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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1925

Page

2

Inter Collegiate Cosmopolitan Club Vaudeville in Indianapolis

The Inter Collegiate Cosmopolitan Club of Indianapolis schedules a vaudeville show Saturday at 8 p m in the Y M C A auditorium. President Julio Saulo serves as general chairman with George Spilver John Mason and Miss Etta Hopper aiding. The program features diverse acts including music dances readings magic and gymnastics from members and guests.

Cosmopolitan Club of Indianapolis Y. M. Co Julio Saulo George Spilver John Mason Etta Hopper Sonia Neff Butler University Zeralda Ada Rubush Helen Gwah Porto Rico J. G. Rivera Martha Helpinger Ruth Oberlies I. K. Shah Vernon Doyle Sell Osgood W. S. Darick Helen Fortney Mr. Patcova Sonia Russia Rccentrateoslaine Ona George Gpilyer Normel College Sonz

Stocks Heavily Sold In Weekend Trading

Stocks were broadly weak at week end with industrials leading declines as traders cited uncertain business prospects. Prices fell from one to three points in stocks like Baldwin and Mack Truck before a late recovery in tone as bears pressed actions but investors remained cautious about the outlook.

United Press York Baldwin Mack Truck Nash Motors

Pound Sterling Reaches Peak Since February 1915

New York April 25 The pound sterling closed at 4.814 deman d sterling, its highest level since February 1915, signaling renewed strength in the market and demand for the currency.

New York

Raw Sugar Ends Week Near Unchanged As Market Eases

Raw sugar finished the week practically unchanged from yesterday and last week as no sales occurred in the day’s market. Buying interest was noted rebounding after earlier slump caused by crop estimates now viewed as too high. European re-entry into the market as summer nears could ease the burdensome stocks and shift sentiment toward the long side.

Thompson & McKinnon Europe

Public Works notices in Indianapolis 1925 Improvements

Board of Public Works outlines public improvement projects in Indianapolis Indiana including UTLER AVE and Tacoma Avenue. details cover paving methods dates plans assessments and opportunities for remonstrance with public hearings set for May 13 1925 and related deadlines for May 4 1925.

Indianapolis Ind Board of the Works of the City of City of Indiana Utler Ave Board of Public Works Board of Public Orks Office City Tme Board of Fablig Works Board of Ab Ms Works Hartes B. Corpin M. J. Spencer Public Works Indianpolis Department OF Public Works Tacoma Avenue Roosevelt Avenue Bloyd Avenue Ae Board Qty

Shaw Trial Set For May in Morgan County Court

John Thomas Shaw colored charged with the murder of Mrs Helen Hager Whelchel on Nov 28 1828 will be tried May 19 in the Morgan County Circuit Court at Martinsville. Worley and Judge Williams fixed the date and Shaw is to be held in Marion County jail. A new trial followed after the Supreme Court reversed a ruling on a venue change. Shaw had previously been tried and sentenced to electrocution.

John Thomas Shaw Helen Hager Whelchel Morgan County Martinsville, Inc Claude M. Worley Joseph W. Williams Worley Williams Jackson Shaw Marion County Supreme Court James A. Collins

Grain futures close lower as wheat leads decline

Grain futures closed at the bottom of a sharp decline on the Board of Trade. Wheat led the drop with liquidating pressure from recent buyers. Cables were disappointing and crop news was excellent, triggering widespread selling. Corn and oats fell as heavy liquidation spread, while provisions weakened further.

United Press Chicago Board of Trade Today

Chicago Grain Table Shows May Wheat and Corn Values

Chicago on April 25 reports car lot receipts for wheat nine, corn seventy nine, oats thirty eight, rye eight. May wheat trading around 1.51, May corn near 1.06 to 1.08, oats around 41 to 42, with various bid and close figures across May and July contracts.

Chicago

Grain and market notes from Indianapolis and Toledo prices

Market summaries show cash grain values and futures quotes across wheat corn and oats. Prices list No 2 red wheat at 175 plus various white and yellow corn grades, and mixed feeds with hay readings, alongside Toledo and St Louis price points for wheat corn oats and eggs with delivery months and cash quotes.

Ces B. Basig New York Yelied Gars

Foreign Exchange Irregular in New York Trading

Foreign exchange closed irregular in New York on April 25. Rates showing mixed moves with marks up and lire up small, franc andBelgian franc gains noted. Russia and Shanghai markets reported modest upticks, while Yokohama posted a slight rise in the yen.

Foreign Exchange New York Belgium Russia Kong Onda Yokohama

New York Liberty Bonds and Cotton Futures Report

Tokyo style summary unavailable.

New York

Fragmented market prices from a historical page

Partial OCR lists varied food and stock prices with odd spellings. Entries mention ducks, geese, butter, and eggs with cents per dozen or pound, suggesting a local market price column. Readable items are sparse and irregular, lacking clear dates or locations.

Governor Jackson Visited Pendleton Reformatory

Governor Jackson toured the Indiana State Reformatory at Pendleton on Saturday forenoon. The visit is seen at the Statehouse as part of upcoming personnel changes at the institution, with H B Waymire, a cousin of the Governor, named assistant superintendent replacing Sylon C. Vial.

Jackson Indiana State Reformatory Pendleton Statehouse Reformatory H. 8. Waymire Sylon C. Vial

Seek Missing Girl Ruby Mathews and Two Lyford Children

Police aided by the Family Welfare Society search for Ruby Mathews age 15 who vanished Friday night from Mrs. Herman Kull's home at 1019 N Rural St. She has blue eyes brown hair and wore a black dress black slippers a tan jacket and a blue hat. A separate search covered Louise Lyford age 8 and Pauline Lyford age 6 who left their home two miles north of Crawfordsville Indiana while parents were away.

Family Welfare Society Society Ruby Mathews Herman Kull Louise Lyford Pauline Lyford Crawfordsville Ind

Spanish War Veterans Meet in Lebanon Encampment

About 150 visitors gathered in Lebanon Indiana for an encampment of the Northern Indiana United Spanish American War Veterans. Local camps from Logansport Marion Anderson Peru Huntington Muncie South Bend Gary Hammond Wabash Lafayette Crawfordsville and Noblesville attended. The day closed with a camp fire program.

United Press Lebanon Ind Indiana United

Representative Clark Denies Taking Orders from Stephenson

Charles M. Clark a joint State representative from Marion and Johnson Counties denied at the Legislature that he acted under orders from D. C. Stephenson the former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon jailed on a first degree murder charge. Clark said he visited Stephenson’s office only as a public official and not to receive directives.

Charles M. Clark Marion Johnson Counties D. C. Stephenson Clarke Stephenson Clark

Bert Morgan Witness in Indiana Boot Legging Trials

Bert Morgan, federal prohibition director for Indiana, testified Friday afternoon in trials of fifteen men on bootlegging charges. All defendants except three had trials. most were found guilty with fines from 100 to 500 dollars and sentences of 30 to 120 days at the Indiana State Farm.

Timea Noblesville Bert Morgan Prohibition Indiana Indiana State Farm

Light Hogs and Cattle Prices Hold Steady at Indianapolis Yard

Receipts estimated at 4000 in Indianapolis stockyards show light hogs down 10 cents while medium and heavy hogs hold Friday levels. Top hogs reached 12.25 with most trading 12.10 to 12.25, sows steady 10.25 to 10.50, pig prices 7 to 9.50. cattle steady with 200 head receipts and range 7.50 to 11.50 per hundredweight, prime steers at 10 to 11, cows 4.50 to 8.50, veals 10 to 11, and sheep and lambs light and nominal.

Indianapolis

Laziness Cited as Cause in Support Case and Divorce

Judge Moll sentences Louis Greenberg to ninety days on Indiana State Farm, citing laziness for failure to pay 10 weekly support to his wife Ida and children. Mrs. Greenberg had a divorce granted January 26 1925 with court orders for support dated December 8 1924. Greenberg previously faced contempt proceedings and left the state.

T. J. Moll Superior Court Five Louis Greenberg Ida Greenberg Charles Sr Indiana Moll Greenberg

Engineer Arrested After Collision At Shelby Street Crossing

Charles Skinner a Big Four engineer living at 2614 North Gale Street was arrested today on assault and battery charges after his locomotive backing from Union Station struck a truck driven by Leroy Wolf of 609 North Denny Street at Shelby Street. Wolf and passenger Miss Beaulan Caldwell aged 19 were injured and treated at the city hospital before being sent home. The truck was demolished. Police report Wolf drove onto the tracks just before the crossing gates lowered.

Charles Skinner Gale St Big Four Union Station Roundhouse Leroy Wolf Denny St Shelby St Wolf

Family Life Plan Urges Homes for Unwed Mothers

Mrs Edna M Christian chairs a conference on illegitimacy urging private homes for unwed mothers with children instead of institutions. Homer W Borst wrote the report for Indianapolis social agencies noting 98 unwed white mothers were under Family Welfare Society care last year.

Edna M. Christian Indianapolis

Local Wagon Wheat Are Theatr O Ber Ing BEBE For So Erains

Local wagon wheat theater production faces delays as BER and BEBE preparations affect erains. Crew and sponsors await new dates amid logistical challenges and funding considerations.

Burglar Returns Note With Thanks In Grand View Case

Alfred Bohm found his summer cottage robbed last fall after leaving a $50 bank note with a plea to leave valuables. A new note inside the house Friday read simply “Thanks.” The thief had taken the money, but left the prompt courteous message.

Grand View N. Y Alfred Bohm

Indianapolis marble games schedule for district matches

The Indianapolis Times outlines the third week of district marble games with daily matches at local schools No 27 No 10 No 11 No 60 and No 80. Juniors under 15 may compete at their nearest school with finals set after two more weeks of neighborhood rounds. Leland Loman 13 of 2620 East Seventeenth Street, champion at Brookside School No 54, and Donovan Hunter 12 of 1104 North Dearborn Street were top qualifiers for the city finals.

Indianapolis Leland Loman E. Seventeenth St

Services for Mrs. Lucy Lory Set

Mrs. Lucy Lory 47 of 3002 Fall Creek Blvd. will be buried Monday from her sister’s home. Services at 2 p.m. burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. She died Friday wife of Frank Lory president of Zero Ice and Fuel Company. Born in Pike County and lived here seventeen years. Survived by husband, sister, parents, and several siblings.

Lucy Lory Fall Creek Blvd Cc. H. Clark Pennsylvania St Crown Hill Cemetery Lory Frank Lory Zero Ice and Fuel Company Pike County Thomas Harris Washington Ind Joseph Walker Indianapolis James Ackers Joseph Taylor Vestin Ernest Harris Chicago

Twentieth Century Motion Picture Club Incorporation

The Twentieth Century Motion Picture and Dramatic Club filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State today. Capital stock is 5,000 shares at $10 each. Offices are in 402 National City Bank Building.

Twentieth Century Motion Picture and Dramatic Club Secretary of State National City Bank Bldg

Marriage Licenses Listed For Warne Earl And Others

Warne Earl, 25, Logansport machinist. Madeline Graham, 23, 1220 Polk. Chester N Naegele, 35, 509 E Eleventh, electrician. Ava Denny, 34, 2244 Bellefontaine, teacher. William Shelby Sonn, 32, 729 W New York, carpenter. Priddy, 28, 39 W Washington, clerk. Paul Mary Gert, 23, 534 Holly, truck driver. Overholt, 21, 1539 Reisner. Charles Warren, 22, 2204 N Illinois. Helen Gertrude Gosnell, 18, 523 E New York, stenographer. Walter Paul Woenin Cambridge, doctor. Margaret Elleney, 24, 4923 E yeah one Kenn Reed Hoover, 22, 940 Oln jeweler. Jen Tone Valentine, 23, 1204 Ellsworth Jolliffe, 22, 2354 eer. Iona Edythe Sommer, 16, 1408 Wray.

Warne Earl Logansport Madeline ‘Graham Polk Chester N. Naegele E. Eleventh Ava Denny Bellefontaine William Shelby Sonn New York Carpenter Priddy Washington Paul Mary Gert Holly Overholt Reisner Charles Warren Illinois Iaan Helen Gertrude Gosnell Walter Paul Woenin Cambridge Margaret Elleney E. Yeah One Kenn Reed_ Hoover Jen Tone Valentine Ellsworth Jolliffe Iona Edythe Sommer Sale Ts Non An Wray

Ballot Sunday in Germany Sees Republic Backed by Marx

German voters prepare for a presidential election after a March failure to secure a majority. Wilhelm Marx leads the Republican side with Weimer group backing, while field marshal von Hindenburg runs under Nationalist banners with support from Bavarian People's party chiefs and industrialists who favor a monarchy.

Berlin Germany Wilhelm Marx Weimer von Hindenburg Hindenburg Bavarian People's Party

Klan Fights Former Dragon in Marion County Case

The article recounts murder indictments against Stephenson, Earl Klinck, and Earl Gentry in Marion County. Bail petitions faced delays due to the Louis Owens case, with hearings possibly postponed to Wednesday. Defendants fled custody briefly, were captured, and jailed, while funds to aid prosecution remain undisclosed. Local officials declined council funding for the fund.

Stephenson Earl Klinck Earl Gentry Louis Owens Owens James A. Vollins

London Guards Against Bombs During Rawlinson Funeral

King George and Queen Mary returned to Westminster amid massed guards and barriers around St. Margaret's Church for the funeral of General Lord Rawlinson. Officials warned of a possible red plot after a Sofia bombing claim, but the ceremony proceeded without incident.

United Press London George Queen Mary Westminister St. Margaret's Church Sofia Lord Rawlinson Dail Mail Today

Fall Injures Painter at Silver Flash Filling Station

John Borden a 32 year old painter from New Palestine Indiana is in critical condition at city hospital after a seven foot fall from a scaffold while painting a canopy at the Silver Flash filling station at New Jersey Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Patrolman Smock says Joseph Farage 45 of 2005 Columbia Avenue drove into the station driveway and collided with the scaffold. Farage faces an assault and battery charge.

John Borden New Palestine Ind City Hospital Borden New Jersey St Massachusetts Ave Smock Joseph Farage Columbia Ave Farage

Light urged for tree obstruction on Pleasant Run

Police recommend placing a light in front of a tree that juts into Pleasant Run at the 5700 block Pleasant Run Blvd to prevent accidents. Carrie Knight suffered facial injuries from flying glass after a collision involving Jacob McGillen. A separate crash at East and Washington involved a Hubbard-Scarce Lumber truck overturning when struck by Worth Schoeman’s Ford.

Pleasant Run Pleasant Run Blvd Carrie Knight Pleasant St Jacob McGillen Virginia Apts Mhubbard-Scarce Lumber Company Maywood Ind William Knox Mooresville Worth Schoeman University Ave East and Washington

Graduation dates set for county schools this month and May

Lee E Swails county school superintendent announced nine commencements for county high and grade schools. Castletown and Wayne Township events occur this week, with Southport on April 30 and several May dates including Broad Ripple New Augusta West Newton Acton Valley Mills and Lawrence Oaklandon high and grade ceremonies.

Lee E. Swails Castleton Wayne Township Bridgeport Southport Washington Township Broad Ripple Pike Township New Augusta West Newton Franklin Township Acton Valley Mills Lawrence Oaklandon

Cincinnati club president among group named in liquor warrants

Gary Herrmann, Cincinnati league baseball club president, and a group of Cincinnati fans named in Federal warrants for illicit liquor possession must appear before a U S commission on June 3. Warrants followed raids on rooms in the Statler hotel where eleven half barrels of alleged real beer were seized. Agents say the beer contained more than 3 percent alcohol.

Bu United Press ST. Louis Gary Herrmann Cincinnati League Baseball Club Cincinnati United States Commission Statler Hotel

Unidentified boy found near Fall Creek regains consciousness

A young man found unconscious on Fall Creek south bank near Capitol Ave remained unidentified until he wrote the name Frank Lines 17 at city hospital. Officers traced him to 4054 Rookwood St. Parents say he was struck by lightning some time ago and has since suffered attacks.

Fall Creek Capitol Ave City Hospital Frank Lines Rookwood St

Playground development discussed by civic clubs group

Federation of Civic Clubs met Friday night at the chamber of commerce to discuss playground improvements. They urged tax increases to fund necessary school improvements and address deficiencies.

Federation of Civic Clubs Chamber of Commerce

Southport Man Charged After Street Assault Collision

Lowell Bain of 2006 N Alabama St was charged with assault and battery after his car struck H M Brewer on Senate Ave at Maryland St. Brewer from Southport was treated at the city hospital for a deep cut near the right eye.

Lowell Bain Alabama St H. M. Brewer Southport Senate Ave Maryland St Brewer

Senator Wheeler Acquitted Denounces Daugherty Plot

Great Falls Mont April 25 Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana was acquitted on the main ballot in his trial here. He then charged the Daugherty gang with producing false testimony and said the justice department framed the case. Wheeler noted a newborn daughter for Mrs Wheeler and said he would press for prosecution of a principal witness once more.

United Press Great Falls Mont Burton K. Wheeler Montana Daugherty Gang Wheeler Washington Department of Justice Daugherty A. E. Fousek Gilman Gordon Campbell

Campaign charges shake Indianapolis politics in 1920s

A volley of accusations surrounds Indianapolis campaign finance and court procedure. Statements from D. C. Stephenson and others reference spending for special judges, venue law changes, and alleged political influence, with Duvall denying meetings with Stephenson Coffin. Stephenson’s letters also discuss backing a mayoral ally and distancing from public office.

Child Hurt In Crash Involving McCoy and Hogan

Four year old Charles McCoy sustained head injuries Friday when the car driven by his father Everett McCoy collided with a car driven by Sherman Hogan at Commerce and Massachusetts Aves. Both drivers were charged with assault and battery.

Charles McCoy Everett McCoy Jefferson St Sherman Hogan R. R. J. Box Commerce and Massachusetts Aves McCoy Hogan

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