22 Jan 1920
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
1
Attorneys clash over motions to dismiss in the trial of suspended New York Assemblymen. The proceedings unfold with sharp exchanges and bitter rhetoric as counsel dispute legal grounds and procedural steps.
Albany reports the judiciary committee hears defense of five suspended socialists amid charges of allegiance to an alien empire. Martin W. Littleton argues Trotzky Lenin influence and that the party seeks to install a soviet government in the United States. He labels the socialists agents of the Internationale and aliens paying party dues. The session pauses amid demonstrations.
The state convention of the American Insurance Union and district representatives drew 700 to 800 insurance men to Logansport yesterday. A public meeting in the I O O F hall attracted about 500, followed by a dance for 200 couples with a buffet luncheon. National officers praised the event as highly successful and honored local organizer W B Myers for arranging the program.
A young woman arrested in Atlanta admitted she is Jeanne De Kay of Chicago, prompting a nationwide search. Police had first thought she was Jeanne de Longe, a Belgian widow, and she claimed she was en route from Columbus to Pensacola to fly. Telegrams to Chicago seek precise descriptions as investigators press for details. The suspect refused to discuss her motive or whereabouts over the past ten days.
The Dutch government drafts its reply to the allied demand to surrender the German emperor for trial. It will be sent this week to the Dutch minister at The Hague for transmission to the allies, with a firm stance to decline extradition following diplomatic precedent. An official says no contact has been made with the Associated Press about the reply.
Eight Michigan division of the Pennsylvania employees riding a gasoline handcar were injured at 11:20 AM when their handcar was struck at the Smith street crossing by J. C. Imbler's Overland car. Constable Reid accompanied Imbler. both drivers unhurt.
Withdrawal of American Red Cross personnel in Siberia is under way with most members departing via Vladivostok. Only seventeen nurses at Irkutsk and six male staff remain, and hospitals at Irkutsk and Verkhneudinsk have been turned over to anti Bolshevik representatives and the Russian Red Cross.
John Portz shot and killed Mrs. Emma Geeseaman in her room about 7 30 this evening and then committed suicide. No motive has been ascertained. Mrs Geeseaman's husband died about a year ago and Portz had recently worked with her in a kerpine company.
Cass circuit court awarded damages totaling 4 000 to administrators of two deceased women in the 1918 Cicott street interurban crash that killed Bert McCain Maggie Lantz and two year old Dale Edwin Taylor. A separate settlement for the child’s death was 500. Attorneys from McConnel Jenkines Jenkines Rabb Mahoney and Fansley represented plaintiffs. Pollard Cartwright Wasson and others represented the Ft Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Co.
Ed Jackson of Lafayette announced he accepted Governor Goodrich's offer to become secretary of state. The post was vacated by the death of William A. Roach. Jackson previously held the office in 1916 and is seen as a potential future Republican gubernatorial candidate.
Chicago officials announce 38 members of the communist labor party including William Bross Lloyd are indicted on conspiracy to overthrow the government by force under the state syndicalism act. Arraignments are set for Monday as raids by State Attorney Hoyne yield more expected indictments. Prominent names include August Wegenknecht and John Reed with others from New York and Indianapolis.
Fort Wayne Indiana January 21 searchers comb the ruined Weil Brothers storage house after a fire that destroyed hides and wool valued at half a million dollars. Henry Ranney 72 is feared dead after fleeing toward the front during the blaze with W Burton who was rescued. The blaze caused by spontaneous combustion in baled wool is one of the city’s most sensational fires in years. The loss runs into hundreds of thousands and is only partly insured. The firm will continue in business.
Childress Texas January 21 Four men are dead at Memphis twenty miles from here and six others are recovering from the effects of drinking hair tonic believed to contain wood alcohol.
Washington January 21 marked progress toward a Senate peace treaty compromise as four Republicans and five Democrats reported improved prospects for agreement. Leaders cautioned the situation could shift, with further sessions planned after separate party councils.
Congress held its thrift week celebration with a wave of cost cutting in both chambers. The House public buildings committee declined to push a public buildings bill this session, while the House foreign affairs committee trimmed the diplomatic and consular service appropriation to 8 848 038, far below the State Department request and last year’s total. Senate eliminated 42 500 000 from the Americanization bill and replaced it with 6 500 000 for use through the end of the 1921 fiscal year. Republicans and Democrats largely united to slash pork and wasteful spending. Senators Mc Cumber and Dial endorsed the Americanization cut as fiscal restraint. Continued on page tig.
Armour & Company reports fiscal year 1919 gross sales of 1.938 billion with net income of 14.098 million. This marks the first billion dollar turnover, up from 861 million in 1918, yielding 6.74 percent net return on capital and 1.35 cents per dollar of sales.
Dr George H Richardson rector of Trinity Episcopal church has received a call from The Church of the Advent in Indianapolis and will probably accept. If he goes, Loganport loses a pastor who has contributed to city improvement as the Indianapolis parish offers substantial remuneration and plans to build a new church on Meridian Street with a wealthy professional and business community.
The Senate debated naval decorations controversy twice with Major General George Barnett and Rear Admiral A W Grant as witnesses. The issue centered on Admiral Sims testimony and alleged disclosures of confidential instructions. Chairman Hale postponed votes and scheduled Admiral Knight to testify next, while Barnett defended Daniels against critics.
William Spindler 70 or 79 according to report shot and killed his four children and daughter-in-law then died by suicide in Fort Wayne Indiana around midnight. Neighbors found bodies at 6 pm after door was broken down. Spindler recently bought a farm for 2000 down payment and financial worries were said to have broken his mind.
Terre Haute Indiana January 21 Convention of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce adjourned after elections and resolutions J A Van Osdel Anderson first vice president elected president Charles W Falcher Muncie elected first vice president G B Luckett Crawfordsville second vice president John Ek Northway Columbus secretary Eben H Wolcott Indianapolis treasurer Resolutions pledge support for Americanization and closer ties with national groups. Pear
Chicago reports 61 influenza deaths in 24 hours with 2,008 new influenza cases and 1,881 pneumonia cases. Health Commissioner Robertson notes the epidemic’s wild character and easing nurse shortage as 100 Visiting Nurses assist 80 municipal tuberculosis sanitariums to clear calls.
Clarence C. Otto of Montgomery Street reports a family keeps a newspaper printed on wallpaper found by his grandfather, Conrad Fleck, a Union Army member, at the fall of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. The relic is a treasured keepsake among a few similar items.
Dublin January 21 Assistant Commissioner of Police Redmond was shot and killed at 6 30 pm in Harcourt Street. He drew his pistol and fired in self defense as he fell, still clutching his automatic. Redmond had been brought from Belfast to aid Dublin Police after several unsolved killings. Yurles Ireland January 21 another constable was shot and badly wounded returning home. Armed squads searched the district and made new arrests.
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