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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-07
Former Judges Are Partners

John H. Shea and Milton B. Hotel
former Indiana Appellate judges, have
formed law partnership, with offices
at 1906 Fletcher Savings and Trust
Bldg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-07
|NTERURbAN CAR
JUMPS TRACK AND
WRECKS 4 AUTOS
Peculiar Accident Occurs at
Corner Switch on Mary
land St.

Street car officials took steps today
to avoid reoccurrance of pecul ar
accident such as happened late Thurs
day
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-07

Portland TO Build $780, 900 School
PORTLAND. Ind, Dec. 7.-Con
struction work on a new S250.o0O nigh
school for Portland will be started
early in the spring. the school BOARD
has ANNOUNCED.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-07

AAh y
When a car
loaded with hogs
and the last o.
a train OF IN
terurban C a T 6
jumped a switch
to a temporary
track for the use
during repairs at
Kentucky Ave.
at Maryland ST.,
four automobiles
were badly dam
aged.
The car own
ers:
College Ave-: Mrs.
10S S. Capitol
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-07

zone at Massachusetts Ave. and East
ST., to avoid striking a man.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Liners Bring 9,748 Aliens.

New York.-Twelve steamships
bearing 1882 passengers, of whom
more than 5000 were steerage and
s.74S immigrants, entered Newport in
a spectacular rush to take advantage
Of the new immigration quota and
gave Ellis Island authorities the hard
est July l in recent years. Because OF
the rush, Major Henry Curran, newly
appointed immigration commissioner
on Ellis Island, permitted only 2,067
of the aliens to be landed at Ellis
Island during the day. OF these 1860
were admitted.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
WHIPPING BOSS IS
GUILTY OF MURDER
JURY is OUT ONLY 80 MINUTES
GIVEN 2o-YEAR SENTENCE
IN PRISON.

Lake City, Fla.-Thomas Walter
Higginbotham was found guilty OF
murder of Martin Tabert of North
Dakota in the second degree by a jury
here. The verdict carries a minimum
sentence Of twenty years and a max
imum of life imprisonment. The jury
was out one hour and twenty minutes.
Higginbotham was sentenced to
twenty years imprisonment. He was
released in 10000 bond pending hear
ing of appeal.
The former convict whipping boss
was accused Of having caused the
death of Tabert as the result OF
a beating administered while the
North Dakotan was serving a term In
the Putnam Lumber company convict
leased camp.
The death OF Tabert finally resulted
in an investigation Of the whole con-
vict leasing system and its abolish
ment by the Florida legislature. That
body also prohibited corporal punish
ment. Before the Florida legislature
convened the state Of North Dakota
adopted a memorial asking the
Florida lawmakers to investigate the
death of Tabert.
There was no demonstration in the
courtroom when the verdict was re-
ported. Attorneys for the defendant
Immediately made a motion for a new
trial.
Higginbotham was in court when
the Jury announced It's decision.
Higginbotham wen on trial here Is
days ago, the state charging him with
having whipped Tabert so severely
that it brought about traumatic pneu-
monia, which resulted In death four
days after the whipping.
The defense admitted the whipping,
but c~ontended it was within the law"
basing this on testimony abduced
from witnesses that only from eight to
ten lashes were struck. The Florida
convict camp regulations at that time
permitted administering as many as
ten lashes. The defense contended
Tabert died from lobar pneumonia,
using the Putnam Lumber company's
camp physician. DR.. T. Capers Jones,
as a witness. He testified there were
no signs OF traumatism on the body
when he examined Tabert. Six expert
witnesses corroborated Jones testi-
mony. "a
The Acknowledgement a "slush fund
had been raisef in North Dakota to
aid in the prosecIrcn
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
PRESIDENT DEAF TO
PLEA OF "WETS"
Presidents Speech Indicates That he
Will Urge a bone Dry"
Platform

Washington, ID. C.-President Hard
ing's pronounced pro-prohibition atti-
tude, enunciated in his Denver speech,
is regarded as a development OF the
first magnitude by the politicians who
are making calculations on the per-
sonalities and issues that will distln'
guish the 1924 presidential campaign.
While it had been noted from time
10 time that the president was head
ing for the camp OF the bone drys the
Denver speech is generally interpret
ed as announcing his arrival therein
after burning all bridges behind him.
He turned a deaf ear to the pleas Tor
the legitimatizing Of a modicum or
light wine and beer and opined that
the only modification of the Nolstead
act in prospect will be in the direction
of more effective enforcement or the
18th amendment.
The Anti-Saloon league publicly has
felicitated the president upon his es-
pousal Of strictly enforced prohibition
and left no d0ubht that its influence
throughout the country will be exert
ed for the denomination and reelection
Of Mr.. Harding. Moist republicans and
their ~misgivings concerning h attl-
tude OF the president confirmed now
have little doubt that his influence in
the national convention will be direct
ed to the framing Of a platform plank
as dry as his Denver speech.
NIyLo,b,c Ony hliTo N 1n11Qr now
will arise to champion the cause or
beer and light wine and oppose the re-
nomination of the president is a mat
ter of interest. Wet republicans as
we'll as republican irreconciliables TO
the proposition Of the United States
Joining any world court anywhere
under any circumstances are await
ing with more or less breathless sus-
pense the return Of Senator Hiram
Johnson, republican, California, who
represents their last desperate hope.
1t is feared by republican opponents of
the president that if Johnson will not
enter the lists against Mr.. Harding,
nobody will.
When the California senator depart
ed for Europe he did not expect to be
a candidate for the nomination. He
was represented as Of the opinion that
no power on earth could prevent the
denomination of the president even if
the leaders knew they were consign-
ing their party to inevitable defeat
thereby. Moreover, Johnson per-
ceived no issues on which he might
challenge the president with reason
able hope of success in the republican
primaries.
While the senator has been abroad,
however, the world court has become
an issue on which the republican par
ty is far from unity and prohibition
has forged to the fore as a possible
paramount issue of 1924.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Five Killed; Elahteen Hurt.

Rockford. Ill.-Five men are dead
and Is injured as a result of the de-
railment Of a Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul fast freight train at Fairdale,
10 miles east OF Davis Junction, &C.
cording to members OF a relief train
which brought IL of the more SER
iously injured to hospitals here. All
we're members Of a work gang which
had been working between Leaf River
and Davis Junction, and which was be.
transferred into Chicago. The gang
originally came from Omaha.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
A SHERIFF Is KILLED
BY AN OUTLAW CAPTIVE
South Dakota Officer Is Murdered
While Taking Captured Mar
to Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, S. D.-Sheriff |. G. Fulk-
er, of Brown county, was shot and
killed on a train near Breckenridge,
Mimi, by b. James, alias Edwin Rusk,
whom the sheriff was bringing TO
Aberdeen. The prisoner made his es-
cape.
The prisoner held up a motorist on
the King of Trails highway, following
his escape from the train and robbed
the man OF $1.10 and his hat. He did
not, however, commander the auto
mobile.
According to police, the slayer is
Edwin Rust, 20. He vas being taken
from Grand Forks to Aberdeen. The
sheriff died as the train passed
through Wahpeton, n. d.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Infant Death Rate Decreases.

New York.-Babies in New York
City have a better chance than those
in a large number of smaller cities.
the American child health association
declared. After a careful survey it
was discovered that New York's ba-
bies were more likely to live than
those born in Chicago, Philadelphia,
Detroit, Cleveland. Boston, Baltimore,
Pittsburg, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Wash
ington, Newark, New Orleans, Kansas
City, Mo-, Indianapolis. Jersey City,
Rochester and Denver.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
BLAZE WIPES OUT THE
FAMOUS "BOOM" TOWN
But Six Buildings Are Left Standing
at GoIdfield, Nevada-Boot-
ieseers Blamed.

Tonopah, Nev.-The town of Gold
field with the exception Of six build
lngs was burned to the ground. one
man is dead from causes attributed
to the fire, a is missing ana
is believed to have persisted and sever
al persons were treated for burns as
the result of the conflagration.
Fire Chief /. N. Gallagher, OF Gold'
field, declared that he believed an
enemy of a known bootlegger started
the blaze In a building in the rear OF
of the Brown-Parker garage.
Van ID. Macarthur, after carrying
furniture from his burning home, was
oyerc Jme by heart failure n sue
cumbed, according to DR.. Chas. K
Blake, Of Esmerald, a county hospital
at Goldfield. John Salisbury n Ben
Gill were cut about the face ana
hands by flying glass resulting from
the dynamiting operations The name
of the missing woman has not YET
been learned.
Although the county hospital was
not burned. the ten patients there
were removed by DR.. Blake and his
wife when the fire threatened. Resi-
dents were returning to town from
the mountain side where they fled
with their belongings and telephone
connections have been restored. Food
has reached there from Tonopah, all
the local supply having been de-
stroyed.
A group of miners shacks on the
outskirts OF the town are being re-
habilitated under the direction of a
relief committee which is looking
after the victims.
Tonopah has already raised $3,745,
for the relief Of the sufferers and
caravans OF automobiles and truck
laden with food have been dispatched.
There is an influx of refugees here
and a special train is scheduled to
leave Goldfield for here Immediately
Fire Chief Gallagher said the fire
had too big a start to be put out with
the poor water pressure available
through an old pipe line from Lydia,
80 miles away. The alarm was turned
in about 6:15 a. IN. Nine hours later
the town had been destroyed.
The fire, it was reported, started in
the old tenderloin district, caused, it
was thought, by the explosion of an
Illicit liquor still.
The first big structure burned was
a large garage and 80 automobiles in
II.
The ares covered by the fire was
nine city blocks north from the gar
age where the flames first gained
Roadway. Houses around the shops
Of the Tonopah and Goldfield railway
burned and machinery was removed
from the shops before the course OF
the fire was diverted from them.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
U. s.. islands Moist Spot.

Washington, ID. C.-Interest in the
controversy arising between the Unit
ed States and foreign governments
over the question of prohibition en-
forcement conferred on the fact, which
foreign diplomats here say will be
extremely difficult to explain, that
while the United States is insisting
most strenuously that foreign ships
shall not come within the three-mile
limit with liquor under seal, the Phil
ippine islands, an American posses
sion, are wide open" with not even
a pretense of prohibition.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Police Fioht OF Mob.

Chicago.-Three policemen with
drawn revolvers and their backs
against a wall. held off a crowd Of
more than 200 excited citizens who
attempted to take away from them a
prisoner who had criminally assaulted
two children within a space of a few
hours. The prisoner, Alfred Hughes,
an escaped convict, who recently com
pleted a sever years sentence in Jol.
let ~penitentiary for a similar o~ffense,
confessed his guilt in one OF the two
cases and evidence was found linking
him with the other.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
New LIQUOR Problem.

Washington.-With the smoke OF
the ship liquor battlet cleared away.
there is growing indt ations that the
next feature of the prohibition law to
be brought to the supreme court may
be the limitation At places on the
right of physicians Ito prescribe liquor
for medical purposes. A decision
handed down by Judge Bourquin at
Helena. Mont, is the second in re-
cent weeks in which federal courts
have held the physicians limitation
SECTION &.-the5 law unconstitutional.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Fiscal Years Surplus Large.

Washington, d. C.-The government
closed the fiscal year with a surplus
of approximately $40, GOO, 900, accord
ing to Gen. H. M. Lord, director OF the
bureau of the budget. This is even
more favorable than was estimated
two weeks ago when President Hard
ing announced that the fiscal year
would end with a balance Of ordinary
receipts over expenditures of approx
mately $500, 900, 600.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Want pempsey-eibbons Match.

Davenport, Iowa.-The "tri-cities,'
Rock Island and Moline, ILL.,, and Dav'
export, joined in a bid for a second
bout between Jack Dempsey and Tom.
my Gibbons. Through the Exchange
club OF Rock Island, a telegram was
sent to the managers Of the fighters
assuring them that satisfactory fin
ancial arrangements could be made
Immediately.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Child Chained hx Mack.

Sioux City, Ia.-Chained to a cot In
a filthy zee of a barn at 1916 Dace
street, 4-yearold Johnny Grinsavage
was found and rescued by police.
Carl G~rinsavage, father Of the boy,
was placed under arrest on a charge
of cruelty to children. Police could
obtain from him nc explanation Of the
motive for the cruel act. How long
the lad had been kept chained to the
cot police were unable to ascertain
The child was covered with vermin,
ciother in rags and horribly emaciat
ed
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
At Liberty on Bond.

East Las Vegas, N. M.-Carl c. Ma
gee, Albuquerque editor, sentenced to
a term of one year to Is months in
the state pe%nitentiary following con-
viction by a jury on a charge of COM
mercial libel, was at liberty on bond
pending the outcome Of an appeal to
the supreme court.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Bio Poison Booze Seizure.

man, a chemist, and George w.
Young, under arrest here, federal pro-
hibition enforcement agents declared
they had seized large quantities OF
what they termed poison booze" boot
leg whiskey made from denatured al
cohol imperfectly rectified.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
u. s, Observer Boyden Resigns.

/. Washington.-The resignation OF
Roland w. Boyden as American OBJ
server with the Preparations commits
sion, which was announced in Paris,
is due to his desire to resume his
professional practice at the bar. the
state department said in a formal
statement. His duties, it was added,
were taken over by his assistant, Col
James A. Logan, Jr.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
ohio Hammers Arrested.

Springfield, O.-W. HI. Corter,
kleagle Of the ku klux khan, and 70
members, many prominent business
men, were arrested by a squad Of
police at the close Of a funeral service
at the grave Of a brother klansman on
charges OF having violated the or.
dinance prohibiting masked groups on
the streets.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
OIL Promoters plead Guilty..

Fort Worth, Tex.-B. M. Hatfield,
Charles ID. Spann. Benjamin Carl
Hatcher. and Edwin II. Smith, o
nected with oil promotion propositions
and indicted in the federal govern
ment's wholesale complaints last
April. entered guilty pleas to charges
of using the mails to defraud. Sen
tence will be passed later.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
A Fatal Crossing Accident.

Nebraska City, Neb.--Willaim EN-
bry, rs, of Fort Scott, Kan, is dead
and his son, William Embry, Jr., is so
badly injured physicians fear that he
cannot live, as a result Of IN accident
when their automobile was struck by
a Missouri Pacific passenger train at
a street crossing here.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Wine Growers Plan Flaht.

Paris.-The international confer
ence Of wine producing countries of
Europe, at its closing session in this
city, adopted resolutions setting forth
the necessity of replying in kind to
the propaganda Of the prohibitionists,
and drew up a set or rules to guide
wine growing countries to uniform
action in this regard.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Fallino Walls Bury Firemen.

Dallas. Tex.-Walls of the burning
Texas Wheel and Body company at
Commerce and Dove streets, caved in
and pinned more than a score of fire.
men under the debris. Capt. Bert
Burris, engine company No. 10, was
killed, two more firemen were injured
and four others so seriously injured
that they were taken to the emer-
gency hospital.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Eeudist Held for Murder.

Council Bluffs, Ia.--After a brief
hearing in Justice ]. G. H%arding's
court, Walter f. Bardsley. alleged
slayer OF William E. Zimmerman, OF
Nicola, in a farm feud, was ordered
held to the grand jury without bond
on a charge Of murder in the first de-
gree.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Next Years Naval Force.

Washington.-The United States
WIN maintain at full efficiency during
the next fiscal year "a minimum naval
force at sea-" of Is first line battle
ships. IA cruisers and "a submarines
under a decision by the general board.
formally approved by Secretary Den
nv
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Eyeolas. Case Saves Marshal.

S%cribner, Neb.-A thief who was
surprised while endeavoring to rob q
local drug store shot and twice his the
night marshal. The bullets hit the
eyeglass case carried by the marshal.
thus saving his life.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Husband Takes Poison,

Kenosha, Wis.-His wife refusing to
become ~reconciled to him. Ira J. Mills,
s, took poison here, falling unconscious
at the door of his wife's parents. He
followed Mrs. Mills to Kenosha from
their home in Colorado.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Heavy Loss in Lumber Fire.

San Bernardino, Cal.-Damage esti-
mated at $780, 600 was caused by fire
which burned all day in the lumber
yard of the Sante Fe railway company
here. Approximately 10000 0 board
feet was destroyed in the fire. More
than 1000 men were employed in the
fight,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Ford Has a Granddaughter.

Detroit. Mich.-Henry Ford's first
granddaughter was born to Mrs.
Edsel Ford at the Edsel Ford home.
The baby. which weighed s pounds, is
Edsel Ford's third child. The other
two are boys, Henry II and Edsel B.
Jr.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
july Eourth Deaths Mount.

July Fou'SU OCoNVs Wou"@
Chicago.-Thirty-five deaths and
more than six score OF injuries were
caused by fireworks and Fourth OF
July celebrations this year 1t was
shown in a check Of casualties report
ed from all parts of the country.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13

Demand Occupation Of Berlin.
Brussels.-The occupation of Berlin
by French and Belgian troops Is de-
manded by leading Belgian newspap-
ers.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-13
Salvation Army Gets $4,000

New York.-An estate Of more than
100000 was left to the Salvation
Army by Samuel Clare Williams,
Brooklyn, II was revealed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
July 2T-Aug $40 1923
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEAR
ING THEREON

STATE OF MINNESOTA county OF
Blue Earth, in Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate or
Henry Hillesheim, Deceden.
Letters Testamentary this day
having Deen granted TO Fred Busch,
1t Is Ordered; That the time with
in which all creditors or the above
named decedent may present claims
against his estate in this cour7, be,
and the same hereby, is, limited to
ok months from and after the date
hereof; and that Friday, the 25th
day OF January, 1924 at ten o'clock
A. NJ, in the Probate Court Rooms
at the Court house at Manhato, h
said County, be, and the same here
by is fixed and appointed as the
time and place for hearing upon
and the examination, adjustment and
a4loW ance o. such claims as shall
be presented within the time afore
said.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication OF this order in The
Ni:.lkato Free Press as provided by
Law.
Dated July "a, 1928.
probate SeaD
HARRY A. JOHNSON
Judge of Probate
G. E. Gilmore, Attorney.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
Aug. BOLT
CITATION FOR FEARING ON Pc
. TiTION TO SELL MORTGAGE
OR LEASE LAND.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County
Of Blue Earth, In Probate Court:
In the Matter Of the Estate of An
ton P. Thompson, also known as
A. P. Thompson. Deceased.
The State Of Minnesota To al
persons interested in the sale Of
certain lands belonging to said es-
tate. The petition of Ada H. Law
renee as representative Of the
above named estate, being duly filed
in this court. representing that II Is
necessary and for the best interests
of said estate and of all interested
therein that certain lands of said
Anton P. Thompson described there
in be sold and praying that a H.
cense be to Ada H. Lawrence grant
ed to sell the same:
Now Therefore, You and each Of
you, are hereby cited and required
to show cause. IL any YOU have be-
fore this court. at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court house. In Man
'-ato Comfy OF Blue Earth State OF
Minnesota on the 25th day OF Aug
ust, 1928 at ten o'cloc,, A. NJ. why
he pra~e- ~ said petition should
NJ he granted.
Witness TIE Iudee Of said Court.
and the seal Of the said court. this
"oth davi NJ July. 1928.
Court Seal) s.
HARRY A. JOHNSON.
- Judge Of Probate Court.
WAN puphes. ...F
ATTORNEY For Petitioner.