24 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1919
Page
1
Board of Works approves resolution stating intention to implement recommendations to bring the city's light plant to first class condition. Loganport Utilities Company bears a major portion of the city's electric load, signaling significant infrastructure steps ahead.
The city board of works adopted a resolution acknowledging chamber of commerce and local railroad input to place the municipal electric light plant in first class condition. Work starts immediately, likely shutting the plant for a week or ten days while Logansport Utilities supplies power to prevent outages.
General John J. Pershing returned to his boyhood home in Laclede on December 23. He shared turkey dinner, received a medal and loving cup, and was greeted by relatives and old friends. Pershing toured the house, spoke to attendees, and later departed for Lincoln, Nebraska.
Logansport marks Christmas with city and county offices banks and most stores closed. Post Office schedules one rural and city delivery. Tribune suspends Friday printing. Merchants report a new single day sales record and praise early shopping by the public.
Cambridge City Indiana Roy Frunberg an electrical dealer died after his auto was struck by an interurban car three miles north of town. The collision occurred this afternoon as Frunberg sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene or en route to a local facility.
The Tribune states it will publish a Friday morning edition following Christmas Day. The note indicates a temporary schedule change with circulation tied to the holiday period.
In Evansville Indiana a circuit court jury convicted County Commissioners John Kerts and Walter S Williams on eight of sixteen charges for impeachment. Special Judge Wheeler will declare their offices vacant tomorrow. Charges included selling a county truck to themselves awarding contracts without bids and paying bills improperly. Indictments against the men remain pending. successors will be appointed by Louis Winternheimer and County Auditor Copeland.
Washington leaders in both parties announced an early new congressional inquiry into radical activity in the United States. The plan includes hearings on radicalism to begin after holidays at eastern ports and review of sedition documents seized by the Justice Department.
Reports from Washington say Bolshevist raids along the Siberian railroad against Japanese positions in September and October totalled 436. The situation is described as precarious, with calls for reinforcement or withdrawal as American troops stay farther east. Japanese officials discuss measures with Secretary Lansing as Tokyo weighs holding lines versus risking wholesale Russia collapse.
Middletown Conn Dec 23 Eight patients believed burned to death when a frame building in the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane group was destroyed. Fifty three patients were in the building. by midnight forty five had been accounted for.
The Navy faces growing dissatisfaction over Secretary Daniels awards policy after Admiral Sims declines the Distinguished Service Medal. Congress leaders Page and Dufkin seek official reports on decorations, prompting new tensions in naval administration amid ongoing criticisms and defenses of Daniels. The Newport Naval War College note reveals Sims’ recommendation matched to a lower decoration under Daniels revision.
Richmond Indiana December 23 George McDermott of St Louis Missouri is dead Roy Bergin of Knoxville Tennessee is seriously injured in hospital after drinking denatured alcohol Coroner Dr Edgar Bond says both men were found in a serious condition in a railroad yard where employed by a construction company McDermott died at 7 this morning after being taken to a hospital Bergin's left side was paralyzed.
Thousands of uninvited children crowded the Saventy-First regiment armory for a charity Christmas fete. Presents were stacked for invited guests as a riot erupted with about fourteen thousand youngsters scrambling for gifts and only a portion receiving packages. The chaotic scene disrupted the event and drew AP coverage from New York.
The weather bureau predicts no widespread snow east of the Mississippi for Christmas Eve and Day. Some light snow may hit the Great Lakes area, but it remains mostly local. Last week’s snows persist due to continued cold, while the mid Atlantic and New England may see duller skies and moderate temps in the middle west.
Two men, Raymond Rodriguez and Adriano Hera, were arrested after a hammer assault on Dallas residents Aloysius and wife at a hotel apartment. Police connected handwriting to ten other hotel registers and linked the men to a $100,000+ spree including a $40,000 Ho tel Wallace robbery. authorities noted similar sightings in New Rochelle.
A judge informs miners leader AFK Ing Anderson that he will be released and that miners are to return to work under a settlement agreement. The ruling shifts tensions as negotiations outline terms for resumed production.
Indianapolis Dec 23 A call for a Friday meeting of the council board of the Kansas district of the United Mine Workers to decide steps to end the thousand employes of the Central Coal and Coke company was issued by Alexander, president of the district, before his departure for Pit Kan.
A letter from Franklin D Olier national commander of the American Legion urges the War Department to delay releasing hospitalized veterans to civilian life after 12 months of treatment until Congress passes funding and government agencies are prepared. The letter notes discharged men receive little support when ill and criticizes reliance on charity.
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