Liner Mutiny Described by Chief Engineer
Federal inquiries hear mutiny claims aboard the Vestris as engine room crew allegedly revolted hours before the SOS. Chief Engineer cites disorganized officers, frightened firemen, and attempts to keep steam up while passengers faced lifebelts and a sinking ship off Virginia Capes. Captain Carey reportedly went down directing No 6 boat amid hoarse commands and a missing life jacket.
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Harry Ferguson
United Press
New York
Vestris
Charles H. Tuttle
United States
Commerce Department
Frances O’neill
John S. Adams
Virginia Capes
Adams
Dickenson N. Hoover
Wallcott
Wallicott
Walcott
William J. Carey
Carey
Comedy tragedy play in one day life drama
A collage of brief anecdotes from various cities on November 23 describes personal crises and oddities. Tales include a centenarian near death in Michigan, Amelia Earhart ending an engagement in Chicago, a drowning incident in Long Island, eloping wives in Iowa, a skull discovery in New Jersey, accusations against Alma Rubens in California, a Cleveland jail sentence, and jokes about President Coolidge's post presidency clearance.
Charity Drive Extended as Total Lags by 42240
At the fund report luncheon at the Claypool the community fund total stood 42240 short of the 781800 goal with 28011 added today raising the total to 739560. The drive may close by Wednesday or Monday noon and the original close date was November 19. About three hundred workers attended and six divisions reported strong returns.
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Claypool
Community Fund
Walter C. Marmon
Marmon
Teves Tees Weue
Air Mail Baby Carried as Parcel Post Finds Father at Guayaquil
A ten month old infant carried from Buenaventura Colombia to Guayaquil Ecuador was sent as parcel post with tag perish able and rushed. Officials handed the baby to its father at the parcel window. The note lists social service groups and church leaders involved in the event.
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United Press
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Buenaventura
Columbia
Post Office
Illness of British King Worsens Crown Worries Empire
King George V lies ill with a cold at Buckingham Palace with doctors noting a slight extension of lung mischief and fever. Duke of York arrives to be near the bedside as anxious crowds gather for updates on the monarch’s condition.
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London
George V
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Stanley Hewett
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Duke of York
Northampton
George
Daily Telegraph
West End
Honor Schortemeier to Be Honored at Columbia Club Dinner
Frederick E. Schortemeier secretary of state receives a testimonial dinner arranged by state employees and department chiefs. Principal speaker will be David Jennings former securities commissioner and current vice president of Continental National Bank.
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Frederick E. Schortemeier
Columbia Club
David Jennings
Continental National Bank
Longworth Aims for Farm Relief in Short Session
Speaker Longworth favors enacting farm relief legislation during the upcoming short session and hopes to avoid an extra session, he announced upon returning to Washington. The statement signals priority for farm aid measures in the current congressional agenda.
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Longworth
Congress
United Press
Washington
House
Infantas Pay Visit Washington
President Coolidge meets Infanta Don Alphonso of Orleans and Infanta Beatriz of Spain in Washington session presented by Ambassador Padilla.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Infanta Don Alphonso
Orleans
Infanta Beatriz
Spain
Padilla
Freshmen Host Hobo and Hoboette Fete at College Gym
College freshmen stage their annual party in the gym tonight featuring a chicken feast as the highlight. Miss Ardis Shafer chairs the program. Miss Ruth Howe Ett is among assistants as the college humor volleys with playful, era slang.
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Ardis
Shafer
Ruth Howe
Ett
Mercury Drops To Season Low Amid Frigid Weather
Indianapolis recorded its coldest night of the winter at 26 degrees at 6 am as a second weather freak swept the city. A brief Friday snow squall coated streets and cars, while the drop from 33 at 7 pm to 30 by midnight persisted through the night from a northwest air tongue.
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Indianapolis
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Illinois
Indiana
Asheville
N. C
Eye Injury Ends Boy's Eye at City Hospital
Doctors at city hospital planned to remove the eye of 12 year old Robert Parrott of 2419 Hillside Avenue after a boy of about 13 years old struck his eye with a stick Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred while the two youths played near their homes.
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City Hospital
Robert Parrott
Hillside Avenue
Robert
Chum
New York Stock Exchange Sets Record Pace forenoon surge
Stocks on the New York exchange hit record highs in the forenoon before profit taking in the afternoon. Governors voted a Saturday holiday to clear clerical backlogs as noon volume reached 3 418 400 shares. An earlier note mentions an epidemic of typhoid fever at Ow with 1500 cases reported.
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United Press
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Pardon Doc Dispute Over Hospital Doctors At Dance Marathon
Dr William A Coeppers announces ITV hospital staff and house physicians will lose jobs if found acting as examiners or medical attendants at dance or skate marathons The promoter of a forthcoming event sought the city hospital doctor who officiated at a Tomlinson Hall marathon The doctor denied involvement and corrected the record saying the interne was from a state institution.
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ITV
William A. Coeppers
Doeppers
Tomlinson Hall
Coeppers
Bogota Flight Underway From New York by Mendez Team
Lieutenant Benjamin Mendez, Colombian aviator, leaves Rockaway Naval Air Station with two companions on a five stop flight toward Bogota. Plane carries 275 gallons of gasoline 14 gallons of oil and provisions. Leg planned legs include Jacksonville to Havana 600 miles and Puerto Barrios Guatemala 700 miles with further hops to Colon Panama and finally Bogota.
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United Proag
New York
Benjamin Mendez
Rockaway Naval Air Station
Bogota
Mendez
Jacksonville
Havana
Puerto Barrios
Guatemala
Colon
Panama
Financier Thomas Fortune Ryan Dies in New York
Thomas Fortune Ryan, a prominent New York financier and longtime Wall Street figure, died at his home at 12:30 p m. He was 77 and had built a career as director and large owner in numerous major corporations in the United States and abroad. He came to New York from Baltimore in 18 s and joined the stock exchange in 1874.
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United Press
New York
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Ryan
Wall Street
Baltimore
The
Stock Exchange
Man Breaks Window for Warm Overcoat in Boston Cold
In freezing weather on Massachusetts Avenue a destitute man with no coat shattered the plate glass window of R. C. Bennett Clothing at 251 Geese Avenue to seize an overcoat. He fled into the street as a second man with an overcoat nearby looked on.
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Massachusetts Avenue
R. C. Bennett
Convict at 60 becomes millionaire church builder retires editor
Robert E. Hicks, once jailed for fraud and later a self made benefactor, retires as editor of Specialty Salesman. The Indiana figure built churches, funded Wheeler Mission, and aided unmarried mothers while overcoming past crimes. His life spans crime and redemption as he steps into editor emeritus.
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Times Special
South Whitley
Ind
Robert Hicks
Robert E. Hicks
Croc
Hicks
Missouri
Honolulu
Wheeler Mission
Indianapolis
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Emil
Daddy Tucker
Chicago
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Samuel Chapman Young
Boston
Lindenhurst
L. I
Astor Hero
Frederick Bassler Jr
Here
Hero
Lineville
Jerry McCarthy
Carthy
Jerry
B. S. Laughlin
Lloyd McCoy
Gertie Hoskins
Hoskins
Iverton
N. J
Edgar Allen Poe
Rue Morgue
Los Angeles
Cal
Alma Rubens
W. N. Schoeélner
Alma
Cleveland, CO
Edith Schmunk
Ashington
Rock of Gibraltar
Wallaby
Rebecca
Massachusetts
Sean
Crittenton
St. Elizabeth’s
Social Service
Indianapolis Church Federation
Catholic Women’s Association
Travelers’ Aid
George Southwick
Church of the Advent
Virgil P. Brock
Flying Flappers
Paramount Artists Service of
Homer Borst
Borst
BY Keith Jones
United Press Staff
Honor Schortemeier
Infantas
Ladies of the Road
Indiana Central College
Indiana Central
Mercury
Lad
Moscow
United Press OW
Doc
Indiana Magazine
Europe
Comstock
Wilson
Anthony Comstock
Bob Hicks
Sen Nenee
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