Christmas Tragedies Hit Hoosier Homes in Christmas Mishaps
Indiana report details six deaths from holiday accidents across Indianapolis Bloomington and Scottsburg. Three hunters die after auto collides with interurban car near Scottsburg. Other victims include a Coffeen Illinois visitor run over in Indianapolis and motorists killed in Bloomington and Kokomo. Eight more injured across several cities.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Scottsburg
Bloomington
John McWilliams
Edward Burch
Earl Burch
McWilliams
Edwards
Monon
C. G. Strickland
Ramo Moralli
Steve Jackson
C. A. Wright
Parade of Heads Reported in Mukden Christmas Display
Reports from Tokio say Mukden celebrated Christmas by parading through streets with the heads of Gen. Kuo Sing Ling and his wife, killed after resisting capture. The heads were later impaled over the city’s main gate, signaling a ruthless act by opposing forces.
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Tokio
France seeks a strong leader says Warren names Clemenceau
Architect Whitney Warren of New York argues France needs a dictator and Clemenceau is the suitable choice. In New York, George W. McLaughlin is offered 25 000 a year to head the New York Police Commission. Buckner in New York seals 41 night clubs for alleged dry law violations. Kellogg and Mexican Ambassador Tellez sign a treaty with new drastic smuggling provisions.
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France
Clemenceau
Whitney Warren
New York
George W. McLaughlin
United States
Buckner
Kellogg
Manuel C. Tellez
Washington
Pneumonia Season Now On In Indiana
Indiana enters the so called death period with peak deaths in January February and March per Dr William King secretary of the state board of health He cites older residents weaker resistance to pneumonia influenza slushy weather and outdoor activity as factors The health official notes June July and August have the fewest deaths due to modern medicine water quality and fewer summer illnesses and mentions autumn smoke and changing weather as risky periods
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Indianapolis
Indiana
William F. King
State Board of Health
State Health Board
United Press
King
Dr. King
American woman held by Italians released
Mrs Ella Briggs of New York, an architect, was freed by Italian police in Palermo after detention on an undisclosed charge. She was given passports and documents and instructed to leave Italy, escorted to the Rome train, with authorities stating she had been photographed Renaissance buildings for a publication and was not spying.
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United Press
New York
United Press Dispatch
Palermo
Italy
Ella Briggs
Politics Squad
Governor Jackson to Visit Washington After Christmas
Indiana Governor Jackson left Indianapolis to spend several days in Washington with Senator Robinson after Christmas. He plans to return to the state house late next week to resume duties.
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Indianapolis
Gov. Jackson
Washington
Senator Robinson
State House
Severe cold wave grips Middlewest with subzero temps
Bitter cold grips the middlewest with temperatures as low as ten below zero. Chicago sees zero with suburbs two to five below. Over one hundred fires occur in 24 hours from overheated stoves and furnaces. Duluth Minnesota reports 18 degrees below zero.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Duluth
Minn
Hold Up at Detroit Jewelry Store Yields Gems
Two youths described as schoolboys robbed a Detroit jewelry store today and escaped with gems valued at 4800 dollars. Police chased the pair but details on capture were not available.
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Detroit
Ban dits Rob California Motorists Near Pittsburg
United Press Dispatch reports in Pittsburg California motorists were robbed of jewelry valued at 8000 dollars by bandits on a highway near the city today. The incident occurred during daylight as the victims, unnamed travelers, were approached by armed robbers who escaped with the goods. A search followed, with police messages sent to nearby towns.
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United Press Dispatch
Pittsburg
California
Thugs Wound Manager in Robbery Attempt
Frank Renner manager of the light company was fatally wounded in McKeesport Pennsylvania during a struggle with a Negro thug who tried to take money he was taking to a bank. The assault occurred today and Renner was gravely hurt.
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Mckeesport
Frank Renner
Light Company
Operators report state highways in best condition
Indiana field operators report the state highway system is in excellent surface condition with detours mainly due to construction. Over the past month bridge projects eliminated run-arounds and more eliminations are planned before year end. Director John D Williams says roads are in the best shape since the system began over six years ago.
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Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
John D. Williams
Indiana
Union
Nebraska family wiped out in Christmas wreck
United Press reports near Pilger Nebraska five of six Von Seggern family members were killed when their car collided with a passenger train on Christmas Day. The survivors include Fritz Von Seggern, ? and Emil, 22, with two daughters 20 and 16 dying.
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Norfolk
Neb
Pilger
Fred von Seggern
Emil
Anna
Louisa
Fritz von Seggern
Indianapolis Markets Summary of Farm Prices
Special to Daily Citizen reports fresh eggs at 35-37 cents delivered in Indianapolis with a loss off. Poultry prices vary: hens 22-24 cents, Leghorns 15 cents, springers 22-24 cents, Leghorns and blacks 14-16 cents, young turkeys 35-37 cents, old turkeys 28 cents, cocks and stags 11 cents, ducks 16-17 cents. Butter prices for creamery fresh prints range 48-50 cents.
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Indianapolis
Lids Tilted on Christmas in Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s clean up crusader General Smedley D. Butler retires as holiday vice crackdown erupts. Resorts opened Christmas Eve and Christmas Day prompting forty raids and many arrests. Butler’s successor George W. Elliott vows to keep the lid clamped down amid renewed law enforcement.
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United Press Dispatch
Philadelphia
Smedley D. Butler
Butler
George W. Elliott
Santa Claus Dies During Christmas Eve Exercises
William Johnston, known to local children as Santa Claus, died at Harbor Reach Methodist Church in Port Huron while presiding over Christmas activities. His sudden death shocked about a hundred children who had adored him. Johnston's wife and three children were present as his body was moved to an undertaking establishment. The event interrupted but the church continued with the festivities.
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Port Huron
Mich
Santa Claus
Harbor Reach
William Johnston
Santa
Johnston
Leonard Quill Dies. Noted Republican Leader
Leonard M. Quill 57 a well known Republican political worker and leader collapsed and died from heart trouble while visiting his wife in a hospital. General services are scheduled tomorrow at the Elks lodge in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Leonard M. Quill
Elks Lodge
Quill
Salvation Army Thanks Community for Christmas Relief Support
The Salvation Army in Linton thanks businesspeople lodges and friends for helping with the Christmas relief program. Special appreciation to the Elks Lodge for clothing and gifts, Boy Scouts for assistance, and Vandalia No. 29 for support to county poor farm inmates.
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Linton
ThesSalvangas
Lodge of Elks
Vandalia No. 29
M. Morris
I’. Mulkins
Winter wheat acreage smaller than last year
Washington December 26 a slightly smaller acreage was sown to winter wheat this fall than a year ago due to unfavourable weather for plowing and seeding. The department of agriculture reports the area at 89,400,000 acres or 416,000 acres less than last year. Indiana wheat area totals 1,776,000 acres with a 70 percent condition.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Bud Fisher in $50,000 breach of promise suit
New York report states cartoonist Harry C Bud Fisher is defendant in a $50,000 breach of promise suit filed by Ada Shields. Shield's identity remains partly undisclosed as papers filed two weeks ago outline her resolve after reading news of Fisher’s recent marriage aboard the Leviathan to Countess Aedita De Beaumont of Paris.
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New York
The
New York American
Harry C (Bud) Fisher
Ada Shields
Miss Shields
Fisher
Aedita de Beaumont
Paris
New Mine Parley Hailed as End of Anthracite Strike
Scranton Pa December 26 reports say a Tuesday meeting in New York between anthracite miners and operators signals an early end to the four month strike. Priests urged immediate wage arbitration and work resumption with plans from Pinchot and Luzerne County legislators to be considered. The stoppage has cost miners over 100 million dollars and cut production by more than 25 million tons.
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Scranton
New York
Alvan Markle
Hazleton
Markle
Union League Club
Quest
Nan Ce
Ota
Lewis
Maj
W.W. W. Inglis
Luzerne
Wilkesbarie
Christmas Dance Ends in Shootout in Brooklyn
A Christmas party on Twentieth Street Brooklyn ends in a fatal shootout with three men killed. Patrolman Richard Morano found a body in the gutter outside the dance hall and traced blood into the building to discover two more dead men. None of the victims have been identified.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Dee
Twentieth Street
Richard Morano
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