Federal Court Strains Under Prohibition and Tax Burden
Attorney General Harlan F. Stone reports federal courts face heavier work due to prohibition and tax laws. He urges expanded DOJ staffing and higher salaries for U S attorneys, noting liquor and tax cases rose to 46,609 with fines near 7.49 million. Willebrandt emphasizes jail as the real deterrent, citing average sentences rising from 21 to 31 days.
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Washington
Department of Justice Daily
Harlan F. Stone
Congress
United States
Mabel Walkes Willebrandt
Miners to Vote on UMWA Officials December 9
Bridgeport Ohio December 5 600 000 miners members of the United Mine Workers of America will vote on international district and sub district officials December 9. Candidates for internal offices include President John J Lewis Springfield Illinois and George Voyzey Varona Illinois Vice President Philip Murray Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Arley Staples Christopher Illinois Secretary Treasurer William Cohen Coshocton Ohio and Joseph Nearing Reserve Mines Nova Scotia Canada Auditors credentials committee to be elected Albert Neutzling Glen Carbon Illinois John J Mossop Bondit Ohio T G Morgan Linton Indiana James Murphy Cherry Alabama William Gillen Bicknell Indiana George Temperley Roslyn Washington.
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Bridgeport
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
John J. Lewis
Springfield
Ill
George Voyzey
Varona
Philip Murray
Pittsburg
Arley Staples
Christopher
Til
William Cohen
Coshocton
Joseph Nearing
Reserve Mines
Nova Scotia
Canada
Albert Neutzling
Glen Carbon
John J. Mossop
Bondit
T. G. Morgan
Linton
Ind
James Murphy
Cherry
William Gillen
Bicknell
George Temperley
Roslyn
Wash
Klansmen Parade Approved in Indianapolis Saturday
A permit for a Ku Klux Klan parade in Indianapolis has been granted by Chief of Police Hermen Rikhoff. The march will traverse downtown streets this Saturday.
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Indianapolis
Hermen Rikhoff
Wabash Students Indicted Over Paint Smearing
Putnam county grand jury indicted twenty Wabash college students for malicious trespass in connection with red paint smeared on DePauw University buildings and sidewalks on November 20, two days before the annual football game between the schools.
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Greencastle
Ind
Wabash College
Putnam County Grand Jury
DePauw University
Fairmount Man Seeks Patent For Bandit Net Device
William J. Lewis of Fairmount Indiana has filed for patents on a bandit capturing net machine. The device uses a suspended net in banks stores or buildings that drops under button pressure to entangle anyone beneath it.
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Fairmount
Fairmont
Ind
William J. Lewis
President Coolidge Returns East After Chicago Trip
President Coolidge travels by train returning to Washington after a long Chicago stop. The journey will take about 23 hours to reach the capital, longer than the westbound 18 hour leg, with the president tired from a day of crowded events. International News Service reports the scene en route to Washington.
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International
Washington
Coolidge
Chicago
Mellon predicts years of prosperity after 1896 election
Secretary Mellon in the treasury report to Congress forecasts prosperous conditions for the United States, crediting repudiation of flawed theories and endorsement of constructive governance. He notes the nation passed post war transition successfully and urges continuation of the hard work, economy, and sound policies supported by the electorate.
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Washinton
United States
Mellon
the Treasury
Congress
Blizzard Grips West Today in Severe Storms
One of the worst storms in years grips the western states including Utah Idaho Montana the Dakotas and Nebraska. A sleet siege crippled wire communications and a demoralizing fleet moves eastward just west of Chicago. No Miss Valley warning in 24 hours.
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International News Sbervicis
Chicago
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Dakotas
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Through Trains To Indianapolis From Evansville South
Railroad circles discuss consolidation that would fold the Chicago and Eastern Illinois into the Pennsylvania system. A new southern outlet from Evansville to St Louis and the south would extend Pennsylvania reach and enable through service from Evansville to Indianapolis via the I V division with more passenger trains.
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Vincennes
Ind
Pennsylvania
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
St. Louis
Evansville
Chicago
Man Found Unconscious In Columbus Store
Joe Truax, 70, was found unconscious in a local Columbus store and believed to have been doped by would be robbers. He remains unconscious at the county hospital with little hope for recovery. He had nearly $200 on his person when found. a nurse stays at his side and officers will question him if he regains consciousness.
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Columbus
Ind
Joe Truax
Truax
Mrs La Forge seeks seventh divorce on cruelty grounds
East St Louis reports the 13th marriage ends in divorce as Mrs Henry La Forge wins a divorce from her latest husband on cruelty. She recalls 31 years with Joseph Traxler begun at age 14 and notes 11 prior divorces plus infidelity and desertion cases.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Henry la Forge
War Department Disappointed With Budget Proposals
Secretary of War Weeks and senior War Department officials express dissatisfaction with the budget recommendations in the director of the budget report after examining the budget figures. The discontent extends to heads of bureaus and army officers nationwide.
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WAR Department
S International News Service
Washington
Army
Hoover Opposes Radio Legislation in Congress
Washington December 5 Hoover withdraws support for radio legislation in this session citing rapid progress of radio arts. He previously supported the White radio bill but now warns drastic regulation could be dangerous.
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International News Service
Washington
Secretary Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Federal court shocks with narcotics hire case
Indianapolis report says Orlando Horton known as the lone wolf of the narcotic trade was hired by federal operatives to transport morphine from Chicago to Indianapolis and was arrested while attempting the shipment. Judge Albert B. Anderson criticizes government officials for soliciting a crime. Horton was urged by letters and telegrams to deliver 7500 dollars worth of morphine with corroboration from Dr. R. A. Gibson of the narcotic division.
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R. A. Gibson
GOP Leader Ossenberg Dies After Hunting Trip
Fred M. Ossenberg, 48, a longtime Republican political leader in Evansville Indiana, collapsed and died yesterday afternoon after becoming ill during a morning hunting trip. He died before reaching his home.
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Evansville
Ind
Fred M. Ossenberg
Gasoline Thawing Backfires Causing Big Explosion
In Petersburg Indiana contractor John Ruff tried to thaw frozen brick with gasoline after sleet and freezing rain. He lit a match triggering a powerful blast that damaged the Adams and Hosesson buildings and stunned Main street businesses. The Red Men’s hall remained unscathed.
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Petersburg
Ind
John Ruff
Red Men’s
Main Street
Eighth Street
Peoples Loan & Trust Company
Ruff
Red Men's
Adams and Hosseson
Red Men’s Hall
Hosesson
Adams
Swindler Koretz Gets Prison Term in Chicago Court
Leo Koretz, accused of a Bayano river oil promotion scam, was sentenced in Chicago to one to ten years for larceny, with other charges awaiting sentences. He admitted to swindling relatives and friends of about $2 million, vanished in New York a year ago, and was later brought back from Halifax as assets were recovered.
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Swindler Koretz
Chicago
Leo Koretz
Koretz
Bayano River
Jacob Hopkins
New York
Panama
Halifax
Plainville youth fined and jailed for attack on two girls
In Washington Indiana on December 5 Mayor McCarty jailed Ralph Sawyer for 30 days and fined him 100 dollars after he pled guilty to assault and battery. He admitted joining another Plainville youth in inviting two girls to ride home then abandoning them on a country road after the proposals were refused. The girls found help at a farm house and relatives came for them. Sawyer appealed to circuit court with a 250 dollar bond. Police say the other youth is known.
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Washington
Ind
McCarty
Ralph Sawyer
Plainville
Sawyer
Oak Grove Cemetery
Circuit Court
Permit to End Life May Be Conferred In Denmark
Copenhagen date line reports a Danish bill to allow physicians to end a hopelessly ill patient’s life under certain conditions with no punishment. The measure would waive punishment under extenuating circumstances and tighten penalties for private detectives and usury. It includes fines scaled by income and seeks to curb neglect in conjugal abuse.
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Copenhagen
Steincke
Series Farm Meetings Set Across Indiana County
Russell Vanhook of the Indiana Farm Bureau will address a series of meetings during the week of December 8. The schedule includes Washington township Memorial hall December 8 at 7 p.m. Scotland in Taylor township December 9 at 7 p.m. Highland township Calvertville December 10 at 7 p.m. Cass bonnet Newberry high school building December 11 at 7 p.m. A short motion picture program will be shown at each event.
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Russell Vanhook
Indiana Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Washington Township
Memorial Hall
Taylor Township
Scotland
Highland Township
Calvertville
Cass Bonnet Newberry High
Clock as Money Box
A savings bank in the United States gifts a clock to every new depositor. The clock is a combination timepiece and safe, requiring rewinding every 24 hours with a coin inserted first, forcing the owner to add to savings daily.
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United States
London
Murderer Haarmann Cries Weakness in Attic Murders
International News Service reports from Hanover that Fritz Haarmann, known as the attic ogre, confessed to killing at least fourteen youths and possibly many more. He attempted to shift blame to Hans Gans and Wetowski while detailing the first victim's two week confinement and the method of killing. Public hearings opened with the victim’s grisly details withheld from spectators.
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Csinternational News Service
Court Room
Hanover
Germany
Fritz Haarman
Haarman
Hans Grans
O F. Gans
Wetowski
Fifty seven per cent corn belt crop fails of maturity
Washington report shows 48 per cent of corn belt crop reached maturity before the first killing frost, with 28 per cent fit for seed, below typical levels. Late spring and cool summer blamed for the failure to mature, not frosts.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Decision Favorable to Black Hawk Miners
The public service commission orders the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad to operate a train from Terre Haute at 6 10 a m and return from the Blackhawk mine at 4 p m. The earlier option to attach to the 4 50 p m passenger train was not adopted and a second petition hearing was held November 21 in Terre Haute.
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Terre Hauth
Blackhawk
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Public Service Commission
Terre Haute
Postmaster Hughes In Court On Federal Charges
James W. Hughes, postmaster at Helmsburg Indiana, jailed in Indianapolis awaiting arraignment on a federal indictment accusing misuse of government funds. He could not furnish a 1500 dollar bond.
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Indianapolis
James W. Hughes
Helmsburg
Ind
On the Veranda by Eylloy Plays Onstage
A literary note highlights Elizabeth Emery’s humorous piece On the Veranda as part of The Important Points column. The snippet hints at a focus on manners and restraint, reflecting light social humor.
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