Belt Railway Stalls Flood Prep Amid Elevation Dispute
Indianapolis officials push to bar a track elevation until flood prevention work is funded and completed from English Ave to West New York St. They attack a Belt Railroad bridge cost sharing clause and vow no taxpayer-funded loopholes. Board of Works members promise action as South Side leaders demand timely elevation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
James M. Ogden
John E. King
Otto Ray
Board of Works
English Ave
West
New York St
Ogden
Belt Railroad
Odgen
New York St. Bridge
King
William H. Freeman
Ogdens
Freeman
Weekend robberies reported by police
Police recorded several weekend thefts. J G Fins 1739 Ludlow Ave reported a diamond stickpin and an umbrella worth 179 stolen. Richard Ballow 423 Muskingum St reported 20 stolen. John Montgomery 455 Indiana Ave said 4.50 taken from his store. H H Speele Paris Ill reported three grips two coats 500 from a car at Washington St and Capitol Ave. A M Bolin 1520 Ashland Ave 4 and Superior Rug Co 1804 College Ave rug 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Fins
Ludlow Ave
Richard Ballow
Muskingum St
John Montgomery
Indiana Ave
H. H. Speele
Paris
Ill
Washington St
Capitol Ave
A. M. Bolin
Ashland Ave
Superior Rug Company
College Ave
Births and Deaths List From City Hospital Almanac
Births include Leslie and Bessie McCabe and many others with names and addresses. Deaths list patients from city hospitals including pneumonia, carcinoma, cirrhosis, and accidental causes, with ages and locations such as Methodist and Christian hospitals and city wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusha Hester
City Hospital
Lobor
Alice Rebecca
Scrivener
City Hostal
Georgie Nekerland
Alsin
M. Hawkins
Methodist Hospital
James George Sheehan
N. Denny
Cacacein
Lansen Roper
N. Traub
Dee Jane Cripe
E. Michichronis
Miss Thelma Burton Named Miss Greater Indianapolis
Thelma Burton, chosen Miss Greater Indianapolis by popular vote, plans an old fashioned queen look with long hair. She toured the city with Miss Naomi Hall of Kendallville during Greater Indianapolis Week while visiting Mayor Shank's wife, Mrs. Samuel Lewis Shank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Naomi Hall
Kendallville
Ind
Indiana
Samuel Lewis Shank
Shank
Indianapolis
Greater Indianapolis
Thelma Burton
Council-Plans Tax Rate Cut In Marion County Budget
Harrison and Dunn seek further cuts to curb the 1926 budget. The talk centers on lowering the current 2 6 rate per 100 dollars of property as court costs and old debts loom. City measures include smoke code changes and funding moves for street inspectors and assessment bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Leonard V. Hartson
Chamber of Commerce
Dunn
Marion County
Otto Ray
Shank
Board of Works
Barrett
Joseph L. Hogue
E. New York St
Indiana to fix 1926 state tax rate this week
The Indiana State tax board will set the 1926 rate the week of September 21 with chairman John J. Brown announcing the action. The board will decide if the current 28 cent levy can be reduced despite a nearly 190 million dollar drop in this year’s state valuation, which may keep the 28 cent rate in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Board
Dunn
Indiana
State
John J. Brown
Taxpayers urged to scrutinize 1926 budgets in Indiana
Indiana Taxpayers Association calls for vigilant review of budgets and tax levies in every local unit. Harry Miesse announces budgets are set in September after hearings, warning of possible gasoline tax revenue gains up to 50 percent for some counties and noting 1920 census figures imply about 25 cents per inhabitant to each city or town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Harry Miesse
Four Louisville residents ordered to Detroit in custody
George and Frank Tess, Minnie Gowers, and Leona Wesley, all of Louisville, were ordered removed to Detroit by Federal Judge Baltzell after a hearing. They face federal charges in Detroit of transporting a stolen automobile and violating the Mann Act for allegedly moving a stolen car from Dayton to Detroit. DOJ agents arrested them near 600 Lexington Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Frank
Tess
Minnie Gowers
Leona Wesley
Louisville
Detroit
Mich
Robert C. Baltzell
United States
Howard S. Young
Dayton
Ohio
Department of Justice
Lexington Ave
Detroit arrests after weekend crashes and vagrancy charges
Kenneth Fowler of Detroit is held on charges of failing to stop after an accident and vagrancy after allegedly driving Andrew Clay’s car and colliding with Thomas McGinty’s parked vehicle. Alonzo Barrett and Oliver Probst face related charges and investigations surrounding the incidents and vehicle ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Fowler
Detroit
Mich
Andrew Clay
Rybolt St
Fowler
Clay
Thomas’ McGinty
W. Morris St
Washington T
Alonzo Barrett
E. Henry &J
Elizabeth Sowar
Broadway
Washington St
Oliver Probst
Geisendrof St
Barrett
Bus Plea Heard For Indianapolis Terre Haute Route
Application of B F Davis to operate a beginner's motor bus line between Indianapolis and Terre Haute was heard today by Frank Singleton of the public service commission. Protests were filed by Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company and Indiana Motor Transit Company. Attorneys for the Big Four and the Pennsylvania railroads opposed. The Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company also protested an order authorizing Hiner's Red Bull Lines to run between Indianapolis and Richmond and asked for a rehearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Davis
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Frank Singleton
Public Service Commission
Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
Indiana Motor Transit Company
Big Four
Pennsylvania
The
Commission
Hiner
Red Bull
Richmond
Fletcher may become naturalized Floridian in Florida
Stoughton A Fletcher former president of Fletcher American National Bank may move to Florida. Roscoe Carpenter of the Twentieth Century Motion Picture and Dramatic Club says Fletcher left last week to represent the film concern in Florida and will stay to form a 2 million dollar land company with a studio and branch offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoughton A. Fletcher
Fletcher American National Bank
Florida
Fletcher
Roscoe Carpenter
Twentieth Century Motion Picture and Dramatic Club
National City Bank
Carpenter
Woman Reports Peeping Tom Incident at Dinner
Mrs. John L. Dugannut of 1441 Cornell Ave said a man watched her family while they ate watermelon. She described the intruder as a new kind of peeping tom. No further details were provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Dugannut
Cornell, Ave
Slogans proposed by Chamber to boost Indianapolis
The Chamber of Commerce suggests slogans to caption letters about Indianapolis. Phrases promote the city as an accessible, industrial, educational and cultural center with references to parks, business, home ownership, downtown shopping, and notable institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce
Indiana
Ee Wip
Inland Traction
Stanavia
Thalaerys
Innexcell
Pntanepole
John Herron Art Institute
Nnion
New Columbia Club
Ameri Indian Bolts
Rich Agricul
Dianapolis
Insurance case set for hearings on Chrysler auto insurance
Thomas McMurray Jr the state insurance commissioner and Edward M White deputy attorney general will travel to Milwaukee and Madison Wisconsin Tuesday for hearings on an injunction stopping Chrysler from including auto insurance with cars sold In several states commissioners ruled Chrysler was not an authorized dealer Chrysler obtained in the Wisconsin Federal Court an injunction blocking state interference in insured car sales
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. White
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Chrysler Automobile Concern
Chrysler
Chrysler Company
Wisconsin
Mid-West Transit Company Formed In Indianapolis
Articles of incorporation for the Mid West Transit Company of Indianapolis a motor bus enterprise were filed with the secretary of State. The firm will take over property and operators certificates held by Red White and Blue Coach Line operating between Indianapolis and Lafayette. Capital stock is 50000 dollars. Incorporators are Harris A Spearin Indianapolis William E Tracy Duluth Minnesota and Martin J Atalic Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-West Transit Company of
Indianapolis
Red
Blue Coach Line
Lafayette
Harris A. Spearin
William E. Tracy
Duluth
Minn
Martin J. Atalic
Coolidge Hosts Belgian Debt Talks Under Bed Sheet Drapery
President Coolidge meets with Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot at the Echo Lake Inn in Plymouth New Hampshire. The setting used white bed sheets as curtains to shield visitors while the trio discusses the Belgian debt conference. A lunch followed and talks resume behind the sheets as Secret Service patrolled the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Symouth
Secret Service
Coolidge
Mellon
Smoot
Washington
American Commission
Colonel Coolidge
Belgian Foreign Minister says disagreements exaggerated
Brussels August 17 Foreign Minister Vandervelde told United Press Washington reports on Belgian debt negotiations were better today and that newspapers had overstated the conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Brussels
Vandervelde
Washington News
County Budget Dispute Over Street Upkeep
A letter from the State board of accounts accuses Maron County of not paying for city street upkeep that the county paved. County Auditor Harry Dunn says paying would raise the tax rate and he aims to keep budgets down despite complaints from Lawrence Orr, chief of the accounts board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Accounts
Maron County
Harry Dunn
Lawrence Orr
Accounts Board
Dunn
New Bus Fight Looms With Guilford Route Petition
Clyde H. Jones, public service commission member, will hear the People's Motor Coach Company petition to establish a bus route between Monument Circle and Guilford on Thursday. The Indianapolis Street Railway Company is anticipated to oppose the new service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde H. Jones
Public Service Commission
People’s Motor Coach Company
Monument Circle
Guilford Ave
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Train collision injures 37 at Ilasco yards
A Burlington railroad work train crashed into a switch engine in Ilasco Missouri today injuring 37 people. One was listed in critical condition and the injured were taken to hospitals in Hannibal several miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Ilasco
United Preas
Doris Kenyon Shops for Wardrobe for New Film Role
Doris Kenyon, returned from an Adirondack camp after finishing the title role in The Half Way Girl, visits fashionable shops for costumes for her upcoming picture, to start within a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Kenyon
Adirondack
First National
It's Great to Be a Fireman
Firemen at Station 13 Maryland and Kentucky Ave refuse to concede laurels for year to year watermelon eating to dusky citizens below the Mason and Dixon line. They make fast work of a hefty bit of liquid fruit and hope the alarm will not sound while they negotiate the juicy refreshments. It's a mighty rainy day when a fireman goes hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Kentucky Ave
Mason and Dixon Line
Prize Essays Must Be Mailed Before Tuesday Midnight
The Hoosier Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and The Indianapolis Times announce a 200 word essay contest on The Future of Indianapolis for entrants under 18. Essays must be mailed to the Essay Editor by midnight Aug 18 and on one side only. Prizes range from 10 to 2 dollars, with a lawn fete awards event at Spades Park Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Indianapolis Times
Indianapolis
Spades Park
Fred J. Beyers
Indiana Department
Albert L. Pauley
Felix F. Bruner
the Times
Attack on Mrs Bareelo Under Police Investigation
Police probe an assault at 734 North Capitol Avenue where Mrs Albert Bareelo was struck in the kitchen on Saturday. Her husband said he heard a scream and found her with a badly bruised face. $90 was reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bareelo
Capitol Ave
Bareelo
Connecticut Film Censorship Law Upheld as Constitutional
Connecticut's strict motion picture tax law was upheld as constitutional by a three judge federal panel in New Haven. The ruling defuses early threats of a producers boycott and leaves enforcement decisions to film companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prene
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Moving Picture
Waterway Issue Shapes Canadian Election Remarks
Apathy of the Canadian government toward the St Lawrence River Great Lakes to sea project is seen influencing the autumn election. Politicians in touch with Premier W L King say rumors of a withdrawal exist but doubt it will occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PolNics
United Press
Ottawa
Ont
St. Laurence River
W. L. MacKenzie King
Greensburg Man Held to Grand Jury in Auto Theft Charge
Ralph Schwaba, 25, of Greensburg Indiana, was held to the Federal grand jury under a $2500 bond on charges of transporting a stolen car from Chicago to Acton Indiana. Schwaba allegedly stole the vehicle in June 1924 and waived examination before US Commissioner Howard S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Schwaba
Greensburg
Ind
Grand Jury
Teaay
Chicago
Acton
Schwaba
United States
Howard 5. Young
La Follette Jr set out progressive aims for Senate bid
Madison Wis Aug 17 Robert La Follette Jr announces as progressive candidate to fill his father’s Senate seat pledging to carry the late La Follette’s platform. He cites conservation tax cuts agriculture relief direct nomination for president and vice president and opposition to the world court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Madison
Wis
Robert la Follette Jr
United States Senate
la Follette
Blaine
Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette
Theople
Obert M. la Follette
World Court
Four Afield Suspects Await Hearing In Carmel Prohibition Case
Jefferson Sheppard, Les Clark, Howard Taylor and Nora Parker, all residents near Carmel Indiana, are held for a United States Commissioner on a conspiracy charge to violate the national prohibition law. Federal agents seized a fifty gallon still sixty gallons of mash and white mule on a Carmel area farm where they allegedly operated the still.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Sheppard
Les Clark
Howard Taylor
Nora Parker
Carmel
Ind
United States
Prohibition
Seth Ward
John King
Eisenhut
Squad
No Immediate Action On Warren T. McCray Pardon Request
United States District Attorney Albert Ward said he had not reviewed former Governor Warren T. McCray’s pardon application due to backlog after a vacation. Ward returned from Lake Manitou and declined to say if he would confer with prosecutor Homer Elliott or present the matter to Federal Judge A. B. Anderson for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren T. McCray
United States
Albert Ward
McCray
Ward
Lake Manitou
Rochester
Ind
Homer Elliott
A. B. Anderson
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Iena Yeunte
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Pari °Ay
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W. Mc
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Charles
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E.‘Thirniaamee
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W. Mor
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Terre Haute Line
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Mrs. Coolidge
State Board
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Doris
James Warrenburs
Maurice Fitzgerald
Joseph O'Connor
Louis Moore
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
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Laurence Twilis
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