Memorial Day Crowds to be Patrolled by Plain Clothes Officers
Indianapolis police outline Memorial Day security with plain clothes agents mingling in crowds to deter pickpockets and protect President Roosevelt entourage. Ropes will cordon the parade route from 2 pm, with cross streets cleared of vehicles and special patrol assignments detailing Meridian Street routes and Monument Place coverage.
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Martin Hyland
Cant
Edward Bray
Metzger
Indianapolis
LOCAL JOTTINGS Brief City Items From Our Busy Note Books
Charles T. Hanna now serves Superior court No. 5 after a career as a school teacher. John McGregor laments not building the Lawton monument speaker stand from atone. Fred Elliott, veteran cigar salesman, now hawks cigars at C. W. Kriel. William E. Berner issued several marriage licenses, taking off his coat briefly. Measles subsiding slowly. A parade of county and municipal automobiles proposed. County Treasurer Ensley busy compiling delinquent tax list. Corner policemen struggle to teach horses to keep to the proper street side. Many visitors climbed the courthouse speaker’s stand to feel like president. Rice is described as a filling food. a Greek patient had rice grains found in a rib tumor. State and Marion county offices to observe half days starting Saturday through October. The “divorce sult” is cited as the latest stylish traveling dress in the city docket. A Denison observer jokes that promoting pedestrian exercise would mean banning beer within three miles of town. A New Jersey street painter, a morning-paper journalist, is painting a house bright yellow. A girl asks her Columbia club father if syntax means a whisky tax. he answers it is a sin to tax it.
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Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Lawton Monument
Secret Service
Kinney and Manning
Three Women Held For Shoplifting In Indianapolis
Three stylishly dressed young women were arrested Tuesday afternoon by Detective Edward Samuels. Two were found in a downtown department store and implicated a third, found at her home. Police believe the trio has operated in Indianapolis stores for weeks, stealing a satchel, a locket, and a spool of thread, with several purses missing in other shops. They were photographed and measured, with further investigation planned.
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Edward Samuels
Occidental
Smith's
Bert Perrott
Bertillon
Three Rooms Furnished Complete for $125 at The People’s Outfitting Co
Complete three room furnishing set offered by The People’s Outfitting Company for 125 dollars, down from a listed value of 178 dollars, highlighting a substantial saving for home buyers.
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People’s Outfitting Co
President Roosevelt Arrives in Indianapolis for Memorial Day Parade
President Roosevelt will land at 10 50 AM in Indianapolis arriving from Greenwich Ohio via the Big Four. He will be greeted by reception committee and escorted to the Vice President Fairbanks home, then to a downtown parade and Lawton monument unveiling. The day includes military and civic processions with National Guard, G A R, Spanish War Veterans and a spoken program featuring Rev D R Lucas, Governor and James Whitcomb Riley. The parade ends with the president addressing the crowd around 4 PM.
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Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Greenwich
Meridianst
Meridian-st
Washington-st
Fairbanks
Mounted and Bicycle Police
Capitol Ave
Lansing
Mich
Lawton Monument
Fregular Army
Indiana National Guard
Battery A
National Guard
Lawton
Courthouse Yard
Michigan-st
Ohio
Alabama Sr
D. R. Lucas
Calls Him Liar Wants a Divorce
Pearl Klein sues for divorce from Michael Klein alleging a six month sentence in the workhouse and continued pattern of deceit. Grace Wilson, wife of Emmett Wilson, seeks divorce on grounds of habitual drunkenness and theft, asking to restore her maiden name Grace Edith Doolittle.
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Fife
Pearl Klein
Emmett
Wilson
Grace
Grace Edith Doolittle
Drought broken by rain aids Nebraska wheat outlook
Scripps-McRae Preas Association reports rainfall in southern Nebraska counties ending drought. Wheat crop is two to three weeks late from a cold spring, but experts say damage is minimal and harvest should approach normal. Corn remains backward due to continued cold weather.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Seventeen Jumpers Arrested in Holy Jumpers’ Riot
Scrippe McRee Preas Association WAUKESAU Wis May 29 Seventeen male members of the Holy Jumpers sert were arrested last night for disturbing the peace by their religious services. They spent the night in cells singing shouting and jumping. Scores of people could not sleep. Police failed to quiet them and the fire department was called which turned on the hoses with some ceffet. The jumpers pleaded not guilty this morning claiming religious freedom as their defense. The cases were adjourned till Saturday.
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Scrippe-McRee Preas Association
Waukesau
Wis
Holy Jumpers
Sert
Locomotive Kills Man In Sudden Crash
Henry C. Leasure, 23, was instantly killed today when struck by a locomotive in Ottumwa Iowa. The tragedy occurred as he was near the tracks and the accident was reported by the Seripps McKae Press Association.
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Seripps-McKae Press Association
Ottumwa
Henry C. Leasure
Art Association Battles City Over Coliseum Plan
Attorneys for William T. Cook seek to prove Mayor Bookwalter claimed city hall and the Coliseum were distinct entities while the Civic Art Association challenges the project. Testimony before Judge Vinson Carter centered on the mayor’s speech to Commercial Club directors as the city aims to enjoin erection of the Coliseum. Court recessed with the case appearing to stall, as potential injurious evidence remained sparse. The proceedings involve the Civic Art Association, Mayor Bookwalter, and the Commercial Club discussions preceding the project.
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The
Civic Art Association
Charles A. Bookwalter
Commercial Club
Vinson Carter
William T. Cook
Bookwalter
Coliseum
Newton Harding
Pliintiff
Louis H. Gibson
Carter
Harding
Bookwaller
Frederick BE. Mats00
Gibson
Matson
Weather Outlook and Local Thefts Reported
Generally cloudy with showers expected Wednesday night and Thursday and little temperature change. Sunrise 4 19, sunset 17 05. A grocery store on Fort Wayne avenue was entered Tuesday night, tobacco candy valued at 6 dollars and fruit stolen. Dr J M Borer reported a break in at his office on Washington street Tuesday afternoon, 9 dollars stolen.
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Charles Miller
Fort Wayne Ave
J. M. Borer
Washington St
Fort Wayne Leader to Attend Lawton Monument Unveiling
Benjamin W. Skelton of Fort Wayne Ind elected as vice department commander at the last Grand Army of the Republic meeting will attend the Lawton monument unveiling ceremonies on Thursday.
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Benjamin W. Skelton
Fort Wayne
Ind
W. A. Ketcham
Lawton Monument
Incubator Fire Kills About Two Hundred Chicks
A coal oil lamp in an incubator at S. J. Neidhammer home 628 Congress st caused a fire Wednesday morning. About two hundred young chickens died before flames were extinguished. Shed damage estimated at $25.
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S. J. Neidhammer
Congressst
Unique San Francisco strike paralyzes transit and services
Special from The Sun reports a month long industrial war in San Francisco with 90,000 union tradespeople striking. No street cars, laundries, or telephones. union beer scarce. Carmen 1,800 seek eight hour day and higher pay. electricians 300 in sympathy. iron workers 4,000 demand eight hours. brewery workers 500 demand 27 a week. laundries 300 out seeking eight hour day. telephone girls 675 out seeking recognition and 60 monthly after year.
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Carmen
Masons adjourn after annual meeting plan new building
The grand lodge completed its annual meeting at noon Wednesday and adjourned. Building plans for the new Illinois and North streets structure were approved, with work to begin once plans are finished. Officers and titles were reaffirmed, including Bragg as grand master and Cravens as past grand master.
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Grand Lodge of Masons
Ilinois and
North Sts
Lincoln V. Cravens
Walter O. Bragg
Charles N. Mikels
William H. Marker
William Ridley
Martin H. Rice
Calvin W. Prather
Indianapolis
George W. Wolfe
Frederick Glass
Madison
E. W. Bowen
Delphi
E. H. Wolfe
Rushville
W. R. Parry
Ryler
Elmer Gay
W. H. Schntz
South Bend
Grand Jury to Report Soon on Local Justice Cases
The grand jury is expected to be ready to report next Friday on justice of peace and constable cases under investigation for some time. There is little chance of a report on the alleged street contractors combination in Indianapolis. John Sullivan, a contractor, was examined Wednesday with many others expected to testify. The inquiry is seen as unlikely to produce a report.
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Justice of Peace
Indianapolis
John Sullivan
Emmet Club Plans Cemetery Decoration
The Emmet club will decorate the graves of about 20 deceased members at Holy Cross cemetery Thursday morning. The committee meets at Kelleher's store on West Washington street at 8 30 a m and proceeds to the cemetery to join the general exercises.
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Holy Cross
Greenlawn
C. E. Scholl
Mount Jackson
Crown Hill
Lawton
Craig
Emmet Club
Kelleher's
W. Washington St
Guardianship Case Opens for Rhodius in Lebanon Court
A weeks long guardianship contest began before Judge Samuel Artman in Lebanontesting whether George Rhodius is fit to stand as guardian. Rhodius will not appear at present, with doctors stating public examination would endanger his health. The case, brought by aunt Margaret Ziegler, centers on Rhodius alleged insanity and control of his business, and features extensive testimony from medical experts and witnesses for both sides.
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George Rhodius
Samuel Artman
Lebanon
Marion County
Rhodius
Artman
Frank B. Wynn
A. Kimberlin
George B. Gaston
Cass Connoway
Margaret Ziegler
Michael Ryan
John Ruckleshaus
W. H. H. Miller
C. C. Shirler
Samuel Miller
Cass Conaway
Henry Spaan
William Bosson
John W. Claypool
James A. Rosebrough
Thomas Byrne
C. C. Shirley
F. F. Hutchins
Indianapolis
J. 8. Hardy
Hutchins
H. A. Moyer
Chicago
Bart E. Baldwin
Pittsburg
James E. Ford
Indiana
Frank F. Hutchins
George Rhoditus
Ind
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