Border War Evidence Hits Mexican Complicity
San Antonio reports testimony from sheriffs, ranger service officers, customs collectors and district attorneys before a Senate investigation. They say no cooperation from Mexican authorities to curb raids, citing 1915 16 attacks linked to Carranza officers and the plan of San Diego. Witnesses recount killings near Sebastian Texas and raids including German ammo and uniforms, with the panel preparing to wrap up in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Antonio
Ranger Service
Senate
John Kleiber
Border County
Brownsville
FE. S McCain
Thomas Mayfield
Texas
Border Counties
Mar Agua
Rio Ide
Ngs
el Paso
Nursery to aid church attendance at Ninth Street Christian
Rev E Richard Edwards announced a Sunday day nursery at Ninth Street Christian Church Logansport to run during morning worship starting Sunday Jan 25. Mrs Edwards will manage with suitable staff. no expense to parents. Nursery to be in the pastor study and may expand as popularity grows benefiting parents and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street Christian Church
E. Richard Edwards
Edwards
Ninth Street
Rev Edwards
Rochester Barristers Remembered by Cass County Bar
The Cass County Bar Association honored Rochester attorneys Edward E. Murphy and J. Henry Bibler who died recently. Murphy, former Fulton county clerk, and Bibler, a noted criminal lawyer and county attorney, were linked to Rabb Mahoney Fansler in defending Fulton youths tied to the Zanger killing. The meeting adopted resolutions praising their careers. continued on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County Bar Association
Circuit Court Room
Edward E. Murphy
J. Henry Bibler
Rochester
Rabb
Zanger
Fulton County
Murphys
Efe
Biblers
Bibler
Local IU Alumni Celebrate Century of Indiana University
Twenty Cass County Alumni attended a Barnett dining room banquet at 6 30 PM to mark Indiana University hundredth anniversary. Prof McNutt praised the university history and urged attendance at June commencement. Dr Paul Bowers and Ben F Long spoke as trustees. Officers elected Merle Wall president Ora Cox vice president Ethel Richardson secretary Charles K Walsh treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
Indiana University
Hotel Barnett
McNutt
Law Faculty
I. U
Paul Bowers
Longcliff
Ben. F. Long
Cass County Alumni Association
Merle Wall
Ora Cox
Ethel Richardson
Charles K. Walsh
Currency Expansion Cited as Major Cause of High Living Costs
A 83 member Indianapolis credit men delegation attended the Muncie state conference to back Indianapolis for the 1921 national convention in Atlantic City. Dr Carl Leo Mees argued that inflation of currency accounted for 60 to 70 percent of higher living costs, with production shortages and profiteering as other factors. Fort Wayne chosen to host the 1921 conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Muncie
Ind
Indianapolis
Indiana Association of Credit Men
Indiana
Atlantic City
Carl Leo Mees
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Terre Haute
85 True Bills Found Against Leading Reds in Chicago
Chicago January 23 thousands of pages report indicates 85 members of the communist party were indicted by a special grand jury probing radical activities. Notables include Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes and editor Nicholas Hourwich. Bond set at 5000 per count for most. Edwin Firth arrested in Indianapolis and to stand trial in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Eighly
Communist Party
Grand
Rose Pastor Stokes
Communist Labor Party
John J. Ballem
Boston
A Bittleman
New York
Maximillian Copen
Charles Dirba
Minneapolis
Daniel Elbaum
Crowe
Edwin Firth
Indianapolis
Dr Brockway Faces March 15 Trial in Involuntary Manslaughter
Dr Charles J Brockway prominent Lafayette physician to be tried in Tippecanoe county circuit court on March 15 for involuntary manslaughter in the death of his wife Esther Burgman Brockway. The defendant is free on a $5000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Brockway
Charles J. Brockway
Lafayette
Esther Burgman Brockway
J. J. Campbell
Broadway
Tippecanoe County
Burgman Brockway
Charles P. Burgman Brockway
Jackson
Brockway
Liberty
Big Yeast Man Takes New Bride
Julius Fleischmann former Cincinnati mayor and millionaire manufacturer married Laura Hylan Heminway in New York. He is 48. she 26. Heminway had divorced Lewis Heminway of Philadelphia a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Julius Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Laura Hylan Heminway
Heminway
Lewis Heminway
Philadelphia
Fleischmann
Compromise Talks on Treaty Ratification Hit Severe Setback
Washington reports a major setback as eight Republican senators led by Johnson and Borah oppose further reservations. The protest threatens Senate unity and may push some toward third parties. Tao Taft urged compromise during a visit as bipartisan talks pause. Continued on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Johnson
California
Borah
Idaho
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Senator Sherman
Illinois
Taft
McCumber
North Dakota
McNary
Oregon
Kellogg
Minnesota
Colt
Rhode Island
Nurses Day Proclamations Honor Army Nurses
Governors of twenty one states set Sunday January 25 as Nurses Day to honor women who served American soldiers in Europe and at home. They notified the 3000 wounded men at Fort Sheridan who started the movement to ask people to wear a flower on Sunday for the army nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Europe
Fort Sheridan
Admiral Knight Proposes New Navy Valor Decoration
Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight urged Congress to create a distinct decoration for valor separating meritorious service from acts of heroism. He criticized limited medal options and argued for a separate award for non exceptional acts of courage while Secretary Daniels weighs the distinction amid Senate scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Austin M. Knight
Senate
Admiral Knight
Daniels
Charles J. Badger
Atlantic Fleet
Knight
Congress
Sedition bills face House floor clashes in January dispute
In Washington on January 23, the house rules committee and the house debated pending anti sedition measures. Republicans and Democrats sparred over Palmer handled press. Palmer denied promising support for Sterling and Graham bills while Davey’s proposal reflected his ideas on radical prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Sterling
Graham
Palmer
Rodenberg
Illinois
Davey
Ohio
Browne
Wisconsin
Huddleston
Alabama
Burke
Pennsylvania
Gary Attorney May Lose His Citizenship
A petition to cancel the citizenship papers of Paul H. Glaser, Gary attorney, was filed in federal court by United States District Attorney Frederick Van Nuys as the contempt trial continued. The filing precedes possible deportation and stems from Glaser advising defendants in an interstate shipment theft case to plead not guilty despite signed confessions. Judge A. B. Anderson ordered Glaser to turn over $345 in fees and a $300 mortgage securing another fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Paul H. Glaser
Gary
Frederick van Nuys
United States
Glaser
United States District
A. B. Anderson
Anderson
Netherlands Refuses to Surrender Former Emperor William
Paris dispatch reports the Netherlands government rejecting entente demands to hand over Wilhelm II for trial. The Dutch note stresses Holland is not party to the peace treaty and cannot betray its legal traditions and neutral stance while upholding its national sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Holland
William of Gemany
Foreign Office
Dunte
William Hohenzolle
Netherlands
Hiland
Wil
Hohenzollern
Germany
Andas
Society of Nation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carranza
San Diego
Octavio Guerra
Starr County
12Th Cavalry
Mexico
Nellie W. Austin
Sebastian
Tex
Rev. Edwards
Mrs. Edwards
Local Bar Association
E. E. Murphy
Detzer
Wier
Governor's Island
N. Y
John Wier
Karl Wilhelm Detzer
LeMans
France
Barnett
Rose
Albany
Louis Marshall
Charles Evans Hughes
Joseph B. M. Proskauer
New York Bar Association
New York State Assembly
THE
NAVY
Gompers
Representative Husted
Graham Dill
Representative Blanton
Republican Steering Committee
Organized Labor
Goment
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!