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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1925
Page
1
Stephens pleads not guilty as discussions on single districting gain momentum. Dr. Max A Bahr cites Marion County as overcrowded at Central Hospital for the Insane and Julietta. urges redistricting to place Marion County in a dedicated district to address 1,200 inpatients.
Mrs Anna Cunningham 560 charged with murder in Crown PointInd collapsed in cell again as doctors ordered to test for arsenic after officers found a small box in her purse. Arraignment postponed pending medical exam. Police seek to confirm if her condition follows self poisoning claims. Four children allegedly poisoned, three died. One child hospital bound in Chicago.
Light frost was reported in spots around Indianapolis and northern Indiana on Wednesday night. Meteorologist J. H. Armington said only minor damage likely. Lowest Bureau reading 45 degrees. this region may see little frost as clouds and possible rain reduce risk.
Madge Oberholtzer, victim of an attack four weeks earlier, is laid to rest at Memorial Park Cemetery after funeral services in Irvington. Rev. Walter L. Ewing and Dr. C H Winders lead the ceremony with comfort from Scripture as family and friends fill the Irvington church and cemetery.
Arthur V. Brown president of Union Trust Company announced a $25,000 gift to the Indiana Methodist Hospitals Advance. The donation is the largest single grant so far in the effort to raise 1,500,000 for four Indiana Methodist hospitals in Indianapolis Fort Wayne Gary and Princeton. Funds will support new buildings nurses homes surgical and medical equipment chapels and reserve funds to cover annual free service losses.
The United States Navy drives toward a major war problem with the flagship Seattle moving ahead of the fleet toward Hawaii. The squadron steams westward as tensions mount and plans unfold for potential action in the Pacific.
William D. Shepherd, former Indianapolis man, pleads not guilty to murdering his ward Billy McClintock to gain the fortune. Judge Hopkins denies quashing indictment. trial date to be set. Sister Mrs. Amos Pedigo visits, wife absent during arraignment.
Ivette Parnell fourteen of 345 North Hast Street remained in critical condition at Long Hospital after being struck by a West Michigan street car late Wednesday. Witness Herbert Gorman said she crossed the street toward a car expected to stop for passengers and the speeding second car did not stop, knocking her about sixty feet into a parked auto. Motorman Joseph Hickman and conductor Carl Mueller faced charges as the accident occurred in front of 1075 West Michigan Street. James L. Madden addressed the insurance committee of the Freenoon Chamber today.
A 50 mile gale tore the giant R-33 from Pulham moorings and sent the airship across the North Sea. After nine and a half hours crews patched the nose and kept the craft aloft while drifting toward Holland and the Netherlands group. Corporal Potter, a B-38 disaster survivor, is aboard with relatives among the passengers.
Twenty British air service officers and men on the airship B-33 ride storm winds over the North Sea with no chance of return to England this night. The airship and crew are safe and ordered to hold course. At 430 p m the B-33 is about seventy five miles northwest of Amsterdam.
The radical socialist group in the chamber led by Edouard Herriot endorsed former premier Joseph Caillaux as finance minister in Painleve’s coming cabinet. Caillaux accepted after securement of the confidence vote. a Paris incident saw a youth claiming intent to kill Caillaux, later found insane with a revolver and placed in an infirmary.
In Seymour Indiana Mrs Olive Warman, 65, perished in a fire that trapped her alone in a blazing residence ten miles southwest of town. Neighbors witnessed the blaze but could not reach her or save the house. Fire investigators were expected to examine the scene.
John Zener once police captain and now fundraiser for Ralph A. Lemcke denies shaking down poolrooms and white mule joints to fund Lemcke and Bill Armitage. He says he is a citizen taxpayer and questions the existence of mule joints in town while leaving in a sedan after addressing reporters at city hall.
Noblesville Indiana records a 6300 population after a Kiwanis Club census shows about a 1000 rise since the government census four years prior. Police are seeking missing 16 year old Thomas Finn of 3434 Graceland Ave last seen en route to school wearing a dark suit and cap.
Fire of unknown origin Wednesday night gutted a warehouse in Mooresville owned by Arthur Rushton a local coal dealer. Loss was estimated at 2500 dollars.
Spencer, Ind. April 16. Ralston Blackie Linton and Arthur Bauer alias Pickles, both held in connection with the Spencer National and Exchange Bank robbery, escaped from the county jail Wednesday night while guards slept. Palmer, a third prisoner, said they had a key to unlock their cells. Linton had previously escaped last November but returned to stand trial in January.
Three motorists were indicted by the Marion County grand jury on involuntary manslaughter charges. Named defendants are George Boyd John R Ferguson and McKinley Alford in connection with a Bluff Rd and Troy Ave crash that killed Chester A Votan Craig Miller and others.
Government discontinues air mail on the New Orleans to Chicago line while Postmaster General New warns the expense makes such service prohibitive for now. William H. Howard, secretary of the Indianapolis Board of Trade, relayed the notice.
Chales W. Jewett addressed over 200 Real Silk Hosiery Mills workers at noon supporting Ralph A. Lemcke for the Republican mayoral nomination. Lemcke spoke at a separate Real Silk Mills gathering.
Former Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader Klenck and associate Gentry deny charges connected to an alleged attack on Miss Oberholtzer. Prosecutors detail the case and the individuals’ defenses as the legal proceedings unfold.
D C Stephenson former Indiana Ku Klux Klan head faces trial on kidnapping and assault charges for the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer 28 who died of self-administered mercuric poison at Hammond Indiana. Pleas of not guilty entered for Stephenson and aides Klenck and Gentry. Grand jury still at work and a murder charge anticipated. earliest trial date May 25 discussed.
Indianapolis aims to lead in smoke prevention with drafted regulations by city smoke inspector Hubert F Templeton. The rules would ban future installations producing smog and cover furnaces boilers and related equipment in private and public settings.
Frank S. Fishback president of the Chamber of Commerce proposes a 975000 budget over four years to promote Indianapolis to external markets. The plan includes hiring an industrial expert, a nationwide publicity drive, and an advisory committee to boost the city’s industrial profile.
Attorney General Sargent announced a major re organization of the Department of Justice to improve efficiency and economy. Three San Francisco agents including Director M. V. Fahey were released and further transfers of heads in other key cities are planned to diversify experience.
Local and federal officers arrested fifteen people in Hamilton County on Wednesday night. All suspects were jailed and will face charges related to bootlegging after officers recovered a still and five gallons of whiskey.
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