Richmond City Light seeks rate hikes to save plant
Richmond council approved a new lighting and power rate schedule prepared by expert Benjamin Perk to avert a municipal plant deficit. The plan includes a $275,000 bond issue for a 5,000 kW turbine and faster action before revenue losses worsen. Coal purchases and suspending rules for a $25,000 appropriation sparked debate as the city faced a citywide blackout during deliberations.
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Richmond Municipal Electric
Benjamin Perk
Board of Public Works
Indiana Public Utilities Commission
Perk
Council
Thatcher
von Penn
Harry Gilbert
Gilbert
Richmond
von Pein
City council approves loan to meet current expenses
Richmond city council, in a suspended session, authorized a 40000 loan to cover general municipal costs for the year, pending state board approval. Officials cited rising costs and stagnant revenue despite higher valuations and questioned future tax rate implications.
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Richmond
Board of Public Works
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Board of Public
Light rates approved by council monday evening
The city council approved a revised light and power rate schedule prepared by Benjamin Perk. The new rates cover light, power, and street lighting with demand charges and incremental blocks for Schedule No 1 and 2, a minimum bill of 75 cents, and a cooking rate of 3.5 cents per kw. The changes apply to municipal buildings and connected horsepower, with municipal lighting continuing as before for street lighting.
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Benjamin Perk
Ye Lee
Bee Ann
Hong
Weather Forecast for Indiana and Regional Conditions
Weather outlook notes partly cloudy to night and Wednesday with moderate temperatures. Local thunderstorm potential in Wayne County this afternoon or tonight, followed by unsettled, partly cloudy conditions midweek. General outlook cites unsettled 24 hour period across northern and central states due to a low pressure trough from the Ohio valley. heat elsewhere west of the Rockies.
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W. E. Moore
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Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountains
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
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Arizona
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Boise
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Minn
Medicine Hat
Canada
Jena Helena
Montana
Sporadic R. R. Strikes Reported Across Cities
June 22 reports from Philadelphia Washington Waterbury Syracuse Houston and Chicago describe scattered railroad yard and switchmen walkouts. Officials note conflicting strike data with embargoes in place on three lines and limited movement in Philadelphia while other regions claim near normal operations.
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Pennsylvania
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Biter
Washington
Baltimore
Boys Held for Alleged Sedan Theft in Springfield
Fred Wilt aged 17 and Earl Hopkins 19, both Springfield residents, were arrested in Cambridge City on a charge of stealing a Dodge sedan owned by Charles D. Kay, a Springfield official. Police say the youths, sent to Bay Home to fix a tire, drove away, lacked license plates, and Wilt mailed a request for money to his brother.
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Fred Wilt
Earl Hopkins
Cambridge City
Charles D. Kay
Springfield City
Richmond
Bay
Will
Marsha Summers
Earthquake Damage Hits Inglewood Thirteen Buildings Lost
An earthquake last night devastated Inglewood with twenty one business buildings destroyed and many homes damaged. One indirect death in Venice attributed to heart disease after fleeing a car. Minor tremors reported across Los Angeles area. Pasadena felt lighter shocks. other coast towns reported no major losses. Albanian and Italian forces clashed near Drasciovitx as Italy conducted a reconnaissance. Shrine session opens in Portland with forecasts for good weather.
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Associated Crees
Los Angeles
Inglewood
Here
San Pedro
Long Beach
Santa Monica
Venice
Jentura
Riverside
Orange County
Los Angeles County
William Shippy
Allies May Hold Money Conference and Adjourn
Boulogne June 22. The supreme Allied council adjourned after a three hour session leaving most program questions undecided. Experts to meet in Paris to reconcile German reparations divisions. Discussions also covered enforcement of the Versailles treaty, Russian questions and actions in Asia Minor. Lloyd George’s Maid of Orleans ready to sail. note to Germany on German force reduction sent. disarmament dispatch awaited. Inter allied conference in Brussels urged international financial talks to back German revenues and loans. Ambassadors to Berlin to be appointed by July 1 ahead of the Spa Conference. If Germany acts in bad faith, occupation of German territories possible as an extra coercive measure.
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Great Britain
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Havas
Spa
Miss James Plans to Perfect Democrat Organization
Miss Ruth James chairing the sixth district women’s Democratic group aims to perfect the organization in county chapters next month. About July 15, Walter S. Chambers of Newcastle district chairman will join to finalize plans for mobilizing Democratic women voters in the district. Chambers has gone to San Francisco to attend the Democratic national convention.
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Ruth James
Women's Democratic Organization
Walter S. Chambers
Newcastle
Chambers
San Francisco
New York Appeals To President For Coal
Acting Public Service Commissioner Alfred M. Barrett asked President Wilson to use executive power to secure coal priority for New York City utilities. The telegram followed a meeting with gas electric and street railway officials reporting near exhausted coal supplies and warning that service could shut down within days without coal.
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New York
Wilson
Public Service
Alfred M. Barrett
New York City
Mob Members Are Arrested In Duluth Lynching Case
In Duluth Minnesota on June 22 two white men charged as members of the mob that tried six Black men in the city jail before a lynching last week were arrested today. A special grand jury has subpoenaed thirty witnesses connected to the case.
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Duluth
Minn
City
Appointments Made to State and Justice Departments
President Wilson named Dr. Fred K. Nielsen of Nebraska solicitor for the Department of State and Roland B. Mahany of New York solicitor for the Department of Justice in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Fred K. Nielsen
Nebraska
Wilson
Department of State
Roland B. Mahany
New York
Department of Justice
May Be Wearin Em Higher In Hawaii
A cheeky gossip item notes fashion in Hawaii and on Main Street, with maidens showing shorter hose as stores stock half hose. The parade of legwear prompts chatter about bold styles and a wearer’s quip on why stockings are kept short.
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Hawaii
Harding to be notified July 22 in GOP campaign plan
Washington dateline reports that the Republican national committee selected an expanded executive committee for Harding’s campaign and set July 22 for notifying Harding at Marion Ohio. The plan includes five women and seven outsiders. Coolidge will be notified five days later in Northampton Massachusetts. In Minnesota, J A O Preus leads the Republican gubernatorial field with 21,500 plurality as late returns come in. Frederick H Parkhurst leads the Maine Republican race in a tight tour corner contest.
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Minnesota
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Glenwood
Preus
Ships Stead
Portland
Frederick H. Parkhurst
Bangor
Join P Deer
Saco
Abyssinian to be tried for murder
Chicago dispatch reports Grover Reading begins formal murder charges after last Sunday's Abyssinian riot. A parade of Abyssinian princes and flag burning preceded two white deaths. Oscar McGavick’s arrest leaves four alleged leaders at large, including Joseph Furno and his son known as the prince.
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Chicago
Grover Reading
Negin
Oscar McGavick
Pittsburg
McGavick
Joseph Furno
The
Star Order of
Ethiopia
Prince
Moonlight Triangle Complicates Ellis Island Entry
Miss Nell Butler a 22 year old Englishwoman seeking to marry Captain Paul Miller of the British army amid a moonlit courtship on the Atlantic. Canadian authorities refuse landing to wed a Canadian suitor, sending her to England. Miller signals for her halt at New York as Ellis Island takes custody.
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Ellis Island
Atlantic
Nell Butler
Paul Miller
Halifax
Miss Butler
Carolina
England
Miller
Violator Lectures on Traffic as Davis Fined
C. M. Davis was arrested Monday evening for speeding on East Main Street and fined one dollar plus costs in city court Tuesday. A large crowd of violators appeared at police headquarters Tuesday and were lectured by Chief Wenger.
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C. M. Davis
East Main Street
Wenger
McAdoo Name Likely Placed For Democratic Nomination
Kansas City report says clergyman Jenkins will place William G. McAdoo’s name in nomination at San Francisco with or without McAdoo’s consent. McAdoo asks that his name not be suggested. McCombs denounces presidential autocracy and predicts Cox support. discussion of party leadership and the 1912 campaign continues as San Francisco hosts the Democratic convention.
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Norman E. Mack
Marshall
William F. McCombs
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Eratic National
Associated Presay
Kansas City, Mo
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William
New York
William G. McAdoo
Burris A. Jenkins
Kansas City
Jenkins
McAdoo
Yrsous
America
Uni
White
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Mr. Marshall
Senate
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