Indictments Arise as Building Trust Inquiry Ends
New York December reports the joint committee halts its probe into the building materials bureau and dealer association and hands evidence to the grand jury. Two officers, John A. Pailleien and Joseph Penny, face contempt charges after questions at the witness stand. Bail set at 1000 dollars as the grand jury returns indictments.
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New York
Builders” Supply Bureau
Tureau
Legislative Committee
Board of Extimiates
Stsew
Mneher
Mmmnute
Ita Accomutant
Tipesider
Minster
Samuel Watedmyer
Hamon's Widow Questions Guilt of Miss Smith
Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, widow of Oklahoma Republican committeeman Jake J. Hamon, says she doubts Miss Smith's guilt in the shooting that killed him five days ago. The widow stated she does not believe Miss Smith fired the fatal bullet.
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Hamon
Miss Smith
Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Jake L. Hamon
Jake J. Hamon
Oklahoma
Hart
Hamen
Man Wounded by Posse Is Arrested for Theft
John Wilhite twenty four was wounded in a barn hideout after a tire theft attempt. He was captured by a posse in Indianapolis and brought to Floyd county jail with bullets in neck head arm and leg. He refused to name his companion and claimed Kentucky ties.
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Indianapolis
John Wilhite
Floyd County
New Albany
Wilhite
Greenville
Earl Grove
Lafayette
Ogle Warns Hard Coal Shortage Ended By Production Rise
Alfred Ogle, vice-president of the National Coal Association, said in Terre Haute that a soft coal famine feared last summer has been averted. He noted winter stocks are being laid in nationwide and that production now runs about 12 million tons a week. He opposed regulating the industry via a coal commission and cited association efforts as the reason for the improvement.
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Associated Press
Terre Haute
Ind
Alfred Mr. Ogie
National Association
Indiana
Ogle
National Coal Association
Jury awards Leonard Dedario $1 in alienation verdict
Elkhart Indiana jury awards Leonard Dedario $1 damages in alienation of affection case against Anthony Dilulo. Dedario sued for $2900 claiming the act occurred while he was in the army and his wife lived with her parents. Costs and rent of the trial will affect the final payout under state law.
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Elkhart
Ind
Leonard Dedario
Dedario
Anthony Dilulo
Armenian Capital Falls to Russian Forces
London dispatch reports Russian Soviet troops captured Erivan the Armenian capital on Thursday and Armenia declared itself a Soviet republic. The leaders of the old Armenian government reportedly placed themselves at the disposal of the Soviet administration amid the incident.
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London
Erivan
Armenia
Moscow
Shooting Pigeons Wounds Woman in Accident
A fourteen year old boy while shooting pigeons fired a .22 rifle at his home in Vincennes. Mrs. Charles Bouillet was struck on the back porch with a bullet entering above the right shoulder blade but not seriously injuring her. A physician could not locate the bullet and she is expected to recover.
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Charles Bouillet
Charlea Wet
Oman Daily
Thomas Daily
Vincennes
Beuilet
Simmons College Ends Fifty Years Since Founder Bequest
Boston Massachusetts December 4 Associated Press officials of Simmons College deny that John Simmons fore sight in founding a college for women was amply demonstrated by a long enrollment and wait lists as it launches a campaign for an enlarged endowment. The founder a New England clothing maker believed in vocational training for women providing self support through work and education including librarianship and other professions.
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Associated Press
Oston
Mass
John Stmmons
Boston
Hiations College For Women
Simmons College
John Simmons
John Stnmans
Simmone College
Adddition
All Income Tax Must Be Paid in by December 15
Washington readers are urged to pay the fourth installment of the 1919 income taxes by December 18 to avoid penalties. The ten day grace period from earlier years is revoked by the latest revenue act, requiring payment by the announced deadline to prevent delinquency.
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Ashington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Establishment of 68th Congress begins as new members sworn
As the 68th Congress opens in Washington, new Senators and Representatives take seats after November elections. Leadership shifts and committee reorganizations accompany initial work on appropriation bills and early foreign policy debates as President-elect Harding prepares for March inauguration.
Government Wins Anti-Trust Suit Against Lehigh Valley Railroad
The Supreme Court sustains Sherman Act monopoly charges against Lehigh Valley Railroad and affiliates in a ruling read by Associate Justice Clarke. Senate probes Newberry Ford election contest in Michigan remain unresolved after Newberry's Supreme Court appeal. President Wilson plans to send hundreds of nominations to the Senate, with many unlikely to be confirmed before a new Republican presidency. The current Sixty sixth Congress opens its third session as prior sessions conclude.
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Associated Pres
Government Today
Antrust Anti
Lehigh Vale Eq Ralroad Company
Supreme Court
Clarke
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Newberry-Ford
Michigan
Newberry
Senate
Whlaon
Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Wilson
Congress
Congressional Committee
Champ Clark
White House
Senatora Lodge
Underwood
Monedell
Fordnéy
Clark
Twenty Nine Women Chosen to Help Frame State Laws
New York dispatch notes that twenty nine women were elected to state legislatures in the recent election, about half the prior total. The report lists elected women by state including Connecticut five representatives and other eastern gains, with names such as Marguerite Smith in New York and Edna L. Beard in Vermont.
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Associated Press
New York
National Woman Suffrage Association
Connecticut
California
Anna J. Savior
Elizabeth Hughes
Esta B. Broughton
Emily Brown
Lilian M.frink
Mary W. Flocker
W. A. Jewett
Grace Ik
Edwanta
Idaho
Bertha V. Irwin
Indiana
Julia
Nelson
New Jersey
Margaret B. Laird
Jennie C. van Ness
Kankaux
Minnie
J. Grinatend
Mina Nellie Cline
Mraed Minnie. Minnich
Ida M. Walker
Michigan
Eva Hamilton
Montana
Margaret Smith Hathaway
Nevada
Misa Ruth Averill
New Hampshire
Mary Rolfe Farnham
Misa
Jessie Doe
Oklahoma
Mra
Lemar
Looney
Bessie McColgin
Oreron
Aira
Kinney
Utah
Glesson
May B. Davis
Clero Clesst
Vermont
Edna L. Beard
Argentina Delegation Leaves Geneva for Paris
In Geneva the Argentine delegation said its amendments to the League covenant were referred to the assembly for next meeting. Honorio Pueyrredon reported the group would depart for Paris on Wednesday. The assembly postponed action on an amendment by C J Doherty to remove Article 10 and sent it to a committee for report next season.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Argentina
League of Nations
Assembly
Honorio Pueyrredon
Paris
Assembly of
League
C. J. Doherty
Ita
Indianapolis Storekeeper Resists Bandits Wounded
William Lancaster proprietor of a grocery in northeast Indianapolis was shot in the left forearm when he resisted a robbery by two masked bandits who entered after the store opened. Lancaster struck at one bandit as they drew revolvers and the pair fled.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
William Lancaster
Lancaster
House Debates Peace-Time Repeal Measures and Harding Speech
Republican members push repeal bills ending wartime controls led by Rep Volstead. Harding outlines cooperation with President Wilson era committee hearings and cautions on policy while Senate and House adjourn amid brief sessions and new members sworn in.
Rail Line Aims to Tap Untouched Pike County Coal Fields
Petersburg Indiana reports Worth has begun a new railroad from east of Oakland City toward the Spurgeon coal region. The project follows the South Fork ditch for five miles then into hills east of Sparecon to connect with a larger system near Selvin Warwick county. Eastern capitalists have taken over about 15 000 acres in southern Pike county for mining with five major steam shovels planned.
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Petersburg
Ind
Worth
Southern Railroad
Oakland City
Spurgeon
Warick County
Selvin
South Fork
Sparecon
A. Rich
Strynincoy
Pike County
Ahe Pastern Company
al Cata
Pike County Coal Opens Two Mines in Western County
In west Pike county the Pike County Coal company plans early spring operations connecting with large acreage owned by the firm headquarters in the city. The company controls 15,000 acres of coal land and will open two 10 mile ventures in the western region with the Big Four millread.
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Jon
Oatilie
Pike County
Wil
Thin
Pike Countyoal Company
Thin Ety
Pike County Coal Company
Mine Unions Reopen War in Alabama and West Virginia
The United Mine Workers of America vow to continue a campaign against operators in Alabama and West Virginia. The international board unanimously adopted a declaration offering full moral and financial support, criticizing West Virginia’s use of federal troops and private detectives, while deeming Alabama conditions a priority.
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Indianapolis
United Stand Mine Workers of America
Alabama
Mingeconan
West Virginia
International Board
Alabany
West Virginia Minera
International Union
Jr Wan Anid
Armenia
Abhgrya
Ttn Acasiona
Gem Theft Probe After Big Fire In New York
Mystery surrounds a planned investigation by police and fire departments into a fire at a studio apartment building on 7th Avenue. Jewelry valued at around $50,000 reportedly vanished from a jewel box after the blaze, with several residents confirmed dead in the fire.
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New York
Blue Law Advocate Threatened In New Jersey
East Orange New Jersey December 7 secretary Harry Bowlby of the Day Alliance reporting threats from the black hand letters vowing violence to his home in Scranton Pennsylvania he asked police to guard the house in his absence amid a campaign for stricter Sabbath observance.
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East Orange
N. J
V. Harry Bowlby
Rd Day Alliance
Voice
Scranton
Legislative program for Indiana schools outlined
More than half a score of Indiana organizations joined the conference with State Superintendent L. N. Hines and other educational officials to discuss a legislative program. The proposed measures aim to improve public schools and will be presented to the legislature in January.
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Associated Presa
Indianapolis
Indiana
L. N. Hines
Superintendent of Publican Instruction
Othratnte Educational
Peace in Ireland objects of conference in Dublin
DUBLIN steady efforts to end the Irish dispute continue as conversations in progress for more than a week aim at an early settlement. Some negotiators expressed hope last night that within a week a tangible basis for settlement might be reached.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Ireland
Three Officers Killed as Crowd Grips Sonoma Jail
A Santa Rosa crowd of several hundred gathered outside Sonoma county jail at night amid a shooting spree that killed three officers and wounded one suspect. Detectives Jiles St Jackson, James A Petray, and Lester H Dorman were named among the dead. Georgeyd of San Francisco was shot in the shoulder. An assault on the jail door with a telegraph pole failed as the mob pressed for information on suspects linked to San Francisco crimes.
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Mom
Santa Rosa
Calif
Sonoma County
San Francisca
Jilen St. Jackson
San Francisco
Sher- James A. Petray
Lester H. Dorman
San Ncisco
George Yd
Caldst.org
Pet
Jury Commissioners Named for Coming Years by Court
Judge Ogdon in circuit court appointed jury commissioners for 1931. The appointees include M. F Burke, a Democrat, and J. B. Waller, a Republican. W. C. Camp will serve as secretary, with duties to assign commissioners as required by law.
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Ogdon
M. F P. Burke
J. B. Waller
Barnes
Burke
Waller
W. C. Camp
Government Requests Major 1922 Budget Totals Revealed
The article outlines the 1922 fiscal year budget estimates totaling about four billion dollars with major allocations to war debt public works and military departments. It notes increases over the current year and signals Congress will begin shaping the appropriation bill in coming days under the new Republican administration.
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Seeranekt
Congress
Hogg
Dalinin
Campurea
Hiltion Dollaem
Horston
Cogg
Whittment Department
King Funds Department
Panama Canal
Cennte
Hogee
Memorial tribute to Washington Lodge members at Elks hall
The Elks honor the nation’s fallen with memorial services in the auditorium on Main Street. Washington Lodge members, led by H A Calvert and others, recall past sacrifices and pledge to extend benevolence through the order’s works.
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Wash- P.O
Elks
East Main
Fington Lodge
Bers
BE. c
Washington
Megahera of Washington Lodge
H. A. Calvert
Edwad J. Evkerein
L. F. Hing
Robert Runnell
John R. Matt@igly
George F. Rigvor
Theodore Ones
W. L. Jackson
Morton McP
Wit L. Houoran
Fred D. Hadd
Cott
Richard M. Milburn
R. E. King
W.ce Betts
J. E. McKerman
V. V. Cassidy
Dr. Vance M
Yziem T. Klaghers
Deveph J. Marx
John C Carother
Hedges
Charles Martin
Will H. Cahin
Martin
Circus Beast and From West Baden Amid Local Excitement
Fragmentary text describes circus performers and a crowd at a West Baden location with ravines near a cat barn and festive quartering. The readable bits suggest excitement around a circus event and its surroundings.
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Circus
West Baden
Tf Cat Barn
Unclear OCR fragment hints at prohibited activity
Fragmentary text mentions prohibition era style terms and law enforcement but contains many garbled words making details uncertain. No identifiable persons or organizations are clearly present.
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