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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1922
Page
1
Los Angeles officials blame utilities for slowing winter street work as they push a campaign against speeding and reckless driving. City leaders advocate jail terms for speeders, and seek tougher state laws universal across California. Officials note rising traffic deaths with 175,000 main district cars daily and plan stricter driver exams, license age and penalties.
United Press reports in St Louis that Georges Clemenceau faced strict security as police and troops lined the parade route from the Clayton Pulitzer home to the Odeon. Threats and letters prompted intense precautions, while Clemenceau prepared his remarks on world peace during a tense first day of his American visit.
A fire at the John L. Roper Lumber Company mill in New Bern N C caused over a million dollars in damage and left about four hundred families homeless. The blaze swept the Black section of the city and also displaced more than a hundred white families as winds fueled the flames.
Detectives questioned Mrs. Mamie Isley related to a gang of alleged bandits and the missing $20,000 in bonds from the Alert State Bank. Investigators Mullin McMurtry McGlenn and Miller will travel to Greensburg to testify before the grand jury about the robbery.
Wayne Starks of 1324 East Minnesota Street was cut and bruised on his legs and body when his car nearby while adding air to a tire was struck by a vehicle driven by Mrs. Bessie Earhart of 3369 North Illinois Street. No arrests were made.
Colder weather centers on the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley while warm air advances from the Canadian Northwest toward the middle Rockies. Rains and snows blanket areas west of the divide with a belt from Arkansas to the Alleghenies and into New England. Lowest temps around 24 degrees in Bismarck, Dodge City, and St Paul. high near 70 in San Antonio. Hourly readings show varied morning and afternoon temperatures across regions.
John Wanamaker remained in the same condition overnight, doctors reported from his Philadelphia bedside. The ailing merchant, aged and long ill, was first taken ill about two months ago at his summer estate near Jenkintown and brought to Philadelphia for care.
Federal Court will begin trials around mid January. U S district attorney Homer Elliott said the grand jury, in session since November 8, will report to Judge Albert B Anderson shortly before Christmas. After December 8 the grand jury will study liquor law violations in Lake County with about 150 Gary residents subpoenaed for examination over a week.
Washington December 2. Hearings in the impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Dougherty may be postponed indefinitely. Representative Kellar of Minnesota filed fourteen charges including failure to prosecute war frauds, Burns as chief of the U S Bureau of Investigation, alleged influence by wealth, Teapot Dome looting, the Chicago injunction against railroad strikers, and failure to pursue twenty three anti trust cases. Additional counts cite the dismissal of Maj. O O Watts, enforcement failures of safety laws, and alleged actions in the Morse case.
The board of school commissioners will instruct architects to draw plans for eight new buildings and additions to relieve crowding. A new shop building and heating system at School No 36 are planned at an estimated cost of 1 788 000, with auditoriums in each building totaling 180 000. The colored high school may be built on the old Marion County workhouse site Northwestern Ave and Twenty First St.
Paris dispatch reports fifty people killed in Smyrna riots after Greek expulsions. Prior messages noted both Turks and Greeks demonstrating for the return of Greek inhabitants amid escalating clashes.
Washington December 2 The Democratic national committee reported total expenditures of 114 344 56 in the recent campaign and showed contributions totaling 120 074 88 with a balance of about 10 000 after the race.
Fire Chief John J. O'Brien announced plans to improve protection for the district north of Thirty-Eighth Street, including Broad Ripple and Brightwood. He asked the city council for a $25,000 appropriation to hire twenty more firefighters, expanding Brightwood’s crew and adding ladder trucks to both stations.
Censors visiting the Broadway Theater report no serious objections aside from the words hell and damn. Mayor Shank says he will ignore complaints from the church federation unless officials file affidavits. he adds arrests will follow if they do.
Industrial sales at the state penal farm in November totaled $7,261.10, with the manufacturing trade school at Indiana Reformatory earning $4,610.47 and farm earnings $134.89. November visitors to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument paid $2,067.15 in admissions.
Olivia M. P. Stone, acquitted of killing Ellis G. Kincaid, a Cincinnati clubman, made an unsuccessful attempt to take her life in her hotel room in New York on Friday, according to United News.
In Boston Charles Ponzi known as the bushel basket millionaire was found not guilty in Superior Court of larceny and conspiracy to steal. He acted as his own counsel and ten indictments still stand against him. Attorney General Weston declined to say if further counts will be pressed.
Emmett Chesser former assistant for a Ku Klux Klan official in New Orleans and a woman said to be the official’s wife were held in Houston for federal investigation. Chesser, a newspaper man, has been missing from New Orleans for some time.
President Harding says many accidents result from people not adjusting to the automobile age. After a safety week parade near the White House, he noted sixteen Thanksgiving Day crashes, a yearly high, and warned that urban traffic has become a new menace requiring adaptation.
Michael Raftery Sr aged 90 of 805 Prospect St retired Indianapolis policeman died at home from heart trouble. Born in Galway Ireland he moved to Canada then Indianapolis where he served 37 years from 1874 to 1912, noted for his long beard despite a safety board ban. Survived by two sons Michael Jr and Thomas, two daughters Mayme I and Mrs Victor Deffo, and eleven grandchildren. Funeral plans not yet set.
Mayor Shank asserts city cars must be labeled Indianapolis in four inch letters. He warns he will personally secure and mark any unmarked vehicles to deter joy riding, except for police cars. He mandated marking to curb abuse of city autos.
A thief entered the home of Mrs. C. McDowell at 204 Spink Apartments Illinois and Twenty-First Streets yesterday and took a silver ring and a purse containing five dollars.
Smallpox, which for the past week has been taking a hold on the vicinity of Portland, is under control, according to word received by the State board of health.
The Nobile vulcanizing shop at 1340 N Capitol Ave reports a break in last night. Entry was gained through a rear window and tires valued at 75 dollars were stolen, manager Fred Isenhower told police today.
Governor McCray said he is watching the development of the state soldier bonus bill with interest and will speak only after clearly learning what the measure calls for. He declined to commit before details are definite.
In 1922 the city reports seven more cases than 1921 but fifteen fewer deaths as a stronger anti diphtheria drive shows results. Eight more school nurses and full time doctors, plus a new child hygiene department, aided by free toxin anti toxin immunizations for about 5000 schoolchildren, aim to curb the outbreak.
City Engineer John L. Elliott says gas and water mains delays from Citizens Gas Co and the water company will hold up paving and sewer work through winter. Main streets affected include Cornelius Ave and Forty-Second Street with grading delays, and Fortieth Street with incomplete water mains. Several alleys and avenues are also stalled, forcing contractors to pause until spring.
City engineer John L. Elliott reported in federal court that Citizens Gas Company seeks a permanent rate of 1.20 while gas quality declines with cooler weather. City tests show Langsdale plant gas at 573 BTU and Prospect at 576 BTU on Nov 29, dropping to 565 and 56 respectively by Friday.
Senator La Follette opened a conference of progressives in Washington urging slow careful work based on thorough investigation to avoid set backs. The gathering, led by the Peoples Legislative Service, includes Gompers Murdoch Stone Quick Pinchot Baker Hauser Kelley and other prominent figures from labor suffrage and civic groups.
Police probe a bomb blast at the Missouri Pacific Railroad yards in St. Louis that shattered windows and injured blacksmith Clarence Billington. The explosion occurred as workers were leaving for the day, threatening the lives of about 450 laborers in the shops.
Business men deserve credit for a jump in parcels post use. November 1922 receipts reached 286,433.76 dollars, up from 228,338.71 dollars in November 1921, a 48,095.05 dollar rise or 20.17 percent.
Luke Roberts, 60, of 215 S Davidson St. was reported missing from his residence since early yesterday. He stands five feet five inches tall and weighs 125 pounds. He wore a blue suit and a black soft hat when last seen.
Congressman L J Dickinson Iowa leader of the Farm Bloc defends protective tariff before the Indiana Federation of Farmers Associations at Claypool Hotel. He cites grain futures acts Grain Futures and Packet Control Act and Farm Land Bank as progress and urges passage of public warehouse act to extend grain storage year round. Reports show Muncie dairy and produce bureau aid saved producers 2000 last month. New officers elected include Settle Meik Bradley Brown Senior to be installed Jan 1.
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