Indiana house speakership battle and new measures
As the seventy third Indiana general assembly nears, a tight race for speaker emerges among J Glenn Harris Lemuel Pittenger Luke Duffey Oscar Ahlfen and James Day with observers favoring Harris or Pittenger. Proposals include a boxing commission a repeal of the city manager law and a miners licensing board repeal amid mining sector tensions and ongoing court actions shaping legislative apportionment.
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Indianapolis
Indiana General Assembly
House of Representatives
House
J. Glenn Harris
Lake County
Lemuel Pittenger
Delaware County
Ers
Luke W. Duffey
Marion County
Oscar Ahlfren
James I. Day
Lakeounty
Asa J. Smith
Harris
Pittenger
State House
Boxing Commission
Michigan City
State Supreme Court
Hancock Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Miners’ Licensing Board
New State Auditor Swaps Offices After Election
Indianapolis Dec 2 William G Oliver of Franklin Republican auditor of state for two years turned over the office to Robert L Bracken of Frankfort Democrat who won the recent election The change is the first at the state house from the election and another soon to come on Jan 1 when Z T Dungan succeeds Patrick J Lynch as clerk of the supreme and appellate courts
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Indianapolis
William G. Oliver
Franklin
Yseterday
Robert L. Bracken
Frankfort
State House
Z. T. Dungan
Patrick J. Lynch
Bomb Explodes at St Louis Missouri Pacific Shops
Police probe a bomb explosion at the Missouri Pacific railroad shops in St Louis injuring Clarence Billington a blacksmith and shattering windows. The blast occurred as workers ended the day and windshields were blown from cars. eight police patrolled the area. Officials say no labor trouble dictated the incident and Billington is expected to recover.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Clarence Billington
Missouri Pacific
Billington
Harding Renomination Likely in 1924 Says Hoover
Palo Alto Cal Dec 2 Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce said the Republican presidential candidate in 1924 will obviously be Warren G Harding and that the public will value the sane progressive policies of the reconstruction era. Hoover discussed national rehabilitation building codes and standardization of lumber noting Pacific coast conditions ahead of the east and rapid engineering projects except railroads.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Warren G. Harding
Herbert C. Hoover
Commerce Department
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Pacific Coast
East
Posse Seeks Hunter After Ohio Shooting of Children
A farmer posse in Liberty township Chillicothe Ohio hunts a hunter who shot two children as they walked home through a woods. Goldie Stevens an orphan age 11 lost her left hand and suffered permanent facial disfigurement while Arthur Feters was shot in the face. The attack, deemed accidental, triggered anger as the hunter fled without aid, despite passersby arriving about a half hour later.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Liberty Township
Goldie Stevens
Arthur Feters
State Budget Trimmed by Commission In Indiana
Indianapolis December 2 The state budget commission began cutting what are called unnecessary expenses from department estimates for the next two years. Governor McCray budget commissioner Jesse Eschbach and budget clerk Ed Farmer reviewed requests, with plans to curb increases across departments and trim overall appropriations.
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Indianapolis
State Budget Commission
McCray
Jesse Eschbach
Ed Farmer
Weather Report Generally Fair Tonight and Sunday
A brief forecast states generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. No precipitation is expected and temperatures should remain mild.
Court Order Tests Sanity of John P Tiernan
A court ordered a sanity test for former Notre Dame law professor John P Tiernan after Dr James W Hall declared him mentally unsound. Judge Righeimer signed commitment to Cook County Psychopathic Hospital for observation. Tiernan had left South Bend for Chicago as household effects were auctioned.
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Chicago
John P. Tiernan
Notre Dame University
Righeimer
Frances Pulaski
Tiernan
James W. Hall
Regheime
Cook County Psychopathic Hospital
South Bend
Crown Point
Ind
Coal prices rise in Cleveland after fuel administration ends
Cleveland dealers moved to raise coal prices after the state fuel administration dissolved yesterday. One large dealer hiked by 50 cents per ton while three major distributors held prices, despite expectations of no adjustment today or Monday. Dealers cited mild weather reducing demand compared with prior years.
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Cleveland
Ohio
State Fuel Administration
Federal Troops Readied as Mexican Riots Worsen Declares
Mexico City reports federal troops held in barracks awaiting possible repeat of Thursday night’s violence. Seventeen killed and over 60 injured when police fired on a gunmen storming city hall amid water shortages. Confederation of Labor calls a strike in mourning for eight slain members. Radical demonstrators vow defiance, while council members resist radical demands without federal force. News reports blame city administration. guards posted at all public buildings.
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Mexico City
Confederation of Labor
Confederation
Alonso Romero
Fl Heraldo
Progressive bloc forms in Congress to push reform
A group of thirty four Republican and Democratic senators and representatives elect organized last night led by Senator LaFollette to counteract what they call reactionary policies. The bloc aims to restore excess profits taxes, revise the transportation act, impeach Attorney General Daugherty, oppose ship subsidies, restore Roosevelt conservation, cut Teapot Dome leases, amend the constitution to abolish the electoral college, expand direct primaries, recognize Soviet Russia, and back the soldiers bonus bill. The bloc insists it is nonpartisan and seeks to hold balance of power in the next Congress.
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Washington
LaFollette
Congress
LaFollette, Borah
Norris
Harding
White House
Daugherty
Secretary of Interior
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Steamer Maplehurst disaster on Lake Michigan tragedy
Eleven crew members died when the Canadian steamer Maplehurst foundered during a violent storm near the Keweenaw canal entrance. Captain Charles A. Tucker of the coast guard rescued nine survivors after ten crewmen jumped to life boats. First Mate Henry J. Smith perished. The ship, bound from Lorain to Fort William with coal, eventually sank about a mile offshore. Reports say the storm remained general on the upper lakes as other vessels raced to complete coal shipments.
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Houghton, Mich
Upper
Keweenaw Waterway
Charles A. Tucker
Coast Guard
Tucker
Maplehurst
Henry J. Smith
Canadian Steamship Company
Providence
Quebec
Lorain
Ohio
Fort William
Menard
Smith
Mine Strike Fails to Materialize in Edmonton District
Edmonton Alberta Dec 1 A general strike called by District 18 United Mine Workers to gain recognition failed to materialize. More than 1000 men stayed away, but most mines operated with full crews. Pickets set up with no disturbances reported.
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Edmmonton
Albberta
United Mine Workers of America
Edmonton
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