City Judge Gerdink Appointed by Mayor Faces Lawsuits
Terre Haute Indiana December 8 Judge John Gerdink serving as city court judge by mayoral appointment Lyons and W T Gleason presented a governor signed commission to oppose his tenure Gleason has retained five Democratic law firms to defend in two suits challenging mayoral appointment power The first suit will be heard Thursday Police will recognize Judge Gerdink until courts rule on the issue
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Gerdink
Lyons
W.T Glea’son
Hanly
Gleason
Police Department
Gerdink
Congress
New Mexico
House
Young
Michigan
Henry A. Rainey
Ilinois
Panama Canal
Douglas Robinson
New York
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Willliam Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Hendricks County Kidnapping Mystery In Danville
Danville Indiana authorities pursue a kidnapping case after a girl, Eva line BE McHargue, vanished near North Salem while returning from school. A strange man and heavy set woman were seen leaving a closed carriage with the girl, and investigators have questioned several people but found no leads. The disappearance is treated as involuntary and ongoing.
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Danville
Ind
Hendricks County
Iystery
North Salem
Eva
McHargue
Fred McHargue
Graid
Sity
Suspicions Confirmed in Mine Death at Sullivan
Coroner's verdict in Sullivan Indiana confirms Melvin Tennis, a mine electrician, was killed by unknown persons. His mangled body was found near the Evansville and Fort Wayne road with a fractured skull. The crime appears to be murder with no clue to the perpetrator.
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Sullivan
Ind
Melvin
Evansville & Ferre. Haute
Brewer
Conchal
Taken Away for Safe Keeping Near Seymour
A Black man accused of assault near Seymour was moved from Seymour to Brownstown for safety after a mob formed. Authorities sought a court order to remove him to Indiana Farmatory at Jeffersonville for gate keeping. The man was chased by dogs for eighteen hours and tracked thirty miles from the crime scene before capture.
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Brownstown
Dee
Harold Dannettell Haarter
Nouth
Seymour
Jeffersonville
Arrests In Sullivan Murder Case Stir Local News
In Sullivan Indiana on December 8 two miners Ames Slader and Rey Slader were charged with the murder of Melvin Ennta whose body was run over by a freight near City a week earlier. Marshal Charles Shepherd arrested the suspects who claim to have alibis at the preliminary hearing.
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Sullivan
Ind
Ot ‘Melvin
Ennta
Vandsville
Terre Haute Road
Far City
Ames
Rey Slader
Mar
Charles
Shepherd
Gibsonville
Walter Wood
Convicts and Assaults Reported in Topeka Sunday Work Scene
Readable fragments describe convict activity and a Sunday incident at a house. Names appear garbled but point to a staged assault linked to a larger crime or security breach. The text mentions a Topeka setting and a secluded area near a significant wall or structure.
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Deen
Bac
Ophres
Nyfcs
Whalen
Eee Vidtell
Jane Ag
Baby Scalded to Death in Brazil Home Accident
A infant died from burns sustained when boiling water spilled at a residence in Brazil. Authorities report the child suffered injuries after being scalded by hot liquid. The incident prompted a local investigation into household safety.
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Brazil
Missing letters found north of Wakarusa mail heist
Two bushels of letters found on a farm north of Wakarusa reveal stamped dates and destinations from Michigan. Many letters opened contained checks and money orders ignored, suggesting a targeted search for valuables. Mail was turned over to Postmaster Nusbaum and then to federal authorities.
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Lonsly
Faem
Elkhart
Goatieli
John Huber
Buntink
Wabash
Tarusa
Wakarusa
Lake Shore
Nusbaum
Wakarisa
Lodge Offers Reward in Gertrude Thomas Disappearance Case
Fort Wayne Indiana December 8 Charity lodge No 17 Daughters of Rebekah votes to offer a reward for information about Gertrude Thomas who vanished from New Haven about a year ago. The disappearance involved disguises and a lover and relatives fear she may be dead.
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Fort. Wayne
Ind
Gertrude Thomas
New Haven
Charity Lodge No
Rebekah
Lodge
Returns to Face Charges in Indiana Case
Bloomington Indiana December 8 Former County Recorder Thomas Gollivar who recently had a bench warrant issued after an indictment for embezzlement of 1500 of the county funds returned to the city from Orleans and surrendered himself He said he is eager for trial and confident he will not be convicted He claimed the money he kept was due to a misinterpretation of the law and after learning of the irregularity the funds were returned to the treasury.
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Bloomington
Ind
Thomas Gollivar
Orleans
Woodruff Sentenced for Life in Death of Wife
Brookville Indiana reports Jess ie Woodruff found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Woodruff, a former soldier, killed his wife on September after she applied for divorce and then shot himself in the heart region and temple, surviving despite seriousness of injuries.
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Woodruff
Brookville
iInd
Jessie Woodruff
Highwaymen Shoot Victim in Mooreaville Robbery
Indianapolis report says 64 year old William H Andrews of Mooreaville Ind was shot during a market street holdup on Market and Missouri streets. He was taken to City Hospital believed dying. Two Black suspects fled but were later captured by police.
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Indianapolis
William “Hh Andrews
Mooreaville
Ind
Market
Missouri
Andrews
City
Postoffice Fire Destroys Decatur Indiana Store and Buildings
Magley area blaze destroys Robert Case's general store and four smaller structures including warehouse, granary, coalhouse, and a dwelling. Post office housed in the main building. minor mail loss. Damage estimated at 10000 dollars with 2500 dollars insured.
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Manley Postofice
Decatur
Ind
Dee
Robert Case
Magley
Here
Despondent young man attempts suicide in Lafayette
Ollie Ruff eighteen son of Elmer Ruff engineer at Romsey elevator shot himself in the left breast in an act of self harm. He blamed unemployment for his despondency and had been working as a bellboy at the Hotel Lahr in Lafayette Indiana.
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Lafayette
Ind
Ollie Ruff
Elmer i\Ruff
Romsey
Ruff
Lahr
Brother-in-law fatally shoots Halberstadt in Rutland
Dec 8 ordered to hold Hunt after he shot his brother-in-law Charles Halberstadt to death. The two men, Hunt and Halberstadt, had a months long feud reported as a source of the fatal act.
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Okonio
Hunt
Chas
Halbers Halberstadt
Halberstadt
Death of Ethim Meharry Sparks Poisoning Suspicion
Reported death of Ethim Meharry, a retired farmer, with sudden symptoms of poisoning. Indictments and rumors involve Gyroyer and P Levering as persons of interest. Meharry described as a second degree Mason who owned valuable county land.
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Gyroyer
Levering
Ethim Meharry
Webbhy
Trial for life in Indianapolis jury hears Bai ie charged with murder
Thomas Bai ie is on trial in Indianapolis today for the murder of Chea Guster in a boarding house quarrel. The case centers on the dispute over the merits of the boarding house where the men lived.
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Indianapolis
Thomas “Baiie
Chea Guster
Ae 1A
Canling
His Go Nan Ser Walt Ie
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A Busy day in World Politics and Tragedies
Herbert L. Satterlee named assistant secretary of the navy. Vienna streets toll four dead in imperial jubilee crash as Prague riots widen and may trigger martial law. Eleven other items include a Chicago murder suicide, mint coinage totals, steamship Ginse Maru sinking, and political moves in Taft era.
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Herbert L. Satterlee
New York
J. P. Morgan
Navy
Vienna
N. P. Errington
Chicago
Hot Springs
Ark
Memphis
United States
Prague
Ginse
Carlisle Indians
Nebraska State University
Anthony Shapiro
Dickson City
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Taft
Afolio
Secretary of the Treasury
Pittsburg
North
Curry
New Mexico
Washington
Arizona
Newfoundland
Isthmian Canal Commission
Senate seeks inquiry into Japanese American entente impact
Washington December 8 The entente with Japan on Chinese territorial integrity prompts Democratic and minority leaders to push an inquiry to classify the understanding as a treaty before the Senate. Senator Bacon supports Senate sanction of any binding agreement while Senator Culberson presses lawyers for analysis.
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Washinton
China
Senate
Bacon
Commitee
Rooseve
Culberson
Death of Admiral Coghlan
New Rochelle New York December 8 Rear Admiral Joseph B Coghlan retired is dead here aged sixty four.
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Coghlan
New Rochelle
N. Y
Joseph B. Coghlan
Market Quotations Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Indianapolis prices show wheat at 1.04 to 1.05 for No 2 and No 2 ned, corn 41 cents, oats 49 cents. Hay timothy 12.50 13.50, mixed 11.00 11.50, cattle 3.50 7.00, hogs 4.00 6.00, sheep 2.50 4.00, lambs 3.00 6.25. Cincinnati lists wheat 1.10 No 2 red, corn 62.34, oats 52 cents, cattle 5 5 8B, hogs 3.35 5.80, sheep 3.50, lambs 3.00 5.50. Chicago shows No 2 red 1.07 1/8, corn 4c, oats fle, cattle steers 4.60 8.00, stockers 2.50 4.85, hogs 5.30 5.85, sheep 4.00 4.50, lambs 6.25 8.76. Livestock in New York cattle 72.50 7.00, hogs 5.00 6.00, sheep 2.25 4.25, lambs 5.50 7.35. East Buffalo hogs 6.50 4.60, lambs 5.00.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
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