City seeks 50000 time warrants for electric plant recovery
With only 15000 on hand and February bills looming the city, through City Attorney Robert C. Hillis, filed with the state tax commissioners for authority to issue time warrants up to 50000 as temporary loans for the electric light department. A hearing is set for February 14 in Indianapolis. Warrants would bear 6 percent interest and be repaid in 1920 from department revenues or tax money if needed. The council to consider a related ordinance at the February 2 meeting.
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Municipal Electric Light
Oval
Robert C. Hillis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
City Electric Light Department
Tax Commission
Indianapolis
Hillis
City
U S Skeptical Of Proposed International Conference
Secretary Glass told the Chamber of Commerce the United States opposes government control of trade and finance and favors private credits. He warned the conference would cause confusion and imply burdens on the United States, calling international bond issues and exchange stabilization plans impractical amid tax and fiscal policy inequalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Treasury
Glass
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Treasury
New to Begin Serving Indeterminate Murder Sentence
Attorneys for Harry New announced he would leave for San Quentin within five days to begin serving an indeterminate sentence of 10 years to life for the second degree murder of his fiancée Freda Lessen.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Harry New
Freda Lessen
San Quentin
Starvation Threat Widespread in Southwestern Newfoundland
Captains Pettipas and Shaw report severe winter conditions along the Reid Newfoundland railway. Their schooners Itasca and Cecil L. Beck are iced in North Bay and Port Aux Basques. Villages face flour shortages as rail traffic remains blocked, with weeks needed to resume service.
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Associated Press
Halifax
N.S
Newfoundland
Reid Newfoundland Railway
Pettipas
Shaw
Itasca
Cecil L. Beck
North Bay
N. F
Port Basques
Sidney
N. S
Port Aux Basques
Gar shortage again looms over county farmers
A serious railroad car shortage grips farmers as elevator demand rises. Few cars are available for shipments, halting produce movement to markets. Elevators restrict grain purchases while rail officials offer no immediate relief. Wheat shipments claim 75 percent of cars, leaving 25 percent for farm produce. Conflicts with railroad officials yield no improvement yet.
Elks Lodge Holds Social Session And Initiation
About 300 Elks gathered at the lodge home on Fifth and North streets for a social and business evening. Twenty candidates were initiated, followed by athletic entertainment in the auditorium and a banquet to close the event.
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Jolly Elks
Fifth
North Streets
Newberry Trial Jury Selection Nears Finish
Grand Rapids Jan 29 The conspiracy trial of Michigan Republican leaders who aided the 1918 Newberry campaign nears the end of jury selection. Six peremptories used by the government, four by the defense, with ten remaining. Opening statements expected tomorrow as James Murfin plans to appear.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Truman H. Newberry
Federal District Court
Frank C. Dailey
Indianapolis
Martin W. Littleton
New York
Judge Sessions
James O. Murfin
Detroit
Senator Newberry
Mr. Murfin
Stolen Ford Recovered in Indianapolis as Two Youths Held
The Floyd Millions Ford was stolen Wednesday afternoon and found in Indianapolis yesterday. Two youths identified as Paul Jones of New Carlisle Ohio and Raymond Dean of Cresline Ohio are detained as fugitives. Police recovered a ten pound dynamite box inside the car and linked the case to alleged safe-blowers. Robert Millions traveled to Indianapolis to drive the car back for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Paul Jones
New Carlisle
Raymond Dean
Cresline
Cicott Inman
Millions
Robert Millions
No Settlement of Strike Declared by Machinists at Revere
The International Machinists Union of 63 Revere Motor Car machinists says the strike remains active and previous settlement talks failed. Officers issue the statement to dispel rumors of a break in the dispute. Rumors also circulate about American Legion post criticism over a Revere car giveaway at the winter garden event.
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International Machinist Union
Revere Motor Car Corporation
The
American Legion
Revere
Winter Garden
Bed
Withis
Venus The Likeliest Source Of Mars Signals Suggests Life
Smithsonian astronomer Dr. Abbot argues that Venus, not Mars, best fits conditions for potential life and for receiving wireless signals. He cites Venus’s cloud cover and water vapor, Earth's solar warmth, and Mars’ extreme cold and lack of atmosphere.
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Associated Press
Washington
Earth
William Marconi
Mars
Venus
8S. G. Abbott
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian Institute
Abbot
Dr. Abbot
Campbell
Lick Observatory
Jury Verdict Reached After Local Whipping Mob Action
In Tallulah Louisiana a resentful mob punished a juror who refused to convict Alvin Calhoun the confessed slayer of N E Arnold a white farmer The juror later agreed to murder in the first degree and was ordered to leave town by citizens.
Rail unions clash with railroads over wage cuts plan
Timothy Shea acting president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and Samuel Gompers of the AFL charged that certain railroads would cut wages when federal control ends. They denounced the Cummins bill and compulsory arbitration, arguing such moves would provoke strikes and prosecutions while urging workers rights and republican principles.
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Associated Press
New York
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
National Civic Association
Shea
Cummins
Senate
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Shaw
Japan Tops U S Imports From New York in December
New York reports Japan was the largest source of goods imported into the United States via the port in December, totaling $29,362,697 and surpassing England with $26,783,346. Total New York imports reached $221,159,962, up from $91,199,882 a year earlier.
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Associated Press
New York
Japan
United States
Custom House
England
Denmark
Argentina
France
Netherlands
Italy
Sete seLtia
Never Faltered As He Walked to Electric Chair
Ossining, N. Y. Gordon Fawcett Hamby, alias Jay B. Allen, longtime criminal and train bandit, was electrocuted at Sing Sing after a December 1918 Brooklyn bank murder spree. He declined chaplains and spoke clearly before the chair, declaring the misfortune of facing Jay B. Allen’s gun and urging the executioners to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ossinging
N. Y
Gordon Fawcett Hamby
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Hamby
Tacoma
Wash
Warden Lawes
Jay B. Allen
Interurban Derails in Richmond Wreck Injures Forty
An Ohio electric interurban derailed on a curve near Richmond Indiana injuring forty people ten seriously. The Dayton bound car toppled on its side sending passengers through windows with Reed Memorial Hospital treating the most injured. Names of the seriously injured include David Reehinheimer Myrtle Lott William Malone Everett Overholser Thurman Mattix Cornelius Mitchell James McPherson Charles Whitney Clyde McDaniels Benjamin McKee.
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Richmond
Ind
Ohio Electric Interurban
Reed Memorial Hospital
Dayton
Ohio
George Bevins
New York
David Reeinhimer
New Paris
Myrtle Lott
William Malone
Eaton
Everett Overholser
Campbellstown
Thurman Mattix
Cornelius Mitchell
James M’pherson
Westville
Charles Whitney
Clyde M’daniels
Benjamin M’kee
David Baker
Edward Good
West Alexandria
Sims charges prompt Senate naval inquiry
Washington reports that Admiral William S. Sims claims the navy was unprepared for U.S. entry into World War I and that the Senate sub-committee on the navy will investigate. Chairman Page asked Secretary Daniels to provide full prewar condition details. Hearing on the awards controversy was postponed due to Senator Trammell’s illness.
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Associated Press
Washington
William S. Sims
Senate
Sims
Page
Naval Committee
Daniels
United States
Senator Trammell
Dem
Florida
Admiral Sims
Not Held Prisoners Gusts of Greasers
Aviators of the 8th aero squadron at McAllen Texas await Mexican approval to cross the border to aid Lieutenants E F Davis and G E Grimes who made a forced landing near the Zapata county line. The fliers are not prisoners, stay in Guerrero, Mexico, while authorities decide on salvaging their craft. Major Torres reports no reply from Mexico City as of nightfall.
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Brownsville
Tex
8Th Aero Squadron
McAllen
E. F. Davis
G. E. Grimes
Zapata County
Torres
Matamoros
Mexican War Department
Grimes
Davis
Guerrero
Matamoras
Fort Brown
Mexico City
City mobilizes to curb influenza spread in Logansport
Logansport officials act to contain influenza and pneumonia cases with home warning cards, mandatory physician reporting, and improved ventilation in public venues. Streets and sidewalks will be flushed and cleaned to remove snow and ice believed to carry germs, while urging civic participation to prevent a broader outbreak.
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Logansport
Board of Health and City Administration
J. J. Stanton
City Board of Health
Board of Health
E. L. Tracy
Dr. Stanton
Stanton
Trial Capt Detzer Is Finally Finished
The court martial of Captain Karl Detzer for alleged cruelties to soldiers of the American expeditionary forces at Le Mans ended after eight weeks. The officers reached a verdict in under five minutes, but the decision will not be announced until it is forwarded to the War Department in Washington.
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New York
Karl Detzer
le Mans
Governor’s Island
Washington
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New Foundland
Newberry
Edward Anderson
Tustin
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Floyd
Smithsonian Sage
Barnard
Hale
Gompers
Organized Labor
Mr. Gompers
China
Our
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Little Isle
Country
Iron
Ohio Electric
Will
Mexico
Detzer
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