City halts market teardown for coliseum project
A temporary injunction froze demolition of the market house pending a May 27 hearing on William T. Cook’s suit to block the city from building a coliseum. Judge Vinson Carter set May 27 for the permanent order argument while contractors delay work and Metzger bonds for $100,000.
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Market House
William T. Cook
Matson
Metzger
Bond
Jacob Metzger
Carter
Mr. Metzger
William P. Jungelaus
M. M. Bachelder
Coliseum
Local Jottings Highlight City Events and Gossip
Indiana Optometry Board will meet next Monday at the governor's office as Indianapolis real estate boom continues. Notes cover opera house construction, streetcar issues, social events, sermons, and public figures including Gus Condo, Judge Vinson Carter, and Mayor Bookwaller.
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Indiana Optometry Board
Hunly
Burton for Senate in Ohio Taft slate emerges
Scripps-McRae News says Representative Burton will be the Taft candidate for Ohio's senate. A Columbus meeting next week will formalize the announcement, with national administration backing. Burton is viewed as the best choice to challenge the aging Ohio senator and contrasts with Foraker.
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Scripps-McRaee Press Association
Washington
Foraker
Burton
Taft
Senate
Ohi
Columbus
Ohio
Hummel Lawyer Sentenced in Dodge Morse Divorce Case
Special to The Sun reports Abraham Hummel, lawyer, received one year in state prison and a $500 fine after conviction for conspiracy in the Dodge Morse divorce case. The New York state supreme court conviction was upheld by the appellate division yesterday.
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New York
Abraham H. Hummel
Dodge-Morse
Hummel
New York State Supreme Court
Tfat Court
Prize for VigVignaud Awarded in Paris by Institute of France
The Institute of France awarded the Loubet prize to Henry Vig for a work on primitive America. The prize, donated by the Duke of DeLoubet, is given annually for the best scholarly work on the topic. The report is from Paris dated May 11 and references the American embassy secretary.
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Scrippe-McRae Press Association
Paris
Institute of France
Loubet
Duke of DeLoubet
America
Henry Vig
Warrants Issued for Ex Justice in Embezzlement Probe
Investigators find irregular court records in Irvington case run by former Justice Col. Harry Sheets. Prosecution contends fines were erased or reduced, lowering state receipts. Warrants target Sheets on embezzlement grounds. other cases involve fines for unlicensed dogs and game law violations. Local police and prosecutor Elliott Hooton pursue discrepancies across multiple entries.
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Bain
Squire’s
Lunks
Nick Consina
Sophia Buson
Henry Seyfried
Seyfried
Col. Rheets
Louis Greiner, Jr
Gus Woernsing
Will Hartman
Woernsing
Greiner
Hartman
Harry Sheets
Irvington
Elliott Hooton
Col. Sheets
Indiana
Hooton
Bingham
Louis A. Griner, Jr
Dr. Griner
E. A. Tousey
Silvester Eaton
Redbird
Tousey
Samuel McGaughey
Sullivan Visits White House Amid Pardons Talk
John L. Sullivan met with the president for a social call and said he would seek a pardon for his nephew John L. Lennon, a navy man imprisoned for desertion. Sullivan warned there would be a trip to Indiana for rheumatism treatment described as wallowing in the mud.
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Indiana
John L
Whitehouse
John L. Lennon
Navy
Roosevelt
Joan L
Old Case Ends in Federal Suit Over Husband Death
The federal case of Margaret Remley vs L B & W Railroad, filed for $10,000 damages after her husband disappeared on a southbound train and was found dead from exposure, ended Saturday morning with a verdict for the defendant. The complaint alleged an open trap door in a car vestibule caused the death. the defense contended he left the train at a stop and wandered into a field.
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Fed
Fendant
A Little Tragedy of Married Life Divorce Granted in Youth
In circuit court Judge Henry Clay Allen grants Ellen Brown a divorce from Roscoe C. Brown after she admits marrying at sixteen and lacking love. Both acknowledge fault, custody of their child is awarded to the paternal grandparents Dayton Brown. The couple reconcile in part as a new start is urged.
United States Weather Forecast Summary
Fair and warmer conditions extend into Saturday night and Sunday. Sunrise at 4 33, sunset at 6 49. Noon temperatures around 49, afternoon near 51 degrees. Forecast emphasizes pleasant spell across the region with light winds and dry skies.
Central Indiana high school oratorical winners named
In Frankfort Rushville Noblesville Union City Lebanon Crawfordsville and Frankfort held the central Indiana high school oratorical contest. George Cracraft Crawfordsville won $50, Lewis Frazee Rushville $20, Fred Frankenfield Frankfort $10. Judges were Prof. Cer Mehring and Judge Robey. Contenders and topics listed.
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Rushville
Noblesville
Union City
Lebanon
Crawfordsville
Frankfort
Indiana
George Cracraft
Lewis Frazee
Fred Frankenfield
Charles Cer
Manual Training High School
Indianapolis
Orville Mehring
Judge Robey
Auburn
Rushvile
McKinley
William Neal
Asiatic Immigration
H. Rowe
Sudden Check to Hughes Boom at Republican Meeting
New York May 11 Former Gov Odell launched the Hughes presidential boom at a Republican state committee meeting. The committee voted 32 to 4 to back reforms endorsed by Gov Hughes including regulation of utilities, reappointment of the state for legislative purposes, a recount bill for NYC mayoral election, and amendments to primary laws.
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Hughes
Republican State Committee
Odell
Roosevelt
United States
New York City
Two Children Burned in East Liverpool Fire
In a morning blaze that consumed their home in East Liverpool Ohio Leo seven and Ruth five children of Mrs Neal Laird were burned to death. Three other children were rescued with difficulty and Mrs Laird suffered serious injuries jumping from a window. A son was killed by a streetcar three years earlier and the father later f?rownd himself.
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Leo
Ruth
Neal Laird
Meeting of the Men Honored Rev King at Central Ave M E
Ram s Horn Brown spoke to the men of the Central avenue M E church Friday night. The gathering was held in honor of the Reverend William Wirt King.
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Ram
Brown
Central Ave. M. EK
William Wirt King
Juvenile arraigned in beer purchase case
Calvin Jones, 15, was arraigned in juvenile court on drunkenness after admitting he obtained 30 cents worth of beer from George Halcott's saloon at 1602 Martindale Ave. Judge Stubbs ordered the saloonkeeper arrested for contributing to delinquency and set a hearing for next Monday afternoon.
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Calvin Jones
Stubbs
George Halcott
Martindale Ave
Boy Narrowly Escapes Death Under Car
Albert Snider a 14 year old boy narrowly escaped serious harm when a southbound car struck him at Washington and Illinois streets. He slid under the vehicle, was wedged between tracks and fender, then was pushed along until the car stopped. He suffered only minor injuries and was treated at the scene and released. The car was operated by Motorman Ed Burgess and Conductor Ed Hill. ambulance staff included Drs Rissler Reeves and Bicyclemen Hall and Redemacher.
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Washington
Illinois-sts
Ed Burgess
Ed Hill
Fires damage home and barn in city
The residence of W. M. Cheek sustained about 50 in fire damage on Saturday morning due to a defective flue. Shortly after, the frame barn of Edward Ferger at 7 W N Capitol Ave burned with an estimated loss of 100. The causes of both fires remain unknown.
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W. M. Cheek
Edward Ferger
Capitol Ave
Stanley Arrested for Second Time in Police Court
Arthur Stanley a lineman for People's Heat and Light was arrested Friday for loitering at McLaughlin's saloon. After hearings Judge Thomas C Wharton reduced bond from 3100 to 506 and set hearing for May 30 before a jury. Stanley claimed no warrant and the case followed a previous discharge on the same charge two weeks earlier. Stanley has a wife and four children, one ill.
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McLaughlin
S. Westst
Smith
Stanley
Thomas C. Wharton
Seyfried
Whallon
Merrill
Wheat Soars on Board of Trade in Frantic Rally
Chicago traders watched wheat surge toward a dollar as prices jumped from 84 4 to 93 8 near mid morning. July led the ascent amid a riotous, highly active market with brokers shouting orders and outside markets showing similar strength. Flour prices climbed about a dollar per barrel.
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Lester
Minneapolis
Duluth
St. Louis
Kansas City
Girl in male attire linked to missing 12 year old
Marguerite Vedova, 12, has been missing from her St. Louis home since Wednesday. She was last seen with Charles Vergin, about 22, who is separated from his wife in Cincinnati. A Jefferson City dispatch says they were arrested there, the girl dressed in male clothing, claiming they were headed to Oklahoma to marry.
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Charles Vergin
Vergin
Cincinnati
Jefferson City
Oklahoma
Pierce Habeas Case Heard In St Louis Court
Arguments opened before Judge Adams in federal court on May 11 in habeas corpus proceedings to return ZL Clay Pierce to Texas for a perjury charge tied to the Waters-Pierce Oil Co suit.
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Louis
Adams
Clay Pierce
Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Saloon A Nuisance Defeat Reported In Hamilton County
Prohibitionist E N Newlin hails news from Noblesville that Edward W Sopher owner of a saloon in the city was defeated and fined by Special Judge Reed Holloman in Hamilton county circuit court. The decision aligns with Judge Artman Lebanon who ruled saloons are public nuisances with Sopher fined 10 dollars and costs. A Danville legal fight over saloons is set for next Monday as saloon men seek a venue change from Hendricks county, likely denied by Judge Clark.
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Noblesville
Reed Holloman
Hamilton County
Artman
Lebanon
Sopher
Danville
Hendricks County
Clark
Bryan kin to Bryan fails in bankruptcy filing
Thomas B. Marshall, cousin of W. J. Bryan and former cashier of Salem National Bank, filed for bankruptcy in East St. Louis with liabilities of 300000 dollars. Major creditors include Chicago National Bank trustees, John R. Walsh, and W. J. Bryan himself. Charles E. Hull also listed. Marshall’s losses stem from the Sandoval coal mine venture and a switch from prohibition to Democrat aligned with Bryan.
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Sun
Centralia
Thomas
Marshall
W. J. Bryan
Salem National Bank
East St. Louis
Chicago National Bank
John R. Walsh
Charles E. Hull
Salem
Salem Bank
Sandoval
W. Bryan
City Births and Deaths in Local Record Daily
Births list Edward Smiley to Clarence Parsley and others with addresses. multiple couples noted for newborns. Deaths include Mary Schmidt Alice Golding and many others with ages and causes such as tuberculosis pneumonia apoplexy and mitral insufficiency. Marriages listed for several couples and a local laundry ad appears at end.
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Edward and
Margaret Smiley
W. Norwood St
Clarence
Edith Parsley
Thomas and
Electa Floyd
Twenty-first-st
William and
Marie Moylan
N. Belmort
Flages
Edith Bransford
Elmst
Wiliam
Sadie Sutherland
Euclidave
James and
Grace Ashworth
Station-st
D. C
Carrie Sissentyuth
Frank
Minnie Scheier
E. Nebraska-st
Mary L. Schmidt
Pennsylvania-st
Alice N. Golding
Milby
Blake-st
James Ellis Petre
Mary Flax
Mill-st
Ruby A. Thrasher
Georgia St
Martha C. Cleage
Edith Spann George
Park-ave
Nannie Sedan
W. Seventeenth St
Fay Monie
Toledo St
Anna Dawdell
City Hospital
Mollie Stott
W. Pratt St
Levy L. Wentling
Kentucky Ave
General Parisis
Earl Pew
Darrow St
Elbert Kling
Mabel Bauer
William Lowder
Rose C. Nolan
Joseph H. Miller
Goldy C. Hahn
Samuel L. Drake
Bertha Duncan
Rufus McKintey
Mary Haas
James C. Crum
Mamie A
Black assailant confronts Philadelphia lunchroom worker
May 11 Philadelphia police report an unknown young Black man confronted Theresa McCool in a lunchroom after she asked for payment for food. He seized her by the throat, choked her into unconsciousness, and fled, leaving her badly injured and likely to die.
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Secripps-Mchrae Press Ansociation
Philadelphia
Theresa McCool
Miss McCool
Judge denies injunction over theater wall blocking light
Judge J M Leathers of the superior court refused a permanent injunction against the Anderson Ziegler company to stop building a wall for the Grand theater that would cut off light and air from the Indianapolis Coal Company back rooms on N Pennsylvania Street. The coal firm had sued claiming no right to block light, but the judge ruled protection should come via the lease.
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J. M. Leathers
Superior Court
Anderson
Incorporations Listed for Elkhart County Firms
The Elkhart County Abstract Company of Elkhart is incorporated with capital stock of 19000 dollars. Incorporators named are M. A. Demarest J. L. Harman and E. C. Rice. Also noted is Richmond Lodge No. 649 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Richmond with trustees Samuel W. Gaar Edwin H. Cates and A. D. Gayie.
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Elkhart County
Elkhart
M. A. Demarest
J.L. Harman
E. C. Rice
Richmond
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Samuel W. Gaar
Edwin H. Cates
A. D. Gayie
Ray Bronson to retire from boxing after draw with Hayes
Ray Bronson, the horseshoer pugilist, plans to quit the ring per his manager W. J. Kane. After a draw with Grover Hayes, who kayoed him last year, Bronson says he is satisfied and has solid business prospects to pursue.
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Ray Bronson
W. J. Kane
Grover Hayes
Bronson
Insurance Firm Granted Indiana License
The United States Annuity and Life Insurance Company of Chicago received a license to do business in Indiana on Saturday.
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The
United States Annuity and Life Insurance Company
Chicago
Indiana
Grant Clay Denture Maker Details and Contact
Grant Clay doctor of artificial teeth with fourteen years at New York Dental company located at 108 NM Delaware street operates in Delaware and lists phone 2656 for dental services.
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Grant Clay
New York Dental Company
Delaware St
Evansville Case Heats Up Over Fake Matrimonial Bureau
Federal inspector Hosford clashed with Sheriff Barnes over seized letters in Evansville Indiana as Garnet Lat caster and Violet Williams faced a postponed preliminary hearing. A local pursuit followed involving deputies and a dramatic grab of the inspector’s letters by Detective John Houghland who slipped away with the evidence.
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Barnes
Martin
Hosford
Lancaster
Evansville
Warmann
Hosford Wakh
United States
Henning
Indianapolis Coal Interests Merge In Major Consolidation
A Friday meeting in the Tradition Terminal building led to a preliminary merger of mining wholesale and retail coal marketing in Indiana. The new Railroad Indiana Coal Company will raise $100,000 and operate southern Indiana mines with offices in Indianapolis. Officers are C D Trowbridge president and GM, Y A Hull vice president, I B Bugbee secretary, C L Rest treasurer. Board includes Trowbridge Hull Rest Kuhn Mansfield Ehrmann. The firm aims to provide a stronger outlet for southern mines and stabilize Indianapolis coal pricing.
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Raction Coal Company
Indiana
C. D. Trowbridge
Y. A. Hull
I. B. Bugbee
C. L. Rest
Drectora
Indianapolis
J. A. Hull
Anderson
C. I. Rest
August M. Kuhn
H. A. Mansfield
C. H. Ehrmann
Terre Haute
Spotia
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Marion County
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