Indiana Adjourns After Midnight Soldier Bonus Dies
Indiana lawmakers adjourned after midnight as the house passed a soldiers bonus bill by 78 to 6, while the senate did not act. The reformatory removal bill, sent to Gov. McCray, was signed into law along with a $10,000 session expense appropriation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
House
Indiana General Assembly
Assembly
Warren T. McCray
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Senate
McCray
John
Alldredge
Anderson
O. A. Newman
Emmet Branch
Conference
Gov. McCray
Colgate & Co
Court of Appeals upholds check off system in mines
Chicago December 15. United States Court of Appeals reverses Judge Anderson of Indianapolis finding the check off of dues and assessments voluntary and legal. Mine workers had argued the system violated rights. after the ruling most Indiana mines had shut down, but a temporary injunction allowed a return to work. John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers commented on the decision.
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Anderson
Federal District Court
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States Court of Appeals
Circuit Court of Appeals
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Chicago Court
West Virginia
United States Court of Appeals At
O Connor to be hanged after jail escape
Chicago December 15. At seven this morning Tommy O Connor was scheduled for execution but remains at large after Sunday escape with Darrow and La Porte. Jailer Lawrence says a plank will serve as platform and the hang may occur within ten minutes of recapture. Authorities continue search and review reports. Sanford Rosenbaum released on habeas corpus amid jail intrigue. Judge Fisher orders Strauss custody pending further inquiry.
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Chicago
Tommy” O'Connor
O’connor
Peter Lawrence
Darrow
la Porte
Detective Bureau
State’s Attorney’s Office
Sanford
Gimp) Rosenbaum
David Strauss
Harry Fisher
Charles 8. Wharton
Strauss
Weather report shows clouds, rain or snow late tonight
Increasing cloudiness followed by rain or snow later tonight or Friday. Warmer temperatures expected in the far south portion tonight.
Local Woman IAS Narrow Escape in Shooting Affray
Terre Haute Ind Dec 15 Mrs Daisy Beeker Duncan the woman targeted in the Deming Hotel shooting survived behind a door transom shot while Mrs Ota McKay fired six rounds at her. McKay, seeking to reach the rival while revealing a past marriage tie, was arrested after leaving the hotel.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Daisy Beeker Duncan
Ota McKay
Hotel Deming
McKay
Nancy Avey
Eighth Street
Wabash Avenue
Hotel Affair Settled as Police Reach Store
With McKay at his store when police arrived and both parties released, hotel management said the affair had been settled and would not prosecute the woman. Hotel employees refused Tuesday night to disclose or confirm any details of the case.
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McKay
Illinois Miners to Ballot on Relief for Kansas Strikers
Springfield Dec 15 The Illinois miners executive board votes to refer relief for Kansas strikers to a referendum among about 90,000 members of the Illinois district United Mine Workers in special session after the international ordered withdrawal of aid.
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Illinois
Kansas
Springfield
United Mine Workers of America
State Miners’ Executive Board
International
British Cabinet Signs To Irish Treaty In Special Session
London reports the imperial parliament met in a special session to consider the Irish peace settlement. King George opened the session as Lloyd George praised his delegation’s work and urged unity to aid ratification while noting Irish and dominion challenges and the path toward peace.
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London
Ireland
House of Lords
George
David Lloyd George
House of Commions
Lloyd George
Sheland
Naval Pact Nears Adoption Amid Ratio Talks
Washington reports an agreement on the naval ratio among the United States Great Britain and Japan is only hours away with final details on allowing Japan to keep the battleship Mutsu within the five five three formula. Secretary Hughes pressed for adjournment of easy questions to speed the process as talks focus on the Mutsu and broader ratios.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Charles E. Hughes
Far East
Committee On
Hughes
Mutsu
Gas Rate Increase Authorized by Public Service Commission
Indianapolis December 15. public service commission authorized a roughly 50 percent gas rate increase for Oaktown Gas Company effective January. The new schedule sets a 50 cent monthly minimum, 1st 100 cubic feet at 2.5 cents per foot, next 100 feet at 2 cents per foot, and any usage over 200 feet at 1.5 cents per foot.
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Indianapolis
Oaktown Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Postmaster General Hays Ill in Chicago Hospital
Postmaster General Will H. Hays is seriously ill at St. Luke's hospital in Chicago after coming to visit his wife. Washington physicians had urged a vacation due to his unremitting pace since becoming national Republican chairman, and he is now resting under medical care.
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Chicago
Will H. Hays
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hays
Washington
Ebert Granted Salary Increase and Expenses
Berlin Dec 15 President Eb ert will be paid 2000 dollars yearly. Reichstag budget committee raises his stipend amid high prices and hard times. He also to receive an expense allowance of 400 000 marks plus the 300 000 marks salary.
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Berlin
Ebert
Reichstag Budget Commission
Troops Check Women Rioters in Kansas
Pittsburg Kansas December 15 Rioting in southern Kansas coal fields by the amazon army appears checked at least temporarily with arrival of national guard troops in the Pittsburg district Sheriff Milt Gould of Crawford county reports several hundred women mobilized at Cherokee gathered about a mine but not staging an offensive Franklin once the amazon army headquarters is reported quiet State troops mounted cavalry on the ground will be distributed over Crawford county to patrol the mine field.
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Kas
Kansas
Amazon
National Guard
Milt Gould
Crawford County
Cherokee
Franklin
Amazon Army
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