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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1925

Page

3

Woman Hurt In Fall After Alleged Hit And Run

Mrs. Catherine Frederick, 60, of 8268 Delaware Street, is in city hospital with head injuries from a fall Saturday at Alabama and Bicking Streets. Police initially said a hit and run occurred, but investigators Sergis O’Neal and Smith reported she faints, suggesting medical causes rather than deliberate injury.

Catherine Frederick Delaware St City Hospital Alabama Bicking Sts

Water bill payment decision faces city council

The council considers an ordinance of 74000 dollars to cover higher water rates for 1924 after the Indianapolis Water Company warned it would sue if the bill remained unpaid. The Public Service Commission previously allowed the rate increase.

Indianapolis Water Company Public Service Commission

Stocks Open With Bright Prospects After Week of Activity

The market started the week with a cheerful tone as Maxwell issues hit new highs and Dodge Brothers financing spurred buying. Baldwin Locomotive rose on Diesel engine potential, Associated Dry Goods climbed on a planned 4 to 1 split, and Delaware and Hudson reached a fresh high, signaling sustained optimism in chemical and industrial shares.

Bu United Press New York Fisher Maxwell Tor Dodge Brothers Vauclain Baldwin Locomotive Company Bermuda Baldwin Associated Dry Goods Dow Jones Delaware and Hudson

Grains Rally At Start On Chicago Board Of Trade

Grains closed sharply higher at the opening on the Chicago Board of Trade led by advances in corn and wheat. Strength in wheat and a bullish Patten statement spurred buying, with shorts covering in corn and broad inquiries from cash houses, while oats rose in a featureless market and pork demand weakened provisions.

United Press Chicago Board of Trade Today Chicago Board of Trade James Patten

National body backs meeting for welfare institute

A program for an institute of community welfare is planned for May 12-13 under the American Association of Social Workers with funding from the Indianapolis Foundation. An arrangements committee led by Eugene C. Foster includes Homer W. Borst J A Brown Miss Isabelle Somerville Miss Pearl B Forsyth Miss Bertha Leming Miss Mary A. Meyers George W Rabinoff and Rev Maurice F O Connor.

Institute of Community Welfare American Association of Social Workers Indianapolis Foundation Eugene C. Foster Foundation Homer W. Borst J. A. Brown Isabelle Somerville Peal B. Forsyth Bertha Leming Mary A. Meyers George W. Rabinoff Maurice F. O’connor

Chicago Grain Table Improvised Header Amid Data Snags

Grain table from Chicago shows Wheat around 10 and Corn near 93 with incomplete data 307 entries noted. Report notes disrupted typographic run and missing details for full market readings.

Chicago

Local Wagon Wheat Elevators Set Pay at 1.88 Per Bushel

Local wagon wheat elevators announce payments of 1.88 dollars per bushel for red wheat. Details unclear due to fragmented OCR text.

Marriage Licenses Listed for Numerous Local Couples

A long list of marriage licenses includes Samuel Russell aged 23 and Leota M. Sanders 47 of Jackson Street. Henry Lamb 47 and Ethel Marguerite Grady 22 of Arsenal Street. Harley Moriarty 22 and Georgia Lucille Button 19. Troy Lee Harmon 22 and Marott Harres 21. Leonard Collins and Vicat Smith both laborers. Myrtie Brown Manning 30 and other pairs with professions and addresses across the city.

Samuel Russell HarenCrs Andrew Jewel Wilt New See Henry Lamb Mount Leota M. Sanders Jackson Eeacon Theodore Willie Trowbridge Ethel Marguerite Grady N. Arsenal Marott Harres E. Pydrei Scarpenter Berna” Sheny Arertha Ie Sethe George H Graceland Larriettachel Carter Paul Runyon Gramnet Town Eonard Collins Vicat Smith Cart Dane x Purvis Cook Myrtie Brown Manning Delwre Alter Shannase Geisendorff HE Tinta McKiney Housekeeer Frances Gil Eaasees Mae Biza Cruse N. Eider Hal Wyman Hogue Evanston Ill Jame Felake Ee Shephard Vores Hovey Inter Bernice Viola Cox Cornell Illiam E. Taylor Lima Ohio Toreman A. Mary Pfeiffer Earl Thomas Roberts Keystone Stella Mae Stewart Illinois Liver Edgar Pape Spann and . Gardner Tcher Cool Summer McMiller As West Packer Delitha’ B. Fraruclin Ackford

Birth Announcements Include Multiple New Arrivals Across Town

A jumble of reader notices lists births for many families including Albert and Mary Stammer, Kiton and Elnora Jones, Bertha Sorensen, Georgia arnes, Annie Meredith, Eva Dickson, Emma Straklendorf, Rose Basso, Mary Patterson, Ila Beaver, Martha Fike, Elizabeth Thau, Eva Johnson, Lois M and Katherine McQueen, plus twins John and Frances Klarich.

Istian Bertha Sorensen Wu Parkway Itley Georgia Arnes Hottorge Annie Meredith N. Raatal Eva Dickson Hosidohn Emma Straklendorf Methodist Rage Rose Basso St. Vincent's Mary Patterson Carron Ila Beaver Rastala

Deaths List Filing Noted At Multiple Hospitals

Obscure death notices list Edna Mary Chapp 84 of 908 Garfield Dr at St Vincent's Hospital with heart failure. Also named are Hague 78 of 1063 He Pershing and Jean Hays 4 days old at Knox and Sheridan 55 with pneumonia at city hospital. Other entries mention various hospital locations and causes including nephritis and chronic conditions.

Edna Mary Chapp Garfield Dr Vincent's Hospital Name Hague He Pershing Arsenal Jean Hays Knox Jearet Lee Sheridan Pneua Ary Yruenasan City Hospital Lobar

Card party raises funds for Indiana tornado relief

More than $125 was raised at a Saturday Columbia Club event for Indiana tornado sufferers. The fundraiser was hosted by Miss Ted Murphy from the State tax board and Miss Lucile Somerville from the State banking department.

Indiana Columbia Club Ted Murphy State Tax Board Lucile Somerville State Banking Department

G A R to Celebrate Lee Grant Surrender Anniversary

The G A R marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Appomattox surrender with a 2 p.m. Thursday ceremony in the Statehouse House of Representatives chamber. Rev. E H Wood of the George H Thomas post will speak as the chief orator.

Robert HE. Lee

Remodeled and Added Structures Across City Listings

City permits filed include remodels at 60 N New Jersey 1406 Sturm and 1726 Spruce by Frank Swonger with costs up to 264 and 200. Reroof work at 311 N Drexel and additions at 906 Division and 1921 Union. Also notes on duplex at 3259 Carrollton and various furnace, dwelling, and tank installations with several property owners named.

Charlee Paugh New Jersey Estelle Eshbach Sturm N. Drexel Divison

Mrs Vivian Wheatcraft to lead new state education division

Mrs Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft, vice chair of the Republican State committee and head of the education division, will receive a $3,000 annual salary as the new head of the education and investigation division of the State fire marshal's office, according to State fire marshal Newman T. Miller.

Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft Republican State Committee Newman T. Miller Wheatcraft Miller

Damages Suit Filed Against Railroad in Beech Grove Death

Mrs. Julia J. Roberts administratrix of Isaac Roberts estate sues the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway Co for 50000 in Circuit Court. Roberts was killed March 17 1925 while employed by the railroad at Beech Grove.

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co Julia J. Roberts Isaac Roberts Roberts Beech Grove

Man suffers broken ribs after fall from moving car

Leon Van Proyen aged 28 of 131 East Sixteenth Street is hospitalized at Methodist Hospital with broken ribs. Attendants report he became ill and fell from a moving automobile.

Leon van Proyen Sixteenth St Methodist Hospital

Hog and cattle market roundup with varied prices and volumes

Hogs eased 20 to 35 cents as Easter shipping gaps and market packing trimmed orders. Choice heavies at 14, mediums 13.90. sows 12 to 12.75. total hog receipts about 5,500. Cattle held steady to higher with primes from 9.50 to 11.50. stockers weak. cows 4.50 to 8. calves 7 to 13. receipts 1,100. Sheep and lambs totaling six head with prices from 5.50 to 22 for spring lambs.

Parkers Penotes Tees Ee

Livestock Receipts Reported at Toledo Market

Toledo April 6 cattle receipts total about 1 500 with market strong for shipping steers 800 to 70 and calves lower at 12 to 13.50. hog receipts around 4 300 with good to choice porkers steady. lambs and mutton also listed with prices noted for heavy and light weights.

Toledo McInovin

Market and price notes for poultry and dairy items

Prices show poultry buying rates including springers 2c, roosters 2c, ducks 20c, geese 14c, young turkeys 20c, old turkeys 25c, squabs 20 per dozen. Butterfat wholesale around 46 47c per lb. Packing stock butter and cheese prices listed with regional references and brand mentions.

Indianapolis Sconsin Neutch

State industries report shows 71 deaths in March

The monthly statistical report of the State industrial board lists seventy one lives lost and 3 823 accidents for March. The Sullivan mine disaster with 51 deaths, from Feb 20, is included due to delayed naming. Automobile industries recorded 230 accidents, coal mining 604 with 61 fatalities, iron and steel 170 with 2 fatalities.

State Industrial Board Sullivan

Junior Chamber of Commerce Meeting Tonight

Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 p m at the Chamber of Commerce to hear reports on the Clean-up and Paint-up campaign April 18 25. A report on the national J C of C convention in Tulsa Oklahoma in June will also be given.

Chamber of Commerce

Auto collides with streetcar injuring two in St Joseph area

An auto driven by O. E. Bower of Sundan, Ind., was struck by an Alabama street car on St Joseph St Sunday afternoon. Edwin, a son, and Roy Cox in the Bower auto were hurt. Bower faced a speeding charge and motorman Robert Jeffner of 3717 Broadway faced assault and battery charges.

O. E. Bower S Sundan Ind Alabama St. Joseph St Edwin Roy Cox Bower Auto Bower Robert Jeffner Broadway

Two men jailed after assault incident at local feed store

Henry Trinble aged 33 of 46914 W Washington St and Gordon Chap man aged 56 of 423 W Pearl St are held on assault and battery with intent to kill and intoxication charges. Trinble is at City Hospital with a head cut after a fight triggered when Chapman found him with a woman in the feed store Chapman had recently bought.

Henry Trinble Washington St Gordon Chapman W. Pearl St Trinble Chapman Triable

Why Industries Should Come to Indianapolis Essay Contest

Nine days remain to submit essays for The Indianapolis Times Industrial Essay Contest. Entry must be mailed or delivered by midnight April 15. First prize 15 dollars, second 10, third 5. essays under 200 words, in ink or typed, on one side, by Indianapolis high or preparatory school students.

American Central Life Creosoting Co Advance Rumely Central Ind Power Co Century Cities ‘Service Co Tee Citizens Cities Service Gas Co Citizens Gas Co Indiana Hotel Indiana Hotel Fd Indiana Pipe Pine Go Indpla & Northw Southeastern Mer Pub Util Co See Insil Ici Union Trac Ind Pia van Camp Frelo van Camp van Camp Pr Vandalia Coal Co Wabash Vandalia Coal Co Wee Ndiana Coke and Gas Indiana Anville Ndp Nion Indnye W. Pter G Terre 'Haute Union ‘Tras Treasury T. BH Indianapolis Times Indianapolis Bureau of Industry Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commree Bldg

Strike marked by gun battle in Osage mine dispute

Morgantown West Virginia April 6 a rifle and revolver clash between guards of the Brady Warner Coal Corp Osage mine and trespassers opened the sixth day of the northern West Virginia bituminous miners strike Union official Van A Bittner directing strike work said several non union mines had been organized and workers were ready to join George S Brackett vice president Coal Operators Association said every open shop mine in the district was operating at full capacity

United Press Morgantown W. Va Osage Brady-Warner Coal Corporation West Virginia van A. Bittner United Mine Workers Eers George S. Brackett Coal Operators’ Association

Six Women arraigned in Collins Court plea not guilty

Six women appeared before Judge James A. Collins with not guilty pleas. They are Mrs Planche Marie Lawson for petit and grand larceny and burglary, Miss Lizzie Ping for liquor law violation, Miss Hazel Dunlap for vehicle taking grand larceny and unlawful possession, Miss Anna Dugan for embezzlement and grand larceny, Miss Lillian Smith for assault and battery with intent to kill, and Miss Mary Bohr for unlawful possession of a still. Also Fred Hillman and Edward Stewart pleaded not guilty to murder and Thomas O Reilly faced grand larceny and false pretense charges.

James A. Collins Planche Marie Lawson Lizzie Ping Hazel Dunlap Anna Dugan Lillian Smith Mary Bohr Fred Hillman Edward Stewart

Wholesale trade tour set for Wednesday from Indianapolis

The wholesale trade division of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will host a courtesy trip on Wednesday. Representatives depart Union Station at 7:15 a m with stops in Batesville Greensburg and dinner in Shelbyville. Return to Indianapolis expected by 10 p m. Chairman 8 L Bassett leads the committee.

Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Union Station Batesville Ind Greensburg Shelbyville Indianapolis L. Bassett

Cook Goes to Prison

Dr. Frederick A. Cook, once hailed as a North Pole explorer, traveled to Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary to begin a prison term for using the mails to defraud in an oil stock scheme. The note recalls his 15 and a half year ago Paris hometown ovation as an Arctic discoverer.

Bu United Press Kansas City Frederick A. Cook North Pole Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Cook

Woods Couple Eludes Parents For Wedding Arrival

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Moore Woods of 1623 College Avenue await word from the bride's Chicago parents Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Brooks. The couple, married a month ago, left the parents opposed to the match in a taxi and went to the groom's parents home.

Hugh Moore Woods College Ave

Stephenson Faces Court as Oberholtzer Case Surges

In Indianapolis Stephenson and attorney Eph Inman appeared for arraignment with Klincke and Gentry absent. Miss Oberholtzer remains unconscious after a Friday blood transfusion. doctors warn recovery unlikely. Police seek Klincke and Gentry. bonds of 5000 awaited.

Stephenson Eph Inman Inman Omer Hawkins Alfred Cowan Ira M. Holmes Holmes Klincke Gentry Collins

Boy Missing In City Police Report

Howard Tull, 16, of 941 N Merilian Street is missing per a mother’s report. He has brown hair and eyes and was last seen wearing a light gray suit, black patent leather shoes, and a light hat.

Howard Tull N. Merildian St John P. Belsener

League Barred From Mails Bay United Arena

The National Disabled Soldiers' League was barred from the mails by the post office department for engaging in obtaining money through the mails by false pretenses.

Bay United Washington National Disabled Soldiers’ League Post Office Department

Veterans Need Aid As Entry Into War Recalls

National Commander of the American Legion laments eight years since World War I and urges funding. He notes 33 000 disabled veterans in hospitals and 385 000 orphans, with 15 dying daily, and calls for a $5 000 000 endowment to support them.

United Press America France The American Legion

City on Trial Air Mail Trip Feasibility Test

An air mail plane will test maintaining a New Orleans to Chicago route with Indianapolis as a stop. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson announced the April 13 flight with Lieut. Vincent Heley and Capt. Herbert Fox of the 105th Aero Squadron. The route includes Montgomery, Birmingham, Nashville, Louisville, and Indianapolis, with a mail bag sent from New Orleans and plan to land at Ft Harrison field Indianapolis Monday afternoon.

New Orleans Chicago Indianapolis Robert H. Bryson Vincent Heley Herbert Fox 105Th Aero Squadron Bryson W. J. Callaghan Nashville

Armed bandits sought after grocery holdup

Two armed bandits escaped with cash and checks totaling 64.01 after holding up Frank Madley and Louis Fon at their grocery on 739 N Warman Ave Saturday. One bandit fired a shot as Madley started to leave. Police today search for the suspects.

Frank Madley Louis Fon Warman Ave Madley

Twelve speeders rounded up by city police

Twelve alleged speeders were taken into custody Sunday night by Motor Police officers Fischer Marlett Chitwood and Maas. Names and ages listed include R L Park Floyd Bohanon Frank Beard and others. several are charged with driving while intoxicated. Also two drivers fled after collisions and warrants for failure to stop will be filed.

Fischer, Marlett, Chitwood Maas R. L. Park Woodlawn Ave Floyd Bohanon King Ave Frank Beard Indiana Ave R. W. Lewis Washington Blvd Edward Virgil Smith New York St Hubert M. Jones William Hern E. Michigan St Charles Brittell N. la Salle St George A. Keller College Ave Edward Irwin Lee St William F. Boyd St. Paul St Lillian Wood W. Twenty-Eighth St James Riley J. M. Kelley Capitol Ave Ora Stapleton Kentucky Ave Noble Ford Harry C. Hoop Ohlfo East Washington Sts William Pemberton Irving Pl Ohio St Pemberton

Bandit Car Found After Jewelry Heist Near Police Station

A large touring car stolen in January from La Porte Indiana was found abandoned in Kankakee Illinois by bandits who had robbed a local jewelry store of 3500 dollars in gems. They disarmed a police detective riding in a passing auto before escaping.

Bu United Presa

Wealthy jeweler jailed on assault charge in Carbon

Times Special from Brazil Indiana reports L C Phillips aged 72 a wealthy jeweler of Carbon is in jail under a $10 000 bond on a charge of criminally attacking a 10-year-old girl.

Times Brazil Ind L. C. Phillips Carbon

Ownership statement for Indianapolis Times dated capstan form

Notary public verifies William A Mayborn business manager of The Indianapolis Times signs to certify ownership management and circulation for the date shown under the 1912 act. Deponent swears to truthfulness and accuracy of statements regarding the publication's control and distribution.

Congress Indianapolis Times Indianapolis Indiana State of Indiana County of Marion Raonally Wm. A. Mayborn Iutapensts Times Publishing Co Servie Maryland Street Janapolis Ind Iten Peece Wewlanless Sade Cole Felix BF Brunel Graceland Avenue Volney B. Fowler Talbott’ “Avenue Heusindse Menard Cree Feer de Pesdares A. Mayborn Park Avenue WM. A. Mayburn W. B. Micewanger

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