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Newspaper

Indianapolis Star

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1923

Page

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Senator Watson Opens GOP Banquet With Opposition to League

Senator James E. Watson Governor McCray and other leaders spoke at the Indiana Republican Editorial Association banquet in South Bend. Watson defended US policy against foreign entanglements, opposed the League of Nations, and urged reservations on the world court while praising prosperity in American cities. The event drew more than 200 editors and Republicans at the Tribune building.

MAURICR SOUTH BEND Ind Sime 7 Jamen EB. Watson McCray Indiana Republican Editorial Association Watson Washington Harding world court League of Nations ALCDU Sanquer Tribune Fred A. Miller the Andrew J. Hickey Congress John'istehain Groesteck Michigan Eliott eotee D. Lindsay Marion enitariat association Walb J. Crumpacker St. Joseph C. A. Lippincott John Moorman drs. Moorman Knot Republican party ube Pensue of Nations Europe

One of 309 Girls Hopes to Be Wife in Des Moines

In Des Moines high schools a Yonnaire among this year's senior class shows 309 graduating girls express career goals. Most seek professions such as actress interpreter farmer teacher nurse writer and missionary. only one hopes to marry and have a home.

PES MOINES Yonnaire Des Moinex

Unidentified youths drown in Fall Creek reports

Police investigate third drowning this season in Indianapolis streams after a young man about 21 was found dead in Fall Creek near Birchwood Avenue. Deputy coroner Dr. William A. Coeppers said no ID, body likely dead 2 or 3 days. Clothing found on bank but not clearly linked. officers review missing persons and search for identifications.

Indianapolia Fall creek Birchwood avenue William A. Coeppers Waldo Carter Bryam Fullefvek Heller Pettit Carter Doeppers George Edwards Yandes Street Waa Edwards John L. Allison

Schenectady Strike Halts City Cars and Guards

Reports say the Schenectady Railway Company strike shut down cars on local lines and interurban routes. Cars stopped two hours earlier than usual after disturbances involving guards and spectators. Sheriff Myers declined troop action unless rioting spread outside the city. A guard was arrested following a shooting incident as two cars operated at dawn.

SCHENECTADY Harry B. Weatherwax John G. Myers

Moonshiner Sentenced Despite Pleas From Children

In Springfield Maas a woman named Nora Dashkowsky was jailed for a month after police alleged she persisted in moonshining. The court lamented the need for a severe lesson as four children cried and her husband offered to serve the sentence.

SPRINGHIFILD, Maas Nora Dashkowsky

Texas Oil Fraud Heads Sentenced in Fort Worth

In Fort Worth on June 7, J. W. Hog Creek Caruth and L. F. Reynolds Jr. pleaded guilty to using the mails to defraud. Each was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison and fined. The case involved promotions linked to the Hog Creek Caruth companies as the government presses its anti fraud drive. The trial had begun the previous day with defense counsel withdraw­ing not guilty pleas. The next trial is set for June 25.

Hog Creek Caruth J A j¢oungzel de Bre

Weather Forecast For Friday And Saturday

Forecast for Stana: Friday fair, Saturday increasing cloudiness possibly unsettled by night warmer in north portion Saturday. Indianapolis area: Friday fair, Saturday increasing cloudiness possibly unsettled by night with much temperature change. Special report from United States Weather Bureau for The Indianapolis Star Almanac of the Day.

Indianapolis United States Scieiimua

Slay­er of 33 given sentence of death

June 7. Vasilii Komaroff and his wife were sentenced to be shot within seventy two hours for the murder of thirty three persons. The courtroom crowd applauded the call for immediate execution. The defendant denied his wife’s involvement though agents testified he was sane.

MOSCOW Presa Vasilii Komaroff Anderfes Komaroff A. B. Hensley Hotel English Merritt A. Potter EH. C. Ale king Company Insane J. Lewis Merchants, Bank building Harry F. Zimmer East Washington street Al Biller English theater Harry Wilson Columbia Club

Wisconsin Assembly Fights Prohibition Repeal Skirmish

Madison dispatch reports the Wisconsin Assembly opened its repeal battle with the Tucker bill, 47 to 46 in favor of engrossing, while a motion for immediate action failed, three two thirds vote required. Assembly members attacked laws, with quoted remarks about youth drinking and moral decline, amid warnings from New York officials over repeal momentum.

MADISON Wis Wisconsin Assembly committee on revision York Wis‘conan

Fourteen Men Sentenced in Louisville Auto Theft Ring

Judge A B Anderson in federal court yesterday sentenced fourteen defendants in the Louisville automobile conspiracy to terms from ninety days to eighteen months in Atlanta peniten tiary and fines from 200 to 5000. Fifteenth defendant Lee Costner failed to appear and his 2000 bond was forfeited. Names include Rector Johns and G Shelby Patterson of Louisville, Leslie Waldeck of Sellersburg, Henry Kraft, Gus Kamer, John A Ballard, Lawrence H Ladd, Leroy Elchola, Henry Kraft, Abe Stein Aten, Arthur Jann, Jesse Lorenzo, Walter Lits, and others with varied sentences and fines. Attorneys asked for new trials. appeals planned to the U S Court of Appeals. Continued on page ten.

A. B. Anderson Loulyville Atlanta Lee Costner Rector Johns Louisville G. Shelby Patterson Louisvile Leslie Waldeck Johns & Patterson Sellersburg Ind Henry Kraft Gus Kamer St. Josephville Johna Joulsville Loulavile ciphters caste “waldeck Adlersburg Gua Kamer ste Josephville John A. Ballard Loulaville Lonaville Lawrence H. Ladd Laulaville Leroy Elchola New Albany Charles Harbison Atlen Jesse Lorenzo naulavite Abe ‘stienate Ausroutsville Arthur v. Jann fellersburg Trontheim Marion county Walter Lits Merion county aries Krinixer Girandé Jann Luis Krinsger Orbison Elcholts gate Court of Appeals Anderson bondamen Paterson John i

Necklace Stolen From Mrs Corey Abroad Believed Jewel Thieves

London dispatch reports the $200000 gem necklace worn by Mrs Maybelle Gilman Corey, wife of William Ellis Corey, vanished during a European trip. Scotland Yard probes possible theft between Paris and Calais while Carlton Hotel staff deny hotel involvement. Coreys’ romance and rise referenced amid loss of priceless pearls.

FORBES W. FAIRBAIRN Enivernal Service Stalf LONDON Mia Maybelle Gilman Corey William Ellis Corey atéel baron Scotland yard t he continent Mre. Corey Paris Europe

Barefoot Boys Await Ball Game Invitations in Indianapolis

In a rare community effort, hundreds of barefoot boys seek seats for a Tuesday baseball game in Indianapolis. The event benefits the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, with numerous civic and business leaders pledging to sponsor groups of boys in boxes and grandstand seats.

ARMY OF BAREFOOT BOYS Indianapolis geners efreus IndiAnapolia Chet barefoot boys Navy ball park James Whitcomb Riley Hospital Philip Joseph North Meridian street Naval Recruiting Station O. O. Kesring Festerdey united States Walter Wine Albert Goldsmith Hugh Weir Landon Fletcher Savings and Trust Company Albert &. Plereon the Lilly Hardware Company

State reports drop in Plainfield boys school population

Superintendent Charles A. McGonagle says the Indiana boys’ school at Plainfield has 468 pupils, the lowest in thirty years, down from a peak of 699. He credits efficient state probation work and prohibition era factors, noting ongoing praise for the probation department’s role in protecting state wards.

Indiana boys’ school Plainfield Charles A. McGonagle McCray McGonagle state probation department eonagie state pro- hation department Goragie imate Care c rarrington Medray

Fill This Out For All Velvet Baseball Game RSVP

Notices solicit readers to fill out a blank form for calling a boy to the All Velvet base ball game next Tuesday. Return by mail to The Star's circulation department or call Main 4000 and ask for Mr. Payne or Mr. Hoots. Name and address requested.

Star Payne Mr. Hoots

Woman Loses $1000 in Rings in Hold Up

Mrs Jenole Evans 2264 North Delaware says a holdup man stopped her near Twenty second street and Pierson avenues, roped a revolver to her temple and demanded diamonds. He took four rings but left her wedding band and a platinum watch. He warned her not to move for thirty minutes and fled south on Pierson. An emergency squad searched nearby without success. Evans gave a description despite distress.

Jenole Evans North Delaware atreet Pierson aves nur Evana Sergi Allison Imols street Pierson avenue Evans

Runaway Trolley Kills Child and Injures Four in City

A runaway trolley crashed into a five story tenement hall at the corner of One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Street and Amatdam Avenue, killing 12 year old Margaret MecLaughlin and injuring three others. Slippery streets from rain were blamed. In Utah a felt earthquake shook Logan, breaking dishes and rattling pictures.

NEW YORK Margaret | MecLaughlin Amatatdam avenue

Howat Held in Morals Court in Pittsburgh

Alexander Howat, once a labor leader linked to insurgent trends in mining camps, is jailed in Pittsburgh after arrest on a charge by Mrs. Inga Sorensen of Chicago. He is held without bail for a Morals Court hearing set for tomorrow morning.

PITTSBURGH Alexander Howat United Mine Workers of Kanaan Canada Inga Sorensen Chicago Howat Mrz.Sorengen

Englewood Church Board Seeks Preacher Davison Resignation

The Englewood church board voted 15 to 10 to seek Rev. Frank E. Davison's resignation as pastor amid weeks of dispute sparked by Davison's protest of a so called Ku Klux Klan meeting in the community hall. A congregational vote is set for June 21 to decide the action, with elders’ statement urging removal for the church’s best interests and future growth.

Frank E. Davison Bnateront Christian Church Washington Frank Divison Jasuen Davison Davieon Fea Frank EK. Davison T. iheen T. Quillin O. N. Kele Riegel Wiliam Carter J. James J. H. Broadhurst Jr. Perkins Roy John James Broadhirat Fred Perking a Quilin Charles. DuGranut robert Peantey Charles Polock W. D. Mills John

Advertising Clubs Re-elect Holland At Atlantic City

Laut E. Holland of Kansas City, Mo. was reelected president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World at the June convention in Atlantic City. The gathering selected Lon/or England for the 192% meeting and launched bids for Honolulu Texas Tulsa Seattle for future events. Jespe H. Neal of New York was reelected secretary treasurer. The convention rejected a resolution condemning the French occupation of the Ruhr and urged government hands off business. Bedford, chairman of Standard & Co. urged less reliance on political considerations and more on enabling men to earn daily bread and improve well being. He warned against overtrust in laws and noted the daily attention to regulatory debates rivaling core economic needs.

ATLANTIC CITY N. J Laut E. Holland Kansan City wan preachien Associated Advertising Clubs Lontor England Honaloa Tex Tulsa Okla Honolulu Seattle Jespe H. Neal New York anani tation Ruhr bualnesa Bedford Standara ‘Sii Campany board of directors anserted

British Visitors Bring Washington Invitation Hope

Thousands of advertising men and women in Atlantic City scatter after a week on the steel pier except a British delegation of over 100 who came to deliver an invitation to raid the 1824 meeting in London. They expect to visit Washington where the president will receive Taras. The London group hopes to join the next convention in the capital as ratification of dates casts drama on the decision.

MARIE CHOMES ATLANTIC CITY N. J cama London United State Washington Taras ‘ing

Passive Resistance in Ruhr Demands From Paris Stated

Official circles enumerated demands from Paris that passive resistance in the Ruhr must cease and preclude consideration of Berlin Government’s latest proposal. The note underscores Paris as the external force shaping German policy during the crisis.

RUHR PARIS Berlin

Caterpillar Army Delays Albany Newport Trains

In Albany Oregon on June 7 caterpillars covered tracks one inch deep delaying the Albany Newport passenger train by 1 hour 2 minutes. Trainmen could not pass the line as insects devastate the coast mountain region between Milduyville and Blodget along the Albany Newport road. One man was driven from his home near Fairyville by the insect invasion.

ALBANY Ore Albany-Newport Miuldyville Blodget Albany-Newport road Fairyvilla insecta

Identification of Miss McGroarty Body Confirmed

Mina Sadle McGroarty secretary of the Indianapolis park board is identified as the Buffalo body found after a month’s disappearance. Relatives recall her declining health and a telegram stating she would join Danville. Funeral planned Monday at St. John’s Church with burial at Holy Cross.

Mina Sadle Indieanapolis park board Ningare Stexy Buffalo Indianapolla Sadie Christina Danville

Addington Held In Bigamy Hearing At City Court

Special to The Indianapolis Star. Tad June 7. Frederick Addington, son of a Marion manufacturer, sits in a City court hearing with Mrs Agnes Addington wife No 1 testifying she was married to him while Mrs Gertrine Johnson wife No 2 also testified. The proceedings focus on the two marriages and the alleged bigamy. Mrs Addington 25 years old described with blue eyes and despondent bearing as witnesses recount testimonies from both wives.

Stillman gage Corey heal United States Steel Corporation Charles M. Achwab Meybelle Gilman Broadway Reno Nev Miss Gilman Gotham France Indianapolis Star Tad Frederick Addington aon Marlon oday Agner Addington Chreuit Gertrinle Johnson Addington Mishawaka Agnea Addington ferce

Shoots Boss Over Lost Time Pay Dispute

James Comerford, a laborer for the Bureau of Weights and Measures, shot Chief Inspector Albert Lutz in the Municipal Building after a $23.28 wage deduction for absence. Two shots were fired. one struck near the heart while the other missed. Comerford was captured by clerks, jailed for felonious assault, and owned a long record of absences.

NEW YORK James Comerford bureau of weighta Albert Lutz bureau Ace Comerford felone EUreAS ani

German reparations note rejected by France in Brussels

Paris dispatch says France declares the German reparations offer unacceptable. Key objections include failure to abandon passive resistance in the Ruhr, no definite total reparations, and violation of the Versailles treaty by proposing a national commission for guarantees. French leaders await allied position before responding.

PARIS Associated Press ententa alllen France Germany Brussels Ruhr

U S Receives German Reparations Note

The United States on June 7 received a German reparations memorandum explaining what Germany can pay. The document, sent to allied governments in London Paris Brussels Rome and Tokyo, proposes a verdict by an impartial international body on payment amounts and methods. It outlines guarantees including state railways converted to a separate administration and gold bonds, with annuities backed by industry and taxation.

WASHINGTON Universal Service Germany Hughes Wied felt Lonedon Paris Brunsela Rome Toklo Joans Anance uAnder raat Sabaneta industria ache wate

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