Four More of Stephenson's Checks Printed
Indiana reports detail how D C Stephenson used funds from the Ku Klux Klan to aid a negro weekly, with four checks including amounts 320 600 200 and 200 made out to W H Big Jack Jackson of the Ledger. The Times also notes the governor Ed Jackson was the alleged recipient of a 2500 dollar check and is currently in Kanasa visiting relatives. Prosecutors travel to Michigan City to question Stephenson associates as the political probe deepens.
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Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Indianapolis Times
the Times
Scripps-Howard
D. C. Stephenson
Stephenson
Indianapolis Ledger
Ed Jackson
The
Times
W. H
Big Jack) Jackson
Michigan City
Ind
D. C
Osawatomie
Kan
Jackson
Mrs Elswick Spains Ankle In Porch Fall
Mrs Harry Elswick of 201 Lemon Street sprained her left ankle this morning around 6 30 am when she slipped from the front porch while retrieving a fallen bottle. Dr Burress reports she is in much pain but is getting along all right.
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Harry Elswick
Lemon Street
Four Drowned as Boat Turns Over in Storm
Hamilton Ontario report says four persons drowned when a sail boat foundered during a sudden rain and wind storm. Three were rescued as authorities searched the lake for more bodies, with the dead named as Frank Ryan, three month old Winfred Furner, and Edna Stuart.
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Hamilton
Ontario
Iree
Frank Ryan
Winfred Furner
Edna Stuart
Resi
Janitor Lee Innocence Plea Tied to Brooklyn Murders
In New York a 14 year old boy Herbert Graf recounts seeing a heavy man drop a stained bundle near Prospect Place in Brooklyn. Detectives press janitor Ludwid Lee as witnesses prepare to confront him while four men with brown bundles are alleged to have moved near the crime scene. Police remain confident but Lee maintains denial as investigators pursue circumstantial evidence in the dismemberment case.
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New York
Ludwig Lee
Barah Elizabeth Brownell
Alfred Bennet
Herbert Graf
Herbet
Lee
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
Gingle
Funeral Friday Morning Funeral Notice
A funeral will be held Friday morning for Fredery who died this morning at the home of Frank. The service details and exact location are not fully clear in the surviving text.
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Fredery
Mornig
Frank
Pendleton Judge Sentences Defendant to Ten-Year Term
A Pendleton judge imposes a ten year term on the defendant after a sentencing hearing. The ruling states the sentence will run consecutively with other possible terms. Court records indicate the case involved key evidence and standard prison terms.
Rail line shortcut near Washington eyed at $194000 cost
The C C C and St. railroad plans a 1.9 mile improvement costing about 194000 dollars to shorten freight routes. Approval from Washington officials and B&O crossing permission pave the way for construction in the coming weeks, with anticipated payback from reduced freight costs. The line will skirt Washington by about a mile, possibly following the old Canal briefly to connect ends.
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Washington
Millard
E. I
EB. I. & T. H. Railroad Company
Heat Wave Continues With High Temperatures Across Region
Temperatures peaked near 98 degrees in Washington as a heat wave stretched two days. Cooling breezes limited impact, while official readings in nearby Vincennes reached 94 and 93 degrees by early afternoon. Co. C. Feagans notes the 98 degree high, with a slight rise possible later today.
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Washington
Co. C. Feagans
Vincennes
Earthquake Casualties Rise in Jerusalem and Es Salt
London reports a quake toll with 500 injured and many women among the casualties. Elders note Elites at Es Salt, an area previously quiet, while Nablus homes were so unstable residents fled to open camping sites and await further guidance from authorities in Jerusalem.
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Nablus
Jerusalem
Canadian liquor transport case ends with small fine
James Lechleitner of Lima Ohio pleaded guilty in Fort Wayne Indiana Federal Court to transporting liquor lacking government revenue stamps. He was found in a car with eight cases of beer by prohibition agent Frank Dohrey who said the man drew a gun. Lechleitner received a modest fine and faced no further jeopardy.
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Cannas Slick
Walpole Kaler
Rano Bank
Death by heat claimed John Pearson in Adams county
John Pearson 63 died of heat prostration this morning while working in a barn at his home in Adams county Indiana. His wife found the body. He leaves a widow and five children. The temperature was 85 degrees and rising at dawn in Decatur.
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Decatur
Ind
John Pearson
Adams County
Heat Wave Grips Regions East of Mississippi River
Washington reports a great heat wave across the region east of the Mississippi with sweltering humidity. The U S Weather Bureau expects relief tomorrow for the Great Lakes and Ohio valley, while middle and north Atlantic states may not cool until tomorrow night. In Chicago the noon temperature neared 90 with more heat expected, no casualties noted as crowded beds and river traffic increased.
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Mississippi River
United States Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Middle
North Atlantic
Chicago
Middle West
Dove Child Dies At Parents Home
A three days old child of Mr and Mrs William Dove of Cosby died this afternoon about 1 15 o clock. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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William Dove
Cosby Rohd
Fatal auto crash near South Arlington crossing
Indianapolis reports a July accident killed three persons and injured four when a car carrying Mrs Keller and others was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train near South Arlington crossing. Victims include Goldi Roth 23 and Eugene Keller 6. survivors include Harden and Serena Harden. The wreck halted traffic for about 3,000 feet as the train and baggage car were involved.
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Merican
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
St. Louis
Arlington Avenu
Goldi Roth
Junior Roth
Eugene Keller
Indianapolis
Harden
Serena Harde
Keller
Engi
Investigation into death ends with elusion of ae potion
An investigation into a death has concluded, with officials indicating an elusion involving an ae potion as a key factor. No further charges were filed, and the case is considered closed by authorities.
Inquest Ordered After Toledo Interurban Crash
Toledo, July 13. An inquest will be held into the deaths of three people killed when a Toledo, Angola and Western freight train backed into a crowded Toledo and Indiana interurban near here yesterday. Coroner J. Henzler ordered Arthur Storklein, motorman, and Ed Reeling and Owen Doherty, crossing flagmen, to appear at the hearing.
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Toledo
Ohio
Sodas
Idinzia
Public access to Wesningeerdie golf course expands
Wesningeerdie Country Club directors vote to open the links to the public on Tuesdays and Saturdays with green fees of 50 cents for nine holes or one dollar for a full day. The change extends for the rest of the year as improvements continue amid weather delays.
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Wesningeerdie Country Club
Washington
Auditor allocates school revenue and congressional interest
County auditor Rollie Moren distributed the first six months of the year’s common school revenue and congressional interest among townships and school corporations. Totals: 580.37 in congressional interest and 17,746.52 in common school revenue. Allocations listed for Washington City, Washington, Van Buren, Veale, Steele, Reeve, Odon and Madison, Harrison, Elmore, Bogard, and Barr townships with specific dollar amounts for each.
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Rollie Moren
Mr. Moren
City of Washington
Washington Township
van Buren
Veale
Final Stage of Dale's Contempt Hearing in Indiana
Putnamville Indiana July 13 The final stage in the battle of George Dale editor of the Muncie Post Democrat to escape a ninety day sentence for contempt of court was under way. Dale with his wife and attorney Thomas C Miller Mrs Miller Cal Ferris party to the Indiana delegation and A A Keister were present.
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Putnamville
Tnd
George Dale
Muncie
Muncie Sheriff Election Upheld in Ruling
In Muncie Indiana on July 13 Judge A L Bales ruled the reelection of Sheriff Harry McAuley Republican last November 2 was valid. Democratic challenger John C Humphries who lost by seventy four votes contested the result but failed to show Humphries received more votes. Attorneys for Humphries posted bond to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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Muncie
Ind
Harry McAuley
A. L. Bales
Winchester
John C. Humphries
Bales
Humphries
McAuley
Supreme Court
Tax Board to Review Daviess County Taxables Next Week
Daviess county auditors July abstract shows total taxables across townships and towns. Washington city and Washington township hold nearly half the county total, with mortgage and soldiers exemptions totaling 1.956 million dollars.
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Daviess County
Rollie Moren
Rrison
Madison Township
Reeve Township
Steele Township
van Buren
Veale
Washington Township
Cannerburg
Montgomery
Odon
Elnora
Plainville
Washington
City of
Board of Review
Plenary naval talks set for tomorrow afternoon
Geneva July 138 Hugh G ibson head of the U S delegation at the naval limitations conference announced a plenary session for tomorrow afternoon to review progress It may signal cautious movement despite reported British American discord since Monday The Irish Free State crisis cited for postponement but observers expect informal talks first amid cruiser dispute tensions persist
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Geneva
Hugh
Gibson
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Kevin O'Higgins
Irish Free State
Sie Gibson
Ar Abe
Mayor McCarty arraigns Jim mie rose on public intoxication
Jim mie rose stood before Mayor John W. McCarty this morning on a charge of public intoxication. He pled guilty, was fined $10 and costs, and, unable to pay, was detained.
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John W. McCarty
Jimmie Rose
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