Infant death case prompts prosecutor review in Indiana
Coroner John Gootee of Martin county concludes Lillie Marie Thomas one month old died from starvation after parents reportedly failed to provide proper care. Neighbors say the family is mentally deficient and poverty is evident in the ill kept Lloyd school house area near Shoals. A neighbor assisted at birth but withdrew due to duties. milk was diluted with water as the child’s diet. Prosecutor Dobbins will consider action based on the coroner’s findings.
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Shoals
Ind
John Gootee
Martin County
Lillie Marie Thomas
Harrison Thomas
Gootee
Dobbins
Thomas
Lloyd
Mrs. Gompers Files Suit Over Husband's Will
Mrs Gertrude Gompers contests the will of her late husband Samuel Gompers labor leader alleging coercion by her stepson to cut her off from dower rights in a $30000 estate filed in Washington on January 6 by the International News Service.
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International Niews Service
Washington
Gertrude Gompers
Gompers
Samuel Gompers
Co op Leader Plans Libel Suit Against Henry Ford
Aaron Shapiro, pioneer of the farmers cooperative movement, told the national council he plans to sue Henry Ford for a million dollars. He cites Dearborn Independent articles accusing Shapiro of being backed by Jewish financiers to control agriculture.
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Uinternational News Service
Washington
Aaron Shapiro
National Council of Farmers A Co-Operative Marketing Association
Shapiro
Henry Ford
Ford
The
Dearborn Independent
Miners Vote Count Under Way in District 11
An official tally of the United Mine Workers District 11 election began yesterday in Terre Haute and will continue through today or tomorrow. Tellers named are Joseph Edwards of Bicknell Clyde Webster of West Terre Haute and Jno Sedden of Glen Ayr.
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Terre Haute
United Mine Workers of America
Joseph Edwards
Bicknell
Clyde Webster
West Terre Haute
Jno
Sedden
Glen Ayr
Will You Help to Provide Milk for Little Children
A plea from the Daily Citizen explains milk for public school children is short and some needy kids have been deprived. The paper offers to cover deficits, asks lodges or individuals to donate fifteen cents a week per child, and promises public accounting of contributions. Any surplus will go to a charity for other school needs.
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Daily Citizen
Red Cross
Indiana lawmakers weigh Branch message and leadership race
Indianapolis dispatch notes speculation on Governor Branch's likely policy guidance and the House speaker race with Harry Leslie favored, while the Senate pro tempore contest remains unsettled between Nedj and Thomas Daily.
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Indianapolis
Indiana General Assembly
Emmet I F. Branch
Harry G. Leslie
Lafayette
Nedj
Whiting
Senate
Thomas Daily
Indiana proposes state constable association for horse thief detec
A bill to reorganize the Horse Thief Detective association of Indiana would require members to own real estate and post a $1,000 bond. It sets residency and freeholder criteria, allows members to aid peace officers, and empowers the secretary of state to regulate charters. The measure targets abuses of state police powers amid a revival of the associations.
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Indianapolis
Horse Thief Detective Association of
Indiana
Frank M. Wright
Brazil
Russell V. Duncan
Secretary of State
State Constable Association
Horse Thief Detective Association
Germans in Paris for trade treaty
The German delegation in Paris to negotiate a Franco German commercial treaty denied reports that negotiations were broken off. The exchange centers on a bilateral trade accord amid ongoing diplomacy in the French capital.
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Paris
International
Serviciz
Germany
Senate Backs Coolidge Veto on Postal Pay Increase
The Senate sustained President Coolidge veto of the postal pay hike at 4 pm, winning more than two thirds in favor of the veto. The vote confirms opposition to the pay raise for postal workers amid international coverage.
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Coolidge
Legislature of A Bygone Era Faces Slow News and Tea
A historical reference recalls a legislature in days of slow communication and transportation, when catching horse thieves was difficult and escapes were easy for swift criminals.
Plot to assassinate Zinoviev foiled in Moscow
International News Service reports a conspiracy against Zinoviev, rival of Trotzky, uncovered in Moscow. Cadets loyal to Trotzky led by naval officers from Leningrad planned to ambush Zinoviev on arrival at Leningrad station. several leaders were arrested, halting the plot.
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Riga
M. Zinoviev
Teader
Leon Trotzky
Moscow
Trotzky
Leningrad
Zinoviev
Congressional divorce case grows spicy in Alpena
Mrs Edna Scott testified at a divorce trial that she entertained two rivals named by her husband a Michigan congressman The admission came during cross examination and she defended the arrangements saying there was nothing wrong in that
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Linternational News Service
Alpena, Mich
Edna Scott
Michigan
Senate votes on veto of postal salary bill
Washington January 6 The administration battles to sustain the president's veto of a postal salary bill as the senate weighs the veto with a high stake economy policy and revenue provisions.
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International News Servic
Washington
Senate
Fireman Killed in Freight Train Collision Near South Bend
Frank Doyle a 23 year old fireman was killed and engineer Ed Glossenger was injured in a rear end collision of two freight trains on the Michigan Central line near South Bend Ind. after both crewmen jumped from the locomotives Doyle's head struck the rails.
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International News Service
South Bend
Ind
Frank Doyle
Ed Glossenger
Doyle
Navy expert warns US battleships unprepared for war
William H. Shearer, a naval expert and financier, declares the United States heavy battleship fleet is not prepared to fight or retreat. He cites unelevated guns and slow speed as leaving American ships vulnerable to opponents with longer range and greater mobility.
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Lintisanational News Service
Los Angeles
Cal
America
William H. Shearer
Shearer
Washington
United States Navy
Statement by Warren Stone Declared Untrue by Union Officials
Percy Tetlow, head of the West Virginia district miners union, charged at a meeting that Coal River Collieries misrepresented mine status. He said Nos. 1 and 2 were idle, Nos. 3 and 4 used strike-breakers who later joined the union, and armed guards were employed at Nos. 3 and 4.
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Indianapolis
Warren G&5
Stone
The
Locomotive Engineers
Coal River
Company
Mine Workers of America
Percy Tetlow
West Virginia
Miners’ Union
Stone’s loading claims contradicted by miner wages
Stone says men would have to cut 275 to 300 tons daily, a claim he calls impossible. He states loaders earn $10 to $12.60 per eight hours, about 45 cents per ton, implying a 30 ton day. The West Virginia inspector’s report shows loaders averaging $10 daily, casting doubt on Stone’s statements.
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Stone
West Virginia
Floods Ravage Leningrad Area Causing Millions in Damage
International News Service reports widespread flooding in Leningrad, Russia, with sections of the countryside desolated and city areas submerged up to eleven feet. Damage is estimated at two million dollars as danger continues.
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N International News Service
Leningrad
Russia
Prison sentences in Joliet case draw crowds en route
Joliet's looming walls fail to dampen Elsie Sweetin's resolve as she heads to a 35 year term for poisoning her husband. Lawrence Hight begins life imprisonment at Menard after being convicted alongside her. Crowds greet the convoys, Hight flirts with notoriety, and he claims he did not poison Wilford Sweetin.
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International News ‘Service
ST. Louis
Joliet
Elsie Sweetin
MI. Vernon
Lawrence M. Hight
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Menard
Coal Drivers Strike Ends in Arbitration in Chicago
Chicago coal drivers and chauffeurs totaling about 3000 agreed to arbitrate after a one day strike that halted coal deliveries city and suburbs. State's Attorney Crowe named chief umpire with hearings to begin Friday afternoon. Main issues include a $1 daily raise and overtime pay basis.
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Chicago
Crowe
Coal Merchants’ Association
Watsons Choice Learned for Indiana U.S. Attorney
Indianapolis January 6 reports say Senator James E Watson considers Sidney Miller of Indianapolis for United States attorney for Indiana to succeed Homer Elliott Miller is grandson of former U S attorney general W H H Miller and is judge of the Marion superior court
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Indianapolis
James E. Watson
Sidney Miller
United States
Indiana
Homer Elliott
Miller
W. H. H. Miller
Benjamin Harrison
Marion Superior Court
Miners Strike Bloodshed Claims Union Official in Pa
Sam Pace, 31, secretary of a local miners union, was shot dead returning from a union meeting in Pittston Pennsylvania. Fourteen bullets struck him as three gunmen fled the scene, with the strike at the Pennsylvania Coal Company fueling tensions and fears of further violence.
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Pennsylvania Coal Company
Sam Pace
Indianapolis City Council Turmoil After President Thompson Elected
Indianapolis city council, nine members, is split with strife as majority faction threatens contempt against minority members following the election of B S Thompson as president. The discord centers on procedural votes and leadership control amid ongoing clashes within the council.
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Indianapolis
B. S. Thompson
Re Appraisal Ordered for Indiana Real Estate
Indiana state tax board orders a 1925 base year re appraisal of all real estate in the state. The move, urged by county assessors, hinges on law amendments to set 1925 as base and require new appraisals every four years. Governor and governor elect Ed Jackson will request the revision in their legislative messages.
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Indianapolis
State Tax Board
Indiana
Ed Jackson
English Remarry in Indianapolis After Daughter’s Request
Senator William E. English and Mrs Helen Orr English wed again in Indianapolis on January 5 at the urging of their daughter Rosalind English Parsons who died in a December automobile crash. The couple plans to live at Englishton Park in southern Indiana after the legislature adjourns.
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Indianapolis
Rosalind English Parsons
William E. English
Helen Orr English
English
Englishton Park
Indiana
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