Drowning of Toward Sebree Reported by Cousin
A telegram from Miss Ora Sherman announced the drowning of Toward Sebree of Gary in Lake Michigan yesterday afternoon. The body had not been recovered. Sebree, 24, had served briefly in the recent war and later worked at Gary Steel Mills. He was a former Madison resident and active in Trinity Church Bible class.
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Ora Sherman
Sebree
Gary
Lake Michigan
Midison
Sebreck
Gary Steel Mills
Scott
Trinity Church
Railway shopmen ponder wage vote after offer rejection
Washington reporters say the Shopmen Committee of 100 rejected the administration 4 cent per hour raise and called federated unions to vote secretly on acceptance or rejection. No strike until final action by individual unions. division persists over referendum versus original 85 cent demand.
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Washington
Bert M. Jewell
The
A F .L
Fison
Committee of 100
Shipmen's Committee of 100
Federated Trades
Railroad Director Hines Promises Thorough Wage Review
Washington reports Railroad Director Hines says the Rail Road Administration will give thorough going consideration to any claims for wage readjustments by railroad employees. Also noted are notes on turkey red dye from the Indian madder plant and triangular playing cards under a new patent.
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Washington
Hines
Railroad Administration
Figures On Tax Increase In Jefferson County
Tax measures target Hanover town with a 10 percent rise on lots, lands and improvements. Personal property faces a 30 percent increase across all townships, towns and cities in Jefferson County.
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Jefferson County
Madison
North
Town of
Hanover
Indianapolis
State Tax Commission
Treaty 10 amended to exclude Americans from commissions
Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted nine to seven to rewrite Versailles treaty text to remove American representation from most commissions. They left the league and reparations commission intact, but struck out references to the United States as part of about fifty positions defining duties and powers.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League
United States
Aerial Derby Between New York and Toronto Thrills Fans
The New York Toronto aerial derby built to a neck and neck battle this afternoon. Lt Plumb reached Toronto from Mineola at 11 45 and started back fifteen minutes later. Sgt Combs and Maj Schroeder reached Mineola last night and race toward Toronto.
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Buffalo
Plumb
Sergeant Combs
Major Schroeder
Toronto
Mineola
Combs
Schroeder
Combination Among Coal Operators Lacks Existence
Washington reports J. D. Morrow vice president of the National Coal Association told a Senate sub committee that combination among bituminous coal operators to fix or maintain prices does not exist and would not be possible if attempted. He said prices declined under current competition.
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Washington
J. D. Morrow
National Coal Association
Senate
Riot at Montour Coal Mine Claims Young Life
Riot at the Montour Coal Company mine in Springfield Illinois turns deadly as factions clash using guns bricks and clubs. A 14 year old boy dies while police and deputies restore order after shots are fired amid the mob. Property transfers listed include Isabelle Doig Henry M Lee Agnes D Lee and Harry R Barber in Hanover Monroe Township.
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Springfield
Montour Coal
Isabelle Doig
Henry M. Lee
Hanover
Agnes DD. Lee
Harry R. Barber
A.C. Lehman
Monroe Township
Major General Hale Leads First Enrollment at Army College
Major-General H. C. Hale, commandant, becomes the first pupil at Camp Dix Army College as he enrolls in a motor mechanics course. The program buildings and equipment, including textbooks, were donated by the Knights of Columbus.
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NEW Army College
H. C. Hale
Camp Dix Army College
Knights of Columbus
Orders Increasing Taxes in Indiana Counties
Indiana state orders raise tax assessments by millions under a new full valuation law with levy reductions to balance. Every county is affected with increases up to 100 percent in some cases and smaller adjustments in Noble Carroll and Gibson counties. The move comes from the State Board of Tax Commissioners third equalizing session to harmonize county and property class assessments.
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Indiana
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Gibson County
Noble
Carroll
State Board
Advocates Commission to Visit Jefferson County Routes
A Jefferson county Good Roads Committee session sent representatives to Versailles to meet with Hon. Lo Wright of the State Highway Commission. They discussed routes for state highways to Madison, including Michigan road, North Vernon to Madison, and a new Madison east to Vevay line with uncertainties on the Scottsburg west leg. The commission will likely visit week after next to review proposed routes with local farmers and officials.
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Good Roads Committee
Versailles
Lo Wright
Commission
Madison
Jefferson County
Messrs
C.S. Dibler
George M. Daily
John McCrregay
J. J. Kasper
Commercial Club
Meeet
Mr Wright
John Inglis
William A Bierck
Joseph M. Cravens
Ro Owl Wood
James Miles
Michigan Road
Wright
Ripley County
Osgeod
Jeffersons County
North Vernon
Dupont
Vevay
Scottsburg
State Highway Commission
Indiana Teachers Receive 53 Life Certificates Under Vesey Law
Fifty three Indiana teachers are to be awarded life certificates including Madison natives Miss Vinnie Gray and Miss Jessie A. Wood. Gray teaches in the 1A and 2B grades at the Lower Seminary and is daughter of Mrs. Eliza Gray of Mulberry Street. Wood, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert I Wood of Ryker's Ridge, teaches 1B at the Lower Seminary. The Herald extends congratulations and notes their zealous study for efficiency.
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Barbara Schlereth
Richard Roe
Louisville
Hugo Lang
Newcastle
Madison
Indianapolis
Indiana
Vesey
Vinnie Gray
Jessie A. Wood
Miss Gray
Eliza Gray
North Mulberry Street
Miss Wood
Robert If. Wood
Ryker's Ridge
Herald
Government reply to Mexico protest may be sent today
Washington August 26 Secretary Lansing announced that the government's reply to Mexico's protest over an invasion may be sent today.
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Lansing
Washington
Mexico
Army food sales from retail stores in zone cities start September
War Department announces that army food sales direct to the people from retail stores in fourteen zone supply cities will begin September 25. Other items list local events with dates such as Old Settlers at Liberty on August 28 and Indiana State Fair from September 1 to September 6.
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Washington
Retai
War Department
Liberty
Neuville Grove
Volga
Moorefield
Indiana
Clerk Prenatt’s Fine Record Exam Cleared
State Board of Accounts field examiners completed an audit of County Clerk Prenatt’s office and reported a clean bill of health for the records and administration. They began reviewing County Recorder Watson’s records, noting the start of the next phase of the audit.
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State Board of Accounts
Prenatt
Watson
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Pep
Jazz Orchestra
Moon Lite Excursion
New York
Michigan
OF Indiana
This City
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G. A R. Jubilee
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Madison Safe Deposit & Trust
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