilton
Yeggs
Unclear Memo Recalls Odd Sightings and Acts Around Town
A jumble of observer notes reports a woman with gold beads and green neck stripe, a milk wagon driver water stop and horse neglect, a nearsighted man studying fruit on a plate, a mo torman aiding a Beech Grove dinky to move a cow, and a woman rifling pockets then kicking pants on a line.
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