Police Court Busy This Morning Over Poultry Thefts
In a busy police court session three men pleaded guilty to petty larceny and reckless driving. Robert Bedwell admitted theft of chickens from farmers southwest of town. Ray Wright pleaded guilty to stealing chickens near Pleasantville and received a 20 day farm sentence. Albert Bedwell also pled guilty to reckless driving and received a 5 dollar fine and a suspended 10 day sentence to the state penal farm. The court noted a prior penal farm term for Wright and referenced a traffic-disobeying incident at Fourth and A streets Northeast leading to a Ju ling Cooper delivery truck wreck.
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Police Cour
Robert Bedwell
Bull
Ray Wright
Pleasantville
Wright
Albert Bedwell
Wiulty
Bedwell
Fourth
Sullivan
Scully
Martin
Judge Robert W Miers Still Active at 81
Bloomington Indiana December 20 This morning Judge Robert W Miers began his eighty first year as special judge in the manslaughter case against Raymond Stephens. Appointed in 1880 he has long served Monroe and Lawrence counties and attended nearly sixty Indiana University commencements. He has held university roles and political office including four terms in Congress and a life membership in the First Presbyterian Church.
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Bloomington
Ind
Robert W. Miers
Raymond Stephens
Miers
Francis Wilson
Ble
Monroe
Lawrence
Monroe County
Indiana University Law School
First Presbyterian Church of
Bloominton
Father of Nine Kills Three Brothers Then Ends Life
In Bakersfield California Albert Villard 50, a father of nine, hanged himself and shot himself after fatally wounding three brothers and wounding a fourth in the presence of his elderly parents. Villard had long held a grudge over a ranch share. Joe Villard, wounded, walked two miles to alert authorities.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Dee
Albert
Villard
Joe Villard
Indianapolis Markets Snapshot of Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Indianapolis market report from United Press Dispatch notes hog receipts at 8000 with varied weights priced from 7.25 to 8.90 per hundredweight. cattle and calves show slaughter classes little changed with beef steers 11.60 to 14.26 and wealers 15.50 to 16.50. sheep receipts 200 with top fat lambs at 13.25.
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Indianapolis
Poisoned water found in Colorado coal mines
In Colorado a water poisoning plot during the I W W strike prompted National Guard patrols at northern field wells after a report to Gov. Adams. Police raids on I W W hall in Trinidad led to mass arrests and a vigilante effort, with authorities citing a crank or strike sympathizer as the possible culprit.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Columbine
Citizens
Trinidad
Industrial Workers of the World
Adams
Adjt
Paul P. Newtoh
National Guard
KF. A. Cleary
James Espey
Health Department
Fi. W. W
Cleary
Tax rebates go to Taft and notables in Treasury list
Washington reports a treasury disbursement totaling 108.9 million dollars to 240000 taxpayers as refunds for federal taxes collected illegally in prior years. Notable names include Taft Lauder Lowden and the Duke of Marlborough along with Landis and Butler. The largest rebate is 5.06 million to Standard Oil Indiana and a one cent payment goes to Beneficial Loan Society of New York.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Harry Lauder
Frank O. Lowden
Duke of Marlborough
Kenesaw M. Landis
Smedley Butler
Treasury
Congress
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Beneficial Loan Society
New York
Stout arraigned in Indiana on barn fire charge
Stanley Stout twenty one was arraigned in Daviess circuit court on a charge of setting fire to neighbor 8 P Reeve s barn near Washington Indiana The barn was destroyed with several thousand dollars in loss Stout a former Reeve employee denied involvement after arrest on Wednesday
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Washington
Ind
Stanley Stout
Daviess Circuit Court
Reeve
Stout
Delegations from corn belt gather for midwest corn borer meeting
Attica Indiana prepares to host about 1000 attendees from corn belt states for a mid western conference on the corn borer. Congressman Fred S. Purnell, housing agriculture ties, will sponsor the corn borer appropriation and press for a 10 million dollar campaign. Purdue University Illinois University and other groups back his drive as they plan to communicate through him because many cannot travel to Washington. The Friday 10 am meeting will hear corn state representatives and business leaders endorse the plan to save the corn belt.
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United Press Dispatch
Attica
Ind
Fred S. Purnell
House Committee On Agriculture
Purnell
Department of Agriculture
Purdue University
University of Ilinois
American Farm Burau Federation
the Grange
Bankers Association
Railroads
Manufacturers Canners
Chamber of Commerce
State Conservation
Washington
Congress
Corn States
Corn Belt
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Greater Liniton Club
Linton Trust Co
Greater Linton Club
Alor
Radiola and
Crosley Dealer
Jack Spice
Linton Meadows Co
C. W. Heston
Mer
Uncle Sam
Fed
Rhodenbeck Bros
North Main Street
Corn Belt States
Welch Service
Harry Welch Rae Sae
Theatre
Paris
Garamount
Rena
Charley Chase
Pn the News
Jack Holt
Mysterious Rider
Zane Grey
Gene Tunney
Jack Hoxie
Sheriff of Hope Eternal” Comedy
Fashion Hat Shop
O. H. Hanger
Linton-Sullivan
Terre Haute
Linton
Dugger
Tation Dugger
Lacke
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