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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1925
Page
4
Impartial chairman Markel unveils a ten year settlement plan for the anthracite strike offering wages at current levels to September and a nonbinding three miner three operator three public board with a later full vote. Miners view the plan as a dressed up arbitration framework and oppose it.
President Coolidge reports an optimistic outlook for 1925 with strong overall business prospects. He notes improvements in industry but cites farm sectors in the Midwest as not entirely satisfactory, while agricultural and industrial adjustments progress in a hopeful direction.
Otto Jack of Terre Haute and a second inmate slugged the jailer in Charleston Illinois early today and escaped as the guard’s gun was seized. They remain at large by this afternoon.
Tyre Clark formerly of Vicksburg and Midland faces execution in Arkansas on January 8 after failed appeals and clemency efforts. Attorneys Sidney Edington and Cary Herold returned from Little Rock hopeful only for limited progress as petitions circulate for a last-minute stay. Clark was convicted of the Sulphur Springs bank robbery attempt in which one man was killed. his alleged accomplices received prison terms.
In Indianapolis court, Judge Baltzell imposed prison terms on principals in the Jack Daniels booze conspiracy. Arnold Hellmich and Goldstein received two years and $5,000 fines each. Michael Kinney, a St. Louis state senator, was granted a new trial and released on $5,000 bond.
Indiana Public Service Commission secretary Howell Ellis says bus lines, now over 350 certificates since April, dominate commission time. He notes hearings on about 700 cases and predicts ongoing petitions for new lines, stock issues, and rate changes for another year before easing.
Colonel L. G. Nutt, head of the narcotics bureau, reports the roundup of more than 7,000 drug addicts during the year as part of a government campaign. Major-General John L. Hines calls for immediate passage of a selective draft law for rapid mobilization in case of war. William Green foresees an early end to the anthracite coal strike. Lincoln C. Andrews conducts an inspection trip in the South Atlantic to plug liquor leaks in Georgia and Florida.
Six fire companies battled a heavy snowfall blaze in Evansville Indiana to save the Washington Avenue Jewish temple. The interior was virtually ruined with damage estimated at 50 000 dollars and a 15 000 dollar pipe organ lost. Officials suspect defective wiring started the fire.
In Muncie Indiana on December 30 Judge Clarence Dearth granted an appeal to the state supreme court under the pauper law for One Arm Wolfe convicted of murder of Ben and Mary France. Wolfe's attorneys said he is without funds and asked the county to cover appeal costs.
Mrs. Lillian Th Disch widow of Joseph Disch a former roadhouse and saloon proprietor will receive 200000 if she remains unmarried. If she remarries she gets only her widow’s share. The estate valued at 200000 names her sole beneficiary under the conditions.
Plymouth Vermont dispatch reports Colonel John C Coolidge father of the president is "very comfortable" after another restful night. Mrs May Johnson his nurse says there have been no recurrences of heart block and the paralysis in both legs has shown no development.
A small dog named Julia protected the Travers home in Evansville by chasing off a burglar. In Marion a chicken escaped a truck and ended up at a Salvation Army home where residents ate it. Huntington hunters found a timber wolf masquerading as a rabbit after a shot underbrush disturbance. Greensburg reports a thief stole a Salvation Army Christmas basket.
A truck fire near the Indiana state house drew a fire truck that could have served two machines as crews fought the blaze.
Lebanon December thirty Arthur Seay learned not all that glitters is gold when he was arrested for intoxication after taking a card of collar buttons from a local store.
For the first time in Greensburg history a cop will be a cop here after January 1. On that date every officer will don a brand new uniform and wear them thereafter.
In Hartford City Indiana on December 89 the Wickersham home was logged as lost due to a lampless fire started when a son searched for his cap and struck a match. In Columbus Indiana Albert Yeley claims Bartholomew county corn husking title for 1925 with 18 1 2 bushels husked in nine hours.
United Press Dispatch reports in Chicago that eighty women, many mothers, will serve jail terms after an appellate court upheld five to forty day sentences for picketing clothing company premises in violation of an injunction. Attorneys stated most accused will begin serving within two weeks, with no appeal planned. Seventy-seven others faced similar charges, including seven men.
The Senate will vote on seating Gerald Nye as senator desig nate from North Dakota when Congress reconvenes Monday. It will consider a majority report opposing Nye and a minority report in his favor. Irreconcilables will introduce drastic revisions to the Coolidge World Court plan when the session opens.
In Indianapolis two bandits attempted a grocery store robbery. Lee Cooley, owner, was wounded but fought back by throwing canned goods at the suspects until they fled. Police search continues for the perpetrators.
Eleven people were killed in traffic accidents in Muncie and nearby areas this year despite authorities efforts to teach motorists that caution pays. The report notes ongoing police and safety campaigns as fatalities mount.
A death crossing on state road number one two miles north of Scottsburg will be eliminated by an overhead crossing. The cost will be shared 25 percent each by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Interstate Public Service Company, with the remaining 50 percent covered by the state highway commission.
Peking report says General Hui Shu Cheng, a noted Chinese leader, was assassinated in revenge for the earlier slaying of another prominent Chinese figure.
Disaster from Transylvania floods as villages submerged and lifelines fail. Romanian authorities draft workers to build dams while rivers like the Rhine rise across Cologne and Amsterdam reports gale and flooding strain communications between England and Paris.
Luther Short, 80, journalist and diplomat, died in a Daytona Beach hospital. Rheumatism of the heart listed as cause. Short edited the Franklin Democrat in Indiana and served five years as Consul General at Constantinople during the Cleveland administration. Burial planned in Franklin, Indiana.
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